Hi I am looking for a fix to a bug were the maintenance workers aren't cleaning the zoo? Im playing a downloaded verison of the game because I can no longer use my discs due to computers not having a disc drive.

I’m getting close to finishing my PC build, and wanted to re play one of my favorite games and I no longer have my old discs, but I saw I can buy and direct download it from Amazon. I was just wondering what’s everyone experience with this method or if there’s been any issues with it. Thank you in advance!

So I got a new computer and migrated all my data, but when loading up ZT1, I get the default title screen even though both Dinosaur Digs and Marine Mania are installed, I even checked to make sure nothing crashes. Meanwhile with ZT2, I lost all my saves and campaign completion data. Is there any way to fix these? If not, I wouldn't mind playing ZT2 again to unlock everything.

EDIT: When playing through ZT1, I've noticed that it freezes a bit here and there and that the icons for DLC staff are gone. Aside from that it's 99.9% functional.

I downloaded the marine mammal show compability but it still doesn't work, someone knows what to do ?

Hey everyone.

Just found thus sub. I love the first Zoo Tycoon and was wondering if someone knows a way to get it running on the steam deck?

Is there any way to install and play Zoo Tycoon 2001 on a Windows Tablet?

anyone else feel their inner child be at peace when playing this game?

I’m doing the Mysterious Panda campaign and, despite all of their needs being met and their thoughts all being positive, they’re still unhappy and finish with “I don’t like this zoo.”

I have no idea what to do to fix this or what’s causing it. The animals are happy, there’s restaurants, bathrooms and benches everywhere, kiosks, music rocks, etc.

How to play Zoo Tycoon 1 on M2 MacOs

Thanks a lot

I downloaded a bunch of really cool mods that add several animals, but there are some of them that I will likely never use and I'd like to delete them from my adoption panel so it gets less crowded so to say. Is that possible?

So now I'm going through a challenge zoo to unlock the rest of the stuff, and got a challenge to make 3 super Deinosuchus. It was a pain and had my heart rate up but got all three frist try! #1 is a 100% #2 and #3 are both above 90%

I think this is the first time iv gotten a challenge to make a select number of super animals.

So I'm on "the hard way" scenario were you can only clone animals.. issue is I am only on the first lv of fossil finding and I can't find anymore fossils in my zoo. Both my paleontologists are just sitting around waiting for something too do. And iv personaly run all over my zoo and can't find any of the remaining 12 bones.

The only mods I have are the ones from the forgotten animals pack , and folkys face-lift thing .

I know the game SAYS they increase guest happiness, but I haven't noticed any difference at all in guest happiness between having 0 tour guides, and spamming a zillion of them (which I'll sometimes do while I wait out the clock in a scenario after I finish the objectives). Is there an effect they have that I'm missing, or are they truly just a waste of money?

This is the first time ever, I have managed to finish the stupid marine show campaign, these are probablymy least favorite of the campaigns but had to be done if i want to complete every challenge and campaign! Now to move on to my favorite campaign games EXTINCT ANIMALS!

THe only place I knew that hosted mods for ZT1 was Zoo Tek Phoenix. However the site appears to be broken. It won't send account recovery emails, it won't let me make a new account... it won't even let me email the Contact Us form to ask what to do.

The game and website are both very old, so I suppose it was inevitable that it would die. Are there mirrors for some of the mods somewhere? Are there any other third-party projects for hosting Zoo Tycoon mods?

I can get by without most of them - the animals, buildings, paths - but I'd at least like the UI fixes.

EDIT: The Journey

After swapping browser, waiting several days, and some help from a registered user, the account itself has been created. As a mocking twist however, I have to wait for it to be verified again before its allowed to interact with the forums (it actually has less permissions that being logged out, now.)

Am waiting for an admin to notice me senpai, and email me again...

EDIT 2: I give up

It took four days for them to let me make the account and send the verification. Then it told me I had to wait again for the account to be validated.

It has been a week. It is not happening. I give up

I've currently only got the base game of Zoo Tycoon. I want to get the expansion packs, but I'd rather have just one box rather than multiple to save space. I was looking on Cex's website (secondhand tech shop), and it seems the complete versions of Zoo Tycoon come as a 1, 2, or 3 disc pack. Is there any advantage to one over the others? Is there an advantage to getting the expansion packs individually rather than the complete set? I don't want to miss out on any extra content!

Whenever I open zoo tycoon, the screen becomes smaller for a split second before the game opens. But this time, it got stuck that way with the black parts on the sides of the screen. How do I fix it?

Used to play this game a few years ago on my laptop with no issues. Game would run smoothly, no save file issues. I lost disc 2 of the complete collection, was able to buy a new one, and I've been playing a lot more lately. I've been having an issue though, my files will not stop corrupting or getting the "not a Microsoft zoo tycoon saved game". Its getting really frustrating, even if I quit and save, then go back, the file will work. But it seems like as soon as I close out of the game entirely, it will suddenly have an issue loading. Has anyone else had this issue? I feel like I can only enjoy my zoos for one sitting and it's really been ruining my enjoyment of the game which is a shame.

For those that have played both the original zoo tycoon complete edition and zoo tycoon 2 ultimate edition. Is one better than the other? If so why? Can either of these games still be played somewhere?

Looking into getting one of these games if it can be played. Since planned zoo is much more expensive for full content plus feels lacking in marine animals and no dinosaurs at all.

Edit* i heard that versions of it don't work on windows 10 anymore. Might be a rumor though

I'm working on a large zoo and I have lots of people up front but barely anyone going towards the back and my Zoo isn't fill out yet. If I fill it out , it doesn't seem like anyone will go to the back anyways.

I tried tourist guides and placing a restaurant but it's barely helping.

Maybe this is the wrong subreddit, but my wife is trying to play on Xbox one, we purchased the game and downloaded it, and it WILL NOT go past this screen. It says “press A to start, and as soon as we do, it just spins. We’ve waited ~10 minutes just letting it spin, I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled it, I’ve tried resetting my Xbox, nothing seems to work. Anyone know how to fix this?

TLDR: stuck here please help

Probably nostalgia has something to do too, but when I play Zoo Tycoon 2 (with the right mods), even to this day, I feel something no other game makes me feel.

The animals, and especially the guests feel so alive that you feel you're in a real zoo. Not in terms of realism but in terms of "experiences" so to say. I still "tour" my own zoos, stopping at each exhibit. Following the guests to the gift shop to see what they buy, taking a look at the emojis popping on top of their heads, and especially, thinking (and feeling) of myself as a guest, often going to the food plazas, standing on the queue and "buying" something, making a stop in my "zoo day". Then, I also "roleplay" as a worker, going to the backstage areas and doing the keeper job.

It's strange to put it into words but this routine makes me experience something similar I felt when I used to go to my local zoo years ago (it's been closed) and in those times I'd begun playing ZT2. I even once went to a "keeper experience" in my IRL zoo so that feeling of thinking of yourself as something different than the guests in the game is still there when I enter an exhibit and clean up poo

When it comes to mods, I mainly talk about the sign packs with classic zoo signs (e.g do not tease the animals) and especially the building sets found in Zeta Designs: barriers as walls + elevated paths as roofs and normal paths as floors make up quite decent buildings for the building standards at least I have. Surely, they are absolutely terrible compared to Planet Zoo buildings but that's another thing... TBH, I still haven't felt like this in PZ, at least not to the extent of the ZT2 experience.