ZT1 Cheats and Easter Eggs

This info originally came from a site which is no more, The Compost Heap.

Toggles:

Ctrl-c toggles your mouse icons

Ctrl-f toggles foliage drawing

Ctrl-g toggles grid lines

Ctrl-p takes a screenshot

Cheats -

(to turn off any of these cheats, exit Zoo Tycoon and re-enter)

Name a guest:

Adam Levesque - All animal care programs will be available

Akiyama - All scenarios become available

Andrew Binder - All animal houses will be available

Bill Clinton - Hamburger sales increase

Bill Gates - Donation amounts increase

Charlie Peterson - All exhibit foliage will be available

Hank Howie - All zoo staff research will be completed

John Wheeler - All animal shelters will be available

Lou Catanzaro - All animal toys will be available

Steve Serafino - All endangered animal research will be completed


"Mr. Blue" - All guest's shirts turn blue

"Mr. Blonde" - All guest's shirts turn yellow

"Mr. White" - All guest's shirts turn white

"Mr. Brown" - All guest's shirts turn brown

"Mr. Orange" - All guest's shirts turn orange

"Mr. Pink" - All guest's shirts turn pink

"Alfred H" - flocks of birds appear to chase and scare people
(Genki's note: I've tried this, as I've
been told that doing so will get guests to leave your zoo quickly, still
happy, and therefore gaining you many benefactors. Above it says that
turning off your game and restarting it will turn off the cheat, but
when I tried, the birds were still scaring the guests :()

"Russel C" - all fences in the zoo deteriorate 100%

"Zeta Psi" - All guest's shirts turn yellow and they vomit


These "guest cheats" only last while that guest stays in the zoo, the
people you might not know above (John Wheeler, Charlie Peterson, etc.)
were involved in the game development - see the credits.

Name an exhibit:

"Blue Fang" - Guests pay double for all attractions

"Cretaceous Corral" - Triceratops animal is unlocked

"Microsoft" - Donations to exhibits are doubled

"Wonderland" - More guests will come to the zoo

"Xanadu" - Unicorn animal is unlocked


More Cheats:


Pressing the "$" key () during the game will give you
10,000 each time it is pressed, however your fences will deteriorate
each time.

Name a male maintenance worker Bob V, all fences are fixed.

Name a zookeeper "Dr Dolittle", and existing animals have double
breeding chance

Name a male maintenance worker George W, all the foliage in your zoo
will vanish, and you will receive $300.

Name a tour guide "Rosalie", and all tour guide salaries drop to $0

(note: this cheat seems to not work after the first month, although it
says it does)


Rename a Grizzly Bear "Deer" and it will escape

Place a Lion, a Tiger and a Bear in the same exhibit, and the "yellow
brick road" (100/square) footpath is unlocked. (Make sure it is a
Bengal Tiger and a Grizzly Bear)

.Ini Edits:

To have access to all the scenarios, you should make a backup copy of
your zoo.ini file. Then, edit your zoo.ini file (it should be located
in the directory you installed Zoo Tycoon, c:\program files\zoo
tycoon\zoo.ini) and erase whatever is under the "[Scenario]" section,
and add the following (this section is usually at the end of the file):

tutorial=0
aa=1
ab=1
ac=1
ad=1
ba=1
bb=1
bc=1
bd=1
be=1
bf=1
bg=1
bh=1
bi=1
ca=1
cb=1
cc=1
cd=1
cf=1
cg=1
ch=1
ci=1
cj=1
ck=1
cl=1
da=1
db=1
dc=1
dd=1
de=1
df=1
dg=1
ea=1
fa=1
fb=1
ga=1
gb=1
gc=1
gd=1

Each line corresponds to a different scenario. Leave off the ones you
want to "play fair"

aa: Tutorial 1- Game Controls
ab: Tutorial 2-Basic Gameplay
ac: Tutorial 3: Making Animals Happy
ba: Small Zoo (Beginner)
bb: Seasideville Zoo (Beginner)
bc: Forest Zoo (Beginner)
bd: Christmas Tree Farm (Beginner)
ca: Revitalize Burkitsville Zoo (Intermediate)
cb: Inner City Zoo (Intermediate)
cc: Saving the Great Cats (Intermediate)
cd: Endangered Species Zoo (Intermediate)
ce: Arctic Zoo (Intermediate)
cf: Beach resort Zoo (Intermediate)
da: Island Zoo (Advanced)
db: African Savannah Zoo (Advanced)
dc: Mountain Zoo (Advanced)
dd: Tropical Rainforest Zoo (Advanced)
ea: Paradise Island (Very Advanced)
fa: Breeding Giant Pandas (Very Advanced)

NOTE: You can always name a guest Akiyama to make all scenarios
available

Getting around the 1000 guest limit

In order to have more then 1000 Guests in your zoo at any time, you need
to add these lines before the [scenarios] section::

[ai]
maxGuests=XXXX

Where XXXX is the guest limit you want to have, (i.e. 5000)

NOTE: There are reasons why a guest limit of 1000 was set up in Zoo
Tycoon: 1. Game testing was done with a maximum of 1000 guests, the
more people you have in a zoo, the more is required of your computer to
play the game. If your computer starts to have trouble or the game runs
slow when you have more then 1000 guests, you should remove these .INI
lines. 2. Most Animals are pretty much guaranteed to be affected by
more then 1000 guests and will complain "Animal X is feeling crowded by
too many guests." You need to put up solid fences or find other ways to
add more privacy to make the animal happy, but on the other hand not
being able to see animals is the #1 reason for Guest unhappiness.

