Scrub and Boreal Forest?

[Eragon845]

So, I've been wondering, what's with this scrub and boreal forest I've heard about? I know it's in the game, but there isn't any "boreal terrain" or "scrub terrain". Was it a cancelled idea?

[Fern]

Yes it is another "not done" idea. Some people do use the icons from them though. Another not done one was waterfall as far as the terrains go. And before you ask, no one has cracked the codes enough to make new terrains

[(Admin)Savannahjan]

Just curious, how do we know these two are in the game, just never developed? The Beta version?

[Guest Caddienoah]

I learned something new...

[Fern]

All of these are found in the ingame dll files. The pony ride is another that was in the dll and never made.

It is just knowing what they relate to that is not known so much. Between these two are the three types mentioned.

 

In my ucs guide there is the following habitat choices and there are icons for all these.

 

cHabitat = 9411 This affects the displayed habitat icon. The habitat ID needs to be changed accordingly. The following IDs are recognized: 9400 (Savannah), 9401 (Grassland), 9402 (Deciduous Forest), 9403 (Coniferous Forest), 9404 (Boreal Forest), 9405 (Tropical Rainforest), 9406 (Scrub), 9407 (Highlands), 9408 (Tundra), 9409 (Desert), 9410 (Non-habitat), 9411 (Many), 9412 (Null Habitat), 9413 (Aquatic), 9414 (Bad-habitat).

 

In the ZKL animal uca guide for animals you find the following.

 

[cCompatibleTerrain] Section

 

This section indicates how terrain will affect this animal's suitability. This section contains many pairs of lines. The first line of each pair contains one of the following terrain numbers: 0 (Grass), 1 (Savannah Grass), 2 (Sand), 3 (Dirt), 4 (Rainforest Floor), 5 (Brown Stone), 6 (Gray Stone), 7 (Gravel), 8 (Snow), 9 (Fresh Water), 10 (Salt Water), 11 (Deciduous Floor), 12 (Waterfall), 13 (Coniferous Floor), 14 (Concrete), 15 (Asphalt), 16 (Trampled).

 

I have been through the terrains and there definitely is no unlinked waterfall terrain. Or scrub or boreal. I guess these were never made or were removed for some reason. Unfortunately any animals that expects waterfall in its exhibit will never been totally happy because it cannot be provided. So anyone making an animal should always leave that at 0.

[Guest greenpangolin]

Woah, this reminds me. I actually had a chance to play with the waterfall terrain years ago.

 

You see, years ago, I had an odd copy of zoo tycoon. It was very glitchy and half the animals were missing, but there were some terrains which aren't in the full game. One of them was waterfall; when you placed it down, it looked like a black and white picture of a panda. I'm guessing the panda design was just used as a placeholder until they developed a proper design... this was about 8-9 years ago so I can't remember much. I don't think it had any special effects, I never used it because I was only a kid and I didn't like the look the glitched terrain.

 

The copy I had was definitely not a legitimate copy, possibly a leaked alpha version. I'm pretty sure I've lost it but I still have the cover floating around somewhere. I might be able to find the disk but it would take a long, long time if I have it. And that's if it even still works.