This is not entirely true. I don’t want to get in an argument so I would recommend just looking up the differences in lions. Although not drastic variations the differences are still very visible. Way more then in the game .
Color variation comparison thread
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You could argue maybe there could be a darker yellow variant? But beyond that and giving the males variation in mane size and color...not really.
Yes well it's irrelevant now, because Frontier has said that they won't be changing any animal models going forward.
where did they say this?
edit: oh, this just about the overal model? I thought you meant colour variations too. (Man, I would love if they fixed the male lion though....)
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That's a pretty odd take if true considering they need to completely redo the hyena from the ground up.
It's...not a matter of want them to. The hyenas look literally nothing like an actual hyena. They're spotty, and slope-backed, and that's about where the similarities end. The snouts are too long and thin, the bodies are very lanky where actual hyenas are actually quite muscular (and rotund after eating), and the tails of the cubs are way too fuzzy.
I'm happy with the colors though, and find their categorization into subtle differences as laughable.
In keeping with the thread, here's generation 2 of my color experiments with the hyenas.
This is one of the cubs from my previous post all grown up and now a mama. Because of how the game works, she's described as gray furred even though she's not.
Here's her boyfriend, a The Lion King lookalike just like the mother was.
And here's one of the cubs, a testament to just how much variation this new system actually has to offer in spite of everyone's protestations. She is very clearly too gray to be colored like mom, and yet is not close to gray enough to look like dad, though definitely resembles the father a bit more.
I think people haven't given this system its due because they haven't tried mixing and matching pairings of animals properly, or have just been trying to breed the wrong ones. I'm not gonna say it doesn't need to be refined further; it's true that some species don't have the variation they would have in real life, like the chocolate brown and black wolves, and some species need something more than just color variation: Color and size of manes or size of tusks/horns for example.
But the system we have is not bad by any means. People just gotta experiment.
I agree with this. I really like the new system, but it still needs a bit of work, especially with labeling. Most variations are easy spot, lions seem to be an exception. In the pic I posted, maybe it wasn't the mane itself, I think his body is a bit lighter causing more contrast than normal.
They have said twice they won't be adding or changing models.
The first time was in a thread discussing the possibility of adding new life stages. Essentially every new life stage for every new animal would require a completely new rig, which just isn't feasible. The second time was when Murray was posting his greivances about the lions all over the forum and finally one of the CM's told him it wasn't going to change.
I totally agree that some of the animals aren't perfect, but as far as I'm concerned it doesn't ruin the game or make it unplayable and it's still better than anything we've had in the past. I can live with the models as they are.
If I remember correctly Gorillas where on the Variation List and I looked a few Times on the Market but could only find Gorillas that all have the same Texture (and Albino Gorillas). Did anyone find another one or are there slight Differences?
Finally created a small colony of albino Koalas!
Same, that would make the game much more enjoyable to me.