How Trail Cams could be used in COTW | theHunter: Call of the Wild | Page 1

narrow dagger May 26, 2024, 1:21 PM

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Trail cams in COTW do not take pictures but they do provide lots of valuable information. The trail cams are purchased and when placed are attached to zone markers. When operational for at least 1 day they will give information on the animals visiting that zone.

As an alternative the Camera could be placed in an "unattached state" in which case it could detect new zones zones within the cameras viewing radius. When a new zone is detected the camera then becomes attached to that zone revealing additional information about the zone as seen below ...

When you hover over the trail cam icon that is attached to a zone on your map you can receive the following information transmitted to your hunter mate

Number of animals in the herd
Class and levels of animals that last visited the zone …
**Any rare furs spotted ** 🔥
Exact time when Animals arrive in the zone 🔥

Trails cams should be expensive to purchase (like tents and stands ) and limited in how many can be placed on a map. ..... Additionally the trail cams must be maintained so have a battery life timer that requires the hunter to purchase/replace batteries .

Of course this is just a general outline … Feel free to add or remove any features that might be over or under powered ….

sterile shore May 26, 2024, 1:25 PM

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These would be so much fun and really add another dimension to the hunting experience.

edgy field May 26, 2024, 8:57 PM

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In the game Deer Hunter 2005, there is the Trail Cam.

narrow dagger May 29, 2024, 8:50 AM

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trail cams don't need to take pictures to be useful in game ....

dawn badger May 29, 2024, 7:24 PM

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What an idea!

lethal basin May 30, 2024, 6:32 PM

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maybe less info. not the levels but a range of levels if you see 1-5 for a deer herd could be just a big 4 or maybe a 5

narrow dagger Jun 1, 2024, 9:02 AM

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I edited the original post to add possible additional features to the Trail Cam

narrow dagger Jun 5, 2024, 10:03 PM

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edited the OP to add additional features to the Trail Cam ....

narrow dagger Jun 14, 2024, 1:39 PM

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How Trail Cams could be used in COTW

lofty rock Jun 15, 2024, 2:06 AM

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yes

narrow dagger Jul 6, 2024, 1:46 PM

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No need for trail cams to take pictures ... we just need the info

narrow dagger Jul 9, 2024, 10:55 PM

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No pictures just fun and useful ....

midnight quartz Jul 11, 2024, 1:08 AM

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This would be a game changer!!!

narrow dagger Jul 11, 2024, 8:58 AM

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no fluff just stuff .... 43

analog wing Aug 3, 2024, 5:50 PM

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https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1269345855127814239

narrow dagger Sep 7, 2024, 9:16 AM

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.... 60 📸

narrow dagger Sep 24, 2024, 3:40 PM

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...73 ....

ocean fern Oct 6, 2024, 3:08 AM

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ocean fern Oct 6, 2024, 6:04 PM

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ocean fern Oct 16, 2024, 3:22 AM

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narrow dagger Oct 21, 2024, 12:55 PM

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Made it to 100

narrow dagger Nov 8, 2024, 3:33 PM

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....112

ocean fern Nov 19, 2024, 2:55 PM

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narrow dagger Nov 20, 2024, 11:27 AM

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got to get this in 2025 ......

lethal basin Nov 25, 2024, 6:54 PM

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I mean the devs have teased them in plenty maps already, I really think they are trying to find a balanced way to make them work

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or maybe they are just trolling

narrow silo Dec 3, 2024, 8:22 PM

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Hope they sometime add it...

restive jungle Dec 10, 2024, 7:35 AM

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Different types of cameras? Idk

ocean fern Dec 23, 2024, 9:04 PM

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floral sleet Jan 11, 2025, 5:11 PM

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fr would be good

ocean fern Jan 18, 2025, 5:01 PM

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pine kayak Jan 20, 2025, 4:35 PM

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i have the feeling this is going to be reality this year .....

ocean fern Jan 26, 2025, 12:15 AM

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narrow dagger Feb 4, 2025, 8:18 PM

