Gridwork!??

[Zensational]

Hey guys! I'm super super new to the game, but have played the past games in the collection like Zoo Tycoon when I was younger, and I was wondering if there's an easy way to make your entire zoo follow the same grid work pattern? I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and things like symmetry are important to me when trying to build, but with this building system it seems impossible to do. Lining up the fences with the paths, none of the "snapping" options seem to be working for me, and I'm losing hope

[Varick]

Yes, you can do grids and putting barriers along them is not hard once you get the feel for them.
You have to bring them in and then pull them back to place. Also, it is easier move around to the corners instead of one long drawing. The best and quickest advice I can give you is watch PaulsLey you tube on Starter Layout. He shows how to do grids and the various tricks with barriers. Actually, all of his videos are well worth a watch.

[shiggies713]

also watch Keralis lets play. He is an amazing host and pretty good at the game too. He shows how to switch paths to squared off instead of rounded (its easy) and then you can just build grid style. But grids are boring, its nice to have some paths that way but try to mix it up with a few curves and small elevation changes.

[👻 HauntingTheNet 👻]

There is a grid trick I learned in Planet Coaster that should work in Planet Zoo too. In the far NE or NW corner of the map stick down something at your normal building height that adds a grid for itself. Now duplicate the item and place it in the far SW (for NE) or SE (for NW) corner.

This makes the entire map one grid / building item and makes grid placement a snap.

I warn you in advance however that this also makes putting things into your steam workshop slower and slightly problematic. Since everything is part of one grid / building the number of pieces quickly adds up, and after a certain number they cannot be uploaded to your workshop as separate entities until you split them off from the rest. And actually trying to separate them can cause performance / lag / fps issues as the game struggles with the large number of pieces.