Webcams do require power to function, whether that comes via the habitat’s power, or its own individual power source if located out of a habitat, but there is another benefit making webcams worthwhile: a small marketing boost to the zoo whenever you install one. Just press the left and right arrow keys to cycle through your cameras. In addition, they come equipped with the same useful on-screen elements as security cameras (in-game date, time, and camera name), so you can quickly identify which camera is which.
You can also upgrade them with night vision – that’s handy for monitoring nocturnal animals. Each webcam can move 80 degrees, so don’t worry about animals potentially escaping their cones of vision. Found under Habitat Webcams, you can set up these up and see what they see whenever you want.
In patch 1.6, you’ll be able to add the brand new webcam item to your habitats. These refinements to sandbox mode let you jump straight in with less reading, and less fiddling around with settings. But in sandbox, we understand you’re after that unique sense of freeform play that removes the concepts of time, death and negative welfare. Of course, if you want to customise your experience, you can toggle one or all of these options on. They’re all off by default!Īlso off by default are water grime build-up, so you needn’t send in keepers to clean pools, food going stale, animal escapes, and even negative guest happiness.
For example, many social welfare options are disabled when you start the mode, so you won’t have to spend time disabling the likes of overcrowding, animal stress, fights, fear, and predation. In patch 1.6, we’ve improved sandbox mode by giving you a stronger set of defaults. The sandbox is one of Planet Zoo’s most-loved modes, letting you remove all restrictions and build the zoo of your dreams. In Planet Zoo, we’ve well and truly captured their penchant for paddling. Just like in real life, bears are excellent swimmers, using their strong limbs and streamlined bodies to cut through the water in search of food.
Download the patch to see your Polar Bears, Grizzly Bears, Formosan Black Bears, and Sun Bears take advantage of new swimming animations and play not only on the water’s surface, but far below it. Achieving that much-wanted gold time depends on how efficiently you can research and maintain animal conditions throughout all of your deliveries! Deep Swimming Bearsīears can swim down to deeper depths in patch 1.6. Your main focus is animal welfare, so try and build suitable habitats to meet their needs. New animals will continue to be delivered throughout the scenario, which adds an increasing level of difficulty as you adapt to provide the best conditions possible. Instead, rescued animals are gifted to you on a timer. As a fun twist, there are no animals in the trade centre for you to purchase. Here you’ll take over an animal reserve and provide forever homes to diverse species rescued from Guatemala. We’re giving you a fresh challenge for this testing scenario. Ahead of patch 1.6’s release on 22 June, here’s a breakdown of what you can expect. We’re talking new animal behaviours, fresh gameplay options, a new webcam so you can keep tabs on inhabitants, and even a brand new timed scenario. In patch 1.6, we’ve worked hard to bring you a bevy of improvements that will make your zoo management experience even better.
Are you ready to hear about the latest exciting update to Planet Zoo? What kind of question is that – of course you are!