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Development Forum Post your broken C2 CAOS -> Receive help    GimmeCat      12/20/2016 I've always wanted to remain active on CC, but since I'm not currently playing the games I have very little to contribute. But then this idea occurred. I know a fair bit about C2CAOS scripting. So if anyone is currently modding for C2 and running into problems, post a question or a block of code here, and I'll do my best to help. Others are welcome to help too, and I'd encourage anyone who is adept with C3CAOS to post a separate thread in the same vein as this. ----- Quick Reference Guide Download a copy of the C2 CAOS Bible. Look there for: Event numbers (p.36 ) -These are most commonly used as part of your script name. For example, a script ending in "scrp x x x 9" is a Timer script. ATTR values ( p.37 ) -Attr determines how the object behaves physically in the world. If an object has its Attr set to 128, it is affected by gravity, but absolutely nothing else. To stack more effects, you add the numbers together. So, an object that suffers gravity, is carryable, and responds to collision, would have an Attr of 128+1+64 = 193. BHVR values ( p.37 ) -Bhvr determines what the object does when touched by either the pointer or a Creature. Just like Attr, stack multiple behaviours by adding the number values together. MESG values ( p.38 ) -Mesg is used when you want an object to broadcast a command to another object, in order to create a chain reaction. ACTV values ( p.38 ) -Actv is the activation state of the object at any given moment. Objects are either inactive (they haven't been touched or activated), active (they have been touched or activated and are currently performing an action as a result), been hit, or been eaten. MOV values ( p.38 ) -How the object travels the world, if at all. Most commonly 0 until it is picked up (if allowed by Attr). STM# values ( p.38 ) -Used to infuse Creatures with a specific neurological stimulation. (Note: For delivering nutrition as part of a food's Eat script, use STIM instead) Words ( p.39) -The vocabulary of Creatures language. Chemical list ( p.40 ) -The IDs of every defined chemical in the game, such as Glucose, Oxygen, Pain, Reward, etc. This is what you refer to when defining the Eat script (scrp x x x 12) of a food COB, for example. -------- For Object ID numbers and Classification, download this, unzip the contents somewhere and then doubleclick the c2scrp.htm file. This is the raw Scripturium resource. With it, you can find out exactly what, for example, "scrp 2 16 1 9" means (2:System 16:Nests 1:Anthill 9:Timer). --------   Venithil   12/20/2016 Given that your and Monica Darwin's COBs are responsible for 90% of my C2's norns diet, it'd make sense you were the person to make that sort of topic I was going to just do one (or two) genetic things with C2 Creatures before moving onto C3, but I want to start learning CAOS too at some point so I can make other things as well. I'll bookmark this topic and get back when I start and yet hit a wall! I document some of my playthroughs in a blog-style fashion with comments enabled. I may just change them into a blog, but if you're interested in reading such things beforehand, feel free!   Malkin Manager     12/22/2016 When I was reconstituting Zap's Modified Carrots & Potatoes, I also had a look at the tomato (the nuts are essentially a reskinned tomato, code-wise). The one problem that I don't even begin to know how to solve is that of the plants getting stuck in one pose. Does anyone have any ideas? * Script 9 TIMER - tomato plant scrp 2 4 1 9 setv var9 ownr *if ov00 is 0 doif ov00 eq 0 *check if you're fullgrown doif pose lt 6 setv var0 pose addv var0 1 pose var0 else *if you're fullgrown, vend a tomato setv var1 posl setv var2 post *randomly choose to vend from the left or right tomato rndv var0 0 1 *vend the left tomato doif var0 eq 0 inst subv var1 10 addv var2 5 setv ov00 1 *full, ripe tomato new: simp toms 10 22 1100 0 setv cls2 2 25 1 *carryable, mousable, activatable, gravity, physics setv attr 199 bhvr 0 67 setv size 50 mvto var1 var2 setv ov00 0 setv ov01 var9 rndv var8 500 1000 tick var8 slim *set the plant's ov00 to 1 and strike a pose of the left tomato being eaten targ ownr setv ov00 1 pose 7 slow *vend the right tomato else inst addv var1 10 addv var2 20 setv ov00 3 *full, ripe tomato new: simp toms 10 22 1100 0 setv cls2 2 25 1 *carryable, mousable, activatable, gravity, physics