Scriptorium Browser - V1.2 - 655KB - 15/01/1999
This program allows you to browse the Creatures 2 Scriptorium. This is the portion of Creatures that holds all the CAOS code for the objects and internal goings on of the world.
It is probably most useful for people who are interested in how things inside Creatures 2 works or those who want to see a large body of working CAOS code. It can also be useful for finding out what effects a COB has on the environment. It provides a 'Smalltalk' style browser allowing you to work through the Family, Genus, Species and Events for all the scripts in the world. The scripts are displayed in the indentation format used by Sandra Linkletters Scriptorium listing that used to be available at her web site.
Selecting a 'family' with the mouse will cause all the genus for that family to be displayed. Selecting a genus causes all the species in that genus to appear. Selecting a species will cause all the events available for that species to display. Selecting an event will display the CAOS code for that event.
Only some of the entries have helpful descriptions. Creatures 2 is an expandable game and scripts can be added by Cobs. It's impossible to have descriptions available for every single cob out there. I've added all the descriptions provided in Sandra Linkletters Scriptorium but there are many more that are undescribed. It may take some detective work for you to work out what is where but that's half the fun. I will be adding the ability to edit descriptions in the next version. I also intend to make it possible to edit the CAOS code as well as a few other enhancements. Any ideas or comments are appreciated!
This program has been virus checked using the latest version of F-PROT that I have been able to get. I suggest that you virus scan it anyway using the scanners of your choice. Better to be safe than sorry!
Other Creatures 2 utilities are available on the Creatures 2 page.
The scriptorium browser is Copyright (c) 1999, Chris Double. All Rights Reserved.
This application and the associated dynamic link libraries may not be redistributed without my permission.
Portions of this application are Copyright (c) 1998 Roger Corman, All Rights Reserved. The development product used to produce it was the Corman Common Lisp compiler. Details of this excellent product can be obtained from the Corman Common Lisp web site.