I was holding off of this idea as I thought I was being nitpicky, but after some time and thought, I think we need to have the dreadnoughtus scaled up.
One reason why I waited to fully commit to the idea was because the size of a large sauropod would be too much for the game to handle. Mainly because the size of dinosaurs affect mechanics, such as interacting with other dinosaurs or passing through gates of the hatchery or gates in general. But I did some testing with the game's new camera feature and I think it would be possible to scale up the dinosaur.
First off, how it would leave the gate:
This is the current in game dreadnoughtus size, at first I thought that it could not be any bigger because it would then not fit through the gate. But I do recall the brachiosaurus having a much thicker body. I took this picture to photoshop and scaled up the dinosaur with enough space for the legs to move without clipping to the walls.
This is the biggest size we could go for the dreadnoughtus. It may look exaggerated, but the point of this photo is to show how big of a dinosaur we could get from the incubation lab. With this, we can expect the new size could respect the gates of the game, this is really great as the build of this sauropod lacks the round body most sauropods have, allowing it to be massive but squeeze through the in game gates.
To show what scale I had in mind, we should compare it to the brachiosaurus, who is bigger than the dreadnoughtus in scale.
The two dinosaur models share the same height respectively. However the brachiosaurus is girthier, has a rounder body, and sports a notable crest which makes it an overall bigger dinosaur. If we want the dreadnoughtus to be the largest land animal in game, I think this would be the desired size:
This dreadnoughtus is only ever taller than the brachiosaurus but it showcases its massive size rather well. I only scaled it with the shoulder height in mind and this is the result I got, if Frontier could pull off scaling the dinosaur to at least this size then it would be wonderful having it in our parks.
There is a reason why I am bringing this up, and it is similar to the old issue of giganotosaurus being shorter than the trex, because the dinosaur in game does not match the dinosaur's description. The dreadnoughtus is written in game to be "The largest animal known to ever walked the earth", so I feel it should be the largest dinosaur in game.
There is constant talk of what is really the largest land animal right now, but I am willing to strip myself from reality to accept the jurassic world universe's largest dinosaur. If we could have large velociraptors, spitting dilos, and no feathers at all, then I don't mind having the dread be the largest land animal to ever walk the earth. However, this haunts me as this could confirm that we may not get any larger dinosaurs in the future like the Argentinosaurus or Patagotitan. And if the current in game dreadnoughtus is carrying the mantle of largest land animal where it is the 3rd largest in game behind brachiosaurus and mamenchisaurus, then I am feeling rather disappointed. Not only because it is not the largest dinosaur in game, but also because this is DLC. We paid extra for a pack that advertises one of their dinosaurs for its massive size. So if you are reading this Frontier, could you please update this dinosaur's scale? I am willing to wait for as long as it takes for it to happen as I understand the game has higher priority right now, even if it needs a year, I just want to have the largest dinosaur be the largest dinosaur. I hope you could understand, and thank you for reading.
Update: April 22nd 2019:
I checked the size difference of the dreadnoughtus as it left the gate of the hatchery. Turns out the size difference is of 15%, it is actually bigger than the second comparison with the brachiosaurus. So I swapped the upscaled comparison with the brachiosaurus and the new dread is about a skull bigger than the old upscaled dread. I think it could still work as it is able to reach the feeder with its current animation build, and I think the indominous rex should be able to slash and bite her body.
Update: April 23rd 2019:
I have continued the experimentation! These photos demonstrate how the dinosaur would look like with the 15% upscale. It looks feasible and desirable to have in game. I tested it out to see if it will affect the feeding, drinking, gate, monorail, and Indominous rex attack. I hope this helps emphasise why the dreadnoughtus needs the upscale, I would love to see this happen. I won't be doing more experimentation on my end as I believe these photos cover all the areas I was concerned of with the upscale of the dreadnoughtus.
FEEDER:
DRINK:
GATE:
MONORAIL:
INDOMINOUS REX ATTACK:
Edit March 9th 2020:
I have updated the tests and noted that the dreadnoughtus could be scaled up by 20%, a size that makes it closer to scale to mamenchisaurus in terms of length, respecting the ingen database measurement of 26meters. Please see the 2nd page of this thread to see the samples images that showcases the 20% upscale. Reply #27.
