Has anyone else noticed by chance that the kill animation against the goat is almost identical to that which e.g. raptors had against homalocephalic ones in JWE1? I can be wrong, but in direct comparison it looks like copy paste
Species Field Guide - Coelophysis
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These little gals look like they could be fun to keep in the park, especially if the promised more realistic behaviors is really delivered on (interacting with each other, with other species and the environment). Great potential to be amusing, cute and somehow scary at the same time. So my question for Jens:
We know that these animals don't engage in pack hunting. That makes sense given their build, their paleontological time-frame (very early primitive animals). I'm guessing the idea is that they are social yes but kinda of chaotic, similar to the raptors in The Lost World Novel and the TLW film; there's an alpha but otherwise not really a defined pack structure that we'd see develop later on in the smarter animals like raptors in JP3 or JW. Lots of infighting and chaos.
Here goes: If coelophysis hunt a single goat per animal, will only the animal that killed that goat be the only one allowed to eat from that goat? Can others of its own kind or other animals come in and try to eat? If the approaching animal(s) are of its own kind, will it let them eat or will it try to run them off with a dominance display if its the same species or potentially get scared off itself if its a larger carnivore? Will they actually eat the entire goat instead of a few bites and then walk off? Is there a chance goats can escape from time to time?
It can be said that they were opportunists who fed on carrion when there was an opportunity and did not hunt in a herd for larger or smaller ones, as raptors fed on smaller vertebrates or insects, and they could feed on carrion just as often as hyenas or jackals do.
I know, but he was also quite small and if you look at the fossils the bones look much thinner than other similar looking dinosaurs ... so this + hollow bones probably give him agility.
I really like what's happening here. The lack of pack hunting, how it's vulnerable to other predators, and the fact that it won't tackle herbivores above its own size. These are all things that make the dinosaur more believable. Beautiful colours and patterns as well, really looking forward to hatching these in my park!
Anything larger than itself sounds like it's off the menu, even Dryosaurus and the Ornithomimids might be a bit too big for it (though mass wise the goat is already heavier than it at 50kg for an adult).
I have to admit coelophysis not having pack hunting is more realistic that people think considering that these dinosaurs were the earliest theropods ever discovered and not to mention they may have been feeding off of our Proto mammal ancestors during the Triassic era and they were less likely to attack anything bigger than themselves I have to admit this is a very good realistic dinosaur that I could put in my park with other large herbivores without worrying about the small carnivores like coelophysis hunting unrealistic prey like Parasaurolophus.
Not gonna lie, I had a tiny jaw-drop moment when I saw the Coelophysis jump that goat. I absolutely loved it!
Please keep in mind that this is pre-alpha footage and that development is still in progress, so there's further polish to be done.
Thanks Chris! Happy to hear you enjoyed the Species Field Guide.
Please don't make this a pre-alpha where you take stuff OUT, i would hate to discover that the final game has fewer features than the trailers. You know, like it happened for the last game.
Personally I think the detail on the dino models is still there, it's just less emphasized in comparison to the last game. If you zoom in on the image of the Coleophysis, you can see the scale patterns, updated shading, and other details. I will agree that the graphics and raytracing could use some work based off of some screenshots/footage, but it might be updated by the time it's released (this could also be old footage).
The last game appeared to use shadows to depict a lot of details on the models of the dinos and scenery, and while it worked for the game then it might not work for JWE2.
Overall, we'll just have to see how it looks upon release ^^
@Jens Erik , can we have Ray tracing and DLSS please?
I really like the development of the game and how far the way is, I really feel that Jurassic world evolution 2 will be the best.
I like the Coelophysis. It reminds me of a big Compy. The animations look good as well. But then again I thought the Dinosaurs in JWE were amazing.
These are small Dinosaurs and the bird like behaviors fit. Some nervous darting or hopping around would be nice for the smaller more bird like ones.
But this s good stuff. I just wish we were getting more information on the game. I understand it will be released later this year so there is this hype build up Frontier wants to do. But it's not that far off. I can't wait till we get to see actual gameplay and they release more information. Hopefully it happens soon. lol
These are small Dinosaurs and the bird like behaviors fit. Some nervous darting or hopping around would be nice for the smaller more bird like ones.
But this s good stuff. I just wish we were getting more information on the game. I understand it will be released later this year so there is this hype build up Frontier wants to do. But it's not that far off. I can't wait till we get to see actual gameplay and they release more information. Hopefully it happens soon. lol
I think the profile next week will be Nasutoceratops
We need another one THIS week, and another carnivore please
They aren't going to be revealing anything until they do the profiles of the revealed animals (except Rex). Common sense
WHAT are you talking about?
You need to build hype.
I expect we'll get one species profile vid per week, if we're lucky, especially since they're still only showing us pre-alpha footage, meaning there's still months to go before they'll give us any real detailed info, answer questions more clearly or even actual footage of the game we can expect when we eventually get to play it.
I assume they'll go through the dinos they have already officially shown in the website's gallery or the trailer first. Drag it out as long as possible.
I assume a lot of things.
I assume they'll go through the dinos they have already officially shown in the website's gallery or the trailer first. Drag it out as long as possible.
I assume a lot of things.