Microsoft ZOO TYCOON 2 JOURNAL

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ESC

CTRL+Z

DELETE

F5 F6

CTRL+P

CTRL+F CTRL+G

TAB

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

PLUS SIGN (+)

MINUS SIGN (-)

UP ARROW

DOWN ARROW

LEFT ARROW

RIGHT ARROW

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CTRL+C

CTRL+M

CTRL+T CTRL+H

Pause/resume game

Clear object from cursor/Close panel

Undo last action

Clear

Save a game

Load a saved game

Open Zoopedia

Open photo album

Show zoo finances

Show scenario goals

Turn overview map on or off

Toggle overhead and zoo guest views

Toggle zoo guest and photo safari views

Rotate view counter-clockwise

Rotate view clockwise

Zoom in

Zoom out

Move forward

Move back

Move left

Move right

Rotate the selected object clockwise

Rotate the selected object counter-clockwise

Open/close Construction panel

Open/close Animals panel

Open/close Terrain panel

Open/close Staff panel

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Welcome to

Zoo Tycoon 2

What’s new at the zoo 3

Getting started

A brief word about biomes 5

Main game buttons

Main game panels 7

Basics of zoo layout

Building great exhibits 10

Using the zoo tools

Landscaping shortcuts 14

Caring for animals

Attracting zoo guests 18

Managing your zoo

Zoo income—how to make money 20

Zoo expenses—where the dough goes 22

Keeping track of how you’re doing 24

Zoo fame

Animal checklist 26

Emoticon legend

Technical support 29

About Photosensitive Seizures

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome to

Zoo Tycoon 2

What’s new at the zoo

The animals are counting on you

You’ll find success and attain true tycoon status when you focus on the following in

Building great exhibits.

Making animals and guests happy.

Encouraging reproduction among your animals.

Managing funds effectively.

Hiring hardworking staff members.

Researching specific animals and other zoo objects.

Making your zoo beautiful.

To install

Insert the then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

Note

If Setup does not begin automatically, see the Readme file

located on the

Zoo Tycoon® 2

Zoo Tycoon 2

disc into your CD-ROM drive, and

disc.

Zoo guest mode

In zoo guest mode, the eye-opening new first-person view in

Zoo Tycoon 2

into your guests’, your staff’s, and even your animals’ perspectives.

In zoo guest mode, you can make like a zookeeper as you feed, water, and groom your animals, and even sweep up piles of poop.

, you can climb down from your zoo-creator perch and

Photo safari mode

In photo safari mode, you can capture your zoo’s spectacular (and some not so spectacular) sights with a single press of the SPACEBAR.

Whether it’s a lion pride playing in a savannah exhibit or a barrelful of monkeys swingin’ from the trees in a tropical rainforest exhibit, you’ll be there to capture all the action.

Organize your favorites into photo albums you can export to HTML and share via the Web with your friends, family, and fellow

Zoo Tycoon 2

fans.

Biome brush and habitat editor tools

Quickly populate an exhibit with the appropriate plants, trees, rocks, and ground cover using the biome brush, the ultimate landscaping shortcut.

The new habitat editor tools let you painlessly create hills, valleys, mountains, moats, plateaus and plains, building exciting exhibits that use natural boundaries instead of fences to contain animals. For more details, see pages 14 and 15.

The coolest zoo in the world!!!

Get up close in Zoo Guest mode

Getting started

When you first start playing the tutorial campaigns that introduce you to the basics of building a zoo. You’ll start with simple challenges, like creating a small zoo, and then move on to bigger, more complex projects. To start one of the tutorials, select it on the Select Campaign screen.

Main menu

When you start available gameplay modes: Campaign, Challenge, or Freeform.

Zoo Tycoon 2

, you can choose from one of three

, it’s a good idea to complete

Downloads

If you have an Internet connection, click the Downloads button on the main menu to check for game updates and new downloadable game content, including new animals, buildings, and scenery, from Microsoft via the Internet. New content is added all the time, so be sure to check back often.

Game Options

On the Game Options screen, you can adjust a range of video and audio settings, including video modes (full-screen vs. windowed), performance settings (high, medium, and low), video resolution, and sound and music volume.

Campaign

Campaign games are designed to step you through the basics of running a successful zoo. You’ll learn about building a great zoo, caring for your animals and guests, and meeting your economic goals.

Each campaign consists of several scenarios, each with specific goals to complete. For example, you may be challenged to repair a dilapidated zoo or two, or to care for rescued animals. When you complete a campaign, you unlock reward objects.

Challenge

In challenge games, you begin with a very limited budget and an equally limited set of available animals, foliage, structures, and path types. As you increase your zoo fame score, more choices will become available. New choices also become available as you fund research on specific objects.

When you complete several game and photo safari challenges, you unlock reward—themed objects you can use to beautify your zoo.

Freeform

In freeform games, you can build the zoo of your dreams, with an unlimited budget and all the animals, buildings, and scenery available from the very beginning. It’s the perfect place to try out all of your wild zoo ideas without burning a hole in your budget.

Load Saved Game

The Load Saved Game button lets you jump quickly right back into a game that you have previously saved.

A brief word about biomes

The world of references to biomes as you play the game.

So what in the heck is a biome?

Biome is a term used to describe a complex community of plants and animals that live in a specific climate or weather condition. Biomes you’ve probably heard of include desert, tundra, tropical rainforest, and savannah.

For example, the savannah biome is comprised of savannah plants, including acacia and baobab trees, blackthorn bushes, and elephant grass, and savannah animals like the elephant, giraffe, and lion. Savannahs are common in dry, hot climates like central Africa.

Zoo Tycoon 2

In including the animals, plants, trees, foliage, rocks, and ground cover, is associated with a specific biome.

You can use your knowledge of biomes to create a wide range of natural habitats where your animals will thrive and, hopefully, start building families.

Zoo Tycoon 2

, almost every object used to create an exhibit,

is biome-based, and you’ll see many

Main game buttons

Main game panels

VIEW FILTERS PANEL

SHOW/HIDE GUESTS

SHOW/HIDE BUILDINGS

SHOW/HIDE FENCES

SHOW/HIDE FOLIAGE

OVERVIEW MAP

OVERHEAD VIEW

ZOO GUEST MODE

PHOTO SAFARI MODE

ROTATE VIEW

CLOCKWISE

CONSTRUCTION

ZOOM OUT

ZOOM IN

BUTTON

Secondary game buttons

VIEW ZOO QUICK

STATS

VIEW ZOO

FINANCES

UNDO LAST

ACTION

ANIMALS

BUTTON

LANDSCAPING

BUTTON

ROTATE VIEW

COUNTER-CLOCKWISE

RECYCLE

OBJECTS

STAFF

BUTTON

FENCES

AND STAFF

GATE

BIOME BRUSH

TOOLS

EDITOR TOOLS

BUILDINGS

PATHS

Construction Panel

TREES

HABITAT

DONATION BOXES, BENCHES

AND SCENERY OBJECTS

ADOPT

ANIMALS

PLANTS AND

FLOWERS

ROCKS

ANIMAL

FOOD

TOYS AND

ENRICHMENT OBJECTS

Animal Panel

ANIMAL

SHELTERS

DISPLAY

GOALS AND

CHALLENGES

DISPLAY ZOO

FAME

SAVE, LOAD, EXIT

RETURN TO MAIN

VIEW PHOTO

SAFARI ALBUM

Landscaping Panel

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