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Before getting into this thread, I wanted to bring up something I was thinking of while working on this suggestion:
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Almost 3 years ago, before writing this thread on a cretaceous sauropod resize request, I made a thread requesting another cretaceous sauropod to have it be resized, the dreadnoughtus. I enjoyed that thread as it was fun doing the research and photoshopping the images there, plus it was awesome to get feedback and insight from the members of this community.
What was amazing was to see the dreadnoughtus did get that upscale in size in JWE2, and I want to thank the developers taking the request into consideration, and the community for sharing their voice in the matter. I hope that the information supplied in that thread was useful when making the upscale
With that said, here is a thread request for the nigersaurus, not to get bigger but smaller.
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One of my favorite improvements in JWE2 was the TLC the JWE roster of dinosaurs got when brought over to the sequel. Some had their models updated to better represent their movie counterparts, multiple skin options for vibrant variation, and most notable were the changes in size.
Most dinosaurs were oversized back in JWE1, and it did hinder the variation between species as size is a factor to a dinosaur's appeal. Now dinosaurs like the crichtonsaurus, chasmosaurus, chungkingosaurus, and dreadnoughtus were given size alterations to better fit their real life counterparts, and it genuinely enhanced the experience for a lot of the players in the JWE community.
Yet, I did note that the nigersaurus looked to be unaltered since JWE1, which was strange.
Nigersaurus was one of the dinosaurs I was looking forward to be given a downscale, as I did find it odd how large it was back in JWE, but didn't mind it's oversized length back then because a lot of dinosaurs were rather oversized back then, and that it was technically the smallest sauropod in that game.
Still, I had hopes of seeing it being downscaled in the sequel, for it was roughly 50% larger than the scale shared in the Database back then at 14 meters, 5 meters more than her real life estimates.
When JWE2 was announced to be introducing the amargasaurus, I initially thought that the new dinosaur was going to be similar in size to the JWE nigersaurus, 14 meters in length which was pretty big, but after seeing it come out of the enclosure, it looked to be a rather small sauropod! And it was an eye opener and a teaser that we could see the small dinosaurs of JWE be downscaled to their scientific estimates.
Now after JWE2's release, we did get to see the new small sauropod and it was a delight to have it in the park, and with how some of the other dinosaurs also got a resize in the new game, I was looking forward to unlock the nigersaurus and see her at 9 meters. To which I was surprised to find out that not only has it not been shrunk down like other oversized dinosaurs, but was given an update in the database listing it at 14 meters in length.
This was something that bummed me a bit, but I did want to look into it more before bringing it up here on the forums. This could be because both the Nigersaurus and Amargasaurus were so similar in size that they hindered each other's appeal, so keeping her large was to help it stand out from her spikey cousin. Yet the database and Dr. Wu's commentary would bring up her small size as a distinctive feature, and knowing how small the species was in real life estimates at 9 meters, and how JWE1 labeled her as a 9 meter dinosaur, I wanted to bring this up and see if we could get the nigersaurus downsized. Especially since the Amargasaurus was a sauropod that was thought to have been between 9-10 meters in real life, and having it stand by the nigersaurus showcases the large size gap between the two.
Scaling down the nigersaurus
Not too long ago, a reddit user shared a link to size charts of the dinosaurs next to each other:
One chart I was happy to find were the sauropods showcased together.
This image showcases all of the different sauropod models used in the game. As seen, the sauropods are appropriately sized to their movie and RL estimates respectively. The only one I find off is the nigersaurus, especially when compared to the amargasaurus in front of it.
With the base models and sizes of the dinosaurs showcased in the picture, I made silhouettes of the small sauropods in order to measure their sizes and estimate a good size for the downscaled nigersaurus, and see if it would be feasible.
One thing I noticed is that the Amargasaurus is actually 10.0m instead of 9.5m, making it a tad longer than the database, but real life estimates were suggested to be between 9-10 meters.
When shrinking the nigersaurus, I went with the 9 meter length the original database shared in JWE1, you could see it as the green silhouette above. There is a notable change in scale, removing about 5 meters in length and a meter in height. When compared to the amargasaurus, it looks to be smaller than the spikey sauropod, as the amargasaurus has a more vertical look thanks to her neck vertebrae.
This downscaled versions is what I thought we would be getting in JWE2, and I think it could work. Despite there being a meter difference in length, the two sauropods are very different in appearance. The nigersaurus has a vacuum like mouth and round body, while the amargasaurus has a horse like head and spiky neck and back adornments. And when Dr.Wu or the game would comment on the small size of the nigersaurus, I could definitely see that distinction better with the 9 meter length than her current 14 meter one.
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This was something I wanted to bring up as soon as possible, as making a resize edit early on in the game's life would be easier than implementing it later down the line, but I wanted to get some data first before making the request. There are a few animals in the game that are oversized like the attenborosaurus (6.5 meters instead of 5), and the qianzhousaurus (9.9 meters instead of 6-7), but it is the nigersaurus that does stand out to me in terms of scale, especially since the game would highlight it's otherwise small scale when released from the hatchery.
Plenty of dinosaurs did get downscaled in JWE2, and I am hoping a similar treatment could be done with the nigersaurus to better reflect her small size. A lot of dinosaurs I didn't use as much in JWE1 are now more appealing thanks to their resizes that represents their movie or RL counterparts, and I think the Nigersaurus could get some TLC in that area as well.
But what do you think in terms of scale? Should the nigersaurus be downscaled or should she remain as is? Do let us know down below and share your thoughts.
