Be sure to add some ducks from the workshop for decoration, yeah they don't move but they look great. Ah just saw the comment about not wanting them
oh well still looks nice without them
What did you do in Planet Zoo today?
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oh well still looks nice without them
Thanks, I have been using it a lot recently.
Y'all, I'd like some suggestions. I have no idea how to start Rancho La Golondrina (I had to shorten the name). In case you didn't see my earlier post, here's the link because it's 7:51 in the morning and I'm still waking up since 2 hours ago:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-planet-zoo-today.553635/post-10076595
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-planet-zoo-today.553635/post-10076617
Ok, anyways, I have no idea what to do. I already have my roster and each section written down, but I need inspiration to start it:
So, gimme ideas, y'all. Remember, this is supposed to be an ex-croc farm that was for tourists but secretly a croc smuggling center. The WZO bought it to save the animals. This is supposed to be a relatively small, low budget zoo, but with a lot of rescued animals and the like...
Also, outta curiosity, how can I type I'm letters with accents? I have no idea how
:https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-planet-zoo-today.553635/post-10076595
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-planet-zoo-today.553635/post-10076617
Ok, anyways, I have no idea what to do. I already have my roster and each section written down, but I need inspiration to start it:
- Entrada (entrance)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Red ruffed lemur
- Spectacled caiman
- Casa de Reptiles de las Mayas (Mayan Reptile House)
- Cuvier's dwarf caiman - because they live in pairs, I'm gonna have 1 enclosure for the public and 2 more for breeding purposes
- American bullfrog
- Red-eyed tree frog
- Axolotl
- Green iguana
- Boa constrictor
- Yellow anaconda
- Ríos de India (Rivers of India)
- Gharial - despite being able to live in larger groups, their conservation status makes me want to have 2 enclosures: 1 for the public and 1 for breeding
- Saltwater crocodile - I'm gonna have 3 separate enclosures, all for the public since they live in pairs
- Asian small-clawed otter
- El Pantano Norteamericano (The North American Swamp)
- American alligator
- Raccoon
- Cougar
So, gimme ideas, y'all. Remember, this is supposed to be an ex-croc farm that was for tourists but secretly a croc smuggling center. The WZO bought it to save the animals. This is supposed to be a relatively small, low budget zoo, but with a lot of rescued animals and the like...
Also, outta curiosity, how can I type I'm letters with accents? I have no idea how
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Just type y'all and howdy with the letters and add them everywhere, the real Texan experienceY'all, I'd like some suggestions. I have no idea how to start Rancho La Golondrina (I had to shorten the name). In case you didn't see my earlier post, here's the link because it's 7:51 in the morning and I'm still waking up since 2 hours ago
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-planet-zoo-today.553635/post-10076595
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-planet-zoo-today.553635/post-10076617
Ok, anyways, I have no idea what to do. I already have my roster and each section written down, but I need inspiration to start it:
- Entrada (entrance)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Red ruffed lemur
- Spectacled caiman
- Casa de Reptiles de las Mayas (Mayan Reptile House)
- Cuvier's dwarf caiman - because they live in pairs, I'm gonna have 1 enclosure for the public and 2 more for breeding purposes
- American bullfrog
- Red-eyed tree frog
- Axolotl
- Green iguana
- Boa constrictor
- Yellow anaconda
- Ríos de India (Rivers of India)
- Gharial - despite being able to live in larger groups, their conservation status makes me want to have 2 enclosures: 1 for the public and 1 for breeding
- Saltwater crocodile - I'm gonna have 3 separate enclosures, all for the public since they live in pairs
- Asian small-clawed otter
- El Pantano Norteamericano (The North American Swamp)
- American alligator
- Raccoon
- Cougar
So, gimme ideas, y'all. Remember, this is supposed to be an ex-croc farm that was for tourists but secretly a croc smuggling center. The WZO bought it to save the animals. This is supposed to be a relatively small, low budget zoo, but with a lot of rescued animals and the like...
Also, outta curiosity, how can I type I'm letters with accents? I have no idea how
For the zoo maybe old rusty corrugated metal buildings and Mayan architecture with overgrown plants with jungle like habitats spread around. Crocodile pools could be covered in the flipped upside down periwinkle leaves for overgrown duckweed. Maybe a hidden habitat building in a thick jungle for your whole smuggling origins
Boy howdy, you're right. And yes, we do say y'all and howdy in actual conversations, so it's not a myth or forced or anything like thatJust type y'all and howdy with the letters and add them everywhere, the real Texan experience
Ok, those are great ideas that I'd have never thought of. I should experiment more with plants
I know it would be way slower, but first I would build the croc farm as if still working (with lots of rusty metal, and concrete pools, like you've already been advised). After that, I would start the improvement works, as if the new management had just arrived. Instead of starting already with the refurbished zoo from scratch which would be less natural. Something like the Lost Aqualand series by youtuber Rudi, maybe you know what I'm talking about.
That sign couldn't be any cuter
Finishing a spa for Capy's.
