🐾 Planet Zoo - Update 1.9 coming 12 April 🐾

coatifan

coatifan
darthquell said:
Hey, we don't talk about other gaming companies here😜...

Seriously, though, who knows. We're assuming it's Asia because it mentions macaques and hot springs, but not springs aren't ONLY in Japan. And, it'll really break the pattern of a tropical theme in spring, right?
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Yeah, the features are all pretty unconnected, so IMO it’s hard to guess — are we getting something Asian? Capybaras, because of hot springs and high demand? Maybe even burrowing or swimming animals (though probably not)
 

Bearcat9948

Bearcat9948
Eltanin Casciani said:
Hayo Zookeepers!

It's time for us to take a closer look at what you can expect from the upcoming Planet Zoo free update, which will be available for you to enjoy from 12 April.

Are you ready to see what you can expect from Update 1.9? Let's go!

Roaming Educators

That's right, free-roaming Educators will soon be...roaming their way to your Zoo! This is a brand new way for your Educators to share their animal knowledge with your guests as they walk around, bringing some extra educational activity along with them. Whenever an Educator isn't travelling, resting, or at an Animal Talk Point, they'll be able to wander around and give mini talks to your guests to help educate them on some of the animals present in your zoo! To celebrate this exciting new experience for your guests, we decided to try our hand at replicating some of the hard work that Roaming Educators will be putting in at your Zoo very soon...see how we got on, below!


Explore Camera Mode

Speaking of roaming, we're very excited to share that with the launch of Update 1.9, you'll be able to make the most of a new Explore Camera Mode - seeing (and editing!) your Zoo from a guest-level point of view! You'll be able to see your Zoo as if visiting it yourself, giving you a great perspective from which to make any building or decorative adjustments, as well as offering a brand new way for you to fully immerse yourself in your builds.

Audio Visual Management Screen & Webcams on Billboards

Managing your audio and media boards just got even easier! This new Audio Visual Management Screen will allow you to manage the screens and speakers within your Zoo from one location, allowing you to see which clips or audio are being used by each output device, as well as the status and running costs of each screen, speaker, or camera in your Zoo, so you can deliver a fully immersive educational experience with total ease. To add to this offering, you'll also be able to incorporate your Webcam feeds from burrows onto your billboards, allowing your guests to get a closer look at your animals when they are using their burrows!

New Water Options

Did someone say flexicolour? With the upcoming Update 1.9, you can now completely customise the colour of water in any exhibit which features it, allowing you to have more control than ever over exactly how your exhibit animals are displayed and viewed in your Zoos. Which exhibits are you going to inject with a burst of colour first?

Your Habitats won't be missing out on some aqua-based features, either; with Update 1.9, you'll be able to add both Mist and Bubble effects to your Habitat's water! You'll be able to implement these options from the water information panel, alongside the transparency and water colour options which are already in-game, and the Mist VFX will also offer customisable colour.


Bathing Behaviours

The perfect way to unwind? In a hot spring, of course! With Update 1.9, we're introducing bathing behaviours - simply create a shallow pool of water and heat it with a water temperature regulator (keeping it to the animals' requirements, of course!) to create the perfect hot spring for your Japanese Macaque to bathe in. This behaviour will help to reduce animal stress, so it's a great way to provide a more relaxing environment within your habitats.

Flatten to Terrace Brush

To help create the shallow pool you'll need for your new hot springs, you'll be able to use the new Flatten to Terrace brush! This new terrain brush is available with Update 1.9, and offers a Terrace Height setting and a Shallow Pool Offset option, which are incredibly helpful if you're wanting to create rice terrace structures within your Zoo.

Small Burrows

With Update 1.9, smaller animals will now be able to adopt burrowing behaviours. You'll be able to place small burrows for both Meerkats and Prairie Dogs in your Zoos - and don't forget that you can now add webcam feeds from burrows to your billboards, too, so you'll be able to see your animals enjoying these new smaller burrows!

As always, these exciting new features in Update 1.9 come with various fixes which will be included in the full patch notes upon release.

We'll have more news for you soon, but until then, join us this coming Monday, 28 March, on Twitch and YouTube for a very special self-care stream that you won't want to miss - we'll see you there!
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Any day an update is announced is a great day! Spotted a couple features in this that were on the meta-suggestions list, awesome! Much love to the CM team and dev team!
 

DarthQuell

DarthQuell
Eltanin Casciani said:
Explore Camera Mode

Speaking of roaming, we're very excited to share that with the launch of Update 1.9, you'll be able to make the most of a new Explore Camera Mode - seeing (and editing!) your Zoo from a guest-level point of view! You'll be able to see your Zoo as if visiting it yourself, giving you a great perspective from which to make any building or decorative adjustments, as well as offering a brand new way for you to fully immerse yourself in your builds
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So, before I go on, will this feature zookeeper interactions? Or no?
Eltanin Casciani said:
New Water Options

Did someone say flexicolour? With the upcoming Update 1.9, you can now completely customise the colour of water in any exhibit which features it, allowing you to have more control than ever over exactly how your exhibit animals are displayed and viewed in your Zoos. Which exhibits are you going to inject with a burst of colour first?

