Waterfall tutorial Planet Zoo Tutorial - Advanced Waterfall, Cascade & Water Volume Building 

As a 3D modeler with maybe a bit more understanding of how all this works, I can say; *this is the best evaluation to date on the particulars of water in this game* . Unlike in Unity , Unreal, or most any other 3D game engine, or even in Planet Coaster, water in this game is not just a single sided plane, but an actual 3D object that welds itself to the terrain mesh at fixed, one meter points (or vertex). Once created, the game restricts further terrain manipulation because it would change the weld points of the water causing a water surface with bumps or even holes. Because of this ... In some cases it is the "undo" function that contributes to the inconsistent behavior demonstrated in this video. Deleting a body of water has a different effect on making changes and putting water back in, as opposed to "undo(ing)" back to just before creating the water, make terrain changes and then creating the water (as new). *Sometimes* the refusal to create water when you know it should work *might be* corrected by saving and reloading the game. This clears the game's Undo list which is often (intentional or not by the developers) the culprit for what seems to be inconsistent behavior. Although the water created is an actual 3D object with a calculated volume, it is not a volumetric (or "meta") object, which is why it can not flow downhill. Meta objects in real time are extremely CPU intensive. The top surface has an 80% to 90% semi-transparent shader, depending on it's "cleanness", with an animated bump map to create the (illusion of) moving ripples. The appearance of the sides of the water seen in the video is most likely an unintended visual effect of the way that texture is "plainer projected" on to the surface of the water object - it's not really something the developers intended to be seen. The interior of a pond or lake (underwater) is simply a standard 3D "fog" rendering effect that is triggered when the view camera actually enters the interior of the water object.

Great video. I was feeling your pain all the way through when things didn't go to plan. Nice to see Planet Zoo isn't just hard to handle for us noobs either.

I think i missed it but how do you add the animation?

I've not done any actual terrain modifications in exhibits apart from slight hills and stuff and this stuff made 100% sense, thank you! Very informative and watching you do it, even though it doesn't 100% work for reasons unknown I can see how it does and to just have a little play to get it right, I hope my animals enjoy their new waterfalls :D

This was kind of information overload, i feel more confused about water than i did before i watched this. 😅

Thank you for figuring this out! I've avoided water features because they always look weird but now I'm going to make so many!

Beautiful! Now I'm going to make cascades and better waterfalls!

I'm excited to put these tips in action. Thanks.

2:50 i thinks it only treats water in habitats, thats why it said it only treats 1 waterbody

Wow. Thank you so much. I could not figure out why I could get the water level even with ground level in some habitats but not others. Thanks for sharing these advanced tips with the community. Basic tutorials are great and very helpful but they only get you so far. And thank you for taking the time to spell it and show it step by step. Very helpful.

Hey Rudi! Thx for the effort and time you put into the video! I am new to the game and I struggled a lot with the water features. Your video was a great help!

Thanks! Very helpful. That might explain why I didn’t get the glass barrier to work on my safari waterfall. Now I’ll have at least a fighting chance! :)

Excellent! Thanks for the tips and tricks Rudi! 🥰

Thank you so much! This will help me out a lot!

Man I tried for a while but now I got it to work and it is looking beautiful, thank you. Also I am confirming that this still works with the new aquatic update.

Super helpful, Rudi, thank you so much. The glass barrier trick to make stairs has just let me make a raging river down a gorge, which actually looks good. You aren't able to do that in PlanCo!

I like this tutorial but I still don't know how to use any of the water tools to make the waterfall.

I’m too dumb for this game...

This explains so much, thank you for this amazing tutorial !

This was such a helpful youtube video, and helped me for making a new habitat in Planet Zoo!

Wow, this is am amazing tutorial and soo helpfull. Thank you verry much for making this and explaning it verry detailed how we can get the perfect high for the water!

These tutorials are amazing 😍

Really nice tutorial - thank you!

