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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by AJ Nebula on 5/9/2024 in #help-discussion
Personal Zoopedia
Keep up the good work. This is looking really helpful.
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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by DinoDinozaur on 1/16/2025 in #help-discussion
If you were to design the planet zoo 2 what would you add/change.
There are cat species much smaller than your 4kg european short hair.
While, yes, they would thrive in something big, zoos in reality house them in smaller enclosures.
A 3 by 3 is 144 square meters, with additional useable vertical space.
Perfect would be having the choice between both, but really you will have trouble seeing these animals in regular enclosures, as they would be the smallest of the enclosure species, as far as i am aware.
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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by DinoDinozaur on 1/16/2025 in #help-discussion
If you were to design the planet zoo 2 what would you add/change.
New 3x3 exhibits would be big enough for the smallest cat species, which would be a much more active animal compared to what we have. But if they would add these, i would prefer more customizing within the enclosure, obviously.
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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by Larry on 12/5/2024 in #help-discussion
Say suggestions you would like to see in Planet zoo 2! (Animals/mechanics)
Likely already mentioned but: Let me select, copy and move terrain and paths. Also, add a selection option to the multi selection that lets you limit the selection to specific items or item types.
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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by Larry on 12/5/2024 in #help-discussion
Say suggestions you would like to see in Planet zoo 2! (Animals/mechanics)
- Rework coolers or add additional ones that have a single additional perk: allowing for snow on rocks and trees even when the map climate is above freezing. Having a penguin house or an indoor arctic fox with enclosure with snow would be wonderful. while it isn't the most realistic, I would also love to be able to add properly snow covered areas to regular zoos. if this is too expensive when it comes to ressources, please instead add an addiotnal set of tundra flora, scenery and rocks that have a light or medium snow cover - perfectly white rocks do not cut it.
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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by Larry on 12/5/2024 in #help-discussion
Say suggestions you would like to see in Planet zoo 2! (Animals/mechanics)
- Have a road connect to your park, and, even if you cannot build outside of the park, have parking spaces and outside buildings be customizable with sliders like those used in exhibits. It looks really bad to have a zoo in the middle of nothing, with no viable way of visitors to reach the entrance that doesn't involve science fiction technology or magic.
- Make the collision boxes of trees, rocks and similar items fit more snuck with the actual model, thus making it easier to create customized dens and animal housing that can actually be used by the animals in question without building unrealistically big.
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PZPlanet Zoo
•Created by Larry on 12/5/2024 in #help-discussion
Say suggestions you would like to see in Planet zoo 2! (Animals/mechanics)
- I want to see a larger variety of petting zoo animals and more interactions with guests. Also, have animals "have had enough" with visitors if their enclose gets crowded or they are being bothered. Have goats and sheep push rowdy kids. Have smaller animals hide instead.
- I also want way more variety in exhibits designs, sizes and shapes (such as roofless or customizeable ones for indoor use or animals that are bad at climbing and also native to the zoo's temperature and biome). I do not want to exhibits to look the same other than a pile of leaf litter being positioned differently.
- I want to see popular or interesting fish species to be used in exhibits. (within reason, such as matching size requirements)
- Working playgrounds are a must.
- If multiple keepers take care of an animal, have them have a favorite one.
- Give keepers, vets, and educators groups of animals they have bonuses for => you can choose the best one for your planned expansion, giving more depth to workers.
- Rework enrichment items so that they wear out, be destroyed or get boring. Add a tab to the enclosure that lets you customize or automate a selection of enrichment items that will be added into visitor visible areas of the enclosure when the keeper takes care of the animal. Old, worn out, boring or destroyed enrichment items will be removed and replaced with different ones. Animals should interact less with these items once they wear out, become damaged or boring, and far more when it is a new item. Have at minimum two types of ice enrichment: food filled and non food filled. The ice lasts a short time and does not need to be removed, while the food keeps the animals fed even if their bowl is currently empty. Having more variety in enrichment items not only adds realism, but also makes old enclosures still worth a look later on in the game - especially if you added or unlocked an enrichment item the animals did not know about yet.
- More foxes
- Add a "paint path"-mode for easier plazas.
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