Mods (Planet Zoo) New tag ideas: "Animals > Extinct", and Exhibit vs. Habitat vs. Walkthrough tags

[irishJET96]

I've never suggested a tag before, but I believe this is the correct forum to do so. There has been a surge in the number of extinct animal mods that have been released for Planet Zoo over the past two years or so. While this is cool to see, not every zoo project will use these. Many players are not using extinct animals in their zoo builds for realism, while some users are creating specific zoos for only extinct animals, or a combination.

Currently, the "Animals > Dinosaurs" mod is occasionally used, but that clearly doesn't make much sense for a dodo, Tasmanian tiger, or Atlas bear. An "Extinct" tag would be an excellent way to both search for, and filter out, animal mods that don't fit a zoo build's theme.

 

Additionally, Planet Zoo broadly separates animals into "Habitat" and "Exhibit" animals, with some "Exhibit" animals being designated as "Walkthrough" animals. "Habitat" species live in enclosures that a player designs and builds. Meanwhile, "Walkthrough Exhibit" animals can only be kept in a designated, guest-walkable enclosure, while the other exhibit species live in smaller glass 'box', or terrarium.

This is arguably a more important distinction than the "Extinct" tag. Knowing what enclosure an animal needs affects how someone lays out a zoo, and would be very helpful when sifting through different mods. I would suggest the following tags under "Animals": "Habitat", "Exhibit – Walkthrough", and maybe "Exhibit – Terrarium". (Most creators seem to just call the last structure an "exhibit box", but that could technically be used to describe the walkthrough enclosure, too.)

Further tags could be useful, but these seem to be the most broadly applicable for this game.

[Pickysaurus]

I've added those tags, they'll take a few hours to appear everywhere!