Author Topic: Blue whale (Read 4692 times)

giraffa · « **on:** February 13, 2007, 08:16:34 AM »

hey,

I found on wikipedia something about a blue whale in zoo tycoon 2

. I don't know this is true, but can somebody check it.
They say:

In the shared files there is a .DDS texture picture file of guests viewing a blue whale in a tank.

ShenTirag · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2007, 08:36:58 AM »

I have checked and there is a DDS texture showing a guest looking at a blue whale. It is however an artistic drawing and not an in-game rendering, and appears to be connected to a photobooth-type object (photoboad_mm.dds). It does not indicate the existance of an in-game blue whale, and we know one does not exist. I have attatched the file to confirm this.

mikaboshi · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:36:27 AM »

The blue whale you speak of is the unlockable whale hall that you get after doing some marine challenges, I think. When the downloads are up and running again, we'll have a hack available for you if you don't want to complete the challenge and have it be unlocked for you.

Raptorial · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2007, 04:16:54 AM »

That's what I was thinking as well Mika.

Simba · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2007, 07:01:34 AM »

My question is, why would they have a picture of a blue whale if it's not in game?? It doesn't make any sense! And the blue whale hall ofcourse, you can see that all the animals there are there in the game except for the whales!(They should have a blue whale, atleast MM1 had a humpback whale for dl [I think]) So.............?

Pavocristantus · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2007, 07:50:35 AM »

Maybe BF planned to have a blue whale and it never made the final cut and this .dds is just a left over from their initial plans?

Crookshankz227 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2007, 08:42:29 AM »

Maybe it's there to educate guests; a zoo's task is to spread the message of conservation. Whales need to be conserved even though it's VERY hard, if not impossible, to have fully grown specimens of most adult whales in captivity.

Eriorguez · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2007, 02:32:14 PM »

And, IIRC, we can't mesh in MM, so there won't be any blue whales in a LONG time.

zoo_tycoon_person · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2007, 03:13:00 PM »

Ya, I was hoping for a whale of somesort. :console:

dannybob · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2007, 12:13:06 PM »

yeah me too or at least a small 1

goldenpuon · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2007, 01:20:03 PM »

Maybe its possible to do a blue whale and make it look real if we recolor and resize a whale shark or short finned pilot whale. The models for those 2 animals seem somewhat similar to how a blue whale's shape is.

catfan · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2007, 02:23:00 PM »

Quote from: giraffa on February 13, 2007, 08:16:34 AM

hey,

I found on wikipedia something about a blue whale in zoo tycoon 2 . I don't know this is true, but can somebody check it.
They say:

In the shared files there is a .DDS texture picture file of guests viewing a blue whale in a tank.

I thought you can't trust wikipedia.... :wacko:

Eriorguez · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:20:31 PM »

You can trust most of the articles, but there is a huge amount of vandalism in the ZT2 pages (I bet it's some spoilt brat), so there is a need of lock of those articles, and supervision of them. Some people from here keeps it at bay, but we need support.

OXMASTER · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2007, 05:26:44 PM »

can someone please post the picture or directions to the picture i just can't find it.

african_elephant_2006 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2007, 08:14:23 AM »

Quote from: goldenpuon on February 24, 2007, 01:20:03 PM

Maybe its possible to do a blue whale and make it look real if we recolor and resize a whale shark or short finned pilot whale. The models for those 2 animals seem somewhat similar to how a blue whale's shape is.

Yeah, I hope someone can do that. It would be so cool to have a blue whale in my zoos!

spiderdraco · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2007, 12:18:26 AM »

Perhaps it was a Blue Whale in the early game production, but it was left out due to the available space in the game maps, and BF decided that a bigger map wouldn't do for the final game.
So, the Blue Whale was taken down from the game and we got the Shark Whale or something like that.

OXMASTER · « **Reply #16 on:** March 01, 2007, 05:55:42 PM »

well BF did mention a new download so maybe this is it?

ShenTirag · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2007, 03:42:15 AM »

There's a bit too much speculation over nothing here. It's one drawn image that I think is part of the blue whale hall skin, and has no relevance on other in-game content. The realism of actually having a blue whale in game is very low indeed.

Chimpinater · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2007, 11:47:25 AM »

I've got a Sperm Whale User Download but that's probably the best we've got.

horsefever827 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2007, 02:49:08 PM »

Quote from: Chimpinater on March 02, 2007, 11:47:25 AM

I've got a Sperm Whale User Download but that's probably the best we've got.

Where can you get this Sperm Whale, Chimpinater?!?!!?

Orcalover101 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2007, 04:28:21 PM »

Yeah, where is the sperm whale, Chimpanator? :faint :faint

zooplayercam · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2007, 06:43:13 PM »

Sounds great, but where can we download the sperm whale please kind Mr Chimpinator!

:dolphin

BottleNoseDolphin1 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2007, 12:37:16 PM »

Quote from: giraffa on February 13, 2007, 08:16:34 AM

hey,

I found on wikipedia something about a blue whale in zoo tycoon 2 . I don't know this is true, but can somebody check it.
They say:

In the shared files there is a .DDS texture picture file of guests viewing a blue whale in a tank.

Its just a drawing

rtully · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2007, 06:47:48 PM »

There are "whales" of sorts in ZT2. Whales are classified in the biological order Cestacea, which includes dolphins,whales, and a few other marine mammls. The Orcanus Orca, more commonly known as the Orca or Killer Whale, although it is more closely related to dolphins, is sometimes considered a whale.

:dolphin- A common Cestacean, the Dottle Nose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

african_elephant_2006 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:19:30 PM »

@BottleNoseDolphin1: True. Very true.

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Author Topic: Blue whale (Read 4692 times)