1.1 Update

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The **1.1 Update** was the first major update to *Planet Zoo,* which was released simultaneously with the Arctic Pack.

## Contents

### **Animals**

#### Slow Animal Aging

* We have added a slider in the *Gameplay* section of the *Options* menu, where you are able to alter the rate at which your animals age; you can use this to age them up to 5 times slower. This will also affect the rate at which they mature, how long they gestate for, the amount of time between mating attempts, and how long it takes for their star rating to increase. Animals will still display all of their other behaviours at the same rate as they do now (pre-1.1). Slowing down everything to do with the animals should also reduce the rate at which things happen in your zoo, giving you fewer animal births and deaths to deal with. This setting will be available in all modes: Career, Sandbox, Franchise and Challenge. Upon using the slider, the aging of your animals will become disconnected from the in-game years that pass. This is deliberate, not a bug.

* This can be set on the front end, which will become the default for any new zoo you start after that point. Any existing zoos will require you to load the save and go into the options to alter it for that zoo.

#### Pack Structure

* We have introduced pack structures specific to canines - this applies to Timber Wolves and African Wild Dogs. Alphas are stable within a pack structure, and members won't normally fight unless they are overcrowded. All juveniles will be added to the pack structures. All pack members will be listed in the animal UI.

#### Other Animal changes

* Added new social interactions to the red ruffed and ring tailed lemurs.
* The Indian Peafowl will now display it's tail feathers again.
* Further improvements to climbing.

### New Content

* Aurora effect for tundra biome - requires graphic settings to high or above.
* Festive spruce foliage assets.
* Ice and Snow rock sets.
* Ice statues and icicle scenery assets.
* Wooden & frosted ice path.
* Enrichment items:
	+ Large Snow Ball
	+ Small Ice Ball
	+ Snowman Skittle
	+ Gift Box
* Avatar ice cream costume

#### Management

* A new crime management page has been added to the Zoo Overview management screen - this tab will display and locate vandalised items in your zoo.
* Refunds have been modified, and now have a breakdown of costs in the Zoo finance screen. If a guest has spent less than half of their allotted time in the zoo before going home due to low happiness, they will receive a refund. If an animal escapes and the guest flees, they will receive a refund that's proportional to the time they've spent in the zoo. Innocent guests ejected from the park will receive a full refund. Additionally, unhappy guests will not donate as much money to your zoo.

#### UI additions

* News Feed Carousel -We are introducing a News Feed to the Planet Zoo home page, which will update you on any announcements you should be aware of! These will include maintenance information, latest change log notes and news updates.
* New notifications to help with bad keeper setup.
* Added a new "Important Alert Requires Attention" notification pop-out that appears in the middle of the screen that notifies players when something tremendously negative is affecting their zoo .
* Added a notification that displays when more than one mechanic is attempting to use the workshop, others that cannot fit will queue outside.
* Added bad education notification.
* Added option to Disable Alerts on a per category basis in the Settings>Interface menu.
* Immediate family in the zoo info added to animal info panel.
* The radius of effect is now shown when placing heaters and coolers.
* Added additional information about keeper feeding to the help menu.
* Added new function to allow avatar visitors to be set to Friends Only or disabled entirely via a new drop down entry in the Settings>Game menu.
* Added a re-hire staff button to the staff info panel in the way of a "+" button at the top. We will look to develop the UI further in future.
* Clicking on the Guest Happiness at the bottom of the main HUD will now open the Guest Happiness Heat Map.
* Added a "Remove this plant" button for all unsuitable plant types to the animal info panel.
* Improved feedback when adding water.

##### New heat maps

* Staff happiness
* Crime
* Animal breeding
* Habitat cleanliness

#### Challenge & Franchise Mode

* Opening hours can now be changed in Challenge and Franchise Mode.
* Added new "No Protesters" challenge.

#### Sandbox Mode

* When turning off illness in the settings, any illness already present in the zoo will also now be removed.
* Added Sandbox toggles for enabling Cash/Conservation Credits (no longer unlimited) and setting Cash/Conservation Credit amount (applies when unlimited Cash/Conservation Credits are turned off).
* Add Sandbox toggle option to turn off Vandalism.

#### Other additions

* Added a visibility override to the following scenery items Classic Fence Copper 01 and Classic Fence Copper 02. Guests will now be able to see through them to view animals
* Opening hours can be changed in Scenarios 3 through 12.

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