Got a question as to how to get all the dinosaurs in Sandbox

[Deleted member 198721]

So I figured out that I need to somehow contain a dinosaur to be able to use it in sandbox mode (be it capture, clone, whatever), but as the JP chaos mode keeps crashing on me, is sucking my finances dry (the missions are bugged and the running cost seems to be rising with my income thus the stated profit is wrong), I want to know if their is another way to get everything that doesn't involve replaying the chaos levels again and again. So are there dinosaurs found on multiple chaos modes or some other method of unlocking them? I payed through all of the JWE campaign, DLC, (hated challenge mode), and enjoyed it, but this is quickly becoming an exercise in tedium that I am not getting the funds needed to keep the park afloat much less go out and get the dinosaurs I want to use and the research for the skins.

 

[Starfall]

I unlocked most of everything on Canada and Germany Challenge modes. Took about 6 hours on each, but now I've figured out the game, I reckon I could do it again in less than three hours on each.

Don't focus on mass unlocking first, focus on getting three stars. To that you only need maybe 6 exhibits of safe dinosaurs (who won't fight and cause trouble), each with a viewing platform surrounded by one of each of the shops.

Don't create a massive park--guests won't reach the far areas so those shops will lose money. Instead keep it compact and try and put the attractions near each other with one of each shops near. Research second stage amnities as fast as you can as when you hit 3 stars, they will easily make 20k a minute each. Then you'll have the money going in and can focus on researching the new dinosaurs.

Tip - if you save before releasing a new dino (like the expensive ones) you can release it, then reload it and its still unlocked for sandbox and you don't lose money. So once your parks establisjed you can focus on chruning out an expensive dino, reloading and don't risk burning through your cash.

 

[Deleted member 198721]

I unlocked most of everything on Canada and Germany Challenge modes. Took about 6 hours on each, but now I've figured out the game, I reckon I could do it again in less than three hours on each.

Don't focus on mass unlocking first, focus on getting three stars. To that you only need maybe 6 exhibits of safe dinosaurs (who won't fight and cause trouble), each with a viewing platform surrounded by one of each of the shops.

Don't create a massive park--guests won't reach the far areas so those shops will lose money. Instead keep it compact and try and put the attractions near each other with one of each shops near. Research second stage amnities as fast as you can as when you hit 3 stars, they will easily make 20k a minute each. Then you'll have the money going in and can focus on researching the new dinosaurs.

Tip - if you save before releasing a new dino (like the expensive ones) you can release it, then reload it and its still unlocked for sandbox and you don't lose money. So once your parks establisjed you can focus on chruning out an expensive dino, reloading and don't risk burning through your cash.

Thank you this is extremely helpful. I will try the challenge mode later today and follow your advice. Have you noticed crashing in that mode? I ask as the chaos mode has repeatedly crashed on me when a storm breaks out or multiple issues are being handled at once? I am the PS4 version if that is important.

 

[Phenom7503]

Thank you this is extremely helpful. I will try the challenge mode later today and follow your advice. Have you noticed crashing in that mode? I ask as the chaos mode has repeatedly crashed on me when a storm breaks out or multiple issues are being handled at once? I am the PS4 version if that is important.

I’m doing challenge mode right now

 

[Deleted member 198721]

I’m doing challenge mode right now

Yeah I am going to try easy mode just to get the dinosaur unlocked, but beyond that the hard mode is starting out the same tooth-grinding annoyance that Jurassic Difficulty was in the first game. Why am I having to research how to build toilets and such? Also I am not a fan of the random pop-up problems just starting out in the game. Yes it is supposed to be a challenge, but between this and the problems with the chaos mode the game is honestly not nearly as fun as the first one. Did no one play-test this or was this meant for micromanagers and not dinosaur fans?

Okay after trying challenge mode for a bit I can say that hard mode is just as tedious and failure inducing as I feared. Too many expenses from the start, the cost of fossil hunting, having to pay money to try and get resources so that you spend more than you get from sellable goods you unlock, the massive amount of time it takes to do anything means that I am going to just play it on easy to unlock the dinosaurs and wait for Frontier to release a correction patch. Did no one play test this at all? I ranted years ago how bad the challenge mode was in the first game and it seems that it is even worst in this one.