Empty Zoos!

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

Oh my! I almost forgot that the original ZT just reached its 20s last month! Because of this ZooTycoonVersary, I just came out with this idea... But first, a short tale:

 

For almost the 15 years playing  ZT CC, I was always a vanilla user, because I tried user made content, but it was not convincent and some used to crash my PC. Then I found Taz's stuff and I got amazed with the few animals she made. These were the only user made creations I kept for years. Besides, some times I got saved zoos from other players in forums like ZTCenter or ZKLounge, because their screenshots were awesome, but then i tried running those zoos and found a lot of missing items, sometimes missing paths or buildings (resulting in guests lost in an endless nonsense walking) and, of course, lots and LOTS of empty exhibits. Because of this, for the ZT 20th anniversary, I will take my 

 

Empty Zoos Challenge!

 

Summing it, consisting of clearing all of the campaign with most of the user made content. Sure many of you have tried this.

 

As the name suggests, a full vanilla player would see just an empty zoo if trying these saved zoos. The main goal is build a Void Zoo where no in-game content is used, resulting in a vanilla game having just the staff, the guests and the terrain modifications.

 

The rules are the following:

 

For beginner campaign:

- The unlimited cash cheat is banned.

- Every path must be replaced with user-made paths, and the default way cannot be modified.

- Unless the campaign demands it (i. e. where the animals are donated ), no in-game animals may be adopted. Repeating species between campaigns is not forbidden, but preferably use one time each for more diversity. This also should be keep in mind about biomes.

 

Plus those for beginner ones, for intermediate campaign:

- No in-game decorative fences may be bougth.

- No in-game scenery may be bought.

 

Plus those for intermediate ones, for advanced campaign:

- Unless the campaign demands it, or the map has default buildings, no in-game buildings may be used.

- No in-game exhibit fences, tank walls or filters may be bought. 

 

Plus those for advanced ones, for very advanced campaign:

- No items inside exhibits (foliage, rocks or shelters) may be in-game.

- No in-game decorative foliage may be bought.

- Basically, at this point the only in-game allowed content will be staff.

 

In order to modify the most of the in-game animals for the use when needed, i also got the SideshowBob/Flamethrower/TasmanianTiger Nature vs ZT Megahack and VND's Combined Realism Hack (which of course includes P.Rex/Vondell No Grass, Please!)

 

If I'm missing any topic, let me know...

With all of this said and because it's better show you an example, let me introduce you to:

 

Empty Littleburg Zoo

from the Small Zoo campaign:

 

User-made only resctricted: Animals and paths.

In-game stuff allowed: Decorative and exhibit fences, scenery, buildings, rocks, foliage and staff.

 

Objectives:

1. Suitability: 60 for 6 exhibits.

2. Animal happiness: 80.

 

Default buildings: Burger stand (1), drink stand (1) and family restroom (1)

In-game animals required: Giraffe, moose and dromedary camel.

 

User made paths used:

-Genki's Grass path

-Genki's Grassland path

 

User made animals used:

-Khaydar's Sloth bear

-Borsato's West african crocodile

-Hawkkeye's Wild turkey

 

Main view of the map!

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Littleburg Zoo Picnic Zone!

 

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The croc family taking a sun bath after a good meal! 😻😻

 

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Baloo the sloth bear after a good laze 😹😹

 

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Who else is looking forward thanksgiving? 🍗🍗

 

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I didn't get too much scenery as this campaign is short in time and resources... Next will be better! Hope you like it 💖💖 Follow this thread for the whole campaign of the empty zoos :3 

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

Oh no! I just noticed I broke the path's way rule 🙀🙀Everytime that I play the first campaign, I erase the dirt path squares... I first got the screens and then wrote the post when the path ways idea came... Anyways, from now on, that won't happen again!

 

Next one!

 

Empty Seasideville Zoo

from the Seasideville Zoo campaign:

 

User-made only resctricted: Animals and paths.

In-game stuff allowed: Decorative and exhibit fences, scenery, buildings, rocks, foliage and staff.

 

Objectives:

1. Suitability: 60 for 5 exhibits.

2. Animal happiness: 80.

3. Guest happiness: 80.

 

Default buildings: Burger stand (1), drink stand (1), family restroom (1) and gift stand (1)

In-game animals required: None.

