Update Notes
JWE2

Update Notes

  • 1.10.0 (Mar/13/2024)
  • 1.9.2 (Feb/02/2024)
  • 1.9.0 (Nov/30/2023)
  • 1.8.10 (Nov/09/2023)
  • 1.8.2 (Aug/31/2023)
  • 1.8.1 (Aug/10/2023)

Jurassic World Evolution 2 - 1.3.0 Update Notes

Hey Park Managers,

We’re very excited to announce that the Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack and free Update 2 are now available! The Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack brings with it 2 new dinosaurs, Monolophosaurus and Scorpios rex, 2 variants for Ouranosaurus and Kentrosaurus, and 8 new mesmerising dinosaur skins featuring named dinosaurs from the show, including Big Eatie the T. rex and Bumpy the Ankylosaurus, as well as the bioluminescent Parasaurolophus Lux. Update 2 offers all dinosaurs, skins and patterns being available in Sandbox Mode without being unlocked, more decorations, and first person view! Read below for the full set of patch notes.

DLC 2 -  "Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack"

  • 2 x Camp Cretaceous Dinosaurs
    • Scorpios Rex
      1. Camp Cretaceous Variant A
      2. Camp Cretaceous Variant B
      3. 12 body colour x 7 pattern colour options
    • Monolophosaurus
      1. Camp Cretaceous Variant
      2. 12 body colour x 7 pattern colour options
  • 2 x Camp Cretaceous Variants
    • Ouranosaurus
      1. Camp Cretaceous Variant
    • Kentrosaurus
      1. Camp Cretaceous Variant
  • 8 x Camp Cretaceous Skins
    • Ankylosaurus Skin x 1
      • "Bumpy"
    • Baryonyx Skins x 3
      • "Grim"
      • "Limbo"
      • "Chaos"
    • Carnotaurus Skin x 1
      • "Toro"
    • Parasaurolophus Skin x 2
      • Lux 1
      • Lux 2
    • T. rex Skin x 1
      • "Big Eatie"
  • Added new dinosaurs to dig sites

Update 2

Features

  • Added "Species Viewer" to the Main Menu
    • Allow players to observe their prehistoric species in more detail
    • All Species can be viewed by default
    • Cycle through various animation examples
    • Cycle between different Skin and Pattern colours
    • Alter the position and rotation of the lighting and the colour grade
    • See and hear the species name pronunciation
  • Added a "First Person View" option in all levels
    • Dedicated button on the Build Menu that will ask the player to select a starting position to enter First Person View
    • Navigate the open areas of your parks
    • The player can switch between Low and High Speed movement
    • The player can switch between Low and Normal View height
    • Toggle a light on/off
    • Enter Attractions Views and Rides
    • Interact with Buildings and Vehicles in your park
  • Added additional Decorations to each of the 3 Building Eras
    • 22 x Facility Pieces
      1. DFW Container (DFW)
      2. Blue Container (JW)
      3. White Container (JW)
      4. Large Wood Crate (JP)
      5. Container Fuel Tank (JW/DFW)
      6. Supplies Pile 1 (JW/DFW)
      7. Supplies Pile 2 (JW/DFW)
      8. Concrete Barrier (JW/JP)
      9. Stegosaurus Cage (JP)
      10. T. rex Cage (JP)
      11. Velociraptor Cage (JP)
      12. Indoraptor Cage (JW)
      13. Construction Crane (JW/JP)
      14. Tent Small (JW/JP)
      15. Tent Large (JW/JP)
      16. Velociraptor Paddock (JP)
      17. Helipad Arrival Sign (JP)
      18. Unpacked Container (DFW)
      19. Storage Shack (DFW)
      20. Maintenance Cover (DFW)
      21. Trailer Office (DFW)
      22. Camera Post (DFW)
    • 26 x Decoration Pieces
      1. Aviary Banner (JW)
      2. Lagoon Banner (JW)
      3. Spinosaurus Skeleton (JW)
      4. Jurassic World Signage - Aviary (JW)
      5. Jurassic World Signage - Lagoon (JW)
      6. Jurassic World Signage - Gyrosphere (JW)
      7. Jurassic World Signage - Lagoon (JW)
      8. Poles (JW)
      9. Poles (Awning) (JW)
      10. Poles (Birds) (JW)
      11. Aviary Perch Point - Large (JW)
      12. Aviary Perch Point - Small (JW)
      13. Tree Planter 1 (JW/JP/DFW)
      14. Tree Planter 2 (JW/JP/DFW)
      15. Tree Planter 3 (JW/JP/DFW)
      16. Foliage Planter 1 (JW/JP/DFW)
      17. Foliage Planter 2 (JW/JP/DFW)
      18. Foliage Planter 3 (JW/JP/DFW)
      19. Amber Planter 1 (JW)
      20. Amber Planter 2 (JW)
      21. Amber Planter 3 (JW)
      22. Fountain 1 (JW)
      23. Fountain 2 (JW)
      24. Fountain 3 (JW)
      25. Fountain 4 (JW)
      26. Jurassic Park Pillar (JP)
    • Trees
      • Added forest comfort to single placed trees
      • Added new single placed trees
        • 3 x Large Trees (Unique per biome)
        • 3 x Medium Trees (Unique per biome)
        • 2 x Small Trees (Unique per biome)
        • 2 x Bushy Trees (Unique per biome)