setv attr 199 bhvr 0 67 setv size 50 mvto var1 var2 setv ov00 0 setv ov01 var9 rndv var8 500 1000 tick var8 slim *decay and set ov00 to 3 for the plant, strike a pose of the right tomato being eaten targ ownr setv ov00 3 pose 11 slow endi endi endi targ ownr *if the plant's ov02 is 1 doif ov02 eq 1 *if the plant's vended its left tomato, regrow doif ov00 eq 1 doif pose lt 10 setv var0 pose addv var0 1 pose var0 else *if not, appear as having a fullgrown tomato pose 6 addv ov01 1 setv ov00 2 endi endi *if the plant's vended its right tomato, regrow doif ov00 eq 3 doif pose lt 14 setv var0 pose addv var0 1 pose var0 else pose 6 addv ov01 1 setv ov00 4 endi endi endi targ ownr *if ov01 is greater than 1, time to die doif ov01 gt 1 setv ov00 5 endi doif ov00 eq 2 inst setv var1 posl setv var2 post subv var1 10 addv var2 5 setv ov00 1 *full, ripe tomato new: simp toms 10 22 1100 0 setv cls2 2 25 1 *carryable, mousable, activatable, gravity, physics setv attr 199 bhvr 0 67 setv size 50 mvto var1 var2 setv ov00 0 setv ov01 var9 rndv var8 100 150 tick var8 slim *leftmost tomato eaten targ ownr pose 7 slow endi doif ov00 eq 4 inst setv var1 posl setv var2 post addv var1 10 addv var2 20 setv ov00 3 *full, ripe tomato new: simp toms 10 22 1100 0 setv cls2 2 25 1 *carryable, mousable, activatable, gravity, physics setv attr 199 bhvr 0 67 setv size 50 mvto var1 var2 setv ov00 0 setv ov01 var9 rndv var8 100 150 tick var8 slim targ ownr *right tomato eaten pose 11 slow endi *time to die doif ov00 eq 5 doif pose lt 21 doif pose ge 15 setv var0 pose addv var0 1 pose var0 else pose 15 endi else kill ownr endi endi endm I think I've been able to refix the invisibility feature, and I've used the drop command in the eat script to try to force a dropping: * Script 4 Picked up - tomato scrp 2 25 1 4 doif ov00 eq 0 setv var9 ov01 enum 2 4 1 doif targ eq var9 setv ov02 1 endi next targ ownr setv ov00 1 endi endm * Script 9 TIMER - tomato scrp 2 25 1 9 doif ov00 eq 0 rndv var0 -1 1 mulv var0 10 setv velx var0 setv ov00 1 setv var9 ov01 etch 2 4 1 doif targ eq var9 setv ov02 1 endi targ ownr next rndv var0 1000 1500 tick var0 stop endi doif ov00 eq 1 doif carr eq 0 doif grav eq 0 doif pose lt 4 setv var0 pose addv var0 1 pose var0 rndv var0 100 300 tick var0 *if you're beginning to sprout, change your attributes and behaviour doif pose gt 2 *Suffer collisions, invisible setv attr 80 bhvr 0 0 endi else setv ov00 2 endi endi endi endi doif ov00 eq 3 doif pose lt 9 *mouseable, collisions, physics, invisible setv attr 210 bhvr 0 0 setv var0 pose addv var0 1 pose var0 else setv ov00 2 endi endi doif ov00 eq 2 doif carr eq 0 doif intr ge 70 doif intr le 100 setv rnge 500 esee 2 4 1 addv var9 1 next targ ownr doif var9 lt 5 inst setv var0 posl setv var1 post subv var1 24 *growing and decaying plant, also covers tomato plant growing from left-alone tomato new: simp toms 27 0 1000 0 setv cls2 2 4 1 *mouseable, collisions, physics setv attr 68 bhvr 0 0 setv size 50 setv ov00 0 mvto var0 var1 rndv var0 100 150 tick var0 endi addv ontr 5 kill ownr else addv ontr 5 kill ownr endi else addv ontr 5 kill ownr endi endi endi endm * Eat Script - tomato scrp 2 25 1 12 doif pose eq 0 snde chwp pose 5 setv ov00 3 addv attr 16 stim writ from 0 255 0 0 73 100 70 30 79 30 37 100 drop endi doif pose eq 1 snde chwp pose 6 setv ov00 3 addv attr 16 stim writ from 0 255 0 0 73 100 70 30 79 30 37 100 drop endi endm My TCR Norns   GimmeCat   12/22/2016 Can you identify which pose it's getting stuck on? That would make a decent starting place to investigate the problem.   Malkin Manager     12/22/2016 I think it's one of the growing poses, but that doesn't narrow it down any, really. Have you ever noticed your tomato or nut plants getting stuck in a pose? The sprite file also reuses a couple of images (25 and 26 are copypasted as 30 and 31). My TCR Norns   GimmeCat   12/22/2016 It's possible I've noticed it at some point, but not recently enough to stick in the mind. Alright, I'm running through the script logic in my head at the moment. I'm about halfway through. This part looks odd to me: *if not, appear as having a fullgrown tomato pose 6 addv ov01 1 ov01 is a persistent var that newly created tomatos are using to keep track of their owner plant (gained from setv var9 ownr in the plant's timer script and pushed to the tomatoes once they ripen). But the plant itself doesn't appear to be using ov01 for any other purpose. Before this line, "addv