Disturbed Vegetation??

[Sparky862]

Can someone tell me what this is?? Cause I have the Skill to see Fur Quality, yet I never see fur quality when tracking something or investigating need zones??

[EnFo]

I would like to know this also.

If the vegetation has been disturbed then surely there will be tracks there also unless this skill gives you some new kind of info?

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by EnFo:

I would like to know this also.

If the vegetation has been disturbed then surely there will be tracks there also unless this skill gives you some new kind of info?

Have no idea ... but kinda fed up now with all these skills that does not do anything or means nothing.

Only after you spend a point, you realise that its not working or is bugged, and then you have to pay a decent ammount to reset your skills again ..... its annoyingly stupid

[Simwan]

Disturbed Vegetation looks like a small grouping of broken sticks in the ground. You see them all the time while following tracks. They alternate like the droppings do. If you have the Disturbed Vegetation skill, it should highlight the sticks and allow you to investigate them just as the you do regular tracks.

[Simwan]

If you have both Disturbed Vegetation AND the 3rd level of Track Knowledge, you should be able to see what fur type the animal that you are tracking is. Having only the 3rd level of Track Knowledge will not let you see fur type.

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by Simwan13:

Disturbed Vegetation looks like a small grouping of broken sticks in the ground. You see them all the time while following tracks. They alternate like the droppings do. If you have the Disturbed Vegetation skill, it should highlight the sticks and allow you to investigate them just as the you do regular tracks.

Yeah I saw these sticks before ... but not as often as usual. But I know what you are talking about. Will see if it works IF I ever find it again because it is very scarce

[Sparky862]

You mean this??

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=907027770

Cause I can not investigate that even though I have the skill for it

[CellNav]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Cause I can not investigate that even though I have the skill for it

If it's not glowing or flashing white/blue, it's not an active disturbance. Find some normal tracks and when the animal disturbs a vegetation spot along it's path, it will glow, and you can investigate it.

In other words, you found an "undisturbed" veggie spot, hence no investigation clue. Those spots have been around the map since you were level 1, but with no skill then it's just a prop until an animal actually touches it to reveal a clue, a clue that can only be revealed if you have the skill.

By the way, do you or do you not have the 3rd Level of the Tracking Knowledge? (just curious since you didn't answer that question earlier).

EDIT : ... Think of it this way ... Look down a street and you see man hole covers. Every time a car's tire hits the man hole it will leave a bit of rubber behind. If the car's tire doesn't hit the man hole cover it won't leave any rubber ... no hitting, no rubber left behind, no clue, but the manhole cover is still visiable all the time. You found a man hole cover that has no rubber ... :)

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by CellNav:

Originally posted by Sparky862:

Cause I can not investigate that even though I have the skill for it

If it's not glowing or flashing white/blue, it's not an active disturbance. Find some normal tracks and when the animal disturbs a vegetation spot along it's path, it will glow, and you can investigate it.

In other words, you found an "undisturbed" veggie spot, hence no investigation clue. Those spots have been around the map since you were level 1, but with no skill then it's just a prop until an animal actually touches it to reveal a clue, a clue that can only be revealed if you have the skill.

By the way, do you or do you not have the 3rd Level of the Tracking Knowledge? (just curious since you didn't answer that question earlier).

I was busy tracking the animal at this point ...... Tracking Knowledge is your first skill in Stalker Skill Line correct??

[RamMack]

This is all good maybe, but what useful info could it provide. With the amount of animals, I've had no impulse to just pick a track and follow it. If you are tracking an animal you shot, you should know all the info you need anyway. If I am tracking an animal I shot, I avoid walking through these spots because the sticks make noise.
Also just found out what the yellow dots with the Z inside are. Sleep zones that actually tell you what time the animal will be there sleeping.
Starting to take the fun out of it. Guess I will just ignore useless trivial info.

[Roosterfish]

Let us say you are walking along and you see some tracks. If there is a disturbed spot on the trail it can tell you how old the track is. If it is fresh enough you can hide and use a call to bring the animal back to you or slow it down so you can catch up. I have only had this work on Just Now or Very Fresh, Fresh or older I keep on strolling along.

Least ways that is what I use it for.

[CellNav]

Originally posted by skipperwilliam:

Let us say you are walking along and you see some tracks. If there is a disturbed spot on the trail it can tell you how old the track is. If it is fresh enough you can hide and use a call to bring the animal back to you or slow it down so you can catch up. I have only had this work on Just Now or Very Fresh, Fresh or older I keep on strolling along.

Least ways that is what I use it for.

That is a VERY GOOD example there Skipper (+1).

Also, I might add the idea of zones ... If it's 12pm and the player locates a zone and the time on the zone says 9am-11am, then you missed the animal or animals by one hour. One hour of game time is 15 minutes real time, so basically the player is 15 minutes behind the animal.

Clues are used to help the player figure out the big picture, not to be used piecemeal. Clues can be turned OFF in the menu if it takes the fun out for some players.

[Simwan]

I would imagine the main use for disturbed vegetation tracking is to determine if you've found the tracks of a rare animal, such as an albino or piebald. If you are hunting for a rare specifically, this is one of the best ways to locate one other than just randomly bumping into one.

[Sparky862]

But it says investigating gives the fur quality of said animal upon investigating?? Yet nowhere on my interface does it tell me what quality fur the animal has or finging disturbed vegetation for that matter

[CellNav]

Originally posted by Sparky862:

But it says investigating gives the fur quality of said animal upon investigating?? Yet nowhere on my interface does it tell me what quality fur the animal has or finging disturbed vegetation for that matter

Once again, we ask ... Do you have Level 3 of Tracking Knowledge?

Tracking Knowledge (as it is the title) is the 1st Tier at the top, second column if you go left to right.

[CellNav]

Originally posted by dmcpherson65765:

Also just found out what the yellow dots with the Z inside are. Sleep zones that actually tell you what time the animal will be there sleeping.
Starting to take the fun out of it. Guess I will just ignore useless trivial info.

Need Zones are the history, not the magic ball that predicts the future. All the clues are history for that matter. When an animal claims a need zone, it doesn't mean it will come back to the zone in the future, maybe or maybe not. It's all about reading the history of the animals behavior, for the most part.