Alright that's quite the order , I'll help with what I can. Yes there is a discord and Reddit page for the game (links -
Reddit /
Discord )
- let's start with the coolers/heaters. This is a difficult one to manage personally since I have struggled to contain the range of these with various attempts of rock / plant layers but sadly these do not always succeed. Try out different kind of natural barriers like rocks or hard surface plants to see if these work for you. Sandbox mode allows to turn off temperate requirements if it bugs you too much or try to contain similar animals together so temperate differences will not matter. I'm not sure exactly what you mean about terrain overflow , just use the smooth and pull/push tools to manage terrain to a certain area
- Landscaping exhibits - this is a very open question for various interpretations because landscaping highly differs to each biome /animal type. We can have a pretty flat and bland African mixed herbivore habitat with some trees and grass scattered about and it would still be realistic enough because that's how it is in real life.
But for the sake of learning - turn on the roughen tool for a varied level landscape with little to no effort. Then make a water pool using the push tool/then smooth tool and finally add water. Ensure you have smooth terrain sides so animals can enter the water. Then add rocks to match the animal continent like desert rock for African animals or tropical for apes. Then you add trees again look at what kind of trees an animal might have , then low level plants like bushes/grass/decorative plants
- Underwater viewing. Alright underwater viewing can be difficult to make if one is new to advanced building. So you want to landscape first making a lower path area to allow guests getting a fairly good view of an underwater animal. The new ramp tool makes this pretty easy to get a nice slope for your path. Once you have a flat area below , add a good sized glass barrier along your path area - this can be higher as you need because you can lower the glass once finished. From ground level you need a smooth slope for your animals to enter easily , a good height of barrier could be 4 metres so your lowered viewing area should be 4 metres below your main path to allow proper viewing. Encase your intended water area in a full glass barrier along with landscaped terrain - add your water and adjustcthd height of the barrier to your likening.
- making buildings - Making complex buildings is no easy feat as advanced building can takes months to master. The basic guide is outer walls - roof - windows/doors - details. If you are wnating an indoor building then path down - indoor items down - outer walls - inner walls - indoor decorations - roof - windows - roof - exterior details.
But for an easy guide we can use a food shop building. Add 4 metre walls around the sides and back , a window wall in the front. Add a arched roof ontop and an angled wall piece on the open sides of the roof. Add a door somewhere, a shop sign for decoration and an air con unit piece on the side.
