Animal not in menu
"I recently have been working on a dog for zt2, i followed the APE2 instructions but it woulden't show up in the game!!! Please Help!"
If this is the only problem you have with coding your first animal, give yourself a pat on the back! The problem here is that APE II is not entirely accurate - it has a few spots that are unclear or downright wrong. But, until someone takes out the time to change it or write a new one, that is the only real reference we have to offer.
The problem lies in the zipping of the folder. Instead of right clicking on your codename's folder (i.e., CraneAfricanCrowned), you need to go inside that folder, and highlight the four or five inside there (ai, entities, lang, ui and location if you made your own map icon) and right click when they are all selected, and hit "Add to Archive". Now you can name your file anything you want, but be sure to
1. Select ZIP not RAR as a compression method
2. end your file name in .z2f not ZIP
This should allow you to see your animal in the adoption menu. Make sure to test in Freeform/Sandbox mode though, so that you know you're animal is there.