Animal generator for sandbox

Erior

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The way the animal market works in Sandbox is, quite frankly, not sandbox-esque: Animals are generated by RNG, and, if you want an specific skin or genetics, you have to keep buying and refreshing to see if you have luck. That's not an enjoyable gameplay loop in the slightiest, that's at best a grind, one that slows down if the animal is generated as injuried and you have to send it to the vet before making room.

A way to choose the genetics of the animal you want to adopt, or even a way of rerolling those animals without having to buy all 4 animals in the market to see how the next ones are, would MASSIVELY improve the experience. I understand the point of the market in franchise and challenge, but, in sandbox, not having any alternative is just a roadblock for creativity.
 

avietar

avietar
Yes! I suggested something like that a while ago. Give sandbox players specific parameters within which animals are spawned. The current way animals are spawned in sandbox is very annoying.

If I want to start a zoo with albinos, or with 100% size, or with genetic gold rated animals, then I should be able to do that in sandbox without buying and reselling hundreds of animals.
 

Sclurp

Sclurp
I've clocked hundreds of hours in PZ and I've come across one albino animal in Sandbox mode.That's not in my current zoo but in total. I know they're meant to be rare but I could play Franchise mode and get them instantly and I just want options in the mode that's meant to allow the most freedom and let me choose what I want and don't want.

Also, I don't know if a recent patch did this but I've noticed that lately all the animals in sandbox mode have blimin awful genetics! What's that all about?
 

Tom D

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Agreed. They could at least allow us to referesh the animal market in sandbox with a push of a button, instead of making us buy all 4 animals. Sometimes you can’t sell them back because they are injured or sick. I have many hours in “farming” for golden animals in sandbox. This has been suggested a few times, maybe it’s in update 1.7. You never know.
 

AndyZoos

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This would be a game-changer! I'm primarily a sandbox player and I don't worry too much about genetics, etc. But I can see myself really enjoying this if it were an option.

Tinkering with the size, fur patterns, genetics, etc. would be a surefire way to help you build a bond with the animal! "Designing" the way the animal looks could help you craft an interesting story for that particular animal within your zoo.

I love this idea, though I'm not sure how easy/difficult it might be to implement.
 

Kolikokoli

Kolikokoli
Yep, I once had this suggestion, and still wish it could become reality :D
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Naturaroca

Naturaroca
Kolikokoli said:
Yep, I once had this suggestion, and still wish it could become reality :D
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I love this idea!
It allows you to create your own narrative with the animal.
I wish they implemented something like this!
It would change a lot, and the possibility of choosing a specific skin and specific characteristics would make more sense for me.
It makes your imagination fly!
 

Kolikokoli

Kolikokoli
yoav_r said:
I'd love this in the trade center, but not for actual already bought animals
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Yes, we don't really need trade center for sandbox, you only want to select animal you want (species) and then what stats you want. When you can change stats, you don't need 4 of each. Suddenly much shorter list and easier navigation within trade center. When you play sandbox, you just want everything pretty or cool and usually you play with paused game, so it it annoying to press play only to wait x minutes before animals change only to buy those with bad stats you can't sell because they are sick or injured, so you feed them to crocs or put them in small habitat to let them die or (if you are generous god) let them heal and sell.
 

Aramar

Aramar
I know I'm probably alone on this, but wouldn't it be boring if all the animals are perfect golden animals with everything 100%? Small, old and infertile animals also deserve a chance to be in our zoos!

This is a feature that I personally wouldn't use, but I understand why people want it so I wouldn't be mad if it's implemented as long as they keep a random option for weirdos like me 😂
 

DarthQuell

DarthQuell
Aramar said:
I know I'm probably alone on this, but wouldn't it be boring if all the animals are perfect golden animals with everything 100%? Small, old and infertile animals also deserve a chance to be in our zoos!

This is a feature that I personally wouldn't use, but I understand why people want it so I wouldn't be mad if it's implemented as long as they keep a random option for weirdos like me 😂
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No, no, you've got a point. I mean, occasionally maybe a perfect dream zoo, but if I wanna build in sandbox and work towards a goal, a randomization option would be great
 

Antmar97

Antmar97
Speaking as a Sandbox player, the "create an animal mode" is something that i didn't need from the start, but since the last update our zoos are full of small, old and unfertile animals, it's a challenge to find animals that have at least three green bar, it's tedious, because at the end it's a loop of:
1) buy the bad animal
2) hit the refresh button
3) if it's good go to your animals and sell the previous one, if it's bad again repeat all (70% of the time it's bad again)

After all these useful sandbox options i think the market should be the next one to be updated, because in sandbox we really don't need to do this all over the time to find some decent animals, plus if you count that the albinos are more rare than a lottery victory, at this point the franchise players have the real "sandbox market".
 

Kolikokoli

Kolikokoli
Aramar said:
I know I'm probably alone on this, but wouldn't it be boring if all the animals are perfect golden animals with everything 100%? Small, old and infertile animals also deserve a chance to be in our zoos!

This is a feature that I personally wouldn't use, but I understand why people want it so I wouldn't be mad if it's implemented as long as they keep a random option for weirdos like me 😂
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Usually people who play sandbox only play it to build. For us animals are just "moving props". You don't want defective prop.
Seeing animal with bad stats is like seeing animatronics that are half broken.
Magic of the sandbox is that you should be able to set up everything. It can be locked by default but you should be able to unlock it in settings to let you to change animal stats (or have setting to have all 100 % animals on market only etc.).
Also there should be no sick/injured animals in market, when you play with illnesses/injuries off.
 

felinora99

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Honestly, I last dropped out of PZ for this reason : if I want albinos animals, I need to play in Franchise, but then I cannot change the weather and the night / rain just kills my eyes (I have a bad eyesight and even with the light of my screen to the max, I cannot see anything as soon as it rains and I get an headache in no time..). Then if I want to actually enjoy playing, I need to play in Sandbox and then I cannot have the black panther I dream of, which is ridiculous for sandbox when my "normal colored" jaguar can hang out with a llama without any issue whatsoever...

So yes, please Frontier, having albinos is sandbox is a must have for the next update ! (And also if we could alter the weather if Franchise, this is literally for health issues here..)
 
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