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Change cLaysEggs from 0 back to 1.
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can someone please help me make this guy come as an egg againspino.ai
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Dinosaur Digs Combined Realism Hack by VNDragon
Lichosaurus commented on VND's file in Hacks & Utilities
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VERY interesting data point. After all, the two versions were packaged almost 6 years apart from each other. I think I have a good explanation just from what you provided. Seems like most of the files except for the two above were compressed using a compression method known as z-standard (zstd). I'm uncertain which setting flag was checked back when I packaged the bundle, as the zstd option should only be available when I create .7z file, not .zip. The error probably came from Explorer not supporting this newer algorithm.
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Dinosaur Digs Combined Realism Hack by VNDragon
Lichosaurus commented on VND's file in Hacks & Utilities
On Saturday I am planning to mow my lawns one last time and do some other gardening' stuff and on Sunday I have lectures with my students. But if I have time I will definitely check it out 😉 Funny thing: I used Windows Explorer when I unzipped your hack before, version 1.26. And then it worked just fine. -
Looking forward to seeing them
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Nice! Where will you be hosting it? ZKL or ZTDG? DG and maybe here too. Haven't decided.
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I do not like to repeat my previous quotes, but I need to shout to the world that "Tangy Bison" and "Choccy Bison" sound like odd but neat recipes of beef that I'm curious to taste rn 🥩🥩
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Nice! Where will you be hosting it? ZKL or ZTDG?
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Oh I need to say I have also finished the underwater volcanoes as non hack versions and there are 9 files in the pack as I added a few other things. I am just waiting on Jay to check it.
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Yea, so I tested it on my Windows 11 device. In my test case, it returned a 0x80004005 unspecified error message and only extracted the main .ztd & .rtf file. Searched online a bit and there does not seem to be any rhymth or reason aside from Windows Explorer's ability to handle compressed files still being pretty bad. I always recommend others to use a dedicated archiver, especially if you are looking into modding or just combining your .ztds later. Let me know if you notice anything that could be improved upon during gameplay.
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Dinosaur Digs Combined Realism Hack by VNDragon
Lichosaurus commented on VND's file in Hacks & Utilities
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Short update: Underwater Thermals Hack and American Bison Palette Recolours are now available on Zooberry.
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@Lichosaurus hi there! Can you provide your operation system and which program you are using to unzip the files? I do want to aim for wide compatibility so that I don't have to maintain troubleshooting for along time or offer multiple zips. Here is me testing the package downloaded from Tek with zero issue.
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Dinosaur Digs Combined Realism Hack by VNDragon
Lichosaurus commented on VND's file in Hacks & Utilities
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New Releases Added 2 ZT1 mods submitted by @DreadBalaur (VND) Underwater Thermals Pack Palette Edits & Dimorphism Hack: American Bison Archived Files Archived 2 Zoo Tycoon Volcano mods submitted by @Youko . Ruppell's Vulture by RyuKami and VGnome. Deathbringer by Chuckingsquid. Files Updates Updated 2 files for ZT1 requested by @Zarawattoand Jay. Haast's Eagle updated by Zarawatto. Updated graphics. Updated description. Borsato Lang File updated by Jay. Fixes typos in strings. General Updates Added a known issues section for the No Grass, Please mod page submitted by @DreadBalaur (VND) .
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In the Cenozoic Hall you may even spot a diorama based on the Ashfall Fossil Beds of your home state.
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I have given the turnstile to Khaydar and it is up to him what he does with it from here.
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Was this ever released? Is it a working building? Expand If you want them back I think Jay has that file Yes, please. Thank you.
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Love how things are looking!
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Wow!!! So many details!
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The always-gracious Cricket managed to expedite my submission in record time. A new update for the Dinosaur Digs Combined Realism hack is finally out over 5 years after the last version (or 6, depending whether you count submission date or available date) and 11 years since No Grass, Please 1.0 came out. The changelog displayed on the download page is a heavily truncated version. The actual changelog is longgggg. I literally made two extra text files in the zip to detail all the information I want to put out. I know some users have customized the mod to their preference over the years, so I wanted to write out as much of my rationale as possible to aid future customization or maintenance efforts. The bulk of the update is on the foliage: more information and more compatible foliage for you to customize your Dinosaur Digs exhibit more freely. The core philosophy to maintain backward compatibility still remains the same. The biggest milestone is probably in the new extra files and what they do. I have not fully thought out how I want these extra files to be hosted. They are currently bundle in the same zip with v1.3, but they might end up being distributed separately later. The first is also my first lang file ever. P. rex had this ambition of including the temporal range in the long text tooltip for all plants under the Dinosaur Digs filter very early on No Grass, Please (NGP). I finally pull that off with an override lang file. The final version ends up being rewritten to allow more cross-compatibility without erasing original tooltip message. The neat part is that since it only adds information to existing official items, it is completely optional. On the same note with lang files, Borsato lang and ui99 are no longer bundled in this pack. They are finally hosted properly elsewhere, plus Jay recently updated the lang file too (currently on Zooberry, but another source should be around soon). Some of you may have also noticed that I got permission from P. Rex to repackage and make a mirror of NGP v1.5 on ZooBerry recently (Tek's version is 1.0). The new mirror includes smaller files split into different elements of the pack for those who only want part of NGP. There are some quirks and incomplete works existing in 1.5 that I have addressed early into my version (see the first pages of this topic). I decided to include a specific, lightweight "NGP patch" file addressing issues affecting gameplay that you can use if you prefer NGP over the combined hack.
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Dinosaur Digs Combined Realism Hack by VNDragon has been updated. Updated by VND on September 20, 2026: V1.3 Patch notes (Sep 20/2026) Over 6 years since V1.0! This is the most extensive update so far. Many plants can now be placed on water or submerged in tanks for flooded forest builds. Long text tooltips denoting geological age range for official foliage in the original "No Grass, Please" (NGP) can finally be injected using a new lang file (lang660-PlantEra-override). The text is under a new formatting so it's not a 1:1 reproduction of NGP, however. Heavy revisions on naming, inclusion, locations, time periods, and tooltip texts for many foliage. Credits to Dakota for doing some groundwork on foliage stratigraphic range. Vondell granted me permission to edit and bundle the non-habitat versions of their NGP plants. For detailed notes on these changes, please refer to the long-form note within the .zip file. Expand animal's object preferences (e.g., Lambeosaurus can accept highland items now). More powerful herbivores. Place some small carnivores or delete their fence to find out. File bundling Include a special standalone file that updates icons and fixes some unintended issues in "No Grass, Please" v1.5. Use it if you prefer playing with NGP instead of the combined hack. Remove Borsato's ui99 & lang files, now that they are officially hosted, maintained, and updated elsewhere.
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I know he did it, but it is one of my fav dinos since I'm a child, so I wanted to do my own version of it
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Hi again 😉 Borsato has already made a Cryolophosaurus in Dino Danger Jurassic, that is why I didn't say anything about it. But I definitely see its 'haircut' now 😁 Nicely done 👍
