What did you do in Planet Zoo today?

[Lea_G]

Well, tomorrow's work day is going to be fun, but I couldn't stop playing until now Yesterday, I admired the fallow deer which looks so fantastic, I really underestimated them.

Today, I spent about an hour or so trying to incorporate a ride with a tunnel underneath my buildings and then up the mountain. Until I gave up and decided that the guests have to walk

I absolutely love polar parks, they're my favourite, and very challenging. I'm not good with transport rides either, but what I did in my oldest still running zoo during my renovations (which are still going on literal months later, oops :x) was make a space at the front for a station, and leave/make spaces near the areas I thought would be good for others even if nowhere near ready to build them. With monorail you don't even need to worry about the ground, just jack it up high enough (you could do that with the train too I guess but to get it looking realistic you'd have to have the patience to build a lot of tressle...)

Thank you for your tips! I apparently don't have the patience. It looked horrible, especially because the pathing to and from the stations was a desaster in the uneven terrain. This is going to be a hiking zoo.

After that bit of frustration, I got lucky and had a few in-game years without snow, so I could actually see what I was doing! On the workshop, I found an absolutely amazing medieval-styled large building with shops, which fit the blank spot in my entrance area just perfectly. I only added the heraldic badges and the glass decoration and it works like a charm. I then added the blueprints from the DLC. I just had to fill that space, but I LOVE the look of it. Maybe not the most suitable style for the tundra, but it is still on the flat terrain of the map, so it will do. I can imagine there are hotel rooms inside, since the zoo is in the middle of nowhere. I feel a bit lazy now, but since the buildings exist in that perfect way, why should I bother to attempt them on my own! And behind that area, I started a badger habitat which basically meant a lot of rocks today. But wow, they are so adorable!

Spoiler: Pictures

The large double-building on the left ist from the workshop, the green and yellow ones are DLC blueprints from Frontier.

 

[avietar]

So I didn't finish up the tropical and entrance area yet, and built the antelope habitat instead!

Antelope habitat in the back. It is giant, it is idiot big. But I loved building it!

Habitat overview.

hilltop view from the panorama spot behind the food court. This habitat hosts 7 male wildebeest, 5 male springboks, 5 female Thomson gazelles, 1 male and 4 female sable antelopes, and 1 male and 2 female nyalas. I didn't want my zoo to have a baby explosion, so only the nyalas and sable antelopes get to breed. \

Back of the habitat, which is bushy and has parasols to provide resting areas.

The oasis. Quite proud how this came out!

Bushes obscure the view to the resting areas to the left. The front of the habitat is to the right, which is more plains-y instead of bushy.

Near the front of the habitat.

Conclusion: Every zoo could do with a mixed species antelope habitat!

Next up is... I don't really know yet. I'll figure it out next time

I decided to finish up Antelope Hill and added a restaurant! Also another info center, merch shop, and toilet.

I wanted to go for an oasis-y vibe so I chose the North African building style. Also used a ton of new trees and I love them. The ancient olive tree is stunning, wow.

Antelope Hill seen from the side. Did a ton of rockwork too and it came out alright I think. There's a long trail all around the habitat that only the true diehards will use I think, but I put a lot of shaded cushioned benches around the trail anyway so people can take a break. Just because you are a diehard doesn't mean you have to actually die from heatstroke or overexertion.

I can't believe how stunning this habitat looks. I'm super proud of myself This is the vista view from the top of the hill. Also also also, take a very good look at the animals in the habitat...!

Visitor view, and a better view of the animals. They are GRAZING! A lot of grazing! Also, have they done adjustments to herding behavior? Because I'm seeing herds move together(!). The sable antelopes are wading through the water as a group, the wildebeest are sticking together as a group, grazing together. It feels a lot more cohesive!

Current overview. Antelope Hill is done. At most the tunnel needs some work, because I did nada in there. Oh, and I forgot education.
Tropical is basically done. Cassowary needs the additional viewing area, and the whole area could use some finishing up with foliage and rocks.
Entrance is basically done. Perhaps one or two small habitats. Meerkat and fennec fox? Yeah, that's a cool idea (yes, I'm making my mind up as I type)
The Land of Giants will house both elephants and the giraffe.

