Your Feature Request / Idea
Currently animals like Compsognathus aren't being added to the game... I suspect the reason for this is simple impracticality of containing and caring for such animals; keeping track of an animal that doesn't reach an average human's knees would be difficult to see in both the wild and in the middle of a crowd, making caring for them virtually impossible.
Because it would certainly be nice to have these animals in game--and not treated as ambient animals or decorative objects like some people suggest--how about creating a set of objects and functions made specifically for small animals in mind?
For enclosures; small animals in typical zoos are kept either in animal houses or in small pens with low fences... opting for the latter, these animals would need fencing options specific to them, such as waist-high barriers made of acrylic or concrete, as the current fences are both unneccessarily large for such small animals and some even have gaps large enough for tiny creatures to get through.
For engineering; a smaller Creation Lab, made specifically with small animals and their small pens in mind, would be a necessity. Perhaps it could double as an animal house attraction, one that visitors could go inside of to view the animals up close, or even function something like a Viewing Gallery. Or maybe it could work as shelter for small animals to hide during hostile weather conditions.
For basic care; smaller food dispensers would be a must, for smaller animals and smaller pens. For park ranger duties; small animal enclosures could get their own type of gate, one that would have rangers exit their jeeps and enter the enclosure on foot to medicate animals or refill food dispensers.
For transportation; assuming the enclosures weren't made invulnerable to simply eliminate the possibility of small animals from escaping, ACU will need a means to capture and contain escapees, but hitting an animal the size of a wild turkey from a helicopter with a dart is largely impossible and lifting them individually with a cargo helicopter would look silly. Instead of chasing small dinosaurs our ACU could set up a cage to lure and trap them; some kind of metal crate with bait that draws in nearby small animals and contains them. The crate itself could then be airlifted and lowered into a pen, at which time the animals within could be released. Also, since the trap would probably lure all animals indiscriminately, there should be an option to release animals all at once, or individually, so we can release only the animals we want to release, and then carry the crate to a different exhibit.
Lastly, a list of small prehistoric animals, all of them within one meter or less in length...
=Dinosaurs=
Compsognathus
Microceratus
Lesothosaurus
Scutellosaurus
Segisaurus
Heterodontosaurus
Tianyulong
Procompsognathus
Linhenykus
Yinlong
Eoraptor
Mononykus
Bagaceratops
Graciliraptor
Graciliceratops
Sinosauropteryx
Caudipteryx
=Mesozoic non-Dinosaurs=
Euparkaria
Anatosuchus
Simosuchus
Hyperodapedon
Repenomamus
=Permian Animals=
Platyhystrix
Lycaenops
Diplocaulus
Currently animals like Compsognathus aren't being added to the game... I suspect the reason for this is simple impracticality of containing and caring for such animals; keeping track of an animal that doesn't reach an average human's knees would be difficult to see in both the wild and in the middle of a crowd, making caring for them virtually impossible.
Because it would certainly be nice to have these animals in game--and not treated as ambient animals or decorative objects like some people suggest--how about creating a set of objects and functions made specifically for small animals in mind?
For enclosures; small animals in typical zoos are kept either in animal houses or in small pens with low fences... opting for the latter, these animals would need fencing options specific to them, such as waist-high barriers made of acrylic or concrete, as the current fences are both unneccessarily large for such small animals and some even have gaps large enough for tiny creatures to get through.
For engineering; a smaller Creation Lab, made specifically with small animals and their small pens in mind, would be a necessity. Perhaps it could double as an animal house attraction, one that visitors could go inside of to view the animals up close, or even function something like a Viewing Gallery. Or maybe it could work as shelter for small animals to hide during hostile weather conditions.
For basic care; smaller food dispensers would be a must, for smaller animals and smaller pens. For park ranger duties; small animal enclosures could get their own type of gate, one that would have rangers exit their jeeps and enter the enclosure on foot to medicate animals or refill food dispensers.
For transportation; assuming the enclosures weren't made invulnerable to simply eliminate the possibility of small animals from escaping, ACU will need a means to capture and contain escapees, but hitting an animal the size of a wild turkey from a helicopter with a dart is largely impossible and lifting them individually with a cargo helicopter would look silly. Instead of chasing small dinosaurs our ACU could set up a cage to lure and trap them; some kind of metal crate with bait that draws in nearby small animals and contains them. The crate itself could then be airlifted and lowered into a pen, at which time the animals within could be released. Also, since the trap would probably lure all animals indiscriminately, there should be an option to release animals all at once, or individually, so we can release only the animals we want to release, and then carry the crate to a different exhibit.
Lastly, a list of small prehistoric animals, all of them within one meter or less in length...
=Dinosaurs=
Compsognathus
Microceratus
Lesothosaurus
Scutellosaurus
Segisaurus
Heterodontosaurus
Tianyulong
Procompsognathus
Linhenykus
Yinlong
Eoraptor
Mononykus
Bagaceratops
Graciliraptor
Graciliceratops
Sinosauropteryx
Caudipteryx
=Mesozoic non-Dinosaurs=
Euparkaria
Anatosuchus
Simosuchus
Hyperodapedon
Repenomamus
=Permian Animals=
Platyhystrix
Lycaenops
Diplocaulus
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