Can we have a Zoo Tycoon thread?
>tfw there will never be a Zoo Tycoon 3
>tfw even if there is, it'll be shit
I liked 1 far better than 2 but they both have their pros and cons
Like at least the economy in 1 made fucking sense. For example, in 2 you can't sell animals. Whose dumb idea was that?
How can we make Zoo Tycoon great again?
bump
>tfw no torrent for ZT1
Damn shame, since building a dinosaur park was always such a blast
Who else unleashed Hell on the guests?
>>336134925
There was a Zoo Tycoon 3 actually. It was for the Xbone and it sucked ass
> Keeper Wang cannot reach the Large Poo.
>>336134925
>in 2 you can't sell animals
Huh? I'm pretty sure you're mistaken. That button with the yellow arrow in the lower left allowed you to do that.
>tfw creating a cottage industry of breeding hyenas in zt1 because they reproduce so damn fast
>asked for Zoo Tycoon 2 for my birthday
>got the expansion pack instead
>>336135181
I have a torrented version of it but it's probably not still up
>>336135215
Every time I got bored haha
>>336135296
Yeah I played the demo of it.
What really grinded my gears was the fact that they said "100 animals!" when they really had like 10 different lions, 10 different tigers etc.
And the fact that you couldn't really customise the exhibits, or anything else really.
The graphics were good and the golf buggy was fun for about 2 minutes though.
>LOST ZOO TYCOON DISC
>HAVE THE 2 COPIES OF THE EXPANSIONS BUT NO VANILLA
>NO TORRENT
>>336135596
You should've borrowed a friend's copy (if they had one), installed it on your computer, and then just be able to play the game with the expansion CD. That's what my friend did with my copy of Civ4.He's Jewish too
>>336135378
By far the single worst thing about ZT2; I rage just thinking about it
>>336135548
That button lets you put them up for adoption; you don't get any money for it. There is a mod to fix this but it's a pain the ass to get it to work with the expansions.
Also
>you can release extinct animals to the wild
Makes sense for dodos and thylacines I guess but a T. rex? Really?
>>336135596
This was actually my introduction to the series but with the first one.
My cousin worked for microsoft and bought me the Dinosaur Digs expansion for the first one cos I loved dinosaurs.
But I didn't get the base game for another few weeks and I remember going crazy staring at the boxart...
The fact that this franchise is dead will forever enrage me. Just imagine the kind of game we could have with today's technology
>that menu music tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDqC9bFAMc
>building Allosaurus Exhibit
>everything going well
>skip a year
>Allosaurus becoming more and more pissed off
>getting reports that Allosaurus is unhappy
>starts destroying shit in its exhibit
>mfw
Why the fuck does this even happen?
>>336136126
It's so sad, isn't it? Imagine all the best aspects of both games with modern graphics and a shitton of animals.
Maybe it's just because I've gotten older but I'd personally love it if it worked equally well as a business sim with a proper economy AND a "fucking around with animals simulator" along the lines of Far Cry: Zoo Edition.
I swear to God if I ever get rich I'll just pay a bunch of neckbeards to make this game for me
Would modern laptops support these?
http://igg-games.com/zoo-tycoon-complete-collection-free-download.html
>>336136413
DUDE DINOSAURS LMAO
Nah but seriously, protip: put all the trees on an island so he can't wreck shit when he throws a bitchfit.
You can also put a one tile wide moat around the cage to stop him getting out no matter what, but where's the fun in that?
>>336136462
Mine does, although I know some computers have framerate issues with 2
>>336136462
Yes, mine does anyway. ZT1 works absolutely perfectly on windows 8 (haven't tried it on 10), ZT2 is another story but you can get it to work on 8 (again idk about 10)
>>336135181
It's right fucking there on the pirate bay with all the expansions, just grab a slice you double nigger!
>>336136570
b a s e d
>>336134925
I have vanilla ZT1, but I've heard ZT2 is a bitch to run on newer systems
>>336137860
I tried to make ZT2 work last year and barely managed to install the whole thing and after I was done, the expansions wouldn't work, the graphics would glitch out big time and I couldn't even uninstall it.
But there was a Zoo Tycoon 3 and it was shit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_Tycoon_(2013_video_game)
Did this game ever attract a modding scene?
