I’d be really surprised honestly if it made its way in game at all. Just seems to complex in all. I think there’s a much easier way to introduce fish in PZ although some may not like it. The animations would be looped more than likely but the need to feed them and care for them like habitat animals isn’t necessary imo. As long as you could mix them with animals in game for underwater viewing purposes I’d be happy.
Aquarium Expansion pack (Intro and part 1 repost)
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While I have never visited the Sydney zoo, as it is a fairly new addition to the zoo world, there is plenty of information available on it, to deduct that the lack of aviaries is directly related to its construction budget. The zoo has some sprawling habitats with plenty of ground for some of its residents, however the exhibit layout is quite simplistic and basic in most areas. Aviaries for the most part can run up a construction budget rather quickly. Sure you can built lower cost aviaries that do not necessarily eat a massive chunk of the budget, but this does not seem to be the case with Sydney. The whole construction of the Zoo was tagged at around 40 million (at least that is what is available online) most single state of the art zoological exhibits featuring aviaries cost a lot more than that to built, so you can do the math.
There is also Taronga Zoo Sydney, and its proximity to Sydney Zoo making it difficult for them to compete. For me it was an odd choice building such a budget zoo just under 35 miles from one of the world's greatest zoos (a personal favorite of mine) not sure that budget aviaries would have made any difference here.
As far as Taronga Western Plains Zoo, during my visit I remember seeing plenty of bird species, specially native ones. Many of the birds I remember seeing where in open air exhibits and often part of mixed species habitats. The presence of birds in a zoo is not limited to aviaries, and with the safari style layout of Taronga Western Plains Zoo it would make sense that their birds are showcased in a different way.
It really changes nothing, you will encounter far more aviaries in zoos than annexed aquariums. Birds however are integrated in many different ways, not exclusive to aviaries. In any case I would love to see a few aquatic species in Planet Zoo that can complement the zoological collection.
African Cichlids would be a fantastic addition for Hippo exhibits. Arapaima and the massive Arrau Turtles would be a welcomed addition to Amazon inspired areas. Piranha would be great for a standalone exhibit animal. Koi fish and Asian River Turtle species would be amazing for recreating lush Asian gardens with ponds (often common in zoos with thematic Asian exhibits) In short, fish are definitely a possibility, and one that should be explored by Frontier, just not in the scale you suggested unless is a stand alone project, and definitely not taking priority over other basic elements and species needed to complete zoos in general.
Now, this is a far fetched idea, and will probably never happen, but given the success of the game, and the inclination of so many players to all things aquatic, there are enough reasons for Frontier to work on either a Planet Aquarium game or large scale aquatic DLC that can be introduced at a later time. Based on what I managed to understand about how these games are created, it would take some time and a sizeable team to pull it off, but it is definitely something they can manage if they wanted to. Could Planet Zoo with all of its already present technical limitations handle such an amount of content? That remains to be seen, but it would probably sell very good if they did.
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Looping animations could work from certain perspectives, while others not so much. Definitely not in the scale the OP described. However unless Frontier has changed their perspective on this, I believe they made it clear before that animals as special effects would not be something they would want to include in the game. I think that if that was a position they would compromise on, we would have seen something as basic as butterflies a log time ago. A large number of zoos have butterfly gardens, some in northern climates have winter houses that display rare butterflies, like the magnificent Antwerp Zoo. In my opinion butterflies, Koi fish, etc should have been included as ambient effects a very long time ago, but as we all know, they have not. So who knows if they ever will.
Sorry if this is late, but yes, with these mechanics you can indeed make those
Bruh you telling me that straight face when there were people who said that diving wouldn't be a thing and wasn't necessary and now that they're proven wrong they should just shut their mouth, nothing is "impossible" or "doesn't fit the game, biiii it can be unlikely or difficult, but saying "it doesn't fit the game" is just deadass stupidThis will never happen i can tell you 100%its just too crazy and doesnt fit in the game at all. It makes no sense
I agree with them on not making ambient animals. Butterfly houses, for example, are extremely delicate and costly exhibits to maintain, due to the fragility and challenges of both vutterfly upkeep and flowering plants upkeep, so reducing them to an effect gies against the educational aspects of the game. Same goes for Koi.
Yes, an expansion pack is needed. Just like Marine Mania.