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Each animal is different. For example, a black rhino is as follows: 1 animal needs 78 squares of space, 2 needs 97, 3 needs 117 and 4 animals need a combined total of 136. A dromadary camel would be: 1=68, 2=78, 3=87, 4=97. Thomson's gazelle: 1=37, 2=43, 3=48, 4=55.

OK, I figured it out. I'm able to make foliage, enrichment items (like jungle gyms) and animals- ZT, DD, MM, CC, zt downloadable and user-created- into researchable items with very little alteration to the freeform or config files. I don't know how to "make" a new .dll file but if someone ...

:lol: Thanks casey! I stayed up till 3am working with the info you and Jay gave me, and going over progex.cfg and catex.cfg files with a fine tooth comb. I also looked at your whooping crane and realized your .uca HelpID and NameID's corresponded with what was in the .dll file. I was able to make Ta...

Thanks for a quick reply. I forgot to add that I did create messaging with string id's and packaged it up nice and neat in a .dll file. I tried this project because there are user-created researchable buildings available and Quivaz's researchable whooping crane that made me realize all this was poss...

I have made some animals for my own use in A.P.E. Now I'm trying to make them into researchable animals. I have succeeded in having them show up in the research, however, the animals show up in the available animals at the beginning of the game, too. What am I doing wrong?