I was supposed to do important things over the weekend, instead, I did this
Today I built the final part of Stringybark Zoo's native species area, a big walkthrough habitat containing a large mob of red-necked wallabies and emus. Although the emus are currently not considered a walkthrough animal in-game, this is a sandbox zoo with fleeing turned off so it'd work regardless (if this zoo had any guests, which it currently doesn't).
In a real life scenario guests would be able to access most of this habitat, not just the paths, but one corner has been marked as off-limits by a line of stumps to give the animals a chance to get away if they're feeling stressed. This is also where their largest shelter is located, a verandah attached to the reptile house.
In the centre of the walkthrough habitat is a simple koala enclosure. It's great how much their climbing has improved since I last built a habitat for them, I barely saw any on the ground!
With three sections now completed and a roster of 20 species (21 including the prepared devil habitat), I think this is actually the biggest zoo I've managed to build so far! It's nice to finally have a large zoo I've managed to stick with for long enough after countless times just playing Planet Entrance before quitting. Still have another 4 sections (2 big, 2 small) planned, with Little Europe likely to be what I'll work on next.
In a real life scenario guests would be able to access most of this habitat, not just the paths, but one corner has been marked as off-limits by a line of stumps to give the animals a chance to get away if they're feeling stressed. This is also where their largest shelter is located, a verandah attached to the reptile house.
In the centre of the walkthrough habitat is a simple koala enclosure. It's great how much their climbing has improved since I last built a habitat for them, I barely saw any on the ground!
With three sections now completed and a roster of 20 species (21 including the prepared devil habitat), I think this is actually the biggest zoo I've managed to build so far! It's nice to finally have a large zoo I've managed to stick with for long enough after countless times just playing Planet Entrance before quitting. Still have another 4 sections (2 big, 2 small) planned, with Little Europe likely to be what I'll work on next.
Today the inspiration brought me back to my emu habitat. Its nothing special, but it is quite nice if i may say so myself.
View from inside the outback outpost.
View from the otter bridge. Its really beautiful to see how this area is coming together. These 4 habitats for otters, racoons, ducks and now also the emus are propaply the highest quality stretch ive build so far in this game.
And lastly another view from my favorite spot from last time. Look how its even more beautiful now that the emus are decorated!
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View from inside the outback outpost.
View from the otter bridge. Its really beautiful to see how this area is coming together. These 4 habitats for otters, racoons, ducks and now also the emus are propaply the highest quality stretch ive build so far in this game.
And lastly another view from my favorite spot from last time. Look how its even more beautiful now that the emus are decorated!
Btw chudditch, your zoo is insane! Its beautiful how much love and care you put into each update! Its allways fun to see whats new and marvel at your building style, which feels like not to little but also not that much, just perfectly ballanced (as all things should be)Today I built the final part of Stringybark Zoo's native species area, a big walkthrough habitat containing a large mob of red-necked wallabies and emus. Although the emus are currently not considered a walkthrough animal in-game, this is a sandbox zoo with fleeing turned off so it'd work regardless (if this zoo had any guests, which it currently doesn't).
In a real life scenario guests would be able to access most of this habitat, not just the paths, but one corner has been marked as off-limits by a line of stumps to give the animals a chance to get away if they're feeling stressed. This is also where their largest shelter is located, a verandah attached to the reptile house.
In the centre of the walkthrough habitat is a simple koala enclosure. It's great how much their climbing has improved since I last built a habitat for them, I barely saw any on the ground!
With three sections now completed and a roster of 20 species (21 including the prepared devil habitat), I think this is actually the biggest zoo I've managed to build so far! It's nice to finally have a large zoo I've managed to stick with for long enough after countless times just playing Planet Entrance before quitting. Still have another 4 sections (2 big, 2 small) planned, with Little Europe likely to be what I'll work on next.
So many beautiful, realistic looking zoos from you guys/gals.
I'm still improving slowly! My African grassland franchise zoo has now been rebuilt after bulldozing it and I finally have all the animals in it! There are 15 species, including both black and blue wildebeest:
It still needs lots of work on it, finishing path edges, building over the remaining bare buildings etc. As I go along I will hopefully also get inspired to improve shelters and habitats. I am especially bad at making animal shelters.
I am really pleased that I have started to work a little with terrain now, making slopes and hills here and there instead of basically having the whole zoo on a flat. I would love to be able to add more nature in the habitats but, of course, being franchise it will go into the red if I add too much. But some of the habitats are not tooooo bad! Here is one of my latest and you will see what I mean about my shelters haha - always just basically a hut plonked somewhere in the habitat (and my barriers are not so hot either):
I need a LOT more patience.
I'm still improving slowly! My African grassland franchise zoo has now been rebuilt after bulldozing it and I finally have all the animals in it! There are 15 species, including both black and blue wildebeest:
It still needs lots of work on it, finishing path edges, building over the remaining bare buildings etc. As I go along I will hopefully also get inspired to improve shelters and habitats. I am especially bad at making animal shelters.
