

I even went as far as to find a rabbit, put the glasses back on, and confirm that the compass and on-animal icons disappear.

I just confirmed that, AS SOON AS I take them off, the animal tracking works 100%!! I took them off, went out to do some hunting, found 6/6 chickens and rabbits and it was working normal with the green paw buff, the overhead compass icon, and on-animal icon. I have the Tough Guy Glasses on giving me +1 Fortitude and Level 4 Perception with Rank 2 Animal Tracker. Does anyone have experience of the higher ranks of this perk working? Is there some special technique or something I'm missing? Level 2 seems bugged to me. I have been given the impression that not a lot of players use the animal tracker perk, or are under the impression that it is broken. I spent extended time wandering in and out of range trying to zero in on the animals I was detecting before turning to the elixir that allowed me to reset to level 1, which works well enough. such as when a chicken tried to cross the road. It wouldn't even show me nearby rabbits and chickens, which I had to spot the old fashioned way. The paws were turning green all the time but no compass indicator was showing up at all.

Then I tried level 2 - supposedly allowing me to detect larger animals - and the thing seemed to bug out. This perk has found chickens and rabbits in relative abundance that I would have blithely walked right past, and has contributed to a reliable stockpile of meat in our base. A newly added on-screen icon helps you spot the little critter in the tall grass. If there's not an animal within range it will say you don't spot any tracks. I use the animal tracker perk and find the first level quite good: Hunker down, if there's an animal within 20 to 30 meters the paws will turn green, follow the indicator on your compass and kill the animal.