 

User made paths used:

- Jane's Beach pebbles path

- Stormy's Mossy slate garden path

- Catfish's Fresh water stepping stone path

- Genki's Desert path

- Genki's Grasslands path

- Genki's Rainforest path

- Genki's Deciduous path

- Genki's Blue lagoon path

 

User made animals used:

- Khaydar's Nile crocodile

- Borsato's Bactrian camel

- Borsato's Green iguana

- Vondell's Aldabra giant tortoise

- Taz's Eurasian roe deer

 

Main view of the map:

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Seasideville Picnic Area!

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I'll miss the manure income when the in-game buildings become banned 😿😿

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The croc family going for a swim!

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Humps fooling around a while after a good drink 😹😹

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🔥🔥 Welcome to Bowser's Castle! 🔥🔥

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A little piece of Mayan Jungle 🍃🍃

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Bambi's magical forest! 🌳✨🌳✨

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That's it for now!

[Truly_happy]

I like the way you construct your exhibits. These zoos are very pretty!

[Firehawke]

What a fun challenge!  And your zoos look great!

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

I'm glad you're liking it! For the next scenario, the adoption pannel is unavailable, so I tried user made foliage instead. Details explained below!

 

Empty Neuschwanstein Forest

from the Forest Zoo campaign:

 

User-made only resctricted: Animals and paths.

In-game stuff allowed: Decorative and exhibit fences, scenery, buildings, rocks, foliage and staff.

 

Objectives:

1. Suitability: 70 for 6 exhibits.

2. Animal happiness: 85.

3. Rating: 60.

 

Default buildings: Snack machine (1) and drink machine (1)

In-game animals required: Bengal tiger, black rhinoceros, grizzly bear, plains zebra, saltwater crocodile and clouded leopard.

 

User made paths used:

- Stormy's Classic marble path

- Stormy's Stonework path

- Genki's Rose garden path

- Genki's Tar path

 

As adoption is unavailable for this campaign, I built exhibits with just user made foliage as a test for later! These foliage was token from Wolv12's Foliage of the World pack:

 

For bengal tiger:

- Bird of paradise

- Kilky tree

For black rhinoceros:

- African foxtail grass

- Sal tree

For grizzly bear:

- Black spruce

- Manzanita

For plains zebra:

- Blackthorn bush

For saltwater croc:

- Gamba grass

- Mangrove tree

For clouded leopard:

- Banana leaf plant

- Banana tree

 

And now, the pics!

 

Main view of the map:

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I was expecting to put a christmas tree and a snowman right in front of the shop, but i missed the date because i was fixing last details 😿😿

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Big catto taking a sit deep in its rainforest 🐯🐯

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This Rhino came ot right from the SpiderVerse! 🦏🦏

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Iwrestledabearonce! 🐻🐻

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Momma Zebra going for a race with her child 🦓🦓

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The Wild Restaurant and the inn's pet: Nimbus the Cat! 🐆🐆

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And finally, I have a little concern: The Nature vs ZT hack points that the croc now asks for brown stone and savannah terrain, but the little guy here wanted rainforest terrain and fresh water... I'm afraid that it's not working properly... Anyways, I like the final result!

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That's it for now! Have a nice day everyone 🎀🎀

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

Hi again! The Empty Zoos Challenge is going good! Now tell me... Who else is looking forward Xmas and the new year? The next one is not that big, but I think it has a bonus that all the other campaigns are lacking: The Christmas tree bonus!

 

Empty Holiday Tree Farm

from the Holiday Tree Farm campaign:

 

User-made only resctricted: Animals and paths.

In-game stuff allowed: Decorative and exhibit fences, scenery, buildings, rocks, foliage and staff.

