Update 1.3 (Jurassic World Evolution 2)

Update 1.3

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Free Update for Jurassic World Evolution 2

Update 1.3 was the second free content update for Jurassic World Evolution 2 that was released on March 8, 2022. Prior to release, Frontier released a forum post which detailed the update. The update included the introduction of the Species Viewer and First Person Mode. It was released alongside the Early Cretaceous Pack DLC.

Species Viewer

• 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

First Person View

• 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

Decorations

• Added additional Decorations to each of the 3 Building Eras
• 22 x Facility Pieces
  • DFW Container (DFW)
  • Blue Container (JW)
  • White Container (JW)
  • Large Wood Crate (JP)
  • Container Fuel Tank (JW/DFW)
  • Supplies Pile 1 (JW/DFW)
  • Supplies Pile 2 (JW/DFW)
  • Concrete Barrier (JW/JP)
  • Stegosaurus Cage (JP)
  • T. rex Cage (JP)
  • Velociraptor Cage (JP)
  • Indoraptor Cage (JW)
  • Construction Crane (JW/JP)
  • Tent Small (JW/JP)
  • Tent Large (JW/JP)
  • Velociraptor Paddock (JP)
  • Helipad Arrival Sign (JP)
  • Unpacked Container (DFW)
  • Storage Shack (DFW)
  • Maintenance Cover (DFW)
  • Trailer Office (DFW)
  • Camera Post (DFW)

• 26 x Decoration Pieces
  • Aviary Banner (JW)
  • Lagoon Banner (JW)
  • Spinosaurus Skeleton (JW)
  • Jurassic World Signage - Aviary (JW)
  • Jurassic World Signage - Lagoon (JW)
  • Jurassic World Signage - Gyrosphere (JW)
  • Jurassic World Signage - Lagoon (JW)
  • Poles (JW)
  • Poles (Awning) (JW)
  • Poles (Pterosaurs) (JW)
  • Aviary Perch Point - Large (JW)
  • Aviary Perch Point - Small (JW)
  • Tree Planter 1 (JW/JP/DFW)
  • Tree Planter 2 (JW/JP/DFW)
  • Tree Planter 3 (JW/JP/DFW)
  • Foliage Planter 1 (JW/JP/DFW)
  • Foliage Planter 2 (JW/JP/DFW)
  • Foliage Planter 3 (JW/JP/DFW)
  • Amber Planter 1 (JW)
  • Amber Planter 2 (JW)
  • Amber Planter 3 (JW)
  • Fountain 1 (JW)
  • Fountain 2 (JW)
  • Fountain 3 (JW)
  • Fountain 4 (JW)
  • 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 Changes

• 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
• Added Bankruptcy Warning and Timer

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

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

Steam Deck Support (1.3.1 Only)

• Added Steam Deck support to the PC version of Jurassic World Evolution 2
• Ensured the on-screen keyboard appears appropriately on the Steam Deck
• Disabled driver date check on Steam Deck
• Added a default graphics preset which appears in Graphics Settings UI only on Steam Deck

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