Game Crash Too much decor? Too many attractions?

[fountain]

After the zoo loss disaster a few weeks ago I found a very early (only 6 - 8 exhibits, gifts, food) copy of that zoo.  I dried my tears and redesigned, rebuilt my contest entry to 30 exhibits.  I used many, many, coral decor in water areas and many shells, sea stars, etc.

    While on pause year 5?, I dismantled an exhibit I didn't like, "filled in" its wetland, unpaused to allow maintenance to clean leftover animal food, paused again then placed a second zoo aviary with the Tropical Birds selection, changed roof color. The first aviary (dozens of sq away) I switched from Tropical Birds to Birds of Africa. I may have placed a rainforest pond beside that #2 aviary.  I placed a primate house 8? sq away from aviary #2.  Chose middle animal option, test roof colors-- game crash.

     Fortunately, I saved before testing roof colors so restarting the game no problem. Except game crashed almost immediately.

     Years ago similar timing, almost immediate crash, was because I was using developer tools and accidentally put sea urchin into a tank as a developer. Removed sea urchin while in developer menu, problem solved -- after a couple days. Fern and Jay got me through that. 

     But Beach Contest only standard in game topographic changes are made, no map editor; no sneaky sea urchins (or feral children ). (Old joke.)

 

Where I do start to figure this out?      Thanks in advance. 

 

 

[Fern]

From Jay

Yes, I can see that topic. But I can only give general comments. There is a "Causes of ZT crashes and how to avoid them" topic at DG:

http://www.ztcdd.org/DG/index.php?topic=5452.0

But since the zoo has been running a while and since changes have been made to the zoo, there are a number that can apply, including the possibility that there was a ZT object that guests go to look at and that object was replaced with an object that guests do not go to look at. There is a "Zoo Tycoon objects that MM/CC will have guests go to and look at" topic at DG:

http://www.ztcdd.org/DG/index.php?topic=5453.0

 

From me. If you still can't solve it pm it to me to pass in to Jay.

[fountain]

I took a long break from my contest zoo. Today I braved the contest game and it crashed after about 15 seconds. I checked the saved game list and discovered a version saved 10 minutes earlier than the crashed game. I tried the earlier game version and it did not have the primate building. So I fixed the land, put on the primate building but did not remove any statues (keeping in mind the guest looking at an object factor).  It did not crash.  So back in business thanks to Jay and Fern. Hurrah!!!