>>336136126
>I never thought about doing this
what's wrong with me?
>>336139223
Yes, a rather large one. I was involved with it back in the day but I wasn't big or anything.
ZT2 also had a modding community but it took a long time to produce anything good. It has a nexus page now but there haven't been any updates in ages.
>>336135596
Literally the same thing happened here. Had to go and search for vanilla in stores later, it was a pain in ass.
Actually went and found all the CDs because of this thread, this shit is fucking amazing.
>>336136184
Ouchy wouchy my nostalgia
>>336139896
When I was a kid I wanted to be a zookeeper, and I was obsessed with the way exhibits were designed in their aesthetics, practicality, and realism. I always tried to imitate the exhibit designs at the Brookfield Zoo, which meant having fewer fences and more moats, and placing the exhibit gates away from public assets. I also wished that the next Zoo Tycoon game would have customisable animal houses, since that makes up a lot, if not most, of an actual zoo's exhibits.
>>336135742
have you even tried pirate bay?
>fondly remember playing the demos for ZT and ZT2 as a kid
welp, time to go pirate it
>>336135596
>bling blong
Anyone else played the other zoo series.
>>336136126
Wouldn't this give a super shit exhibit rating?
>mfw putting mermaid statues in a tank
>Name your guests with the following names to yield different effects:
>Mr. Orange, Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Brown, Mr. Pink, or Mr. Blue : guest clothes and buildings will change to that color.
>Russell C : all fences break
>Adam Levesque : get all animal care programs
>Lou Catanzaro : get all animal enrichment programs
>John Wheeler : get all animal shelters
>Hank Howie : get all staff education programs
>Steve Serafino : get all endangered species
>Andrew Binder : get all animal houses
>Charlie Peterson : get all foliage
>Akiyama : all scenarios unlock
>Alfred H : crows and seagulls will attack your guests
>Zeta Psi : some of your guests shirts will turn yellow and they'll start puking
how did i not know any of this
>>336141910
Possibly. I didn't build it, I just found the picture. It is unfortunate though that the game's rating system discourages the building of more A E S T H E T I C exhibits.
>>336142013roller coaster tycoon has the same cheat system
>>336142013
>naming enclosures unlocked shit like Unicorns and the loch ness monster
>what >>336141985 said
>>336142325
>place a lion, a tiger, and a bear in a single exhibit
>unlocks Yellow Brick Road path type
Oh hello childhood
I missed you so much
>>336142464
it didnt work
>>336134925
>For example, in 2 you can't sell animals. Whose dumb idea was that?
because muh teaching the children about protecting the ecosystems
that said, I enjoyed 2 for what it was, but 1 will always be the king
i remember being so fucking hype when I heard there is going to be a dinosaur expansion for ZT1, must've been like 9 year old at the time
it's sad that the series got reduced to some cheap clone of kinectimals now
>>336142464
How the fuck did i not know that?
>>336135742
>>336135181
Please spoon feed me because I'm too stupid to actually look for the torrent: the posts.
>>336142831
It might have to be a specific type, and they might have to be male
>>336142831
nvm, got it
>>336143039
>dat large ocean map
every time
>>336134925
OpenZT when?
>>336136126
>terrain blending disabled
>>336143286
I fucking wish
>>336143396
we can't all afford high-end gaming rigs anon
>>336141897
I have this as well and it's decent, except it has some autistic aspects
>you need to grow/produce all the food for your animals
Theme song was god-tier tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1NXa6xAN0
Which expansion was the best and why was it Dinosaur Digs?
>>336134925
>Microsoft killed Viva pinata and Zoo tycoon
>JPOG 3 never ever
>ARK is a unoptimized boring grindfest
>Mesozoica an Prehistoric Kingdom are still unfinished proyects
>>336143696
>dinosaurs eat people
>best maps
>best aesthetics
>that mission where you have to rebuild jurassic park
>that mission where you have to build a dinosaur research lab on an island with given grown up dinosaurs
>several missions later you have to go back and fix it after they all break out and ruin everything
>mfw
>>336143910
I'm still holding out vain hope for mesozoica but yeah
>>336143910
>JPOG 3 never ever
wait what
there was a JPOG2?
>>336143910
>JPOG 3 never ever
Why the fuck did you have to remind me about that?
