Tree Collision Bug

[Shi-an]

In Ash Canyon, in front of Angler's Den, there is a tree which protects a small area behind a rock. The collision area of this tree is double the visual graphic of the tree (see attached video, but you need to download it to see it).

In Perilous Constant, wolves will growl at you if there's a fire going and you're standing at the left or behind the burning fire (where I left my raw meat in  the video). I know because I spent a long time in my test run there.

Post-DLC, wolves will never stop and growl to the left of the tree, only towards the right. After some testing I figured this is because the large collision area means that although visually you can see the wolf and they can see you, they can't detect you until they're well past this collision.

I lost my run because of this "change". I would've been fine in Perilous Constant as I had dealt with wolves sniffing me out at that campfire a couple of dozen times already.

I did some further testing, and it looks like this collision bug actually affects every tree with Old Man's Beard Lichen, but doesn't affect regular trees.

I do have a backup specifically because of the chance of bugs with the new DLC release, but the question is whether this is a bug or maybe some kind of intended mechanic? I've filed a bug report, but has anyone else noticed weird collision with trees?

Edited December 11, 2022 by Shi-an

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