Franchise / Challenge / Sandbox - Pre-formed maps

Hi there,

Apologies if I'm being stupid and have missed an obvious answer anywhere, but I'm struggling to actually find the correct words to even Google this.

I love the gamemodes available in this game, and I especially love the Campaign - I'm halfway through the very last scenario.

What inspired me the most during them were the maps available in the scenarios - they were amazing. More specifically, I'm talking about the terrain work.

My question is - is there some way to start a new "map" in any of the 3 other modes (Franchise / Challenge / Sandbox) which is NOT one of the standard flat maps? I feel the challenge and appeal of building around preexisting geography would be awesome, particularly for people like me who can't make a believable mountain no matter how much we try. The terrain tools themselves don't have to be locked (like they are in many scenarios), but I'd love to have a non-flat map to start off with. Trying to build a top zoo on a smaller island, trying to work around lots of mountains, etc.

I tried looking around the workshop to see if such a thing was shareable, but I don't think it is? Am I missing something here or is it just not possible and this belongs in the Suggestions area instead?
 
I believe once you have completed a campaign map you can select it in sandbox as your starter. Don't think you can in franchise as that would give you access to unresearched tech
 
My favorite scenario so far was the Canadian one where you start a fresh zoo. I loved trying to work with the terrain, it added a nice challenge but it wasn't overwhelming. I'd love to get an option to randomly generate terrain and water features when making a new Zoo.
 
I believe once you have completed a campaign map you can select it in sandbox as your starter. Don't think you can in franchise as that would give you access to unresearched tech

Turns out you're right, so thanks! Not just Sandbox though - I could pick the maps for Challenge Mode too, which was a nice bonus. It's weird that I didn't see that option before though.

Trouble is, the maps come EXACTLY as they are in the scenarios, including animals, habitats and all construction, which isn't quite what I wanted unfortunately.

There definitely needs to be a way to share zoos which have terrain forming done on them but left blank otherwise
 
I like the idea of a choice to create a random map for other modes. Nice idea!

In PlanetCoaster and even in Beta of PlanetZoo I didn't really had a problem with the flat map, because I can create what I like when I have a specific idea... but it would be nice to have that option someday.
For me the Northamerica map was fun too. I agree that this random map (so, not only the career ones) would be great and the map shouldn't have a locked terrain builder, so you can make adjustments when needed. It's another way to play and I think I would use it too sometimes... for sure when the creativity amount is low or I have less time to create project with terrain forming from ground up.

I really like the idea, thanks for sharing!
 
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