One reason why I waited to fully commit to the idea was because the size of a large sauropod would be too much for the game to handle. Mainly because the size of dinosaurs affect mechanics, such as interacting with other dinosaurs or passing through gates of the hatchery or gates in general. But I did some testing with the game's new camera feature and I think it would be possible to scale up the dinosaur.
First off, how it would leave the gate:
This is the current in game dreadnoughtus size, at first I thought that it could not be any bigger because it would then not fit through the gate. But I do recall the brachiosaurus having a much thicker body. I took this picture to photoshop and scaled up the dinosaur with enough space for the legs to move without clipping to the walls.
This is the biggest size we could go for the dreadnoughtus. It may look exaggerated, but the point of this photo is to show how big of a dinosaur we could get from the incubation lab. With this, we can expect the new size could respect the gates of the game, this is really great as the build of this sauropod lacks the round body most sauropods have, allowing it to be massive but squeeze through the in game gates.
To show what scale I had in mind, we should compare it to the brachiosaurus, who is bigger than the dreadnoughtus in scale.
The two dinosaur models share the same height respectively. However the brachiosaurus is girthier, has a rounder body, and sports a notable crest which makes it an overall bigger dinosaur. If we want the dreadnoughtus to be the largest land animal in game, I think this would be the desired size:
This dreadnoughtus is only ever taller than the brachiosaurus but it showcases its massive size rather well. I only scaled it with the shoulder height in mind and this is the result I got, if Frontier could pull off scaling the dinosaur to at least this size then it would be wonderful having it in our parks.
There is a reason why I am bringing this up, and it is similar to the old issue of giganotosaurus being shorter than the trex, because the dinosaur in game does not match the dinosaur's description. The dreadnoughtus is written in game to be "The largest animal known to ever walked the earth", so I feel it should be the largest dinosaur in game.
There is constant talk of what is really the largest land animal right now, but I am willing to strip myself from reality to accept the jurassic world universe's largest dinosaur. If we could have large velociraptors, spitting dilos, and no feathers at all, then I don't mind having the dread be the largest land animal to ever walk the earth. However, this haunts me as this could confirm that we may not get any larger dinosaurs in the future like the Argentinosaurus or Patagotitan. And if the current in game dreadnoughtus is carrying the mantle of largest land animal where it is the 3rd largest in game behind brachiosaurus and mamenchisaurus, then I am feeling rather disappointed. Not only because it is not the largest dinosaur in game, but also because this is DLC. We paid extra for a pack that advertises one of their dinosaurs for its massive size. So if you are reading this Frontier, could you please update this dinosaur's scale? I am willing to wait for as long as it takes for it to happen as I understand the game has higher priority right now, even if it needs a year, I just want to have the largest dinosaur be the largest dinosaur. I hope you could understand, and thank you for reading.
Update: April 22nd 2019:
I checked the size difference of the dreadnoughtus as it left the gate of the hatchery. Turns out the size difference is of 15%, it is actually bigger than the second comparison with the brachiosaurus. So I swapped the upscaled comparison with the brachiosaurus and the new dread is about a skull bigger than the old upscaled dread. I think it could still work as it is able to reach the feeder with its current animation build, and I think the indominous rex should be able to slash and bite her body.
Update: April 23rd 2019:
I have continued the experimentation! These photos demonstrate how the dinosaur would look like with the 15% upscale. It looks feasible and desirable to have in game. I tested it out to see if it will affect the feeding, drinking, gate, monorail, and Indominous rex attack. I hope this helps emphasise why the dreadnoughtus needs the upscale, I would love to see this happen. I won't be doing more experimentation on my end as I believe these photos cover all the areas I was concerned of with the upscale of the dreadnoughtus.
FEEDER:
DRINK:
GATE:
MONORAIL:
INDOMINOUS REX ATTACK:
Edit March 9th 2020:
I have updated the tests and noted that the dreadnoughtus could be scaled up by 20%, a size that makes it closer to scale to mamenchisaurus in terms of length, respecting the ingen database measurement of 26meters. Please see the 2nd page of this thread to see the samples images that showcases the 20% upscale. Reply #27.
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