Planet Zoo News

Hayo fellow Zookeepers!

Thank you for all of your support and feedback following Update 1.1.5 - we have now launched Update 1.1.6. This minor update focuses on guests and staff.

[h3]Update Notes[/h3]
Misc

• Issue Tracker - Fixed an issue where guests with no desire to spend money were queuing for shops, especially when leaving the zoo. Guests without desire to spend money will now do other things or leave the zoo without visiting shops en-route.
  
• Issue Tracker - Updated guest logic so guests with no cash will be more likely to visit an ATM.
  
• Issue Tracker - Fixed an issue where occasionally staff would get stuck outside a staff building.

Stability

• Further crash and stability fixes.

Please continue to provide us with your feedback and Issue Tracker reports. If you make a forum post about a bug, please link to your Issue Tracker support so your fellow community members can help confirm the issue.

Hayo Zookeepers!

We hope you've seen a lot of benefits due to Update 1.1.4. Did you check out the MontseC cheat? Send us all your cute screenshots!

Thanks to all of your feedback, we have released Update 1.1.5. Here are the update notes:

[h2]Planet Zoo - 1.1.5 Update Notes[/h2]
Misc

• Issue Tracker - Fixed an issue when running the game at 5x speed, staff get alerts for not finding a staff room despite many that are free.
  
• Issue Tracker - Fixed a rare crash when placing habitat gates.
  
• Fixed an issue where guests may re-spawn to zoo entrance when editing distant paths.
  

Stability

• Further crash and stability fixes.
  

Please continue to post any pesky bugs you come across on our Issue Tracker! If you make a forum post about a bug, please remember to link your Issue Tracker report so other people can contribute.

Hayo Zookeepers!

Thank you for all of your Issue Tracker reports over the last couple of months, we have just released a general update which should fix some of the more generic issues members of our community have reported to us.

[h3]1.1.4 Update Notes[/h3]

Animals

• Animals that have been boxed by the game will now be automatically unboxed, when safe!
  
• Fixes to Polar Bear jump to swim animations.
  
• Replaced references to Arctic continent with the appropriate North America and European tags and filters. This means Arctic animals have suitable plants if you want them!
  
• Fixed jumping into water from climbing frames.
  
• Zoopedia text updates based on your feedback - thank you for bringing these to our attention!
  

New Content

• Added a free avatar costume: Ice Cream Hat. Be careful, it might melt!
  

Management

• Refunds have been temporarily disabled while we review the overall system - thanks to all of the feedback you have given us!
  

Staff

• Vets, Mechanics, and Keepers now have unique inspection points inside the habitat gate to help prevent them from standing on top of each other.
  
• Fixed an issue where if a player deletes a habitat where food inside the habitat is on the ground, food will not degrade completely and would not be cleaned by Staff.
  

Guests

• Guests' needs now decrease slower while in shop queues to match Transport Ride queues.
  
• Guests now move between nearby shops based on queue length!
  
• Fixed an issue where guests departing or going to the next station of a Transport Ride opened their umbrellas early.
  

UI

• Replaced 'Uses last month' with 'Uses in last 12 months' for all habitat objects (feeders, water bowls, enrichment) info panels.
  
• Habitat cleanliness alert now opens habitat cleanliness Heat Map rather than water cleanliness.
  
• Fixed text error in high alert warning with special characters.
  
• Path icons now display a price in the main browser.
  
• Added 'No suitable species' feedback message to the feeding station info panel.
  
• Fixed duplicating scenery and buildings using duplicate and advanced move.
  
• Fixed shop inventory selling items that have been toggled off.
  
• Fixed albino animals displaying the wrong non-albino icons when being Released to the Wild.
  
• Fixed albino adult male and juvenile Zebras showing wrong thumbnail icon.
  

Sandbox Mode

• Fixed an issue where toggling off welfare in Sandbox Mode was still spawning protesters.
  

Challenge & Franchise Mode

• Fixed an issue where players were not receiving their rewards from Community Challenges.
  

Misc

• [As highlighted via the Issue Tracker] Fixed an issue where if the Ice Block Wall Slope 4m is selected in the placement tool there will be a second piece attached to the asset while being placed.
  
• [As highlighted via the Issue Tracker] Fixed an issue where the Zoopedia UI fails to open if opened through the Animal UI with any other "Top Left" UI open.
  
• [As highlighted via the Issue Tracker] Fixed a bug that prevented Vets from collecting some animals from the trade centre.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when adjusting Transport Ride min/max delays.
  
• Improved performance when using the shape terrain tools.
  

Stability

• Further crash and stability fixes.

Localisation

• Various localisation fixes.

Please continue to report any bugs you have come across on our Issue Tracker so we can look into the issue.

Hello Zookeepers!

Thank you for all of your feedback and support since our last update. We have now released update 1.1.3 which includes a range of fixes for your zoos.

Here are the update notes:

• Fixed an issue where some players loading into their franchise zoo would be immediately forced back to the front end menu.
  
• Fixed an issue with an infinite loading screen in franchise mode for some players.
  
• Fixed a crash when loading some large zoos from Steam workshop.
  
• Fixed an issue where guests would not use transport rides.
  
• General stability fixes.
  

Please continue to report any issues you encounter on our Issue Tracker and we'll keep you up to date on further news or updates!

Hey Zookeepers!

We're back from our festive break and ready to kick off 2020 with our first Planet Zoo update!

Thanks for all of your fantastic support, feedback and patience as we've continued to update Planet Zoo. We've now released Update 1.1.2, which contains a range of fixes.

Here are the update notes for 1.1.2:

• Fixed a material streaming issue where objects would load in blurred.
  
• Fixed a bug where thousands of dung would crash the physics system on loading zoos.
  
• Fixed a crash on load of a zoo where the audio system would run out of memory.
  
• Fixed Cheetah female and Polar Bear being able to jump into water.
  
• Fixed a number of crashes due to crowd navigation.
  
• Fixed check boxes for object placement settings responding to keyboard shortcuts.
  
• Fixed guests getting trapped by path editing near them.
  
• Fixed guests getting stuck on load.
  
• Fixed various crowd related crashes.
  
• Fixed block of frozen fruit enrichment item unlocking via Galapagos or Giant Tortoise research.
  
• Fixed inspectors not visiting zoos.
  
• Fixed Mechanics not repairing vandalised items.
  
• Improved loading times of zoos with lots of climbable objects.
  
• Fixed big cats being able to climb tall walls to escape.
  
• Fixed clicking a time line notification about breeding animals.
  
• Various localisation and text fixes.
  
• Fixed a crash when using object selection shortcuts in the animal info pop up.
  
• Fixed an issue where cancelling an animal move request at a specific time could cause issues.
  
• General bug fixes.

Please continue to send us feedback and reports on the Issue Tracker so we can continue to improve our community's experience.