And Norn’s don’t drink a drop…
Let me begin by expressing my greatest displeasure with Creature Labs for excluding this functionality in Creatures 3/DS. –_- If Norns are supposed to be the most advanced biological/artificial life simulation in the world, why on earth don’t they need to drink water? In fact, they completely removed 
the “drink” classifier from Creatures 3/DS, it’s closest equivalent now being “potion”.
Ok, sure, some animals get their water demands from eating fruits and such, but Norns eat cheese, carrots, and the occasional lemon or apple. They certainly shouldn’t get enough water from these!
So what am I to do with all these water pumps and fountains in 
Creatures 2? Make them “potion”? Does C3/DS creature biochemistry even require water? What purpose will they serve if not? I guess I’ll decide when the time comes…
Potions could be a good idea. Maybe make them as food instead however?, it's your choice.
ReplyDeleteNorns have no instincts to do anything with 'potion', maybe pretend they're juice and call them 'fruit'?
ReplyDeleteHow do C2 norns get stimmed from drink objects anyway? Do they push it? I'm not sure C3DS norns are inclined to push food, fruit or potions.
ReplyDeleteThey push or eat the "drink", and whichever way they decide, they are stimulated with a proper "I have drank water" response. However, it is true that Norns in C3/DS have no natural instinct to drink potions. :/
ReplyDeleteWhat about adding a new word and reworking the old genomes to account for this?
ReplyDeleteThat could be done, but unfortunately that means, realistically, most Creatures people have, including adoptions, won't be able to comprehend the object, or have the need to drink water. It's not a realistic possibility, unfortunately.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if you released an adapted version of the C2 norn breeds with a genome accommodating the "drink" thing, and just left it at that? Because I would really appreciate the C2 breeds for DS/C3. I downloaded some a year or so ago, but I don't know the features of those, and I guess if you're creating the whole thing again you'd want to make sure the adapted norns fit into your world properly. On that note, do you remember Amanora? She made all those gorgeous sprites, expecially for C2 (I was so in love with her midsummer norns ^_^) I spoke to her not dreadfully long ago on deviantart, so as far as I can tell she's still around. It might be worth contacting her and asking if she'd be interested in adapting some of her sprites for C2toDS.
ReplyDeleteApparently water is essential for a norn to breathe: http://naturingnurturing.blogspot.com/2011/11/creatures-medicine-101-toxins.html
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