So, building an otter exhibit that is based part inside an elephant house, and part outside of it. I've tried using doors and things like that, but always end up with a big hole in the wall for the keepers to be able to access the second section for cleaning etc. Any ideas how to either make this smaller or hide the gap. Ideally I would only want the animals going through their designated doors, not the ones for keepers, which in reality would be doors that open and close. Thoughts?
Inside and Outside Enclosures
- Thread starter Jiminy
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Once the keepers are inside a habitat, they navigate like animals (ie: they are blocked by building and terrain items). You can try the upside down elephant grass idea (use the big elephant grass, planted upside down so the roots are just barely abvoe the surface) and see if the keepers can navigate that but the animals can't - to keep the animals from using the larger door.
There's no way way to avoid a large opening except to hide it, with a foliage screen, or a wall/structure that hides it from guests.
There's no way way to avoid a large opening except to hide it, with a foliage screen, or a wall/structure that hides it from guests.
I would recommend that you put all of the food, drinks, and food enrichment items inside (or outside) and then put all of the toys and items that don't need keeper attention outside (or inside). This could work either way. This is so you can have a smaller, more realistic looking door that just your animals can fit through, and not the keepers. The only thing would be the cleanliness with the poop, but I think you can turn that off in settings (Sandbox mode at least).
Or, another option, which is what I do, is to make a indoor and outdoor habitat seperated from each other. The game thinks it's two habitats, which it is, but you can still make the illusion that it's two, if that makes any sense. So in "the winter" I'll close off my outdoor exhibit for my Tapirs, for example, and move them into their indoor exhibit. Then in the spring or whatever, I'll have it be one big exhibit (with what I mentioned before) or two seperate exhibits with two seperate groups of animals.
Hope this made any sense, because while it may make sense in my brain, it may not in yours! But yeah, I would definitely try to use indoor/outdoor exhibits honestly as much as possible with as many animals as it makes sense to, because it is a really realistic part of zoos, especially in temperate regions, like where I'm building my zoo.
Or, another option, which is what I do, is to make a indoor and outdoor habitat seperated from each other. The game thinks it's two habitats, which it is, but you can still make the illusion that it's two, if that makes any sense. So in "the winter" I'll close off my outdoor exhibit for my Tapirs, for example, and move them into their indoor exhibit. Then in the spring or whatever, I'll have it be one big exhibit (with what I mentioned before) or two seperate exhibits with two seperate groups of animals.
Hope this made any sense, because while it may make sense in my brain, it may not in yours! But yeah, I would definitely try to use indoor/outdoor exhibits honestly as much as possible with as many animals as it makes sense to, because it is a really realistic part of zoos, especially in temperate regions, like where I'm building my zoo.