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With this major update, we are introducing animal taxidermy and trophy mounts to the game! The trophy mounting system gives players complete freedom with the trophy placement. You can choose which type of mount you want to place and where you want to place it. Each animal also has several different poses to choose from. We would love to see your lodges so post them to our Discord, tag us in socials and share here in Steams screenshots!

And that is not all! We are also adding another animal, the mighty fallow deer to the game. These colorful medium sized deer with big antlers and thick necks can be found mostly around leaf and mixed forest areas. We have reworked the whole eastern side of the map and added a 3rd outpost, giving the players more exciting hunting grounds to go after the fallows!

There are many, many more changes, features and improvements in this update so read all of them below:

[h2]Animal Taxidermy And Trophy Mounts[/h2]

• Animal Taxidermy from harvest screen
  
• Animal Saving from harvest screen
  
• Trophy Manager
  
• Wall mounts in different styles and sizes
  
• Floor mounts in different styles and sizes
  
• Table mounts in different styles and sizes
  
• Several trophy poses for all animals
  
• Trophy mounting system, which gives players the freedom to place trophies around the lodge
  

[h3]Overview of the trophy mounts system[/h3]
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[h2]Additions[/h2]

• [h3]New Animal - Fallow deer[/h3]
  
  • Fallow deer caller
    
  • Fallow deer info book
    
  • Fallow deer trophy statues
• [h3]Bulgarian reserve update[/h3]
  • Eastern area environment
    
  • 3rd outpost
    
  • New hunting towers
• Added taxidermy, trophy mounts and autowalk instructions to "How to play"
  
• Added background to "How to play" texts
  

[h2]New Features[/h2]

• Added player fall damage
  
• Added autowalk
  
• Added an option to adjust hip inventory height and distance
  
• Added adjustable scope position on guns (The player can attach the scope on different distance from the gun stock)
  
• Added support for ForceTube haptic gun stock

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Adjusted animal trophy spawn rates
  
• Weapons can’t be grabbed from the backpack when it’s on the players back
  
• Books from Bulgarian outposts won’t travel with the player to the main lodge
  
• Shooting range distance buttons now cancels the inspect action
  
• Adjusted the rotation values of inventory
  
• Optimized animal tracks
  
• Optimized several vegetations and biomes
  
• Optimized the main lodge
  
• Optimized animals to use less CPU
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where animals would flee towards the player
  
• Fixed most cases where animals would get stuck and run in place
  
• Fixed an issue where a dead wild boar could still cause damage
  
• Fixed an issue where a paralyzed animal doesn’t take damage
  
• Fixed an issue where the player can grab ejected bullets but can’t drop them or put them away if the ammo box isn’t visible (now the player can drop these bullets if there is no ammo box available)
  
• Fixed an issue where the player can get extra ammo at the shooting range
  
• Fixed an issue where bullets loaded in revolver can disappear if the revolver is close to the ammo box during loading
  
• Fixed an issue where hand would spin when holding the mobile tracker
  
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't shoot through animals to hit another
  
• Fixed an issue where game settings wouldn't set correctly when returning to lodge from Bulgaria map
  

We hope you enjoy the update and let us know what you think! Thank you for playing and all the feedback!

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[h2]Today we are proud to announce that animal taxidermy and trophy mounts are coming to Virtual Hunter! [/h2]
With our trophy mounting system we are giving you the freedom to place your mounts around the lodge and making it your own. Use wall mounts, floor mounts and small game table mounts to show off your trophies. We will share more information closer to its release!

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We've been busy making the next major update so this patch includes few but important changes. We have implemented something that has been highly requested, smooth turn! You can find it with speed adjustments from the control settings. Patch also includes couple of fixes and improvements.

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Smooth turn with speed adjustments.
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Ejecting ammo from the .44 revolver will empty the full cylinder and unused ammo is added back to the ammobox.
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[h2]Animal Changes[/h2]

• Improved Wild Boars attack behavior
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where grabbing ammo from the ammo box required double trigger press
  
• Fixed an issue where old gloves were used in certain situations
  

* With this change you can prevent losing ammo by emptying the revolver before quitting the game.

