I agree. The quagga project specimen so far has less likeness to quaggas than this guy, in my opinion.It does though, just darkerI'm betting that there's a similar gene or genes acting here that cause receding of the stripe patterning.
Ideas for Future Expansions to the Colourmorph System
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Wolves: black colour morph, as well as a blonde-red spectrum. Wolves really could have four or five colour morphs.
African wild dogs: different, randomised white and brown/black patches similar to how the llamas work now
Bengal Tiger: golden tabby morph
Cheetah: king cheetah variant (really should have been in from the start, when there are so many king cheetahs in the wild and captivity, and merely one confirmed sighting of a spotless).
Dingo: black and Black and Tan. Sure, these colours came from domestic dogs mixing with dingoes, but they’re still iconic colours for our dingos today.
A bunch of animals could use a melanistic morph on top of the existing albino. Very excited to see colour morphs added to more species, it’s one of my favourite mechanics added to Planet Zoo!
African wild dogs: different, randomised white and brown/black patches similar to how the llamas work now
Bengal Tiger: golden tabby morph
Cheetah: king cheetah variant (really should have been in from the start, when there are so many king cheetahs in the wild and captivity, and merely one confirmed sighting of a spotless).
Dingo: black and Black and Tan. Sure, these colours came from domestic dogs mixing with dingoes, but they’re still iconic colours for our dingos today.
A bunch of animals could use a melanistic morph on top of the existing albino. Very excited to see colour morphs added to more species, it’s one of my favourite mechanics added to Planet Zoo!
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Now that I look at it again, I think it might be really helpful if they could get a Specimen like that one.I would at least like to see the king cheetah as a colour morph.
Honestly, the more colour morphs they add the better in my opinion because the animals still feel very samey to me. Most of the colour variations are very subtle and since it's a bit of a hassle to jump into first person view, I can hardly ever tell apart my animals.
Honestly, the more colour morphs they add the better in my opinion because the animals still feel very samey to me. Most of the colour variations are very subtle and since it's a bit of a hassle to jump into first person view, I can hardly ever tell apart my animals.
I really do hope the devs implement a lot of these going forward! It's a really awesome way to breathe some new life into the old animals time has forgotten.
Are there other known Color Mutations for Hippos? One of my most kept Animals. Even my Marine Park has them even though except them the whole Park is focused on Saltwater Species
I'd prefer a pseudo melanistic Tiger (if this is even known of in Bengal Tigers but they also gave us white Siberian Tigers, so even if not, it might make it into the Game anyways)
Its sadly not that good quality, but these are the not to uncommon mutations of the indian blue peafowl
Persoally i especally like the charcoal and the opal variants.
Persoally i especally like the charcoal and the opal variants.
I'd love to get some of those. There are so many awesome Possibilities. I wish we could get all of them but 2 additional ones (if one of them isn't just Piebald) would also already be really great
I remember a while ago either Chante or Bo told us they wouldn't be adding all those peafowl variations because pretty much all of them stem from domestic breeding, and the in-game peafowl is a wild animal. I'm not sure if they'll stick to that in the future, but that's the last word we had on it.
I think I've read once that they can all occur in wild Individuals but they are way more common in Captivity because if you want to breed a specific Variation both of the Parents need to have the Genes for it
Which is bizarre to me, considering they gave us the domestic bactrian camel at launch, and then domestic llamas in the SECOND dlc we ever got. We know Frontier isn't shy about domestic animals. I dunno why they would take that choice away from us and say "no you can only have the wild Indian Peafowl even though they're virtually identical". I'm quite certain they've changed their minds on this. Why would they expand the system if we weren't getting more morphs across the board? It'd be a waste not to.
Debatable. Black and black and tan are two of the oldest variant genes in domestic dogs, it's very likely the genes for both have always been in the gene pool but less successful due to the natural selection that occurred. Black and tan and recessive black are also both recessive to sable, so they can be carried generations before showing again.
That said, 100% agree the wolves and dingos especially need many more variants; domestic dogs and their ancestors are the most varied mammals on the planet. Also agree with all suggested so far; diversity is the spice of life.
I remember when Frontier gave us the variation system and they were like "but there's not that much variation because we don't want them to stand out." And I was like "......but that was the point?" so I'm really glad they've given themselves the opportunity to offer more variation this way
The game has really improved in its 2nd year; they're listening to the players, adding a whole bunch of requested features; for all we know, this could be a step forward to animal individuality
But it wasn't though?
Like, if you go into a zoo and see a herd of bison, you won't notice a bunch of variation right away, you have to look closely to see the differences between them. That's the case for the large majority of animals in zoos, there's a reason why zoos use tags to be able to distinguish animals from each other, because natural variation really doesn't stand out that much. There are exceptions, like white tigers and all sorts of colour morphs, but the vast majority of variation in real life is really subtle.Frontier clearly went for a more natural variation grounded in realism ( yes, it's a game, games compromise, there are parts of the game that aren't as realistic), so the point was not to make it stand it out because then it wouldn't feel real.
Well yeah, when referring to animals that are supposed to look the same, you're absolutely right. I wouldn't want those animals to stand out all the time, because that doesn't make sense for them. This wasn't a complaint about bison or antelope not standing out.But it wasn't though?
Frontier clearly went for a more natural variation grounded in realism ( yes, it's a game, games compromise, there are parts of the game that aren't as realistic), so the point was not to make it stand it out because then it wouldn't feel real.
But for the few animals that are known for their wide diversity in appearance, like everyone's favorite example the timber wolf, that was the point for many of us. The system is great for animals without huge variation between individuals, I won't argue with that at all. But it really did visually-diverse animals dirty. Hue-shifting the same exact skin doesn't work for every animal. I for one was and still am really disappointed that the only llamas we have are black, chocolate, brown piebald, (the piebald doesn't even have that many patterns either) and it took over a year to get the pure white llama back.
So don't get me wrong, I never hated the system as it was, and it worked great for the most part! But where it had flaws, the flaws were really glaring. This new update opens the door to remedy those flaws, and that's nothing but a good thing!
Oh okay, it sounded like that though, which is the reason behind my comment.
I can kinda follow you on what you're saying, but on the other hand when looking at zoos I can't think of a single instance where I saw for instance a wolf exhibit where these big variations were an actual thing. Like, yes they occur in the wild, but when you see them in a zoo you don't see those big differences quite often either.
I feel the same about the sea lions for instance. When looking at my experience with them in zoos (mostly from a European standpoint), I've only seen the very dark and black fur coats. I was surprised to see that the main variant for the sea lions in PZ were more brownish, and only after researching it I saw that they had a lot more variety than I ever saw in zoos myself.
So I don't know where I stand exactly. I think overall I would like to have all those variants, but only if I have control over them in Sandbox mode