bears and wolves have footstep sounds, we all know this because it was a big deal they were added.
despite adding a mod to increase the volume of bear footsteps, there's something i noticed (and this mod helped me in this);
i can't hear animals that are out of my line of sight?
is this occlusion culling? (spoiler: it's not. i've tested with it off.) i've run from bears and wolves many times just to turn around and only THEN hear the footsteps, but not hear them when facing away, despite the bear being right behind me.
what gives?