Update Notes

Hello Park Managers!

We are very excited to announce that the Jurassic World Evolution 2: Feathered Species Pack and free Update 6 are now available.

Read below for the full set of patch notes.

DLC - Feathered Species Pack

Prehistoric Species

4 x New Species

• Flying Reptile
  • Jeholopterus
• Dinosaurs
  • Deinocheirus
  • Sinosauropteryx
  • Yutyrannus

Features

• Added new feeder type (Insectivore Feeder) to be used by Jeholopterus
• Added new diet type - Insectivore (Insects only)
• Added new diet type - Omnivore (Fish/Paleobotany)

Update 6

Features

Capture Mode

• Added new Camera Type to Capture Mode, the Cinematic Camera
  • Added ability to adjust settings such as Time and Camera Movement
  • Added ability to adjust between various focus areas within your park such as: Dinosaurs, Viewing Galleries, Tours, Park Teams, Hotels, Ranger Posts, Ziplines, Feeders, Path View and Panoramic View
  • Add existing Overlays of Postcards, Stamps, Logos, Letterboxes, Filters and Guidelines

Buildings

• Added new 'Remote Viewing Galleries' feature with 2 x new attractions, the 'Log Viewing Gallery' and the 'Dome Viewing Gallery'
  • These can be found within the 'Attractions' menu and are available in all building styles
  • Galleries need to be connected to an Entrance Building using an underground connection
• Added Zipline variants for DFW and Jurassic Park Building Styles

Sandbox Mode

• Added 6 x additional large, flat Sandbox Square levels
  • These are based on the 6 different biome types within the game
• Added 3 x expanded Sandbox levels
  • These are for Southwest USA, San Diego and California levels
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Decoration Foliage' (found under the 'Environment' sub-section) that allows players to use foliage from all biomes or the level's specific biome
  • This is only available on PC and next-gen console 
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Unlimited Feeder Reserves' (found under the 'Dinosaurs' sub-section)
  • Setting this to 'on' will mean that feeders no longer need to be refilled by Ranger Teams
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Income Tax' (found under the 'Park' sub-section)
  • Reduces how much income your park generates and has 4 settings: None, Low, Medium and High
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Wild Capture Frequency' (found under the 'Park' sub-section)
  • Control how often wild capture events will occur and has 4 settings: None, Low, Medium and High
  • This requires the 'Expeditions and Fossils' setting to be turned ON to be adjustable

Quality of Life

Buildings

• Toilets, Amenities and Shelters will now build instantly rather than over a short period of time
• Added the ability to place multiples of the same building without need to enter the build menu each time
  • Using CTRL + Mouseclick on mouse/keyboard or RB/R1 on controllers
• Infected feeders can no longer be deleted, this is to prevent players from being able to block themselves from researching related cures
• Added ability for 'Release via Airlift' to Aviary Hatcheries allowing players to release flying reptiles outside an Aviary

Dinosaurs

• Small dinosaurs will now raise their heads when they are walking through water
• Small dinosaurs can now navigate through water when they would have been blocked before
• Adjustments to sauropod combat
  • Carnivores now may fail a hunt depending on combat stats
  • The Bleed Out state now only starts once a sauropod reaches 15% health, rather than after any carnivore attack
  • If a carnivore fails to successfully hunt a sauropod, it will wait for a period of time before trying again
  • Adjusted feedback for when the Bleed Out state is affecting a dinosaur
• Adjusted UI cohabitation feedback on Therizinosaurus, Indominus rex, Velociraptor and Indoraptor to more clearly reflect their likes/dislikes

Sandbox Mode

• Arrival Point now starts opened in Sandbox Mode, and on moving Arrival Points we maintain their status as opened/closed

UI

• Amenity Management Screen
  • Simplified the Amenity Management screen by removing guest demographic information & best performing amenity
  • Added the total number of guests in the park to the "guests served" statistic
  • Added configuration rating statistic which shows how well amenities are configured & therefore how satisfied the local guest demographics are
  • Added shortcuts to view modes for amenity configuration and amenity coverage
• Added a "Delete" confirmation prompt when trying to delete a Hatchery with active synthesis or incubation tasks
• Replaced park reports and contracts with small notifications if they trigger during full screen contexts (e.g. driving Park Teams, editing terrain)
  • Added gameplay setting to 'always minimise park reports and contract notifications"
• Added a new 'Random Rock Placement' option to Landscaping tools. This option automatically selects a new rock from the same biome type after placement
• Added Management View toggles whilst inside various placement modes
  • Feeders - Added ability to toggle Ranger Posts View on/off
  • Monorail/Tours - Added ability to toggle Visibility View on/off
  • Amenities - Added ability to toggle between Amenity and Overcrowding Views
  • Fences - Added ability to toggle between Power and Visibility Views
  • Remote Viewing Galleries - Added ability to toggle Visibility View on/off
• Made Billboard Icons appear above a forest when a dinosaur enters them
• Added new time control for "Slow Motion" accessible on the main HUD and via the radial menu on controller
• Disable carets on financial items in monthly report when there is no change from previous months
• Increased the transparency of Dinosaur Visibility highlights to improve readability
• Restrict lock-on to valid targets whilst in a Ranger or Capture Team
• Subtitles are now wider at their larger text sizes in order to fit in more text
• Moved the weapon/equipment switch prompt to a more visible location when controlling a Park Team
• Added unique map icons for medium and large Amenity buildings

