I feel that some behaviors animals in Planet Zoo have can possibly make your displays and enclosures not appear as their best, so here are my opinions on what should be added to solve this problem.
Resting/Sleeping - With zoos in reality, animals aren't always on the move, and are mostly in one spot for certain durations of time. In Planet Zoo, most of the time animals in an enclosure are almost always moving, which can make it look a little odd with so many moving parts. Larger durations of rest and sleeping patterns could add more realism, and your animals aren't all over the place. If your animals are in a herd or pack, it is more likely that they would rest/sleep with or near one another. Duration of resting and sleeping would vary amongst species.
Grazing/Foraging - Herbivores spend a majority of their time grazing around, whilst other animals such as meerkats, badgers, wombats, etc. forage most of their time. Going along with animals always walking and being a little messy, foraging and grazing in groups or herds would be a nice detail to include in Planet Zoo.
Bathing - In Planet Zoo, animals mostly swim, stop, turn around, and the cycle goes on. It would be nice if animals could simply just lay in a low-depth body of water to bathe or cool down.
Bonding - Every once and so often animals have interactions with each other through a simple animation. In real-time zoos, you can find animals resting, playing, and sleeping with one another. This is mostly because of comfort, warmth, socialization, etc. If an animal were to lay down and spark an animation with another, they could both sit or lay amongst one another and get up whenever they want to. Obviously this wouldn't happen everytime an animals always down, but it's a key detail that could add so much to enclosures.
Communication - Most animals such as lions, tigers, etc. make a small series of calls rather than random growls and single calls that they display in-game. Lions and most other big cats make a series of calls in short duration of time (Search it up on Youtube if you need a reference) which is mostly to display dominance or secure territories. If animals that apply to this were given the feature of a systematic series of calls, it would be cool to see in your zoos, and adds more realism.
What are your thoughts on this?
Resting/Sleeping - With zoos in reality, animals aren't always on the move, and are mostly in one spot for certain durations of time. In Planet Zoo, most of the time animals in an enclosure are almost always moving, which can make it look a little odd with so many moving parts. Larger durations of rest and sleeping patterns could add more realism, and your animals aren't all over the place. If your animals are in a herd or pack, it is more likely that they would rest/sleep with or near one another. Duration of resting and sleeping would vary amongst species.
Grazing/Foraging - Herbivores spend a majority of their time grazing around, whilst other animals such as meerkats, badgers, wombats, etc. forage most of their time. Going along with animals always walking and being a little messy, foraging and grazing in groups or herds would be a nice detail to include in Planet Zoo.
Bathing - In Planet Zoo, animals mostly swim, stop, turn around, and the cycle goes on. It would be nice if animals could simply just lay in a low-depth body of water to bathe or cool down.
Bonding - Every once and so often animals have interactions with each other through a simple animation. In real-time zoos, you can find animals resting, playing, and sleeping with one another. This is mostly because of comfort, warmth, socialization, etc. If an animal were to lay down and spark an animation with another, they could both sit or lay amongst one another and get up whenever they want to. Obviously this wouldn't happen everytime an animals always down, but it's a key detail that could add so much to enclosures.
Communication - Most animals such as lions, tigers, etc. make a small series of calls rather than random growls and single calls that they display in-game. Lions and most other big cats make a series of calls in short duration of time (Search it up on Youtube if you need a reference) which is mostly to display dominance or secure territories. If animals that apply to this were given the feature of a systematic series of calls, it would be cool to see in your zoos, and adds more realism.
What are your thoughts on this?
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