>>336143696
nah man, marine mania was the shit
>>336144195
Dinosaurs were better but Marine Mania had the better theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU_HrPI0nn4
>>336143910
>JPOG 3 never ever
why would you remind me
>>336144381
We were talking about ZT1 but yeah the Marine Mania 2 theme is based
>tfw can't play ZT1 because ai is dated as fuck and end up clumping in random corner of the park.
>Like 2 but it's slow as hell and doesn't give you larger buildings like in 1
it was the first tycoon game i ever got, got the first one on free during a zoo trip with my school
>>336143696
The dinosaur exhibits were often a bitch to set up but the end result was so much worth it
>>336144113
don't forget
>guests puking on the ground if the exhibit stinks too much
>none of the boner-killing "dinosaurs with feathers" bullshit
>that last mission with the baby T-rex
it was a 10/10 as far as expansions are considered
>>336144381
That's the stuff
>>336144485
He probably made a typo
Anyone else really disliked the fact they changed the charming isometric pixel art graphics to shitty 3d cartoon models? Zoo tycoon just isnt confy in non iso view
>8 years old
>so zoo tycoon dinosaurs at wal mart
>mom buys it for me, wanted it because loved roller coaster tycoon
>go home
>excited to play it
>it doesn't work because it's the expansion
>returned it to the store and only got the regular zoo tycoon game
>never got to play the dinosaurs expansion ever since
>>336144738
The guests and the buildings were crap, but the animals and foliage looked pretty good. And being able to go in 1st person is just fun
I know it is not related to zoo tycoon, but what is the name of this new themepark tycoon that is coming out this(maybe next?) year? and everyone is hyping out
>>336144738
I like 2 generally more than one but yeah they kind of fucked thr style up
>>336144738
Strategy/sim games in general got a lot worse with the switch to 3D graphics desu
That said Zoo Tycoon seems to have taken the shift slightly better than the rest, and the mods can make the blocky animal models look really beautiful
>>336144381
Literally comfiest music ever
>>336144918
Planet Coaster. In playable alpha right now if you pre ordee and it's already GOTY.
>>336144918
Planet Coaster?
>>336145080
>>336145095
that was it, thanks m8s
R8 my zoo, lads
>no cheats whatsoever
>only mods are the bird cage for the flamingo you can see here, a bridge over the reindeer exhibit and tunnel under the mountain lion mountain (I will post if anyone wants to see)
>initial investment of 200k
>had gotten it up to 250k+ but spent a good bit recently
>zoo value of 730k
>41 animal species
>no dinosaurs or sea creatures (no real reason, just for shits and giggles)
>>336144693
>>boner-killing "dinosaurs with feathers" bullshit
amen bro, if I ever make a dinosaur game there'll be no feathers, realismfags can fuck off
Above ground water exhibits triggered my child autism so damn bad. They look shit. I always made the tank glass flush with the ground.
>>336145247
autism/10
Am i the only one who really liked the buildings like the Aviaries you could put down?You're now hearing the music from the Asian garden you could place
>>336144970
I disagree. I think early 2000 3D yes aside from a few like startopia but Tropico, City Skylines benefited greatly from it.
Now that we have the teck to have a billion things on screen at once+ simulation and still look good is helping a lot of these games come back
>>336145247
ugly, this game isn't some min maxing game.
>>336145247
commiecube/10
Where's the AESTHETIC?
>>336145247
>>>/pol/
Why is there always so much blatant racism here?
>>336145247
>that swastika flower bed
Other than the fences being to close together, 10/10
>>336145472
The buildings were great, I wish they had more in zt2
>>336145458
>tfw I actually do have autism and this game was my life when I was a kid cos I had 0 friends
>>336145574
I have been playing this for like 15 years, I just wanted to see if I could actually make money instead of just doing the shift+4 cheat whenever I ran out
>>336145619
It's only a joke, Schlomo
>>336144158
>>336144428
>Jurassic World comes out
>waiting for sick dino vidya to come along with it
>we get nothing
Where the fuck is my Jurassic World: Operation Genesis?
>>336145859
There was a mod for JPOG, if it helps
>>336145619
>tripfag
>complaining about racism on 4CHAN
Thank god for filters
>>336145619
really? you object to a swastika flowerbed but not the actual concentration camp >>336135125
???
