Planet Zoo News

Frontier Developments announced today that Planet Zoo: Console Edition will arrive on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S next month.

Releasing on March 26, the game is available to pre-order, and doing so will earn you three exclusive animals: the Pygmy Hippopotamus, Komodo Dragon, and Thomson’s Gazelle.

The Console Edition of the creative management simulation comes complete with over four years of features, content, and animals from the PC game’s free updates.

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Hayo Zookeepers!

Update 1.16.2 is available now for you to enjoy! Just update your game to play. For full patch notes, see below:

Planet Zoo - 1.16.2 Update Notes
This update contains bug fixes & adjustments

Animals

• Adjusted the Saiga's tolerance for colder temperatures and made them appreciate a bit of snow cover in their habitat
  
• Fixed various animation issues on the Mute Swan female
  
• Fixed various animation issues on the Wisent juvenile
  
• Adjusted the animation of the Wild Boar when it preens itself
  
• Adjusted the animation of the Sloth Bear when it uses the Fire Hose Ball Enrichment Toy
  
• Adjusted the animation of the European Badger when drinking from the Water Pipe
  
• Adjusted the animation of the Takin swimming
  
• Adjusted the animation of the Dall Sheep when it performs its hero call
  
• Quokka males should now interact with the Tunnel Enrichment Toy
  
• Female African Elephant now interacts with the Tree Scatter Feeder
  
• Fixed spelling in Zoopedia entry for Capybara
  
• Fixed an issue where animals could get stuck in water after swimming
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mute Swan model was displaying incorrectly in heatmaps
  

Staff

• Fixed an issue where the female Vendors' face would deform during serving
  

Guests

• Improved guest navigation in Souvenir Shops
  
• Guests will now equip balloons and umbrellas bought in Souvenir Shops
  
• Fixed an issue where guests would refuse to purchase certain items at all
  
• Adjusted item pricing for several Souvenir Shop items
  

Facilities

• Fixed a crash if a Souvenir Shop counter is moved while a vendor is travelling to it,
  

Barriers

• Fixed "Flat Top and Editable Bottom" mode in barrier editor with multiple barrier panels selected
  

Scenery

• Updated Saiga conservation status from "Critically Endangered" to "Near Threatened" on both the Education Board and the provided custom texture
  
• Updated Scimitar Horned Oryx conservation satus from "Extinct in the Wild" to "Endangered" on both the Education Board and the provided custom texture
  
• Updated Fire Salamander conservation satus from "Least Concern" to "Vulnerable" on both Education Board and the provided custom texture
  
• Removed Tropical and Savanah Biome from Takin Education Board and provided custom texture
  
• Added Grasslands Biome to Hermann's Tortoise Education Board and provided custom texture
  

UI

• Fixed infertility discrepancies between Animal Management and individual animal panels
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mute Swan model was displaying incorrectly in heatmaps
  

Localisation

• "Autosave" now appears localised again in autosave names for all languages
  
• We shrunk King Penguins back to their originally intended size in their German Zoopedia entry
  

Stability

• Fixed various crashes and minor bugs, improving game stability
  

We appreciate your reports helping our investigations into issues with Franchise servers. As a thank you we have gifted each Zookeeper with 500 Conservation Credits to use in your zoos.

Frontier Developments, the British developer-publishers behind Elite Dangerous, Planet Zoo and Warhammer games including Warhammer 40,000 XCOM-a-like Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters and last year’s Age of Sigmar RTS Realms of Ruin, will host a new monthly developer showcase starting next week.

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Hayo Zookeepers,

We are aware of the issues that some players are still experiencing with our servers when trying to play Franchise Mode and the frustration this is causing.

We are actively investigating this issue as one of our highest priorities. To assist with this investigation, our team need your help!


If you are continuing to experience any issues with Franchise mode, please can you use the link below to send in a ticket explaining your issue.

https://formcrafts.com/a/planetzoo


To help our investigations we would be grateful if you could provide as much information as possible, including:

• Where exactly you encountered the issue
  
• A description of how the issue presented itself
  
• Include any error messages displayed on screen
  
• If you can, any approximate timings of when the issue occurred (such as after playing for 30 minutes or a few minutes after performing a specific task)
  

We’ll be carefully examining all your replies while we investigate this and will keep you up to date with any progress we make.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience this has caused and we hope to get you back to your zoos very soon!

💚 Planet Zoo Team

[h3]🛠️ It's time for the first Planet Zoo Community Challenge of the year 🛠️[/h3]

This week we're taking a closer look at the critically endangered animals, and releasing them back to the wild! Conservation should always be a number one priority for any zoo or wildlife park!

Join in by releasing 3 star critically endangered animals this week, Zookeepers.