Achievements in Sandbox?

[ComputerDude]

Is it possible to get achievements like having an animal with over 90% in all gene categories or repaying a $50,000 loan in sandbox or career mode? I really don't care for franchise, I hate grinding through breeding hundreds of ostriches and tortoises

[Jaggid Edje]

You can get all the achievements that don't require a specific game-mode in career mode. Other than the ones that are specifically Franchise mode and, iirc, the "open a zoo in xxx" continent ones.

Sandbox also lets you get many of the achievements that aren't mode-specific, but not all of them. The one that requires researching all animals, Zoologist, for example, cannot be achieved in sandbox mode.

I'm honestly not sure which specific other ones (besides the franchise specific ones) that can't be done in sandbox mode, but I don't believe it is very many of them.
I started the game doing all the career scenarios and only had a handful left once those where done, which I knocked out in Franchise mode.

[ComputerDude]

Postat inițial de Jaggid Edje:

You can get all the achievements that don't require a specific game-mode in career mode. Other than the ones that are specifically Franchise mode and, iirc, the "open a zoo in xxx" continent ones.

Sandbox also lets you get many of the achievements that aren't mode-specific, but not all of them. The one that requires researching all animals, Zoologist, for example, cannot be achieved in sandbox mode.

I'm honestly not sure which specific other ones (besides the franchise specific ones) that can't be done in sandbox mode, but I don't believe it is very many of them.
I started the game doing all the career scenarios and only had a handful left once those where done, which I knocked out in Franchise mode.

Thanks for the reply. I'd rather go through career mode than franchise as I find franchise mode really boring.

[Jaggid Edje]

Here's a list of which achievements I did NOT get in in career mode.
These 4 require Franchise mode:

• Franchise Zoo
  Open your first Franchise zoo
  
  
• Global Zoo
  Open 25 Franchise zoos
  
  
• Community
  Take part in a community challenge
  
  
• Animal Research
  Complete the research on one animal in Franchise mode

At least some of these might require Franchise, but I'm not sure. That's where I did them.

• Planet Zoo
  Open a zoo on every continent
  
  
• Diversity
  Open a zoo in every biome

I think these can be done in any mode (but really not sure about Sandbox for the first one)

• Nerd
  Achieve an Education Rating of 5 Stars
  
  
• This one’s a Keeper
  Have at least 3 Keepers, each with a different roster
  
  
• The Elephant in the Room
  Have two different breeds of Elephant born in your Zoo

It was easy to go back to get the above information because i did literally no other game modes until I finished career mode, so based on the Date/time I achieved them I know which mode I did them in. I did all of them listed in Franchise mode, personally.

[Jaggid Edje]

BTW, I find it really odd that "This one's a keeper" doesn't get completion credit in career mode but I didn't finish it until I did my first Franchise Zoo.

[ComputerDude]

Postat inițial de Jaggid Edje:

Here's a list of which achievements I did NOT get in in career mode.
These 4 require Franchise mode:

• Franchise Zoo
  Open your first Franchise zoo
  
  
• Global Zoo
  Open 25 Franchise zoos
  
  
• Community
  Take part in a community challenge
  
  
• Animal Research
  Complete the research on one animal in Franchise mode

At least some of these might require Franchise, but I'm not sure. That's where I did them.

• Planet Zoo
  Open a zoo on every continent
  
  
• Diversity
  Open a zoo in every biome

I think these can be done in any mode (but really not sure about Sandbox for the first one)

• Nerd
  Achieve an Education Rating of 5 Stars
  
  
• This one’s a Keeper
  Have at least 3 Keepers, each with a different roster
  
  
• The Elephant in the Room
  Have two different breeds of Elephant born in your Zoo

It was easy to go back to get the above information because i did literally no other game modes until I finished career mode, so based on the Date/time I achieved them I know which mode I did them in. I did all of them listed in Franchise mode, personally.

I think the education rating can only be done in franchise and career because I've definitely had 5 star education in sandbox and never unlocked it. The two different elephant breeds works in sandbox though. and opening a zoo on every continent and biome is definitely only for franchise

[Just Kevin]

I am not sure of all the awards and in which mode you get some and in which you get others, but I get some in Sandbox, but to be honest I have to say I have no idea of what point they have.