Thank you all for reading my suggestion, take care
Before getting into this thread, I wanted to bring up something I was thinking of while working on this suggestion:
Dinosaurs - The dreadnoughtus needs to be scaled up
I was holding off of this idea as I thought I was being nitpicky, but after some time and thought, I think we need to have the dreadnoughtus scaled up. One reason why I waited to fully commit to the idea was because the size of a large sauropod would be too much for the game to handle. Mainly...
Almost 3 years ago, before writing this thread on a cretaceous sauropod resize request, I made a thread requesting another cretaceous sauropod to have it be resized, the dreadnoughtus. I enjoyed that thread as it was fun doing the research and photoshopping the images there, plus it was awesome to get feedback and insight from the members of this community.
What was amazing was to see the dreadnoughtus did get that upscale in size in JWE2, and I want to thank the developers taking the request into consideration, and the community for sharing their voice in the matter. I hope that the information supplied in that thread was useful when making the upscale
With that said, here is a thread request for the nigersaurus, not to get bigger but smaller.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
One of my favorite improvements in JWE2 was the TLC the JWE roster of dinosaurs got when brought over to the sequel. Some had their models updated to better represent their movie counterparts, multiple skin options for vibrant variation, and most notable were the changes in size.
Most dinosaurs were oversized back in JWE1, and it did hinder the variation between species as size is a factor to a dinosaur's appeal. Now dinosaurs like the crichtonsaurus, chasmosaurus, chungkingosaurus, and dreadnoughtus were given size alterations to better fit their real life counterparts, and it genuinely enhanced the experience for a lot of the players in the JWE community.
Yet, I did note that the nigersaurus looked to be unaltered since JWE1, which was strange.
Nigersaurus was one of the dinosaurs I was looking forward to be given a downscale, as I did find it odd how large it was back in JWE, but didn't mind it's oversized length back then because a lot of dinosaurs were rather oversized back then, and that it was technically the smallest sauropod in that game.
Still, I had hopes of seeing it being downscaled in the sequel, for it was roughly 50% larger than the scale shared in the Database back then at 14 meters, 5 meters more than her real life estimates.
When JWE2 was announced to be introducing the amargasaurus, I initially thought that the new dinosaur was going to be similar in size to the JWE nigersaurus, 14 meters in length which was pretty big, but after seeing it come out of the enclosure, it looked to be a rather small sauropod! And it was an eye opener and a teaser that we could see the small dinosaurs of JWE be downscaled to their scientific estimates.
Now after JWE2's release, we did get to see the new small sauropod and it was a delight to have it in the park, and with how some of the other dinosaurs also got a resize in the new game, I was looking forward to unlock the nigersaurus and see her at 9 meters. To which I was surprised to find out that not only has it not been shrunk down like other oversized dinosaurs, but was given an update in the database listing it at 14 meters in length.
This was something that bummed me a bit, but I did want to look into it more before bringing it up here on the forums. This could be because both the Nigersaurus and Amargasaurus were so similar in size that they hindered each other's appeal, so keeping her large was to help it stand out from her spikey cousin. Yet the database and Dr. Wu's commentary would bring up her small size as a distinctive feature, and knowing how small the species was in real life estimates at 9 meters, and how JWE1 labeled her as a 9 meter dinosaur, I wanted to bring this up and see if we could get the nigersaurus downsized. Especially since the Amargasaurus was a sauropod that was thought to have been between 9-10 meters in real life, and having it stand by the nigersaurus showcases the large size gap between the two.
Scaling down the nigersaurus
Not too long ago, a reddit user shared a link to size charts of the dinosaurs next to each other:
One chart I was happy to find were the sauropods showcased together.
This image showcases all of the different sauropod models used in the game. As seen, the sauropods are appropriately sized to their movie and RL estimates respectively. The only one I find off is the nigersaurus, especially when compared to the amargasaurus in front of it.
With the base models and sizes of the dinosaurs showcased in the picture, I made silhouettes of the small sauropods in order to measure their sizes and estimate a good size for the downscaled nigersaurus, and see if it would be feasible.
One thing I noticed is that the Amargasaurus is actually 10.0m instead of 9.5m, making it a tad longer than the database, but real life estimates were suggested to be between 9-10 meters.
When shrinking the nigersaurus, I went with the 9 meter length the original database shared in JWE1, you could see it as the green silhouette above. There is a notable change in scale, removing about 5 meters in length and a meter in height. When compared to the amargasaurus, it looks to be smaller than the spikey sauropod, as the amargasaurus has a more vertical look thanks to her neck vertebrae.
This downscaled versions is what I thought we would be getting in JWE2, and I think it could work. Despite there being a meter difference in length, the two sauropods are very different in appearance. The nigersaurus has a vacuum like mouth and round body, while the amargasaurus has a horse like head and spiky neck and back adornments. And when Dr.Wu or the game would comment on the small size of the nigersaurus, I could definitely see that distinction better with the 9 meter length than her current 14 meter one.
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This was something I wanted to bring up as soon as possible, as making a resize edit early on in the game's life would be easier than implementing it later down the line, but I wanted to get some data first before making the request. There are a few animals in the game that are oversized like the attenborosaurus (6.5 meters instead of 5), and the qianzhousaurus (9.9 meters instead of 6-7), but it is the nigersaurus that does stand out to me in terms of scale, especially since the game would highlight it's otherwise small scale when released from the hatchery.
Plenty of dinosaurs did get downscaled in JWE2, and I am hoping a similar treatment could be done with the nigersaurus to better reflect her small size. A lot of dinosaurs I didn't use as much in JWE1 are now more appealing thanks to their resizes that represents their movie or RL counterparts, and I think the Nigersaurus could get some TLC in that area as well.
But what do you think in terms of scale? Should the nigersaurus be downscaled or should she remain as is? Do let us know down below and share your thoughts.
Thank you all for reading my suggestion, take care
