Hey Park Managers!
Welcome to our Update 6 Highlight where we'll be exploring what's going to be included in the upcoming free update for Jurassic World Evolution 2. This update will be free for everyone who owns the game, and will be available on March 30, alongside the launch of the Feathered Species Pack, which you can find out more about here.
Let's take a closer look!
Remote Viewing Galleries
An exciting new addition we have in Update 6 are Remote Viewing Galleries! Introducing brand new ways to decorate your park, we've added two building attractions, the Log Viewing Gallery and the Dome Viewing Gallery. These new building pieces can be placed anywhere in an enclosure to allow your guests to get up close and personal with their favourite prehistoric species. Of course, within the safety of the gallery!
Disguising itself amongst the natural enclosure, the Log Viewing gallery is as the name suggests! As you can place these anywhere inside an enclosure, you will need to ensure they are connected to an entrance building using an underground connection. Once they are connected, your guests will be able to journey into these viewing galleries to experience up close dinosaur interactions.
The dome viewing gallery, much like the log viewing gallery, will also need an underground connection to an entrance building to work as intended. This particular gallery is the perfect addition to the Aviaries. Watch your flying reptiles soar through the sky and if you are lucky, they may even perch alongside your gallery for a unique encounter. We are sure these glass domes will give your guests an entirely new perspective!
You can find both of these viewing galleries in the 'attractions' menu. We're looking forward to seeing all the ways you decide to use these new additions in your enclosures and aviaries!
Cinematic Camera Mode
For those with a keen eye for photography, we've added a new Cinematic Camera Mode. We can't wait to see what you do with this new feature! The cinematic camera will allow you to transition between camera angles and viewpoints across your park to instantly snap those picture perfect views and exciting interactions between your prehistoric species.
This mode will be accessed through Capture Mode and you will even be able to add existing overlays of postcards, stamps, logos, letterboxes, filters and guidelines to enhance your photos with a truly personal touch. Make sure to share your screenshots with us once you get a chance to try it out.
Zipline Variants
Variants to the Zipline attraction that was first added in Update 1.5.10, on the 1st anniversary of Jurassic World Evolution 2 are also being introduced.
Now you can choose between the new DFW Zipline or a Jurassic Park zipline variant to decorate your parks with! These variants will be era limited, therefore you will only be able to mix eras on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. On PlayStation 4 and Xbox One you will choose between either for your parks. Which one will you be opting for to entertain your guests?
Sandbox Mode
Sandbox mode is also getting a plethora of additions in update 6, let's take a look at what we've added!
6 new square levels will be available for you in Sandbox mode that are all based on the 6 different biome types in the game. Southwest USA, San Diego and California levels will also be getting 3 expanded square levels.
Some more settings in sandbox are also being introduced, such as Unlimited Feeder Reserves, Income tax, Wild Capture Frequency and Decoration Foliage. If you choose to turn on the Unlimited Feeder Reserves setting, feeders will no longer need to be refilled by the ranger team, freeing up management time.
Income tax and wild capture frequency settings can both be toggled in 4 levels: none, low, medium and high, so you have full control of how much income your park generates and how often wild capture events will occur. For the wild capture frequency to be adjustable you will need to make sure 'expeditions and fossils' setting is also turned on. Lastly, the decoration Foliage setting will allow you to use foliage from all biomes or the level's specific biome as you choose, this will only be available on new generation consoles. We hope these new settings will be a rewarding addition to managing your parks in sandbox mode.
Quality of Life Changes
Of course we can't forget all the quality of life updates coming your way in Update 6!
No need to wait for toilets, amenities and shelters to be built over time anymore, as they will now be built instantly. We've also added the ability to place multiples of the same building without needing to enter the build menu each time, with a quick shortcut. Just use Ctrl + Left Mouse Button on keyboard and R3 on controller!
Small dinosaurs are also being given more behaviours in Update 6. They will now be able to raise their heads when walking through water and even navigate through areas where they would have been blocked before.
Combat for Sauropods has also been adjusted to improve the quality of their fights. They will now take damage in chunks rather than continuously and begin bleeding out once they reach 15% health. Feedback for when the bleed out state is affecting a dinosaur has also been added, so you'll be able to manage your injured dinosaurs more efficiently.
To further facilitate these changes, hunting behaviours of carnivores have also seen some changes. They will now attack less frequently and may even fail a hunt depending on their individual combat stats and the defense level of the Sauropod. We've also adjusted the UI cohabitation feedback on the Therizinosaurus, Indominus rex, Velociraptor and Indoraptor to more clearly reflect their likes and dislikes, which should be a welcome change to better care for these dinosaurs.
Our console community will also be excited to hear that you can now import your PS4 player progress to the PS5 version of the game, meaning all your progress will be merged and nothing will be overwritten when being transferred over onto the PS5. The best way to do this would be to upload your PS4 save onto the PS Plus cloud and then download the saves from the cloud onto the PS5 and launch the game. Once in the main menu you should get a prompt to import the saves.
We hope you've enjoyed this highlight covering the new free update. More detailed patch notes on all the quality of life changes, as well as bug fixes will also be coming out on 30 March.
Keep your eyes peeled to our forums and social channels for any and all updates, and get more information on the new Feathered Species Pack here, and add to your Steam Wishlist here.
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