Software Requirements
Getting Started
theHunter.com
Launching The Game
Equipping your Character
Key Bindings
Movement Control
Weaponry and Items
Other Keys
HunterMate
Navigation
Out In The Field
Tracking
Spotting Animals
Calling/Luring Animals
Confirmed Kill
Ethical Hunting
Entering Competitions
Shooting Range
Troubleshooting
Uninstalling
Web browser:
Firefox 3.0+ or Internet Explorer 7+. (We do not support Opera, Safari, Chrome at this stage. The web site will
still work in these browsers but may not function correctly.)
Game Launcher:
This is a small application that must be installed to play theHunter. It is an application that downloads and
updates the 3D client.
theHunter 3D Client:
This is the 3D hunting game. Included in the client is the DirectX web installer that installs the latest version of
DirectX runtime.
Here is a step by step guide on how to create an account on the web site. This must be done before you can
download the game and start playing.
1. Go to: http://www.thehunter.com
2. Click the Sign Up button located on the left hand side of the screen.
3. Follow the instructions and fill in the details to create an account.
4. Clicking Submit will trigger an activation email, sent to the email address you’ve used to Sign Up. When it arrives,
click on the link inside and log on with your password and email address.
5. At this point, you can select an avatar from the thousands available that you wish to use in-game.
6. Use the nickname box to input a nickname for your avatar.
7. Full character names are generated randomly, clicking the shuffle button generates new names. Shuffle through
until you find one you like.
8. Clicking Submit creates the character. You will then be taken to your "My Page" from here you navigate around
the site. We suggest you take some time to get used to the features available on the web site.
Once you are happy with the web site its time to download the theHunter Launcher. This is a little application that
downloads and automatically updates the main game. Here is a step by step guide on how to download and install
the theHunter Launcher:
IMPORTANT: You must be logged in to the web site to download the theHunter Launcher.
1. When logged in to the web site, navigate to The Hunt page (click The Hunt in the main menu bar).
2. Click on ‘Install the Game’ on the right hand side of the page next to the Hunt Now button.
3. You will be taken to another page. Here you must click on ‘Install the theHunter Launcher Application.
4. Save the theHunter Launcher Setup.exe to a location on your computer (remember where this location is).
5. Once downloaded, run the theHunter Launcher Setup.exe.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the theHunter Launcher.
Please Note: The theHunter Launcher will also install a program called vcredist, this is a required element but you
may already have it installed (as many games use it). If this is the case just choose to repair the application and it
will be installed over the top of your previous vcredist (this will not cause any other applications to stop working it
will just make sure you have the complete install of vcredist).
Once you have the theHunter Launcher Installed the last step before you can start playing the game is to
download the 3D client.
IMPORTANT: You must be logged in to the web site and have theHunter Launcher installed to download the 3D
client.
1. In the Web site navigate to Hunt Now page, by clicking on Hunt Now in the menu bar.
2. Click on Go Hunting on the right hand side of the page.
3. This will launch the theHunter Launcher, which will pop up a window showing you that it is downloading the game
and giving you an estimated download time. If you are downloading via a torrent, the theHunter Launcher knows
how much of the game you have downloaded and which files you still need so do not worry if you have to stop the
download at any time you can simply pick up from where you left off by clicking on Hunt Now again.
4. Once the game has finished downloading you can close the window.
The 3D client is now installed. It is worth noting that you can close the window at any time if you wish and the
theHunter Launcher will minimize to the system tray. You can re-open the theHunter Launcher and check the status
of your download by double clicking on the theHunter Launcher icon in the system tray. If you have selected run
game after download then the game will auto launch when the download is complete.
Please Note: Specific elements of DirectX that are required to run the game will be installed during the installation
process. These elements must be installed regardless of whether you already have DirectX 10 or 11 on your PC.
Talk to Doc, and accept the mission. The mission is now active so once you
start theHunter and step onto Whitehart Island, you’re all set to go.
2) Select your starting location. (For the 1st tutorial mission, start at The Causeway)
Outfit your character as you see fit, dragging and dropping items from the Lodge Inventory onto the character
window. When you’ve picked up an item a slot on your character will highlight, so you can see where it is allowed to
go.
