Hayo Zookeepers!

Make sure to fill up your gas tanks and get those snacks ready, because we're going on a road trip! We'll be travelling from the tall forests of the American west coast, all the way to the swamps of Florida and beyond in our next Planet Zoo Pack!



Introducing, the Planet Zoo: North America Animal Pack, available to download and buy alongside free Update 1.7 on 4 October, 2021!

Which animals will we meet on our journey? Let's find out! In this Animal Pack you'll meet 7 mesmerising habitat animals: the industrious American Beaver, the towering and majestic Moose, the sleek and smart California Sea Lion, the shy and solitary Cougar, the enormous American Alligator, the highly-sociable Black-tailed Prairie Dog and the elusive yet adorable Arctic Fox. Joining them is a personal favourite as our exhibit animal: the American Bullfrog! One of the largest frogs in North America, they are known for their bright green skin.



With so many new animals to look after and care for, you'll need some enrichment items to go with them! These include the Pronghorn Piñata, Skittle Feeder, Melon Feeder, Underwater Feeder, and the Beaver Pool which will help your industrious friends show off their skills to amaze and impress your guests.

We'll also be bringing you a new timed scenario with this Pack, set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Put your skills to the test and make this small zoo into a success story!

Planet Zoo: North America Animal Pack will be available for purchase for £7.99 ($9.99, 9.99€) on Steam from 4 October. Want to be one of the first to know as soon as the Pack releases? Then head over to Steam and wishlist now! Don't forget that you'll need to own Planet Zoo to be able to enjoy the Planet Zoo: North America Animal Pack.

Which animal are you most looking forward to? From now until launch we'll be heading on a road trip together to meet them all, so make sure you stay tuned to our social channels!

Hayo Zookeepers!

It's time for another insight into what you can expect to see coming up in Planet Zoo! We're happy to announce that free Update 1.7 will be available to get your paws on from 4 October!

Our team has been hard at work trying to bring you some of your most requested features, as well as a few surprises! The first of these we revealed last week, with the announcement of our upcoming Custom Heightmaps, but it's now time to reveal what else you can expect. Update 1.7 will bring you varied terrain options, deep swimming for cats, animal talk seating areas, path barriers, a scenery placement randomisation toggle, and some quality of life improvements to the Zoopedia!

For more information on all of this, read on below:

Mapping Tools
Custom Heightmaps are making their way to Planet Zoo! These will allow you to really get creative with your map terrain via uploading image files. For more in-depth information on how this will work, check out our forum post from last week!

But wait, that's not all! We also have new Terrain Type options coming to give you even more variation in pre-made maps.



When you go through your standard set-up for starting a new zoo, you will now have a new option: Terrain Type. From here, you'll be able to select "Flat", which is your standard map area that you know and love, or "Sculpted", a range of new options, with one new sculpted option per biome type. We won't spoil all of these so you can discover them yourselves, but one special one is the "Desert - Oceania" map, a flat desert with a mountain in the middle similar to Uluru!

You will now also be able to use Scenario Zoo maps in Sandbox Mode! There are 9 timed scenarios and 14 regular scenarios, which means 23 new terrain maps and 30+ new terrain variants! Though, please note that scenario maps are not available in Franchise Mode. Scenario Zoos in Sandbox Mode will also have the new "Terrain Only" button which removes everything except the terrain, another variation for you to start out with! This is perfect for people who want to jump into a Scenario Zoo terrain, but still have the freedom to create their own zoo from scratch.

Swimming Changes

Following the Bears from the 1.6 Update, some of our big cats will be getting their paws wet with Deep Swimming. The cats taking the plunge will be:

• Jaguar
• Bengal Tiger
• Siberian Tiger

This will include the male, female, and juvenile of each species. Be sure to start adjusting your habitats, as we bet they can't wait to make a splash the second the update drops!

To go alongside this, we're also implementing some tweaks to the swimming depth requirements for individual species. This should allow diving turns for deep swimming animals to remain smooth, while also preventing clipping! Minimum depth requirements range from 2-4m.

Animal Talk Seating Areas

Rally up your guests because it's time for a show! Animal Talks are going to be bigger and better than ever with the addition of new Seating Areas, increasing the capacity per Educator and helping you better control the flow of guests around these areas.

Pick one of our new talk-specific seating options and link an Animal Talk Point to it, and guests will now be able to sit and really give their full attention! But don't fret, you will still be able to use the Animal Talk Points as standing attractions as well. What animal will you pick as your first to have its very own seated education area?



Path Barriers

On top of the new Seating Areas to help you control your Zoos guest flow, we're also adding Path Barriers! These will render areas of path inaccessible to guests and staff alike, allowing you to direct the traffic in your zoo more accurately. For areas where you want guests to have the option to pass, but to be less likely to do so, we're also adding in Kerbs. These will discourage guests from crossing, but they will still use it if the area is otherwise too crowded or there is no other route.

Scenery Placement Randomisation

Ever been placing lots of the same scenery item, and had to manually adjust it each time to keep things looking natural? Well, no longer! We're introducing a new Randomisation Placement Toggle which, when turned on, will randomly change the rotation of the item you are using in between each placement. This will allow you to create an organic appearance much faster than before!
We know this will be a game-changer for foliage and rock-heavy builds. What are you most excited to use this on?

Zoopedia Changes

Finally, we're adding a few quality of life improvements to help with your Zoopedia usage:

• The Animal Management screen has a new Zoopedia link button, connected to the listed animals
• Animal Management and Animal Market buttons have been added to the Zoopedia, taking you to the filtered animals
• Habitat space requirements have now been added to the Zoopedia UI
• Biome filters have also been added to the Zoopedia filter options

And lastly, we've also added the option to quick trade from the Animal Management screen! This will work similar to Release to Wild, and means that Quick Trading is now available beyond the Trade Centre.

We hope you're looking forward to all of these new changes! The update will come with various other tweaks and bug fixes, so as always, we will have a full list of patch notes for you on launch.
There's more news from us still to come very soon, so be sure to keep an eye out on our social media, but for now we'll be hanging out on Twitch to chat about update 1.7 and spend some time with you all. See you there at 17:00 BST!

Hayo Zookeepers!

Thank you to everyone who has been playing the Africa Pack and 1.6 Update, we're getting some really impressive builds coming in with the new content and love to see it! We'd like to extend an extra-special thank you to everyone who has submitted reports & helped bring issues to our attention. Today, we have another update for you that should address the bulk of these (such as mesh now being properly see-through!). As always, please keep sharing your feedback, reports, creations, and more!

