In the original JWE, Compsognathus is way too small, and you can barely see it most of the time. I suggest to add miniature exhibits with a looped animation like the old Pteranodon so that we can still get small dinosaurs but not have those issues
Mini exhibits for JWE2
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I prefer Compsognathus freely interacting with other dinosaurs. They may even have a role in the environment to prevent disease - by feeding on the carcasses of dead animals or eating dinosaur droppings. I even imagine Compsognathus (and other small dinosaurs) establishing mutualistic relationships with larger dinosaurs, for example, feeding on ticks and other parasites - as some types of birds do.
I second @Dantas . I think it would be cool for the tiny species like compies to operate like they do in the original novel: they just run free everywhere. They don't contribute to the pop cap of an exhibit, paddock, or territory of other dinosaurs (their presence won't affect the social comfort of other species). In the novel they were a natural way to dispose of all the dung from the larger species; they were omnivorous scavangers who could process dino dung for nutrients.
What a realy good idea! I hope that gets through to the developers
Although I do not think the compsognathus should be an exhibit animal, I would not mind if mini exhibits are a thing in JWE2.
One of the new guest buildings is already confirmed to be an aquarium, and I could imagine we could have mini exhibits for niche animals that could not work with the open dinosaur mechanics, like a bug house, small reptile house, or amphibian house.
One of the new guest buildings is already confirmed to be an aquarium, and I could imagine we could have mini exhibits for niche animals that could not work with the open dinosaur mechanics, like a bug house, small reptile house, or amphibian house.
Quote from the Gaminformer article: "The player can tailor attractions and amenities to these specific groups. These two structures are fully customizable, right down to what they offer and how they look. With the click of a button, the base attraction can transform into an aquarium, bowling alley, cinema, arcade, spa, and you name it. The design of that building is also fully customizable. The facade, roof decoration, entrance, entrance location, signage, and immediate surrounding ground can be changed with a number of preset options."
He wrote AQUARIUM. This is some kind of mini exhibit or am I wrong? Maybe there come Terrariums with small dinos, too.
He wrote AQUARIUM. This is some kind of mini exhibit or am I wrong? Maybe there come Terrariums with small dinos, too.
Ugh... please no... I hate those stupid animated statues... they're not worth using... just put them down and forget they exist... so lame...
This concept--especially from a Jurassic Park perspective--is and always shall be stupid. It would take an entire fleet of Compy's days to devour a carcass and then you'd still have the bones and other diseased leftovers to pick up... what's the point of such a thing when a quick call for a helicopter removes the offending carcass in moments? And eating droppings?!
- Eww...
- They only did that in the book, not the movie canon... we've seen poo handling in the movies and it doesn't involve animals eating it...
- The only apparent reason they did it was because the animals were apparently self-aware enough to know they needed lycine and eating fresh poo (definitely not old poo) was their only option... other animals were also depicted as eating waste for the same reason.
- A zookeeper with a shovel could do the same work much faster...
Interesting to imagine, but realistically this seems highly unlikely... what little we know about Compy's suggest they were more like foxes or wild cats, preying on small vertebrates like lizards, frogs or mouse-like rodents... something as tiny as a mutual parasite remover was likely beneath their level on the food chain...
They were also dangerous predators that would gang up on adult humans and kill them with surprising ease, a fact that also exists in the movie canon... the fact that they were allowed to roam free also enabled them to escape the island completely without notice, where they attacked and killed children. In a real world situation and a Jurassic World one, Compy's would always be contained and under supervision. No one in their right mind would allow any wild animal placed in a foreign environment to run around freely, they'd be a danger to everyone and everything and even be in constant danger themselves; they could get eaten or stepped on run over by a car or some other means of potential death... and now that we're building on the mainland there'd be pretty much nothing stopping them from running free and turning into an invasive species. By the standard set by this franchise and reality, these concepts are dumb and dangerous and bad... and, once more, eww...
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Yeah lol
If we're going to talk about paleontology... Well, we'd better talk about a reboot of the franchise. I like the idea of the game mixing some elements from the novels with the movies - so much so that at the time of the first game, I wanted Carnotaurus to be able to camouflage (I still want). Or as an easter egg, red jeeps are kept the Triceratops and other ceratopsids to attack the cars. Or in another post, which I suggested to have Thorne Mobile Field Systems in the game for vehicle customization. I think these little details are cool and would be interesting as gameplay.
And zookeeper with a shovel could be even faster, but wouldn't it be more dangerous to put a human with a shovel into raptor or tyrannosaur territory? - considering the history of incidents we see in the franchise's novels, movies and games? :v
(1) They only attacked Hammond in the novel cause he was injured, helpless, and alone. There's no other indication that they are a serious threat to healthy, active adults in the novel (the second film takes that step).
(2) Um... calm down. If anyone ever listened to anything Dr. Malcolm ever said then none of this would happen at all; loose compies used as suggested above is the least of the "ew."
This is film canon, not book canon
Is it really either one or the other? Is it strictly one to the exclusion of the other? Who said that, and when? It's fair to assume film canon predominates, but when did Frontier ever say they were strictly film canon and would never do something from the books?
Also -minor point- this is the "Suggestions" section.
Because literally nothing from the books is mentioned or used at all
That's already a pathetic reason to hold such a dogmatic approach even if it were true, but it just so happens you're dead wrong.
Just off the top of my head Maiasaura, Euoplocephalus, Dryosaurus, and Styracosaurus are from the books. Oh, and then there's Crichtonsaurus. And I'm sure if we bothered to go back and examine every element of the game for book or film origins I think you'd be surprised how many things originated from the books in a franchise that originated with a book. "Literally nothing"? Pop Quiz: Name all 5 Deaths based off a line from one of the films. I'll wait.
Except the book didn't invent those dinosaurs. Crichtonosaurus wasn't even IN the book, it's just named after the author. The Five Deaths were in both the TLW novel and film, and were in JP3 as well
...ok ...so which dinosaurs did the films "invent" other than the 2 hybrids? Youre grasping at straws at this point and you still haven't done a single thing to substantiate when, where, and who ever made JWE "film canon" to the excusion of any other franchise source for inspiration besides your own personal insistence that it must be so.
Completely missed the point lmfao
You would have to have a point to be missed.