Hayo Zookeepers!

Update 1.12.3 is now available for download. Simply update your game before you play! This update includes various bug fixes, and you can read more below:

Patch Notes

General Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Animals
    • Fixed "moving multiple selected animals" in the exhibit info panel not always moving the selected animals
    • Fixed Raccoons passing through scenery to interact with enrichment toys
    • Fixed an issue where animals interacting with burrows were teleported across the park
    • Removed the possibility for animals in burrows to stand idle for long periods of time
    • Fixed the navigable area heatmap not updating when the selected animal had to be reset to the habitat gate
    • Fixed an issue where animals could not enter or exit a burrow correctly
    • Fixed an issue where animals were temporarily considered escaped from their habitats, particularly when climbing
    • Increased the size of skeletal remains left by juvenile Emus that decomposed in a habitat
    • Added interspecies enrichment bonuses between Emus, Red Kangaroos and Red-Necked Wallabies
    • Fixed Raccoon's whiskers and fur disappearing if viewing from specific distance
    • Fixed Formosan Black Bear Juvenile eyes floating if viewing from specific distance
    • Fixed Nine-Banded Armadillo teleporting when exiting burrow
    • Made Scarecrow Feeder more accessible for Blue Wildebeest
    • Fixed some sharp edges on the Maned Wolf sleeping animation
    • Fixed leg flickering on the Emu walking animation
    • Fixed overextended front upper legs on the Blue Wildebeest Female walking animation
    • Adjusted animation when the Striped Hyena shakes
    • Adjusted animation when the Nine-Banded Armadillo turns
    • Updated Striped Hyena animal icons for both Male and Female
    • Updated Striped Hyena Zoopedia images
  • Facilities
    • Fixed Tour guest wellbeing being rated much lower than expected
    • Fixed "Educational item placed too far from target species" alert on Tour Points not assigned to an Animal Talk
    • Fixed some habitat objects being incorrectly considered scenery objects when using the bulldozer tool
    • Fixed an issue where ride stations sometimes do not get fully deleted when using the bulldozer tool
  • Franchise
    • Fixed the Automated Exhibit Population Management rules showing the "Release to wild" option in franchise mode
  • Game Modes
    • Height map zoos created in the following places now use their matching flat skirts:
      • Africa Savannah
      • Antarctica Tundra
      • Asia Tropical
      • Europe Tundra
      • North America Savannah
      • North America Temperate
      • Oceania Tropical
    • Path added to Temperate Europe Sculpted map entrance
    • Loans are now available in Sandbox mode
  • Guests
    • Enabled moving tour guests onto staff paths during their tour
    • Added feedback for inaccessible Tour Points in tours
  • Habitats
    • Fixed habitat shelter heatmap not displaying correctly
    • Fixed incorrect animal accessibility message on climbing frames
    • Fixed habitat object accessibility considering irrelevant animals' accessibility
    • Improved habitat object accessibility algorithm
    • Fixed an issue where terrain around a burrow interior could be edited
    • Removed possibility to place burrows in lakes
  • Localization
    • Added localized string informing players when Tour Points are inaccessible
    • Fixed a spelling mistake in the Red Barn River timed scenario description
  • Scenario
    • Foliage removed from beneath terrain in Pumamarca Educational Reserve
  • Scenery
    • Fixed some glass construction assets to allow guests to see animals through them
    • Added Temperate biome to Emu's infoboard
    • Adjusted specular response of the Buffalo Dry Grass
    • Adjusted colour variants on the Buffalo Dry Grass, Blue Stem Dry Grass and Red Oat Dry Grass.
  • Staff
    • Fixed tour guide gliding away from the Tour Point at the end of a tour
  • UI
    • The UI flow for creating and naming tours has been simplified
  • Crashes
    • Fixed a crash when placing a quarantine building
    • Fixed a crash when placing a staff building
    • Fixed a crash when placing a habitat gate
    • Fixed a rare crash when getting a welfare notification for Butterflies
    • Fixed a rare crash when Butterflies attempted to land on guests
    • Fixed a crash when species did not have a listed food grade in their habitat
Version
1.12.3
Game