Thank you for playing! Let us know if you run into any issues or want to give feedback. Our Discord has an amazing community and it’s the best place to reach us directly: https://discord.gg/gGmSAA8Prd

Happy hunting!

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How has your Wild Boar hunting been? In this update we have some fixes, changes and finally our very own hunting gloves! We also added some animal behavior for wounded animals. Bleeding animals will now lie down after they have calmed down and low health animals slow down to walk before dying. Use this information to improve your hunting tactics! Here are all the changes:

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added custom hunting gloves!
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Improved .303 rifles bolt handling*
  
• Increased .44 revolvers chamber areas for easier loading
  
• Changed pointers to custom line renderers (no more ugly cubes)
  
• Changed .44 revolvers ammo box
  
• Added bullet eject sounds to .44 revolver
  
• Adjusted binoculars default lens distance to suit for average eye width
  
• Added roots and small branches to Wild Boars feeding track
  
• Changed harvest screens shot info text colors
  

[h2]Animal Changes[/h2]

• Bleeding animals will now lie down after calming down
  
• Increased bleeding from vital and non-vital hits
  
• Animals will slow down when in low health
  
• Synced Wild Boars walking speed and animation
  
• Increased the chance for Wild Boars to make feeding tracks
  
• Slight changes to animal active and inactive times
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where grabbing ammo from the ammo box put the ammo back, needing to grab it again
  
• Fixed an issue where mobile tracker disappeared when going to the lodge scene after playing the tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where dead Boars highlight didn’t work
  
• Fixed an issue where Wild Boars didn’t stare at player when paralyzed
  
• Fixed an issue where bleeding tracks would stop even if animal was still bleeding
  
• Removed hints from Wild Boars feed area tracks
  

* There was a bug in the .303’s bolt where it wouldn’t work properly in odd angles and it was hard to use with off hand. With this update the bolts handling should be fixed.

Let us know if you run into any issues or want to give feedback, we would love to hear it! Our Discord has an amazing community and it’s the best place to reach us directly: https://discord.gg/gGmSAA8Prd

Thank you for playing and happy hunting!

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In this update we introduce our first new animal - Wild Boar! These loud and heavily built animals are found in big groups all around the reserve. Check the area for their unique feeding tracks and lure them in with the brand new caller. But you better carry the new .44 revolver with you since on a rare occasion the boars can turn aggressive if you get too close.
[h2]Additions[/h2]

• New Animal - Wild Boar
• Wild Boar caller
  
• Wild Boar info book
  
• Wild Boar trophy statues
  
• New weapon - .44 revolver
• Sidearm slots to waist
  
• Basic health system to the player*
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Info board opens when the player buys an item
  
• RAM optimization
  
• Bullet returns to ammo box if it’s held when the gun is put away
  
• Optics stabilization distance is checked from the object, not from the controller
  
• Weapons stabilization allows now more controller movement before the stabilization ends
  
• Ejecting unused ammo from the .303 rifle now adds the ejected ammo back to the players ammo**
  
• General reflections to all maps***
  
• Early morning sky doesn't have a black horizon anymore
  
• Removed auto exposure. This feature darkened the view when looking towards the sun, making the game very dark. Now light is more even and clearer
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the player can grab objects from distance
  
• Fixed an issue where ammo item location can't be else than the default slot without errors
  
• Fixed an issue where item incompatible with the backslot caused controller to vibrate always when touching it
  
• Fixed an issue where animals might not spawn and there isn't vegetation in the Bulgarian reserve
  

* Added basic health system to the player. Currently player will passively heal after taking damage. Boars dealt damage is based on players stance. The lower you are, the more damage you take since tusks reach more vital areas.

** This is a temporary solution for losing .303 ammo when quitting the game. You can now eject ammo from .303 rifle with the slider to preserve them.

*** All maps have now general reflections, making metal textures and water more realistic. It shouldn’t have performance impact but please let us know in the forums or our Discord if you experience worse performance.

Happy hog hunting everybody!

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