Perhaps predictably, I’m having some trouble with space on this island. I had a rotting Ceratosaurus and placing the ACU building was a contortion act of rerouting pylons and roads, terrain flattening, only to discover I still couldn’t place it where I wanted, having to shrink my herbivore enclosure instead to accommodate it. I’d love to see your layouts for this annoying skinny island.
Isla Peña: How did you arrange yours?
- Thread starter PalaeoSam
- Start date
-
- Tags
- efficiency layout pena
Haven't got there yet, looking forward to the challenge! It sounds like it's a bit tricky [hotas]
BestinSlot postet a pretty handy guide to Isla Pena.
[video=youtube;z2Ne_qDY800]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Ne_qDY800&t=119s[/video]
I might have to go back. I only finished one Island with 5 stars (because ratings and are not my priority) to unlock everything.
[video=youtube;z2Ne_qDY800]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Ne_qDY800&t=119s[/video]
I might have to go back. I only finished one Island with 5 stars (because ratings and are not my priority) to unlock everything.
With extreme difficulty.
I built a monorail and hotels first then used the two wide open areas for Dino enclosures.
I used the area where the fossil buildings are to build ACU and ranger stations I tried to build the power stations and guest facilities along the hill along with emergency bunkers.
Move the paths and power lines to one side of the hill to add a little extra space and build only one Hammond creation lab to use as a holding pen. Preferably with multiple enclosures separated by gates as that's easier than transporting every Dino.
I built a monorail and hotels first then used the two wide open areas for Dino enclosures.
I used the area where the fossil buildings are to build ACU and ranger stations I tried to build the power stations and guest facilities along the hill along with emergency bunkers.
Move the paths and power lines to one side of the hill to add a little extra space and build only one Hammond creation lab to use as a holding pen. Preferably with multiple enclosures separated by gates as that's easier than transporting every Dino.
I didn’t have a monorail, and I five starred it. I had three smallish carnivore pens (one up top and two down bottom) and a herbivore pen in the middle. Only one hatchery, I didn’t add a fossil and expedition center until after I five starred it. I had a hotel and two shops up the top, utilities in the middle and the bottom was pens and shops.
One hatchery, only a few dinosaurs with genetically boosted ratings.
Entrance:
Middle:
Far end:
Sides:
Last edited:
This was by far the easiest island for me. I kept the initial concrete padock which is perfect T Rex size, put two more rectangle paddocks next to it, with the right most paddock being split again across the middle to make two smaller paddocks, and these were all connected to one hatchery underneath. Dilos went next to the T rex, raptors next to the dilos and some Struthios and Gallimimus under the raptors.
Put all operational buildings in the middle of the map, and at the bottom near the Dino paddocks place shops, Hello 5 stars.
I didn't use any monorails at all.
Put all operational buildings in the middle of the map, and at the bottom near the Dino paddocks place shops, Hello 5 stars.
I didn't use any monorails at all.
Last edited:
This one wasn’t too bad to five star. I have a large carnivore exhibit across from where they start you with some facilities, excellent shopping/ food center right outside with its own ACU, one view tower since the pen is deeper than it is wide. It includes a Rex and raptors. Southern large area with another food/ shopping center, ranger station, 2 view vents, a tower, and a gyrosphere. It includes my happy/ big ticket herbs; brachs, diplos, para, and I think a ceratopsid of some kind.
The real challenge of this island is the missions... I wasn’t using any of the dinosaurs they wanted in any of the missions so it requires selling a lot of my own dinosaurs to make room, then selling the mission Dino’s and remaking mine... including 4 rexes... we need to be able to cancel an incubation
The real challenge of this island is the missions... I wasn’t using any of the dinosaurs they wanted in any of the missions so it requires selling a lot of my own dinosaurs to make room, then selling the mission Dino’s and remaking mine... including 4 rexes... we need to be able to cancel an incubation
I got my 5* without a single carnivore enclosure, all vegesauruses. Made 2 large enclosures and filled them both with different varieties. If a storm had turned them all loose, it would have been funny as hell watching me round them all up, but it worked.
Your pics aren't showing up.
They were. Forum is bugged, not showing imgur links. Works everywhere except here.
Did my second run through of Pena tonight, this time I had the path curve around to the right from the gate, hugging the edge, I filled the area with three shops and a shelter, and the rest was taken up by a metriacanthosaurus (2) pen, down to the middle section, the upper area housed all my utility buildings, this time I included research and all, there’s also a hotel and a few shops. In the lower part of the middle section, again the path hugs the side, there’s a few shops and a suchamimus (2) pen. Down to the very bottom, managed to squeeze in a couple of shops on the way down, this time I came out from the edge a bit so I could have shops and viewing things on both sides. Down there is a ceratosaurus (3) pen which also has a few dilo (3) and a big herbivore pen which currently houses diplodocus, trikes, sintosaurus, archeosaurus and edmontosaurus, (3 of each).
You could also add deinonychus and velociraptor to the metri and sucha pen... if you feel like dealing with them during storms
You could also add deinonychus and velociraptor to the metri and sucha pen... if you feel like dealing with them during storms