Author Topic: just wondering How to Resize Animals Using APE II (Read 5103 times)

wolfluver · « **on:** June 16, 2006, 05:34:44 PM »

how do you resize animals? I really want to make a giant animal!!

thanks!!:

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Australian Zoocreeper · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:02:03 PM »

yeah, that would be pretty cool to have a zoo filled with giant animals

Budgielover101 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:34:07 PM »

You have to change something in the ai folder or something like that.
In other words I have no idea. But It would be cool to have a giant peafowl!!! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Bengal · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2006, 10:54:04 PM »

Moving to ZT2 editing as this isn't a tech issue.

panda11 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2006, 07:12:45 PM »

you have to edit a line in the .xml in entities/units/animals/ (animal chosen) / ai/ and it would be the first file. I lost my winrar, so I unfortunately can't tell you which line. But that is the file.

wolfluver · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2006, 11:39:01 AM »

is this in APE 2? If it is, i found it and I can't edit it and I don't know what line to edit:ermm:

What does APE 2 do anyways?

penguinman · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2006, 12:03:37 PM »

Search for .bfm in the xml.

Now, you may see something like .bfm" scale=".8"/>

If you see that, change the number however you want. For instance you could make it 1 to make it larger or .5 to make it smaller.

Or, you may see something like .bfm" />

In which case you will need to insert scale=number". If the number is larger than one it will be bigger, and if it is smaller it will be smaller. For instance, if I wanted to make it bigger it would then look like: [COLOR="DarkOrchid].bfm" scale="1.5"/>[/COLOR]

APE II is a guide for making new animals. It does have this in it, but under the context of resizing a new animal, not existing ones.

wolfluver · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2006, 08:23:05 PM »

okay, I found everything, but I can't edit it in APE 2
How do I do that?

mikaboshi · « **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2006, 09:07:40 PM »

APE II is NOT a program like the first APE was... it is a TUTORIAL on HOW to make animals for Zoo Tycoon 2.

wolfluver · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2006, 07:21:28 AM »

:blushing: oh. well, i feel dumb now. How do you get to the part you do edit?:blushing: :blushing:

wolfluver · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2006, 05:18:48 PM »

does anyone know?!:ermm:

Please do NOT Double Post. Use your Edit button.

supremeruler77 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2006, 05:47:06 PM »

how do you get ape 2? or ape 1

csleesburg · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2006, 05:50:06 PM »

Quote from: supremeruler77

how do you get ape 2? or ape 1

They are for two different versions of the game. APE II is for ZT2 and APE 2.5 is for ZT1.

You can download either of them in our Downloads section. :original:

Fawkes · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2006, 08:49:40 PM »

Quote from: wolfluver

:blushing: oh. well, i feel dumb now. How do you get to the part you do edit?:blushing: :blushing:

You can open the xml file in notepad and use the "find" option under edit i think. It should bring you to the line with the scale.

wolfluver · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2006, 10:03:29 AM »

okay, I edited it, but where do I put the file? I dont have a Downloads folder.:blushing:

i am so clueless.

I made a downloads folder and I put it in there, but nothing was different

Fawkes · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2006, 03:34:42 PM »

Quote from: wolfluver

okay, I edited it, but where do I put the file? I dont have a Downloads folder.:blushing:

i am so clueless.

I made a downloads folder and I put it in there, but nothing was different

Are you using APE 2? If you aren't you should. It gives pretty good directions. Also, when you put an animal into the game, you need to place it in a special folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft Games\Zoo Tycoon 2\downloads\zootycoon_com_zt2_1033

from there, you can put your animal in one of those folders, and it should work.

wolfluver · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2006, 06:42:45 PM »

yes, I have APE 2

okay, it still isn't working!

I open APE 2, then I find the thing I want to edit, I right-click and click on Extract without confirmation, then Ihave a folder on my decktop, i open it and go to the file I just extracted, then I right-click, and click on open with... notepad. Then I edit it andclose and save it. I have to put it on my comp then. Then i put it in the folder fawkes said and then I open ZT2, and it isn't there!!

Please tell me what I am doing wrong!!

PS sorry to be so annoying!

wolfluver · « **Reply #17 on:** June 28, 2006, 04:41:29 PM »

hello?!:crying:

csleesburg · « **Reply #18 on:** June 28, 2006, 04:47:53 PM »

Okay, I'm changing the name of this topic, because "just wondering" isn't going to get you many, if any, answers. People don't know what it's about, so they don't bother to read it. You'll get more answers when it's been changed.

wolfluver · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2006, 05:51:14 PM »

ok thanks, so, does anyone know?

csleesburg · « **Reply #20 on:** June 29, 2006, 06:34:34 PM »

Okay, I'm going to use the lion as an example.

Go into Entities/Units/Animals/ai/lion.xml
You can open this with Notepad. Use Edit/Search and search for "scale". In lion the line will be
[COLOR="Red]scale="0.7"[/COLOR]/>

Change the 0.7 to whatever you want. The bigger the number, the bigger the animal. So say you want it bigger. Change it to scale ="1.0" />.

Then simply use File/Save.

Now comes the tricky part. You have to REPLACE the lion ai WITH the one you edited. You use WinRAR for this.

Yellowrose · « **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2006, 07:01:13 PM »

ok tell us exactly what is is you are trying to do.

Make a new animal?

Edit something on an ingame animal?

wolfluver · « **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2006, 10:12:39 PM »

I am makin a new animal, and do I replace it in APE 2, or in the game, if it is in the game, I don't know where that is.

:blushing: thanks

I'm very new at this:pinch:

csleesburg · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2006, 10:39:50 PM »

If you're making a new animal, when you're done, you place it in the game. Nothing gets replaced from the original game.

What versions of ZT2 do you have? ES? AA? And what is it you are trying to make? You must make it out of an existing animal. New models cannot be made.

wolfluver · « **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2006, 08:37:35 AM »

I placed the edited APE2 file in the downloads folder and I have ES and AA. I am trying to make a girraffe, lion, tiger, and pretty much all the big cats:happy:

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