My works on lacking stuff...

[Truly_happy]

20 hours ago, Zarawatto said:

Our first attempt to make a lodge was like that, but a pile of sticks looks like a pile of pixels when imported to ZT graphics.

I can see that ... making for ZT 1 is like making for some computerized Polly Pocket set. That's why I tend to just make pixel art for the game, but 3D modeling is cool.

 

Beaver army? That's nostolgic for me. My first college football team was called the Battlin' Beavers. Go Beavers!!! 🦫

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

I don't remember that my first works toke me so much time. However, I find it pretty metaphoric and even kinda poetic... The seeking of a mythological entity is always a hard quest

 

Blitzprojekt 03 for ZTCC

  Loong (Male, red and horned; Female, green and larger)

 

Three days ago, I woke up around 4:30 am with the idea to take my works again. Some of this are made from zero because, while I was reading, the ideas were coming to my head and I gotta add them to it. That's why this was the individual project that toke longer than usual.

 

Loong, protector of the rivers and the weather, swims in water and underwater. Will also turn itself into water when angry or sleepy. Will battle any tiger that dares to obstruct its way. Its elevated cost represents how number nine was a lucky number for chinese traditions of the five children of dragons. Naturally hard to please, will rampage anything inside their exhibit until you bring the ultimate offerings. As a prize, when fully satisfied, they will unfold their majesty in exchange. I was tempted to make scenery items for this, but you can find out there several chinese themed items made by various designers, which I configured to add suitability. The original model belongs to New Athens expansion pack created by Tamara Henson & WorkowatyWilczek, the same that contains the peryton I also crafted some time ago. I just modified the model a bit to make it longer. The urn where the water dragon hides itself is made with FluxSchnell algorithm. This is my most personal work to date. Enjoy!

 

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File will be available here for a few days until uploaded to ZooBerry

 

File deleted Sep 5th 2025. This version is no longer available, Get the newest version here!

 

🐉🐉

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

This is the full list of items compatible with loong. Feel free to make any suggestion or addition to this list.

 

- Ancient China Packs by Savannahjan
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2810-ancient-china-pack-2-by-savannahjan/
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2783-ancient-china-by-savannahjan/
- Imperial Pack by GenkiColl
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/1432-imperial-pack-by-genkicoll/
- Small Chinese Garden by Genkicoll
- Small Gong & Small Lantern by Toodlepops
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/1722-panda-extras-by-toodlepops/
- Dragon Statue by LAwebTek
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/1430-oriental-statues-by-lawebtek/
- Zoo Cementery by LAwebTek
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/4851-zoo-cemetery-by-lawebtek/
- Chinese Statues by LAwebTek
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/1679-chinese-statue-pack-by-lawebtek/
- Emperor Observation Area by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2742-emperor-chinese-eaves-observations-area-by-rdingft/
- Emperor Trading Junk by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2790-emperor-trading-junk-by-rdingft/
- 2.5D Chinese Structures by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2761-25d-chinese-structure-pack-by-rdingft/
- Emperor Chinese Scenery by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2896-emperor-chinese-scenery-by-rdingft/
- WuLin Statues by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2777-wulin-variant-statue-pack-1-by-rdingft/
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2777-wulin-variant-statue-pack-1-by-rdingft/
- Marble Chinese Arches by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2746-marble-chinese-arches-by-rdingft/
- Chinese Magnificent Palace by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/2793-chinese-magnificent-palace-by-rdingft/
- Azure Dragon Memorial Wall by RDingFT
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/3063-chinese-twenty-eight-mansions-memorial-walls-by-rdingft/
- Oriental Dragon Fountain by DragonLord
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/874-oriental-dragon-fountain-by-dragonlord/
- 2020 Dragon Arch by Devona
https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/5838-2020-arches-pack-by-devona/
- Dragon Garden by Devona, not currently available since ZooAdmin no longer exists. ZooTek Will eventually upload it.

[(Designer)Zarawatto]

I haven't done my homework about this yet, but I wonder how ZT1 mermaid is configured. Is it possible to do a new animal whose adoption can only be done by placing an item into a closed exhibit? 🤔🤔

[Goosifer]

Ohh great question! I'm wondering the same.

[Fern]

I know the river nymph was made using the mermaid.

