Update 1.0.5
Released on 16 October 2026: Franchise loading stability, the Edge Scrolling setting and fixes for Career softlocks.
16 Oct 2026
40 changes
Released
16 Oct 2026
Changes
40
Career fixes
5
Previous version
1.0.4
Key changes
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Loading a Franchise zoo is more stable, most of all for new zoos and flat zoos. | Game modes |
| Creating a Taiga Sandbox or Franchise map no longer sometimes picks a Wildlife Reserve as the sculpted terrain. | Taiga |
| New Edge Scrolling option in the Keyboard and Mouse settings. | |
| Settings that were lost after closing and restarting the game now stay saved. | |
| The Zoopedia no longer marks DLC animals as unavailable for players who own the DLC. | Zoopedia |
All changes
Every change in the notes, grouped like Frontier's list. Rows link to the page they affect.
Stability and performance
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Performance and stability improvements. | |
| Less texture pop-in. | |
| Fixed a crash when choosing an Ecosystem Brush in the Tanzania Reserve. | Take Pride |
| Fixed a crash when the same key was bound to several commands. | |
| The error after trying to create a new save with no free save slot now clears. | |
| No more wrong complexity warning when loading a zoo at 100% complexity. | |
| Item browser filters and sorting reset when a level loads. | |
Career
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Career notifications no longer appear on the main menu after leaving Career at certain objectives. | Career |
| Nordic Fjords: the Moon Jelly Exhibit can be placed from the build menu, so deleting it before its objective no longer softlocks the level. | All A-Fjord |
| Great Rift Valley Reserve: Quick Release is turned off for the giraffes. It removed them from storage and they could not be placed. | Earning Your Stripes |
| East Africa: opening Animal Trading while Alys talks about adopting a Shoebill no longer softlocks the level. | Spreading Your Wings |
| Sumatra Reserve: no boxed animals when the level loads. | Mine Your Business |
Franchise
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Wildlife Reserves cost the right amount of Conservation Credits. | Ecosystems |
| Animal Trading offers a more even mix of males and females for cash. | |
| Births in Franchise mode have a better balance of males and females. | Breeding and Lifespan |
| A longer login window, so connecting to the servers times out less often. | |
| Server change: more animals are added to Animal Trading. | |
| Server change: more server capacity. | |
Sandbox
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| The Terrain Only option works when a Career level is exported to Sandbox. | Sandbox presets and settings |
Animals
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Zoopedia updates and corrections. | Zoopedia |
| Adult Career animals are no longer sometimes marked as juveniles. | |
| First improvements to climbing animations. | |
| Albino Meerkat textures load again. | Meerkat |
| Fish no longer get stuck outside an aquarium when the habitat is moved. | Aquarium life |
| Shoals use the new space when an aquarium is made bigger. | Aquarium Requirements |
| No more big splashes when animals land on wet beams. | |
| African Penguins can no longer walk on water. | African Penguin |
Park management
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Inspection reports give 5 stars when every part is rated 5 stars. They gave 4 before. | |
| Vets no longer get stuck removing dead animals from aquariums. | Vet |
Construction
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| The Basic Vet Surgery no longer moves while it is being placed. | Vet Surgery |
| Wildlife Reserve Ecosystem info panels show the right tooltips. | Ecosystems |
| The Object Browser search bar lets go of focus after clicking out of it. | |
| The path width setting works with Feet as the unit. | |
| The ESC key works again after using a nature brush. | |
Workshop
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Featured Workshop creations show in the item browser. |
Settings
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| New HDR calibration image. |
Gamepad
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| The Edit Media panel responds to a gamepad again. | |
| Advanced Move on a gamepad no longer does a normal Move. |
Languages
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| No more duplicated text in the Career introduction in some languages. | Career |
PC (Steam)
| Change | Page |
|---|---|
| Steam Deck with Proton 11 or newer can connect to the servers. |