I just picked up ZT2 a couple of days ago. I was having a lot of fun at first, but I've been getting more and more frustrated with it. I don't have any of the expansions, I should mention that. I've been poking around for a place where I might get help with some of the issues I'm having, and thought I would try here.
The primary issue I'm having right now is no matter what I do my visitors are constantly demanding a place to rest, as well as demanding food, and drinks. This has been aggravating beyond all belief, making me ready to scream in frustration.
I will have a bench in every 3rd square or less, and groupings of 4-10 picnic tables, and still they yell at me that there's no place to rest. This has probably been my #1 aggravation. Just what the heck do those guys need if my benches and picnic table aren't working?! 99% of the time the only people I even see USING the benches are the staff. The visitors don't even try to use them. I've had them facing the fences, because I thought that would be good so they could watch what was going on and rest at the same time. The staff have no problem using them. The visitors won't use them to save their lives. I have tried to turn the benches around so the backs were to the fences, and they were completely open, and still the visitors don't seem to use them. (My walkways are usually 3-4 spaces accross.)
As for the food and drinks, I have tried to create groupings of food vendors in strategic places all over the park. They will use them, but I still am constantly getting harassed with messages that they are starving or thirsty. How much space can there be between food vendors, drink vendors, and drinking fountains?! How far will the visitors travel to get food and drinks?!
I have a couple more questions more of curiousity... I read the manual front to back before starting to play, and it suggested grouping animals together from the same biome. I tried this at first and didn't have any problem with animals chasing each other. Then today I put a variety of wetland creatures together, and the beavers and flamingos were running around frantically, with the crocodiles stalking them. Will the animals actually kill each other? Can the animals actually even die? I haven't had any die yet. (I took the crocs out because at the very least I figured the poor beavers and flamingos would go crazy trying to stay away from them, and never get comfortable.)
Sorry for the long post and all the questions... I've been trying to find these answers all over the place, and just can't seem to find what I need. Either that or I just really don't want to spend 3 hours wading through 100s of pages of information trying to find the few factoids I'm looking for.
Any helpful response would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.