Need help, why blueprint from workshop is locked?

[Szynszyl]

Hello i download habitat from workshop but even if i have money i can't build it cuz its lock. Why and how to unlock it?

[Nariel]

Some blueprints have pieces used from packs that you may not have researched. You many need to do more mechanic research, for example you may need to research the Australia Pack or Indian Pack research etc. You may also need multiple DLCs to use a particular Blueprint

Some blueprints may also have specific animal enrichment items, so you may need to fully research a particular animal species to use the blueprint :)

[Szynszyl]

Ok and how i can check what i need to research?

[Kajsa_Kavat]

Best case would be that the creator tagged everything properly or maybe someone wrote it in the item's comments already. If you could link the one in question it would be easier to help you.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Szynszyl:

Ok and how i can check what i need to research?

Sometimes people include information about what you need. But my advice is to start a simplistic park (make cheap staff facilities, then two small habitats with cheap easy animals to hold and then 1 exhibition)

Then earn cash, hire lots of mechanics and give them workshops, then research everything you can.. this will save onto your other parks, so you don´t have to research next zoo you open.


Then there is dlc items. often people list what dlcs you need on the workshop.

[Szynszyl]

Ok thx :)

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Hlaine:

Best case would be that the creator tagged everything properly or maybe someone wrote it in the item's comments already. If you could link the one in question it would be easier to help you.

There's no way to tell unless the person who uploaded it mentions it in the workshop.

That being said, for habitats, the most likely thing you need to research is the animal type that the habitat was built for...because it includes enrichment items that only research unlocks.

Build a bare-bones habitat for the animal so you can research it up and then you will probably be able to place the blueprint and relocate the animals.

Also check the tags for the blueprint, which you can see in the panel on the right when you select it. If it includes tags like "New World", "Australia", etc. that is an indicator of it needing the designated mechanic research category.

[Kajsa_Kavat]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

There's no way to tell

Uh, just build it and look at the pieces? That's the way to tell.

[Kajsa_Kavat]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Hlaine:

Uh, just build it and look at the pieces? That's the way to tell.

Person is asking if you can tell when you CAN'T build it...so that is just a silly answer.

And yes, I understand you can close your zoo, go into sandbox, then do it...but I didn't think that was a very direct answer to what s/he was specifically asking.

You really don't have to do anything, but if I offer someone my help, I'd appreciate it if you could respect that. I've done it in the past and I will do it again, it's really no bother for me to take apart something from the workshop to help someone figure out what they might need.

[HeatherG]

Deleted a couple of posts. Please know that everyone is allowed to respond to any post within a thread. Thanks for keeping the rules in mind when posting.

[Jynn]

Originally posted by Hlaine:

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

There's no way to tell

Uh, just build it and look at the pieces? That's the way to tell.

if it is locked because it requires a DLC they do not own, they they literally cannot build it

the best thing to do, OP, is to check the workshop item for DLC tags, or ask directly on the item what it might require