If your animal or object can be placed but has an all-white model, it means the skin didn't load properly on the. If there is no existing icon you will need to make one yourself. To manually fix this, go to the main object or animal xml (or the male and female xmls, if the animal has dimorphism) and search for default image=, and make sure it links to the correct route for the icon.
Otherwise it might be a mistake by the designer. If you can place the animal or object despite the white icon, check for download conflicts. To fix it either remove the hack or download the missing file(s).Ģ. If the game crashes when you click on it, you probably have a hack that affects an animal or object that you don't have (for example a biome hack for an animal you are missing). This can happen for the following reasons:ġ. White square caused by missing selection iconĪn icon that is just a white square in the menu means the game can't locate the image for the animal or object icon. Missing names can also happen when the download file is not in the correct folder ( C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Zoo Tycoon 2), see above.
If the language code for your game language is there but it still has no name ingame, the lang file might have a mistake causing it not to be read. xml file inside, translating the names and/or zoopedia as you like. If you want to fix this, you will have to go inside the numbered folder and edit the. This will cause your animal/object to have name ingame, but it will be in another language (for example if your game is in Spanish and you rename the 1033 folder to 3082, this animal/object in particular will have an English name in your game).
exe format, run it by double clicking and it will install the files in your game. z2f format, you don't need to extract them further. z2f file(s) from inside the compressed file. zip format, you must use a zipping program to extract the. Even if you have the Amazon digital download version, you still need to place files in the bolded directory, not in the downloaded folder.Ģ. z2f files exactly in this folder, not any subfolder.
For Windows 10 users the default installation directory will be C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Zoo Tycoon 2. Make sure you are placing the files in the directory where your game is installed. If the content you downloaded is not showing up ingame (animals or objects are not in the selection menu, hacks have no effect, reskinned animal still use the old skin), try the following solutions:ġ. General Downloads Download not showing up ingame