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EW ... Listen Up .... This would be a great DLC Item .... 90% of players will buy this ... 194

narrow dagger Feb 14, 2025, 2:02 PM

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WOOHOO !!! .... Made it to 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ !!

proven phoenix Feb 15, 2025, 2:46 AM

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I would love to see this

midnight quartz Apr 3, 2025, 8:01 PM

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So I was think about this recently and I came to a conclusion. This would be very hard to code but very useful and profitable in the end, so i don't know if EW will ever add this to the game

narrow dagger Apr 3, 2025, 9:08 PM

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midnight quartz So I was think about this recently and I came to a conclusion. This would be ver...

So why do you think this would be hard to code? I mean relatively speaking? This trail cam would not be taking any pictures ... Its just collecting data on what animals shows up in the zone that it's attached to ....

Now you can argue that it might be OP ... but Hard to code???? IMO not anymore difficult than any other feature of the game ....

midnight quartz Apr 3, 2025, 9:52 PM

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true

narrow dagger Apr 8, 2025, 10:22 AM

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You guys at EW are really missing out on a money making opportunity with Trail cams .... 217

gleaming falcon Apr 8, 2025, 10:38 AM

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Beavers will destroy all the cams

narrow dagger Apr 8, 2025, 12:24 PM

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@gleaming falcon Nah .... Beavers dont know tech ....

rich lichen Apr 10, 2025, 3:44 PM

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So here's a idea we've all placed a trail camera out once and say a bear or I've had raccoons rip them off the trees so it would be cool if that happend in game and say a big buck ripped it off with his antlers it would make the player go and replace the camera more often

narrow dagger Apr 10, 2025, 5:56 PM

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Not really necessary .... as laid out in the OP .... The cams should be maintained with fresh batts on a regular basis or will not function ....

Now this sounds realistic but will get old real quick for players .... So I suggest not requiring the hunter to manually visit each trail cam to replace batts

Just allow him to purchase batts in the store and then click on a trail cam icon on the map to replace batts....
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mortal goblet May 7, 2025, 7:31 PM

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Tbh this is about the only possible way o could see trail cams working. Make them incredibly expensive to buy (I’m talking $30,000+ a pop) and limit what they can actually do. No pictures, no videos, but info on animals in those specific zones is understandable. Plus, if you have to actually maintain it (eg. not being able to use it for a certain amount of time, having to pay money to refill the battery, etc.) it would be fairly balanced.

rare star May 12, 2025, 2:11 PM

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mortal goblet Tbh this is about the only possible way o could see trail cams working. Make the...

I'd say drop it to 10,000 because 30,000 seems a bit pricey for something you can just do for free with tents but regardless best idea I've seen for trail cams so far

narrow dagger May 12, 2025, 4:04 PM

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Ultimately its up to the devs how much they want to charge in game for these .... I think they should release them as a DLC item first ...

like tents where you get a certain number of cams for the price of the DLC ....

After that you can purchase them in the store for in game creds .... As for price it really depends of how many features the devs build into the cams ....

narrow dagger May 14, 2025, 11:16 AM

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with the proposed feature list in the OP and how easy it is get creds in this game I propose 20k price with a 1k recharge that will last about 1 RT month for each cam you own .....

sick scaffold Jun 7, 2025, 2:04 PM

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If you have seen Deer Hunting Camp game that just came out on steam that's the best I've seen them used. You can place them and see livestream video which I like. I have a Spartan GoLive cam Irl that can do the same thing.

narrow dagger Jun 7, 2025, 2:19 PM

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Because of the way animals spawn and move from zone to zone in HCOTW it would be very difficult to capture video or take pics ..... That's why I just suggest they record information only ....

COTW hunters have always wanted some very key information like exact time when animals populate the zone and rare fur variations ...

restive jungle Jul 10, 2025, 3:50 AM

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As someone who uses trail cameras every week out in the bush, this is must!!

bleak briar Jul 31, 2025, 10:06 PM

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