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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.

@HeatherL I got the young bison to use a separate palette now, but I can't seem to introduce sexual dimorphism to the adult bisons. We are still lacking resources on hex editing, but theoretically this should be possible since Jymn did a number of them. Anyway, I sidequested a little bit. This is a hack that I have configured a while ago but only got around to compiling them into a file just now upon a request from Khaydar. Underwater volcanoes are well-known, and they spew lava right to the ocean floor despite all that water pressure above them, so it stands for reason that we should be allowed to place the volcanoes ingame underwater too. Another structure associated with volcanic activity on the ocean floor is the hydrothermal vent. Sadly we don't quite have anything like that in the game yet. I decided to chuck the existing steam vents and geysers too so they can function as makeshift hydrothermal vents. Aside from tank compatibility, I also made them exhibit neutral, indestructible, and reduce their footprints for easier landscaping. I know some users prefer new items over hacks. While I don't have time to turn these into unique items, anyone who want to do so are welcomed to take a jab at them. Otherwise, the hack should have no impact on your old zoos. Credits to Pixigger's Exhibit Scenery for inspiring me to find ways to make more existing scenery items exhibit-friendly. The file has been submitted to Zooberry and should be available soonish. Here is an example enclosure, as a bonus.

Gibbon toy use sprites, (toy sprite not included)

Was this ever released? Is it a working building? If you want them back I think Jay has that file