Quality of Life Updates

  • All dinosaurs, skins and patterns available by default when beginning a Sandbox level
    • Does not apply to Challenge Mode Cosmetic rewards
  • All buildings are now available by default when beginning a Sandbox level
  • Minerals can now be instantly sold rather than added to the Extraction Queue
  • Accessibility Options
    • Enter the "Accessibility Settings" when starting the game for the first time after setting the game's brightness
    • Added Dinosaur Highlight accessibility option
    • Shortened subtitles at larger font sizes
  • New building upgrades
    • Science Centre
      • Cheaper Research
        • Tasks cost 25% less
      • Faster Research
        • Task time reduced by 50%
      • Extra Scientist
        • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
    • Expedition Centre
      • Cheaper Expeditions
        • Tasks cost 25% less
      • Faster Transit
        • Expeditions are 25% quicker
      • Extra Scientist
        • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
    • Hatcheries
      • Cheaper Genetics
        • Costs reduced by 20%
      • Accelerated Growth
        • Speeds up Synthesis and Incubation by 25%
      • Extra Scientist
        • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
    • Paleo Medical Facility
      • Automatic Resupply
        • Unlimited fuel/resources
      • Faster Treatment
        • Decreases task time by 50%
      • Cheaper Treatment
        • Decreases task cost by 50%
      • Extra Scientist
        • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
    • Response Facility
      • Automatic Resupply
        • Unlimited fuel/resources
    • Staff Centres
      • Improved Costs
        • Tasks globally cost 10% less
      • Specialist Facility
        • Globally increases the value of the Specialist staff traits by 1
    • Control Centres
      • Improved Motivation
        • All scientists Unrest meter increased by 1
      • Improved Efficiency
        • Tasks globally time reduced by 20%
  • Contracts:
    • Additional Contracts
      • Sell Dinosaurs
      • Increase Largest Territory Herd/Size
      • Build Lagoon
      • Build Aviary
      • Cohabitation
      • Complete an Expedition
      • Release a Dinosaur
      • Photo Multiple Species at Once
    • Changed "Photo with Species" contracts to ensure the players own the selected species
    • Added time completion bonus to large number of contracts
  • Ranger Post improvements
    • Allow MVUs to be assigned to Ranger Posts
      • Within range of the post, MVUs automatically treat Minor Injuries and Diseases that can be cured by medical darts, and heal dinosaurs with Critical Health.
    • MVU, Ranger and Capture Teams can now be assigned from a Ranger Post
    • Ranger Patrols now prioritise dinos needing welfare scans above all other tasks
  • Added Bankruptcy Warning and Timer
  • Improved building tooltips
    • Ranger Posts
    • Science Centre
  • Sandbox Mode Improvements
    • Ability to turn expeditions and fossils On/Off 
    • Ability to turn research On/Off 
    • Ability to adjust Task Time length (10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)
    • Added Jurassic Difficulty to Money and Appeal Difficulty
    • Ability to turn Scientists On/Off
  • Ailments Improvements
    • Added new “Chronic Stress” disease type for marine reptiles that causes fighting and lack of appetite
    • Changing Common Cold to a territory issue caused disease rather than a random one
    • All territory-caused diseases can be cured by fixing territory issues
    • Added a help screen when a new disease source first appears in the park
    • Selecting a dinosaur with an active monitored ailment or injury should take you to the ailments tab by default
    • Button in Ailment Tab now opens Comfort Tab
    • Added new "Hyperoxalemia" disease that causes low fatigue and low max health, and is caused by a lack of High Leaves
    • Added new notifications for when an injury is diagnosed and needs player treatment
  • Added Filters for Expedition Map
    • Species Type
    • Expedition Cost
    • Expedition Time
    • Scientist Skill
  • Tour Rides
    • Added a Jurassic World Gate for use on Jurassic Tour and Gyrosphere attractions
    • Allow tour photo points to be triggered by player-driven tour vehicles
  • UI
    • Present the total scientists skill pool when hiring scientists
    • Improved Decorations UI to handle larger number of decorations
    • Added a display map icon for dinosaurs that are the subject of a transport request
    • VO subtitles will now pause when the game speed is paused
    • Added a display map icon for dinosaurs assigned to be tranquilised
    • Added an arrow to indicate the required turn direction (indicates the direction of input the player needs to apply) when the gunner is not facing the target
    • Added Dinosaur Status to Park List on the Map
    • Added a filter to the Map that displays calamities
    • Specify on the tool tip and info panel when it is just the power cable attached to a building that needs repairing
    • Added dotted circles around aviary domes and lagoon pools to aid alignment
    • Added the ability to refresh contracts sooner for a cost
    • Prevent players from buying upgrades they can't afford
  • Hatchery
    • Player now informed if the hatchery is not opening because it's blocked by a dinosaur
    • Prevent dinosaurs from falling asleep in front of hatchery exits
  • Jurassic World Database
    • Show a "Wingspan" stat for flying reptiles
  • Aviaries
    • Aviaries now count as destroyed as soon as the first panel is broken
  • Dino Behaviours
    • Indominus Rex and Velociraptors will now share territory
    • Dinosaurs may now flee when group attack start
    • Dinosaurs may charge on group attack start
    • Prey can now outrun predators if they run out of stamina
    • Tweaked Iguanodon combat stats
    • When a dinosaur throws another during a jump attack it now does a minimum amount of damage
  • Capture Teams
    • Helicopters now resist gravity when in photo mode
  • Vehicles
    • Adjusted driving model so all Ranger Teams drive in a more similar way
  • Added DLAA on PC

