I tend to do that too. Goodie huts do have a particle effect (if you zoom out slowly, the glowy white ball usually in the center of the tile will stand out more), but it's not usually obvious. A more tame particle effect that either surrounds the tile or floats above it would work a bit better, I think.

Fourthed.

Hound, that is an interesting idea, but then I would totally remove the graphic from the game at all.   Otherwise, won't all of us just zoom out to the cloth map to make sure we don't miss them?

I see the small white particle effect now, but it is only visible when zooming out.   Possibly this is a glitch or bug that will be worked on.    For me this isn't a particulary horrible thing, I just find that things aren't quite as distinct to my eyes when I play at higher resolutions, and I'd like to see someway to identify the goodie huts quickly.

Totally removing the graphic is what I mean by not visible at all.

I think it would be more exciting traveling around and stepping on "empty" tiles if there always was a tiny chance of finding something valuable. You could even keep some units on auto explore to scout mapped areas for loot.

Units with better vision should have a higher chance of finding stuff. Crows should make excellent scouts even if they couldn't carry anything themselves.

I like Hound's suggestion.

I also have been mostly playing on the cloth map, because it is much easier to see all special squares, but especially the goodie huts.

Maybe there could be an icon like in the cloth map that floats over the square in the 3D view to catch your eye. It could even be transparent like a watermark.

I certainly zoom out to get a strategic view as well, I guess I want to eliminate the zooming out so I can tell if that is a dropped pouch 2 squares away from me.  I should be able to just tell by looking at it.   Maybe even color the tile a different color on the ground.  Make it flash or have a swirly halo effect (made with the cool particle effect editor).

Good enough.  I can mod my own effects into the existing tiles, so if I like the dropped pouch to have a glowing neon sign saying "I'm lost, come claim me"  I can. 

I would like the ones that are in to be more obvious, maybe some glowing particles that travel upward like most loot effects in games. But I would also like "hidden ones" that aren't even visible on the cloth map, adds a bit of random and makes exploration more about discovery instead of a route charted out between whatever huts you can see.

Definitely agree with making goodie huts more noticeable.

Another thing that could probably do with a similar treatment are quest destinations. The cloth map highlights them in yellow, but in 3D, unless you saw them pop up when you accepted the quest, you can't really tell by looking that you have business there.