QUICK!
Post your favorite
>vanilla animal
>dinosaur
>aquatic animal
Flamingo, Iguanodon and California Sea Lion master race reporting in
>>336146401
Polar Bear
Spinosaurus
Orca
>>336146401
Malaysian tapir
Giant sloth
Hammerhead shark
>>336146401
Technically the sea lion is actually both a vanilla and an aquatic animal but yeah, patrician taste
>Bengal Tiger
>Allosaurus
>Hammerhead shark
Did anyone else used to love the sounds the animals made when you clicked on them/placed them? It reminds me of Pokémon cries; to this day I could probably tell you almost any animal in that game just from the sound (apart from the sea creatures, most of those were just splashes)
>>336146401
Lion
T-Rex
Dolphin
>>336141985I think the mermaids were the source of my first ever boner as a child
Playing Zoo Tycoon 2, why the fuck do the Hammerhead sharks keep reproducing like rabbits? Every time they mate they lay like 7 or 8 eggs.
>>336146717
For the longest time, I didn't realize that the little sound effect that played when you clicked the zebra is how they actually sound like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcx8C8Aj_g
>>336147017
They tried being realistic with litter sizes for some animals but kinda half assed it
Too bad you can't, you know, sell them
>>336145247
>flag of ireland
is this some kind of a mod?
the official downloadables only had the american flag iirc
Zoo tycoon was extremely good I'm sad it's gone now. Also post other zoo tycoony games you liked.
>marine park empire
http://store.steampowered.com/app/294730/?
>dino island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Island
>>336147017
I guess you could say the females gethammered
>>336147205
Yes it is, I forgot to mention I used that mod as well.
There's mods of flags for most countries, they're animated properly too.
>>336147224
I had a love/hate relationship with Dino Island, it ran like ass on my old PC and I could never get the cheats to work but I thoroughly enjoyed making dino hybrids over several generations to make really cool ones
>>336146717
>Did anyone else used to love the sounds the animals made when you clicked on them/placed them?
Yeah, I fucking love when video games do that. And I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice the similarity to Pokemon.
>>336147205
>tfw if ZT was released today all of the free downloadables would become paid DLC
>>336147936
>they even made the bonus content from the Complete Collection free to download
We didn't know how good we had it, did we?
>>336147224
>Dino Island
the actual park building part was 100% inferior to ZT's but I enjoyed making dinosaur hybrids
>tfw creating a carnivorous styracosaurus after many generations of ungodly race mixing
>>336148438
>the actual park building part was 100% inferior to ZT's but I enjoyed making dinosaur hybrids
>you couldn't even rotate buildings
>>336146717
My bad. Still it was by far the best show animal available.
>tfw no lewd ZT mod for making special mermaid shows for adult visitors
>>336148838
>it was by far the best show animal available
This is very true.
>>tfw no lewd ZT mod for making special mermaid shows for adult visitors
I never knew I wanted this until now.
You know, the mermaids will sing to adult male guests, who get entranced for a few seconds.
>>336148605
This and the available building/fencing/foliage/path pool was really poor, so most parks ended up looking extremely similar.
This is the same issue I had with JPOG but that one at least had the photography and rescue missions to make up for the lack of content.
So are there any more modern games like this and Roller Coaster Tycoon? I seriously need something to do.
>>336149365
Now that you mention it, JPOG was actually light on content but it was still extremely absorbing for some reason
>ZT1
>Dinosaurs
>Sink the ground
>put a cage around the bottom of the pit
>guests can look in
>the rating remains great
>it looks cool too
>dinos can't escape either
>>336149459
Vegas make it big is fun and on steam
wild life park series are good and on steam
Theme Parkitect is in EA but still a lot of fun.
>>336149459
There's 1001 rollercoaster knockoffs coming out
Nothin like Zoo Tycoon though
Where do you even find mods for zoo tycoon 1? All I can ever find are the mods for 2
>nobody talks about Mesozoica
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1896199000/mesozoica
Shame. I hope it does well.
>>336149773
http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/
There are shittons of them on here
>>336149851
Me too, I hope it's actually good as well
>>336149851
>trusting kickstarter
You poor poor fool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcNzGGOHkHg
Forgot to link it.
