Koalefant Questions! (Op?/Mechanic?/Advice?)

[Zackman777]

Dirt piles disappear if ignored for more than 22.5 seconds (.75 time segments, TUNING.SEG_TIME = 30).  In hunter.lua, lines 172-177 (OnUpdate function),

 

The delay after a failed hunt is different in spring than other seasons.  This does not apply to successful hunts or dirt piles that were ignored entirely, only failed hunts where the tracks washed away, a dirt pile or track didn't have a suitable place to appear, or the hunted animal itself failed to spawn for some reason.  In hunter.lua, lines 215-219 (ResetHunt function),

 

Thus, in most seasons failed hunts reset after 5 seconds but in spring it takes 3 in-game days. (24 minutes!)  Successful hunts have a delay between 0.9 and 1.5 days regardless of season.  So if you start following animal tracks in spring, do not abandon them for more than 22 seconds or you'll need to wait a long time before starting over.  So long, in fact, you'll potentially miss 2 or 3 animals.   Those line numbers are for DS:RoG, but I checked the code for DST and the behaviour is the same.

 

Your explanations cleared it up for me. I really appreciate it.