Items can be directly placed into the various key binding slots as displayed, note they will also take up space in
the characters back pack.
To return Items to the Lodge Inventory take them from the character window and drop them in the left hand
window.
Note that you can only remove items at the Lodge Inventory, although items with a limited usage (bullets, wind
indicator) will be automatically discarded from your inventory once their uses have been depleted.
Once you’ve equipped your character click the Exit button on the screen or press the Escape key to enter the
Evergreen Hunting Reserve!
Take note of the Key Bindings on the Inventory screen. Pressing the relevant key readies that weapon or item.
1 + 2 = Weapon slots
3 + 4 = Equipment
B = Binoculars
Tab = HunterMate (Always equipped)
G = Mini Game (when equipped)
If you would like to change the Key Bindings, this can be done via the Options menu.
W - Forward
S - Back
A - Strafe Left
D - Strafe Right
E - Toggle Run/walk
Q - Toggle Auto walk/run
Mouse - Look/aim
Lctrl - Position down, per press. Crouch, then go prone from standing.
Lshift - Position up, per press. Crouch, then stand up from prone.
Space bar - Climb up or leave hunting tower.
You can also view a map of all of Whitehart Island and Loggers
Point by pressing the Right Mouse button while having the
HunterMate in hand, or the M key.
If you find a track from an animal other than the one you’ve been tracking,
you can choose to ignore the new trail or abandon the old one. However, if you
identify a clue from a previous trail, the HunterMate will pick that up from
where you left off.
Hints
Identifying droppings will give you a circle around the dropping location
showing how far the animal has moved since the delivery was made. By
successfully identifying three of these tracks in a row you can get more detailed
information, covering both possible direction and distance.
Direction of travel Direction of travel with radius Direction of travel with radius
Spotting Feral Hog through Binoculars Spotting Bull Elk through Binoculars
Spotting a Mule Deer Buck through Rifle Scope Spotting a Bull Elk through Rifle Scope
Mule Deer Urine Whitetail Urine Elk Urine Blacktail Urine Hog Attractant
Deer Bleat Call Deer Grunt Call Elk Bugle Call Box Turkey Call
Also, it will alert the Warden that you have harvested an animal and they can send someone out to collect the
carcass. Killing an animal without confirming the kill is unethical and the only thing you will earn is the wrath of the
Warden.
Kill is confirmed
Ethical Hunting
Ethical hunting is encouraged in theHunter. The "Fair Chase" statement, as defined by the Boone and Crockett
Club; "...is the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild, native North American
big game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper advantage over such animals." In The
Hunter this also means that any unethical kills will not be ranked on our leader boards.
2) Select Competitions
3) Enter the desired competition by selecting a species tab and then Join. Competitions that can be entered will have
a red Join button.
4) Once you have clicked the red Join button you have Enrolled.
You can enter in one (1) competition per species. If you do not see the Join button this means that you are still
Enrolled in the previously started competition.
Account or profile issues: If you're having issues with your account or profile, please contact support@thehunter.
com directly with detailed information regarding your problem.
Gameplay related questions (non-issues): If you have questions about actual gameplay, please refer to the rest
of http://www.thehunterwiki.com or our http://forum.thehunter.com/index.php.
First of all, make sure your computer specs meet the minimum requirements: http://thehunterwiki.com/wiki/
index.php?title=System_Requirements
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us
ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
If your problem persists, try a different browser than the one you're currently using.
If your problem STILL persists, make sure you allow theHunter and the launcher through your Windows firewall:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Allow-a-program-to-communicate-through-Windows-Firewall
Mozilla FireFox: Go to Tools - Options - Applications and find the launcher and make sure it's pointing to the
launcher.
If all else fails; re-download from a different source and reinstall the game
(If theHunter Launcher icon is not in the taskbar, click on Hunt Now, and then Hunt Now again to bring up the
launcher and click on quit, the icon should now be in your taskbar.)
Once the Uninstall application is opened, you can select the previous version of theHunter that you would like to
uninstall. Highlight the version and click on OK. You're done.