Hey all. It's been a while since I posted in this thread and the reason is that my game just continued to crash and crash... I think my laptop just couldn't take such a huge zoo with so many pieces.
So I started a new zoo. It is called: Nicobar Cat Island!
Goals for this zoo:
Overview. I'm doing pretty well financially! I started with cougars on the far right, and it was a very slow start with money. First thing I started researching was the Asian theme, and that's what I want to stick with for the entire zoo.
Next I added the lynx. Note that cougars and lynx are the cheapest cats in sandbox
I sank a LOT of money into the lynx habitat (50.000) which depleted my money at the time, but I'm really happy with it and the guests are too! To this day, the lynxes are still the guests' favorite habitat.
Ever since the lynxes arrived, money started rolling in.
Next I wanted to build a cheetah habitat, but turns out cheetahs are extremely expensive and cost lots of credits which I didn't have yet. So I went with a cheaper animal: snow leopards. I am building in a tropical zoo (for the first time ever!) so the snow leopards needed a chilled dome. I hate building buildings, so I kept it simple, but even in all its simplicity the guests love it and always comment on how the view is so great.
Meanwhile the breeding programs for cougars and lynxes was really paying off (especially lynxes are very prolific!) so I finally had the money and credits to look at some more expensive animals. While I wanted the cheetahs, the zoo layout right now would cause guest congestion and stressed out cheetahs, so I needed a big attention grabber elsewhere to keep a proper guest flow.
I went with Bengal tigers because they do great in the heat, and they are super confident. The tigers weren't in yet in the overview above. (far left)
Cougar valley. It has a bit lower elevation, rocks, and the habitat has a lot of depth, so the cougars can get away from the guests if they want to. I placed their toys and food near the guests, and that works pretty well, though the guests often complain that they can't see any cougar. Even though the cougars do not have climbing requirements, they climb a lot! Whenever I look at them I often find them on the roof of their wooden hut.
The lynx habitat has two sides, a stone bridge for easy keeper access, and a wooden climbing structure that crosses the glass tunnel. The glass tunnel also has wooden poles across the roof's edge, which the lynxes do use for walking, which looks awesome. The climbing posts are made of stone, so the lynxes only use the climbing structure in the exact way I prepared it. I wanted to prevent climbing glitches and weirdness and it workedThe lynxes only have 3 access points to the climbing structure, and on top of the climbing structure is a toy to provide climbing incentive.
By the way, the best part about the glass pieces I used for creating the tunnel: guests can watch the lynxes, but the lynxes don't get stressed even though they're shy! It's probably a bug, but I hope it stays that way. I was prepared to build additional walls to give the lynxes hiding places, but they don't seem to need it. Meanwhile, the guests absolutely love being 'inside' the lynx habitat.
Inside the glass tunnel. Guests are watching a sleeping lynx. You can see a wooden pole on top of the class roof's edge.
Snow leopard dome, simple but effective. The guests love it, and the leopards do too. They can hide behind the rocks, and do so frequently, but the guests always think that the view is great, so good
Tiger habitat, nice and lush and it includes an ostentatious palace because I had money to spare. The moment the tigers entered the enclosure, they were instant 5 star animals. Guests love them. On the forefront you can see an empty path which connects to the cheeta habitat. This will be an indoor cave where people can see the resting cheetahs behind one-way glass.
Other side view. I love the vegetation
The leftover area in between the cheetahs and the river will hopefully be for a small cat in the future. Sand cat? Ocelot?
Anyway, that's it for now.
So I started a new zoo. It is called: Nicobar Cat Island!
Goals for this zoo:
- It will have all the cats in the game, and feature cats only.
- Keep one offspring per generation to continue breeding, release all siblings to the wild.
- Keep the zoo profitable.
- I play in sandbox, but that's only so I can turn pickpocketing and protesters off. All other settings are the same as in Challenge mode.
- Reach a 5 star reputation.
- Keep track of my cat breeding lines on a memorial wall in the zoo.
Overview. I'm doing pretty well financially! I started with cougars on the far right, and it was a very slow start with money. First thing I started researching was the Asian theme, and that's what I want to stick with for the entire zoo.
Next I added the lynx. Note that cougars and lynx are the cheapest cats in sandbox
I sank a LOT of money into the lynx habitat (50.000) which depleted my money at the time, but I'm really happy with it and the guests are too! To this day, the lynxes are still the guests' favorite habitat. Ever since the lynxes arrived, money started rolling in.
Next I wanted to build a cheetah habitat, but turns out cheetahs are extremely expensive and cost lots of credits which I didn't have yet. So I went with a cheaper animal: snow leopards. I am building in a tropical zoo (for the first time ever!) so the snow leopards needed a chilled dome. I hate building buildings, so I kept it simple, but even in all its simplicity the guests love it and always comment on how the view is so great.
Meanwhile the breeding programs for cougars and lynxes was really paying off (especially lynxes are very prolific!) so I finally had the money and credits to look at some more expensive animals. While I wanted the cheetahs, the zoo layout right now would cause guest congestion and stressed out cheetahs, so I needed a big attention grabber elsewhere to keep a proper guest flow.
I went with Bengal tigers because they do great in the heat, and they are super confident. The tigers weren't in yet in the overview above. (far left)
Cougar valley. It has a bit lower elevation, rocks, and the habitat has a lot of depth, so the cougars can get away from the guests if they want to. I placed their toys and food near the guests, and that works pretty well, though the guests often complain that they can't see any cougar. Even though the cougars do not have climbing requirements, they climb a lot! Whenever I look at them I often find them on the roof of their wooden hut.
The lynx habitat has two sides, a stone bridge for easy keeper access, and a wooden climbing structure that crosses the glass tunnel. The glass tunnel also has wooden poles across the roof's edge, which the lynxes do use for walking, which looks awesome. The climbing posts are made of stone, so the lynxes only use the climbing structure in the exact way I prepared it. I wanted to prevent climbing glitches and weirdness and it worked
The lynxes only have 3 access points to the climbing structure, and on top of the climbing structure is a toy to provide climbing incentive.By the way, the best part about the glass pieces I used for creating the tunnel: guests can watch the lynxes, but the lynxes don't get stressed even though they're shy! It's probably a bug, but I hope it stays that way. I was prepared to build additional walls to give the lynxes hiding places, but they don't seem to need it. Meanwhile, the guests absolutely love being 'inside' the lynx habitat.
Inside the glass tunnel. Guests are watching a sleeping lynx. You can see a wooden pole on top of the class roof's edge.
Snow leopard dome, simple but effective. The guests love it, and the leopards do too. They can hide behind the rocks, and do so frequently, but the guests always think that the view is great, so good
Tiger habitat, nice and lush and it includes an ostentatious palace because I had money to spare. The moment the tigers entered the enclosure, they were instant 5 star animals. Guests love them. On the forefront you can see an empty path which connects to the cheeta habitat. This will be an indoor cave where people can see the resting cheetahs behind one-way glass.
Other side view. I love the vegetation
The leftover area in between the cheetahs and the river will hopefully be for a small cat in the future. Sand cat? Ocelot?
Anyway, that's it for now.
