General Gameplay SERVICE ROAD

[Voxis42]

Your Feature Request / Idea
I find it unfortunate that the jeep drive along randomly following the shortest path. They cut through the visitors and the jungle.
It would be nice to create service roads that we will link to the gates.

The jeep would follow these roads so we can make them avoid areas where the visitors are

They could look like this:

 

[Ahoyt01]

Or, simply add this as an additional path-type. There should definitely be more than the three that we currently have.

 

[vajda_vvy]

Yes, the jeeps should definitely not be just driving wherever they want, there should be service roads and areas hidden from the sights of guests. And yes, we really need more than just three path types.

 

[Voxis42]

I totally agree with you, and yes it should appear as a type of path. The jeep could leave these service roads if it is not connected to a place where the jeep has to go, much like the visitors leave the paths when a dinosaur nearby scares them away...

 

[Flint2025]

Fantastic and much needed idea!!!!

 

[Voxis42]

Fantastic and much needed idea!!!!

Thanx

 

[Player 99234567]

Awesome idea! This would be a huge help since some of my parks the ranger AI has trouble finding some of the enclosures. With this the path could be listed as "higher priority" in helping the AI decide best way. Maybe we could have an advanced option where we can list gates to certain paths so rangers take the route we want them to.

 

[Bohdan]

Agree with both these ideas, like why can't we have a wooden path or anything else.

 

[Flint2025]

Yeah i dont get it either... The paths we do have look like bathroom tile lol. We should have a rugged jungle wooded road like the OP, an actual dirt path, and how about some actual concrete paths or real roads?

 

[spruce56]

I'd be keen to see this, as well as a path type that was staff only.

 

[Alan_Grady]

I agree that new types of roads and particularly service roads are necessary, specially if they keep guest to access certain areas, but I can't really give this particular suggestion 5-stars:

On one hand, I really think the ranger AI is more than enough and well devised; I hadn't have any trouble with it so far.

On the other hand, and more importantly, suppose you manage to get service road for the ranger to follow: is that a smart move considering the already limited space available on the maps we have? I don't think so. I don't want to be forced to save any of the already insufficient space for them to follow.

 

[tinywolf]

On one hand, I really think the ranger AI is more than enough and well devised; I hadn't have any trouble with it so far.

You have never put an enclosure behind a ranger team then or have never noticed when the ranger jeeps turn into the direction they want to go in before they leave the station which becomes a pain to see them moving 0.5km/h when trying to leave but obstacles stop them.

 

[cometcruiser]

At the minute I have found a way to build park layouts that force the rangers onto "sevice" roads.

What I do is build your service buildings i.e power, acu, fossil etc in a cluster that is fenced and only linked to the rest of the park via a monorail. Usually in an out of the way corner.

You can build a ranger station in that cluster or like me, i build it at an edge or central position where your danger control tower can see the park. Link the ranger station via a fenced path to the service cluster. Fence the ranger station.

Now some exhibits can be gated directly from the ranger station enclosure the service enclosure or the fenced service road between them. Keeping jeeps away from guests.

The exhibits that cant be gated like that, well I plan a line of sight of the path that the jeep would go. Place gates from the above mentioned exhibits that will inevitably cross a guest park on that line of sight. Yea you will suffer some crossings. I mark these with the normal path instead of the fancy path.

You can reduce these crossings as usually in my parks exhibits that need reaching are usually around the edge of the park. So if you have no interruption to the exhibits, you can have maybe one or two crossings at either end of the linked exhibits to let the rangers in. Gate each fence between them and voila your jeeps will only ever cross a small number of guest paths and keep out of the way.

 

[MightyRevenge]

Your Feature Request / Idea
I find it unfortunate that the jeep drive along randomly following the shortest path. They cut through the visitors and the jungle.
It would be nice to create service roads that we will link to the gates.

The jeep would follow these roads so we can make them avoid areas where the visitors are

They could look like this:

May I add, it would be really nice to have the special service road, be layable through a gate, so you can have those segmented locks. (think Jurassic Park 1 opening sequence, where Hammond drives everyone in a car from the heli pad to the welcome center, they go through an 'airlock' type gate system)

 

[Flint2025]

May I add, it would be really nice to have the special service road, be layable through a gate, so you can have those segmented locks. (think Jurassic Park 1 opening sequence, where Hammond drives everyone in a car from the heli pad to the welcome center, they go through an 'airlock' type gate system)

Yes that would be great