Why cant we make zookepers only and ONLY care about their workzones? today my gorilla died just becasue zookeeper signed to gorilla habitat was on the other side of the zoo feeding zebras,which had their own zookeeper signed,but he somehow didnt react for them,instead zebras habitat took gorillas zookeeper,this happened that many times,that my gorilla just starved out... idk, workzones make no sense if they work that way.
Keepers highly restricted to their workzones
- Thread starter Barje
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For some reason i had both my bengal tigers die of starvation despite the fact they had a tray of food in their enclosure and also food enrichment items
I can't help with the bugs being present, but since advice to help save your animals from dying. Use the traversable terrain heat map often to make sure animals can reach everything in their habitat. And if you have animals dying for any reason and something dumb is killing them (useless keepers, they just won't eat, etc), have a vet send them to quarantine asap. The vet should come get them right away. All their stats rest in quarantine and you can put them back in their exhibit almost right away. Sometimes it also resets the animal itself if it's being dumb. I had a lion cub standing in place screaming itself to death. Quarantining saved it and made it start acting normal again.
While the keepers have some rare issues, i never had an animal starving so far.
I make work zones like you do most likely too, to manage the supply of mechanics and veterians and stuff.
But i keep the keepers in a special kind of working zone i sort as "Habitat I, II, III, IV" etc.
Each H-Zone has 2-4 habitats and as many keepers it needs, i monitor that careful and rather overstaff them.
A Working Zone can have several H-Zones and Vendors and stuff, but my H-Zones are small and easy to oversee.
I also have a very generous pathsystem for staff only. They have to cross a visitor way from time to time, but other than that they can move freely.
(That way i fked my zoo up in terms of transport rides, they will never work in the first zoo, but as long as the bugs are present i give a wet crap,
i want my furry little friends alive.)
The system with the working zone is great and, at least mostly, functional.
I use to suck at such things and am therefore overcareful, but i never, ever had a keeper working elswhere as i wanted him/her (not work at all, well yea).
Over 240 animals alive and kicking now.
Don't turn the time on fast forward, take your time in pause-function to check everything on a regular base.
Otherwise the franchise mode can be a little frustrating during the first time.
Now... i have to make it comfortable for my new lions i could finally afford... and the red pandas are matured and starting to fight... and my tiger breedings habitats are full...
and... oh is it that late again?...
I make work zones like you do most likely too, to manage the supply of mechanics and veterians and stuff.
But i keep the keepers in a special kind of working zone i sort as "Habitat I, II, III, IV" etc.
Each H-Zone has 2-4 habitats and as many keepers it needs, i monitor that careful and rather overstaff them.
A Working Zone can have several H-Zones and Vendors and stuff, but my H-Zones are small and easy to oversee.
I also have a very generous pathsystem for staff only. They have to cross a visitor way from time to time, but other than that they can move freely.
(That way i fked my zoo up in terms of transport rides, they will never work in the first zoo, but as long as the bugs are present i give a wet crap,
i want my furry little friends alive.)
The system with the working zone is great and, at least mostly, functional.
I use to suck at such things and am therefore overcareful, but i never, ever had a keeper working elswhere as i wanted him/her (not work at all, well yea).
Over 240 animals alive and kicking now.
Don't turn the time on fast forward, take your time in pause-function to check everything on a regular base.
Otherwise the franchise mode can be a little frustrating during the first time.
Now... i have to make it comfortable for my new lions i could finally afford... and the red pandas are matured and starting to fight... and my tiger breedings habitats are full...
and... oh is it that late again?...
I also have had no issues with animals getting lack of food, only delay was when the keeper needed rest. Not that this helps you at all. Only issue was when I tried to use the arboreal feeder off the ground but I got messages telling me the keeper couldn't reach it.
I dedicated a keeper to every animal and setup an individual one for each then have a couple assigned to nothing to fill during breaks depending on the size of the zoo. I also setup separate work zones for vets as considerably less seem to be needed, Janitors and Mechanics sometimes share or have there own depending on the scenario.
I dedicated a keeper to every animal and setup an individual one for each then have a couple assigned to nothing to fill during breaks depending on the size of the zoo. I also setup separate work zones for vets as considerably less seem to be needed, Janitors and Mechanics sometimes share or have there own depending on the scenario.
I've never had this issue that I've noticed, but I have noticed some annoying wandering, from my vets specifically.
My current zoo essentially has a left and right wing coming out of the entrance. These wings are basically a semi-circle of habitats, with staff buildings in the middle of them. Both wings have all the staff buildings.
Yet I've noticed my vets, specifically the ones from the right wing, like to wander over to the left wing and then complain about there being no open research centers/staff rooms. Like why are you guys over there to begin with?? Get back to your own side! Haha xD
My current zoo essentially has a left and right wing coming out of the entrance. These wings are basically a semi-circle of habitats, with staff buildings in the middle of them. Both wings have all the staff buildings.
Yet I've noticed my vets, specifically the ones from the right wing, like to wander over to the left wing and then complain about there being no open research centers/staff rooms. Like why are you guys over there to begin with?? Get back to your own side! Haha xD