We are always discussing what the future holds for our beloved game, but now that the 4th anniversary is approaching I think it is a good time to look back and see how far we've come. There have been some comments that the last updates have been on the small side, but I think it's normal since we have already received A LOT of things with all the updates. This thread is not to discuss the DLCs or the small bug fixes, instead I'm focusing on the major updates which brought either new features or new content.
Thanks Frontier for adding so many things during all this time (and hopefully we still get much more!).
- Slow animal aging
- Pack structures specific to canines
- New social interactions for the red ruffed and ring tailed lemurs
- Enabled jumping on Bengal Tiger, Siberian Tiger and West African Lion
- Aurora effect for Tundra biome
- Ice and Snow rock sets
- Enrichment: Large Snow Ball, Small Ice Ball, Snowman Skittle and Gift Box
- Crime management page
- News Feed Carousel
- "Important Alert Requires Attention" notification pop-out
- Option to Disable Alerts on a per category basis
- New Heat Maps: Staff happiness, Crime, Animal breeding and Habitat cleanliness
- The radius of effect is now shown when placing heaters and coolers
- Added a "Remove this plant" button for all unsuitable plant types to the animal info panel
- Opening hours can now be changed in Challenge and Franchise Mode
- Added Sandbox toggles for enabling Cash/Conservation Credits
- New foliage: 3 items (1 type)
- New paths x2
- Increased social interaction frequency
- Juvenile animals now require less food than adults
- Sunbathe behaviour for Ring-tailed Lemurs
- Polar Bear now jumps
- New Glass Pieces
- Enrichment: Tyre, Large Tyre, Bobbin Drum, Colourful Small Ball and Natural Termite Mound
- Leaves Bedding type in 4 sizes
- Mossy Rock Set - moss all over
- Dynamic Mossy Rock Set - moss always orientates to the surface!
- New Difficulty Settings added for all game modes
- Reduced negative influence around buildings by using scenery to hide them
- Guests can now be renamed
- Added Zoo Management Education screen
- Paths: added the ability to set step height in half metre increments
- New Animal Genealogy UI
- Added additional biome types to China on the front end globe
- Added a search box to the Zoopedia
- Made contraception easier to administer in UI
- Increased Trade Centre storage capacity to 50
- New South America terrain map
- New foliage: 21 items (4 different types)
- New paths x3
- Animal colour variation
- Jaguars now require and use water
- Reviewed and adjusted herding systems
- Free Timed Scenario
- New Desert Oceania Map
- Vending machines
- Red desert rock set
- Scenery Light Toggle
- Adding size tags to rock, foliage and scenery assets
- Animal Food Management UI
- Staff management multi-select
- Dismiss Functionality for Zoo Alerts
- Added new animated animal silhouettes to the loading screen
- New foliage: 20 items (9 different types)
- New paths x4
- Animal Talks
- New Staff Member: the Educator
- Deep Swimming for the Saltwater Crocodile
- Enrichment: Underwater Box Feeder
- Water Temperature Regulator
- Free Timed Scenario
- Transport ride management screen
- New fonts
- New glass barrier variant with glass habitat gate
- New Queues Paths
- 33 new flipped quarter circle roof pieces
- New foliage: 26 items (7 different types)
- New path x1
- Custom Billboards
- Multiple Zoo Entrances
- Water Visual Setting UI
- Deep Swimming for the Gharial
- Enrichment: Tamarind Scratching Tree, Scots Pine Scratching Tree and Block of Frozen Fish
- Scenario Rewards
- Free Timed Scenario
- Timed Scenarios front end update
- Staff Traversable Area Map
- Added continent tags to all rock assets
- Ability to open your Franchise Zoos as both Challenge and Sandbox Zoos
- Bears Deep Swimming Behaviours
- Mesh panels
- One-way glass panels
- Custom audio added to speakers
- Camera Effects
- Habitat Web Cameras
- Vista Points
- Free Timed Scenario
