Update Notes

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:

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