Making a custom zoo map that feels like a real setting (Island Town Zoo) Any tips?
There's a severe lack of maps that feel like a real place a zoo would be built. I find it's way too easy to zoom out just a little too far, and completely take yourself out of it when you see the zoo borders that Frontier designed.
So I saw it as a fun challenge to try making a setting that feels lived-in, existable, and give a fun sense of place for our zoos! I've been transforming the Yamaguchi Prefecture Zoo into this island town. I'm curious if anyone has tips, advice, or ideas of what they'd like to see in such a map.
The entrance and most of the buildings so far weren't mine from scratch-- the entrance is from the workshop and buildings are from a scenario. The town is meant to look like it could keep going over and behind the hill, creating the illusion that this might not actually be an island (or at least that there's more city nearby.) It's not at all done yet so there's a lot of room for ideas.
Edit: I forgot the pictures lol --I added them below.
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Mmm I love this
There aren't many proper city zoo skirts
Thanks! That's encouraging for sure
masq_d received a thank you carrot!
Should probably add the bird's eye view. The city covers about a sixth of the usable map.
@Hamills can u tell me what map that is? Like continent and biome? Because honestly I'd love to build a zoo on an island like that
Its yamaguchi prefecture tranquility zoo
To clarify, the way I did this is:
starting from the main menu— I went to sandbox, and then chose the option at the very bottom, “new sandbox zoo.” And then there’s an option to use the scenario zoos.
It’ll also let you choose if you just want the terrain, or if you want to keep everything that was there in the scenario. I also used the Freebuild mod to make terraforming easier.
Oh
Yeah my computer can't run career so I can't use the map