Whitetail Deer in Cheelah at night.

[[Nyxzy]]

Any pointers? Had the missions a couple of days now, been over there most nights for a look around.. not even seen Whitetail tracks.. let alone an actual Whitetail to shoot.. Any ideas on how to get them there?

[kanuzira]

Lure and walk around a lake

[[Nyxzy]]

Anyone with some worthwhile input?

[kanuzira]

Yes please. Give this guy any pointers on how to hunt because he doesnt seem to get it.

[Hr_Hansen]

Originally posted by kanuzira:

Yes please. Give this guy any pointers on how to hunt because he doesnt seem to get it.

LOL

[[Nyxzy]]

Originally posted by kanuzira:

Yes please. Give this guy any pointers on how to hunt because he doesnt seem to get it.

Speaking of "Doesn't seem to get it" You clearly can't fathom that a lure will lure an animal in.. IF THE ANIMAL IS IN RANGE. As I've already stated "There are no whitetail Deer at the lake." What exactly do you expect me to be luring in? Did I miss the memo where the lure will teleport animals in for you? Or make them appear out of the ground? Because if not.. perhaps you can now stop making yourself out to be completely stupid.

[[Nyxzy]]

Just in case that last response was too hard for you to understand.. or confused you a little.. The lure is a great idea.. it'll lure in Deer within 150 meters.. OH WAIT.. THERE AREN'T ANY WITHIN 150 METERS OF THE MISSION AREA. Still think that lure is the answer there, brains?

[kanuzira]

Animals do spawn. The time is unknown but they spawn. So that is why i say lure and walk around the lak. So yeah, lure is the answer

[[Nyxzy]]

Yes, Animals do indeed spawn! BUT WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THEY DON'T?! I am here because the Whitetail Deer ARE NOT SPAWNING ANYWHERE NEAR THE LAKE FOR ME. INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE MISSION AREA. I have spent several nights in game, crouch walking around inside and on the perimeter of the area of the mission with the lure, I have not seen a Whitetail track.. I have not heard a Whitetail sound.. There are no Whitetail need spots in the area.. The "advice" you are giving is akin to someone going onto a tech support forum saying "My PC won't turn on." and tech support coming out with "Press the power button." My original post has stated there are no Whitetails in the mission area.. I cannot dumb this down for you anymore so.. So while I GREATLY appreciate your repetitive responses.. They are about as much use as a waterproof teabag.

I get that you are convinced that the lure is the answer, but bluntly, at this point in time THE LURE IS DOING NOTHING. Is it sinking in yet? Is there perhaps another language I can translate to that will help these points sink in? Because if not I really don't know what to say to you anymore.

You are either a childish troll.. or a few cans short of a six pack.. either way, your attempts at "advice" aren't wanted on this thread anymore, so go be "helpful" somewhere else.

[kanuzira]

First of all navigame to > C:\Users\your name here\Documents\Avalanche Studios\theHunter Call of the Wild\Saves\76561198014696633.

There will be a file in that folder named "animal_population" it should be a few hundred KB in size.(you may want to copy or make a backup of this file before we proceed any further)

Right click the "animal_population" file and select "open with" from the list that comes up then select "Notepad".

With the file open, at the top click "edit" then go down to "select all" and hit the "del" button on your keyboard.

Now close the file and when it asks if you would like to save click "yes".

Now if you have done this correctly your animal population file should read 0 bytes in size.

Right click your "animal_population" file again and go down to properties, tick the box that says "read only" and click apply then OK.

If you have done this correctly each time you close and re-start your game it will reset animal spawns and also remove hunting pressure.

No need to delete the "animal_population" file all the time, do this tip/trick once and forget about it.

Enjoy.

*Taken from a guide

[[Nyxzy]]

Originally posted by kanuzira:

First of all navigame to > C:\Users\your name here\Documents\Avalanche Studios\theHunter Call of the Wild\Saves\76561198014696633.

There will be a file in that folder named "animal_population" it should be a few hundred KB in size.(you may want to copy or make a backup of this file before we proceed any further)

Right click the "animal_population" file and select "open with" from the list that comes up then select "Notepad".

With the file open, at the top click "edit" then go down to "select all" and hit the "del" button on your keyboard.

Now close the file and when it asks if you would like to save click "yes".

Now if you have done this correctly your animal population file should read 0 bytes in size.

Right click your "animal_population" file again and go down to properties, tick the box that says "read only" and click apply then OK.

If you have done this correctly each time you close and re-start your game it will reset animal spawns and also remove hunting pressure.

No need to delete the "animal_population" file all the time, do this tip/trick once and forget about it.

Enjoy.

*Taken from a guide

Anyone that comes across this with the same problem, please do not attempt the above without backing your save up. I did this earlier and it seemed to empty the world out completely. After just over 30 minutes moving around the map I hadn't seen or heard anything, not even animals in the distance. Equally, before I tried the above, the first search had me try just deleting the population file altogether so the game made a new one.. I did that and the game replaced the population file with what was already present. Nothing in game changed, same hunting pressures etc. I am not convinced that above guide is in date for what the game currently does.

I repeat, if you plan to try the above, back up your save first or risk ruining it.

[kanuzira]

Next guess is verify files or re-instal the game. If reinstalling take your safe files of your character

[Fischkopf]

lure them into the area is really the perfect answer. use the deer caller and take them with you. no issue - i started four games from scratch now and had never any issues as soon as i understood how to call the animals. with my first try it also took me three nights as i was too shy to ask for help.

[PicSoul]

Correct, luring them into the area is a valid option and one that works well.

I guess it's to difficult for some players though and they would rather go to an exact spot and shot an animal for a mission. That sounds boring to me.

P.S. Deleting files that automatically get replaced by Steam sync is not going work unless you disable Steam sync first. If you really want to delete the animal_population (I only advise it as a last resort) file make sure you have Steam Cloud synchronization turned off first.

[[Nyxzy]]

So there are missions put into this game that are "Kill animal X in small location Y" and I literally have to herd an animal across the map just to shoot them in a certain location? Guess that goes someway to explaining the broken picture taking missions and the sorry state of the game in general. I guess it's s shame I actually have to kill it or I could just find one of the many bugged, frozen animals and push it across the map into the correct spot..

Starting to bother me that most of this game seems to come out as "Yeah it's broken AF, You just have to kinda fight around the bugs to try and make it go your way." Maybe the Devs should avoid locking missions to small, set areas so the end user doesn't need to start deleting files or herding an animal that could just stop working at anytime across a map in an attempt to complete it? Games are, after all, about enjoyment.. and the more I play this game and watch it fall apart around me in a cascade of bugs and glitches, the less enjoyable it gets.

[dazdan69]

i walked to the far north area of the boundry you have to hunt in, actually just passed it, then i called and walked back to zone, got my whitetail right away.