On subject, I haven't played much lately. I've been going back and forth between home and out of town because I just lost my grandfather to brain cancer last Sunday; I just saw him the week before.
Maybe I will get the chance today, maybe not. Not sure yet
I'm so sorry, my condolences to you and your family!
With my knee fully repaired and halfway healed, I finally returned to my apartment yesterday evening and got to play the new pack
Unfortunately, I'm no longer on sick leave, so there won't be much playtime during the week.
I took a first glance at all the animals in sandbox and found them all amazing. Because I wanted to play instead of trying out the new height map thing, I decided to jump back into my Niceland City Zoo. I deleted my last file in which I had built a ridiculously large savannah habitat after the Africa Pack release and loaded a version which was still in Franchise mode instead. I then put the Fennec Foxes (how CUTE are they) together with the Meerkats and added a pair of Moose in the Reindeer habitat.
Then I remembered that in Zoo Tycoon 1, there was a Prairie Dog Café (
reference picture) and decided to do a recreation or rather, a hommage
Of course, nobody sits in the picknick area and the guests use it as a viewing spot (those new half-barrier-thingies don't seem to work at all), but I'm still very happy with the feeling around here.
On the backside of the café there is a small shelter area for the animals.
I really hope that my computer will allow me to keep this zoo for a while, but I can't allow many more guests due to performance problems. So I hope I'll be able to keep the finances stable for at least some more habitats, and maybe a makeover of some areas.