Your Habitats won't be missing out on some aqua-based features, either; with Update 1.9, you'll be able to add both Mist and Bubble effects to your Habitat's water! You'll be able to implement these options from the water information panel, alongside the transparency and water colour options which are already in-game, and the Mist VFX will also offer customisable colour.
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Does this mean the water for the bullfrogs can be changed to neon blue, like I can for a regular habitat?
Eltanin Casciani said:
Bathing Behaviours

The perfect way to unwind? In a hot spring, of course! With Update 1.9, we're introducing bathing behaviours - simply create a shallow pool of water and heat it with a water temperature regulator (keeping it to the animals' requirements, of course!) to create the perfect hot spring for your Japanese Macaque to bathe in. This behaviour will help to reduce animal stress, so it's a great way to provide a more relaxing environment within your habitats.
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Besides Japanese macaques (and maybe capybaras), what animals can bathe?
Eltanin Casciani said:
Small Burrows

With Update 1.9, smaller animals will now be able to adopt burrowing behaviours. You'll be able to place small burrows for both Meerkats and Prairie Dogs in your Zoos - and don't forget that you can now add webcam feeds from burrows to your billboards, too, so you'll be able to see your animals enjoying these new smaller burrows!
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Hmm, meaning more subterranean dwellers, eh?
 

NachoB

NachoB
Really excited for this! Specially the guest mode for the camera, the terrace terrain tool and the small burrows.
 

Bearcat9948

Bearcat9948
Eltanin Casciani said:
thanks Bearcat, and thanks for all the positivity and help you do on the forums with the meta list! 💚
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Honestly since I've started doing it, seeing these little feature focuses and the update patch notes brings me such joy. It's honestly incredible to see how much impact you all let us have on the direction of the game. Can't think of many other companies that operate like that. We're all a great team!
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
Amazing news! The roaming educators are amazing, and so are the water features and terrace setting. And the billboards connecting to caneras is also a feature which to me completes the burrow feature. Thanks so much!
 

Imagin

Imagin
Explore Camera Mode makes my day! I'm also very happy to hear about the flatten to terrace brush. I was just planning to switch to JWE2 soon because they have the guest view, but now I wanna play more PZ! The idea of being able to walk around my zoo to experience it as a guest is exactly what I wanted the most but being able to make quick edits too - gezus - this is more than I could have hoped for! The water options are also intriguing although I don't have much in my current zoo to take advantage of them, I think I will plan to include some water bathing animals just so I can see it :) And all this coming in less than 3 weeks too! Thank you, Frontier!!!
 

Jevana

Jevana
Rice terraces, hot springs, Japanese macaques... I'm guessing an East/central Asia animal pack !
Here are my predictions: Amur leopard, Przewalski horse, Red crowned crane, Tanuki/racoon dog, Japanese serrow, Takin, Wolverine. Exhibit : Chinese Giant Salamander.
It's gonna be awesome anyways !
 

Kiru

Kiru
love that except i wouldnt put a 1.15m to 1.8m (3.8ft to 5.9ft) Salamander in those small exhibits, they can grow as large as the giant otters we have ingame, it would be to large to put them in those small boxes. otherwise im loving that list but id like to add Hoolock Gibbon somewhere.
but also loving someone else remembers japanese serrows.
 

coatifan

coatifan
Jevana said:
Rice terraces, hot springs, Japanese macaques... I'm guessing an East/central Asia animal pack !
Here are my predictions: Amur leopard, Przewalski horse, Red crowned crane, Tanuki/racoon dog, Japanese serrow, Takin, Wolverine. Exhibit : Chinese Giant Salamander.
It's gonna be awesome anyways !
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Honestly I’d like to see some warm-climate animals before we return to the chilly tundras and forests of Asia
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
Jevana said:
Rice terraces, hot springs, Japanese macaques... I'm guessing an East/central Asia animal pack !
Here are my predictions: Amur leopard, Przewalski horse, Red crowned crane, Tanuki/racoon dog, Japanese serrow, Takin, Wolverine. Exhibit : Chinese Giant Salamander.
It's gonna be awesome anyways !
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Just wanna chime in and say that the animal focus before the Africa pack was the Polar Bear. Don't put too much weight on this macaque focus in your speculation.
 

TheHippoGirl

TheHippoGirl
Well, I was not expecting news today but what a nice surprise ! And now we have the whole weekend to speculate about the DLC 😂 I'm still hoping for birds/aviaries but I would be happy with something else too since there are still so many animals I want...

The update sounds cool, especially the Explore Camera Mode and the new terrain brush. It will also be nice to see the Japanese Macaques using hot springs. However, I hope that doesn't mean they can swim now. Because they are in a habitat with a water moat as barrier in my Zoo and I really don't want to change it. Hope the devs have thought about that and that the macaques can only go in very shallow water...
 

Xificayd

Xificayd
I'm rather disappointed, the wait was so long that we expected something gigantic like aviaries finally! But the new features all just seem like polishing up many minor things in the game instead of introducing any actual new mechanic.

Capybaras in hot springs will be nice, but flying birds are the #1 priority for this game. After 2 years of no aviaries it feels like this game will never be complete.
Self grooming behaviours don't seem like an actual feature to me, I would prefer brachiating Gibbons instead of bathing Macaques.
 
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