Alongside the other fixes, we also have resolved one particular UI bug that is included below, but felt it was worth sharing the issue tracker link for it too so you're all aware as this one was having a big impact on your zoos: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/40828


General Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Animals
  
  • Fixed a typo in the US-English Fun Fact #4 for the Arctic Wolf showing a wrong temperature value
•  Scenery 
  
  • Fixed a bug that required ownership of the Africa Pack in order to place the Western Chimpanzee Reward Statues
  • Updated mesh construction assets so they will now allow line of sight
• Game Modes
  • Sandbox
    • Sandbox Options
      
      • Fix an issue with "Increase Guest Stay" in Sandbox mode preventing donations
• UI
  
  • Fixed bug in the Animal Management UI that would cause the "Select All" toggle to select all animals in the zoo, even when the list is being filtered
• Audio
  • Fixed custom .flac audio files not looping
• Stability
  • Fixed a rare loading crash where the game saved an animal that thought a staff member that didn't exist was carrying it
  • Fixed a crash that could occur due to a name parsing issue on the world records screen in the zoopedia
  • Fixed a crash that could occur due to too many audio events near in animals in water
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when having or placing the frozen fruit enrichment
  • Fixed a crash when switching from one custom audio file to another
  • General Crash Fixes
• Performance
  
  • General performance tweaks and optimisations

Hayo Zookeepers!

It's been a pretty incredible few weeks, it's so great to see you all enjoying the Africa Pack as well as Update 1.6, not to mention seeing entries for the forum competition coming in!

We've been reading all your feedback and this update will address quite a few of the things you've brought up (shoutout to tag updates as well as some crash fixes!). As always, please keep sharing your feedback, creations, and generally carry on being amazing to chat with <3

Here are the patch notes for Update 1.6.2:

Planet Zoo - 1.6.2 Update Notes
General Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Animals
  
  • Fixed an issue where animals were drifting during lethal fights
  • Fixed an issue where the female Sun Bear would not use the water pool
  • Fixed an issue with the Formosan Black Bear and Grizzly Bear where they were unable to navigate the habitat while climbing
  • Fixed an issue with jump height calculations, resolving occurrences where animals could escape over barriers above their height requirement 
  • Fixed an issue where animals would get stuck in place after pouncing on some food enrichment
  • Fixed the tip of the African Penguin beak intersecting with the upper beak
  • Staff will hold onto boxed animals longer when transporting if the destination looks like it's failing, to try and regrab the destination
  • Meerkat holes are now interacted with correctly when the habitat they are located in is changed
  • Fixed stray geometry on the Southern White Rhino tail during defecation
  • Fixed food enrichment items recording the number of uses in the last 12 months
•  Scenery 
  
  • Fixed tags on several items and blueprints:
    • Removed the Africa Pack tag from all variants of the African Oil Palm, Fever Tree, Drinn Grass and Nitraria Retusa Bush
    • Removed the King Penguin tag from the Curio Ball enrichment
    • Removed misleading flexicolour tag from North African Fence panels
    • Removed Wood material tag from Animal Trade Centre
    • Added missing flexicolour tags to:
      
      • Exhibit
      • ATM Sign
      • East Asia Decorative Parasol Paravents
      • East Asia Decorative Parasol Fan
      • East Asia Bridge Stone Walkable
      • Classic Windows
      • Classic Metal Chain
      • Classic Door Tops
      • Classic Door 01
      • African Windows
      • African Disc Bunting Rope
      • Arctic Picnic Canopy
      • Arctic Picnic Bench
      • Carbon Fiber Panels 4m x 2m
      • Carbon Fibre Curved Roofs
      • Aquatic Sculpture Otter Concrete 01, 02, 03 & Mirrored
      • Aquatic Faux Rock Tree Trunk
      • Aquatic Faux Rock Tree Branches
      • North African Door
      • North African Door Handle
      • North African Decorative Plaster Arch
    • Streamlined tagging setup for all blueprints of the following categories:
      • Shop Shells
      • Staff Facilities
      • Exhibits
  • Fixed the East Asia Wall Light 02 Lantern asset so it will now turn automatically and can also be manually turned on or off, also added flexicolour  
  • Fixed the following light assets as being displayed as "Not Powered" on pre-made buildings in El Darar Bazaar timed scenario. This will also address the glowing windows from appearing as needing power/generators: 
    
    • African Window 04
    • Indian Wall Light Bracket
• Game Modes
  • Sandbox
    • Sandbox Options
      
      • Added an 'Enable staff fleeing' option to sandbox to prevent staff fleeing from dangerous escaped animals too 
      • When toggling off 'Enable animal escapes' players will no longer get a notification for escapes, and animals will not enter the escaped state. Instead they will be boxed if they are without a habitat; or moved back to the gate if they are free to wander too far
      • Disabled notification alerts for overcrowding and fighting when those are toggled off, also stop guests commenting on animal temperature if that is toggled off
      • Re-enabled breakdowns option as it was missing from the sandbox settings
    • Added tooltip for final preset "Individual Zoo Settings" in sandbox settings
• UI
  
  • Misc
    • Fixed an issue where in some cases clearing the species search would leave the species search box disabled 
    • Fixed an issue where large numbers of "Joined a pack" notifications appeared when loading into a zoo 
    • Fixed a typo in the US-English zoopedia description for the Sacred Scarab Beetles. Users of the imperial measurement system no longer need to be afraid of 80 foot long Scarab Beetles 
    • Fixed an issue where switching tabs with a species search bar filled in would give inconsistent results switching back to the same tab
• Stability
  • Fixed startup crash for extremely large well paved zoos 
  • Fixed crash caused by animals trying to drink from a lake which had just been deleted 
  • Fixed crash caused by an enrichment object spawner being deleted while it was in the process of resetting itself
  • Fixed crash caused by animals trying to start moving towards an animal talk simultaneously
  • Fixed crash caused by rapidly placing and deleting enrichment objects
  • Fixed crash caused by keepers trying to clean up a Meerkat hole which had just despawned
  • Fixed an infrequent audio crash in the billboards
  • Fixed a load crash for Vista Points that were assigned to habitats that were deleted
  • General Crash Fixes
• Performance
  
  • General performance tweaks and optimisations

Hayo Zookeepers!

It's been incredible seeing you all get to know our latest arrivals, and especially seeing you all explore the new scenery too! Thank you as always for all your feedback and raising any issues you've found, this update will help alleviate some of those and we are working on others at the moment (like some of the tags on a certain few trees!). Please keep sharing your feedback, but also what you're creating!