>>336150048
Did I say I trusted? Also, not all Kickstarters are video games. I have several non-vidya products in my room right now. Almost as if the "kikestarter" meme is a meme.
Did anyone play Zoo Empire? I used to love it because OMG3D. But my computer was too shit at the time and would crash often.
![TrioStatueImages[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9yVCPdW.jpg "TrioStatueImages[1].jpg")
Time to filter the casuals.
Did you unlock it?
>>336149851
Oh fuck. this looks sweet. I hope they pull through this looks tight.
>>336150232
how do you get it??? I always thought it was fake.
Hey anons, dont forget about me
>>336149551
>graphics were really good for it's time
>very fun side missions
>weather and it's effects on your park and dinosaur behaviour
>climatic music
>researching new dinosaurs through expeditions
>researching vaccines
>large dinosaurs swallowing smaller dinosaurs whole
>the dinopedia or whatever it was called
The only issue was the lack of park customisation options, which is a huge shame since the game could have easily been better than ZT if the devs only took some time to add more than 3 types of fences and 2 types of foliage
>when the clients buy the plushie of your favorite animal
>>336150336
Win the super zoo scenario
>>336150418
>find a guest that has the same favorite animal as you
>name it after yourself
>>336150345
>>336150232
Autist from earlier, here it is
The thing next to it on the menu is the roof for the birdcage mod
Holy shit i thought only my friend and i played this game.
I remember when my zoo guests would glitch out of an elevated path above a zoo exhibit and would fall in it.
Is there any good mods for ZT1?
>give beavers some wood sticks
>they slowly start building a house
I liked the Keep a Zoo from going bankrupt scenarios. A shame there were only three (two without Marine Mania) of them.
>>336150945
ZT2 was buggy as fuck lol
>people would run away screaming from peacocks even if they were contained in an exhibit
>>336151075
see >>336150043
They have stuff like underwater tunnels, bridges, aviaries, and of course extra animals. You should try to find "wild wings", which was a user-made expansion pack with loads of birds and flying creatures (including pegasus lol)
>>336151167
This was one of the things I liked about ZT2, this kind of stuff
>tfw we'll never have the best of both worlds of ZT1 and ZT2
>>336144113
>Dinosaurs eating people
Had so much fun with that
>that mission in Marine Mania where admission is permanently set at $0 and you only start with $60k
What was up with the name generator they used for ZT2? All the zookeepers and guests always had such strange names
>>336150043
>all those rct assests and models.
>>336152316
They had such strange skins too, like when you would get 5 guys walking around that all had afros and tie-dye shirts
>>336145247
Nigger don't just put ten of the same tree in a corner like that, use some variation and spread them around the cage
1 point for the flowerbed, 1/10 see me after class
>>336150816
>tree clusters
>those narrow paths near the exhibits
>>336152847
That was from one of the official free DLCs that added extra guest models, ironically cos people complained about the initial lack of variety.
Only problem was the "new" ones, like "afro tie dye shirt guy" and "hippy woman" would show up more often than the old ones and your zoo would look like Burning Man
>>336153054
>>336153109
The way the game was coded means putting the trees in the corner actually makes the animals happier; not making this up
>>336152829
Kind of funny since the modding community for RCT2 uses a lot of ZT assets and models
>>336153206
>min-maxing instead of going full A E S T H E T I C S
baka senpai
>>336151820
to be honest exhibits with popular animals tend to be the biggest moneymakers anyway
>This fucking thread
Jesus Christ this has unlocked an entire part of my childhood that I forgot existed. Holy shit.
I always preferred ZT2, even though I played ZT1 extensively first. I was first introduced to the idea of modding through ZT2.
>tfw Cretaceous Calamity never
>>336153943
>tfw it got cancelled cos it was leaked unfinished, people said it was shit and the authors got all salty
kek
But you should see some of the stuff people made more recently, holy shit
>>336146401
>Okapi
>Dimetrodon
>Blue Marlin
Also, Zoo Tycoon 2 was definitely the most comfy game out of all the tycoon games. No idea why. I think it's a combination of the music and the soft 3D visuals.