ov01 1", ov01 is never defined on the plant itself, and as far as I can tell, has no value. Another bit I'm struggling with is the use of var9 in the tomatoes. I'm not entirely sure of this, but it looks as if possibly it's using "enum" to count the number of existing tomato plants? But that alone won't count them, it just cycles through them. It would need to increment a separate variable in the enum loop to count them. I'm assuming it's trying to count, from this line: "doif var9 lt 5", since the only way var9 wouldn't still be set to "plant owner" would be if it's being used as a tally. Does any of that make sense? I'm dangerously low on blood sugar at the moment and could be talking nonsense. I need to go have dinner before I pass out!   GimmeCat   12/23/2016 After some food and a sleep, I definitely think var9 shouldn't be used as the plant tally in the tomato script. This bit is the tomato finding its plant owner: setv var9 ov01 <-- (ov01 is "plant owner" ) etch 2 4 1 <-- (finding any plants touching the tomato) doif targ eq var9 <-- (if the touching plant = "plant owner" ) setv ov02 1 endi And then later on, var9 is incremented with enum and addv, and that's where it doesn't make sense to me. I could be missing something, but I'm pretty sure that's an error. However, I doubt any of that is causing the pose problem, but without knowing which pose it's getting stuck on, it's hard to know which part of the script might be having a problem.   Malkin Manager     6/8/2017 I was trying to update the Electric Guitar so that creatures could push and pull it and have a bit more reward for actively playing it and picking it up, not just listening to it. I'm completely unsure about the removal script, though. Modelling it on ylukyun's C2 sax, I've come up with the following: Installation script: inst enum 2 13 17 setv actv 0 bhvr 0 3 next endm Removal script (includes default push and pickup scripts): scrp 2 13 17 1 stim shou 0 255 0 0 36 20 42 20 44 20 45 20 doif carr ne 0 anim [012] endi setv actv 0 rndv var0 1 7 doif var0 eq 1 snde gui1 endi doif var0 eq 2 snde gui2 endi doif var0 eq 3 snde gui3 endi doif var0 eq 4 snde gui4 endi doif var0 eq 5 snde gui5 endi doif var0 eq 6 snde gui6 endi doif var0 eq 7 snde gui7 endi endm scrp 2 13 17 4 tick 5 endm scrx 2 13 17 2 enum 2 13 17 setv actv 0 bhvr 0 1 next Basically, I have no idea if that removal script will actually work. I understand if you're too busy or not inclined to help because I muffed it on the C2 tomatoes, but if you could just tell me how likely this removal script is to break everything, I'd be very grateful. My TCR Norns   Malkin Manager     7/20/2017 A potentially-immortal (but delicious) baby snake, with additional push, pull, hit and eat scripts, and with little half-second pauses at the end of each cycle (for world friendliness purposes). It's not perfect (keeps going backwards when played with), but the handful I've injected seem to keep my norns busy, before they discover the joys of SPLAT or CHOMP. **************************** * INSTALL SCRIPT *required files: snke.s16 *chwp.wav *splt.wav - from helen's tutorial 10 **************************** inst new: simp snke 16 0 3500 0 setv cls2 2 20 31501 setv attr 193 bhvr 1 75 slim edit tick 5 endm **************************** * EVENT SCRIPTS **************************** scrp 2 20 31501 1 stm# writ from 13 stim writ from 10 255 0 0 45 50 46 10 36 50 42 10 setv actv 0 doif velx gt 0 setv velx -6 base 8 anim [01234567] over base 0 else doif velx lt 0 setv velx 6 base 0 anim [01234567] over base 0 over endi endi tick 5 endm scrp 2 20 31501 2 stm# writ from 13 stim writ from 10 255 0 0 45 50 46 10 36 50 42 10 setv actv 0 doif velx gt 0 setv velx -6 base 8 anim [01234567] over base 0 else doif velx lt 0 setv velx 6 base 0 anim [01234567] over base 0 over endi endi tick 5 endm scrp 2 20 31501 3 stm# writ from 44 targ ownr snde splt kill ownr endm scrp 2 20 31501 9 rndv va00 0 1 doif va00 eq 0 reps 7 anim [01234567] setv velx 6 over repe else doif va00 eq 1 base 8 reps 7 anim [01234567] setv velx -6 over repe base 0 endi endi tick 5 endm scrp 2 20 31501 12 stm# writ from 26 stim writ from 10 255 0 0 37 80 73 100 74 100 79 100 stim writ from 10 255 0 0 72 100 150 100 151 100 0 0 targ ownr snde chwp kill ownr endm **************************** * REMOVE SCRIPT **************************** rscr inst enum 2 20 31501 kill targ next scrx 2 20 31501 1 scrx 2 20 31501 2 scrx 2 20 31501 3 scrx 2 20 31501 9 scrx 2 20 31501 12 endm My TCR Norns   GimmeCat   7/20/2017 How on earth did I miss that post about the Sax? I'm so sorry! Posting now just to let you know I'm not just ignoring you. I'll have a proper reply soon.   