For this update, read on below to see the patch notes:

Planet Zoo - 1.6.1 Update Notes
General Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Animals
  
  • Fixed an issue with the tennis ball enrichment item falling through terrain when travelling at high speeds
  • Fixed an issue with the bamboo feeder trapping animals and appearing to hover in the air when interacted with
  • Fixed an issue where the slow feeder showed up in the Meerkat's toy research list in the zoopedia, despite the Meerkat not using it
  • Fixed an issue where animals would not pounce on enrichment items at the edge of their habitat
  • Fixed an issue where the female King Penguin's head twisted whilst deep swimming
  • Fixed the Juvenile Meerkat not playing animations when interacting with termite mound
  • Fixed consistency issues with animal rotation during pouncing
•  Scenery 
  
  • Added missing flexicolour tags to heater and cooler habitat assets
  • Added missing Africa Pack animal tags to the shelter blueprints
  • Fixed an issue where Aquatic Pack shelters were missing from the shelters building category
  • Fixed an issue where advanced duplicating a selection in scenery group edit mode would add together its translation or rotation, causing bad scenery placement
  • Fixed a usability issue when deleting the habitat target of a webcam
  • NOTE: We are aware of the foliage/tree tags from update 1.6 being tagged for the Africa Pack and will be addressing this soon! 
• Game Modes
  • Sandbox
    • Fixed the infinite guest cash toggle option in sandbox settings not working
• UI
  
  • Misc
    • Fixed issue where the value showing the capacity of the trade centre would get cut off in the Trade centre UI
    • Fixed a small number of UI issues and a crash occurring when a vista point's target or the vista point itself is deleted through undo
    • Fixed the guest info panel saying their target is "Removed Destination" when the guest is navigating to a Vista Point
    • Fixed the Facility UI so it will now display the correct training level of staff members inside them
• Stability
  • General Crash Fixes
• Performance
  
  • General performance tweaks and optimisations

Hayo Zookeepers!

Ready for your next adventure? We're so excited to announce that the Africa Pack and free Update 1.6 have just arrived for Planet Zoo! Update your game now to start playing with this exciting new content!



Update 1.6 is free for everyone, and comes with amazing new features that will really enhance your gameplay experience. In this update, you can expect Bear Updates - including an exciting update to make Polar Bears easier to include in your Zoos (you can read more about that here) - as well as Deep Swimming for multiple bears, so you can create even better habitats for these incredible creatures.
We've also included the exciting addition of Custom Audio Speakers, allowing you to adjust what multiple speakers within your Zoo play, and create the perfect audio-scape for your Guests! We've provided some Frontier tracks to get you started, but you'll also be able to add custom tracks to really up the ambience in your Zoo.

If you're a Planet Coaster fan, you might recognise this one: we're bringing Vista Points to Planet Zoo! Vista Points allow you to guide your Guests to suggested viewing locations in your Zoo, and you can read more about how they can be used here.

You'll also get your hands on a challenging new Timed Scenario set in Central America! In this scenario you'll be taking charge of an animal sanctuary, and will receive new animals in need of your care on a regular basis! This scenario really focuses on the animals you'll be saving and their welfare, and you'll notice this is reflected in the requirements you'll need to complete it. Once you do, though, you'll be able to claim a Chimpanzee statue as your prize!
We'll also be adding a few new building pieces in the free update, including something we think you might have been asking for...we're not mesh-ing around!

As well as the above, you're also getting expanded storage, expanded sandbox settings, and lots more in Update 1.6 - check it all out here, and in the patch notes below! 



The Planet Zoo: Africa Pack is adding 5 new creatures, including four habitat animals and one exciting exhibit insect to the Planet Zoo line-up! Get ready to meet the sociable Meerkat, endearing Fennec Fox, amazing African Penguin, striking Southern White Rhinoceros, and the Sacred Scarab Beetle! These new animals will all have their own unique requirements, so you'll need to visit the Zoopedia to find out how best to care for them and keep them happy, and the Meerkat brings with it an entirely new behaviour - digging!

There are also 180+ new African themed scenery pieces to get stuck into for all you builders! These include whole buildings made in the iconic African 'Moorish' architectural style, paths, and decorative items, all of which are designed to help you create stunning new Habitats for your creatures as well as a fully immersive atmosphere for your guests - plus, keep them shaded with new types of foliage, including majestic doum palms, Dragon Blood, and Quiver trees!
We've also included a brand new Timed Scenario, set in a stunning Oasis, where you'll be asked to create a paradise for Guests and Animals from limited resources and power - it'll be tough, but we know you're up to the challenge!

The Planet Zoo: Africa Pack is available for £7.99 ($9.99, 9.99€) on Steam right now.

You must have the Planet Zoo base game to download and play this new content. Update 1.6 is free, and is available for all players now.

We'd like to give a big thank you to our amazing PlanZo Fam for all of the support and feedback you've provided us! We hope you enjoy Update 1.6 and the Planet Zoo: Africa Pack! As always, keep an eye on our forums and social media for all news and announcements, and make sure to tune in to our Planet Zoo: Africa Pack showcase stream at time goes here today!

Now go play and enjoy!



Planet Zoo - 1.6.0 Update Notes
This update contains many more bug fixes, updates and some new content.
New Content - Planet Zoo: Africa Pack 

• NEW - Animals  
  • New animals in the Planet Zoo: Africa Pack 
    • Meerkat
    • Fennec Fox
    • African Penguin
    • Southern White Rhinoceros
    • Sacred Scarab Beetle
  • The following new toy enrichment items are included with the Planet Zoo: Africa Pack:
    • Curio Ball, available for:
      • African Penguin
      • Fennec Fox
      • Western Chimpanzee
    • Tunnel, available for:
      • Fennec Fox
      • Meerkat
      • NOTE: The Tunnel is designed as a classic enrichment item, therefore animals cannot use it to traverse the habitat to reach a certain target point that the animal cannot access by its available modes of locomotion. If animals leave the tunnel in a normally non-traversable area, they could either become stuck and generate welfare issues or escape and be boxed up and returned to their habitat by a zookeeper. Please use the traversable heatmap to check your animals can properly enjoy the tunnel enrichment item!
    • Tennis Ball, available for:
      • Fennec Fox
      • Meerkat
    • A small variation of the Bubble Machine, available for:
      • Fennec Fox
  • New digging behaviour added to the Meerkat
    • Digging will occur on any terrain except rock
    • Meerkats will only dig to places in their habitat that they can reach using standard navigation. 
      • Note: Meerkats will not be able to escape their habitat using this behaviour!
• NEW - Timed Scenario
  
