Dingo (ZTUF Dingo by Ratbag Oz and Dr. Rick)

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ZTUF Dingo

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Author: Ratbag Oz and Dr. Rick

Keywords: Carnivores, Australia

Date Released: May 17 2008
Current ZTUFDingo.ztd dated 11 May 2008

File Size: 1.52MB  

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: Two years ago Ratbag Oz started on a ZTUF Dingo, taking all 1000+ images out of the gray wolf and manually recolouring them. At that time, a very rough first go was shared with staff... Trouble is, editing animals that way is a BIG task and so it remains very unfinished.

When I started on the wolves, RB reminded me of this project, and was kind enough to send me a copy. DrR had a flash of inspiration - each set of painted dingo images that had been put back into the wolf using APE makes a palette file (e.g. ne.pal). There were about 10 or 12 of these. DrR took each of these palette files in turn, renamed it graywolf.pal and put it into an unzipped gray wolf. Most of them didn't work, causing some of the pale parts of the resulting animal to be black.

One of the palette files worked perfectly, giving animations that are almost exactly the colour that RB intended, although RB would still like to complete the painted version since it is not perfect! DrR made up the animal properly and RB has agreed that we should release it along with my wolf pack.

This Dingo is entirely compatible with both of the DrRDingos. It has the latest DrR configuration, with trot, jump high and various other animations in full use. It also has a completely re-worked set of sound files to make them more obviously one animal (in case anyone ever keeps just one of them).

So here is the ZTUF Dingo (in an interim version), with design, colour and information by Ratbag Oz and configuration by Dr Rick.

[Jay]

Additional info:

ZTUFDingo.ztd              uca: E0E3597D dated 11 May 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

e0e3597d.uca date: Sun May 11 07:01:14 2008
No Errors or Warnings to show.
Animal Type: E0E3597D

Dingo

The dingo ranges in size from 9.5kg - 19.5kg depending on the area, the
season, and interbreeding with domestic dogs which is extremely common. The
colour of the true dingo is almost always a ginger, through to sandy-brown
colour, though natural blacks do occur and some even have patchy markings,
reminiscent of the African wild dog. The ears are held erect, the tail is
bushy with a scent gland at the base, and the teeth are larger and more
slender than a domestic dog's.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Savannah; Location: Australia
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 90.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can swim in water terrain.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Acacia Caffra Tree, Thorn Acacia Tree, Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree
Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree, Lodgepole Pine Tree, Palm Tree, Maple Tree
Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Bamboo, Eucalyptus Tree, Hard Quandong Tree, Yew Tree
Birch Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree, Western Larch Tree
Trembling Aspen Tree, Globe Willow Tree, Joshua Tree, Red Gum Tree
Quiver Tree, Japanese Maple Tree, Prickly Pear Cactus, Saguaro Cactus
Thorn Bush, Deciduous Bush, Yellow Fever Tree, Baobab Tree
Umbrella Thorn Tree, Tall Grass, Grass Tree, Paper Birch Tree
Weeping Willow Tree, White Oak Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree
Himalayan Birch Tree, Western Juniper Tree, Himalayan Pine Tree, Sage Bush
Broadleaf Bush, Pine Bush, Khejri Tree, Club Moss Shrub (DD)
Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Gingko Tree (DD)
Glossopteris Tree (DD), Lepidodendron Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD)
Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD), Sigillaria Tree (DD)
Sand Bush (NA), Doum Palm Tree (NA), Senegal Date Palm (ES), Bonsai (CC)
Snowbell Tree (CC), Yucca Tree (ES), Agave Cactus (ES)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small, Desert Rock - Formation
Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation, Highland Rock - Large
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation, Medium Desert Rock (DD)
Medium Highland Rock (DD), Medium Savannah Rock (DD)
Medium Coniferous Rock (DD), Termite Mound (ES), Small Desert Rock (ES)
Large Desert Rock (NA)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-15 with 38 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 76 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 76 grid squares):
43 Savannah Grass, 2 Grass, 8 Sand, 15 Dirt, 6 Salt Water, 2 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 76 grid squares):
11 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Eucalyptus Tree
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 11 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 76 grid squares):
8 Medium Savannah Rock (DD), which is its most liked rock,
and 1 Small Rock - Small.

Elevation: Of the 76 squares, 3 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.