option to spot dead animals.

[wubbelflup]

i find it harder to find dead animals than living ones atm.

i wouldn't mind it one of the perks got changed, like the "spotting multiple animals" one.

[Bowfin]

There is a setting to make a downed animal glow already in the game.

[wubbelflup]

Originally posted by Bowfin:

There is a setting to make a downed animal glow already in the game.

yes but only if you're close...

[CaptainNebulous]

easiest way to find dead animals is look on the map, set a map marker at the center of the hunting pressure (this is where the blood trail will start).... and then follow the blood trail.

[wubbelflup]

Originally posted by CaptainNebulous:

easiest way to find dead animals is look on the map, set a map marker at the center of the hunting pressure (this is where the blood trail will start).... and then follow the blood trail.

that's what i've been doing! but many times the tracks are just confusing AF with either huge gaps or weird twists and turns. or even glitches where the animal warped 30 meter..

and i just wish i could use my bino's more like the night vision ones to see tracks. well.. the carcases at least..

[CaptainNebulous]

Originally posted by epicpotato 077:

Originally posted by CaptainNebulous:

easiest way to find dead animals is look on the map, set a map marker at the center of the hunting pressure (this is where the blood trail will start).... and then follow the blood trail.

that's what i've been doing! but many times the tracks are just confusing AF with either huge gaps or weird twists and turns. or even glitches where the animal warped 30 meter..

and i just wish i could use my bino's more like the night vision ones to see tracks. well.. the carcases at least..

Just remember that unless you started chasing the animal before it died, more times than not it's going to run in a relatively straight line unless it hits a barrier of some sort. Most of the animals don't actually run for very long even when they're spooked..... they usually slow down to a fast trot (at which point they may change direction one time) but if you're chasing them and they aren't down yet they'll start running again and this can often times be accompanied by a change in direction. Sure they will have small changes in direction other than that, but a lot of times the sudden direction changes are for a reason.... either their alert level is re-increased or they hit a barrier.

Over half the time if you're confused, best first thing to do is to keep going in the direction of the most recent blood trail. Generally though they will kind of ping-pong in fairly predictable fashion between colliders or points-of-additional-spooking.

Even using these tips you'll still probably lose somewhere between 2% and 5% of your carcasses due to various reasons including bugs making some things not as consistent as they should be.

[Vazc0]

Originally posted by epicpotato 077:

Originally posted by CaptainNebulous:

easiest way to find dead animals is look on the map, set a map marker at the center of the hunting pressure (this is where the blood trail will start).... and then follow the blood trail.

that's what i've been doing! but many times the tracks are just confusing AF with either huge gaps or weird twists and turns. or even glitches where the animal warped 30 meter..

and i just wish i could use my bino's more like the night vision ones to see tracks. well.. the carcases at least..

i keep the animal spotted after i shot it. as soon as its out of sight, i go to the map and put a marker on the last known location (green dot/spotting symbol)

you can also only follow blood trails and ignore the other tracks. its not perfect but can help sometimes at being less confusing

i dont know how you hunt, but if you want to do less tracking, you can also not move after taking a shot. just stay still until you see hunting pressure on the map so you know the animal is dead. if you start running too early, you will make the animal run again and again - making it WAY harder to track down

[McSqurl Nugget]

Originally posted by CaptainNebulous:

Originally posted by epicpotato 077:

that's what i've been doing! but many times the tracks are just confusing AF with either huge gaps or weird twists and turns. or even glitches where the animal warped 30 meter..

and i just wish i could use my bino's more like the night vision ones to see tracks. well.. the carcases at least..

Just remember that unless you started chasing the animal before it died, more times than not it's going to run in a relatively straight line unless it hits a barrier of some sort. Most of the animals don't actually run for very long even when they're spooked..... they usually slow down to a fast trot (at which point they may change direction one time) but if you're chasing them and they aren't down yet they'll start running again and this can often times be accompanied by a change in direction. Sure they will have small changes in direction other than that, but a lot of times the sudden direction changes are for a reason.... either their alert level is re-increased or they hit a barrier.

Over half the time if you're confused, best first thing to do is to keep going in the direction of the most recent blood trail. Generally though they will kind of ping-pong in fairly predictable fashion between colliders or points-of-additional-spooking.

Even using these tips you'll still probably lose somewhere between 2% and 5% of your carcasses due to various reasons including bugs making some things not as consistent as they should be.

I chase them when I shoot em. sems like it's lifelike that if they run they bleed out faster. could be just me :) On the ones i shoot and have to track if i chase i generally don't track them as far as if i wait and then track.

[Madwand]

What do you do when the blood trail runs out, but the tracks keep going, then inevitably start going in circles? Even my dog quits.