PS4 to PS5

• Added ability for players to import their PS4 player progress to the PS5 version of the game
  • This will merge progress and will not overwrite progress on the PS5 (if any)

Chaos Theory

• Made some adjustments in Chaos Theory 5 during Brachiosaurus stage to make objective goal clearer
• Chaos Theory 2 - Fixed mismatch between actual target and text on objective UI for amenity income objective
• Chaos Theory 4 - Fixed number format for park rating objective

Audio

• VO Characters' introductions are now tracked account wide and will only play once per account rather than once per Career
  • Added Setting for 'Repeat Introductions' (found under the 'Audio' sub-section) to toggle this on/off

Quality of Life - Dominion Malta Expansion

UI

• Added option to Select/Deselect all of a specific species option to the Cargo Ship in the Dinosaur Exchange and the Island Map

Features - Dominion Biosyn Expansion

Sandbox Mode

• Added 2 x additional large, flat Sandbox Square levels
  • These are based on the Biosyn Sanctuary and Sierra Nevada levels

Features - Dominion Malta Expansion

• Added 1 x additional large, flat Sandbox Square level
  • This is based on the Mediterranean biome the Campaign levels are based in
• Added 1x expanded Sandbox level for San Marie Bay
  • Replaces the Natural Lagoon with buildable ground and greatly expands the play area 

Bug Fixes

Dinosaurs

• Fixed some marine reptiles starving to death when trying to hunt with low stamina
• Fixed Marine reptiles not hunting/eating food until food bar is red, unintentional bug created by cohabitation changes related to Tuna
• Fixed Camarasaurus' head clipping through the ground during the grooming animation in the Species Viewer
• Fixed the Apatosaurus losing its eyes in particular instances
• Fixed Triceratops JP 1993 skin not closing its eyes
• Fixed Diplodocus spines detaching from their bodies when viewed at a distance
• Fixed Mosasaurus angling upwards when released from the lagoon hatchery, causing it to clip through the gate

UI

• Fixed the Stimulant bar going over 100% when you manually aim/fire
• Fixed Calamity bar displaying 'Multiple Dinosaur Threats' rather than 'Dinosaur Threat'
• Fixed an issue with the Ranger Team compass showing wrong feeder icons
• Fixed an issue where selling fossils rapidly could result in loss of control functionality in the Fossils screen

JWDB

• Made references to geological eras consistent across multiple places
• Fixed inconsistent era string for the Nodosaurus

Buildings

• Adjusted the Jurassic Park Marine Shark Feeder so vehicles can access for re-supply

Vehicles

• Prevent transport helicopters from blocking other helis from delivering dinos with their waiting positions

Audio

• Fixed Jurassic Tour VO incorrectly referring to Spinosaurus as from North America

Misc

• Fixed minimising the game while in 'Fullscreen' mode and then re-opening changing it to 'Windowed' mode
• Various stability fixes
• Various animation fixes
• Various audio fixes
• Various text and localisation fixes

Bug Fixes - Early Cretaceous Pack

Dinosaurs

• Changed Minmi genome size classification from medium to small

Bug Fixes - Dominion Biosyn Expansion

Dinosaurs

• Adjusted dig site fossils for Dimetrodon so there aren't any left over once you reach 100% genome
• Fixed dinosaurs occasionally passing through invisible fences

Bug Fixes - Dominion Malta Expansion

Dinosaurs

• Fixed Oviraptor feathers flickering in low wind settings
• Fixed fish feeder dispensing issues in San Marie Bay causing Marine reptiles to starve to death
• Fixed the Atrociraptor legs becoming distorted when attacking guests on sloped terrain

Vehicles

• Fixed the Malta Response Facility not letting players repair the vehicle

Sandbox Mode

• Updated Malta Sandbox economy values

UI

• Fixed L3 becoming non-functional for pinned dinosaur request when reentering the Dinosaur Exchange

Campaign

• Fixed the trust limit not increasing after the second island if the autosave is loaded
• Fixed dinosaurs dropping off the transport helicopter when transferred towards the Cargo Ship