Let us be able to do more before Storm

Slowpokeking

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Since it's the biggest threat in later game.

I don't find Storm defense very useful. Most of the building don't have it. And even if your station has it, the substation/lines could still get hit by it. Or it's not gonna work in the center of the Storm.

Let us be able to do more like being able to set task for the ranger teams to fix structures in range/tranquilize all dinos instead having to go one by one during storm. Turn off all the other building. Also give us a way to prevent the fence being broken. Right not even level 5 fence can easily get destroyed.
 

Ciria_k9

Ciria_k9
This is true. When a strong storm hits, everything is destroyed and leaves you bankrupt. Afterwards, it is impossible to repair the damage and, therefore, it is impossible to continue the game.

Either there should be storm protection stations, or the fences should be able to withstand tornadoes in some way.
 

Jens Erik

Senior Community Manager
Frontier
When you get a storm warning, I recommend immediately pausing the game and sending a Capture Team out to tranquilise your dangerous carnivores. When you see something being damaged, pause it again and send a Ranger Team to repair. You should also open your Shelters, so your guests aren't killed by the storms.

Fences will get broken during storms, but if you're quick with a Ranger Team repair, then you can mitigate the damage fairly quickly.
 

Slowpokeking

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Jens Erik said:
When you get a storm warning, I recommend immediately pausing the game and sending a Capture Team out to tranquilise your dangerous carnivores. When you see something being damaged, pause it again and send a Ranger Team to repair. You should also open your Shelters, so your guests aren't killed by the storms.

Fences will get broken during storms, but if you're quick with a Ranger Team repair, then you can mitigate the damage fairly quickly.
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By far the biggest problem has been the power station, I think once we got the storm defense installed, it should affect all the powerline and substations rather than just the main one.
 

Skawt

Skawt
Wait. Hold up. The storms kill the guests? I just let them suffer the weather LOL. They should have brought an umbrella. I didn't know it was fatal.

I thought dinosaurs getting out was the reason for shelters.
 

James4125

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Storms are a little frustrating in this game. I'd like to see the storm defence upgrade be stronger because at the moment it's a waste of time and money to research it.
 

Slowpokeking

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James4125 said:
Storms are a little frustrating in this game. I'd like to see the storm defence upgrade be stronger because at the moment it's a waste of time and money to research it.
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The biggest damage is usually upon the powerline, the main station could get upgrade but it won't protect the lines/substations, which means it would be useless most of the time. One line broken=a huge area out of power unless you have a backup.
 

James4125

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Slowpokeking said:
The biggest damage is usually upon the powerline, the main station could get upgrade but it won't protect the lines/substations, which means it would be useless most of the time. One line broken=a huge area out of power unless you have a backup.
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It doesn't really protect the main station either. That was my point.
 

Aramus418

Aramus418
(1) Just cause you get a standard power grid up doesn't mean you should get rid of your generator. If storms are really giving you fits keep a genny by your response center; this should ensure you can send out repair orders to everybody to work quickly together, although taking one yourself will be fastest.
(2) "Save money for a rainy day." Literally. Part of the challenge of management here is not spending every penny you earn the moment you get it. Don't just rush through the tech tree: take 5-10 minutes to get $750k-$1M and then don't spend yourself under that for the rest of the game. I don't strictly follow this rule myself, but if you're really struggling that is my suggestion.
(3) Listen for clues: You will hear a clue twice as long before the storm comes as when you get the official warning on your HUD. You will hear the rumble of distant thunder, and if you are zoomed in close to a building you will hear the park PA announce a weather report, and if you are driving a vehicle you will hear a ranger call out a storm on the radio. I don't know the exact timing, but it feels like these clues arrive 20-30 seconds before the storm, while the official warning on your HUD pops up 10-15 seconds ahead of time.
(4) As soon as you get the official warning hit pause, drop whatever you're doing, and open all shelters. If your coverage sucks, hitting it sooner cause you listened and heard a clue helps.
(5) Recall ranger vehicles, especially during snowstorms. Cancel ranger patrols, and try to get them out of the paddocks before the storm hits. Doing this as soon as you hear a clue helps give you more time to get this done, but this is lower priority than opening shelters- see (4). Leaving a ranger in there further upsets the dinosaurs and can increase the likelyhood of attempted breakouts, to say nothing of the trashed ranger who can't escape in the snow. This does not apply to the MVU, because it's job is critical and (at least for now, just in case it's a bug) it can still move around in the snow and get out when it's done.
(6) Repair broken fences, attractions, power stations, transformers, amenities, and then anything else in that order of priority. If you can't afford it, refer to (2). This should allow you to get your income rolling back in even if you can't afford to repair everything.
 

