Im in Franchise mode and I am having issues with getting customers to the back of the zoo. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get them to the back of the zoo? I have tried rides but I seem to loose so much money on the rides and the customers will not go back to the back of the zoo. They enjoy my polar bears but none of the customers will go see them. I have changed the open and closed times to never close and sometimes I have a few customers go to the back of the zoo but they are very far and few in between. Is the rides the only way to get them to the back and if so which ride is best?
Best way to get customers to back of Park
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Did you place some Benches along the Path and what does your Path Layout look like?
Also there seems to be a Bug since some Time that Rides can cause the Game to lag really bad in big Zoos
Also there seems to be a Bug since some Time that Rides can cause the Game to lag really bad in big Zoos
Opening and close times don't affect the guests.
Food stalls at the back of the zoo/ on viewing areas help to lure guests there. But the entrance area is always much fuller than the back
Food stalls at the back of the zoo/ on viewing areas help to lure guests there. But the entrance area is always much fuller than the back
I have tried all of that. I have benches on all the paths, I even have just tried all the rides and went from $1,000,000+ in funds to loosing more the $200,000+. I have my polar bears and my white west African lions in the back of the zoo. The guess really only seem to stay at the front of the park. You can see from the photos of my zoo and then where all the customers are.
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The guests in my park look similar than this when the park is big. The guests seem to take a peek at the animals in the back and then sprint back to the front of the park to clog the paths
Yeah, this really is annoying and the rides do pretty much nothing to fix it, sometimes don't even work since guests refuse to go on them no matter what you do. It also doesn't help that the guest AI is pretty bad and they keep changing their minds, going in endless circles until they simply leave, either becuase their one hour's up or even sooner, sometimes even for no apparent reason.
What you can try is putting very popular animals back there, like the others already suggested and make sure you have lots of wide paths with tables on them, since those give a huge boost to happiness as well. Also check where your shops are, lost of guests seem to visit the zoo so they can eat and drink rather than watch the animals, so when you place shops farther back instead of at the front of the park they might wander back there instead of staying at the front. I think scenery also helps guest happiness and makes them walk paths they wouldn't wanna use otherwise but I'm not entirely sure about that one.
What you can try is putting very popular animals back there, like the others already suggested and make sure you have lots of wide paths with tables on them, since those give a huge boost to happiness as well. Also check where your shops are, lost of guests seem to visit the zoo so they can eat and drink rather than watch the animals, so when you place shops farther back instead of at the front of the park they might wander back there instead of staying at the front. I think scenery also helps guest happiness and makes them walk paths they wouldn't wanna use otherwise but I'm not entirely sure about that one.
Try to build the transport on the top of the main path, 1 station at the entrance and another station at the most inner part of the zoo.
Also try to build another main path to connect the back of the park, as only 1 main path is not able to handle the large guest flow even its 10m wide, and also try not to make guests staying on the main path and watch the animals, as they also block the other guests.
I ever built a park with only 1 straight road to connect the whole park, and guests had a "traffic jam" that totally cannot go to whatever they want, as well as keep refreshing their destination and make the game lag. So I rebuild the whole park by adding 3 main paths and transports on top of the roads, then even with 6k guests the park can still handle the guest flow and the game still run with acceptable fps.
Also try to build another main path to connect the back of the park, as only 1 main path is not able to handle the large guest flow even its 10m wide, and also try not to make guests staying on the main path and watch the animals, as they also block the other guests.
I ever built a park with only 1 straight road to connect the whole park, and guests had a "traffic jam" that totally cannot go to whatever they want, as well as keep refreshing their destination and make the game lag. So I rebuild the whole park by adding 3 main paths and transports on top of the roads, then even with 6k guests the park can still handle the guest flow and the game still run with acceptable fps.