I'm Ready for an Exhibit Animal Pack Now

[Cynogale bennettii II]

I think an exhibits pack would be one of my top choices - the smaller creatures almost always make up a huge part of a zoo's animals and currently there is barely any scope for variation. If you want to make a bug house, and want to showcase the diversity of beetles (which make up 25% of all the world's animals) then all you have is either the titan beetle (which isn't kept in captivity) or two species of African beetle. Likewise, for a reptile house there are a couple of iguanas, Australian elapids and South American boas, but no chameleons, lacertid lizards, pythons or colubrid snakes.
Huge areas have little to no representation either - while in terms of habitat animals, Southeast Asia is getting pretty full, in terms of exhibit animals it is nearly empty.

I'd love if such a pack came with an update that not only changed the sizes and shapes available of exhibits, but also made them a bit more interactive. A few weeks ago, someone on the forum came up with the idea of an exhibit design that functions like the diorama feature, which I think sounds amazing.

 

[TheHippoGirl]

I would love an exhibit pack too ! But if we only have 3 packs remaining, I'm not sure.it should be one of them. Should be an extra pack, maybe for the 4th anniversary instead of a free habitat animal?

 

[peafowl]

If it came with an update i might buy it too. Ie new exhibit dimensions, invisible barriers and, for vertebrates at least, babies

 

[Hugo98]

I'd totally love an exhibit pack. We definitely need more reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.

 

[Fossilized Rappy]

Were there to be an overhaul to exhibits, I'd definitely be amenable to a DLC focusing on them. As so many others have noted, the lack of size variety really hurts what should be a cornerstone of filling out the in-between spaces of your zoos; some animals like the iguanas would feel better in a larger 2x1 box, while a number of others look comical in the current system and would fare better in a container that fills only the top half or even a middle slice of the 1x1 box's area.

Is it possible? I'm no coder so I can't say for certain, but seeing as climbing is getting worked on even three years in, I don't see why exhibit boxes couldn't have a shake up.

 

[SanRazo618]

I would love this we desperately need more vivarium species. I guess I’m one of the few that really appreciates them. I’m happy to see others do as well. A little dlc in between bigger dlcs would be an absolute dream come true for me

 

[QueenCinna]

I think it would be really interesting of frontier to release 1 exhibit species per month or so for like $2 or $3 aud. That way we get to increase our reptile roster, and people aren't complaining that they lost slots to exhibits. I would actually like to see some of the exhibit animals released as props so that I can make fully customized vivariums, but ah well.

 

[Spiderhawk]

I think it would be really interesting of frontier to release 1 exhibit species per month or so for like $2 or $3 aud. That way we get to increase our reptile roster, and people aren't complaining that they lost slots to exhibits. I would actually like to see some of the exhibit animals released as props so that I can make fully customized vivariums, but ah well.

That’s what I have been talking about for a long time
Yet people think it means we are taking away 1 of 4 basic dlcs
Frontier I hope you are reading this

 

[QueenCinna]

That’s what I have been talking about for a long time
Yet people think it means we are taking away 1 of 4 basic dlcs
Frontier I hope you are reading this

Idk how the current Sims expansions ect work, but with the Sims 3 there was expansion packs, and then also stuff you could buy from the Sims store that was just extra content. It might feel a bit money hungry, but I would not mind at all if frontier did add something like a bonus animal store ontop of the dlc we get too, especially if it closes the species gaps that are showing.

 

[Spiderhawk]

Idk how the current Sims expansions ect work, but with the Sims 3 there was expansion packs, and then also stuff you could buy from the Sims store that was just extra content. It might feel a bit money hungry, but I would not mind at all if frontier did add something like a bonus animal store ontop of the dlc we get too, especially if it closes the species gaps that are showing.

Funny you mention the sims.
I noted with sims 4 there were small packs that came with only a couple of things and were ridiculously priced, then again EA has a greedy reputation.
I’d rather compare to cities skylines. Expansions have more features and spice up the gameplay, the creator content packs come with a few things and inexpensive and totally optional for players to get if they choose so.