Color variation comparison thread

[NZFanatic]

Where does it explain this? I thought it would be behind the Numbers for the Social Requirements. I think there are Zoos that keep more than 4 Spotted Hyenas (3 if you don't want them to fight all the Time)

On the "Species Data" page there's a blurb under the hyena's picture which goes into detail. They even changed it in 1.3.0 to explain it more clearly.

 

[Khaidu]

I feel like the colours may have appeared more visually different in substance painter than ingame and weren't adjusted for the ingame environment accordingly. the differences are so subtle it almost makes them a bit pointless in some regard. For example the tapirs, they all look the same even though their names say otherwise. it wouldn't hurt to push the shades a bit more to make them actually more visually distinguishable, especially for younger populations to enjoy the game.

For example, here is some wild bactrian camels and wildebeast compared to the ones ingame. (ty la Chouette for the ingame images)

 

[Khaidu]

I am also surprised at how minimal pangolins are. They come in a lot of shades.

 

[VioletGrey]

Added from Common Warthog to Indian Rhinoceros to the Album.

Just here to show my appreciation for your labeling the tigers "Bengal Chonk."
LOL!

 

[Firestar97]

I feel like the colours may have appeared more visually different in substance painter than ingame and weren't adjusted for the ingame environment accordingly. the differences are so subtle it almost makes them a bit pointless in some regard. For example the tapirs, they all look the same even though their names say otherwise. it wouldn't hurt to push the shades a bit more to make them actually more visually distinguishable, especially for younger populations to enjoy the game.

For example, here is some wild bactrian camels and wildebeast compared to the ones ingame. (ty la Chouette for the ingame images)

They mentioned that every Variation is laid over the Standard Skin and can be stronger or weaker on a Scale from 1-10 (don't know how to explain it better) maybe that's why you think they all almost look the same. Also these Wildebeest on the Real Life Photos look really cool.

I am also surprised at how minimal pangolins are. They come in a lot of shades.

They look great but at least 2 of them don't seem to be Chinese Pangolins. I'm not so sure about the other ones

 

[Indoraptor27]

They could add more variations with things other than color. By that I mean female lions very rarely having manes (yes, that's a thing), male lions being maneless, the size gene being more prominent (unless you're really looking for it, high and low size can be hard to distinguish at first glance), and male Indian and all African elephants sometimes being tuskless. But I don't want to be greedy, I'll take what I can get.

 

[Kaitrosebd]

If anyone wants to see Leucistic animals I have almost every-one in the game, think I'm only missing Koala (if one exists which I haven't seen yet but could be out there) and Dall sheep (I saw a screenshot once but never seen one pop up). Might be a couple of others but I think I have all/most of them. Meanwhile just wanted to share my baby panda nursery exhibit... Baby panda on parade!

 

[Kaitrosebd]

If anyone wants to see Leucistic animals I have almost every-one in the game, think I'm only missing Koala (if one exists which I haven't seen yet but could be out there) and Dall sheep (I saw a screenshot once but never seen one pop up). Might be a couple of others but I think I have all/most of them. Meanwhile just wanted to share my baby panda nursery exhibit... Baby panda on parade!

Here is a Leucistic Kangaroo for anyone who has not seen one yet:

 

[KaoRu]

Two baby orange Tigers have a slight difference. One on the right is a bit lighter than the one on the left.

 

[dinoman9877]

I feel like the colours may have appeared more visually different in substance painter than ingame and weren't adjusted for the ingame environment accordingly. the differences are so subtle it almost makes them a bit pointless in some regard. For example the tapirs, they all look the same even though their names say otherwise. it wouldn't hurt to push the shades a bit more to make them actually more visually distinguishable, especially for younger populations to enjoy the game.

For example, here is some wild bactrian camels and wildebeast compared to the ones ingame. (ty la Chouette for the ingame images)

The camels are definitely lacking compared to the variation of real camels, however the wildebeest comparison is...very wrong.

For one, those pictures are blue wildebeest, which are a completely different species from the one in-game. Furthermore, the gold wildebeest and crowned wildebeest are not naturally occurring variants, but bred for in captive populations selectively to provide 'unique' animals for trophy hunters, and are again specific only to the blue wildebeest.

