Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Running around with a camera at my JWE moviepark park

(Previously on that: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.)

Some dramatic lighting shots of Abby. She's next to a viewing gallery in the second one.

Racing!
What's on the agenda for today's mischief, girls?

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Raptor paddock makeovering

Figures the first mods I install have to do with Velociraptors.
I used these lovely custom scenery items, and these invisible fences.

It's so pretty and detailed!

Monday, August 1, 2022

Working on the restricted area

More screenshots of my JWE moviepark park.

The paddock to the left of the monorail station houses Ankylosaurus. Officially they're part of the gyrosphere valley's fauna, but in the movie they're clearly not, probably because their tail clubs can crack the gyrospheres. The tour guide voice heard inside the gyrospheres in the game will claim they can't. Tour guide voice is lying to you.

The middle paddock is for the Velociraptors, but more on those later. To the left of them are Dilophosaurus, which I assume were kept in the restricted area since they're not an exhibit, but must have been on the island at the time of the park's closing.

They're cute. And get solid fences because they'll spit on people through them otherwise like some scaly, hissy llamas.

This paddock on the other side of the raptors is, of course, for the Indominus rex. This is how many trees they wanted there! If the dinos' habitat requirements are at all canon, no wonder the individual in the movie didn't like her paddock. Seems so counterintuitive for an animal that has so many adaptations for hiding, but then again, evolution to perfectly fit a niche in nature isn't what made this creature.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

They are very enriched

You're just doing that on purpose now! :D
Also looks like the people in this gyrosphere are two of the scientists. Huh, didn't know they use the rides, too.

New day for opsrey fledgling and nestling

More screenshots from nest#4 of Sääksilive Osprey nests, from last night and today after yesterday's drama.

Older chick Una perching in the foreground, younger chick Jouko lying down. Mom Nuppu is in one of the trees near the right edge of the frame.

Things calmed down a bit after Nuppu left the nest, and the chicks settled down to wait for fish deliveries. Whatever reason Nuppu had for her unexpectedly aggressive behavior earlier in the afternoon, things seem to have gone back to normal gradually last night and have been today. Una has been flying again after the incident, and both chicks have gotten food today.

Inconveniencing gyrospheres as enrichment

Bok bok bok.
Continuing to work on my movie park sandbox. I added a little guest area at the entrance point, even though the entrance is at the wrong end of the map for accuracy purposes. The shape of the buildable area just worked better this way, I think.

Friday, July 29, 2022

The park is open...ing

New sandbox park in JWE, this one on Isla Nublar. As you may be able to tell, I'm taking a stab at recreating the movie park, like I'm sure many other players have also done.

Condensed scale of course since the actual park spans the whole island and the space to build in is limited, and some areas are more condensed than others depending on my interest in them, but I think it's turning out quite fun.