Big Zoo Bigger Money Problems

[HonestGrrrRrr]

So, i have this Zoo i Play in francise, i dearly love it and have to goal to fit all animals in it (incl. all DLCs)
Right now i have 500.000 $ left, but i had 3.000.000 $. I have 4 Zoo enterances but the are alway arround ~ 8500 Guests I have 5 Stars my Visitors are happy still i loose 50 000 - 100 000 a year.

I fear that i will loose my Zoo. I hope someone knows what to do

[DeltaIguassu]

go into the financials tab and look throw it well and see what is using so much cash, in my cases its usually staff and animal food, make sure to add lots of donation boxes by exhibits and shops in areas people need it (its an easy way to make money), if its animal food that's the problem then downgrade the food quality of some of your animals, especially carnivores that live in big groups and big herbivores, and if staff wages is your problem then you might need to fire some staff where not needed. i wish you goodluck!

[grampers62]

Carnivores and mega fauna cost mega cash to feed. Be sure to have plenty of donation boxes and guest facilities throughout the zoo. And don't forget about ATMs, guests spend their cash quickly and need to get more! Be sure to check the guests thoughts *as* they enter the zoo and raise the ticket price till they say it's fair. A big zoo will fetch unrealistically high ticket prices.

[Just Kevin]

A zoo with all the animals from all DLCs? do you use NASA's mainframes?
Don't forget that when offspring are born, they also need food. As to ATMs, I keep them free, because if people have run out of money, they cannot use the ATMs if they have to pay!
And how on earth did you earn $3,000,000? keep a zoo for a very long time? By the time I reach $400,000 I have to delete the zoo and start again, because it's got too big for my PC.
Anyways, no doubt you know this. Make sure people are not asking for refunds.
Those entering, if they do not think the ticket is Fair, you are not charging enough ($65 seems to be max though).
Add stuff to drinks and food. People then buy more, and you can keep increasing the prices anyway as the zoo gets busier. I often have at least 10 times more kiosks than habitats, spread all over.
Lots of donation bins close together.
And many other tips :-)

[HonestGrrrRrr]

Thanks for all the tips, sadly i allready use many of the Tips, i would love to share a screen shot so you can see whats wrong, but i dont know how

But here is a link https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198185263241/screenshot/2520412448265480661/
hope someone can help

[speerbauch]

I find this discussion very interesting, because I usually hit 5million cash in a new zoo rather quickly and that with guests limited to max 3.500 normally stays that way. I don't use transport rides but as just Kevin mentioned a lot of shops.
Perhaps the mix of exhibit animals on auto sale and many 'cheap to keep' animals does it for me.
How is your guests education level? They spend more on higher levels.
And you could try to switch your generators for green energy ones. Maybe that reduces your costs for power?

[grampers62]

As we expected, staff wages and feed cost are way too high. Be sure to look at ticket prices again to see how much that can go up before guests say it is too much. Rethink how staff are used. you might need to redo work zones and fire a few staff. Next is to consider reducing the number of carnivores and mega fauna like lions and elephants.

[HonestGrrrRrr]

Thanks for the Feedback I will Tackel the Problems as soon as possible.
The guest Education is ~100% Workzones are already super efficent. But i truggle with the Bin crew. They mostly hang around and dont work, i let some go but the result was more dirt

[HonestGrrrRrr]

@just Kevin I had the same issue my pc is not the newest but i put 32GB Ram in just for Planet Zoo, if you place big ways so visitors would not collide it will work better.

-> Much space = better Preformance works for me at last

[Anthracite]

Keeping the absolute minimum of any species might help, though I assume you've tried that. Also, are you using exhibit boxes? They bring in a lot of donations for very little cost.

[grampers62]

Indeed the exhibit facilities can be a great source of income. I often have around one for every three or four habitats. Be sure to set the automatic feature on them so they sell the lowest appeal.

[DeltaIguassu]

might not be the time to be experementing but i wonder if rides generate much cash?

[Anthracite]

Originally posted by deltaiguassu:

might not be the time to be experementing but i wonder if rides generate much cash?

In my experience they do the exact opposite, cost a fortune, price is capped and hold guests up instead of letting them walk around spending money.

[DeltaIguassu]

sad, thanks for the answer tho

[Just Kevin]

Originally posted by HonestGrrrRrr:

Thanks for the Feedback I will Tackel the Problems as soon as possible.
The guest Education is ~100% Workzones are already super efficent. But i truggle with the Bin crew. They mostly hang around and dont work, i let some go but the result was more dirt

That can actually be a bug. I have moved or placed the caretakers at times, who simply just stand there, even when sacked. Save - Reload often fixes it.

[Just Kevin]

Originally posted by HonestGrrrRrr:

@just Kevin I had the same issue my pc is not the newest but i put 32GB Ram in just for Planet Zoo, if you place big ways so visitors would not collide it will work better.

-> Much space = better Preformance works for me at last

I always use the widest paths, and a lot of them, it does not stop my zoos starting to lag when they get big, and with around 8,000 guests, and I would have thought graphics card RAM was more important then motherboard RAM. And even having a graphics card. I find it hard to believe that anyone can have a zoo with every single species from the base game and all the DLCs in it. That's a lot of habitats!