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Development Forum Genetics question about water    Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager   5/17/2013 Is it possible to make creatures approach water when homesick? Ideally they would try and go underwater to lay. I've heard they can't really recognize water but I'm wondering if there's some way of doing it.   Malkin Manager     5/17/2013 Have you tried changing the 'approach norn home when homesick' stimulus and instinct from approaching the norn home scent to approaching the 'bodies of water' scent? My TCR Norns   Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager     5/17/2013 The closest anyone's ever gotten to this is the Water Element Norns, and even then it's not "I feel homesick for water," it's "I feel homesick whenever I'm out of water." I've done what Malkin's suggested multiple times, but it doesn't make them approach water when homesick. That requires an instinct, and as mentioned water is not considered a recognizable object. You could try some complicated brain editing to make them approach high concentrations of water smell (CA 5) when homesick, but not being well-versed in brain editing I'm not sure if that's even possible. ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog   Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager   5/17/2013 Hmm, thanks Malkin and Grendel Man. I'll have to have a think about this.   Malkin Manager     5/17/2013 The aquanorns feel 'intensely high up' when they're homesick - that's an attempt to get them to find water, by going down. My TCR Norns   Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager   5/17/2013 I could incorporate that into the genome, but it doesn't really help for standalone all-water metarooms.   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     5/17/2013 Yes... plus, put an Aquanorn in a metaroom where elevators DON'T lead straight down to water, and they'll starve to death trying to "go down" even if the elevator doesn't go any further down. They'll literally just lie there next to it until they die. I usually gengineer my own Aquanorns when I want them to avoid that... it isn't something I'd recommend intentionally propagating.   Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager   5/17/2013 Thanks for the advice, I won't do that after all.

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