African Wild Dog Remaster and New Variants (1.15)
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #10 of 182 Animals - Modified mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod includes improvements on Male, Female and Juvenile African Wild Dogs, such as better models, textures, and variation. Male and Female have 3 different patterns each, adding the white markings that the Planet Zoo AWD is missing. This remaster requires ACSE and doesn't replace files.
Update June 13th: Added 2 new variants consisting of yellow, black and white mottled fur (less white than default coat), and golden and white mottled fur (could be considered a marking less coat too since it has almost no black).
Gabboi: Models and Textures, UI, base coding.
Havok1199: Ovl packing.
Special thanks to buffzoo for the showcase and ingame comparison pics, to Hexabit for helping me figure out some coding issues, and thanks to MikeyNJ for making this mod possible
Narwhaler: Zoopedia picture
Translations:
English and Spanish: Gabboi
Russian: Tanooki_Leaf
Portuguese: Masora157
Dutch: Inspector
German: Fera_spielt
Polish: evil
French: Tora
It's recommended to use the Planet Zoo Plus mod for a better experience.
Installation
To install this remaster extract and place the folder in ovldata like a New Species mod, no file replacement needed! Requires ACSE.
A cosmetic mod for Planet Zoo that overhauls the appearance of African Wild Dogs with more distinct and varied patterns, plus two new variants. With 454 endorsements and over 21,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for players wanting visual variety in their exhibits.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 454 endorsements and over 21,000 downloads.
- Simple cosmetic upgrade that adds visual variety without changing gameplay.
- Actively maintained, last updated April 2025.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects African Wild Dogs—if you want variety for other animals, this won't help.
- No screenshots or detailed previews in the description, so you're flying blind on the new patterns.
- Requires the base game and may not work with other mods that alter African Wild Dogs.
For Planet Zoo players who want their African Wild Dog exhibits to look more realistic and varied. If you're a builder or zoo enthusiast who cares about animal aesthetics, this is a must-have. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes—this is purely cosmetic.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the base game and any required DLC for African Wild Dogs before installing.
- If you use other animal mods, check load order to avoid conflicts—place this mod after any that alter the same species.
- Preview the new patterns in sandbox mode before committing to a full zoo build.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Planetzoo Mods
- Author
- Gabboi
- Version
- 1.4
- Downloads
- 21,918
- Endorsements
- 454
- Category
- Animals - Modified
- Created
- 7/3/2022
- Updated
- 4/6/2025
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
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