Bug Fixes

  • Dinosaur Behaviour
    • Additional fixes for dinosaurs getting stuck
    • Additional fixes for dinosaurs and flying reptiles escaping their enclosures
    • Fix for dinosaurs stuck in constant panic
    • Fix for dinosaurs dying of old age whilst being transported
    • Only diseases which impose a max stamina of less than 70% and injuries that cause the Fatigue effect now prevent running
    • Make flying reptiles immune to "Damaged Tooth" injury
    • Prevent dinosaurs from going to sleep immediately after waking up from tranquilisation
    • Dinosaurs eating live food can now fulfil the "Photograph a Dinosaur Eating" contract
    • Fixed airlifted released reptiles from popping onto the ground on the Classic and DFW Lagoon Hatcheries
    • Various animation bug fixes on dinosaur behaviours
  • Dinosaurs
    • 2001 Male/Female Velociraptors - Eyes, hands and head art fixes
  • UI
    • "Synthesis Failure" changed to "Egg Failure" in Sandbox Mode
    • Split appeal between duplicate attraction buildings
    • Fixed shops not updating when shop type was changed
    • Fixed missing Dr. Alan Grant entry in the Jurassic World Database
    • Preserve vehicle ranger post assignments when changing vehicle skins
    • Marine and Flying Reptiles now have their own bio group
  • Buildings
    • Gates build instantly instead of waiting for the fences
    • Arrival building helicopters now leave and returns to signify the arrival of guests
    • Updated Flying Enclosure sign and UI icon so that it uses the correct texture
    • Fix for tuna escaping the lagoon
    • Prevent guests from entering destroyed/inoperable buildings
    • Various art improvement bug fixes across numerous buildings and assets
  • Park Teams
    • Park Teams no longer get stuck in land hatcheries
    • Storms no longer damage parked vehicles
    • Vehicles "damaged by storm" are not drivable at all
  • Economy
    • Prevent park rating dropping after releasing the first dinosaur(s) via airlift
    • Fixed fuel/food of the Response Facility and/or Paleo Medical Facility going to 0 when saving/loading a game
  • Animations
    • Fixed seated guests from using the wrong animation
    • Guests trapped with no way to return to a path now disappear after 30 seconds
  • Game Modes
    • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park - Updated amenity construction mission stage so you can build any size, not just a small one
    • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park - Increase comfort requirement for Velociraptors
    • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park - Block access to build menus during hatchery research objective to prevent the player from getting stuck
    • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park: San Diego - Banned Monorail construction contract
    • Chaos Theory: Isla Sorna: Site B - Re-enable storms
    • Chaos Theory: Return to Isla Nublar - Added Viewing Gallery to research so it is available to build
    • Campaign - Pennsylvania - Ignore dead dinosaurs in the final comfort check
    • Improvements to vehicle navigation in Challenge - Southwest USA 
    • Various contract fixes
  • Foliage
    • Balanced/Improved the wind effect on foliage during extreme weather events and also resting states
    • Adding Barrel Cactus into the desert shrub brush
  • Further fixes to HDR on consoles and PC
  • Various localisation and text fixes for all languages
  • Various optimisations for game performance
  • Various stability fixes

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