  • A fresh challenge for you to master: the new timed scenario taking place in an idyllic oasis bazaar. Well, ‘idyllic’ if you’re not counting the failing zoo you’ve just been put in charge of! Your aim is to reboot the power, add sustainable energy options such as solar and wind, and transform the place from a hidden desert gem to a must-see tourist attraction. Are you up to the task?
• NEW - Foliage
  
  • Doum Palm (3x variants)
  • Quiver Tree (3x variants)
  • Sausage Tree (3x variants)
  • Dragon's Blood Tree (3x variants)
• NEW - Scenery Pieces 
  • Reward statues for the timed scenario:
    
    • Fennec Fox (4x variants: gold, silver, bronze and stone)
  • North African Plaster Block Square 1m
  • North African Plaster Block Square 2m
  • North African Plaster Block Square 4m
  • North African Plaster Block Rectangle 2m x 1m
  • North African Plaster Block Rectangle 4m x 2m
  • North African Plaster Tower Round 01
  • North African Plaster Tower Round 02
  • North African Plaster Tower Round 03
  • North African Plaster Tower Dome
  • North African Plaster Tower Thin Round 01
  • North African Plaster Tower Thin Round 02
  • North African Plaster Tower Thin Round 03
  • North African Plaster Tower Thick Round 01
  • North African Plaster Tower Thick Round 02
  • North African Plaster Tower Thick Round 03
  • North African Plaster Segment 2m
  • North African Plaster Segment 4m
  • North African Plaster Brick 01
  • North African Plaster Brick 02
  • North African Plaster Brick 03
  • North African Plaster Brick 04
  • North African Plaster Trim
  • North African Plaster Wall Trim Small
  • North African Plaster Wall Trim Large
  • North African Plaster Wall Arch
  • North African Plaster Wall Arch Ornamented
  • North African Plaster Column Top
  • North African Plaster Column Midpiece
  • North African Plaster Column Plain
  • North African Plaster Column Pattern
  • North African Plaster Column Pattern Tapered
  • North African Plaster Column Topper Plain
  • North African Plaster Column Topper Pattern
  • North African Plaster Column Topper Flare
  • North African Plaster Column Top Large
  • North African Plaster Column Midpiece Large
  • North African Plaster Column Plain Large
  • North African Plaster Column Pattern Large
  • North African Plaster Column Pattern Tapered Large
  • North African Plaster Column Topper Plain Large
  • North African Plaster Column Topper Pattern Large
  • North African Plaster Column Topper Flare Large
  • North African Plaster Sculpture Leaves
  • North African Plaster Cone Large
  • North African Plaster Cone Medium
  • North African Plaster Cone Small
  • North African Painted Wood Beam 1m Thick
  • North African Painted Wood Beam 1m Thin
  • North African Painted Wood Beam 2m Thick
  • North African Painted Wood Beam 2m Thin
  • North African Painted Wood Beam 4m Thick
  • North African Painted Wood Beam 4m Thin
  • Wooden Arbor Crossbar Large
  • Wooden Arbor Crossbar Small
  • Wooden Arbor Crossed 1m x 1m
  • Wooden Arbor Crossed 1m x 3m
  • Wooden Arbor Crossed 2m x 2m
  • Wooden Arbor Crossed 2m x 4m
  • Wooden Arbor Crossed 4m x 4m
  • Wooden Arbor Crossed Arch
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 1m x 1m
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 2m x 0.5m
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 2m x 1m
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 2m x 2m
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 4m x 0.5m
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 4m x 1m
  • Wooden Arbor Panel 4m x 2m
  • Wooden Arbor Beam Decorated 1m
  • Wooden Arbor Beam 1m
  • Wooden Arbor Beam 2m
  • Wooden Arbor Beam 4m
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 0.5m x 0.5m 01
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 0.5m x 0.5m 02
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 0.5m x 0.5m 03
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 1m x 1m 01
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 1m x 1m 02
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 2m x 1m 02
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 2m x 1m 01
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 2m x 2m 01
  • North African Ceramic Tiles 2m x 2m 02
  • North African Ceramic Tile Strip 0.5m
  • North African Ceramic Tile Strip 1m
  • North African Ceramic Tile Strip 2m
  • North African Ceramic Tile Strip Square
  • North African Plaster Wall Window 01
  • North African Plaster Wall Window 02
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent 01
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent 02
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent 03
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent 04
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent 05
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent 06
  • North African Plaster Wall Vent Top
  • North African Fountain Basin Wall
  • North African Fountain Basin
  • North African Plaster Decal Arrow
  • North African Plaster Decal Triangle 01
  • North African Plaster Decal Square
  • North African Plaster Decal Triangle 02
  • North African Plaster Decal Circle
  • North African Plaster Decal Flower
  • North African Plaster Decal Strip
  • North African Plaster Decal Semicircle 01
  • North African Plaster Decal Semicircle 02
  • North African Plaster Decal Drop
  • North African Plaster Decal Swirl
  • North African Wall Top 0.5m
  • North African Wall Top 0.5m Mirrored
  • North African Wall Top 1m
  • North African Wall Top 1m Mirrored
  • North African Wall Top Corner 1m
  • North African Wall Top Corner 0.5m
  • North African Decorative Plate 01
  • North African Decorative Plate 02
  • North African Decorative Plate 03
  • North African Decorative Plate 04
  • North African Stained Glass Panel Curved
  • North African Stained Glass Panel Flat
  • North African Rope Knot
  • North African Rope Tassel
  • North African Rope 1m
  • North African Rope 2m
  • North African Rope 4m
  • North African Decorative Brass Dromedary 01
  • North African Decorative Brass Dromedary 02
  • North African Decorative Plaster Dromedary 01
  • North African Decorative Plaster Dromedary 02
  • North African Window Frame 01
  • North African Window Frame 02
  • Emissive Window Panel 1m x 1m
  • Emissive Window Panel 2m x 1m
  • North African Lattice Panel 2m x 1m
  • North African Animal Sign Scarab
  • North African Animal Sign Fennec
  • North African Animal Sign Meerkat
  • North African Animal Sign Meerkat Brass
  • North African Animal Sign Meerkat Plaster
  • North African Animal Sign Rhino
  • North African Animal Sign African Penguin
  • North African Sculpture Rhino
  • North African Sculpture Rhino Mirrored
  • North African Sculpture Meerkat
  • North African Sculpture Fennec
  • North African Sculpture African Penguin Bronze
  • North African Sculpture African Penguin Clay
  • North African Door
  • North African Decorative Plaster Arch
  • North African Decorative Archway 01
  • North African Decorative Archway 02
  • North African Door Handle
  • North African Metal Bracket
  • North African Mosaic Planter
  • North African Shop Fascia
  • North African Educational Zoopedia Frame 01
  • North African Bench
  • North African Picnic Bench
  • North African Picnic Canopy
  • North African Bin
  • North African Wall Light
  • North African Shop Canopy
  • North African Lamp Post
  • North African Fence 01 Post
  • North African Fence 01
  • North African Fence 01 Curved
  • North African Fence 01 Curved Short

