Water Depth

[alpha117]

Hi All,

Not sure if I have read this correctly! Is that the depth that the water should be for the habitat, or is it something else.?


Thanks

Clive

 

[PaulaM]

That means there should be at least 170m2 of deep water out of the total 300m2 water requirement. At least that's the way I've reading it.

 

[Firestar97]

It's the Surface Area that needs to consist of deep Water (at least 4m) hope this is understandable enough

 

[Ursidae]

If you'll notice it says m2, which is square meters, so it is the surface area. If you hover over it I think there's a tooltip either in individual animal info boxes or the Zoopedia.

 

[alpha117]

thanks all, got it

 

[alpha117]

Evening All,
Another 'Newbie' question

Habitat says there is 2608m2 of water

BUt when I select the animal(Hippo) is says :

number are different and I do not know why

Sorry about this

Thanks

Clive

 

[Firestar97]

Evening All,
Another 'Newbie' question

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Habitat says there is 2608m2 of water

BUt when I select the animal(Hippo) is says :

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number are different and I do not know why

Sorry about this

Thanks

Clive

It has to do with the walkable (Hippos only walk underwater in Planet Zoo) Water Area. You can fix it by trying to make the Ground better accessible. Use the Traversable Area Heatmap for it. You need to get rid of the Water first to be able to change the Terrain there

 

[alpha117]

'Traversable Area heat Map'......that's the bit I was missing

Once again many thanks

 

[alpha117]

Well, it is all 'Blue', is that correct?

 

[Firestar97]

Well, it is all 'Blue', is that correct?

Blue is traversable Area so it should work

 

[NZFanatic]

Well, it is all 'Blue', is that correct?

The trick is that the traversible area beneath the water will be slightly small in m2 than the water area itself. Another way to look at it is that if you build a habitat to the exact size in m2 that the animal needs, but then add in rocks, foliage, and other scenery, the habitat area will actually reduce because the animals can't move through the rocks and foliage and scenery (in other words, each of these items, or in the case of water, usually the terrain around the edges, reduces the overall traversible area, which is what the animal's space need is calculated on).

 

[Firestar97]

The trick is that the traversible area beneath the water will be slightly small in m2 than the water area itself. Another way to look at it is that if you build a habitat to the exact size in m2 that the animal needs, but then add in rocks, foliage, and other scenery, the habitat area will actually reduce because the animals can't move through the rocks and foliage and scenery (in other words, each of these items, or in the case of water, usually the terrain around the edges, reduces the overall traversible area, which is what the animal's space need is calculated on).

But luckily some Plants don't have a Hitbox, so Animals can just walk or swim through them. Tested it today with Reeds in my Gharial Enclosure and they work fine without any Problems.

Another Thing that is important: for most Animals the Hitboxes are very ridiculous, so it can take a While to figure out what works best. I think the Animal Hitboxes are square shaped and have the Length and Width (not sure about Height) the same as the Body Length of the Animal