>>336153943
>not having ZT1 with all expansions permanently installed on your hard drive
This thread left me craving some good old park buildan', sadly I won't have access to my laptop for another week or so
>>336154497
Terraforming was a thing ZT2 definitely did much better than ZT1. I had a hard-on for creating huge waterfalls
Did anyone watch the super autistic machinmas by this guy
https://www.youtube.com/user/Stalker2K7
Does anyone remember the bonus disk that came with Zoo Tycoon 2? It was a bunch of animal documentaries for kids. I remember I loved it so much that I brought it to school and got the teacher to play it in class.
Lads. You have awoken my nostalgia. I'm going to install one of these games.
Do I play ZT1 or ZT2? Explain preferences/pros and cons of each.
>>336155025
ZT1 has a nicer aesthetic, more in-depth management, and probably more animals, buildings, and scenery.
ZT2 has first-person mode and better tools for making exhibits.
>>336146401
>Siberian tiger
>Ankylosaurus
>Giant Squid
R8
>>336155025
I personally prefer ZT1 because I like my strategy/sim games in 2D but play whichever one you enjoyed the most as a kid.
JPOG was always better.
>>336154983
I don't think mine came with any bonus discs but that sounds very heartwarming anon
>>336155451
>Siberian tiger
I always struggled to keep those niggers happy in any exhibits I made for them
>Giant Squid
mah nigga
>>336154497
god damn that exhibit looks sexy as fuck
>>336136570
Bear with me I'm a retard. So I have something to use the bin file but after installing the game it tells me I need to insert a disk to play. Do I need to mount it or something? if so how
>>336155926
Yeah they are a pain in the ass but thats what made them cool for me
Post youres senpai
I fucking loved making massive tanks for the aquatic animals
I always just used the Baby Park or whatever it was called that gave you a shitton of money to do whatever you want
I had more fun building stupid crap and feeding guests to dinosaurs than actually building a zoo
I do not apologize
>>336155025
ZT1:
pros:
>more animals
>more dinosaurs and they look far less retarded than in 2
>most animals look far less retarded than 2
>economy actually works
>better missions and maps
>way more cheats and a tasteful sense of humour
>official modding tools which are easy enough to use
cons:
>autistic specifications for each animal
>therefore far harder to make mixed exhibits with each species satisfied
>90% of missions have a timer which means you spend an awful lot of time expanding your zoo with remaining cash while just waiting for the time to run out after you complete all objectives
>only a few missions actually unlock something other than the next mission
preferences/neutral:
>mythical creatures/cryptids
>visuals have arguably aged better than 2
ZT2:
pros:
>transport; sky trams, jeeps
>elevated paths
>animals are much more fun to watch
>terraforming is way better
>making exhibits is more fun, you can more or less do what you like really
>some animals were cooler than 1 (lemurs, peacocks, koalas, I could go on)
>nearly all missions or mission trees unlock something at the end, no animals though
>challenge mode is fun
cons:
>terrible AI (for staff, guests and even some animals; for example tortoises often have difficulty feeding themselves)
>some glaring omissions in the animal department (no woolly mammoth, for example)
>extinct animals expansion pack just had a bunch of "giant" versions of regular animals (giant warthog, giant camel), kinda lazy imo
>only like 12 dinosaurs
>economy doesn't really work at all, no money cheat either
>no real freeform mode with limited money
>fossil finding and cloning is fucking broken, you can basically just spam free dinosaurs if you don't mind doing the autistic minigames
>only one unlockable animal (quagga, release all extinct animals to the wild (lol) )
>only one made-up animal ("killer penguin", laaaame)
>no modding tools
preferences/neutral:
>if you're willing to hunt around, mods can be godlike
>>336156656
I think this is how the vast majority of people played the game, to be fair
>>336156745
>no real freeform mode with limited money
Challenge mode is basically this
>He didn't complete all the challenges before playing freeform mode in JPOG and ZT
You're not casual, are you /v/?
>>336157762
Yeah but the whole way you have to unlock the animals and the limited selections at each level is kind of autistic, even if it does make sense.
I did say I enjoyed challenge mode, but I would have preferred if they had a freeform mode similar to ZT1 as well.
>>336157830
>not experimenting in efficiency and resource management before getting into challenges
back to >>>/vg/
>>336156394
I'm the person you've replied to actually
It's cool tho
how about zoo tycoon 2? wht are the essential mods, is the HD remake pack good?
