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Development Forum Gnarler Water-shyness    Malkin    Manager     7/12/2011 Vampess pointed out this code to me some time ago in the gnarler cos, which essentially makes the gnarler water-shy. **keep away from bodies of water doif room targ ne -1 doif prop room targ 5 ge 0.00001 setv va00 lorp room targ 5 0 setv va01 torx va00 doif va01 lt 0 and ov10 gt 0 negv ov10 elif va01 gt 0 and ov10 lt 0 negv ov10 endi endi endi As far as I can tell, it translates to: Do this if you're in a room. Do this if you smell any water at all. Look for the room next to this one that smells less like water. Go towards the centre of the room that smells less like water. If the less-smelly room is on your left and you were going right, turn around. If the less-smelly room is on your right and you were going left, turn around. Could anyone please tell me if I'm interpreting the code correctly? My TCR Norns   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     7/12/2011 If the room the targ is in is not equal to -1... and the level of CA 5 [bodies of water] there is greater than 0.00001... then set va00 to be the Id of the adjoining room in which the smell is weaker... and set va01 as the relative X position of that room... Yeah, so far as I can tell that's exactly what it does.   Peppery One Papriko   7/13/2011 I had to look up some commands, but then the code became clear. I agree with Ghostie. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager   7/14/2011 So, Gnarlers can avoid water, but not creatures? (As far as I can tell there is nothing on a genetic level that would let them)   Peppery One Papriko   7/14/2011 You could try to do it indirectly. For example that smell of water makes them feel intensely up. The stupid thing is: on a beach they would be afraid too and try to go upwards... Wait, actually... You could combine some different things. For example you are able to detect suffocation! You copy the Breathing-In-Emitter, use the invert checkbox and change it from Air to Chem X. Now you say Chem X + Smell of Water = need to go up. So it triggers when the head is under water, but not when it's camping on a beach. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Malkin Manager     7/14/2011 Thanks! I wasn't sure I was interpreting it right - it's been a while since I've touched code. The Enhanced Norns, a CFE-like breed, avoid water. The documentation says it's instinctive. My TCR Norns   Moe     7/17/2011 It's probably so the gnarlers don't walk into the pond in the ettin terrarium. That'd be bad. :p   AquaShee   7/21/2011 My C2 Crabs for DS use the same code, except the other way around! They'll always manage to find their way to the nearest pond, even if its quite a few rooms away. A lot of the critters in C3/DS have very interesting scripts behind them. The Community Scribble: make (y)our own metaroom!

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