Why does the bloodhound sometimes just stop tracking?

[Aspera]

My pooch often just stops ontop of a blood splat and just stands there, no more tracking... Is it because the target despawned and there is no corpse to find anymore? Or some weird bug?

[James]

What level is your dog? Maybe need to pad him on the head or feed him a bisquit to raise motivation/relationship? Usually, even if the animal stops leaving blood trails, the dog switch over to a pursue mode. The "target" does not despawn.

[Aspera]

Originally posted by James:

What level is your dog? Maybe need to pad him on the head or feed him a bisquit to raise motivation/relationship? Usually, even if the animal stops leaving blood trails, the dog switch over to a pursue mode. The "target" does not despawn.

Hes maxed out lvl 30 with lvl 15 tracking

He does not switch over to pursuit mode, cause hes stuck on tracking blood

You can literally see animals despawn beyond 400-450 meters though... On long stretches of open land, they just go "poof", vanished :) So I assume this sometimes happens with your targets.

[James]

I see, it may be a bug then for that particular session. I guess a restart is only solution (with a potential loss of a successful harvest).
The "despawn" that you see at 450 m is just a visual limitation, the animal is still roaming, but beyond the game's rendering capability. So it goes into a "calculation-only" mode.

Not sure, perhaps it does relate to the dog's tracking algorithm as well. I'm just saying, I have never experienced what you describe, and I have tracked many animals across long distances of the maps. I'm sure (I hope) someone else can add better info regarding your question.

[Aspera]

Originally posted by James:

I see, it may be a bug then for that particular session. I guess a restart is only solution (with a potential loss of a successful harvest).
The "despawn" that you see at 450 m is just a visual limitation, the animal is still roaming, but beyond the game's rendering capability. So it goes into a "calculation-only" mode.

Not sure, perhaps it does relate to the dog's tracking algorithm as well. I'm just saying, I have never experienced what you describe, and I have tracked many animals across long distances of the maps. I'm sure (I hope) someone else can add better info regarding your question.

Im 40y old and I have played a ton of games since I had control over my fingers :) Therefor in most cases I guess right when it comes to game code.

However It is defo possible that the animal goes into calculation only mode. That said my experience might be unlucky or contradictionairy. I dont think I have ever found a corpse beyond 450 meters of it being shot. Coincidence is certainly possible here.

I have also encountered a multitude of bugs in the last 48hours... So its easy for me to assume, that It is another bug. I think this is one of the laziest developed games I have seen in the last decade. No hate, its still a great game... Just saying they like to pump out DLC without fixing anything. Money > customer contentment is their moto. Obviously.

Sometimes I wish I didnt have all that game experience, That I could just enjoy the game lilke a casual does (no insult). Because then I wouldn't see all the flaws as easily as I do now :)

[James]

Yeah, I see what you're saying. CoTW does certainly (still) have a good amount of bugs and unpolished game mechanics. Like you, I still like the game (a lot). I come from a long time spent in The Hunter Classic, maybe you do too? I've come to accept the flaws just to focus on the "good". Problems and bugs should be discussed though and possibly filed as a ticket.

About finding animals past 450 m from impact: I have tracked animals for several km and harvested the same. So, way beyond 450 m from initial shot. That said, I might have had the animal within a 450 m radius of my character position all the time while tracking it.

If you think it is a bug, then it probably is a bug. You can report it to EW if you think it is serious enough. I had my dog confused today at one of the blood tracks. He stopped and did not know what to do. I called him from a distance away from the blood and had him pick up tracking again. Now, he went into pursue-mode. This was an instance with 3 wounded animals and blood tracks nearby, one that I harvested before the dog actually marked him. So I "understand" why he got a bit confused, lol. When situations gets too complex, there simply is no code to deal with it in a logical way (from a human perspective). One has to solve it mathematically

Anyways, happy hunting and let's hope for more trophies and less bugs!

[Aspera]

Who says im not enjoying it? As I said its still a great game. Probably, most likely, the best hunting sim available right now.

Also As i've said, I play a TON of games. So I know this business model is pretty much meta. Money over quality. Its just sad, while they could be legendary, they choose to be just 'good'. Which is why I never would have bought this over 75% sale. I got it at 82%, so I'm pleased :)