discussion "Taxidermy" Deaths

[JujuBear]

The case with the wolf was much more obvious. The situation goes like this:

- A wolf began its charge at me

- As it reaches that point where it transitions from charging to lunging (and triggering the struggle fight), I let loose an arrow dead-center toward its head.

- Wolf takes the hit but is still alive and triggers the "struggle" event at that very moment.

- Not even a second goes by the struggle ends very abruptly (I used the hunting knife by the way)

- I see the wolf "slumping" and then it just stops moving altogether in this odd position.

Initially I though the wolf was still alive and it's a bad case of the in-game model freezing (something I've seen the bear do until you interact with it) so I shoot it with an arrow. When I pointed my selector at it's body it said "Frozen Wolf Carcass" and that's when I  realized that the wolf had already died during the stuggle where I used the knife to stab it once. With the moose I suppose it's just a visual hiccup.

Anyone else experienced this though? Particularly with the wolf one.

[stratvox]

The wolf looks like it's got colon cancer or something.

 

[stratvox]

But yeah, I've seen that. There've been some serious problems with weird stuff like this (as well as arrows floating in mid-air) since Steadfast Ranger came out, at least on linux.

 

[JujuBear]

22 hours ago, stratvox said:

The wolf looks like it's got colon cancer or something.

 

Didn't digest that rabbit very well did he?

19 hours ago, rancid0 said:

im on ps4 and Ive had this happen many times, it seems to happen to wolves alot.. for me at least

thats how i got my profile pic

I see, so it's not exclusive on the PC then.

[Jolan]

I've seen it too.  I've also had my arrow just hang there with a blood spot in mid air as if the game forgot where the ground was. My wolf ending position was very similar to yours as well.  Pics here  

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Jolan

[Guest Marcurios]

same here, i had this happen multiple times in a single playthrough.

on Windows 7, steam, Stalker mode with axe after shot with bow when lunging..
the exact same behaviour as you described.
have to add that the wolf still moved when it already said it was a carcass.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Marcurios

[Guirrago]

The same happens with me...

[Serenity]

Happened in my current game when I beat a wolf to death with a prybar. Hit it with an arrow but it didn't die and still charged. Then killed it in the struggle. All other wolves died properly.