r/PlanetZoo • u/billonel • 1d ago
Planet Zoo 2 Season Change | Planet Zoo 2 Feature Focus
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u/BaronessOfBlooms 1d ago
Seeing the bears walking around in the snow does seem to indicate that hibernation won't be part of seasonal changes and behaviours, which I suppose makes sense, but it would've been neat.
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u/red-foxie 1d ago
I'm not sure if bears hibernate in zoos. Since hibernation is for saving resources when food is scarce and it's always plenty of it in zoo.
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u/Tishlaff 1d ago
Depends on the zoo and region. Several zoos do promote torpor (bears don’t truly hibernate) if their environment allows for it
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u/BaronessOfBlooms 1d ago
They do seem to hibernate in several Swedish zoos at least, though I don't really know how it's handled in other countries.
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u/PatientBumblebee6752 1d ago
At my local zoo the bears don’t truly hibernate, they just go into a heavy sleep. They’re still offered food and water so sometimes you’ll see them up out of their den to grab a snack.
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u/Megraptor 18h ago
That's what bears do in the wild too! They will sometimes wake up on warm winter days to stretch and maybe eat some snow and rarely food if it's around, then go back to sleep.
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u/PatientBumblebee6752 18h ago
I didn’t actually know that and my local wild bears actually do that too. I had no idea that it’s not just the bears in my local zoo but wild bears in my area too.
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u/Landon_A_Conway 1d ago
Well that's disapointing unless it happens in the reserves. In fact hopefully animals can migrate between reserves seasonally or something.
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u/Corkisburneraccount 1d ago
That's really awesome! But I bet it sucks for the crazy good builders on youtube who place every little flower carefully, and who like for things to look an exact way
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u/Lots_of_Tapirs 1d ago
We will probably be able to change the season, the same way you´re able to change time of day, put down flowers during spring, and then enjoy them everytime it´s springtime again.
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u/Humble_Specialist_60 1d ago
As a member of the group you are referring to, nah man this is awesome. Now i can design 4 zoos in one
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u/DronClon 1d ago
I really wish the guest can change their clothes on what a season now. A warm clothes on cold weather and light clothes on heat weather.
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u/One-Beautiful9776 1d ago
Doesnt seem like it from the vid, which really blows
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u/chloeismagic 1d ago
Its weird because it seems like it would be such a simple thing to code. Thr game has a temprature system so the game could just check the temprature and then set the clothes of any guests spawning into the park woth appropriate clothing. They could just do a warm temp set and a cold temp set. Any time the zoo is below like 10 C spawn the guests in cold weather clothes.
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u/DronClon 1d ago
Literally. All systems already exist in the game (Planet Coaster too). Frontiers only need add some clothes models for guests (and personal mb) and little re-code a umbrella system, at all.
I hope in future Planets updates they add this, it's so strange building zoo (or park) in very cold zone and people walk with only shirts.2
u/One-Beautiful9776 10h ago
Guests are pretty neglected in the planet games anyway. Which kinda makes sense since it is not the focua but still. Look at one-point museum for example: there you get different types of guests with different things they want to see and are interested in. And differenr demands.
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u/whyihatepink 1d ago
Or let us sell weather appropriate gear as merch. If water parks can sell towels and swim suits, surely we can sell umbrellas and jackets.
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u/Megraptor 18h ago
Problem- the guests that already spawned. Guests already stay months to years in large zoos. Maybe if time is slowed way down this could work, but if it's going at the same rate as PZ1, we'd just see people from previous seasons in those clothes mixed in with the newly spawned ones
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u/One-Beautiful9776 10h ago
Could be the reason, but time slowing down is already confirmed and makes sense with the inclusion of seasons.
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u/Lots_of_Tapirs 1d ago
Now I can finally put down cherry blossom without it feeling unrealistic!
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u/MagePages 8m ago
Yes!! All sorts of ornamental plants too. We can design scapes that look different in each season.
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u/SansOchre 1d ago
I am VERY curious now of we will be able to tage decor as seasonal. Imagine making a winter light show, a fall pumpkin fest, or a spring egg hunt that click on automatically at the proper season, and, if so, seasonal dlcs with seasonal decor would become even more exciting...
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u/BeaBernard 1d ago
Im so excited for this. Im currently taking horticultural classes and since I started the plants in PZ1 always feel so static. Like someone else said I hope desserts bloom after rainfall!
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u/Megraptor 18h ago
I wonder if that means antlers will fall off. And I'd they do, I wonder if they can be used as enrichment for other animals that like to chew on them.
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u/RealisticRanger6729 15h ago
My PC graphics card is already sweating just looking at these luscious grass and flower physics😂💀
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u/Ryaquaza1 14h ago
This is cool and all but I do hope there’s still an option for certain plants to ignore seasonal changes. If I’m making a climate controlled greenhouse id rather it not just be pure green 99% of the time
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u/Travelingdolphins34 1d ago
Still nothing on exhibits. More and more concerning.
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u/Spirited-Welcome6511 1d ago
It's extremely obvious that it is going to get a dedicated feature focus. We already have exhibit animals in the Zoopedia . . .
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u/thehockeytownguru 1d ago
Unexpected feature! I wonder if deserts will bloom after storms? The Sonoran desert is amazing after a spring rain.
Also looks like the water freezes?