I am really pleased that I have started to work a little with terrain now, making slopes and hills here and there instead of basically having the whole zoo on a flat. I would love to be able to add more nature in the habitats but, of course, being franchise it will go into the red if I add too much. But some of the habitats are not tooooo bad! Here is one of my latest and you will see what I mean about my shelters haha - always just basically a hut plonked somewhere in the habitat (and my barriers are not so hot either):
I need a LOT more patience.
Thanks so much! That’s very high praise
Very high praise thats 100% deserved
Today i did some more work on my okapi and warthog/maybe future red riverhog if i dont get to attached to the warthogs enclosure and i must say for really not liking it in the beginning its shaping up really well!
First of an overview shot of the right side open for the visitors view, nothing fancy but thanks to the good old foreground, background, middle ground trick i got away with leaving about a third of the stretch just dirt while still looking quite good.
.Im sure if my creativity keeps flowing it will soon be finished to a point where ill throw in some pictures from the guest view.
On the left side you can see a little overhang, which would serve both as an open shelter and maybe feeding station, aswell as guiding us to their backdoor holding.
As okapis are quite shy animals, theyve got a nice backyard, that can be accessed both from the out and the inside (which would for sure be quite the smart trick while playing a franchise zoo) through the overhang, which has an open gate for the animals to move in and out of. This area would mostly be closed of if either an animal needs to be seperated or if either the okapi or the pigs need their space during pregnancy or after birth, with the low gate still giving the animals a chance to communicate if they so wish.
This area also solves another pet peave of mine, as it offers a gate where animals could be transfered in and out of the place. I also added one to the buffalo enclosure and will do so for others in the future aswell, with the only exception being my bison and gemsbock habitats, which bugg me to hell and back as i have no clue how the animals could be put in or out of the habitat, as theres only human sized doors and a small staff path leading there, the other sides being surrounded by rivers and high fences, but it is how it is, id be to much work to rebuild it now to fit that tiny peave.
They also got a fully functional inside, with two different boxes for the animals, being able to be seperated with one connecting to the main habitat and the other to backside.
And the best part about all of this is that unlike the buffallo backdoor holding, this one actually is visible for visitors even if only partly and from a far. Little glimpses into backstage like this also help to sell the feeling of a real zoo imo and reinforce my mantra of even if any visitor would never see it intentionally, just make everything pretty as their will be atleast one viewing spot where that work will make a difference without you knowing.
First of an overview shot of the right side open for the visitors view, nothing fancy but thanks to the good old foreground, background, middle ground trick i got away with leaving about a third of the stretch just dirt while still looking quite good.
.Im sure if my creativity keeps flowing it will soon be finished to a point where ill throw in some pictures from the guest view.
On the left side you can see a little overhang, which would serve both as an open shelter and maybe feeding station, aswell as guiding us to their backdoor holding.
As okapis are quite shy animals, theyve got a nice backyard, that can be accessed both from the out and the inside (which would for sure be quite the smart trick while playing a franchise zoo) through the overhang, which has an open gate for the animals to move in and out of. This area would mostly be closed of if either an animal needs to be seperated or if either the okapi or the pigs need their space during pregnancy or after birth, with the low gate still giving the animals a chance to communicate if they so wish.
This area also solves another pet peave of mine, as it offers a gate where animals could be transfered in and out of the place. I also added one to the buffalo enclosure and will do so for others in the future aswell, with the only exception being my bison and gemsbock habitats, which bugg me to hell and back as i have no clue how the animals could be put in or out of the habitat, as theres only human sized doors and a small staff path leading there, the other sides being surrounded by rivers and high fences, but it is how it is, id be to much work to rebuild it now to fit that tiny peave.
They also got a fully functional inside, with two different boxes for the animals, being able to be seperated with one connecting to the main habitat and the other to backside.
And the best part about all of this is that unlike the buffallo backdoor holding, this one actually is visible for visitors even if only partly and from a far. Little glimpses into backstage like this also help to sell the feeling of a real zoo imo and reinforce my mantra of even if any visitor would never see it intentionally, just make everything pretty as their will be atleast one viewing spot where that work will make a difference without you knowing.
Very nice, Konig. You have a knack for realistic builds.
Lately, I've had builder's block, so to speak. No incentive at all to play PZ. Been using my time playing Star Trek Online instead. (Of all the Star Trek themes, I believe the OG theme is my favorite of all of them. So much like a sitcom set in space)
Maybe this weekend I'll play a bit. Not sure. I'm also heavily interested in ZT2, so I may play that. Ugh, so many choices
Lately, I've had builder's block, so to speak. No incentive at all to play PZ. Been using my time playing Star Trek Online instead. (Of all the Star Trek themes, I believe the OG theme is my favorite of all of them. So much like a sitcom set in space)
Maybe this weekend I'll play a bit. Not sure. I'm also heavily interested in ZT2, so I may play that. Ugh, so many choices