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Zoo Tycoon 2 => ZT2 Strategies => Topic started by: Willicent on April 25, 2006, 11:00:58 AM
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Greeings,
I am new to Zoo Tycoon (MAC)...three days and counting. I am doing okay but for a couple annoying traits. One, is that certain animals are always getting out of the exhibit. The Camels and Alligators. I did not start using recesed exhibits until later and that may just be the case but I do have full height proper fencing.
Now the most annoying aspect of manageing the Zoo is that I am CONSTANTLY being barraged by "Zoo Keeper Cant Reach Poop" or "Zoo Keeper Cant Reach Animal" or "Zoo Kepper cant reach Water Bowl" and all of these are in plain site and clearly accessible to the zoo keeper. I have at least one zoo keeper assigned to each exhibit. I finally am able to pick up the zoo keeper and move him or her to the location of the item and they take care of it. Does anyone experience this type of behavior and what have you been able to do to remedy the occurance of these seemingly unnessecary indicators.
Thanks!
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The best thing to do is to build your exhibits without any gates - locking them in stops them from wandering too far away and then moaning they can't get at it
I still get the message occasionally, it's usually because I've forgotten to assign them to an island in the exhibit as well, or the other half if it's divided by a river.
The other possibility is that one of your zookeepers is unassigned, and so every time a new job needs doing it may complain if they're at the other end of the zoo (even if another keeper's closer and assigned to the exhibit)
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I really appreciate the comments. What is the function of the staff center? Do they ever need supplies from the staff center that will be problematic if I trap a zoo keeper into an exhibit?
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The main reason that a staff center is used is because 1. it can hold a lot, and 2. They don't use up the benches that the guests use.
Locking keepers in exhibits is a wonderful way to solve the problem, as long as you put a bench for them to sit on in the exhibit as well.
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:lol hah. I don't even do THAT. I just stick 'em in there, and make 'em work! I figure they're not actual people, so what difference does it make! :hehe And ever notice how they just 'pull' brooms out of the air? And buckets, too! So, I don't think they really need a staff center if you keep 'em busy enough :very funny
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Originally posted by csleesburg@Apr 25 2006, 06:29 PM
:lol hah. I don't even do THAT. I just stick 'em in there, and make 'em work! I figure they're not actual people, so what difference does it make!
I have to say, thats quite wise. Occasionally, one of the guests will try to get inside the exhibit so they can sit on the bench, and when they do manage to get inside, the guest gets attacked! (It's happened to me before.)
Oh, and Willicent, we all have that problem with zookeepers (am I right, people?). When that happens, its always a good idea to sort the problem yourself in guest mode.
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Kookaburra999,
That's what I do!
Are you reading my mind :blink ?
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I once played for an hour before i realised I was the only thing cleaning the entire zoo. And I was doing a better job than a plague of zookepers could have done.
Strategy: Once or twice a month, go into zoo guest mode, and methodically run around your entire zoo, picking up rubbish and feeding animals. A way to help with that is to put gates between exhibits, so that your zookeepers just wander through exhibits... if they can reach them (insert nastiness towards ZT2 zookeepers)
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I have a mac too, and I find it easier to just go around in guest mode, because the more zookeepers you put, the more messages you will get.
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Argh. I've got that problem too... every 5 seconds... Zoo Keeper can't reach such and such. It's SOOO annoying
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I think I'm going to update my zoo of the desert, I know how to fix that problem, which it has.
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in most of my exhibits in my new zoo, i have cliffs around them, inside the fencing, i DID have gates, but the keepers couldnt climb up the cliff to get out, so then i just got rid of all the gates, except the ones that are on ground level (not below)
I have 2 keepers in each "sunken" exhibit and 1 for every "level" exhibit..
as i went into zoo guest mode, i realized i couldnt work if there isnt any gates, so i put them back in :)
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Just keep trees, bushes, shelters, and other items the keeper cant walk through away from walls. Then you wont have a problem =]
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Another time you will have this problem is if an animal is standing on it. (Or with a maintenance worker can't reach a trash can because a guest is throwing something away) Just ignore the message - or take care of it yourself. It will eventually solve itself.
Also, as to taking care of things yourself and gates - you don't need a gate - you can enter any exhibit directly. To change exhibits, just return to overhead - move slightly - and go back into guest mode. I find it easier to do that than to try to find the gates - or get through them.
Sonja
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What I found Is that, when I don't put gates and lock zookeepers in the exhibits, they don't work anymore. They actually need benches to rest and staf centers improve them. I even found a file on improving in the games files.
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Strangely enough, my zookeeps seem to rest on benches even when there is none available. When I look to see what they are doing, they are "resting on bench" . . . . I guess it is all in the mind. ;)
Sonja
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I just put staff in near the staff centers, I put those in strtegic places dense with animals. I also put benches in the fenced-off staff areas, for choice, they see to go for the benches...I also keep to a set limit, I alway keep a 3-2-1 keeper-matnance-tour ratio.
This is NOT a bad thing. I just have to see if I can edit the posts. Just ignor this, please.
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i like to use the gate, but put alot of benches so the keepers and peopekl can sit in peace
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I have had that problem so much. And then I played Zoo Tycoon DS and it hit me in the face :faint after i came back from the hospital, :rofl2: :clap: I realised there were no gates and you just left zookeepers locked up for display with the animals.
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i also have a mac. what i do with the zookeepers is lock them in the the enclosure :eggevil