New Content - Free Update 1.6

• NEW - Bear Deep Swimming Behaviours
  • Deep Swimming behaviours have been added to the following Bears. All of the Bears are also able to use the Underwater Box Feeder. This change is available for all users who own the animal's respective game content:
  • As idle behaviour:
    
    • Grizzly bear (Base Game - free for everyone)
    • Polar Bear (Requires Arctic Pack)
    • Sun bear (Requires Southeast Asia Animal Pack)
  • As navigational behaviour only:
    • Formosan black bear (Base Game - free for everyone)
• NEW - Custom audio added to speakers
  • It is now possible to add your own custom sounds and music to all in game speakers
    
    • File formats supported are .ogg, .oga, .flac
    • Additionally if Media Foundation is available, .mp3, .wav, .aac, and .m4a are also supported
    • Education speakers must be set to a species before custom music or sounds can be applied
    • Files should be added to Documents\Frontier Developments\Planet Zoo\UserMusic
• NEW - Camera Effects
  
  • We have added the ability to enable camera overlays such as filters, vignettes and Night Vision for all camera modes
    • Camera effects work for Guest Cams, Security Cams, and the new Habitat Web Cams
    • These effects are maintained when entering Nvidia Ansel
    • We have also added a torch toggle in the Camera Effects Panel
• NEW - Habitat Web Cameras
  • We have added a new asset for your zoos: Habitat Web Cameras. These can be found in Facilities>Media Devices and Education>Visual Media
    • Habitat Webcams allow you to set up view-able cameras in and around your habitats, offering you a great view of your animals
    • All camera effects can be accessed from within the habitat webcam view
    • Habitat Webcams also offer you a small boost to your zoos marketing, encouraging more guests to visit
    • Marketing is capped at 1.5 stars and is only counted once per habitat
• NEW - Vista Points
  • Vista Points were a much requested feature from Planet Coaster that we have now brought over to Planet Zoo with new expanded features!
    
    • Vista Points will act as a way of directing guests to your creations, be it scenery, habitats or terrain sculptures 
    • They have three modes of operation depending on what you select as its Focus
      • Facing Direction: Place the Vista Point without setting a Focus and guests will stand and look in the direction the Vista Point is facing
      • Scenery Mode: Setting the focus to a scenery object will see guests moving to get the best view of the selected item
      • Habitat Mode: Setting the focus to a habitat will offer a viewing boost to any of the habitats view points in range
        • This will encourage guests to view the habitat from this location
        • A warning will be present if no view points are being improved
        • Guests will still use other locations in some situations, the vista points acts as a suggestion, not a command
• NEW - Free Timed Scenario
  • Esperanza Santuario de Animales: a forever home for rescued animals who truly deserve it. Or at least it will be once you have set it up! Rescued animals from all over the world are being brought to you as we speak, and its up to you to provide their ideal homes. Don't wait around or you will end up with more animals than you know what to do with in this new free timed scenario.
• NEW - Expanded Sandbox Settings
  • We have revisited the sandbox options for 1.6.0!
    • A new button has been added to the main HUD, under the setting icon in the top left hand corner of the screen. This allows players to gain quick access to the sandbox options.
    • A new sandbox tab has been added to the settings UI. The new tab provides new options that will give you even more control over your sandbox zoo's as well as let you organise which zoo has which options enabled. Sandbox will now be receiving new preset selections for you to either emulate another mode, or save your favourite custom settings. These will be available in Default preset, Creative preset, Challenge preset and Saved Custom preset. The settings you use for each sandbox zoo will be saved to that specific zoo, meaning you can have a different set up for every zoo if you would like to! If you've found your dream sandbox settings however, you can use the Saved Custom preset option to save those and apply them to any other zoo you build as well. 
    • New sandbox setting options for 1.6.0 provided below:
      • Social Welfare
        • Enable Social Groups
        • Enable Overcrowding
        • Enable Animal Stress
        • Enable Animal Fights
        • Enable Animal Predation and Fear
      • Habitat Welfare
        • Enable Water Cleanliness
        • Enable Animal Defecation
        • Enable Animals Temperature Needs
        • Enable Animal Terrain Needs
        • Enable Animals Plant Needs
        • Enable Hard Shelter
        • Enable Food Spoiling
      • General Welfare
        • Enable Escapes
      • Guest Settings
        • Enable Guests Fleeing
        • Enable negative effect of facilities on guest happiness
        • Enable Pickpockets
      • New sandbox fanfare pop up added

• NEW - Foliage
  
  • African Oil Palm (3x Variants)   
  • Fever Tree (3x Variants)  
  • Drinn Grass (3x Variants)  
  • Nitraria Retusa Bush (3x Variants)  
• NEW - Scenery 
  
  • Reward statues for the free scenario:
    
    • Western Chimpanzee (4x variants: gold, silver, bronze and stone)
  • Wall panels to work with existing Mud Wallset  
    
    • Mud Wall Panel 1m x 1m  
    • Mud Wall Panel 1m x 4m  
    • Mud Wall Panel 2m x 1m  
    • Mud Wall Panel 2m x 2m  
    • Mud Wall Panel 2m x 4m  
    • Mud Wall Panel 4m x 4m   
  • A variety of sizes of off-grid Mesh panels to work alongside existing Barriers   
    
    • Mesh Fence 01 1m
    • Mesh Fence 02 1m
    • Mesh Fence 01 2m
    • Mesh Fence 02 2m
    • Mesh Fence 01 4m
    • Mesh Fence 02 4m
    • Mesh Fence Panel 0.5m x 0.5m 01
    • Mesh Fence Panel 0.5m x 0.5m 02
    • Mesh Fence Panel 1m x 1m 01
    • Mesh Fence Panel 1m x 1m 02
    • Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 2m 01
    • Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 2m 02
    • Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 4m 01
    • Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 4m 02
    • Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 1m 01
    • Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 1m 02
    • Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 2m 01
    • Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 2m 02
  • A variety of sizes of off-grid one wall glass panel assets to work alongside existing barrier.
    
