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Post by James on Nov 16, 2004 10:33:06 GMT -5
Soon we will be adding a Zoo Tycoon Tip Of The Day to this site. We want you hear your tips for the game.
Post your tips here and they could be added to the front page very soon!
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Post by Craven on Nov 19, 2004 8:33:51 GMT -5
I started out just doing the 'free form' game. I did not realize that by playing the challenge games that you could unlock other objects that are not in the free form game.
In the challenge game, wait to research some of the store items. If you can unlock a new theme, it might have the same store with a different theme. And those you don't have to research.
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Post by Ratqueen on Nov 19, 2004 20:00:34 GMT -5
Craven, do you really mean the Challenge games, no the Campaign games? I saw that we could unlock a few things by playing the campaign games, but I didn't know this would apply to Challenge games too!
What kind of things did you unlock in Challenge games so far? Just different themed shops?
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Post by Craven on Nov 19, 2004 20:33:56 GMT -5
I just unlocked the safari theme with the challenge games. I haven't tried the campaign ones yet. I'm waiting for a new computer before getting too far into it.
I had one challenge to take a photo of an animal sleeping in the shade. Never managed to get it to recognize that it was.
I like creating a hill with a cliff around it. I put that in the middle of an exhibit with a ramp for guests to go up and look around. That works well.
I have tried putting a moat around my animals. But the zoo keepers keep getting stuck in the moat.
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Post by argh on Nov 25, 2004 8:16:55 GMT -5
Tired of zookeepers not cleaning up poo or not feeding the animals reguarly?
Just create an exhibit without a gate, and leave a zookeeper inside. They are forced to micro-manage the exhibit without their habitual rests periods.
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Post by James on Nov 25, 2004 16:48:32 GMT -5
Good idea!
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Post by Johnny on Dec 1, 2004 6:52:36 GMT -5
Exactly when will that be!  |
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Post by James on Dec 1, 2004 9:11:18 GMT -5
As soon as we've had enough suggestions. A few weeks probably.
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teslacoil
Junior Member
animals are my life.But are they yours??
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Post by teslacoil on Dec 18, 2004 14:07:09 GMT -5
i found out that gazals are one of the most hardest animals to look after.they are always giving birth and wanting more space give them a fairly big pen it always wors best give them lots of food and water like lots of straw and at least 2 metal water bowls and lots of shade and youve got some very happy animals
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Post by TeirKat on Dec 25, 2004 20:09:19 GMT -5
If you're tired of your animals giving birth, simply remove any male animals from the exhibt. Easy as pie  |
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Post by Tiger on Jan 15, 2005 1:01:03 GMT -5
Now if only we could do that with people, just think how many problems would be solved ;D
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Post by RSoxNo1 on May 1, 2005 21:34:30 GMT -5
Personally, I think people should go throw a screening process before being allowed to continue the species.
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Post by RSoxNo1 on May 3, 2005 19:20:45 GMT -5
Some game things that I've experimented with.
I generally try to limit the # of animals per species to 8, 4 male, 4 female. I use this for every animal except flamingoes who I always purchase when I have money.
I usually have problems with gemsboks as well, but if I keep an eye on them I can usually maintain the species after buying a male and a female.
I've tried different things with the number of zookeepers. I feel one zookeeper per species does very well (I tried 1.5 per species and it was putting too much of a drain on my budget). Even at one zookeeper per species though it's hard to maintain positive cashflow.
I've also found that with appropriately placed trash cans and recycling bins, you can get away with 3 or 4 maintenance workers.
I've also found that dead end paths (those that meet a wall) do not get traveled down all that often. For that reason, I don't have any paths going down walls. The set up is as follows:
Savannah and Tropical Rainforest against left and right walls extending from the front walls to meet the exhibits against the back wall.
The back wall exhibits are the Tundra and Temperate Forest
I have two smaller exhibits against the front wall, usually Alpine and Boreal Forest. In the middle section I have one big Wetlands Area and in the same size space on the other side I have a sunken Scrub exhibit (to keep the Kangaroos from escaping) and a small Desert exhibit with no path in between the two... they share a wall. I'm not sure If i can put images on here, but If i can I'll show a clearer representation.
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Post by PassnThru on May 17, 2005 20:08:45 GMT -5
I've found that when the pregnancy icon turns red and the animal goes to give birth, if you crate the animals, the baby disappears and the mother is childless. Wierd but effective if your gazelles are multiplying too fast.
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Post by RSoxNo1 on May 24, 2005 17:00:44 GMT -5
 If you look at this Zoo Map it shows what I was talking about with my previous post |
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