animals escape from the enclosure! Why?

[Kinedor]

Hi everyone!

Since a few days i play again zoo planet since the release days and i have now a problem with animals who escape from the encloure everytime because of the height of the enclosure.

for example the peacock. It needs: Degree 1, >1,25m
I built an enclosure 2m high and they still escape.
After i raised the fence to 2,50m this not happend longer.

The heights are measured from the ground and not from sea level.

Whats the problem?

[SirRantsAlot]

Originally posted by Kinedor:

Hi everyone!

Since a few days i play again zoo planet since the release days and i have now a problem with animals who escape from the encloure everytime because of the height of the enclosure.

for example the peacock. It needs: Degree 1, >1,25m
I built an enclosure 2m high and they still escape.
After i raised the fence to 2,50m this not happend longer.

The heights are measured from the ground and not from sea level.

Whats the problem?

Hm in reality peacocks usually can fly when in danger. But if Zoopedia says >1,25m is enough its probably a mistake. Or ">" is just a rough idea. Anyway id 2,50m works out its ok and its a good information also.

[grampers62]

The issue lies in what might be in or near the habitat that they might jump onto. Open the heat map for traversable area and select one of the animals that keeps escaping. There should be markers that show the escape points where you can work out what might be happening.

[Missing_Aria]

What the person above me said, but also I always go taller than needed since critters can sometimes toggle as "escaped" just for getting on top of a rock, hill, or even their hard shelter and getting above the fence line.

Also, same thing downwards. You'd be shocked how often burying your fences a tiny bit can really help you avoid escapees.

[Just Kevin]

I assume all the birds in PZ have their wings clipped, because apart from the emu and ostrich, they can all normally fly! In PZ they don't, and they don't jump either, so as said above, they must be getting out some other way. But there used to be a bug that allowed animals to randomly go through walls. It was fixed with an early patch. Are you sure your game has all the patches?
And the barriers follow the lumps and bumps, filling in the gaps from the ground upwards. There's no need to bury them. If that was necessary you would have to do it to stop the burrowing creatures escaping!

[SLG]

If it has been a long time since you played the game, there was an update that changed the escape behavior and animations.

[SgtMama]

I wish I could add my screen shot of my issue. Where the fence shows an escape route, there is no blue on the heat map anywhere near the fence line. I've moved the fence, I've pulled the fence lower into the ground, moved all plants away, and yet my baby caimans keep getting an escape notice, but they're STILL IN the habitat! I don't know what to do.

[Just Kevin]

Are you sure the water does not go under the fence? It does not have to go far for them to stick their nose out. It's not uncommon to have a not-noticed lip overhang with the fence running over it.

[SgtMama]

There was land up against the fence. I ended up boxing all animals and redoing the barrier. Even though the heat map for traversable area had no blue going through. At least it's fixed now. Thanks for the tip though, I'll look out for that if I ever encounter another issue.