1.6 Update

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Planet Zoo - Update 1.6 and Africa Pack Out Now!

The **1.6 Update** was the sixth major update to *Planet Zoo,* and was released simultaneously with the Africa Pack.

## Contents

### Deep Swimming Bears

* Deep Swimming behaviours have been added to the following Bears. All of the Bears are also able to use the Underwater Box Feeder. This change is available for all users who own the animal's respective game content:
* As idle behaviour:
	+ Grizzly bear (Base Game - free for everyone)
	+ Polar Bear (Requires Arctic Pack)
	+ Sun bear (Requires Southeast Asia Animal Pack)
* As navigational behaviour only:
	+ Formosan black bear (Base Game - free for everyone)

### Custom audio added to speakers

* It is now possible to add your own custom sounds and music to all in game speakers
	+ File formats supported are .ogg, .oga, .flac
	+ Additionally if Media Foundation is available, .mp3, .wav, .aac, and .m4a are also supported
	+ Education speakers must be set to a species before custom music or sounds can be applied
	+ Files should be added to Documents\Frontier Developments\Planet Zoo\UserMusic

### Camera Effects

* We have added the ability to enable camera overlays such as filters, vignettes and Night Vision for all camera modes
	+ Camera effects work for Guest Cams, Security Cams, and the new Habitat Web Cams
	+ These effects are maintained when entering Nvidia Ansel
	+ We have also added a torch toggle in the Camera Effects Panel

### New-look Sandbox

* We have revisited the sandbox options for 1.6.0!
	+ A new button has been added to the main HUD, under the setting icon in the top left hand corner of the screen. This allows players to gain quick access to the sandbox options.
	+ A new sandbox tab has been added to the settings UI. The new tab provides new options that will give you even more control over your sandbox zoo's as well as let you organise which zoo has which options enabled. Sandbox will now be receiving new preset selections for you to either emulate another mode, or save your favourite custom settings. These will be available in Default preset, Creative preset, Challenge preset and Saved Custom preset. The settings you use for each sandbox zoo will be saved to that specific zoo, meaning you can have a different set up for every zoo if you would like to! If you've found your dream sandbox settings however, you can use the Saved Custom preset option to save those and apply them to any other zoo you build as well.
	+ New sandbox setting options for 1.6.0 provided below:
		- *Social Welfare*
			* Enable Social Groups
			* Enable Overcrowding
			* Enable Animal Stress
			* Enable Animal Fights
			* Enable Animal Predation and Fear
		- *Habitat Welfare*
			* Enable Water Cleanliness
			* Enable Animal Defecation
			* Enable Animals Temperature Needs
			* Enable Animal Terrain Needs
			* Enable Animals Plant Needs
			* Enable Hard Shelter
			* Enable Food Spoiling
		- *General Welfare*
			* Enable Escapes
		- *Guest Settings*
			* Enable Guests Fleeing
			* Enable negative effect of facilities on guest happiness
			* Enable Pickpockets
		- New sandbox fanfare pop up added

### New Webcam

* We have added a new asset for your zoos: Habitat Web Cameras. These can be found in Facilities>Media Devices and Education>Visual Media
	+ Habitat Webcams allow you to set up view-able cameras in and around your habitats, offering you a great view of your animals
	+ All camera effects can be accessed from within the habitat webcam view
	+ Habitat Webcams also offer you a small boost to your zoos marketing, encouraging more guests to visit
	+ Marketing is capped at 1.5 stars and is only counted once per habitat

### Vista Points

* Vista Points were a much requested feature from Planet Coaster that we have now brought over to Planet Zoo with new expanded features!
	+ Vista Points will act as a way of directing guests to your creations, be it scenery, habitats or terrain sculptures
	+ They have three modes of operation depending on what you select as its Focus
		- Facing Direction: Place the Vista Point without setting a Focus and guests will stand and look in the direction the Vista Point is facing
		- Scenery Mode: Setting the focus to a scenery object will see guests moving to get the best view of the selected item
		- Habitat Mode: Setting the focus to a habitat will offer a viewing boost to any of the habitats view points in range
			* This will encourage guests to view the habitat from this location
			* A warning will be present if no view points are being improved
			* Guests will still use other locations in some situations, the vista points acts as a suggestion, not a command

### Free Timed Scenario

* Esperanza Santuario de Animales: a forever home for rescued animals who truly deserve it. Or at least it will be once you have set it up! Rescued animals from all over the world are being brought to you as we speak, and its up to you to provide their ideal homes. Don't wait around or you will end up with more animals than you know what to do with in this new free timed scenario.

