Fix the dogs moving me and screwing up shots.

[狙撃兵の法律 (Laww)]

I am getting tired of lining up a shot in a dense forest with a narrow shot between trees 150m+ range about to pull the trigger and the dog bumps into me moving me. Remove the dog's ability to move you. The dog should not be moving you.. if anything.. you should move the dog if you walk into it.

it hasnt really been much of an issue since launch until today. Even my friends I play with have also been getting irritated with their dogs constantly bumping them when they are about to take a shot. Our dogs are between lvls 27-30 and we dont know if its just because of their level they they are sticking closer to us or if some hidden patch was rolled out that is keeping them closer but they are about ready to just remove the dogs because of how annoying this is getting.

[paganSK]

+1 dogs collision model is horrible - he push me when he is behind and change line from right to left to up front me.

[HoSirSir]

+1. The dog pushing me is bad. Another problem is the dog suddenly move in front of my scope when I am going to pull the trigger. It block my sight to the target. The dog should know to stay behind when the gun is up. The problem is I already order the dog to "stay". But it automatic turn to "heel" afterward.

[WarpLover]

I'd be telling the dog to sit - no bumping
same problem exist with two people in a blind - one can bump the other completely out of the blind
I don't think it is related to dogs. The collision model gets my vote.

[Mom_Kat]

There's pros and cons to everything. The dog is a tool. It's up to you to control it's behavior. You actually (in a sense) train the dog. You have to pay attention to it, make it happy to be with you and want to do as you ask.

Tell your dog to lay down—or to sit. They generally stay put unless you get too far away, then they will revert to 'heeling' until they catch up. Solution: don't plant the dog then wander off for 100 meters or more. If I'm moving, my dog is in 'heel' mode. When I get to the area where I'm lining up shots, my dog is laying down before I move in. If I get bumped, it's my fault for not controlling my dog.

I have never lost a shot—and don't expect to—unless I forgot to mind my dog.

[huebnerrl]

Originally posted by Mom_Kat:

There's pros and cons to everything. The dog is a tool. It's up to you to control it's behavior. You actually (in a sense) train the dog. You have to pay attention to it, make it happy to be with you and want to do as you ask.

Tell your dog to lay down—or to sit. They generally stay put unless you get too far away, then they will revert to 'heeling' until they catch up. Solution: don't plant the dog then wander off for 100 meters or more. If I'm moving, my dog is in 'heel' mode. When I get to the area where I'm lining up shots, my dog is laying down before I move in. If I get bumped, it's my fault for not controlling my dog.

I have never lost a shot—and don't expect to—unless I forgot to mind my dog.

THIS exactly. Never missed a shot because of my dog. I always lay him down. He has pushed me off a cliff once. But that is another story. He got no treat for that.

[VaeliusNoctu]

Dog constantly pushes you out of cover or blocks you while sneaking away!

Hello,

How many times have I sat under a tree and the stupid "hunting" dog swarms around me and pushes me out of cover in full view.

It is also great when he runs from the side in front of you while sneaking and blocks your way into the next cover. Does he get out of the way when you walk into him? No, this "hunting" dog is more stupid than a sack of rice.


Greetz

VN

p.s.: yes, he have the order by feet...

[Kaned Dragon]

Not having the issues while taking shots, only once so far. But I have been getting annoyed while walking or creeping, Seems the dog is influenced by where I look rather than which direction I'm moving the character, and keeps nudging my movement.
I would prefer it if our character took priority and moved the dog rather the dog influencing us.

[狙撃兵の法律 (Laww)]

Considering this dog is obviously trained for hunting... you would think it would be "trained" to not bump into us requiring us to tell it to "stay" or "lay down" just to keep it from bumping us while hunting.

[Wombat]

B=sit

[HoSirSir]

Originally posted by 狙撃兵の法律:

Considering this dog is obviously trained for hunting... you would think it would be "trained" to not bump into us requiring us to tell it to "stay" or "lay down" just to keep it from bumping us while hunting.

