Planet Zoo's species that need the biggest land area of all was polar bear. Am I right? Even bigger land area than African elephants. I wonder why or what's the idea.
About Land Sizes for Species
- Thread starter leehonglocal
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I think after 2 Reductions the current Polar Bear Requirements are fine. Base might be higher than the African Elephant, but Elephant Habitats end up being larger because of Group Size and Additional Space required. Which I'd say is well balanced. However I can't say the same thing for some other animals like the Hippopotamus.
The polar bear is ok (now that it’s 1/4 what it was) - the issues now are mostly the crocodilians, monitors and, especially, the platypus (amongst others). The elephants (especially the Asian) are too small.
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The polar bear is fine now. It’s mainly the hippo being ridiculous and smaller creatures needing way to much
TBH I’ve finally, and reluctantly, made the decision to turn off the space requirements. They make it impossible to make habitats for a lot of species - most notably the dwarf caiman and, even more, the platypus. It wouldn’t be so much of an issue if the space requirements had a less extreme effect on welfare rather than being almost the only factor that substantially influences it.
Very much this. I play in challenge mode and struggle everytime to build anything that doesnt look ridiculously big compared to species like Caiman, Fennec Fox, Meerkat or Prairie Dog (and a bunch of others). To make it worse, the huge hitboxes futher reduce the walkable area in the enclosure with each rock and plant I place, thus making me build it even bigger.
Don't try me guys, I'm fighting so hard with myself to not turn space requirements off....
Just do it, maked the game much better and fun
Without a doubt, this is one of the biggest design issues in the game. Small animals dominate zoo collections, but in the game all small creatures are either exhibited in glass boxes that are identical in size and shape or end up in huge habitats. The jump from single sized glass boxes to large habitats is ridiculous. This needs to be addressed or every zoo in the game will continue looking unrealistic as long as you play according to intended game mechanics.
Exactly and thats why you play creative and turn them of.
Also has the benefits of no guests taking their chunk out if the performance
Also has the benefits of no guests taking their chunk out if the performance
This is the main reason I use the Planet Zoo plus mod, of all of them it's the most useful. Not only does it majorly shrink the land requirements, it also gives all animals the juvenile hit box sizes so the animals can move about their habitats more realistically. It does mean you have to be careful about escapes as the adults can now wiggle out of a habitat like the juvies do. I don't use the mod for the ride adjustments or anything else (there are an assortment of useful changes) but the space issue is a huge boon.