- Expanded Sandbox Settings
- Adjusted Polar Bear habitat requirements
- Added Species Search Function
- Increased animal trade and exhibit trade centre capacity from 50 to 200
- Added more loading screen animals
- New foliage: 12 items (4 different types)
- New paths x3
- Big Cats Deep Swimming Behaviours
- Animal Talk Seating
- Sculpted Terrain Toggle option
- Terrain Height Maps
- Guest Barriers
- Enrichment: Underwater Herbivore Feeder
- Reduced Swimming Depth Requirements
- Zoopedia Filter Options
- Red Kangaroos are now a walkthrough species
- New foliage: 7 items (1 type)
- New animal: Black and White Ruffed Lemur
- New shop: Bernie's Bakes
- Restaurants
- Shop Counters
- Animal burrows
- Animal Memorials
- Enrichment: Natural Climbing Items
- Small faux rocks
- New wall non-grided panels (1, 2 and 4 m)
- The colourmorph system is now able to support more than one morph per species
- New foliage: 16 items (5 different types)
- New path x1
- Free-roaming Educators
- Explore Camera
- Bathing Behaviour for Capybara and Japanese Macaque
- Flatten to Terrace Terrain Brush
- Small burrows for Meerkat, Prairie Dog and Platypus
- Audio And Billboard Management Screen
- Customisable Exhibit Water
- Expanded Water Customisation
- Enrichment: Small underwater feeder and Natural water jet
- New foliage: 8 items (3 different types)
- Education Stations
- Sniffing and Chorus Behaviour for Siamangs and Arctic and Timber Wolves
- Group Photos
- Brachiation
- Enrichment: Brachiation Modular Climbing Frame
- Small Habitat Gates
- Missing Shop Counters and Small Signs
- More Conservation Topics
- Glass modern panels
- New foliage: 16 items (6 different types)
- New path x1
- Educator Exhibit Demonstrations
- Customisable Exhibit Backdrops
- Automated Exhibit Population Management
- Improved Exhibit Cameras
- New Biome Skirts
- Addition of Sounds of Summer to in-game Speakers
- New behaviour: escaping
- Piebaldism for Nyala, Pronghorn, Springbok and Red Fox
- Terrain Ramp Tool
- Enrichment: Small Ball Pumpkin
- New foliage: 14 items (3 different types)
- New path x1
- New animal: red deer
- New animal balloons: Tiger, Giraffe, Chimpanzee and Red Panda
- Guided Zoo Tours
- Diorama Mode
- Bulldozer Delete tool
- New colour morphs for Timber Wolf, Formosan Black Bear, Cheetah and Reindeer
- Habitat Visibility Heatmaps
- Split Group Button
- New foliage: 27 items (9 different types)
- Animal Sociality
- Null Paths
- Multi-Axis Advanced Movement Tool
- Climbability Toggle
- Brachiation has been extended to vines, trees and beams
- Transport Ride UI Updates
- Dall Sheep can now use Goat Climbing Mountain
- New foliage: 21 items (4 different types)
- New path x1
- Staff Flexicolour options
- Spitting behaviours for camelids
- Scenic Mode camera
- Cinematic Route Editor
- Small burrow for Chinese Pangolin and Fennec Fox
- New colour morphs for the Bactrian Camel
- New foliage: 12 items (4 different types)
- Viewing domes
- Brachiation for orangutan
- Temperate biome for Oceania
- New colour morphs for the King Penguin
- Volcanic rock set
- Thatch roofs are now flexicolour (1.15.1)
- New foliage: 15 items (3 different types)
- New path x1
- New animal: collared peccary
- New animal balloons: black and white ruffed lemur, red deer, collared peccary and Bornean orangutan
- Modular Souvenir Shops
- Multiselect by Flexicolour
- New colour morphs for Bengal and Siberian tigers
- Updated Malayan tapir model
- New wallpaper pieces
- New foliage: 6 items (2 different types)
- Animal encounters
- Hand washing station (2 types)
- New conservation topic (1 topic)
- Small guest gate
- New foliage: 7 items (2 types)
- Domestic animals cannot be released to the wild, they can only be sold
- Maori names for kiwis and blue penguins
- New tire pieces (2 types)
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Thanks Frontier for adding so many things during all this time (and hopefully we still get much more!).
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