Planet Zoo - Custom Billboards

[Danny_zoo]

Sounds great. What exactly do you mean with still Video Footage?
Regarding the Lobster, I would need to take a Look at all those Species first
Edit: the Western Rock Lobster seems to resemble most the kind of Lobster I want, but either Google only shows Pictures that aren't that good or all those Species don't have Claws or only very small ones. Even though they aren't even close to what I'm searching, the Slipper Lobster does also look like a interesting Animal that I might like to add to my Zoo.

Found out that the Species I'm searching for is the Maine Lobster.
The Tropical Rock Lobster does also look interesting. Do you also have Footage of these 2?
I think I could build a complete Zoo just with Lobsters
I assume you don't have a complete List of Species that you have suitable Footage of?

Hi Urufu, will get that complete list for you, not sure that the Maine lobster is in there, but getting footage of it, should not be a problem. What I meant is that all of the footage has been captured after setting up the camera at a specific angle, where you can see either the complete frontal view of the aquarium tank or if in a natural setting, the camera has been mounted in the bottom of a river/lake/canal/ocean floor etc. The idea is to create the illusion of a real life aquarium tank, so a video that is taken by hand would even from a locked position would not produce the immersion and quality you are going after. In Planet Coaster there were excellent quality acrylic panels that when placed over the video billboards would further create a 3d vibe, it would sort of add another layer to aquarium effect. Sadly the current acrylic pieces we have in PZ are just not transparent enough, and you lose a lot of quality placing them over 4k videos. Hopefully if there is ever a TMT in PZ we can get those see thru acrylic pieces or even an option for flexi color where we can adjust them to our specific needs. This would be a great idea for the modders in the meantime as well.

 

[MarcB096]

How exactly does it work to get custom billboards into workshop zoos (do the billboard files only need to be in the game-folder and the game remembers where which billboard should be)? Or do I really have to fill/set every billboard manually?

 

[HeatherG]

How exactly does it work to get custom billboards into workshop zoos (do the billboard files only need to be in the game-folder and the game remembers where which billboard should be)? Or do I really have to fill/set every billboard manually?

If you mean custom billboard images that came with a workshop zoo...no you won't be able to see them if they don't give you somewhere online to download them. Some people will put in the description something like "Dropbox folder link" so you can get them. But, if they didn't then there's no way unfortunately. If they do give you a link to a folder the items in it need to go into "UserMedia" Folder.

 

[MarcB096]

If you mean custom billboard images that came with a workshop zoo...no you won't be able to see them if they don't give you somewhere online to download them. Some people will put in the description something like "Dropbox folder link" so you can get them. But, if they didn't then there's no way unfortunately. If they do give you a link to a folder the items in it need to go into "UserMedia" Folder.

I rather thought, if I have to select every single billboard in the workshop (and there set the right picture) or do I just need to have the pictures in the folder for the billboards.

 

[MarcB096]

I rather thought, if I have to select every single billboard in the workshop (and there set the right picture) or do I just need to have the pictures in the folder for the billboards.

For example if I put a zoo into the workshop with custom billboards and someone else downloaded the zoo and the pictures seperately (and puts these pictures into the custom-billboard-folder......do the billboards then already have the right pictures set when opening the zoo for the first time?

 

[HeatherG]

For example if I put a zoo into the workshop with custom billboards and someone else downloaded the zoo and the pictures seperately (and puts these pictures into the custom-billboard-folder......do the billboards then already have the right pictures set when opening the zoo for the first time?

Technically that should work yes. I've never used them before but that is how it should be.

 

[ZSHplays]

For example if I put a zoo into the workshop with custom billboards and someone else downloaded the zoo and the pictures seperately (and puts these pictures into the custom-billboard-folder......do the billboards then already have the right pictures set when opening the zoo for the first time?

Yes that's correct.

 

[Mrsaxon101]

Can anybody help me with this problem. So I downloaded a bunch of custom billboard images from Nexus, along with several basic public signs and now I've started making my own billboard images in photoshop. However ever since I downloaded loads of these images, quite often when I open the usermedia folder of the menu, it freezes, so I click on images and nothing shows up and I'm unable to scroll down the list, I can't even exit the billboard menu at this point and have to restart the whole game. I managed to get a ton in to work but it seems so bloody fickle what image it does and doesn't do it for and it's already been time consuming determining which of these images keeps messing up and just doesn't work. Does anybody know how to fix it, it's so frustrating. (The images are all the required sizes btw and also jpg, png or tif).

Another question, does anybody have a group of aquarium (or any other 'implied' exhibits/tanks) videos/loops they are able/willing to share. I would try and make some myself but Idk where to even begin with that.

Cheers!