How to conplete Isla Sorna Scientific Community mission?

[Tilarta]

Every attempt so far has been a failure.

The stegosaurians and ceratopsians were too lonely, so I added more and then they became overcrowded.
The only other species in the enclosure is 7 Compsognathus.

This is the enclosure.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2619785289
Considering electrifying the fence to discourage them from breaking out all the time.

[FTWO]

It's a Mission you'll probably have to manage very carefully. Pentaceratops alone are very touchy. You need a minimum of 3 or they'll get Lonely, but no more than 5 of their own species together or it'll be overcrowded. Not only that, you cannot have more than 9 dinosaurs total in an enclosure with them or they will be overcrowded. Just looking at your screenshot, I can see it's overcrowded for them.

Same with a Kentrosaurus, you need a minimum of 3 of them together or they're Lonely. But they can tolerate more dinosaurs in an enclosure than the Pentaceratops can.

Triceratops are easy, they can be in a large group of dinosaurs and even be the only one in the enclosure and be fine.

The Apatosaurus are a bit touchy as well and need a minimum of 3 of their species together or they will be Lonely.

And the Metriacanthosaurus is a carnivore obviously and is going to cause trouble in an enclosure with herbivores, always.

Regardless of knowing all this jazz, you're going to get some dinosaurs that are going to be unhappy and try to break out. The trick is to incubate and release in the right order that will buy you the time you need to complete the Mission.

This is what I did. First I created the 4 Triceratops, because they will be fine no matter what. Next I made 3 Apatosaurus, because they also take the longest to incubate. Then I made 3 Kentrosaurus. So far all will live peacefully without a problem, provided I've made a big enough enclosure that is suitable to the Apatosaurus at least, because Sauropods "longnecks" are picky. Then I created the Metriacanthosaurus. I let the Metriacanthosaurus eat from a Feeder and drink some Water, once it was satisfied I tranquilized it, because as long as their Food/Water requirements are high, you can leave them tranq'd for a very long time so you don't have to worry about them attacking any of the other dinosaurs. Then make 3 Pentaceratops. You make the Pentaceratops last because their Comfort threshold is very low, so they'll start to break out faster than any of the other dinosaurs. Then wake up the Metriacanthosaurus, let the Mission complete, and that's how I did it.

[Tilarta]

Sold off a few, sent the rest to another area.
Seemed to stablize their aggressive tendencies.

Then this happened:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2619910343

As far as I can see, they are all in the same enclosure, so why is not accepting that condition?

[FTWO]

Your enclosure is much too big. Even if dinosaurs of the same species are in the same enclosure, but the enclosure is huge... and they wander too far away from one another, they will begin to make them feel as though they are missing some of their social group and begin to get Lonely. So... since they are all so spread out, the system doesn't recognize them as "all together" because of their proximity to one another. You need to make the enclosure a tad smaller. A good scale to work with is try to make the enclosure to the specifications of the Apatosaurus, because they require the most. Whatever the Apatosaurus likes, the rest will be fine with, and see what happens then.

[Helios]

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Sold off a few, sent the rest to another area.
Seemed to stablize their aggressive tendencies.

Then this happened:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2619910343

As far as I can see, they are all in the same enclosure, so why is not accepting that condition?

You sold the wrong ones maybe? every dino should have a "mission tag/target" on them worst you case you have to abort and breed them all again.

[Tilarta]

How do you identify a mission specific dinosaur as different from the regular ones?

I could not find any markers.

[Harry Nurpplez]

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How do you identify a mission specific dinosaur as different from the regular ones?

I could not find any markers.

It should show on the map and when you select a dino.

[Tilarta]

I see no markers indicating whiich ones are mission relevant:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2622258940

On this attempt, somehow I misplaced an five horn, couid only find 2.
Thought I had 3!

Metricanthius is the biggest problem, never survives fights with Triceratops.
Ironic that this predator has taken down Kentrosaurs and Edmontosaurs.
Thought they had survival instinct, if they're losing the fight, they retreat.

[FTWO]

What you do when the fight starts is have your ACU medicate both of them as they fight, which heals them, so they won't die.

It's been so long since I done any of these Campaign Islands. Seeing this makes me want to redo it just to see how I did it, because all through the entire game and all the DLC's, I had no problems at all completing every Mission. I want to see if there are any issues with it now, because I don't get why you're having so many problems with this... something is strange here.

[Tilarta]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2623151409
This certainly is a comedy of errors.

To be candid, I want to get rid of everything but the Apatosaurus and Metricanthus, then start again with the social mutation on all of them.

Is there a way to force the mission to fail and then restart it?

[FTWO]

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2623151409
This certainly is a comedy of errors.

To be candid, I want to get rid of everything but the Apatosaurus and Metricanthus, then start again with the social mutation on all of them.

Is there a way to force the mission to fail and then restart it?

As long as you haven't done any of the other Division Main Missions, because that's what that is... you can just accept the other Divisions Main Mission and it'll cancel that one all together to do it again at another time.

[Tilarta]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624338005
I assume this means I am completely storked.

With the other missions conplete, I can't force a reset by taking either of them.

[FTWO]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624386299

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624386481

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624386570

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624386681

Ok, just to make sure something isn't glitchy about the Mission, I completely redid Isla Sorna, and screenshot every step for this very Science Mission that stumped you. The only thing I can say that was annoying, is where it says All Dinosaurs Must Be Housed Together, periodically it would be checked then unchecked, then checked again, then unchecked, despite they're being in a decent sized enclosure and nothing too big at all. But eventually it did go through after waiting a minute maybe.

[Tilarta]

So far, that is my main problem, getting the timer to start.
It fails to activate so often, I have no clue if the mission is working.

Also, if it’s based on getting the dinosaurs into a certain proximity, the 5 horns are specifically resisting socializing.
The Kentrasaurs do as well, but not as often.

Do I need to make my current enclosure even smaller to push them together?

[FTWO]

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So far, that is my main problem, getting the timer to start.
It fails to activate so often, I have no clue if the mission is working.

Also, if it’s based on getting the dinosaurs into a certain proximity, the 5 horns are specifically resisting socializing.
The Kentrasaurs do as well, but not as often.

Do I need to make my current enclosure even smaller to push them together?

Well, I made sure the enclosure at least meets the requirements of the Apatosaurus, because that dinosaur has the most requirements. Meet that one and the rest are fine because the other dinosaurs requirements aren't too much at all. And even in a small enclosure, at times that Keep Dinosaurs Housed Together did uncheck, then check again, off and on... so as long as it goes back on periodically, then you're fine. Just make sure you meet the other requirement of the Mission and then just wait.

[Legolas]

Kill some of them and the mission will fail. After that you can start once again.
I didnt have any issues with this missions but you really have to make your enclosure not too big like others already mentioned. Just enough space for the Apatosaurus and all should be good. Try to make it half that big and check if the Apatosaurus is still fine with those circumstances, if not just a bit larger. Good luck and have fun :)