Dinosaurs Reassign the Skins of the recent DLC Dinosaurs to the correct Cosmetic Genes + A complete guide on their correct intended Cosmetic Gene

[TitanKaiju75]

I know many of us have noticed that almost all of the recent DLC Dinosaurs appear to have had their Skins incorrectly assigned to the wrong Cosmetic Genes. As this isn't technically a bug, it can't really be submitted to Frontier's Issue Tracker, but I do think that these mistakes should definitely be fixed. They wouldn't be too hard to fix either, but I've gone ahead anyway and compiled a list of all the incorrectly-assigned Skins, compared them to all the color schemes generally shared by species when they have the same Cosmetic Genes applied, and recommended the changes that need to be made in order for the affected dinosaurs in question to have the correct Cosmetic Genes their Skins were clearly intended to be.

First off, here's a rundown on all the Cosmetic Genes and the colors they generally make any Dinosaur they're applied to:

Alpine: Light grey-colored Skins
Arid: Yellow and/or light brown-colored Skins
Coastal: Dark grey, very dark brown, and/or black-colored Skins
Jungle: Orange or dark red-colored Skins
Rainforest: Teal or dark blue-colored Skins
Savannah: Black/grey and white-striped Skins
Steppe: Brown-colored (often reddish-brown or featuring red) Skins
Taiga: Light green-colored Skins
Tundra: Dull green/brown-colored Skins
Vivid: Deep, rich-colored (sometimes blue or purple) Skins
Wetland: Swampy green and/or dirty yellow-colored Skins
Woodland: Dark, forest green and/or wood brown-colored Skins

And here are the recent Dinosaurs in question and what their Skins should be changed to:

Herrerasaurus (Carnivore Dinosaur Pack)
Alpine: Does not need to be changed.
Arid: Should be changed to Steppe or Tundra Cosmetic Gene.
Coastal: Does not need to be changed.
Steppe: Should be changed to Rainforest Cosmetic Gene.
Woodland: Does not need to be changed.

Albertosaurus (Claire's Sanctuary DLC Expansion)
Alpine: Should be changed to Coastal or Tundra Cosmetic Gene.
Jungle: Should be changed to Taiga Cosmetic Gene.
Rainforest: Should be changed to Woodland Cosmetic Gene.
Steppe: Does not need to be changed, Could be changed to Arid Cosmetic Gene.
Tundra: Should be changed to Rainforest Cosmetic Gene.

Euoplocephalus (Claire's Sanctuary DLC Expansion)
Arid: Should be changed to Alpine Cosmetic Gene.
Jungle: Should be changed to Woodland Cosmetic Gene.
Rainforest: Does not need to be changed.
Steppe: Does not need to be changed.
Tundra: Should be changed to Arid Cosmetic Gene.

Ouranosaurus (Claire's Sanctuary DLC Expansion)
Arid: Should be changed to Alpine Cosmetic Gene.
Jungle: Should be changed to Wetland Cosmetic Gene.
Rainforest: Should be changed to Tundra Cosmetic Gene.
Steppe: Should be changed to Rainforest Cosmetic Gene.
Wetland: Should be changed to Taiga or Woodland Cosmetic Gene.

Nasutoceratops (Free Update 1.9 Addition)
Alpine: Should be changed to Jungle or Taiga Cosmetic Gene.
Jungle: Should be changed to Steppe Cosmetic Gene.
Rainforest: Should be changed to Alpine Cosmetic Gene.
Steppe: Should be changed to Tundra or Woodland Cosmetic Gene.
Tundra: Should be changed to Rainforest Cosmetic Gene.

 

[gabeluna27]

Reviewing your decisions choices, there are few that I disagree on and what I think those with two options could be:

Albertosaurus:
The Alpine is probably better off as a Tundra type, which is both grey-green in its description along with some dark brown and light grey accordingly to its color icon, because there is not much black or dark grey in it to be Coastal.
The Steppe doesn't need changing because it's primarily yellow-brown, the gene's official description, rather than sandy, Arid's official description.

Ouranosaurus:
The Wetland I think can be Taiga, because it's official description is giving dinosaurs bright green skin patterns, and woodland is more of a darker dull green.

Nasutoceratops:
The Alpine looks more like it can be Taiga because it's back its mostly green in the most basic sense.
The Jungle by is primarily orange on species numbers, but also gives off red for some species. The Nasuto's colors are mostly redish, rather than yellow-brown, as if any indication by the icon in the gene modifier. So, it doesn't need changing.
The Steppe seems fine to me because the gene's official description gives dinos yellow-brown skin patterns, and it looks like a combo of those colors.



The other big question I do want to address for the sake of it is: If the colors are switched to another cosmetic gene option, would this be a problem for those who have any of the listed dinosaurs above released in their parks with the "selected to change" cosmetic genes applied to any of them?
Like, would it have potential to crash everyone's saves if any technical ways around aren't found, or can it be avoided like this: Whatever color pattern your above listed park released dinos currently have in-game can have their gene option names switched to another while keeping whatever respective colors before the change?

 

[gabeluna27]

I've reviewed the other dinosaurs from the game, and I do think (only if necessarily decided for changing) there are others that aren't listed above with skin designs that may not match their skin descriptions.

Olorotitan:
The Alpine gene option could be Vivid instead because it has purple (crest) and cyan (striping) colors. The former is something some dinosaurs, like the corythosaurus and velociraptor for example, have in their vivid patterns.
The Vivid could be Alpine instead because its stripping is mostly grey-ish. I guess the only consideration to purple is the over all body with a mix of purple in the dark colors, but the color itself from the gene just may not too noticeable.

Spinoraptor:
The Tundra I think could be Woodland instead because it's mostly a green color.
The Woodland I think could be Tundra instead because it's a green-grey pattern, as accordingly to the gene's official description.

Indoraptor:
The Jungle could be wetland instead because not only is the bright stripping yellow, its over all black body does have a hint of yellowish-green mixed in it.

Huayangosaurus:
The Steppe looks like it could be Jungle instead because it's mostly a bright orange and red.