The path will loop from Antelope Hill down towards Tropical and Land of Giants, through the purple area (as if you couldn't guess with the huge ?).
Any suggestions what I could put there? Let me know!

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"New Zealand Getaway Zoo". My main challenges will be:

• Building elephant habitats (never built for them before) and obtaining the elephant reward (breeding both species in one zoo).
• Building an elephant boat ride (never done a boat ride before).
• Deciding on zoo sections and how to make use of the terrain.
  • entrance area
  • tropical area
  • land of giants
  • Antelope Hill - DONE
• Multiple viewing angles from all around the zoo.
• Cool panoramashots.
• A hilly trail that looks down over the zoo, making a beautiful view from both the top and the bottom of the zoo.

 

[DarthQuell]

Well, tomorrow's work day is going to be fun, but I couldn't stop playing until now

That's the trick: after a long day of work (fortunately I enjoy my work) it's always a treat to play Planet Zoo

 

[Lea_G]

@avietar : You can be really proud, I love your landscaping! And the grazing is definitely new. I also believe I noticed some herding-like behaviour with the fallow deer, but I haven't checked any othet species yet. If true, this is brilliant

That's the trick: after a long day of work (fortunately I enjoy my work) it's always a treat to play Planet Zoo

Oh, I enjoy mine, too! But I usually don't play during the week due to lack of time and other stuff to do (and because it tends to get late at night.. ). I prefer to play for a few hours on the weekend or like a whole sunday instead of "just" one hour or so in the evening. But DLC release time is different, especially because I won't be at home for two weeks around Christmas, so my time off is of no use for the game

 

[Firestar97]

And the grazing is definitely new

At least some Species already did it before. I think at least the Dall Sheep and I'm not completely sure but I think the Wildebeest too. They probably just increased how frequently it happens. Was a really rare Behavior before

 

[Aramar]

I finished all the research for the new animals (and the building theme too).

 

[jcp011c]

Jamestown Zoo's European section is in (though there will be things to beautiful and cover up in the meantime). Love all the animals, didn't really focus on building tonight because I wanted to get these animals in. That's now up to 39 habitat animals. Some of this is out of order, obviously. But here we go...



Although the badger was my favorite before getting the animals in, I absolutely love the Ibex. Their traversable nature is amazing. I don't even need those rock enrichments!

I've decided to name all my badgers after Harry Potter characters...

And put a restaurant in between the two first habitats. Obviously will put some architecture on it and the restrooms, but it's in place and working. I also put restaurants in four other places in the zoo, but it's all much the same, just spread out. I'll need to put architecture on those too though!

The lynx and the Fallow Deer came next, I'm not quite as taken with them as the first two, but they are still really nice animals.

And here we have an overshot of the European section (and a little extra), how it corresponds to Africa beside it, as well as the entire shot of the zoo as of year 67.

 

[Lelka]

Care to see the Fennec fox habitat I made? It's supposed to house around 5 fennecs.

 

[DarthQuell]

Ok, I have a dilemma: I don't know any generic, instrumental German music. Does anybody have any suggestions?

 

[Firestar97]

Ok, I have a dilemma: I don't know any generic, instrumental German music. Does anybody have any suggestions?

Believe me. You don't want generic German instrumental Music. It's horrible. At least what I thought about while reading this

 

[DarthQuell]

Believe me. You don't want generic German instrumental Music. It's horrible. At least what I thought about while reading this

Wow, coming fro somebody from Germany, is it that bad?
Then, ok, I'll just release my rockabilly (50s rock and roll) and my bossa nova playlists for y'all to use

 

[Firestar97]

Wow, coming fro somebody from Germany, is it that bad?
Then, ok, I'll just release my rockabilly (50s rock and roll) and my bossa nova playlists for y'all to use

Yes, it is bad. At least if nothing else than the Music Genres known as Schlager and Volksmusik counts as generic German instrumental Music

 

[Lea_G]

Believe me. You don't want generic German instrumental Music. It's horrible. At least what I thought about while reading this

I need to agree!

