Same here, mostly doing random builds at the moment which I end up deleting. There are so many building pieces I’m always discovering things but ultimately the frustrations with biome textures and maps stop me making progress on a full zoo.
What did you do in Planet Zoo today?
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I have finally admitted that I really suck at building enclosures - going to have to spend a lot of time watching the yootoob. 
Not today but over the last days:
So, obviously I currently can't have a heart project, and as I said, want to concentrate on building single habitats to improve my building skills. Nevertheless, I don't want to go those to waste and blueprinting can sometimes be a hazzle. So I planned to do two seperate zoo files (Mega Zoo A and B) and use barriers here to divide the zoo into sections.
Zoo A will have a Safari area with african elements, a desert area with deserts of the world, a little run down road style, another section will be very oalace like and last but not least there will be a dschungle world with temples and ruins and such. Mega Zoo B will include an old run down zoo element, a garden area with japanese style, a rocky mountains area with a north america theme, and a coastal area. With defining sections I will build whatever habitat I am currently in the mood for wherever, decorate around it and IF I stick to it, I can make a full ohn zoo out of it. Seperation is to just not kill my PC with too many animals.
Zoo A will have a Safari area with african elements, a desert area with deserts of the world, a little run down road style, another section will be very oalace like and last but not least there will be a dschungle world with temples and ruins and such. Mega Zoo B will include an old run down zoo element, a garden area with japanese style, a rocky mountains area with a north america theme, and a coastal area. With defining sections I will build whatever habitat I am currently in the mood for wherever, decorate around it and IF I stick to it, I can make a full ohn zoo out of it. Seperation is to just not kill my PC with too many animals.
Work in progress!
Not today, but the most part of yesterday.
Not gonna lie, I miss having a "real zoo" with plans and background history and such. At the same time I feel this single habitats are the way to go for me at the moment, until my real heart project finds me.
Not today, but the most part of yesterday.
Not gonna lie, I miss having a "real zoo" with plans and background history and such. At the same time I feel this single habitats are the way to go for me at the moment, until my real heart project finds me.
Looks great! May i suggest something?Work in progress!
Not today, but the most part of yesterday.
Not gonna lie, I miss having a "real zoo" with plans and background history and such. At the same time I feel this single habitats are the way to go for me at the moment, until my real heart project finds me.
Just do a relaxed small zoo. Im sure you will love it. No big themed areas, just mildly themed habitats and flex your building skills
Thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried that... uhm... three times. Doesn't work for me. I have to have a vision for my zoos, like I had for Unity back in the day, and I feel much more drawn to high theming.
Currently there is just too much going on in my head, I'm "verkopft" like you would say in gernan. I'm sure once I manage to let go and find my centre again, an idea will come.
I don't usually make big buildings and I wanted to try it, so I started a tropical hall. However, this is not for me. It's been very difficult and I've noticed that my laptop was having issues with performance. I scrapped many of my ideas and ended up doing something basic.This has not been fun.
Lobby:
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Well, it looks awesome!
Well howwwwww-deeeeeeeee....
Been a bit busy these past months, but today I wanted to share that, due to boredom, I typed in my username (DarthQuell) into the YouTube search bar when I noticed the PlanElt zoo stream #10 popped up. And I was all "Huh? Whah? Que? What sort of madness is this?"
So, I watched it, when @Eltanin Casciani said: "...the fire salamander tree by DarthQuell..."
And me all:
Been a bit busy these past months, but today I wanted to share that, due to boredom, I typed in my username (DarthQuell) into the YouTube search bar when I noticed the PlanElt zoo stream #10 popped up. And I was all "Huh? Whah? Que? What sort of madness is this?"
So, I watched it, when @Eltanin Casciani said: "...the fire salamander tree by DarthQuell..."
And me all:
Absolutely love your rockwork, Fini!
When I play PZ, as much as I enjoy the in-game music, sometimes I prefer something else. Here is a remix I made in BandLab of one of my favorite rockabilly songs: "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee
Source: https://youtu.be/5sm29RSGX94
(I'm planning on eventually singing it, but then if I do that, I'll make tons of enemies
)
Official version for those curious:
Source: https://youtu.be/BGLR25EJtfE
Imagine if we get a rockabilly/1950s theme in PZ. Dang, imagine how the PZ theme would sound like!!!
(I'm planning on eventually singing it
, but then if I do that, I'll make tons of enemies)Official version for those curious:
Imagine if we get a rockabilly/1950s theme in PZ. Dang, imagine how the PZ theme would sound like!!!
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It was a chaos and did a little bit of everything at the same time. Basically:
1 Paths
2 Building walls with pieces
3 Barriers in habitats
4 Roof
5 Plants, rocks, enrichment items in habitats
6 Decortations on the inside of the building
Edit: that process for each part of the building, so I did the tapir paths, walls, barrier, roof, habitat. Then moved to the next animal...
Trying my hand at exterior backstage areas - buildings for polar bears
