Animals walk through walls

[Dark Horizon]

Yes, I checked sooooo many topics on here and other random sites for months now, and can NOT find an answer to this. I spent a lot of time in my zoo already, then took a few months off in anger over this issue.

I have some gorillas that all walk right through a wall, and it's not only at the EXACT spot, it's even at parts that have no connection points, just a solid wall. They all pass right through it.

I have deleted the walls and used different types, different heights, they're STILL walkthrough no problem. I even tinkered with the land height and type near the walls just to see if messing with stuff would help, nothing changed at all.

It's aggravating, to say the least, to have this issue going on.

 

[TFG21]

Do you have anything climbable immediately on the other side of the wall? This can cause them to clip through

Another thing that can cause escapes is if the "disable animal navigation terrain constraints" is enabled. If it is, try disabling that and seeing if you still have the problem

 

[Roxxsmom]

I've had definite issues with escapes, and they seem to happen in flurries. For instance, penguins and seals occasionally swim through their glass barriers, and I've had otters just walk through walls in their enclosures. Climbing animals are sometimes listed as escaped if they go up high in a tree or climbing enrichment, even if they aren't right by the barrier and are still in the enclosure, and I've had issues with juvenile animals (primarily cheetahs, canines, and primates) being listed as escaped when still in their enclosures. It's particularly common if I have a viewing area recessed off the path so the guests are standing in a sort of inverted barrier area with the rest of the barrier extending out behind them. I think the game thinks the animals being "behind" the plane of the guests means they have escaped, at least when those animals are smaller and move quickly.

I do have an occasional animal walk through a barrier or jump over one that should be too tall for it. I had a wolf in one zoo that would repeatedly jump out of his habitat in the same place, even though the barrier was 2.5 meters all around, and there was nothing there for him to climb up on. Maybe it was happening when the mechanic hadn't visited for a while, but I don't know why it always happened in the same spot.

 

[Firestar97]

Can't see anything that could cause the Problem. Did you already verify the Game Files?

Another thing that can cause escapes is if the "disable animal navigation terrain constraints" is enabled. If it is, try disabling that and seeing if you still have the problem

Can't remember that Option. What exactly is it doing?

 

[paul78]

I’m having trouble with my gemsbok escaping in their habitat. I raised the terrain around the habitat with a moat in front and even though the map shows no escape points they still occasionally climb out anyway.

 

[Firestar97]

I've just remembered the Problem I've had with a Snow Leopard Enclosure once. They where also always running trough the Fence. I recommend to select the whole Fence, replace it with another Type of Fence and then change it back to the Fence you want to use (choose the Fence from the Fence Menu instead of just reversing because I assume reversing the Action might just bring back the Problem)

 

[TFG21]

Can't remember that Option. What exactly is it doing?

This allows you to terraform through barriers (this was initially a bug, got fixed, players got mad, they turned it into an option with the caveat that it can screw up animal navigation)

 

[Firestar97]

This allows you to terraform through barriers (this was initially a bug, got fixed, players got mad, they turned it into an option with the caveat that it can screw up animal navigation)

Now I remember. Sometimes this can be useful. I wish they would also add a Option that makes it possible (if it would even be possible to do that) to create Elevations that go up completely straight because it's annoying when you want to make a Enclosure that is sunken into the Ground and then there's that annoying Moat in Front of it that you can't get rid of

 

[Chante Goodman]

Hayo @Dark Horizon! I passed this along to the team, and we think you have a climable log on the other side of the wall that you are using for fencing. We are guessing it's Log 2m - climbable items like this, when they're close to a habitat wall, tend to have a hand in messing with the game. Let us know if this is the issue you're facing!