Update 9.2 Patch notes

Highlights

Mountain Goat TruRacs have been completely redone. All Mountain Goat horn models have been rebuilt from the ground up. No populations were harmed in the remastering. Existing animals on your reserve will simply shed their current horns to grow the new ones.

Tiger AI has been adjusted to make them more clever when they sense they're in danger of being spotted by you.

Dog AI has been updated to act more naturally around water. Expect less awkward hopping, better idling behavior when exiting water, and smoother transitions when sprinting into a shallow swim.

Game Feeders should once again attract animals as they used to.

Tents can now be placed on slightly steeper inclines.

Several system optimizations have been made to reduce memory usage and improve overall stability, particularly for players on older or memory-limited hardware. The optimized systems include: Terrain, Trophy Lodge, Animals, Maps, and Structures.

Bug Fixes

Animals

• Fixed Grizzly Bear footprints looking like hoofprints instead of pawprints.
• Fixed a Whitetail stomach mesh that was deforming unnaturally during movement, causing shading and clipping issues.
• Fixed Whitetail deer elbows and shoulder bones breaking unnaturally in movement.
• Fixed an issue where the Collared Peccary's spinal cord would look disconnected in the rear and head areas on the harvest screen x-ray view.
• Fixed an issue where American Woodcock trophies would change colors in the lodge depending on graphics settings.
• Fixed an issue where European Badger and Mountain Goat eyes weren't pointing in the right directions.
• Fixed an issue with Bengal Tigers not playing call animations and sounds while walking.
• Fixed an issue where one of the large Moose TruRacs base models didn't have variations. This fix adds the appropriate variations and recalculates the scores to match. Any pre-existing trophies using this antler model won't have scores adjusted. Existing moose already on your maps may get their antlers rerolled.
• Fixed the Hog Deer trophy type incorrectly being described as having horns rather than antlers.
• Fixed an issue where fleeing wolves in a pack would frequently turn around, stop, and start unnaturally.
• Fixed issues with the Brown Bear's skeleton appearing disconnected in x-ray view.
• Smoothed out the Gray Fox's unintended belly dent visible in certain poses, particularly as a trophy.
• Fixed an issue where Snow Geese would sometimes flicker between darker and lighter colors when flying.

Equipment

• Fixed an issue where some small, portable structures could be placed in invalid underground locations at Caisteal an Eilein on Scotland Hunting Reserve.
• Fixed an issue where the Cassidy Combination Shotgun wasn't counting toward objectives that require a shotgun.
• Fixed an issue where the Carcass Feeder and Mineral Lick feeder had no sounds when filled.
• Fixed an issue where no sound effect played when filling a Game Feeder from the map UI.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that would cause player animations on the ATV to break and cause joint deformations if network connection was lost while riding.

Missions

• Fixed an issue where the "New England Landmarks" mission on New England Mountains Reserve could become impossible to complete if you visited a landmark before accepting the mission.
• Fixed several issues blocking progression in the "In Saltie Territory" mission on Emerald Coast.
• Fixed an issue where "The Maritz Final Exam" mission could be completed with a Gold or lower medal Cape Buffalo instead of only accepting Gold and higher.
• Fixed an issue where interactive objects in the "Aftermath" mission on Askiy Ridge weren't highlighting.
• Fixed an issue where the "Lizard Brain" mission on Mississippi Acres wouldn't complete until restarting.
• Fixed issues with dialogue not coming up in "Pipe Down" and "Read the Bones" missions on Scotland Hunting Reserve in certain languages.
• Fixed an issue where "Federal Eco Service #5", "An Influential Person #2", and "Bears for Grankin #2" were blocked on Medved Taiga.
• Fixed several missions on Askiy Ridge that were missing images in their codex entries.

System

• Fixed an issue where the game may crash if you lose internet connection while starting a multiplayer session and then reconnect.
• Fixed several different scenarios where the game would crash instead of properly shutting down when closed.

Trophies

• Fixed an issue where one of the square platforms couldn't be customized with paints.
• Fixed an issue where the medal indicator on Premium Plaques would disappear when viewed from certain angles.
• Fixed visual issues with the Gredos Ibex female horns-only pose.
• Fixed a visual issue where the Beceite Ibex female pose would clip through the plaque.
• Fixed an issue where Moose Antlers would clip into several plaques.
• Fixed an issue where the Javan Rusa antlers-only pose would have its head clip through the plaque.
• Fixed issues with the Merriam Turkey's tail feathers being distributed unevenly across several trophy poses.
• Fixed an issue where Dark Brown Woodland Caribou trophies would show up in the wrong color.

UI

• Fixed an issue where accessing a customization menu (for tents, weapons, or binoculars) and then the reticle customization screen would revert your reticles.
• Fixed an issue where "Affected Species" descriptions on callers in the Inventory screen would sometimes cut off when listing species.

World

• Fixed a lighting issue on certain reserves that made metallic equipment look overly reflective and shiny, particularly within dark areas during the daytime.
• Fixed an issue where you could get stuck in a tent at Henkelpott Outpost on Salzwiesen Park.
• Fixed a fence and bulletin board that were clipping into the ground at Crow Crown on Torr Nan Sithean.
• Grounded a floating tree near Ramthali Outpost on Sundarpatan.
• Added crackling fire sounds to the silent campfire at McLachlan Edge on Torr Nan Sithean.

Xbox

• Fixed an issue where signing into a child account in a specific way with a parent account could sometimes lead to crashing or freezing on launch.
• Fixed an issue with how achievement unlocks are validated that could cause the game to freeze in certain cases.
• Fixed an issue where the game would get stuck on the loading screen when switching accounts while the game was suspended and the console was offline.
• Optimized vegetation on Silver Ridge Peaks and Rancho Del Arroyo for better performance.

PlayStation

• Fixed a crash that would happen rarely after loading a map or fast travelling.

Since many of you hated the joke we had in the last patch notes, and I enjoyed seeing your upset reactions. Here's another one, this time from community moderator.

Jaguar: "Did you hear about the Jaguar that attacked a hunter?"
Hunter: "No, I did not."
Jaguar: "That is because I am a quiet jaguar."
[muffled sounds of Jaguar violence]

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