But personal taste aside, if you want to go for the real traditional and Oktoberfest-like vibe, it might be worth a try. And not instrumental, but a bit more pleasant for the ears, is Deutschrock, Neue deutsche Welle and stuff like that.

 

[DarthQuell]

I need to agree!

But personal taste aside, if you want to go for the real traditional and Oktoberfest-like vibe, it might be worth a try. And not instrumental, but a bit more pleasant for the ears, is Deutschrock, Neue deutsche Welle and stuff like that.

I'll see what I can find. I'm looking for instrumental so that it's the "same" no matter what language you play in, kinda like the in-game PZ playlists we get for each new pack.

I'll check it out, though

 

[Nioell]

I need to agree!

But personal taste aside, if you want to go for the real traditional and Oktoberfest-like vibe, it might be worth a try. And not instrumental, but a bit more pleasant for the ears, is Deutschrock, Neue deutsche Welle and stuff like that.

Me three! xD

I really don't like about 95% of German music it's that bad and yeah, I'm German, too, so I'm allowed to say that


Anyway, I actually finished my Dall Sheep habitat earlier and will post some pics later. Wanna get some of the surrounding areas done first though, that's why you gotta wait a little

Just wishing challenge mode was actually more of a challenge. Don't have anything but that one habitat and one spider exhibit in and it's already starting to turn into a sandbox finanical wise again and I even had most of it paused while building...stuff is just way to cheap when it comes to building o.o

 

[DarthQuell]

Me three! xD

I really don't like about 95% of German music it's that bad and yeah, I'm German, too, so I'm allowed to say that

Uh oh, 3 players from Germany dislike their own music?

Well, if it makes y'all feel better, i dislike all that the pop music of today. I can't stand it

 

[jcp011c]

There's always Falco!
NM, I thought he was German.

There's always Nena!

 

[Ounze]

Well, I had finished making the Western Lowland Gorilla, Himalayan Brown Bear, and European Badger exhibits. And remodeled a significant portion of my zoo with new themes after finishing the research, built the my first restaurant and reworked some of my work zones. All on my prime franchise zoo. The my elderly Aardvark dies and the screen goes white. Still have the UI, but the map, and my zoo is all-white and uninteractive. RIP save, and zoo. Time to start all over...
More bummed about losing the Gold animals that came as rewards with the anniversary event more than anything else, they were all in that zoo.

 

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

Uh oh, 3 players from Germany dislike their own music?

Well, if it makes y'all feel better, i dislike all that the pop music of today. I can't stand it

Look, german music gets better with the amount of alcohol your drinking.
But sober most of it is unbearable.
If you want german musik pretty much everybody agrees on is good, take rock and punk music.
The two culturally most successfull and actually liked bands are "Die Ärtzte" and "Die Toten Hosen" and their songs "Schrei nach Liebe" and "An Tagen wie diesen" are ingrained into every germans brain.
If you want a mix of rock and the calmer instrumental music, bands like "Bap" or "Brings" will propaply be to your liking. Dont worry if they dont sound like germans, you have the right bands, thats just cologne.

 

[DarthQuell]

Look, german music gets better with the amount of alcohol your drinking.
But sober most of it is unbearable.
If you want german musik pretty much everybody agrees on is good, take rock and punk music.
The two culturally most successfull and actually liked bands are "Die Ärtzte" and "Die Toten Hosen" and their songs "Schrei nach Liebe" and "An Tagen wie diesen" are ingrained into every germans brain.
If you want a mix of rock and the calmer instrumental music, bands like "Bap" or "Brings" will propaply be to your liking. Dont worry if they dont sound like germans, you have the right bands, thats just cologne.

Well, I'll check it out. I don't drink alcohol at all, so that won't work...

Personally, I just listen to stuff from 1930s to the 80s, so I'm not too picky except for what is always playing on the radio. Blech...
Give me a good, jazzy Ain't Misbehavin' any day

Ooh, jukeboxes for PZ!!! Wouldn't that be something?