1.8.1 Update

The **1.8.1 Update** was the first minor update following the 1.8 Update to *Planet Zoo*.

## Contents

### **General Bug Fixes and Improvements**

* **Animals**
	+ Fixed the Red Kangaroo research not unlocking the small ball and hanging barrel enrichment items
	+ Fixed the Reindeer Male animation deforming when transitioning between standing and running
	+ Fixed the Capuchin Monkey's education board from incorrectly displaying the Taiga biome icon
	+ Fixed a bug where the leucistic Eurasian Lynx's colour variation description wasn't displayed in its info panel
	+ Fixed the American Beaver occasionally displaying water VFX when walking on dry land
	+ Fixed the North American Beaver occasionally falling through Beaver Pool as it approaches the water
	+ Fixed a bug where the first education boost wasn't unlocked after researching the Fire Salamander
	+ Fixed animal visuals occasionally popping when exiting the burrow
	+ Fixed European exhibit blueprints. They now all place with new, empty exhibit boxes
	+ Fixed the European Badger Juvenile's right cheek twitching and deforming during walking
	+ Fixed the Alpine Ibex Juvenile animation clipping when using the scratching tree
	+ Fixed the Alpine Ibex not nudging the small barrel feeder correctly
	+ Fixed the Alpine Ibex not making any sounds when dying due to predation
	+ Fixed the Alpine Ibex floating when using Goat Climbing Mountain enrichment
	+ Fixed the Alpine Ibex wound tracks from not appearing
	+ Fixed food not coming out of the Skittle Feeder and Dog Ball enrichment when being used by the European Badger
	+ Fixed the Eurasian Lynx Juvenile lower jaw clipping into upper jaw when moving from a stand to resting
	+ Fixed the musical keyboard not making any sounds while being used by the Bornean Orangutan Juvenile
	+ Fixed food not coming out of the Dog Ball enrichment when being used by the Sea Lion Juvenile
	+ Fixed the straw bedding textures from flickering inside the Animal Burrow
	+ Guests will no longer flee from adult European Fallow Deer, making them viable for walkthrough habitats
	+ Removed Dall Sheep tags from the Goat Mountain enrichment, as the species cannot use it

* **Scenery**
	+ Added 'Grid' tag to the Vertical Wooden Plank Roof Flat Quarter Circle 02
	+ Fixed the Ferry Entrance's tags to 'Grid Prop'
	+ Added missing 'Small' and 'Large' tags to European Brass Finial Thin and Thick assets
	+ Added 'Editable Text' tag to Memorial Plaque Screens
	+ Added 'Flexicolour' tags to the Editable Memorial Plaque
	+ European Fence Planter Support is now included in the research for the European scenery
	+ Fixed Vista Points not saving their names
	+ Fixed the non-grid Glass Modern Wall Panel pieces so they are transparent
	+ Fixed the White Sage and Diamond Leaf Willow bushes rotated branches
	+ Fixed flexicolour changes not applying for glass house wall panel frames
	+ Fixed placement sounds on the following:
		- Snow Block Wall Panels
		- Additional Light Strips
		- Bernies Bakes Blueprint
		- European Coach
		- European Mooring Posts
		- New World Decorative Lights Bulb
	+ Fixed artefacts on the right leg of the Alpine Ibex rewards statues
	+ Fixed the ferry door being visible through the window of ferry guest entrance

* **Game Mode Scenarios**
	+ Moved and reset the stuck vendors in Al's Pine Zoo

* **Guests**
	+ Fixed an issue where guests would arrive to stand at an animal talk too early

* **Staff**
	+ Fixed Vet getting stuck trying to remove a dead animal
	+ Fixed the Restaurant Staff in the kitchen not playing their animations while restaurant is open

* **UI**
	+ Updated the animal camera so it will automatically switch inside a burrow when following the animal
	+ Added Steam workshop tags for the Europe pack items when uploading blueprints
	+ Fixing the 'favourite' status of an animal not being consistently updated across all UI screens
	+ Fixing consistency issues with how the exhibit memorial UI was sorted, now making sure favourited entries are displayed properly regardless of which column is used to sort
	+ Fixed duplicate strings in some tooltips in barrier browser and terrain browser
	+ In the Animal Talk and Restaurant Table linking UI, creating an empty drag selection will no longer enable the "Link/Unlink" button
	+ Fixed biome filters not remaining after closing down the Zoopedia

* **Stability**
	+ Fixed a crash that could happen when manipulating a track station queue, such as moving the station exit
	+ Fixed a crash when trying to play custom video on Memorial Plaque Screen after playing the same video on a standard billboard. Webm's can now be played on Memorial Plaques normally
	+ Fixed a crash that could happen when the mother of an animal born inside a burrow was sold/died
	+ General stability fixes

* **Performance**
	+ General performance fixes