Do guests use education items when on transport?
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I've never tried it but I think Speakers do work. I think Signs wouldn't work
I have never done that. The guests just enjoy seeing nice scenery and animals. And they recover their energy.
Speakers would annoy and stress a lot of the animals. Plus you would need to have electricity for your signs, which could become a problem in larger habitats. Signs would also destroy the illusion of being somewhere in the natural habitat of the animals. And the tour vehicles, even at very slow speeds, would pass the signs too quickly for the guests to read them.
Speakers would annoy and stress a lot of the animals. Plus you would need to have electricity for your signs, which could become a problem in larger habitats. Signs would also destroy the illusion of being somewhere in the natural habitat of the animals. And the tour vehicles, even at very slow speeds, would pass the signs too quickly for the guests to read them.
Speakers have no negative affect on the animals, so one can place them around in the enclosure if they want and have energy reaching them. Would only be a benefit with no downside. I personally like the idea of the guests hearing info about the animal while on the ride. Would be better of you could add speaker functions to the ride itself.
Ooh I like that idea as some sort of upgrade in the research tree.
Just to add: this is for my sandbox zoo, so I'm not worried about electricity
I might have to do an experiment with a new zoo and have no sources of education apart from within the habitat (with speakers) that the tour goes in range of...see if education increases after that.
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I really like this idea, too!
As far as I know speakers do affect animals. Especially shy animals can get stressed out rather easily if close to a loud speaker.
They don't. Otherwise it would make placing them impossible. They only affect guests. You can put a hundred speakers in an enclosure with shy animals and they will be fine if there is one sided glass.
Why would it make placing them impossible? You know you can adjust their range so that they only cover the path, right?
the question was, do guests get educated using a ride, it may be, because, education items have a zone, that must be entered by guests to work, so if they can be annoyed by entering a staff-zone in the ride, education should also work. i dont know, if it depends on how much time they stay in that zone.
for anyone who finds this post like I did - I confirmed today that speakers do benefit riders, and the riders benefit a LOT. I set up a jeep ride with 4 animals in a large enclosure, the ride passing through it. I put speakers along the whole path, alternating species. After passing only 3 of the speakers one of the riders had a +8% increase to their education score in their visitor overview. the animals are not bothered.
A Shame though we can't put a Speaker directly into the Vehicle