[Jaggid Edje]

Postat inițial de Just Kevin:

I am not sure of all the awards and in which mode you get some and in which you get others, but I get some in Sandbox, but to be honest I have to say I have no idea of what point they have.

Achievements are also called "trophies" on some gaming platforms. The point of them is pretty much the same as that for any other trophy. Something to show "Hey, I did that" and convey a sense of accomplishment.

Granted, most games have a whole lot of stupidly easy achievements. But if you manage to get ALL trophies for a game, it generally means you have a high level of mastery of that game and some gamers take pride in that.

We all play games for different reasons. Achievements/trophies are actually the main thing some gamers play a game for...they get 100% of the trophies, and then move on to the next game. There are games that take a ridiculous amount of time, commitment and skill for 100%.

Now if by "the point" you mean an actual utilitarian purpose...there is none.

I generally don't care either way about them, personally. But for a game that I play a LOT...I do go for 100% for the sense of accomplishments.
It is why I'm playing all the career scenarios a 2nd time right now...to get those Hard Difficulty achievements that were added to Planet Zoo after I'd already completed all of the career scenarios. They are all I need for 100% achievements.
I'm on the last scenerio right now and already got bronze and silver...so nearly there. I hope they fix my franchise mode crashing bug before I finish.

[ComputerDude]

Postat inițial de Jaggid Edje:

Postat inițial de Just Kevin:

I am not sure of all the awards and in which mode you get some and in which you get others, but I get some in Sandbox, but to be honest I have to say I have no idea of what point they have.

Achievements are also called "trophies" on some gaming platforms. The point of them is pretty much the same as that for any other trophy. Something to show "Hey, I did that" and convey a sense of accomplishment.

Granted, most games have a whole lot of stupidly easy achievements. But if you manage to get ALL trophies for a game, it generally means you have a high level of mastery of that game and some gamers take pride in that.

We all play games for different reasons. Achievements/trophies are actually the main thing some gamers play a game for...they get 100% of the trophies, and then move on to the next game. There are games that take a ridiculous amount of time, commitment and skill for 100%.

Now if by "the point" you mean an actual utilitarian purpose...there is none.

I generally don't care either way about them, personally. But for a game that I play a LOT...I do go for 100% for the sense of accomplishments.
It is why I'm playing all the career scenarios a 2nd time right now...to get those Hard Difficulty achievements that were added to Planet Zoo after I'd already completed all of the career scenarios. They are all I need for 100% achievements.
I'm on the last scenerio right now and already got bronze and silver...so nearly there. I hope they fix my franchise mode crashing bug before I finish.

How much harder are scenarios on hard mode would you say?

[Jaggid Edje]

Postat inițial de ComputerDude:

How much harder are scenarios on hard mode would you say?

Just mho, but probably not really much harder at all. There's not much difference between "hard" and "normal" difficulty unless you are out and out trying to do a poor job of managing your zoo, imo.
If I had to guess, I'd say the worst part on hard is that the scenerios that have animal welfare or visitor happiness objectives will just take a little more time.

That being said, I have literally NO idea for sure how much easier it is not to do them on hard, because technically I've now done them on hard twice; What is named"Hard" difficulty right now is how the game just worked back at release. The only (slight) difference being that ticket refunds didn't exist back then.

[Enchantress]

do you know if i download something from the workshop if it disables achievements?
i'd like to try a couple of the pre-made signs but don't want to ruin my chance for achievements. thanks!

[Jaggid Edje]

Achievements are not disabled by workshop downloads.

[Livia]

I have all the achievements. I would not START the game in hard mode, there are some more challenging levels in hard mode. Get some practice playing first.

Interestingly much as I HATE the timed scenarios with every fiber of my being, I wanted all the gold statues, so I've played them all to gold - I learned a LOT of tricks that then helped me breeze through the hard mode on career.

That said the other major factor - are you just playing for achievements or for fun? Hard is harder when you want to actually put effort into your zoo and how it looks, but if just going for achievements, don't worry about appearance and keep it all basic and streamlined.

As others have noted only a few achievements require you to play in franchise (don't like that mode myself). I got all my other achievements in career. I didn't try in sandbox as I assumed they wouldn't work, but others are saying they do, so guess you could do that, or you can just play through career mode - you'll achieve most that way as you need to play them all on hard for all achievements anyway.