Spring 2024 DLC Speculation

Macaws are pets let’s have macaws

Honestly this pack isnt half bad even as a final pack. Though I’d almost personally have to sub out something for the Shetland pony so we’d have one last equid
Is actually a pretty good pack. The other bird species could be the rhea or the guineafowl. Both are bred by humans.
 
Slender snouted crocodile and dwarf croc are much more unique and also quite common, the dwarf croc especally.
I agree I would prefer slender snouted over Nile, if we’re gonna get an African croc I want it to look different than the croc we already have.
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But what does the nile do that the saltie remasterd mod doesnt?
Its in every way the worse choice
I get wanting no more crocodilleans but i do not getting an exception for a literal model upgrade of all things
I can see the iconic appeal of the Nile crocodile, that's about it. For usability the dwarf crocodile is the best but the slender snouted will surely be the most unique option.
 
I mean like come on how are you even supposed to build anything more than an empty room for them? :D

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Honestly, the only scenario where im cool with the nile croc would be if the free update would focus on crocodillians, fixing traversable area, lowering the diving to 2 meters, adding the iconic croco stand swimming where the head is on the water surface while the rest floats around and bathing behavior, aka making the rest in the shallows or even on the bottom of the water.
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Add an upgraded saltie model based on the new niles if your greedy and thats something i would absolutly welcome into the game.
It would make every croc so much more fun to watch and use that i wouldnt even be mad about getting the least interesting crocodillean
 
Honestly, the only scenario where im cool with the nile croc would be if the free update would focus on crocodillians, fixing traversable area, lowering the diving to 2 meters, adding the iconic croco stand swimming where the head is on the water surface while the rest floats around and bathing behavior, aka making the rest in the shallows or even on the bottom of the water.
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Add an upgraded saltie model based on the new niles if your greedy and thats something i would absolutly welcome into the game.
It would make every croc so much more fun to watch and use that i wouldnt even be mad about getting the least interesting crocodillean
In general id love frontier revisiting the older animals traversable areas, having really bad one in comparison to new counter parts is something common
 
Generally regarding updates im much more interested in expanding and fixing on what we allready have instead of adding new stuff.
Would petting and playground be great?
Defenetly, but id much prefer getting a bunch of "fixes" and logical expansions of current systems.
My 3 main wants are better 1. traversable area, 2. a traversable toggle similar to the climbable toggle that allows to turn of the hitboxes on objects for animals and keepers or just keepers to make more or less functioning doors and gates or to improve traversable area by for example being able to turn of the hitboxes of the faux rock pebbles we all love to spam so much and 3. expanding the bathing and chorus behavior to logical species.

Its nice that capybaras and macaques can bath but if we allready got this system in the game why arnt more animals using it?
Tapirs, elephants and waterbuffalos would be prime candidates for the bathing behavior or maybe it could even be expanded to have some animals take sandbaths on the sand ground texture like ostriches or a bunch of ungulates. They could literally reuse the wallowing animations from the mud bath + maybe a new dirt tint to reflect that the animal is dirty with sand instead of mud.

Stuff like that could change up how people build habitats for animals allready long in the game, adding some replay factor to using and especally watching those animals.
And this recontexualisation of old content to flesh it out is what will bring us to a much more round and complete feeling experience.

Id also be a fan of each update overhauling one group of animals at a time like i mentioned above with the crocodilleans, adding new color variations, better traversable area, bew behaviours and maybe even fixing up the rigs a bit to for example make the antelopes stand out a bit more from other ungulates or porting the zebra to the equine rig.
Maintainance changes like that would be my nr 1 priority to fit as much polish into this game as possible
 
Generally regarding updates im much more interested in expanding and fixing on what we allready have instead of adding new stuff.
Would petting and playground be great?
Defenetly, but id much prefer getting a bunch of "fixes" and logical expansions of current systems.
My 3 main wants are better 1. traversable area, 2. a traversable toggle similar to the climbable toggle that allows to turn of the hitboxes on objects for animals and keepers or just keepers to make more or less functioning doors and gates or to improve traversable area by for example being able to turn of the hitboxes of the faux rock pebbles we all love to spam so much and 3. expanding the bathing and chorus behavior to logical species.

Its nice that capybaras and macaques can bath but if we allready got this system in the game why arnt more animals using it?
Tapirs, elephants and waterbuffalos would be prime candidates for the bathing behavior or maybe it could even be expanded to have some animals take sandbaths on the sand ground texture like ostriches or a bunch of ungulates. They could literally reuse the wallowing animations from the mud bath + maybe a new dirt tint to reflect that the animal is dirty with sand instead of mud.

Stuff like that could change up how people build habitats for animals allready long in the game, adding some replay factor to using and especally watching those animals.
And this recontexualisation of old content to flesh it out is what will bring us to a much more round and complete feeling experience.

Id also be a fan of each update overhauling one group of animals at a time like i mentioned above with the crocodilleans, adding new color variations, better traversable area, bew behaviours and maybe even fixing up the rigs a bit to for example make the antelopes stand out a bit more from other ungulates or porting the zebra to the equine rig.
Maintainance changes like that would be my nr 1 priority to fit as much polish into this game as possible
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Being serious I actually do agree with you, might as well expand on some current stuff.
 
You forgot the Spectacled Bear & the GSNM.
He said some animals didn't have images for them. Hence why no tree kangaroo, echidna and blackbuck. Crowned crane and howler are also missing.

And honestly is the only explanation as to why someone would ignore the superior GNSM in such a composición when we all know it should've been front and center.
But what does the nile do that the saltie remasterd mod doesnt?
Its in every way the worse choice
I get wanting no more crocodilleans but i do not getting an exception for a literal model upgrade of all things
Is just my favorite crocodilians in general and the one i would use the most (along with the spectacled caiman). I rarely use the saltie. I guess i include it in a full on Australian zoo. There is a good Nile croc mod why is not a priority but out of the african crocs is the one i want the most.
 
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