Hey Frontier, can we please get a fix for the educators? They're an awesome idea and vital for good education ratings, but they are way too buggy to use, causing more frustration than enjoyment.
I've spent the last 50 or so game years trying to get them running smoothly, with no luck. They consistently miss talks when they're fully rested and idling, with no crowds to walk through, and no distance issues, but won't take a break and let another educator, who's idling anyway, take over when they're exhausted.
If you train them past level two, they show up way too early and complain about not getting any rest, because they can't let the educator, who's never held a talk in 8 years of employment, a chance. But if you don't have that spare educator, the complaints from the working one are constant.
And then, there's the bug that gets them stuck forever moaning at a talk point, which becomes useless and needs to be replaced.
They use staff rooms outside of their work zone (even when there is plenty of open space within the zone), which means they're too far away to make it to the talk on time.
Missed talks negatively impact guests, so this is very frustrating.
And...when first placing a talk in a zoo, or when making ANY changes to it (moving it, changing the date, adding music, etc.), half the zoo seems to flock to the talk point, causing extreme congestion that otherwise never occurs, and excessive, uncontrollable littering, severely impacting guest happiness for years afterwards and resulting in a huge crime wave. This will continue until the talk occurs or the educator doesn't show. Closing the talk will disperse guests temporarily, but as soon as it reopens, the chaos resumes.
I would report these bugs officially, but I can't. Every time I try to create a report, I end up in an endless login loop, whether I try on my phone or PC.
Is anyone else having similar issues or is it just me? These are my setups:
Work zone 1: 12 talks, evenly spaced in Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct, 2 staff rooms, 4 capable educators. One talk is missed at least once a year, often more frequently. See image.
Work zone 2: 8 talks, evenly spaced in Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct, 2 staff rooms, 3 capable educators. One talk is missed at least once a year.
Work zone 3: literally identical to work zone 2 (on a grid). Hasn't missed a talk in 20 years.
Work zones 4 & 5: 4 talks, quarterly as above, 2 capable educators. Only one educator ever works, the other is just needed for emotional support. If I fire the spare, the working educator complains constantly.
They're ruining the game I love and driving me crazy.
I've spent the last 50 or so game years trying to get them running smoothly, with no luck. They consistently miss talks when they're fully rested and idling, with no crowds to walk through, and no distance issues, but won't take a break and let another educator, who's idling anyway, take over when they're exhausted.
If you train them past level two, they show up way too early and complain about not getting any rest, because they can't let the educator, who's never held a talk in 8 years of employment, a chance. But if you don't have that spare educator, the complaints from the working one are constant.
And then, there's the bug that gets them stuck forever moaning at a talk point, which becomes useless and needs to be replaced.
They use staff rooms outside of their work zone (even when there is plenty of open space within the zone), which means they're too far away to make it to the talk on time.
Missed talks negatively impact guests, so this is very frustrating.
And...when first placing a talk in a zoo, or when making ANY changes to it (moving it, changing the date, adding music, etc.), half the zoo seems to flock to the talk point, causing extreme congestion that otherwise never occurs, and excessive, uncontrollable littering, severely impacting guest happiness for years afterwards and resulting in a huge crime wave. This will continue until the talk occurs or the educator doesn't show. Closing the talk will disperse guests temporarily, but as soon as it reopens, the chaos resumes.
I would report these bugs officially, but I can't. Every time I try to create a report, I end up in an endless login loop, whether I try on my phone or PC.
Is anyone else having similar issues or is it just me? These are my setups:
Work zone 1: 12 talks, evenly spaced in Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct, 2 staff rooms, 4 capable educators. One talk is missed at least once a year, often more frequently. See image.
Work zone 2: 8 talks, evenly spaced in Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct, 2 staff rooms, 3 capable educators. One talk is missed at least once a year.
Work zone 3: literally identical to work zone 2 (on a grid). Hasn't missed a talk in 20 years.
Work zones 4 & 5: 4 talks, quarterly as above, 2 capable educators. Only one educator ever works, the other is just needed for emotional support. If I fire the spare, the working educator complains constantly.
They're ruining the game I love and driving me crazy.
I guess you can make a story for all of them to include the growling sounds. Like you said though, it hurts the immersion for me. I'd think that the prey animals will run like hell if they hear these sounds. Though they may get used to it over time.