>>336156745
>>fossil finding and cloning is fucking broken, you can basically just spam free dinosaurs if you don't mind doing the autistic minigames
Only the first star fossils , finding trex fossils and trying to create one take a lot of time ingame
>>336158175
My bad
>Sea Lion
muh nigga
Iguanodon is cool but sadly never got the spotlight if you had any other dino in the park
>tfw cleaning up animal shit for 5 hours straight
>>336157830
I beat all of the scenarios in both ZT and JPOG twice, but I played the demo version and sandbox mode before so sue me
>>336158363
HD remake pack is very good but unfinished.
My personal list of must-have mods would be
>giant maps hack
>zoom hack
>walking with dinosaurs pack
>anything by aurora designs, simba, dinosaurman, any of the big names
>maybe animal space hack if you want
>better skies and biomes (although I think that's included with the HD remake pack now)
>terrain texture overlay is optional but I like it
Will add more if I can think of them
>>336158456
If you're trying to bumrush the higher level dinos it still works out as cost-effective to just hire a legion of palaeontologists to flag the digsites for you
>>336158867
could you post screenies of hd remake in your game possibly?
>>336159012
Oh man I'll have to find my disc, give me like 10 or 15 minutes
What did you name your parks, /v/?
I kid you not I named my first huge park that I "finished" the game with Zootopia. This was back in 2006, mind you.
>>336157491
I did play that way a bit at the beginning but it got boring after a while. Creating themed zoos soon became my favorite thing to do in this game. I also had like 5 different favorite zoos I kept coming back to every now and then.
Why is ZT1 such a comfy game?
>>336159952
Because zoos are comfy IRL
>>336160152
watch out for the "ZOOS HURT ANIMALS WAAH!" activist
>>336160524
Even is being in a zoo isn't the best life for animals, I feel like that's offset for the scientific research that comes out of zoos
>>336159012
Okay so this is just what the grass looks like I guess, you might notice it's not neon green anymore.
I'm gonna make a shitty cage with lions or some shit and post that, tell me what else you want to see.
I forgot to mention you can get ENBs as well but idk if they're any good (in fact I'm actually not sure whether or not I have one on at the moment).
>>336160524
>tfw my ex was one of these and became horrified upon learning of my ZT obsession
fucking normie. ZT is love, ZT is life
>>336135181
I have the cd back home but wont be there for a few months
Anyone got a download?
>>336160773
Zoo's are better for most animals honestly, they're cared for and not poached
>>336156745
>for example tortoises often have difficulty feeding themselves)
fucking this , I hate those faggots thats why i always put them in small enclosures
>That "Zoo tycoon" for the Xbone
I have never been so disgusted in my life
>>336158585
this made me want to create a ZT-themed wojak/pepe comic
>wojak-zoo keeper raking up stinky animal poo
>pepe-buisnessman looking over smugly from his office
>>336159952
i like to attribute it to the minimal use of music and having the game rely more on environmental sounds (humans, animals, buildings etc) to create a truly comfy atmosphere
>>336161027
That's certainly a plus side, also they live longer in captivity, but animals were really meant to roam and be wild.
>>336160887
found it on rutracker but dont know if it works, downloading now
>>336161164
Pepe should be the pooping animal and there should be a message at the top of the image saying "Zookeeper Wojak cannot reach the large poo"
>>336161525
and humans werent meant to communicate over the internet, who cares
>>336159012
>>336160786
Here's the lions anyway
You can see the sky is improved over vanilla (vanilla has clouds that constantly turn to face you like it's fucking 1991)
I realised I do in fact have an ENB running, and remembered another mod:
For non-animal stuff, "ruben and sophie designs" make really good fences and shit (like the one in the pic)
>>336161164
>>336161663
Please somebody do either or both of these
>>336161825
nice lions mate
This thread has inspired me to download the complete collection of ZT1
I only had the vanilla game as a kid, never played the expansions
I'm kind of excited to not only relive my nostalgia but also make aquariums and yeti exhibits
>>336161825
>>336161941
whoops lol
this is why drugs are bad, kids.
also it might look like clouds are disabled but they were all behind me when I took the photo
>>336162070
could you link the mods you're running? It's hard finding this shit in 2016
>>336161525
That sounds like either religious or silly philosophical shit, at the end of the day I don't think anything in nature is 'meant' to do anything
>>336161663
>Zookeeper Wojak cannot reach the large poo"
T R I G G E R E D
I fucking hated that shit pre-Marine Mania. I could never create islands in exhibits because an animal would just shit all over it and then that annoying message kept popping out.I'll admit the idea is fucking hilarious though
>>336150196
Ma negro
>>336162160
http://auroradesigns.bplaced.net/rr.html
Ironically, the lion remake is a separate thing but I can't remember where I got it, sorry
This thread is perfect. I love you guys.