    • One Way Glass Panel 0.5m x 1m
    • One Way Glass Panel 1m x 1m
    • One Way Glass Panel 2m x 2m
    • One Way Glass Panel 1m x 2m
    • One Way Glass Panel 4m x 4m
    • One Way Glass Panel 2m x 4m
  • African Off-Road Vehicle Wheel
  • Vista Point  
  • Habitat Web Camera
  • Added new Billboard provided images 
    
    • Wide - African Penguin
    • Wide - Fennec Fox
    • Wide - Meerkat
    • Wide - Sacred Scarab Beetle
    • Wide - Southern White Rhino
• NEW - Paths
  • Decorative Tile Path
  • Monochrome Tile Path
  • Decorative Brick Path

General Bug Fixed and Improvements

• • Animals
    • Added per species deep swimming duration's to vary the amount of time different species will stay underwater
    • Added more names for African animals
    • Adjusted Polar Bear habitat requirements to address player feedback - more information provided below :
      
      • Space requirement down to 3250m² from 6000m²; down to to 650m² from 1000m² for additional animals
      • Water requirement down to 720m² from 2000m²; up to 360m² from 250m² for additional animals
      • Added new deep water requirement for diving, 180m² base and 25m² for additional animals
      • Increased enrichment requirement slightly
      • Added biome and continent suitability for Taiga and Asia
    • Adjusted deep water area requirements for the Gharial
    • Fixed a pop in the animation when penguins use the platform float
    • Tweaked the selection radius of animals to be larger than the animal itself, meaning you'll only need to click close to an animal to bring up its info panel.
  •  Scenery 
    • Fixed Blue Lotus Plant 03 from being a navigable object
    • Removed blank tags from some building scenery
  • Game Modes
    • Scenario
      
      • Careers
        • Once Gold has been achieved in Career Scenarios, the trade centre will now start to populate with all species of animals
  • UI
    • Main Browser
      • New buttons added for:
        • Sandbox button
        • Camera effects
    • Management
      • Animal
        • Added species search Function to the following management screens:
          
          • Animal Management
          • Animal Market
          • Animal Storage
          • Exhibit Market
          • Exhibit Storage
        • Increased animal trade and exhibit trade centre capacity from 50 to 200
        • Animal Trading UI now allows filtering by multiple genetic ratings at the same time
        • Animal Trading UI now remembers the last used settings for sorting and filtering. It will also remember these settings across zoos in each game mode
        • Animals that have been put up for online trade will now display the time remaining to be sold in the animal storage list
        • Selecting "Clear All Filters" button in Animal Trading will now close any filter popups currently open
        • Enabled sending both habitat and exhibit animals to the trade centre at the same time via animal management
        • Animal storage location sort will prioritise animals being auctioned separately than the named list
        • Removed confirm button from filter popups in animal management headers
        • Hovering over the portrait of an animal portrait in the animal manager now shows the animal's genetics and coat/Fur colouration
        • Added new option to select all animals in the Animal management UI
        • Fixed genetic stats having incorrect colours in the Animal Market and Compare Mates UI
        • Removed animating bar in the header since it could be mistaken for a progress bar
        • The trade centre UI for exhibit animals no longer shows a button to trade with players online, as exhibit animals can never be traded online
      • Staff
        • Added new buttons to select all staff, or select all staff of a certain type
        • Clarified some wording around assigning vendors to single shops, in their info panel and the staff management tabs
        • Staff management tab will remember which staff are collapsed and uncollapsed during a save, but will reset to all open when switching saves
        • Restored collapsible staff headers
    • Info panels
      • Habitat
        • Animals tab in the Habitat info panel now shows an empty state if there are no animals in the habitat
    • Help Topics
      • New help topics for the following
        
        • Habitat Web Cameras
        • Camera Effects
        • Vista Points
    • Misc
      • Added new Polar Bear ident which will randomly play for owners of the Arctic pack
      • Added more loading screen animals!
      • Add the ability to set precise prices in a number of areas within the info panel UI
      • Fixed Corrupted characters found in Adventure Tour Info Panel
      • Fixed bug in the Timeline UI which would cause it to scroll back to the top when a new event is added
      • Fixed bug that caused the difficulty drop down to disappear when re-selecting a scenario
      • Removed unused breeder column in the World Records UI
      • Updated habitat call buttons to show when a staff member is called but not urgently. Click to upgrade task to urgent
  • Stability
    
    • Fixed bug which would cause a custom tag to be visible after being deleted, causing a crash when selected
  • Performance
    
    • General performance tweaks and optimisations
  • Localisation
    • Fixed wrong term for Caretaker being used on some info panels
• Cheats
  • Tegidcam has been tweaked to give a better feel
    • Standard camera movement slowed down to match walking speed
    • Hold shift to incrase movements speed
    • Once cheat is active in a park, easilty jump back into Tegidcam py pressing C
    • Press T to toggle camera mode and enable free look
• Known Issues
  • When duplicating a scenery selection within group edit mode, if using the advanced rotation widget, each subsequent duplication will further apply the previous rotation onto the new piece. This does not occur using surface move rotation. This will be addressed in a further update
  • Meerkats will have the Slow Feeder listed in their 'toy enrichment' list in the Zoopedia even though it is not a toy and not useable by the Meerkats
  • Meerkats hands are offset from the termite mound enrichment item
  • African Wall Light Bracket and African Window 04 show as unpowered in the power heatmap despite not requiring power

Hayo Zookeepers!

We've been digging around searching for our next location to visit in Planet Zoo, and may have found a few favourites to bring to the roster along the way! This is a mighty continent that we are very excited to make the next stop on our journey together.



We're very excited to announce the Planet Zoo: Africa Pack, available to purchase and download alongside free Update 1.6 on 22 June, 2021!

Are you ready to hear which animals you will get to meet in this pack? Get ready to welcome the sociable Meerkat, endearing Fennec Fox, amazing African Penguin, striking Southern White Rhinoceros and the remarkable Sacred Scarab Beetle to your Zoo! Each of these unique creatures will present you with a different challenge to look after them, from swimming with the African Penguin to space fit for a Southern White Rhinoceros and a new behaviour introduced by the Meerkat; digging! With new arrivals come new challenges, and we can't wait to see what kind of habitats you create to meet their needs. Don't forget to use the knowledge from the Zoopedia to help you out!



