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Animal Coding; Animal never shows up. D:
Topic Started: Mar 12 2009, 10:24 PM (800 Views)
Sorko
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Now, before I had Zoo tycoon 2 (I bought the ultimate collection a while ago) I had previous knowledge on meshing, bone data, ect.
And the discovery on Zoo Tycoon 2 made me go insane, and now more then ever I want to design for it. So far on Zt2 I made several objects, paths, and ALOT of animal reskins. (Not bad for a newbie) But when I code an animal it never shows up on the game. I'm postive that I save the file into a .z2f right (zip not rar, save as z2f not that hard) and I check every single one of those xmls. I don't see problemos. <_< And I really want to see my meshing projects not go to waste becuase I can't code. ;-; I meshed an ibis so far, and alot of others I meshed when I was practicing. Mabey I could get into a group? But then again I want to have basic coding knowledge before I create with other designers. (I'm a good person :3)

So this is pretty much a plea for help. If anyone out there is willing to help or teach me then that'll be frosted flakes kinda great.
(exuse my 13yr old mental craziness)

Oh by the way I use the ACT, I can't really understand it well (chat- speak melts my grammer oriented brain) And so far ZTAC and APE2 doesn't seem to exist anymore. (aliens must have took those downloads)

:D
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catc
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Are there any specific parts that do show up? For example, sometimes the model may not appear at all, but the icon or zoopedia might be in tact. Please let us know, otherwise we can't really pinpoint your problem. Not to mention that the icon might even be but a blank white square in your animal menu, make sure you didn't miss that.

We hear you on your problems with the animal tutorials. Yes, they may be a bit difficult to "decode" (and I'm using this term to relate to your experience), but we're definitely here for you if you need help on a certain segment or concept.

Also, make sure you placed your z2f directly in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Zoo Tycoon 2 .

If not that directory, you can also place it here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft Games\Zoo Tycoon 2\downloads\zootycoon_com_zt2_1033

If you chose the second directory, please place it into any of the randomly numbered folders displayed and it should work. If you can't view these folders, then this means you haven't download Blue Fang's free extra content available on their website.
Do you want downloads? Access most of ZooMania's catalog of downloads here: http://downloads.zoo-mania.info/index.php?action=downloads
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Sorko
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The Problem before was the animal never shown up( like no sign of a new animal, white square or zoopedia), or the animal would combine with the greater flamingo. (My base animal)
But guess what?

I found out what was wrong. :D
I checked the AI folder in enties and by a random guess It finally shown up on the game. It turns out I haven't coded the main xml right. (I'm a idiot)
When finished, I scanned it, and there was no bugs. (though I just checked it for 15minutes) O.o The zoopedia and everything was there. But I haven't replaced the Nif yet or reskinned it so it just looks like a miniature flamingo now. :P

I'm gonna use this post though for future problems, so I don't clutter up this board.

I'm happy now. :lol:
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