Zoo Tycoon 2

Zoo Tycoon 2
Developers

	Blue Fang Games
Publishers
	Microsoft Game Studios
Engines
	Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2004
macOS (OS X)	December 2005

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Zoo Tycoon
Zoo Tycoon	2001
Zoo Tycoon 2	2004
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection	2017

General information

Zoo Tycoon Wiki

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
African Adventure
Dino Danger Pack
Endangered Species
Extinct Animals
Marine Mania

Version differences[edit]

Ultimate Collection[edit]

The Ultimate Collection contains all of the released expansions packs for the game

Does not require any extra patches

Zookeeper Collection[edit]

Zookeeper Collection is an edition of Zoo Tycoon 2 bundled with the African Adventure and the Endangered Species expansions

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Zoo Tycoon 2 Game Update: English, Chinese , Korean , Spanish , Dutch , Italian , Swedish , French , German , Brazil

Skip intro videos[edit]

Go to <path-to-game> and delete `BF_Intro.bik`, `MSGSLogo.bik` and `zt2intro.bik`^[1]

Go to <path-to-game> and delete BF_Intro.bik, MSGSLogo.bik and zt2intro.bik^[1]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Microsoft Games\Zoo Tycoon 2
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Microsoft Games\Zoo Tycoon 2
macOS (OS X)

Video settings[edit]

In-game options menu.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use jackfuste's widescreen fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		not widescreen use hack
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	100FPS is the maximum

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	OS X only.
Shader Model support	2

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				No expansions were released here. Received a universal binary in February 2006 with patch 1.1.0. Still 32-bit only.

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.5e^[2]
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.6.3.0

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 733 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

The Marine Mania and Extinct Animal expansions do not support 98SE, ME, or 2000.

References

↑ No-Intro Palace: Zoo Tycoon 2 No Intro
↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-07-19
Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.

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