Animals about to mate notices....

[Double Drick]

Been seeing tons of notices that "springbok is about to mate", "lion is about to die of old age", and "hippo is about to have incest". All well and good but asks the question: AND???

We supposed to make popcorn and go watch? Does it cost extra? PPV? I know the purpose and stuff but just sounds weird :)

[jcp011c2]

It is kind of weird. I mean, if you wanted that alert so you could stop it somehow, you'd have them on contraceptives already. The incest I get though because of genetics.

On the other hand, I really appreciate the about to give birth notices.

[Emjay]

Originally posted by jcp011c2:

It is kind of weird. I mean, if you wanted that alert so you could stop it somehow, you'd have them on contraceptives already. The incest I get though because of genetics.

On the other hand, I really appreciate the about to give birth notices.

Not always the case. Try having something like warthogs running around whilst you take 10 mins or so to make a new habitat. Those things breed like no tomorrow and before you know it you've got inbred little piggies running around.

The notice serves a purpose and it's useful.

[bigdadyrabbit]

I wish we could turn various messages off in settings somehow. I am so busy already trying to manage many aspects of the game a lot of these messages end up just being annoying. For example, I get messages saying my tortises are hungry or have low social status when there is plenty of food for them and other mates its just that they take a long time to wander over to the food bowl for gosh sakes LOL

[Double Drick]

Originally posted by bigdadyrabbit:

I wish we could turn various messages off in settings somehow. I am so busy already trying to manage many aspects of the game a lot of these messages end up just being annoying. For example, I get messages saying my tortises are hungry or have low social status when there is plenty of food for them and other mates its just that they take a long time to wander over to the food bowl for gosh sakes LOL

As your zoo grows, the notices will get more and more frequent. Then add the snow.....

My last zoo was huge. And yes, I made it that way!.... anyway, had around 300 animals in it and one snowy day had 297 notices of animal needs at one time. Put a screen shot in a previous thread. Need to be able to group the notices better (instead of 8 separate notices that 8 separate flamingos are hungry, just make one notice. The game does group by 10...badly..... Will get a notice of 10 animal needs in a gharial enclosure but will not tell you what the heck they are complaining about. All you can do is call the keeper, and fail that, start trading some out till they quiet down.

And do we really need to know they are fighting for alpha status. Yes, the game animation is great but... Once the DLC's start loading up the species count, this is going to be a growing problem

[Zeesha]

Originally posted by bigdadyrabbit:

I wish we could turn various messages off in settings somehow. I am so busy already trying to manage many aspects of the game a lot of these messages end up just being annoying. For example, I get messages saying my tortises are hungry or have low social status when there is plenty of food for them and other mates its just that they take a long time to wander over to the food bowl for gosh sakes LOL

Actually, you can turn off messages. You can even turn off messages just for certain animals. If you go to the bell in the corner of the notification screen it's got two options.

[itsTrueBlu_]

there's a notification screen?

[Zeesha]

Originally posted by SMH | ArcticBlu:

there's a notification screen?

lol

[XrystalBelle]

I posted an issue report on this as I had the following notification which is useless ..

x is about to inbreed .... x was under contraception, so unless they intend it to be possible to still get pregnant the notification is useless

I also made the suggestion to have the different types of notifications to be optional rather than just have animals as options.

[Shoebsy]

It's information? More information to tell you what is happening.

[Double Drick]

Just returned to the game, get a message that my wildebeest are fighting due incorrect sex ratio. But the zoopedia says that group size is 7-32 (up to 31 males and 31 females).

Huh? I have three females and two males, well within the game specified amount.

quick add: On same list with the same issue are my springbok.

[Norrec]

I got one of these notices the other day for a grizzly bear and thought, "Ok, I'll click it." It zooms into cinematic view and the great beast stands up. "This is it!" I think as it lumbers away from the hay bed it'd been sleeping on. A few steps more and then brown eggs fall out of it's butt. I didn't know grizzly bears laid eggs!

Planet Zoo is proving very educational.

[Zeesha]

Originally posted by Double Drick:

Just returned to the game, get a message that my wildebeest are fighting due incorrect sex ratio. But the zoopedia says that group size is 7-32 (up to 31 males and 31 females).

Huh? I have three females and two males, well within the game specified amount.

quick add: On same list with the same issue are my springbok.

What does Dominance say? It's the one determining vet bills.

[Double Drick]

Originally posted by Zeesha:

What does Dominance say? It's the one determining vet bills.

There are male territorial bulls, just like expected. Fighting for alpha status like expected. But the beta boys have a place in the herd too, eh? If its one male per habitat, zoopedia should be changed.

[Shoebsy]

Originally posted by Double Drick:

Originally posted by Zeesha:

What does Dominance say? It's the one determining vet bills.

There are male territorial bulls, just like expected. Fighting for alpha status like expected. But the beta boys have a place in the herd too, eh? If its one male per habitat, zoopedia should be changed.

How do you think they decide who mates with first choice?


Anyways, you can have bachalor and bachalorette groups. the total group =/= Bachalor group.

[Double Drick]

Originally posted by Kiroshi:

How do you think they decide who mates with first choice?


Anyways, you can have bachalor and bachalorette groups. the total group =/= Bachalor group.

So back to the original question: Why the notice of "incorrect sex ratio" in the habitat if there are alpha and beta groups for M/F?