Agree. Especially this dog was not free of charge.
Anyone here own a hunting dog in real life?
I am interested to know how the dog react to gun fire in real life. In game, it do not react to the gun fire and seem no trained to stay low or stay away from the shooter.
In fact, the purpose of this dog is chasing blood. It do not need to walk ahead of the owner to join the hunt.
I heard some news about hunter shot a human accidentally. But never heard news about hunter shot his dog accidentally.

[woodsmn]

Originally posted by huebnerrl:

Originally posted by Mom_Kat:

There's pros and cons to everything. The dog is a tool. It's up to you to control it's behavior. You actually (in a sense) train the dog. You have to pay attention to it, make it happy to be with you and want to do as you ask.

Tell your dog to lay down—or to sit. They generally stay put unless you get too far away, then they will revert to 'heeling' until they catch up. Solution: don't plant the dog then wander off for 100 meters or more. If I'm moving, my dog is in 'heel' mode. When I get to the area where I'm lining up shots, my dog is laying down before I move in. If I get bumped, it's my fault for not controlling my dog.

I have never lost a shot—and don't expect to—unless I forgot to mind my dog.

THIS exactly. Never missed a shot because of my dog. I always lay him down. He has pushed me off a cliff once. But that is another story. He got no treat for that.

this is why you should be able to kennel your dog and hunt alone sometimes....but he has no off switch ... no way to pen him up ...WHY..?

[Robuk]

Originally posted by woodsmn:

Originally posted by huebnerrl:

THIS exactly. Never missed a shot because of my dog. I always lay him down. He has pushed me off a cliff once. But that is another story. He got no treat for that.

this is why you should be able to kennel your dog and hunt alone sometimes....but he has no off switch ... no way to pen him up ...WHY..?

You have the option to put him/her back in the kennel if you do not want him with you.

Access any cache . At the bottom left you will see the dog and kennel . Click on it and you have the option to Kennel or set as active.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by woodsmn:

this is why you should be able to kennel your dog and hunt alone sometimes....but he has no off switch ... no way to pen him up ...WHY..?

You can put him into his kennel. Just go to an outpost to your weapon locker and select kennel for your dog. It´s as easy as that.

To the others, I agree. The bumping into you is really annoying.

Yesterday I stalked a grizzly and another grizzly literally appeared out of nowhere about 10 meters infront of me without being aware of me and when I was aiming with my bow the dog ran into me and pushed me aside.

I still was able to correct my aiming and drop the bear but that was the moment I decided to put him back into the kennel and not use him anymore.

Another time when I was stalking a grizzly the dog constantly moved between me and the grizzly which was very annoying. You can´t properly aim your bow when the dog is literally in your face.

He seems to not have any situational awareness and strolls around like he is searching for dog candy when there is a dangerous animal 10-15 meters infront of us and I hesitated using the whistle to let him lay down since I already had a spooked another animal before that one by whistling since it is so loud.

[Pinger]

Originally posted by woodsmn:

-snip- I hesitated using the whistle to let him lay down since I already had a spooked another animal before that one by whistling since it is so loud.

A Dev confirmed on a stream the whistle does not alert animals its just a command for the dog, same as the light at night. But the dog if close enough will spook animals.

But @OP next update is suppose to have a fix for this

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Pinger:

Originally posted by woodsmn:

-snip- I hesitated using the whistle to let him lay down since I already had a spooked another animal before that one by whistling since it is so loud.

A Dev confirmed on a stream the whistle does not alert animals its just a command for the dog, same as the light at night. But the dog if close enough will spook animals.

Good to know thanks for the info, I wasn´t 100% sure if it was me whistling that spooked the animal or something else.

Originally posted by Pinger:

But the dog if close enough will spook animals.

This kind of proves my point that it´s not a good idea to take the dog with you when bowhunting.