>>336162531
http://thezt2roundtable.com/topic/10833578/1/
this guy does nice shit
>>336162680
bit gay desu
>>336162160
also if you want more screenshots click on the "extras" section
>>336162680OP here. means a lot, thanks
Damn, this thread is making me want to reinstall. I've still got the discs.
>>336162898
Ty for the link senpai, I was actually already using his terrain overlay and zoom hack without realising haha
Anyone wants to discuss this?
Best park simulator to fuck up the guests
>>336163383
Great for everything except the park simulation part, which is why I switched back to Zoo Tycoon after a while. Still a decent game though.
>>336163383
Are there mods that add more content or make it more visually appealing? I would still play it agin if it didn't though
>>336161663
>>336161164
Holy shit, someone contact a drawfag
>>336163985
Yes but I have to say I've had mixed success with graphics mods, most of them aren't really that great.
Did anyone else here always start with a Giraffe as their first animal?
>that mod that rips all the dinosaur models from Operation Genesis
>>336164142
i'd try my hand at drawing it myself but i'm abroad right now
m-maybe another timewe ARE going to have more comfy ZT/sim threads in the future, right?
>>336164308
holy shit
link?
>>336163985
Graphics mods are more of a sideways upgrade for the game. Better in some areas, worse in others. Its best to just stay with vanilla graphics.
>>336164285
I always started with lions cos you didn't actually have the giraffe house unlocked from day one.
>>336164308
>>336164649
iirc it's unfinished and doesn't really work that well but I'd love to be proven wrong
ZT1>ZT2
>>336136570
Fuckin none of the links are working
>>336165008
But that's correct, anon
>>336164536
Of course senpai
As long as I'm still breathing and shitposting, that is
It's a shame roller coaster tycoon is talked about so much more then zoo tycoon here.
>>336165008
Man even as a shit-mongol kid I knew ZT2 was casualized shit, so weird seeing people have nostalgia for it.
>>336164536
I'll be around. As soon as I'm done with finals I'm gonna get back into this game big time
>>336165016
The Mega worked for me, took a while to load the site though
>>336164831
Lions are the casual modo of ZT. Available early, get tons of visitor attention and fuck like rabbits.
Speaking of which, has anyone figured out a good way of dealing with underperforming exhibits? Best I could do was putting them next to paths to the more popular animals but that doesn't always work out (ie. the exhibit keeps generating low revenue).
>>336165008
>I thought Zoo Tycoon 2's 3D grafics were a huge upgrade when it came out
>mfw 12 years later it looks terrible compared to the original
>>336165964
If you wanted to be a faggot you could use cheats.
Call the exhibit "Microsoft" to increase donations.
Call it "Wonderland" to increase popularity.
Y'all like my Zoo?
>>336166406
wider paths mang
>>336166406
>tanks for the tigers
heresy
other than that 5/5 bretty good
why didn't you use a jungle map, though?
>>336166125
I didn't. I always hated the massive blocky feet some of the animals like tigers had.
Actually this was probably the first time I realised 3D doesn't always equal better graphics, and that sprite based games can look just as, if not more beautiful than model based vidya.
>>336166406
Looks comfy
>>336166406
>themed areas
>>336166406
I'd made the paths wider in some places, but otherwise 8/10 would visit
>>336166684
That's just the SE Asian Section of the zoo.
I've been working on this Zoo in my pathetic moments of spare time over the course of years. Like, every 6 months I get the urge to play, and I'll make 1-2 exhibits. I think my current zoo has an Australian section as well.
This is the entrance before anything else was built.
>>336166369
Ok, and what about the non-faggy ways? Or are some animals just pre-programmed to be less popular than the others?
This reminds me, are there any mods that simply increase the map size?
>>336166932
>that symmetry
>>336166932
>that (almost) perfect symmetry
top autism m8
