Timescale and animal lifespan

Joe316

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Hey Frontier, loving everything I have seen of Planet Zoo so far with one exeption. Having played every zoo game ever released, I think the time progression in the game might be a problem, especially given the realistic lifespan of the animals. A Wolf for example has an average lifespan of 8 years. With the timescale at the moment, even on default speed, that means the entire life cycle of a wolf will be just hours of playing the game. This creates a big problem when it comes to identifying with your animals. Since they only live in your zoo for such a short time, you tend to view them as assets, not as personalities. This is a huge waste, given the fact that animals have their own personality in this game. What happenend in other games with such a rapid tim progression was, that I did not even bother remebering the animals name. In games like Wildlife Park on the other hand, timescale is very slow. Some animals are a part of your zoo for month while you keep expanding it, becoming iconic personalities.
If it is not to late for that, please consider adjusting other mechanics depending on timescale and slow it down. It would be a shame to breed the perfect animal, just to loose it a couple of hours later.
Kind regards,
Joe
(pls excuse the english, not a native)
 

breezerHOG

breezerHOG
I dont think the time system is finalized yet in the current build we are seeing, Im sure sandbox will have a variety of settings while scenarios will have different restrictions.

here is how it works in Planco: a single month in Planco is approximately 12-14 minutes, with 8 months in a year (skipping November 1st - March 1st) a full year is approx 96-112mins (thats with default settings) also the sun cycle sets and rises once per month

You can change the hours per day your park is open and the cycle will skip over the hours your park is closed (so if your park is open 24hours a day then each month will be longer, but if your park opens for less than 24hours then months will go by faster) you can even set the park to only be open at night if you want. I think parks are usually open about 16hours per day/month with the default settings
 

Chris Simon

Chris Simon
I can see the lifespan to be one of the major points of contention within the community. Just like it was with JWE.
Fortunately this is really something the devs can easily deal with, so let's hope they're going to nail it this time around. :)
 

Chris Simon

Chris Simon
Joe316 said:
I would absolutely be cool with a less realistic pregnancy period for example. I get tha nobody wants to wait a week for their elephant baby ;)
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True. :LOL:
Then again, it arrives in a box, so it's up to British post office, not Frontier. So I see late deliveries, failed deliveries, lost boxes,... :p
 
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