Just watched the Scorpios Rex species field guide, looks great btw, but I looked at that Toro skin and I couldn't see the defining scar of his character, or does the dinosaur just have to get in a scrap with another dinosaur to get the scar. I just want to know if the scar is in the game or not, same with scars on Big Eatie, ik we haven't seen the skin yet, but if Toro doesn't have the scars, will Big Eatie have scars
Does the Toro skin have his defining scar?
- Thread starter RedPandaReggie
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I really hope not. I don't want to have multiples being born with the exact same scar every single time.
That's a fair enough point I guess
It's a character skin... it's suppose to look like one specific animals, not something you'd put on a dozen different animals.
Then IMO it fails at being a variant suitable for a zoo sim. Skins should look normal on multiple individuals to work best, as you'd be expected to house multiples of the same species in any given enclosure. If they all have the same ailments then it risks losing immersion, as it just looks super awkward. It would be like having 5 Ian Malcolms or Owen Gradys walking around your park, it just doesn't look right.
Edit: One addition point. If someone likes the main colour and pattern on a skin, they'd be forced to have the exact same scars/burns with no alternative. For example, I really like the blue Baryonyx skin in the DLC Pack because it looks natural enough to use for multiple Baryonyx in a paddock. I would like it significantly less if it was scarred, as those would be on every single animal I clone.
It's not though. When you're cloning 10 Carnotaurus' with the Toro skin you're not creating the Toro character ten times. You're creating Carnotaurus with the same genes that resemble the character Toro. Same with the raptor squad. You're not actually creating the actual raptor squad.
On top of this, Skin Patterns or something like Bumpy's horn are things in the genetic code that the dinosaurs and reptiles are born with, it can be replicated. Scars like Toro's are gained in life, thus not in the genetic code and cannot be replicated via cloning.
You can replicate scars by intentionally scarring every Carnotaurus that you clone.