I just ordered PZ, so I am just discovering this video. The in-game constrictions makes sense. In Trainz simulator, there is in-game water, and then there are water "objects" - just a semi-clear plane with a bump map. I may try to do that here, because you could have small ponds and streams placed anywhere for decoration purposes. If animals were to reach them, I suppose they would just walk across the surface. 🙂

Thank you a lot from France ! This tutorial will be very helpful ! Thank you !!!

Thank you so much for this video, it helps greatly!

great tipp with the glass barrier. Thanks

Thats pretty nice explanation. Subscribed : )

I know i'm late to the party. But, for new players explaining how you did the actual controls would be helpful.

"we are able to put it down" "we are not" sigh* That was exactly my problem today. And because of this problem i was searching for a planet zoo waterfall tutorial.

thank you. there have been a lot of usefull information.

thanks Mr Kamel the one of the best tips for waterfalls. now you make this in Koali zoo with Sivarret, lady, Mike and you

Nice Video and really helpful :) I wanted to play planet zoo again and had this idea of a waterfall cave, but had problems with the waterfalltop...but before I mess up my franchise zoo (not existent yet xD) I will test this in sandbox^^ If I get it done the only problem I have to solve is how the animals geht inside the cave....well where there is a will there is a way xD

I need tips on how to hide the black nozzles that the effects come from

Hehehe u r so funny as u get surprised by what you expected in your examples now working as u expected. That was Fun!

Hi Rudi, thanks for this video. It helped a lot. I know this was uploaded a long time ago - but I've still got a question: how do you edit the terrain around an already placed barrier? My game prevents me from doing that... I also tried around with the different collision options in the menu. Was this patched out of the game? Thanks :)

Happy Birthday Rudy

Well now this makes me want to restart my challenge zoo. Didn't get very far to do lack of money. Probably should do sandbox mode to practice first xD this is was better than my dad expesnive waterfall that made me bankrupt xD

thankyou

Boy can you talk...LOL Thanks for the info Rudister.

Wow I always wondered about water height snap waiting for update for height snap toggle.

I am not sure but i think glass barriers can get changed into null barrier

Rudi did they patch this? Iv been doing the glass trick a long time now and now all of a sudden it wont work. No matter what i do i cant get the glass to lower to the level of the water

Where do you get those water effects? Sorry I'm new in the game hehehe and I love it ❤

Hahaha.......this game...it plays games with you!........thanks for the informative vid!

niiiiiicee

u didnt show where and how to place the animations. whether its on the glass, in side the rock etc thats the most important part too and i cant get it

Hi Rudi - sorry, dass ich auf deutsch frage, du kannst gerne englisch antworten, aber das Problem zu beschreiben kriege ich nicht fremdsprachlich hin ;) Ich habe immer wieder das Problem, dass die Glasbarriere, die z.B. ein Wasserbecken begrenzen soll, sich nicht komplett absenken lässt. Ein einziger Barrierenabschnitt bleibt grundsätzlich vom Wasser blockiert, und ich finde einfach den Fehler nicht. Da ich viel mit selbstgebauten Brunnen und Wasserbecken arbeite, ist das unglaublich lästig. Das gleiche Problem habe ich auch oft bei Wasserfallbegrenzungen wie Du sie hier baust, aber nach x-mal neu bauen geht es dann irgendwann. Nur eben nicht, wenn es ein geschlossenes Becken ist. Ich hoffe, Du kannst mir weiter helfen! LG - und mach weiter so !!!

I can't figure out what objects make the illusion of flowing water😕

Kommt eigentlich noch irgendwas neues in Planco...

Just watch the video twice and am still confused on how to get the water flowing past the glass

does anyone know how to download the planet zoo soundtrack

The water pump only shows number of water "bodies" registered in a habitat.

B4 I saw that video I thought I was doing a decent job building habitats...

First!!!! Rudiiiiii

I know you meant well, but this video was very confusing, I really didn't get much out of it as it rambles and is full of errors, you also go way too fast.

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