have really enjoyed this round so far, playing with lighting especially. @Villanelle I ended up using lit screens as the unlit actually didn't work at all in the dark!At least a week left if memory serves .. Yep .. almost 2 weeks if my maths is working roflhow long have we got left for round 3? defo getting there with my build but as usual my building is massive and taking ages to complete
Thanks @Xrystal just below, that's it - 7th July.how long have we got left for round 3? defo getting there with my build but as usual my building is massive and taking ages to complete
I might be posting at midnight on that Sunday! Are day names usually capitalised? I'm losing the plot 
Thankyou! have you completed or are you still working on it this week?
yess...same boat exactly! defo the most complicated I've attempted too, I'm probably at 75% too but won't be able to get back on til tomorrow now. I'd love to be doing more sticks and rocks right now haha that's where I left off! I started with the ceiling and lighting but have 2 habitats to do and some final touches to the signs/the building exterior, then I think I'm ready to take some screen shots!Thanks @Xrystal just below, that's it - 7th July.
I'm in the same boat - started something extremely ambitious and now I'm frantically trying to finish it! I think I'm about 75% there, still a lot to do though... ceilings and lighting for instance. Thanks for the heads up about the screens! It's a fun build but probably the most complicated one I've ever attempted, and the deadline for me is a bit closer...as this Friday some family are coming to stay for a week
As always extensions are available for anyone who needs them (that could be me this run!)
Right, a cup of tea then back to the ol' sticks n rocks...
cups of tea will surely help !Haha that's so funny, I guess we're both gonna be pulling some late nights to meet the deadline! Just like my student days, hahaThankyou! have you completed or are you still working on it this week?
yess...same boat exactly! defo the most complicated I've attempted too, I'm probably at 75% too but won't be able to get back on til tomorrow now. I'd love to be doing more sticks and rocks right now haha that's where I left off! I started with the ceiling and lighting but have 2 habitats to do and some final touches to the signs/the building exterior, then I think I'm ready to take some screen shots!
Caps is a sure sign of losing the plot, I'm feeling that myself too though
16 is so many!!!!!!! :O That is really impressive... I can't wait to see it!! I've only gone for 3 habitat animals and a handful of exhibits, I like this stage most where everything is being made to look nice and bringing it to life with details and finer adjustments , past the stress of paths and architectural design hopefully!
Well it will all be about the quality, not the quantity of course. I just hope I can put enough care into each habitat so they don't look rushed. So far, so good, but I just had a major panic: my first time using mods and last night my game kept crashing. I was worried I had lost everything! The building is about 100,000 pieces so I'm not going to be able to blueprint it...it will just live on this empty map forever. Anyway I did some investigating and I think I found the culprit(s), and had to backtrack in my save files a bit. I've cut back to what I now consider the bare minimum of mods (!) and the biggest blessing of all is that one that I really wanted to use but was very old, just got updated yesterday. So the blue-eyed lemur is existing happily in my Africa section, and I must say it is gorgeous. Sidenote: I hope I'm okay to be speaking like this about mods, I'm not exactly sure how much we have to pretend they don't exist. I literally have never used them before this build. Happy to delete this paragraph if an admin let's me know I've overstepped.
Five, to be exact. I want it to be a unique kind of an Experience, with a capital E, so I've got a couple of surprises up my sleeve. We'll just see if I can pull it all off in time, I've still got a long way to go. I'm on the 4th section and then there are ceilings, floors and lighting, signs and screens, and the final touches. That sounds like a lot...maybe I'm only 60% done! Architecture and layout was the biggest challenge I think, that's what I'm telling myself anyway...Of course it is! Great idea, can't wait to see itWait 16 habitats?! Not including exhibits?
That thing has to be enormous
Im at a whopping two enclosures that actually have animals in them lol.
Originally i had planed some more, but i found it weird if the night house part of my Sundaland build is bigger than the main part lol.
Spoilers i guess, im building my nocturnal house as an extension of my tropical house of round one.
Now that i think about it i hope thats even allowed lol
It is an absolutely massive building.Yeah guess i kinda lucky here, the roster of small nocturnal animals from south east asia is rather limited so i couldnt go much bigger even if i wanted.Of course it is! Great idea, can't wait to see it
Yup, 16 plus exhibits! I know, I've gone pretty crazy with this one! But I've got to rep the nocturnal folk, my fam
Sixteen!Haha that's so funny, I guess we're both gonna be pulling some late nights to meet the deadline! Just like my student days, haha
I planned, for some inexplicable reason, no less than sixteen habitats for this build. I'm working on ten now. Nocturnal animals might not be my favourites after this goliath!
@Purple_Possum . This is our Everest. We got this!
Wow! Can't wait to see your entry. So I'm curious how you did with such a massive building in tow or three week! Stay tuned!
defo think that is allowed, and a really good idea (adding to the tropical house map) I should have done that too lol! I am going to continue building on this map though so going to do something similar for future roundsWait 16 habitats?! Not including exhibits?
That thing has to be enormous
Im at a whopping two enclosures that actually have animals in them lol.
Originally i had planed some more, but i found it weird if the night house part of my Sundaland build is bigger than the main part lol.
Spoilers i guess, im building my nocturnal house as an extension of my tropical house of round one.
Now that i think about it i hope thats even allowed lol
i tried looking up some tours of night houses on YT, although more often than not you can barely see anything, especially the guest areas and stuffI think I need some inspiration. What nocturnal houses would you guys recommend looking at?
I took some inspo from the zoos mentioned on this thread -I think I need some inspiration. What nocturnal houses would you guys recommend looking at?
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