Planet Zoo - Custom Billboards
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Thank you for the reply!
The edit has in-game sizes (1m, 2m, 4m etc) for all of the screens except for the screen panel square. Would be good to have an idea of the size it will be in-game to know what kind of thing would be appropriate to prepare for it (are we talking a 'please wear a face covering inside' poster, or a map that takes up a whole wall?)
I think I worded the other question really clumsily. What I meant was, would we be able to have one educational sign showing a close-up image of a mandrill's face, one showing a mandrill family group, on showing a mandrill's bottom (for example), and have all of them educating guests about mandrills? From the wording, I wasn't sure if you were only able to replace education board images, or add to a pool of images to choose from.
(also, the 'hookup information' is very good to hear as someone currently involved in a collab project - that will make things a lot smoother!)
I have a question can we please make sure there is a billboard tab on steam workshop? I have so much content it's hard to find what I need. So much so I keep a notebook at the ready when i am playing. This tab will just allow users to find what we need quickly
Very helpful post, thank you very much for your effort!
Wow this just amazing!!
I would love to see more of your work and use it once we get the billboards!
They are just incredible
Thats great!!! Will it also be possible to advertise destinations (shops, enclosures and animals) at the information desk or via the signposts, as in Planet Coaster? So we could liven up empty areas with more visitors. And please give us more textures to paint (mulch or red desert stone as an example) and smaller paths from 1 or 2 meters and a natural path without curbs would be also fantastic 
Sounds great to finally have this, in this patch / update can we please also get a sandbox option to turn the water temperature regulator requirement off makes no sense that we can have water and power unlimited without having to place them but yet we are required to have the water temp regulator and please a long requested option to turn the litter off, been requested since launch. For more sndbox options that been requested please see the following topic https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/sandbox-options-still-requested.541163/
Hope you will be sharing those with the community, looks amazing
WoohooHayo fellow Zookeepers!
Since returning after the holidays, we have been busy working away on Planet Zoo to make this our best year yet! We've been excited to get stuck in and show you what we have got coming up for you all, beginning with this post! Many of you knew it was coming; we're thrilled to reveal Custom Billboards are on their way and will be added into the base game of Planet Zoo for free!
Those of you who played Planet Coaster may be familiar with the Custom Billboards, a way of creating your own bespoke signs around your zoos that will supply your guests with information on your animals, habitats and whatever else you want to shine a spotlight on! Like Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo's Custom Billboards will include new assets, such as screens, that will allow you to change the image on it to one of your own. The formats of the images Billboards will use are currently jpg, png, tiff, tga, and bmp. You will also be able to set these assets up to 'advertise' a guest destination and increase the desire for a guest to go and visit it, so if you're proud of something in your zoo make sure to let your guests know!
Alongside this, we've also set the Custom Billboards up so Habitat, Exhibit and Conservation Education Boards can have their images overridden which will allow you to customise the board to an image that you prefer. However, you will still need to set up your boards to be pointing to the animal or topic in the UI menu, as this is what guests will require to understand what your custom image is trying to show them. You're not just restricted to images either, Education Boards, Conservation Boards and Billboards will also be capable of displaying video too! These will work in the same way to images, but you will need your videos to be in the webm format.
Like Planet Coaster, we're also working on bringing Custom Audio to our speakers - this will be included in a future update after Billboards have been implemented. These will require the audio to be in flac or ogg formats. This update will additionally give you the freedom to customise the Education Speakers, after you have set them up via the UI to state what species or topics the audio is representing. Customisation on the Education Speakers will also allow you to add in new music to the Educator Talk Points, which will play while the Educator isn't giving a talk. As we're currently working on these features, we will be sharing an update for when you can expect to see them at a later date. We currently expect to first share with you the Custom Billboards, which will include video, and we will follow up a few weeks later with Custom Audio.
We hope you've enjoyed hearing about the Custom Billboards, and the added creativity they will add into your zoos! We're sure you're already thinking of ways to use them, and we can't wait to see how you all incorporate them. You can expect these in our next update, which we will be revealing more about soon, so stay tuned to our forums and official channels!
EDIT:
We thought you may like to know the Custom Billboard sizes, so that you can begin working on your images and videos to upload into the game once our next update is complete!
We hope this helps! We're looking forward to our PlanZo Fam putting the Custom Billboards to good use!
- Screen Panel - 1:1, Square, 512 x 512px
- Conservation Education Board - 9:16, Tall, 256 x 456px
- Projection Screens (8m, 16m, 32m) - 16:9, Wide-Large, 1824 x 1024px
- TV Screen (4m), Projection Screen (4) - 16:9, Wide-Medium, 912 x 512px
- TV Screens (1m, 2m), Habitat & Exhibit Screens - 16:9, Wide-Small, 456 x 256px
Just got a great Idea because of the custom Billboards. I think I've changed my Mind about my Nocturnal House (especially after I've looked up what it would look like if it would be really dark). I'll change it so that most of it will be underground. Currently the Building only houses Aardvarks, Scorpions and Roaches but with the custom Billboards and the Possibility to put Videos on them, I can also try to let it look like Bat's or Flying Foxes are also kept in there. Maybe also Slow Lorises and Aye-ayes. It will be called Kingdom of the Night
I could also try to add something like a Rat Tunnel on the Wall
I could also try to add something like a Rat Tunnel on the Wall
Chante, can you make an announcement video with 10 Asian Animals?
Pandas and peacocks, red fences, asiatic architecture... such a strong theme throughout this post 
Looking forward to future announcements, hopefully very soon!
Beautiful art Ulysse, and a perfect style to blend with Planet Zoo's own artistic character.Thank you!
I was waiting these option so much! Can’t wait to put some illustrations in my zoos. I often make studies from animals:
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And can’t wait to see future news.
Why? It's just the list you posted.
As for the new update, how would advertising feature work? Do we make specific zone for that?
When they announced the educational speakers, they also first showed it in front of pandas. Maybe the person in charge of these pictures just like pandas.