[Fern]

From Jay: For the Phoenix topic mentioning mermaids, I believe they are asking if a user made object can be made to turn into a user made animal, like MM/CC have the mermaid statue turn into a mermaid. A user made object cannot be made to turn into a user made animal in the same way as the mermaid. Like other ZT "Easter Eggs", the mermaid transformation is programmed inside ZT's zoo.exe program rather than being done completely via configuration. The mermaid's internal name "mmaid" and the transformation behavior name "bMermtrans" are inside the zoo.exe program. Although it cannot be done like ZT's mermaid, there are other ways to have a user made object turn into a user made animal. One way is to have the animal configured to have eggs, and have the graphics of the object used for that egg. But that will still be treated like an egg. It would be placed from the animal purchase menu and not the scenery purchase menu. It would probably have to have scientists. It could probably be eaten by animals that eat eggs. The hatch graphics could be transformation graphics, although transformation graphics are not required. It might also be possible to create a ".scn" file that causes an object to disappear and an animal to appear. I know ".scn" files can make some things disappear and some things appear, but I do not understand all of the capabilities of ".scn" files. So I don't know if only certain types of things can be made to disappear. I don't know if the animal could appear or only boxed animals can appear. I don't know if that animal or box can be placed where the disappearing object was. I don't know if a transformation graphic can be triggered between the object disappearing and the animal or box appearing, although I know a popup message could be triggered.

As for the discussion in the Phoenix topic of user made beavers and beaver things for ZT, in 2003 Devona was working on a beaver animal for ZT. Although she had adult animations, she was still working on creating young animations, which I believe she never finished. I created a detailed animation info ".txt" file for that, which I can provide to any other beaver animals that are made for ZT. She also created what she intended to be a beaver lodge, which was released as a "Shelter For Small Animals":

http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/index.php?topic=814.msg872#msg872

She later made another Beaver Lodge that was similar. At the time of the first one, I mentioned that another version could be made that was similar, but had a full dome shape without any hole. Beavers would enter below water from any of 4 directions. Since a beaver dome can get to 7 feet high and 25-35 feet across at the surface of the water, it should be a little taller than a male guest. We also talked about possible animated toy ideas, although none were done. One was a tree where the beaver chops it down and the tree falls, but it would go back to a regular tree after the animation. Another was similar, but the end of the toy animation would be having a zookeeper appear, shake his head, and plop in a new tree. Still not realistic, but humorous. Another was to have the head of the beaver disappear in the leaves of a tree, have a branch fall out from beneath the leaves, and have the beaver gnaw the branch until it disappears. Another idea was the tree would be near a dam. The beaver would swim to the dam with the branch from the tree and go underwater instead of gnawing it. As for other things, RSN made a beaver dam, which is called "Beaver´s barrage", is in the Shelter menu, and counts toward rock suitability. Wikipedia has images of beaver dams and beaver lodges that could probably be used. Genki created Beaver Wildlife Garden, which is in the foliage menu and does not count toward suitability.

[Truly_happy]

What did you have in mind, Zarawatto?

 

Personally, I am trying to think of animals that could come from other animals or objects ... perhaps there could be a cat that later becomes a bakeneko (Japanese folkloric monster), but the normal cat would probably have to sit there and look cute for a time. Too bad it's not practical. ... BUT if it could be pulled-off, the bakeneko could have some cool shape-shifting animations, like turning into a geisha, for example.

 

A gargoyle that comes to life would be sweet.

 

A portal that produces an animal from another dimention ...

[Fern]

There are shape changers already, at least one. ZKL has one. Can't think of its name offhand.

Then there is also the colour changing seal as well.

[Goosifer]

4 hours ago, Truly_happy said:

What did you have in mind, Zarawatto?

 

Personally, I am trying to think of animals that could come from other animals or objects ... perhaps there could be a cat that later becomes a bakeneko (Japanese folkloric monster), but the normal cat would probably have to sit there and look cute for a time. Too bad it's not practical. ... BUT if it could be pulled-off, the bakeneko could have some cool shape-shifting animations, like turning into a geisha, for example.

 

A gargoyle that comes to life would be sweet.

 

A portal that produces an animal from another dimention ...

or a djinn but only if a zookeeper rubs the lamp first lol