sonicmyst

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I know storms are challenging, but what I would like to have is more time between the warning and when the actual storm hits.

Also, allow us to have a loan because when we go in the red, most of the time, it is game over.
 

Hooded

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sonicmyst said:
I know storms are challenging, but what I would like to have is more time between the warning and when the actual storm hits.

Also, allow us to have a loan because when we go in the red, most of the time, it is game over.
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But you can pause as soon as you get the warning, and assign tasks. I haven't had too much problem with, storms. Only the typhoons have caused an issue. Plus i pause frequently during storms, to asses the damage and assign tasks
 

Jens Erik

Senior Community Manager
Frontier
Skawt said:
Wait. Hold up. The storms kill the guests? I just let them suffer the weather LOL. They should have brought an umbrella. I didn't know it was fatal.
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You have Guest Shelters for a reason, and this is one of them. ;) You should absolutely open your Shelters whenever there's a storm warning.
 

Jileha

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Jens Erik said:
When you get a storm warning, I recommend immediately pausing the game and sending a Capture Team out to tranquilise your dangerous carnivores. When you see something being damaged, pause it again and send a Ranger Team to repair. You should also open your Shelters, so your guests aren't killed by the storms.

Fences will get broken during storms, but if you're quick with a Ranger Team repair, then you can mitigate the damage fairly quickly.
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Although pausing the game is good advice, on a gameplay level, I have to ask: seriously? There should be means and ways within the gameplay to be able to cope better with storms without “cheating” by pausing. Maybe have some dediacted staff members that automatically drop everything whenever there is a storm warning and go straight to areas that need fixing. Maybe have an option to assign specific emergency tasks to specific staff members as part of their training (this could also be something they would get better at with more experience/training or worse at when they are overworked). Having generators in place, for instance, is a reasonable and realistic precaution. Having the player manually assign numerous individuals to individual tasks while on pause is not. Any dino park would have a centralized alarm system so that trained specialized teams know instantly where to go and what to do.
 

Slowpokeking

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Jileha said:
Although pausing the game is good advice, on a gameplay level, I have to ask: seriously? There should be means and ways within the gameplay to be able to cope better with storms without “cheating” by pausing. Maybe have some dediacted staff members that automatically drop everything whenever there is a storm warning and go straight to areas that need fixing. Maybe have an option to assign specific emergency tasks to specific staff members as part of their training (this could also be something they would get better at with more experience/training or worse at when they are overworked). Having generators in place, for instance, is a reasonable and realistic precaution. Having the player manually assign numerous individuals to individual tasks while on pause is not. Any dino park would have a centralized alarm system so that trained specialized teams know instantly where to go and what to do.
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And make storm defense upgrade much more useful.
 

Jens Erik

Senior Community Manager
Frontier
Jileha said:
Although pausing the game is good advice, on a gameplay level, I have to ask: seriously? There should be means and ways within the gameplay to be able to cope better with storms without “cheating” by pausing.
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We don't consider it cheating. It's there so you can take a moment to catch your breath and give out commands to your teams. :)
 

Jurassic_DX

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Honestly, I think a weather warning system like JPOG would honestly be the best tool and maybe the return of the Advanced Storm Defense Station for more targeted protection areas. I don't think powerlines and pylons should have storm defense since the backup generator itself is already a storm precaution. I think proper weather forecasting can't be understated as an addition that would really make this management so much better.

The fact the storms kill guests is news to me, glad to hear it though.
 
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