You'll also be able to take on a brand new Timed Scenario set in a stunning Oasis. With limited power and infrastructure, it will be your job to turn this Oasis into a paradise for guests and animals alike. Do you think you've got what it takes to make this zoo into a success? We certainly do! You've got this zookeepers!

As promised for all the builders out there, this pack will contain just over 180 incredible African themed scenery pieces, including some pieces in the iconic African 'Moorish' architectural style! You'll find whole buildings, new paths and more to play with (like this amazing statue below!) and build your dream new habitat's for these new African animals.



Planet Zoo: Africa Pack will be available for purchase for £7.99 ($9.99, 9.99€) on Steam from 22 June. Want to be notified when the game is available? You can head over to Steam to wishlist it right now! Please remember that you'll need to own the base game of Planet Zoo to be able to enjoy the Planet Zoo: Africa Pack.

Which of the animals is your favourite? Will you get to know the Meerkats first or check out the remarkable Sacred Scarab Beetle exhibit? Don't forget to head over to Twitter to vote on which one we'll showcase first!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647620/Planet_Zoo_Africa_Pack/

Hayo Zookeepers!
Curious to hear what's coming up for Planet Zoo? Then you're in the right place! We're very happy to share that free Update 1.6 will be available to download and enjoy from 22 June!

As always we're reading everything you share with us and working hard to include some of your most requested changes (in case you missed it we shared about changes coming to the Polar Bear a couple of weeks ago that will be in this update!). Free Update 1.6 will also bring custom audio speakers, habitat cameras, some deep swimming additions, vista points, expanded sandbox settings and search options! Read on to find more details about all of these below:

Bear Updates
We've got a few changes to the bears for Update 1.6! We know that the Polar Bear has been a long discussed topic for the PlanZo community, and we've done more research into current holdings of Polar Bears to find a way to make them more viable picks for your Zoo. You can read more about those changes in detail here.

Alongside this, we're also adding Deep Swimming for multiple Bears including the following:

• Polar Bear
• Grizzly Bear
• Formosan Black Bear
• Sun Bear

Be sure to research how you can create even better habitats for these wonderful creatures and get them swimming in June.



Custom Audio Speakers 
Custom Audio for your speakers will arrive in free Update 1.6. You will be able to pick various speakers throughout your zoo and adjust what they play, create the perfect audio-scape for your zoo! We've provided a preset list of Frontier tracks, but you'll also be able to add and select custom tracks and even mark some as favourites to reach them quickly if you know you'll be using them often. When you get your hands on this feature, be sure to experiment with the different types of speaker available to you as there are different types of 'audio feel' that will change how your choice of audio is output accordingly. Are you adding an ambient track for atmosphere, or livening up a guest centric space? See which works for you! The audio formats that will be compatible are:

• .ogg
• .oga
• .flac
• .mp3
• .wav
• .wma
• .aac
• .m4a

Vista Points
The Planet Coaster veterans among you will know this one, we're bringing Vista Points to Planet Zoo! With a Vista Point, you can help guide your guests to recommended locations and directions to view your wonderful habitats and focal points in your zoo! While they will default to the location you point them in, you can also use this to direct your guests to a specific focus as well, such as a piece of scenery you've created. Doing so will leave your guests feeling very appreciative of your efforts and reward them with a small happiness bonus when interacting with it. 

You can also set vista points to be looking at habitats which will function differently than when set to scenery. While with scenery they will look directly at the piece you've selected, instead it will provide a boost to the attractiveness of nearby viewing points, and will tell you in it's info panel if it isn't currently near any for the selected habitat. A Vista Point will help guide and direct your guests, however if they find an easier to reach viewing point that is just as good before they get to the one you want them to use, they are likely to stay where they are (once you've got a good view already, who can blame them!). With this great new tool at your disposal, your guests are sure to see the very best that your zoo has to offer. 



Timed Scenario
Get ready to travel to Central America for our newest free Timed Scenario! This scenario has something a little different planned for you. Take charge of an animal sanctuary where you will receive new animals on a regular schedule in need of your care and attention! Some have even arrived before you, giving you a focus right away. This scenario is all about the animals you save and their welfare, as you'll see reflected in the requirements to complete it. For those who do, there's a Chimpanzee statue waiting for you to claim as your prize. 

Habitat Cameras and camera effects
A new feature we're adding will help you feel a bit closer to your animals in enclosures, thanks to a new camera asset. To find this, go to Facilities> media devices and education> visual media. These cameras can be placed and used however you like, although one of the best places for them is within a habitat. Once there, you'll be able to view the habitat using the camera itself (just like a webcam in a zoo in real life!). Much like in real life as well, Planconians LOVE to see their favourites from home as well as at the zoo, so you'll be able to gain a small marketing bonus for up to 6 Habitat camera's in your zoo (but they will need to be in range of your habitats for this to apply!).

We're also adding camera effects, ranging from vignettes to various levels of warmth/cold and night vision too. You'll find a bespoke button in the UI for accessing this, and it will also provide access to a camera light too (which is especially great for getting those night vision shots looking just right). For the avid photographers here, these filters will also be maintained when using Nvidia Ansel. We can't wait to see what how your screenshots look with these new tools.


 
Animal Trading Changes
In free Update 1.6, we'll be making a few changes to animal trading. This will include an increase in the storage limit from 50 up to 200, as well as updates in the UI that will give you more information about each animal's trade status. We're also including search options! You will be able to search through your animal storage, and use filters for which parameters you want to see. Are you looking for a specific genetic makeup that you know you've got somewhere? You can search for it! These search parameters will be saved per zoo, but can also be easily reset with the click of a button. 
Search will be available in the following places:

• Animal Management
• Animal Market
• Animal Storage
• Exhibit Market
• Exhibit Storage

Staff Management Changes
In a previous update we rolled out the staff management changes a little too fast, and so reverted this so we could work on them a little longer but we're happy to be releasing them soon in Update 1.6. These changes will create categories for each type of staff that you can toggle to be collapsed or not (and this will be remembered in each save) as well as the ability to use multiselect on your staff to adjust wages, set work zones and much more. These changes will help those of you with bigger zoo's have a much easier time managing all of your diligent staff. 