Dinosaur Digs Cheats:

Dr. Scholl - Name a scientist this and his walking speed is increased
dramatically

The Rock: - rename Maintenance Worker 1 this and small buildings and
some scenery will turn into rubble along with all animal shelters except
the ice cave and the dino cave.

Ron Propst - name a guest this and unlock DD foliage.

Dinoman - name a guest this and unlock DD animals.

Eggman - name a guest this to accelerate egg hatching.

Copralite Corner - name an exhibit this and any poo in the exhibit
turns into rocks.


.Ini Edits:

To have access to all the scenarios, you should make a backup copy of
your zoo.ini file. Then, edit your zoo.ini file (it should be located
in the directory you installed Zoo Tycoon, c:\program files\zoo
tycoon\zoo.ini) and erase whatever is under the "[Scenario]" section,
and add the following (this section is usually at the end of the file):

tutorial=0
aa=1
ab=1
ac=1
ad=1
ba=1
bb=1
bc=1
bd=1
be=1
ca=1
cb=1
cc=1
cd=1
cf=1
cg=1
ch=1
da=1
db=1
dc=1
dd=1
de=1
ea=1
fa=1
fb=1
ga=1


This is the same .ini data you would add for the original Zoo Tycoon
game to unlock all the levels, with the addition of:

ad: Tutorial 4: Dinosaur Digs Tutorial
be: Dinosaur Digs: Ice Age Animal Zoo (Beginner)
cg: Dinosaur Digs: Valley of the Dinosaurs (Intermediate)
ch: Dinosaur Digs: Jurassic Zoo (Intermediate)
de: Dinosaur Digs: Dinosaur Island Research Lab (Advanced)
fb: Dinosaur Digs: Return to Dinosaur Island Research Lab
ga: Dinosaur Digs: Breeding the T.Rex (Very Advanced)


In October all dinosaurs are half price.

Name an exhibit "Super Croc" to unlock Deinosuchus.

Marine Mania Cheats:

Name a guest:

Boogyman = Rename a male guest this and kids that encounter the guest
are frightened and run away.

Redman = Rename a male guest this and his shirt turns red, and when he
passes other guests their shirt turns red also.

Stinky = Rename a guest this and people will puke when they guest pass
by them.

Yellowman = Rename a male guest this and his shirt turns yellow, and
when he passes other guests their shirt turns yellow also.

More Cheats:

Place the Mermaid statue inside of a completed tank - the statue will
break apart revealing a Mermaid, the Marine Mania mystery animal!

.ini cheats:

bf = MM Orca Show (beginner)
bg = MM Seaside Dolphin Park (beginner)
bh = MM Shark World (beginner)
bi = MM Surf & Turf Zoo (beginner)
ci = MM Oceans of the World (intermediate)
cj = MM Save the Marine Animals (intermediate)
ck = MM Free Admission (intermediate)
cl = MM Aquatic Show Park (intermediate)
df = MM Marine Conservation (advanced)
dg = MM Save the Zoo (advanced)
gb = MM Giant Marine Park (very advanced)
gc = MM Super Zoo (very advanced)
gd = MM Ultimate Zoo (very advanced)

ae=1 ...MM:Tutorial 1 - Building Exhibits
af=1 ...MM:Tutorial 2 - Creating animal shows
ag=1 ...MM:Tutorial 3 - Combined animal exhibits
ce=1 ...Arctic zoo (intermediate)
cm=1 ...Dino digs: Carnivore zoo (intermediate)
cn=1 ...South east asian zoo (intermediate)
dh=1 ...Consevation zoo (Advanced)

Easter Eggs:

If the game date is January 1st, all guests entering the zoo will be
sick (new years eve hangover).

If the game date is September 15th, a red "Microsoft" plane pulling a
"Blue Fang" banner flies across the screen randomly to signify the
release date of Zoo Tycoon.

If the game date is October 31st, all buildings placed on that day are
Orange and Black in color, and all new guests that enter on that date
will be wearing orange and black. A flying witch will randomly fly
across the screen and a Jack-O-Lantern (Structures -> Zoo Scenery) is
available for placement.

If the game date is December 25th, and a guest enters
the zoo on that date, a snowman (Structures -> Zoo Scenery) and a
Christmas tree (Construction --> Foliage) are available for
placement. Also Santa and his reindeer will fly across the map
randomly.