Update Important News about Dinosaur Sizing

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Bo Marit

Lead Community Manager
Frontier
Hi everyone,

We hope you're all having a wonderful day.

We'd like to start with saying that we are incredibly grateful for having such a passionate and enthusiastic community. It's been a pleasure to read everyone's Jurassic journey so far, with people achieving platinum trophies or sharing their favorite dinosaur screenshots with us.

We've also received feedback regarding certain elements of the game, one notable example being the sizing of specific species of dinosaurs. Initially we stated that addressing these issues wouldn't be possible due to technical difficulties, including potential clipping/gameplay issues within the environment that the dinosaur interacts with, potential save game issues, and the adjustment of hundreds of connected/associated animations per species. However, the community have spoken and our amazing dev team have been hard at work to investigate these issues and look for solutions. We're pleased to be able to confirm that in the coming update, the team will be making some much-requested adjustments to the dinosaur sizes, while at the same time keeping true to the Jurassic dinosaurs which has always been our aim.

The changes we are making are as follows:


  • Scale down the Ceratosaurus from 9.6m (current) to 9m
  • Scale down the Tyrannosaurus Rex from 14m (current) to 13.5m
  • Scale up the Spinosaurus from 13.7m (current) to 15m (making her taller but less bulky than the T-Rex)
  • Scale up the Giganotosaurus from 12m (current) to 13.5m
We apologise for the time it's taken to confirm these details. However, we feel it is vitally important that we triple check that any new additions are achievable before announcing them to the world. We hope that these changes better address the concerns regarding dinosaur size and look forward to seeing the your reaction once the free update goes live.

We've received a lot of kind words from you with the faith that Frontier will continue to support Jurassic World Evolution with new and exciting content. It's heart-warming to see comments with that level of trust in the development team, and it's absolutely what we will be doing. The team are hard at work planning future content for you to enjoy and we'll be revealing all of the details of the first update in a special livestream with the developers, of which we'll be sharing the time and date this week!

Thank you again for your patience, feedback, and understanding as we continue to work hard on Jurassic World Evolution; we're excited about what the future holds and definitely have lots more in store for you!

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Bo
 

Sir.Tj

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Interesting update Bo. :)

Thanks, I'm sure there will be a lot of happy peeps.
 
wow this is fantastic news i can't wait for this update... it's awesome you guys listened and took action, we want this game to be amazing and as fans of jurassic park it's important to us to have the correct dino sizes... u guys are doing a great job
 

Paul_Crowther

Senior Community Manager
Frontier
wow this is fantastic news i can't wait for this update... it's awesome you guys listened and took action, we want this game to be amazing and as fans of jurassic park it's important to us to have the correct dino sizes... u guys are doing a great job

Thank you! We'll share more news on other improvements later on.
 
Rectify is wise. Great news and I must congratulate the entire Frontier team. So you have regained all my confidence and support.

Have you also corrected the height of Giganotosaurus? You have only referred to the length and not to the height in the notes of the publication. Giga height is only 3.2m, it is a bigger problem than the length.

Creo que Ceratosaurus es actualmente 10.4 metros de largo y no 9.6.
 
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Paul_Crowther

Senior Community Manager
Frontier
Rectify is wise. Great news and I must congratulate the entire Frontier team. So you have regained all my confidence and support.

Have you also corrected the height of Giganotosaurus? You have only referred to the length and not to the height in the notes of the publication. Giga height is only 3.2m, it is a bigger problem than the length.

Creo que Ceratosaurus es actualmente 10.4 metros de largo y no 9.6.

The whole model is being scaled up, not just stretched, so the Giganotosaurus will be taller as well as longer.
 
The whole model is being scaled up, not just stretched, so the Giganotosaurus will be taller as well as longer.
Thank you very much for your reply. Great news. With this decision and effort you have the community at your feet and we will support you even more to make JWE the game that we all want [heart]
 
WooHoo!!!! What a wonderful distraction from work. I completely understand why Frontier would like to confirm something is possible before making the change. I feel this approach is a lot better than unkept promises.

While I love the Ceratosaurs, it was a little bit big. I'm looking forward to seeing the new height and hoping it's a little closer to the medium sized theropod I need for my North American exhibits.

Thank you very much for posting this update! Can't wait to get back in.
 
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Thanks Bo for the update - faith in Frontier is still high. I’d like to think we understand that it’s better to advise of changes once they’re confirmed as viable rather than promise something only to go back on it when problems are found.
Keep up the great work!
 
That's awesome, the summer is almost over and the team of JWE just gave me a really nice vibe with this announcement.
I can't wait for it to be released. Thanks a lot to have considered our request [big grin]
First i didnt believe it, because i saw it in a french forum, but when i saw this, this was probably the best time of my day.
Keep up the good work [up][up]
 
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