🦁 Planet Zoo Building Tutorial

What this video taught me is that you should have ctrl+z'd the entire other house.

planet zoo is like learning a whole fuking language

I'm here after tilting for for over 30 minutes trying to build evne a basic structure.

I wish I could "like" this video more than once. I struggled for literally hours trying to get the stupid facilities to snap properly into existing building shells that I'd copied from other parts of the career zoos, and all I needed to do was use Shift. Thank you for showing me that, and all the rest of the techniques. You've really got an eye for beautiful building, too!

Beautiful! i do not have the time and creativity to build something like this. So guys, pls spam the Workshop with those beautiful buildings !!

I was just complaining about the lack of a good building tutorial in the game on the forums haha, thank you so much for this it helps a ton!

The reason I started watching geekism was because of the planet coaster tutorials. Everything comes full circle with planet zoo. This will be very helpful jonti, thank you.

this game desperately needs tutorials like this in game

Watching this video, I actually spoke the words "Ooh, I'm learning!" This was very helpful! However, is there a hotkey sheet somewhere? Yikes.

Excellent tutorial. I was banging my head against a wall trying to figure out building last night and this answered all my questions :) Thank you!!

doing a homework all nighter and this is just the quality content I need right now while I work

Visual break down: Game Basics -Use favoriting system and filters to more easily find desired items -Adding trims to roofs will add the off-hang detail -Grouping allows you to move entire build together, rather than moving every individual piece or forcing you to build in the spot you want the building *This will not move paths -If you get out of Group Edit, reselect the group by clicking on a decoration item and pressing "R" Grid System -Grid symbol on item in selection menu shows what will align to the grids shown when choosing a facility -Wall pieces will align to inside edges of grid boxes -Items separate from the grid system will rotate at degree-controlled angles -Items can be aligned to the World grid or the Group Editing grid -Building on the World grid allows for easier alignment *If you want to build at an angle different from the World Grid: -Pull the item to a wall section, item should align to wall horizontally -If you want to put the item in a custom location, turn off alignment with the "F" key -"X" turns on advanced move, allowing you to change the x, y, z coordinates of the item (aka its vertical/horizontal alignment in a circle rather than a square grid system); pressing "X" again changes the mode from arrows(movement) to circles (rotation) -x (red)moves the item left/right -y (blue) moves the item up/down -z (green) moves the item back/forward Shortcut Keys -"Z" to rotate (horizontally) selected item -"M" to quick select move an item -Hold "shift" to move selected items upward or downward -Degree slider controls how far the item shifts up/down or turns -"Space" toggles on/off rotation of an item separate from a grid system -Holding "Ctrl" will break the path away from auto-connecting to a doorway or another path, allowing you to move the path wherever is allowed -"Shift + X" will duplicate an item and enter advanced move mode (19:45) *Tip: if desired, rotate an item slightly or move it up or down as you duplicate it, for a more varied look (good with plants) -Hold "Shift" and click to select multiple items (good for duplicating and moving items) -Holding "Ctrl" and clicking an item unselects it *Tip: When planning on duplicating and moving a group of items, keep alignments the same Paths (12:00) -Separated into three types: path, queue, and staff -Path is used by visitors and staff -Queue is used by visitors when attached to a ride -Staff is used by only staff members (to access facilities, utilities, and off-limits habitats -Paths can have rounded or squared edges (only when attached to a grid system), toggled on/off in the path menu -To align to a grid system, a path must be connected to a doorway *Remember to connect the path to other doorways if used in a multiple facility build (as shown in the video 12:45) -Holding "Ctrl" will break the path away from auto-connecting to a doorway or another path, allowing you to move the path wherever is allowed Aligning Items (13:45) -Select an item on the grid and press "X" to open advanced move mode -While in advanced move, select another item from the menu *This should place the new item at the origin of the originally selected item -Use the on-screen advanced move to more the new item into place -"Shift + X" will duplicate an item and enter advanced move mode Z Fighting (when two items occupy the same space along the z-axis) Method 1 -Select one of the overlapping items -In the item menu in the top right, select "Remove from group" -Advance move the selected item into the desired location *Remember! Grouping items when building allows you to move all items within the group at once. When you remove an item from the initial group, it will NOT MOVE with the rest of the items. You will have to realign the second group if you move your building. If you are building where you want to build to go, this is not an issue. Method 2 -Use Advanced move to move the overlapping item along the z-axis (green arrow/circle) *Keep these items as a group, so if you have to move items along the z-axis multiple times, you won't have to move every one individually -If you are layering items and you cannot click the desired item: (23:50) -Delete the item interfering with the desired item -Click the desired item - Press "Ctrl + Z" to undo the deletion, you should still have the desired item selected -Move the desired item

Finally saved up enough money to buy a computer and play this game. Unsurprised to find out I could not wrap my head around building as it's such a layered system! This tutorial super duper helped me so thank you so much! Also placing nettles in the planter had me in tears

9:30 Me: "Ooooohhhh, I love you" Literally the one thing I needed to know. Thanks!

Building for dummies, thank you so much for this! The level you explain things at is perfect!

the first four hours I couldn't figure out how to a) rotate my damn camera when it gets obstructed and b) how to rotate a building I was constructed!! appreciate these videos

14:40 oh wow! I didn't know you could do that with advanced mode! That saves a lot of time trying to center stuff thank you! I learned a lot from this video! I'm ready to try building again! Might get some practice in Beta while I can! I can't wait till full release though! October is great and all but November couldn't come soon enough! Great work as always Jonti! Have a good day!

I bought this game a week ago. I haven't done anything because I don't know where to start. This helped a lot. Thank you!

Thanks so much for the tutorial! You have a really great way of explaining/teaching: you speak slowly enough to follow and you demonstrate as you’re doing it.

Thank you for this. These tutorials are going to dramatically improve my gameplay. Looking forward to watching more!