Emerald Coast shooting a kangaroo from 125m?

[dmansmith]

Is anyone else having a problem with this. Do you have to be exactly 125m? That is next to impossible. I have gotten within a fraction of 125m like 125.03m and it didn't count. Any help would be appriciated.

[florble mcfumperdink]

It's 125 or further, the roo I used to complete that task was taken from like 335m.

[Mom_Kat]

I removed all rifle sights from my inventory while staking out a Roo rest zone and used the F.L. Sporter .303 (4-8 class so good for class 4 roo) because it has a nice sight pin. It also has the power to drop a roo at 125 meters.

[VictoriaHuntress]

Originally posted by florble mcfumperdink:

It's 125 or further, the roo I used to complete that task was taken from like 335m.

LOL
Doesn't this mission also require you to remove the scope from the rifle? More power to you if you made that shot using the iron sights.

[dmansmith]

My bad......I read the instructions wrong, I didn't see the no scope thing duh!!

[VictoriaHuntress]

Originally posted by dmansmith:

My bad......I read the instructions wrong, I didn't see the no scope thing duh!!

Ah, this game's equivalent of buck fever LOL

There are many missions with this particular hunting requirement - shoot and kill the animal with an unscoped weapon, and then go and claim the trophy, which is the rigorous definition of 'harvest'. In those missions it has always been understood that it was sufficient to simply detach the scope from the weapon in hand. That's what I've always done for those types of missions. There seems to be some indication that the mission may be programmed incorrectly - as though the developers misinterpreted 'with' to mean 'in possession of' instead of 'using', so 'with an unscoped weapon' meant 'not in possession of a scoped weapon' in this case, other players have suggested that this means 'no scoped sights in your inventory'. I can't confirm this myself - they said it works that way.

It seems that many missions in Emerald Coast have these ludicrous implementations.

I just completed the Kangaroo Management 'Harvest a Kangaroo Gold or better with a handgun' - I used the Colt 410/45 revolver on a level 7 'roo, killed him with one shot to the vitals (so the trophy was definitely a Gold), claimed the trophy with the frackin' gun in my hand and did not get credit for it. So, does the mission programming not recognize this as a handgun??? WTF??? This is like the Fallow Deer mission in War on Pests - use a handgun (and have it in your hand when claiming) - that mission did not recognize the 10mm Davani as a handgun, but does recognize the Colt 410/45 as one.

Hopefully this kangaroo mission also has a workaround, presumably to use another handgun, but for all we know, it might be 'do not hold the gun in your hand when you claim it' ROFL

[Mom_Kat]

Originally posted by VictoriaHuntress:

Originally posted by dmansmith:

My bad......I read the instructions wrong, I didn't see the no scope thing duh!!

Ah, this game's equivalent of buck fever LOL

There are many missions with this particular hunting requirement - shoot and kill the animal with an unscoped weapon, and then go and claim the trophy, which is the rigorous definition of 'harvest'. In those missions it has always been understood that it was sufficient to simply detach the scope from the weapon in hand. That's what I've always done for those types of missions. There seems to be some indication that the mission may be programmed incorrectly - as though the developers misinterpreted 'with' to mean 'in possession of' instead of 'using', so 'with an unscoped weapon' meant 'not in possession of a scoped weapon' in this case, other players have suggested that this means 'no scoped sights in your inventory'. I can't confirm this myself - they said it works that way.

It seems that many missions in Emerald Coast have these ludicrous implementations.

I just completed the Kangaroo Management 'Harvest a Kangaroo Gold or better with a handgun' - I used the Colt 410/45 revolver on a level 7 'roo, killed him with one shot to the vitals (so the trophy was definitely a Gold), claimed the trophy with the frackin' gun in my hand and did not get credit for it. So, does the mission programming not recognize this as a handgun??? WTF??? This is like the Fallow Deer mission in War on Pests - use a handgun (and have it in your hand when claiming) - that mission did not recognize the 10mm Davani as a handgun, but does recognize the Colt 410/45 as one.

Hopefully this kangaroo mission also has a workaround, presumably to use another handgun, but for all we know, it might be 'do not hold the gun in your hand when you claim it' ROFL

I used the Sundberg 454—my weapon of choice for Banteng and Salties as well

[VictoriaHuntress]

Originally posted by Mom_Kat:

I used the Sundberg 454—my weapon of choice for Banteng and Salties as well

Well, at least we know it will recognize at least one handgun LOL.

I was actually going to try the Davani again, just to see if this is generally not recognized as a handgun, or if that was specific to War on Pests.

[florble mcfumperdink]

Originally posted by VictoriaHuntress:

Originally posted by Mom_Kat:

I used the Sundberg 454—my weapon of choice for Banteng and Salties as well

Well, at least we know it will recognize at least one handgun LOL.

I was actually going to try the Davani again, just to see if this is generally not recognized as a handgun, or if that was specific to War on Pests.

I wonder if the Davani didn't count due to a naming conflict in the files. is it possible it's labeled as a pistol due to being semi-automatic while all the revolvers are named as handguns, thus causing it to be disqualified while the .357/.44/.45/.454 count?

[VictoriaHuntress]

Originally posted by florble mcfumperdink:

Originally posted by VictoriaHuntress:

Well, at least we know it will recognize at least one handgun LOL.

I was actually going to try the Davani again, just to see if this is generally not recognized as a handgun, or if that was specific to War on Pests.

I wonder if the Davani didn't count due to a naming conflict in the files. is it possible it's labeled as a pistol due to being semi-automatic while all the revolvers are named as handguns, thus causing it to be disqualified while the .357/.44/.45/.454 count?

But then why didn't my Colt 410/45 revolver work?

If what you are suggesting is correct, then this is really inexcusably bad code, especially in the light of modern programming languages that support the Object-Oriented Paradigm and modern software testing environments.

[florble mcfumperdink]

Originally posted by VictoriaHuntress:

Originally posted by florble mcfumperdink:

I wonder if the Davani didn't count due to a naming conflict in the files. is it possible it's labeled as a pistol due to being semi-automatic while all the revolvers are named as handguns, thus causing it to be disqualified while the .357/.44/.45/.454 count?

But then why didn't my Colt 410/45 revolver work?

If what you are suggesting is correct, then this is really inexcusably bad code, especially in the light of modern programming languages that support the Object-Oriented Paradigm and modern software testing environments.

Hm, seems the mission is really just screwy then. I appears to effect DLC handguns but my .243 break-action (which is from the same DLC as the Davani) did work.

Spaghetti code moment.