Continue your Zoo in campaign scenarios
Many zookeepers have shared how they would love to continue the zoo's they create in career scenarios, so we've added a small change! Once a player achieves gold in a career scenario, a new fanfare will pop up to inform you that the animal exchange will start to populate with all available animals. This means you can continue to play in your career scenario park that you've built up and love without the set limitations on which species will appear. 

Expanded Sandbox Settings
Last but not least, we're introducing a whole new host of sandbox options! These options will give you even more control over your sandbox zoo's as well as let you organise which zoo has which options enabled. Sandbox will now be receiving new preset selections for you to either emulate another mode, or save your favourite custom settings. These will be available in Default preset, Creative preset, Challenge preset and Saved Custom preset. The settings you use for each sandbox zoo will be saved to that specific zoo, meaning you can have a different set up for every zoo if you would like to! If you've found your dream sandbox settings however, you can use the Saved Custom preset option to save those and apply them to any other zoo you build as well. So that you can prepare your sandbox zoo's for these new options, check out the list of what we'll be adding below:
Social Welfare

• Enable Social Groups
• Enable Overcrowding
• Enable Animal Stress
• Enable Animal Fights
• Enable Animal Predation and Fear

Habitat Welfare

• Enable Water Cleanliness 
• Enable Animal Defecation 
• Enable Animals Temperature Needs
• Enable Animal Terrain Needs
• Enable Animals Plant Needs
• Enable Hard Shelter
• Enable Food Spoiling

General Welfare

• Enable Escapes

Guest Settings

• Enable Guests Fleeing
• Enable negative effect of facilities on guest happiness
• enable Pickpockets

We hope you're looking forward to these new changes! This update will come with other tweaks and bug fixes, which we'll have a full list of patch notes to share with you when we release it.
We'll have more to share with you very soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

EDIT: We have now released Update 1.5.4.

General Bug Fixes

• Temporarily reverting the collapsible staff type headers in the staff management UI as they have introduced a number of issues. The headers will be restored in a future update once all issues are addressed. Apologies for any inconvenience.
  
• Removed blank property tags in the main scenery browser.
  

Stability

• General Crash Fixes.

Hayo Zookeepers!

We hope you've been enjoying getting to know our wonderful new roster of amazing creatures from the Southeast Asia Animal Pack. Thank you all for sharing your feedback with us, as always it helps us make Planet Zoo the best it can be. This update addresses several bug fixes and crash issues that have been reported. Take a look at the Update Notes below:

• General Bug Fixes
  • Fixed not being able to delete or modify a guest spawner and Zoo Entrance after reloading Franchise Save.
  • Fixed being able to delete zoo entrances and ticket barriers outside the boundaries to gain extra cash. 
  • Fixed the cash and Conservation Credit filters not working in the Animal Market in non-Franchise modes.
  • Fixed wrong size tags on large and small common water lily.
  • Fixed Incorrect size symbol for 1m x 1m and 2m x 2m screen panels.
  • Fixed settings menu closing itself while in Franchise mode. 
  • Fixed an issue with the water tool status not being disabled in Scenario tutorials.
  • Fixed not being able to place the large herbivore habitat blueprint.
  • Fixed an issue where the genetics rating filter would sometimes show in Franchise Mode, despite being unsupported. 
  • Added Dhole model and animation tweaks.
  • Added small ball enrichment tags for the Arctic Wolf.
  • Added Flexicolour tags that were missing from concrete construction pieces.
  • Added missing Flexicolour tag to special effect scenery pieces.
  • Removed incorrect tags from some scenery.
  • Updated the conservation status of the African Elephant from VU to EN.
  • Adjusted crowd pull for educational talks.
  • Added collapsible headers for staff management page.

• Stability
  
  • General Crash Fixes.

Please continue to share your feedback with us over on the issue tracker.

UPDATE: We have now also released Patch 1.5.2:

Stability

• General Crash Fixes

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Update 1.5.1 patch notes below:

Hayo Zookeepers!

Thank you all for sharing your feedback since the launch of Update 1.5 and the Southeast Asia Animal Pack. It's been wonderful to see everyone get to know these incredible new creatures! The team has been busy addressing various bugs and issues to make your experience even better, which leads to today's news: Update 1.5.1 is now available.

Take a look at the Update Notes below:

Planet Zoo - 1.5.1 Update Notes
This update contains many more bug fixes, updates and some new content.

• General Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • Animals
    • Fixed a small number of animation issues where the Binturong would become misshapen.
    • Fixed a dark visual issue on the side of the Binturong nose.
    • Fixed an issue when animals jump into water where they would teleport to water surface.
    • Fixed an issue where the female Binturong would not interact with the Tree Forager food enrichment.
    • Fixed the Dhole tongue being detached from mouth before fight animation begins.
    • Fixed a small number of animation issues when the Clouded Leopard used the Hammock.
    • Increased the Gharial deep swimming speed slightly.
    • Fixed an animation issue where animals can jerk when jumping.
    • Fixed an issue where animals would rotate in the air while jumping.
    • Fixed an issue where the Malayan Tapir, Proboscis Monkey and Babirusa could spawn without proper textures.
  •  Scenery 
    • Four new billboard assets were added for more customisability in your zoos:
      • Screen Panel 1m x 1m (+ a Lit version)
      • Screen Panel 2m x 2m (+ a Lit version)
    • Added new Babirusa animal sign for Southeast Asia pack owners.
    • Fixed the education speaker showing an override texture option.
  • Game Modes
    • Sandbox
      • Fixed an issue where animals were still becoming pregnant if the ageing and birth was disabled in the sandbox settings. 
    • Scenario
      • Fixed a small number of geometry issues in the following scenario reward statues:
        • Bornean Orangutan
        • Giant Panda
        • Indian Rhinoceros
        • Japanese Macaque
        • Lion
        • Siberian Tiger
  • Staff
    • Fixed the Keeper not accessing the Underwater Feeder in certain circumstances.
    • Fixed an issue when an Animal Talk point gives out a notification saying it is not accessible when it actually is.
  • UI
    
    • Help Topics
      • Added guest spawner to the help submenu.
    • Misc
      • Replaced the old Binturong icons with new updated version.
      • Added new icons for maturation and conception in timeline.
      • Fixed Flexicolour palette resetting to red when selecting any shade of pure grey.
      • Fixed Information boards custom tab having very little space when adding custom media due to the requirement text window below.
  • Stability
    • General Crash Fixes.
  • Performance
    
    • General performance tweaks and optimisations.

Please continue to share your feedback with us both on the forums and on the issue tracker, and we can't wait to see more of your creations!