Originally Posted by JDR13 
What about the tree log on the cutting stand in front of the hut? Can you see that as far away as everything else?
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Yep, standing from the top of the hill next to Ardea. This is odd…
Actually funnily enough what you describe happens for me in Risen 2 (there is a white statue on the Big house on the starting harbor in Tacarigua that pops in waay to late despite my extreme values)