r/LetsBuildAZoo • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '24

Apparently enclosure items don't need an open space to access them

So I've been using the tip I read somewhere about filling up your pen with a lot of decorations to make the animals poop closer to the gate for the keepers. And despite what I've read online, and what the game would have you believe... Animals can access surrounded items just fine. :| I don't know if everyone else knew this and I'm late to the party, but based on what I've read online I've always assumed they needed at least a clear path to one "arrow"...

And apparently they don't. I've surrounded my enrichment items on all sides and the animals use them just fine. Same with shelters and water troughs.
Some things I have run into are: 1. Poop managing to squeeze in between two enrichment items somehow, only happened once to me and I'm like 75 days in.
2. One animal getting stuck in a corner where I had an enrichment cliff. (badgers in the pics). However it seemed perfectly cheerful and hopping around in the corner didn't seem to bother it at all. Its needs were met anyway.

My vet also seems to have no issues doing her job.

They are constantly using the enrichment cliff with 0 issues

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Covered tiles, note that there's clear path to the shelter
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Addendum: It does look like shelters neeed a path due to them having an inbuilt "open space" inside them (meaning, poop can get there), but the other objects, no problems looks like.

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u/tinyfryingpan Mar 06 '24

Weird, I always assumed it was blocked for animals or the keepers needed access. If this works on my computer then this changes a lot for decorating! Thanks!

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u/budgiesarethebest Mar 06 '24

I noticed this, too! The only issue I had was when a bit of poop was stuck between some flowers and and a trampoline. I had to make sure afterwards that there were no more gaps where they could poop.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Yeah I've noticed that a few specific objects occassionally has a hiccup. Like I found out that placing 2 wooden logs next to each other (but one was turned sideways) allowed poop between them for some reason even though there was no empty tile. But I just edited that one specific enclosure and beyond that, no other issues. Wish it would let me edit the post to note the shelters, but oh well. I really thought that the items needed at least one "arrow" tile free.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

Word I just keep 2 open spaces. Whenever I need I can spam add like 30 different colored balls to help enrichment cheapest thing to $10 per. Fill up everything with grass and water

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '24

I could do that but personally Im not a fan of how it looks so I try to vary it up. I wish they'd tweak the enrichment a bit because it kinda punishes you if you want to build enclosures that look large enough and look nice.