Zoo Tycoon beta

[StickyFeet]

Another thing I noticed, has anyone came across the problem of their animals not eating? The Ibex I have in an exhibit refuse to eat but do everything else but that.

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Animations for some animals kind of bug out at random moments, so far I have seen this with the lioness and African elephant.

[Fern]

I do have Dinosaur Digs as well, but I rarely created dino parks, so I wouldn't be able to spot differences on DD beta screenshots.

Some of us might be able to.

[jbl89]

Very interesting discovery. Im sure most of you already knew this but at one point in time (I'm not sure if its this way anymore), but Zoo Admin had a few of the beta items up as downloadable. Items such as the binocular stand, an elephant statue, and the lion statue.

 

ZT.NL ( zootycoon.nl) still has the beta statues available. I was also planning to include them in the expansion pack I had started, together with the binoculars. And I had created a working umbrella table with no weird guest issues/graphics :)

[Jens]

Hi everyone!

 

Some of you might remember me. I haven't been active in the ZT community for a while now, but I was the owner of the original "Zoo Tycoon Unlimited" website which featured some of the first user-created items for the original Zoo Tycoon. I recently found a copy of the Zoo Tycoon beta while cleaning up my old hard drive and of interest I started looking for any information on it on google which brought me to this topic. Because a lot of people seem interested in seeing the old beta screenshots, I managed to find some old screenshots in my archive from even before the beta that was leaked online. There might not be a lot of differences in some screenshots, but it's fun to see the old gift shop, zoo administration building, 2x2 toilets, etc! Have fun finding the differences :)

[mrspiggy]

Wow, I love the 2 square bathroom,maybe someone can design a new one. I also like the 3rd screen showing the menu bar 3 across. Would make looking for items much easier..wish they had kept it. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

[Ashea]

Wow, thanks for sharing Jens!

 

The shelter in the bighorn sheep looks interesting! Would have like to have a working "open" shelter for some of the animals. The color schemes seem softer also.

[Fern]

Hi Jens. Nice to see you back here again. That seems to be a different beta from the one I downloaded from the link earlier in the thread. That two tile bathroom was not in it, that I could see. And the giftshop was different and closer to what was released. I did manage to extract that one and release it at DG beta giftshop It had 2 entrances.

Did you ever get the DD or MM betas?

[Jens]

No I did not sadly. I just had these screenshots in my archive because I was interested in seeing the evolution of the game from beta to final :) Wish we could find them too!

[Fern]

I can't help wondering if DJ Pluffs got one for MM. I vaguely remember something he posted at ZT Design but was it a beta or an early release before it hit the stores.

[Firehawke]

Great to see you, Jens! Thanks for posting them ...its fun to see them!