Useful Coding Information

Map Locations and Biomes

Here is a list of all official names, if you want to change the map location biome for your animals, located in the

1. Location Folder (like ai file)
2. UI Folder (dds file).

1. In the Location Folder

you find for example....... and can change it:

<ZTLocationEntry name="scrub_worldwide"

(The Location Entry name is the same as the entry name in the entities/units/animals/ai file-Folder ).

you can also edit:

locid="worldlocation:asia"

(When you put the mouse over it in the game, you will see this note).

and:

icon="ui/icon_maplocations/scrub_worldwide.dds"

(this correspondends with the icon in the ui folder).

2. in the UI Folder

(zoopedia) you can edit the:

icon_maplocations file (In the “lang” - language - file (if it is for an animal) you will have to make the path go directly to this file.).

Official Map Location Reference

And here’s the list:

Zoo Tycoon 2 (ZT2)

Endangered Species (ES)

African Adventure (AA)

Marine Mania (MM2)

Benthic

• benthic_coasts_worldwide
• benthic_warm_oceans_worldwide

Coastal

• coastal_carribean_atlantic_ocean
• coastal_coasts_worldwide
• coastal_east_pacific_coast
• coastal_north_pacific_coasts
• coastal_warm_oceans_worldwide

Pelagic

• pelagic_arctic_ocean
• pelagic_atlantic_ocean
• pelagic_warm_oceans_worldwide

Reef

• reef_indian_pacific_oceans
• reef_warm_oceans_worldwide

Tundra

• tundra_arctic_antarctic_oceans
• tundra_arctic_ocean

Extinct Animals (EA)

Language Codes

Reducing the Placement Area of Objects and Foliage

Long time ago, I’ve been read this trick in any forum (don’t know which and by whom) and it has helped me:

It’s possible to make the red placement area for objects and foliage smaller, if you divide the placement data in a half:

<ZTPlacementData waterPlacement="false" autoFootprint="false">
</ZTPlacementData>

<ZTPlacementData icon3Doffset="0 -0.089795 0.316138" icon3Dscale="0.1">
</ZTPlacementData>