Specs for a complete zoo/ Advice for performance.

[RabidOkapi]

Before I write my question, here are my specs:
Intel 9th gen core I-7-9750h
Nvidia gtx 1660 TI
16GB ram
144 HZ

I’m just wondering what the requirements would be to utilize the entire map and build an actual zoo or wildlife park. I currently have a zoo with all but three species and covering roughly 65% of the map(saved for Australia and South America when release), but the frame rate is ridiculous at 10-12 FPS when playing. I run the game on medium with a few settings turned up for preference, but it’s only about a 1-2 FPS difference than high settings. Is there a specific place I would need to upgrade or any advice on how to increase frame rate.

 

[Arrakai]

Probably a NASA computer, but I'm not sure that is enough

 

[RabidOkapi]

Well, that’s a shame then. I bought this game hoping to make an actual zoo. I don’t consider 10-15 species a true zoo. Plus, the need to research again to start small zoo after small zoo would be terribly annoying. I currently lose 180k per year because I have to limit guests for such a large zoo due to lag. That’s fine because I just buy and trade lions to stay above 4 million. Still a shame that you can’t have a decent frame rate on a large zoo. I don’t feel like making a ton of tiny zoos and only having a few species to manage in each.

 

[paul78]

Wow that’s crazy I have a laptop same specs with a rtx 2060 being the only difference and I’ve got a pretty big zoo with many exhibits and no lag yet. Even on ultra settings. I don’t really build a lot tho. So I don’t have builds with tons of pieces so far. I even downloaded deladysigners melin zoo and ran it with minimal lag.

 

[RabidOkapi]

Wow that’s crazy I have a laptop same specs with a rtx 2060 being the only difference and I’ve got a pretty big zoo with many exhibits and no lag yet. Even on ultra settings. I don’t really build a lot tho. So I don’t have builds with tons of pieces so far. I even downloaded deladysigners melin zoo and ran it with minimal lag.

Hmm strange that your specs are relatively the same without issue. I do have a lot of scenery and items scattered throughout, so maybe that’s the issue.

 

[paul78]

The only issue I was experiencing was screen tearing while navigating through my zoos but I solved that by putting vsync on. I’ll admit I only play sandbox mode with limited needs as I enjoy hassle free building. I’m terrible at doing custom buildings but haven’t practiced near enough. Today after reading your post I wanted to push my laptop a little I usually close my zoo as I did the same in zt2 to keep frames up. But tonight I opened the zoo and had 5,000 guests and turned some needs on but still ran fine. I usually try to keep enclosure animals numbers realistic also. So for tigers two and bears and such. Maybe three elephants six to seven herding species and so on. So I may end up with 40-70 animals. I’ve heard some having 250 animals 4-7000 guests plus staff is ai overkill in my opinion.

 

[paul78]

I ended up getting a asus rog with same specs as yours minus the different gpu. It’s been great so far minus the battery life but I charge while playing anyway. So yeah that is strange but hopefully frontier will get it optimized soon as I’ve noticed a spike in unhappy customers again.

 

[Arrakai]

If you only have 40-70 animals + closed zoo I can understand that you hardly have any lag The one I'm working on right now have 470 animals (mostly turtle and gharial babys it feels like) and 8k guests, and yes it's a lag fiesta
It's not even that big, and I haven't done any scenery at all (since I plan to make it into a small "breeding zoo" once I get some money to finance it)

 

[Woody2107]

While I am not on a laptop, I have a 1060 which can play on ultra for small zoo's and high for bigger zoo's. Have you checked if your battery is set on best performance? If your laptop has that option. Is it better when the laptop is plugged in?
and lastly, does pause make a difference? If so it is probably your cpu that is lacking. But a 45w 6core should normally be fine.

Can you run the task manager while the game is running, maybe you can see an oddity there?
I hope you can get it fixed.

 

[LN]

Is the game using the GTX and not the integrated chip?

 

[RabidOkapi]

I have set it to best performance and tried to set up my computer for gaming. Not necessarily a computer genius, but I did follow a few of the the more simple steps I could find online.
Slightly better in pause, but it much. It may just be that I have too many animals to function highly. I now have every species and around 450-500 animals at any given time with breeding.
Luuknord, not exactly sure what your question means or how to check.

 

[LN]

I have set it to best performance and tried to set up my computer for gaming. Not necessarily a computer genius, but I did follow a few of the the more simple steps I could find online.
Slightly better in pause, but it much. It may just be that I have too many animals to function highly. I now have every species and around 450-500 animals at any given time with breeding.
Luuknord, not exactly sure what your question means or how to check.

How do I check if my laptop is using my GPU or my CPU's integrated graphics for playing games?

Answer (1 of 8): hey, its soo easy.. If you have Windows 10 then go to task manager, Then go to the Performance TAB. Now Note which GPU is your GPU0 and which is GPU1 in my case.. In my case- GPU0 is Intel HD graphics which is Integrated.. GPU1 in Nvidia GTX 950M which is Dedicated.. Now mov...

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This describes a laptop, but it's basically the same method for pc.

Also check if your monitor cable is in the video card, and not the port of the Motherboard.

 

[RabidOkapi]

Thanks for the advice, now I just need to know how to interpret what I am seeing. Sorry, no background knowledge in any of this. PZ is using my GPU 1. That is the Nvidia Chip over the intel HD 630. Is that the one I want? Also, my CPU while running this zoo is at 45-70% and my GPU is about 11%. My memory is running extremely high at 80% with this zoo up. Do all of these seem normal, or is there an issue with any of these numbers?

 

[LN]

Thanks for the advice, now I just need to know how to interpret what I am seeing. Sorry, no background knowledge in any of this. PZ is using my GPU 1. That is the Nvidia Chip over the intel HD 630. Is that the one I want? Also, my CPU while running this zoo is at 45-70% and my GPU is about 11%. My memory is running extremely high at 80% with this zoo up. Do all of these seem normal, or is there an issue with any of these numbers?

Yes, you need the Nvidia chip in this case.

Planet Zoo is (just like Planet Coaster) very heavy on the CPU, so the CPU is more busy than the GPU.

 

[Digler]

I have the same specs as you,i79700 GTX1660ti 16g, only I have 12 animals and 300 guests, but I am using a lot of the pieces to make things look pretty. 2 large enclosures, and 2 exhibits...one jeep ride. 23fps.

 

[jeruntje]

I have a 9900k, 32 gb ram, rtx2070 8gb ram and a zoo that has 33 species and around 200 animals. With 8000 guests the frame rate hovers around 16-20 fps (it doesn't matter what the graphic setting are) . Too low for my taste, so I limit the number of guests to 2500 then the framerate hovers around 35 fps. This is also the reason I started playing sandbox, because you can build your zoo larger and limit the guest count without worrying about going bankrupt. I also find 2500 guests quite realistic in a zoo this size, 8000 is far too much.

 

[Sashimi Ninja]

It would be great if once we got to a certain guest count (If we so chose) to toggle a visual meter, say 1 person counts as 10, maybe 20 (For those really high counts - 50) guests so we don't have the lag from all of the claymation people roaming around. Even with no shadows and mid-high settings at around 2500 people I begin lagging with a zoo of just 50-100 animals, all because of the sheer number of guests.

 

[SimoneV]

i have a lenovo legion. 16GB, i7-9750H, GTX 1650. Have around a 2000 guests, 5/6 Exhibits and 10 habitats. Around 80 animals in total. 15 species

My fps jumps between 27-60, average is around 45-55 were it stays for longer periods of time. I run the game on Ultra, with only shadows a tad lower, on High