Why a day/night cycle would be cool.

[Dino droppings? Droppings?]

Ok so along with sandbox mode, the addition of a day/night cycle (on a sandbox or Nublar) is pretty much universally agreed upon; or at least the option for it.
I have also seen a few comments talking about implementing a feature where guests arent allowed to walk on certain paths and only staff can. The possibility of these two features caused a really cool little idea to pop into my head:

I was thinking that it might be cool to create a security area on the island encompassing the ACU and ranger station that is well isolated from the rest of the park. First of all I would lead a path to it and then put an electrified fence surrounding the two buildings and have one those automatic gates opening up on to the path so that the only way in or out is through the gate. That then got me thinking about how awesome would it be during night when you have to send rangers out to repair something and you drive this jeep out of this area bathed in light into the darkened jungle. You would be weaving in and out of light as you trace your way along a jungle path around the island. I had intended on creating a large access path for the jeep so that the rangers can drive around the park without interrupting the guests.

Hopefully (although not vital), guests go to sleep at night and staff leave the island so as you're driving around you're not seeing anyone and all you hear is just the sounds of the jungle and perhaps the call of some dinosaur far off in the distance. Suddenly an alert pops up saying that one of your carnivores has escaped. THIS is why it's important for the jeep and/or staff to be killable because in that exact moment your rangers are in danger and you feel a sense of excitement and terror as you drive through the dark and dense jungle knowinging full well that there is an animal out there that has the capacity to kill you.

Now that is the feeling I want from this game because to me that feeling IS Jurassic Park.

 

[Dino droppings? Droppings?]

Incidentally, I really would like a first-person camera mode for that exact reason. Imagine walking along a jungle path at night next to Tyrannosaur paddock.

 

[DrStephenMeyer]

I like your ideas and wish the map was bigger so we could play around with hardening security or just make a really big park! Its doing well with cities skyline and their dream of building massive real cities from real world maps! Perhaps if it can expand like this in the future or even leave out jurrassic park and have a park like Jurassic movies but with out all the limitation.

You could finally have the pleasure of getting lost in your park cause its huge and dense with plants! Or a building failure means you have to run your vehicle through the paddocks and might meet a large Trex charging at you at night! And you got to find a way out and safe your crew!

Also night time will only be good if the dinosaurs have good AI and they actually will stalk you at night! There is a night island so perhaps we can see what they do on this island!

 

[Dino droppings? Droppings?]

I like your ideas and wish the map was bigger so we could play around with hardening security or just make a really big park! Its doing well with cities skyline and their dream of building massive real cities from real world maps! Perhaps if it can expand like this in the future or even leave out jurrassic park and have a park like Jurassic movies but with out all the limitation.

You could finally have the pleasure of getting lost in your park cause its huge and dense with plants! Or a building failure means you have to run your vehicle through the paddocks and might meet a large Trex charging at you at night! And you got to find a way out and safe your crew!

Also night time will only be good if the dinosaurs have good AI and they actually will stalk you at night! There is a night island so perhaps we can see what they do on this island!

Yeah I can't wait to see what the night island is like! I just really hope we get a full day/night cycle eventually. It would add sooooo much more to the game.

The other thing we need with night is some really good lighting options. Theres just something about lights shining on plants at night that is so Jurassic Park.

 

[Winterwalker]

I'm sticking with Frontier's choice on the set lighting for the Muertes Islands - because I actually do think it's for the best on those islands. I do like the idea of a day/night cycle for Nublar or your own island though and sure wouldn't turn down the idea of a huge building area either.

If there's a performance problem, perhaps we could set a max visitor number level, like you can in Planet Coaster but I also really like the idea of setting up areas for centralised power stations (risky but there you go), two or more ranger stations together (where the army live!) or science building complexes, quite separate from areas where tourists are catered for.

 

[MarkyB83]

Got a feeling Sorna will be a biiiiiiiig map for us to build on, more likely Nublar will have the day/night cycle of any though.

 

[Dino droppings? Droppings?]

I'm sticking with Frontier's choice on the set lighting for the Muertes Islands - because I actually do think it's for the best on those islands. I do like the idea of a day/night cycle for Nublar or your own island though and sure wouldn't turn down the idea of a huge building area either.

If there's a performance problem, perhaps we could set a max visitor number level, like you can in Planet Coaster but I also really like the idea of setting up areas for centralised power stations (risky but there you go), two or more ranger stations together (where the army live!) or science building complexes, quite separate from areas where tourists are catered for.

Don't misunderstand me! I'm absolutely fine with the Muertes Islands being set time of day if we get Nublar or a sandbox island with a day/night cycle. I don't want to intrude on Frontiers artistic choices but I guess that's the main reson why so many people want a sandbox island so they can have what they want (which now saying it out loud sounds kind of selfish haha). At the end of the day, we all want to build our own JP and to do it our own way.

As you say, I would rather literally not have a single person on the island and it run smoothly then for there not be a day/night cycle etc. Also, extra customisation would increase the creativity with which we build the islands. I want them to feel as though they could actually exist and I want to build a realistic and functional wildlife park that also happens to contain dinosaurs.

 

[Dino droppings? Droppings?]

Got a feeling Sorna will be a biiiiiiiig map for us to build on, more likely Nublar will have the day/night cycle of any though.

I think you're right. I would LOVE Nublar to have a day/night cycle.

 

[Winterwalker]

I want them to feel as though they could actually exist and I want to build a realistic and functional wildlife park that also happens to contain dinosaurs.

Yup. Looking at the maps I think MarkyB83 might have a point, and Sorna could be pretty huge;
https://www.jurassicworldevolution.com/the-islands#the-islands

Remains to be seen of course but as we know from BestInSlot's playthrough you can go back to starter islands (and retrofit with new species once you've unlocked them in later islands) I've a feeling we're not going to be disappointed.

Day / night on one island would be awesome but I don't think it needs to be the biggest play area to make it fun .. just put all your scariest dinosaurs in there? I don't think herbivores would be all that interesting in the dark and who knows, once you've played the one island at night .. it might be too terrifying to ever go back!?

 

[Dino droppings? Droppings?]

Yup. Looking at the maps I think MarkyB83 might have a point, and Sorna could be pretty huge;
https://www.jurassicworldevolution.com/the-islands#the-islands

Remains to be seen of course but as we know from BestInSlot's playthrough you can go back to starter islands (and retrofit with new species once you've unlocked them in later islands) I've a feeling we're not going to be disappointed.

Day / night on one island would be awesome but I don't think it needs to be the biggest play area to make it fun .. just put all your scariest dinosaurs in there? I don't think herbivores would be all that interesting in the dark and who knows, once you've played the one island at night .. it might be too terrifying to ever go back!?

I agree. Honestly the size of the map is of least importance to me if I am free to do whatever I want. A day/night cycle will just make it a better Jurassic Park experience and I guess that is literally the point of a JP game.

Another thought, how awesome would it be driving throught the Jurassic Park gates with the torches flickering at night with rain falling.

I want this game now! haha

 

[Winterwalker]

I want this game now! haha

I know right. I just got my copy in this morning [yesnod] ... call it "coupon" (pay) day!

The night time scenario is really interesting to me and the idea of raptors seeing it as their chance, even better. Will some of the dinos sleep and other species actually be nocturnal. I think you can probably bet - in the cretaceous - some of them would have been.

 

[Sir.Tj]

Hi,

Could you continue here please?

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/419323-No-day-and-night-cycles-Whaaaaat

Thanks