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[Buffzoo]

Hi, I'm Buffzoo ((if you're on the Zoo Tycoon Downloads Facebook page, you might recognize the name!). Although I haven’t posted here before, I’ve been actively modding Zoo Tycoon for over a year now, and I’m excited to finally share some of my work with you!

 

Most of the models and textures have been edited by me to better suit the style and limitations of ZT1. Some projects are collaborations — like the Kelp Forest Pack created with Serpyderpy — while others, like Dzungarotherium, are commissioned skins (this particular skin by GameVideosForLife) that I’ve rigged and edited to fit the game. As I’ve created a bunch of ZT2 mods (Thanks to my talented friends, such as MajorGalah, IrritatingFish, Casus and SharkingAround), some of these mods are simply ported over.

 

 

If you're interested, you can check out and download all my mods by opening the attached PDF and clicking on the Download button — it will redirect you to my Google Drive. Just a heads-up: some of the earlier mods were experimental pieces from when I was still learning the ropes of ZT1 modding. Huge thanks to Serpyderpy, Khaydar, and Goosifer for helping me out during that learning phase — their guidance made a big difference! Props to Hendrix for the bfb ZT tool.

Zoo Tycoon Downloads Mini App.pdf

 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy the content!

[(Admin)Savannahjan]

These look great!  I'm excited to check them out, and welcome to Tek.  I also appreciate the menu page when opening the app; it makes it so easy to navigate. 

 

Thank you for keeping ZT Downloads going strong, I know it would mean a lot to our dear friend Anne-Lis.  

 

[Buffzoo]

Thanks, glad you’re enjoying the app! It’s designed to be simple — just one menu page linking to everything you need.

ZT Downloads lives on, for our dear friend, Anne-Lis.

 

I have just made new cool-looking some sloths :D

 

4 Giant Cenozoic Animals Done!

Dzungarotherium, Palaeoloxodon, Deinotherium and Eremotherium.

 

[pukkie]

Our friend would have been really impressed 

I love these Cenozoic Animals especially the last one 

That is soooooo cute 

[Goosifer]

Beautiful texture work and renders. They match the game aesthetic perfectly. 

[Zoro]

Have you considered to release your animals in Packs, something like all freshwater fish in a single ztd?

[VNDragonV2]

So here are my notes from my playthrough with your mods over the past months. I figured it's better to comment here instead of letting it get buried in Discord chat. 

 

The first part is on the Location string. Nothing too game-changing outside of their list order in the purchase menu.

• The kelp forest fishes should use "9631" for cLocation. It is listed as "Many Locations" in the guides, but ingame it is the Pacific Coast. "9627" is more for the frigid coastline of Alaska, Yukon, and BC (while the bass and flag rockfish is using "9632", which is the Atlantic).
• In the same vein, Yangtze river basin fishes (e.g., Chinese paddlefish) should use "9605" (China) instead of Southeast Asia. For the goonch catfish, while we have a few species in SEA (max ~1m long from B. rutilus), you are clearly depicting the giant goonch from South Asia, so perhaps "9601" (India) is more appropriate. 

Second part might require a bit more time to fix.

• None of the billfishes have sexual dimorphism (male significantly smaller than female), in case you consider updating them in the future.
• The barreleye baby is crashing the game, or is this fish not supposed to breed? 

[Buffzoo]

Hello, thanks for the feedback.

 

I have updated most of the Location string according to your recommendations. The California fish are mostly all joint work with Serpyderpy, so I can easily locate and fix them.

 

For the barreleye, the baby was missing the y.pal, which I have reinserted into the mod.

 

As for the billfish dimorphism, I didn't include them because the Blue Fang Swordfish doesn't have this feature either xD but could be done of course.

 

Thanks again.

 

Regarding Zoro's concern about combining the ZTDs, I don't have plans for that now as I am still making new ones and not sure when to combine them. Maybe 10 per combined ZTD, you're welcome to help combine the ZTDs though.

 

[VNDragonV2]

1 hour ago, Buffzoo said:

Hello, thanks for the feedback.

 

I have updated most of the Location string according to your recommendations. The California fish are mostly all joint work with Serpyderpy, so I can easily locate and fix them.

 

For the barreleye, the baby was missing the y.pal, which I have reinserted into the mod.

 

As for the billfish dimorphism, I didn't include them because the Blue Fang Swordfish doesn't have this feature either xD but could be done of course.

 

Thanks again.

 

Regarding Zoro's concern about combining the ZTDs, I don't have plans for that now as I am still making new ones and not sure when to combine them. Maybe 10 per combined ZTD, you're welcome to help combine the ZTDs though.

 

Just checked your drive - the Chinese highfin shark is another Yangtze-exclusive like the paddlefish. 

[Buffzoo]

On 8/13/2025 at 9:50 PM, VNDragonV2 said:

Just checked your drive - the Chinese highfin shark is another Yangtze-exclusive like the paddlefish. 

Thanks, I have fixed that one too.

 

Finally completed all the mods I want for ZT1, so these will be the last. Might come back and make new ones in the future though <3

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