 

Objectives:

1. Rating: 70.

2. Animal happiness: 90.

3. Suitability: 80 for moose, arctic wolf & grizzly bear.

 

Default buildings: None

In-game animals required: Moose, arctic wolf, grizzly bear and reindeer (Reindeer is not actually needed in order to achieve the campaign, but it is needed to unlock the campaign's bonus: Buying the Christmas tree regardless the in-game date)

 

User made paths used:

- Genki's Red persian path

- Genki's Red & green persian path

- Genki's Red & black persian path

- Genki's Spring peace path

 

User made foliage used in exhibits (From Wolv12's Foliage of the World pack):

For grizzly bear:

- Sydney blue gum

- Bracken fern

For moose:

- Chinese red pine

- Western sword fern

For reindeer:

- Diamond leaf willow

 

Main view of the map:

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The empty forest where Prongs and Claws live 🐾🐾

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A good place where customers may find a good tree for their holidays! 🎄🎄

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Wear a good coat when visiting this cold farm! ❄❄️

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Hope this upcoming year to be better than this one for us all! 🌟👪⛪

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

I finally reached the first DD campaign and tried the NGP hack 🙀🙀 It's just awesome! Therefore, this is not an Empty Zoo at all, but an Odd Zoo!

 

Odd Ice Age Zoo

from the Ice Age Zoo campaign:

 

User-made only resctricted: Animals and paths.

In-game stuff allowed: Decorative and exhibit fences, scenery, buildings, rocks, foliage and staff.

 

Objectives:

1. Suitability: 80 for meiolania, smilodon, coelodonta and woolly mammoth.

2. Animal happiness: 85.

3. Rating: 70.

 

Default buildings: None

In-game animals required: Meiolania, smilodon, coelodonta and woolly mammoth.

 

User made paths used:

- Genki's Lilac mist path

- Genki's Snowflake path

- Stormy's Diamond plate path

 

User made foliage used:

Wolv12's (Foliage of the World)

- Arctic moss

- Diamond leaf willow

- Leafless shrub

- Leafless tree 

Vondell's (No Grass Please!)

- Cycadeoidea shrub

- Sago palm cluster

 

Main view:

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The Cold Plaza where you may get warm inside the inn ❄️❄️

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Donatello enjoys the new meiolania's rainforest pond! 🐢🐢

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Dinner time for the Sharpmouth family 🍖🍖

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What's going on in the frosty savannah? Is there any mouse? 🐘🐘💦🐁

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For later scenarios, I will definitively try the combined exhibit coelodonta/mammoth!

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That's it for now... Next time we will start with some empty aquariums! 🌊🌊 Until then...

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

Is that time again! Let's start with Empty Aquariums! The first one is:

 

Empty Orca Show Zoo

from the Orca Show campaign:

 

User-made only resctricted: Animals and paths.

In-game stuff allowed: Decorative and exhibit fences, scenery, buildings, rocks, foliage and staff.

 

Objectives:

1. Suitability: 85 for orca.

2. Profit: $100 for orca show.

3. Guests: Record 75.

 

Default buildings: Carousel, ring toss, crushed ice stand, polly's popcorn stand & sea dawgs stand.

In-game animals required: Orca

 

User made paths used:

-Jane's Beach sand path

-Genki's Life aquatic path

-Genki's Rainbow fish path

 

User made animals used:

-Khaydar's Lemon shark

-Khaydar's Ocean sunfish

-Khaydar's Alligator gar

-Borsato's Amazon river dolphin

 

User made foliage used:

Wolv12's (Foliage of the World)

- Large water lily

- Indian lotus

 

Main view of the map!

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Picnic area of the Empty Aquarium 🐟🐟 Around it, you'll find salt water and fresh water areas

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These guys are quite moody 🦈🦈

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Alpherg and Fomalhaut's tank! 🌞🌞 How should I name their child?

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"Momma! There's a gator guy in the house!" 😹😹

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We also got pink dolphins in the aquarium! 🐬🐬

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I almost forgot how expensive show tanks are 🙀🙀 Panda got a little one but customers love his performance 🙆🙆

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That's it for now! Intermediate campaigns are just one step away and now I think that restricting scenery for intermediate will make it quite challenging... I'm still looking for the best stuff 😼😼 Until next time! Have a nice day :3

[Truly_happy]

Your zoo's are so pretty! Love the colorful grandstands.

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

3 hours ago, Truly_happy said:

Love the colorful grandstands.

 

Choosing a single color is quite hard for me... So I rather use the old reliable rainbow colors 🌈🌈 Thank you for your nice comments ♡♡