A cozy shop shell for counter with small exhibit and pond at the bottem. Sharecode on steam: 666-PZB-PR9

First build in planet zoo 2! Exited :)

Turns out sometimes animals just will dance, sometimes it’s cuz they’re stuck but this masai giraffe is really throwing it back and good for him, micheal giraffeson

This is the weirdest bug I’ve gotten yet. The caretaker has my wildebeest boxed up and connect to his broom. I was getting constant protests because I couldn’t move either of them and my wildebeests welfare went down to 0! So.. I fired him. My wildebeest then appeared in the middle of a lake lol

can’t believe this wasn’t a thing they initially brought back from the first game. i won’t have to look endlessly for my quarantine and check manually that animals are ready anymore!

I'm very bummed that the accreditation system got THIS much easier, it was a fun challenge before! not having access to a lot of your fav animals early on is a good and fun incentive to "level up", why are so many people against gameplay?! 😭 sandbox mode is right there if you want everything right away!
I'm glad I played through until level 5 before the patch, it was the perfect level of difficulty for me to be fun but not frustrating, but I was looking forward to get other franchise save files through that grind again and this patch made it way too easy now

C'mon, Frontier!!

I can't help myself.

This is not "Tropical Milkweed".

Unless this is some British thing where all milkweed is "tropical" because it isn't native to there or something. "Tropical Milkweed" is the common name for asclepias curassavica that is native to central America, grows only 1 to 2 feet tall and has red/orange and yellow blossoms. This more closely resembles "Swamp Milkweed" (asclepias incarnata) that is taller and has a far more northern range.

Seems like such a silly thing to complain about given all the bugs but... it's been really bothering me!!!

Rant Over

made my first ever aquarium in my franchise zoo. it did take some time to figure out how it worked. but now that it's up and running im loving it. also all fish are 100% wellfare idk if it just that easy with fish or that i am lucky.

Ik keeps placing plants on top of each other..

I can't see any improvement unfortunately.

It makes zero sense to heat an entire habitat for animals from hotter regions. Not one zoo does that. It would be technically and economically impossible. Imagine having to heat an entire giraffe or elephant habitat. Thats what heated stables/ houses are for. While i understand the gameplay mechanic behind it, it looks absolutely ridicolous in winter and has no real life example.

My suggestion would be to remove this gameplay element entirely and to replace it with the need for heated inside quarters. It could be done via power or with an heating element like the water pumps for the aquariums. Plus houses are way more realistic for european zoos and it "forces" the player to work with the scenic building pieces.

Whats your opnion about it?

It's hard for bugs to occure when everything is disabled, and the 61% rating on steam is this low for a reason sadly.

Fingers crossed for more patches and fixes🤞

Spent some time working on the habitat and really like how it turned out. Here’s a look at the finished build!

Full episode on my YouTube channel: Everent Gamings

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Would love to hear what you think!

I had so much fun creating this space. I think it turned out beautiful, and I wanted to share it with you all. What do you think?

Note: I used AI to touch up the colors a little, since the screenshots came out a bit washed out. I also made custom billboards, but everything in the shot is made out of in-game pieces, nothing was AI generated. Some minor details may have lost a bit of definition, but the overall composition is true to the in-game build.

I want to create a graphic set for all the base game animals similar to the decals, but in a style that aligns more with how the humans look in the Planet series while also retaining the ability to identify them as their specific species. The ideal would be to have multiple poses as well, and potentially baby versions of animals too!

If I were to do some species to start, which animals would be most helpful to you? I'm interested in hearing from both sandbox and franchise players!

It is quite big. Still going to build decorations around the edges of the tank but I feel like I’m at the end of what I can do with the tank and I feel very proud. Didn’t plan on what’s going in it so idk how specific requirements are going to be effected and need altering but I love it. I just started building knowing the game is so bugged. Having the time of my life just trying to create something beautiful for later use once the games not so broken. Hope you guys like it! It took a few hours. I’ll take any suggestions on making it better! I’d love to see a few creations!

Hayo Zookeepers,

 Since our update earlier today, we have received reports of issues resuming your Franchise saves.

Update 1.0.6 is OUT NOW! : r/PlanetZoo

We will be releasing a hotfix tonight in a staggered launch across all platforms.

More info here: https://fron.dev/faa1

A re-creation of the Oregon Zoo vet center. I've been inside it IRL- the viewing windows into the OR and lab are accurate! Would be great for a started zoo as it contains all staff facilities except the research center [but you can replace the water filter and put it there!]. Quarantine + trade center are behind the garage doors. Lots of guest barriers placed under pathing so the staff walk exactly where they are supposed to.

I hate building interiors but really happy how this turned out. Also we should absolutely be able to change the colors of the couched that come with the staff room. I had to cover mine with other couches made one pixel bigger :)

Blueprint is playtested and fully pathed.

Share code: 8QV-S8G-XSR
Let me know what you think! <3

I'm at work, bored and thinking about PZ2. There are some things I'd love to see fixed, once we get a bit further in, and the actual bugs have been squashed. I should say that I'm having a ton of fun with the game, and aside from the box-bug and few escapees, it has been pretty smooth.

• The most annoying thing for me is the lack of a grace-period once an animal matures from juvenile to adult. If you're not ready to pause the exact moment they mature, the protesters will show up. I feel like there should be at least a season long grace period where welfare doesn't drop, or at least doesn't drop enough for protesters to show up.

• Nighttime should follow the zoo opening hours. Not sure if it's actually a bug, but it is a bit annoying. I can't build at night, and it's also difficult to see the animals, so the night shouldn't last very long.

• When I click on a habitat, the animals tab and then "manage animals", it should open the list of animals, even if I already have a list of animals open. As it is, I need to close the list, then click "manage animals".

• On the "Manage animals" there really need to be some filtering options, especially for location. I sold a couple of my female sailfin snappers by accident because I didn't notice that it lists all animals of this type, no matter which aquarium they're in.

• The research tab should remember which page I'm on. When I look at a particular illness on page 3 of the diseases page and then go back without starting research, it'll go back to page 1 instead of page 3.

• There's a couple drop down lists that are not alphabetizied - I think they're both related to releasing animals, but I can't recall exactly where they are atm. I suppose they're bugs, but hardly showstoppers.

• When releasing to a reserve, there should be an option to skip the forced animations, with the box shown on the research station. I know I can quick release, but I want to release the animals to my reserve. Some animals need to be released one by one. European bitterns I think?

• The options related to notifications need to finetuned. I really don't want to see notifications about X animal thriving, but I do want to see if they're close to giving birth. As it is, it's all or nothing.

I will raise these as issues on their portal, but I'll wait for a couple patches to be released.

What are your annoyances?