To my knowledge, the same is not done with the black wildebeest, mostly because they're overall just not as common as the blue wildebeest in general, and not as sought after as trophies. Frontier is already almost definitely not going to add variants that come from populations in captivity (discounting camels since almost all camels are from domesticated stock, whether they're feral or not), but the black wildebeest...already have about as much variation as the actual animals.

 

[Murray]

The fact that so many of these animals variations are incredibly subtle is disappointing. We waited a long time for this... The male lion skin is terrible as it is but I was hoping the variations would make it better. Can’t even tell a difference between them. Such a waste

 

[arafan]

I am still hope they will add some more Chimpanzee variations, I haven't seen a black faced one until now, in the perfect case their face and skin color would even change with the advancing age, but I belive that would take too much time.
But all in all, I'm very happy with this update as, it definitely gives us more affection to the animals.

 

[Firestar97]

I am still hope they will add some more Chimpanzee variations, I haven't seen a black faced one until now, in the perfect case their face and skin color would even change with the advancing age, but I belive that would take too much time.
But all in all, I'm very happy with this update as, it definitely gives us more affection to the animals.

I would also like this. The West African Chimpanzee can have black Skin. I found also a Picture of a West African Chimpanzee with brown Fur. Do male Chimpanzees in the Game even have the white Beard they normally have? (didn't keep them very often. I'm keeping the Bonobo instead most of the Time)

 

[KaoRu]

The fact that so many of these animals variations are incredibly subtle is disappointing. We waited a long time for this... The male lion skin is terrible as it is but I was hoping the variations would make it better. Can’t even tell a difference between them. Such a waste

I'm surprised they didn't add dark brown lions (as well as like lions with mostly black manes) bcuz ya know....They're a thing.

 

[arafan]

I would also like this. The West African Chimpanzee can have black Skin. I found also a Picture of a West African Chimpanzee with brown Fur. Do male Chimpanzees in the Game even have the white Beard they normally have? (didn't keep them very often. I'm keeping the Bonobo instead most of the Time)

I don't think they have, the Plazoo model represents much more a younger Chimpanzee and a Bonobo. And actually females also have their beards, so the inclusion of them would have been nice too, but I don't think that's a major issue, as I haven't seen much people concerning this.

 

[Kaitrosebd]

The fact that so many of these animals variations are incredibly subtle is disappointing. We waited a long time for this... The male lion skin is terrible as it is but I was hoping the variations would make it better. Can’t even tell a difference between them. Such a waste

Yeah I noticed that as well, I love collecting color variations (why I have all the albino/recessive gene creatures), I thought this was going to introduce more of that variety, people vying for Lighter grey rhino's for example. But it's so hard to see the difference it's hardly worth it.

Also maybe a dumb question but does it actually mention the animal's color pattern anywhere in that specific animals status/stats window? I can only seem to find the color version if the animal is in the trade center?

 

[shirandhak]

It's in the tab with genetics

 

[dinoman9877]

Frontier said that the variation would only apply to what actually exists in the species.

The fact of the matter is that most wild animals don't have much physical variation in color. A lion is always gonna be yellow, a zebra is always gonna be white, an elephant is always gonna be grey. Some animals will naturally have more variation than others and some will be nearly indistinguishable. That's how it works in real life as well. If you look at a herd of elephants you won't know an individual based off their color, but by the size and shape of their tusks, and wounds on the head, ears, or body. (Differences in tusks and horns is its own thing to tackle at another time)

The real variation is gonna have to exist in the markings for many species. Frontier NEEDS to work on more marking variations for all the species that have them: Hyenas, wild dogs, tigers, jaguars, etc. need more markings for the game to mix and match.

 

[Indoraptor27]

a zebra is always gonna be white,

Ah, but are they white with black stripes, or black with white stripes?

 

[dinoman9877]

Ah, but are they white with black stripes, or black with white stripes?

Well actually, technically zebras are black with white stripes, which is why some zebras are able to have dark brown instead of the black. But the stripes are always going to be some form of white coloration, or soft white-gold blend, which is what we see in game with the new update.