### Foliage

* African Oil Palm (3x Variants)
* Fever Tree (3x Variants)
* Drinn Grass (3x Variants)
* Nitraria Retusa Bush (3x Variants)

### Scenery

* Reward statues for the free scenario:
	+ Western Chimpanzee (4x variants: gold, silver, bronze and stone)
* Wall panels to work with existing Mud Wall set
	+ Mud Wall Panel 1m x 1m
	+ Mud Wall Panel 1m x 4m
	+ Mud Wall Panel 2m x 1m
	+ Mud Wall Panel 2m x 2m
	+ Mud Wall Panel 2m x 4m
	+ Mud Wall Panel 4m x 4m
* A variety of sizes of off-grid Mesh panels to work alongside existing Barriers
	+ Mesh Fence 01 1m
	+ Mesh Fence 02 1m
	+ Mesh Fence 01 2m
	+ Mesh Fence 02 2m
	+ Mesh Fence 01 4m
	+ Mesh Fence 02 4m
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 0.5m x 0.5m 01
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 0.5m x 0.5m 02
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 1m x 1m 01
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 1m x 1m 02
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 2m 01
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 2m 02
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 4m 01
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 4m 02
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 1m 01
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 2m x 1m 02
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 2m 01
	+ Mesh Fence Panel 4m x 2m 02
* A variety of sizes of off-grid one wall glass panel assets to work alongside existing barrier.
	+ One Way Glass Panel 0.5m x 1m
	+ One Way Glass Panel 1m x 1m
	+ One Way Glass Panel 2m x 2m
	+ One Way Glass Panel 1m x 2m
	+ One Way Glass Panel 4m x 4m
	+ One Way Glass Panel 2m x 4m

* African Off-Road Vehicle Wheel
* Vista Point
* Habitat Web Camera
* Added new Billboard provided images
	+ Wide - African Penguin
	+ Wide - Fennec Fox
	+ Wide - Meerkat
	+ Wide - Sacred Scarab Beetle
	+ Wide - Southern White Rhino

### Paths

* Decorative Tile Path
* Monochrome Tile Path
* Decorative Brick Path

### General Bug Fixed and Improvements

* Animals
	+ Added per species deep swimming duration's to vary the amount of time different species will stay underwater
	+ Added more names for African animals
	+ Adjusted Polar Bear habitat requirements to address player feedback - more information provided below:
		- Space requirement down to 3250m² from 6000m²; down to to 650m² from 1000m² for additional animals
		- Water requirement down to 720m² from 2000m²; up to 360m² from 250m² for additional animals
		- Added new deep water requirement for diving, 180m² base and 25m² for additional animals
		- Increased enrichment requirement slightly
		- Added biome and continent suitability for Taiga and Asia
	+ Adjusted deep water area requirements for the Gharial
	+ Fixed a pop in the animation when penguins use the platform float
	+ Tweaked the selection radius of animals to be larger than the animal itself, meaning you'll only need to click close to an animal to bring up its info panel.
* Scenery
	+ Fixed Blue Lotus Plant 03 from being a navigable object
	+ Removed blank tags from some building scenery
* Game Modes
	+ Scenario
		- Careers
			* Once Gold has been achieved in Career Scenarios, the trade centre will now start to populate with all species of animals
* UI
	+ Main Browser
		- New buttons added for:
			* Sandbox button
			* Camera effects
	+ Management
		- Animal
			* Added species search Function to the following management screens:
				+ Animal Management
				+ Animal Market
				+ Animal Storage
				+ Exhibit Market
				+ Exhibit Storage
			* Increased animal trade and exhibit trade centre capacity from 50 to 200
			* Animal Trading UI now allows filtering by multiple genetic ratings at the same time
			* Animal Trading UI now remembers the last used settings for sorting and filtering. It will also remember these settings across zoos in each game mode
			* Animals that have been put up for online trade will now display the time remaining to be sold in the animal storage list
			* Selecting "Clear All Filters" button in Animal Trading will now close any filter popups currently open
			* Enabled sending both habitat and exhibit animals to the trade centre at the same time via animal management
			* Animal storage location sort will prioritise animals being auctioned separately than the named list
			* Removed confirm button from filter popups in animal management headers
			* Hovering over the portrait of an animal portrait in the animal manager now shows the animal's genetics and coat/Fur colouration
			* Added new option to select all animals in the Animal management UI
			* Fixed genetic stats having incorrect colours in the Animal Market and Compare Mates UI
			* Removed animating bar in the header since it could be mistaken for a progress bar
			* The trade centre UI for exhibit animals no longer shows a button to trade with players online, as exhibit animals can never be traded online
		- Staff
			* Added new buttons to select all staff, or select all staff of a certain type
			* Clarified some wording around assigning vendors to single shops, in their info panel and the staff management tabs
			* Staff management tab will remember which staff are collapsed and uncollapsed during a save, but will reset to all open when switching saves
			* Restored collapsible staff headers
	+ Info panels
		- Habitat
			* Animals tab in the Habitat info panel now shows an empty state if there are no animals in the habitat
	+ Help Topics
		- New help topics for the following
			* Habitat Web Cameras
			* Camera Effects
			* Vista Points
	+ Misc
		- Added new Polar Bear ident which will randomly play for owners of the Arctic pack
		- Added more loading screen animals!
		- Add the ability to set precise prices in a number of areas within the info panel UI
		- Fixed Corrupted characters found in Adventure Tour Info Panel
		- Fixed bug in the Timeline UI which would cause it to scroll back to the top when a new event is added
		- Fixed bug that caused the difficulty drop down to disappear when re-selecting a scenario
		- Removed unused breeder column in the World Records UI
		- Updated habitat call buttons to show when a staff member is called but not urgently. Click to upgrade task to urgent
* Stability
	+ Fixed bug which would cause a custom tag to be visible after being deleted, causing a crash when selected
* Performance
	+ General performance tweaks and optimizations
* Localisation
	+ Fixed wrong term for Caretaker being used on some info panels

## Gallery

First look at swimming bears.

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