GimmeCat   7/20/2017 Okay, so first- the snake scripts look fine to me, but you say they're travelling backwards when interacted with? Do they also travel backwards when they move on their own? Because I noticed in the Timer script there's a missing "Base 0" before the first animation. Might be unnecessary, but for completeness sake, I'd probably add it in. Additionally, the timer's on a very low tick value, and I must admit I don't remember whether timer scripts carry on firing when an object is being activated... so I'm wondering if the timer script is interrupting the activation scripts? That might be causing conflicting instructions. I'd stick a "tick 0" at the start of the activation scripts to prevent that happening (you already have "tick 5" at the end of them to reset the timer, which is good). As for the Sax scripts, am I correct in assuming you're using the Removal script to re-inject the original object scripts back into the game? I've never seen that done before, but it looks legit. Did you end up trying it? You could check whether it had the desired effect by sending "dde: scrp 2 13 17 4" and examining the output.   Geat_Masta   7/20/2017  1 I can tell you the timers do not interrupt other scripts, they just wait for them to finish before executing.   Geat_Masta   7/20/2017 Also if i have a piece of code like this: inst enum 2 25 8 setv va99 attr andv va99 2 attr va99 next endm rscr setv va98 notv 2 enum 2 25 8 setv va99 attr andv va99 va98 attr va99 next The remover script will sometimes delete the objects and sometimes not. I don't think the remover scripts are just scripts that run when the remover is used, they seem to follow different rules. I know this because i once made a C3 agent that made it so creatures could pick up other creatures, and made a genome so ettins would take baby ettins back to the ettin terrarium. I used to get reports that the remover script would delete all the creatures in the world, but i never was able to recreate the error. Now that i think of it, why doesn't the ettin genome have dendrites from ettin home smell and i am holding something to drop? instead they have CAOS force them to drop, weird!   GimmeCat   7/20/2017 I'm confused. That example you posted doesn't seem to delete objects at all. What did the remover for that C3 agent look like? I'm curious about this issue. I thought the same thing, that they're just scripts to run when the remover is used. That has always seemed the case to me.   Geat_Masta   7/20/2017 it was that code, except i hard coded numbers instead of using bitwise operators because i was a kid, but yeah it didn't delete objects at all! Most of my agents were lost to time, not very good anyway, so i can't show the script, but there were no kill targs or otherwise on the script, it didn't delete anything, but objects got deleted.   Malkin Manager     7/21/2017 Thanks GimmeCat! That tip on the 'base 0' seems to have gotten it. My TCR Norns   Malkin Manager     7/30/2017 Something that Steve Grand wrote that has stuck with me is that rich, messy worlds where creatures can interact with things in different ways lets the personalities of creatures emerge. How does the snakes code look like from a choices and drives viewpoint, where every action has a chemical or stimulus attached? My TCR Norns   GimmeCat   7/31/2017  1 I'm of two minds of it, because to truly let Creatures demonstrate their own personalities they would have to make their own decisions on what is or isn't important for their attention. But in Creatures, the importance of a stimulus is broadcasted by the object, as is the amount of boredom decrease (i.e. satisfaction) they gain from it. So a hundred different norns are all going to find exactly the same satisfaction and fascination in an object; they have no free will to decide how interesting they, personally, find it. At least, that's how I understand it. I never really studied how their brains work and know quite little about that side of things.   Malkin Manager     7/31/2017 I think the further options of genuses and memory might modify the 'equal fascination' problem you describe - for example, a baby born near the guitar might gravitate towards music in later life, whereas a baby born in a toybox might prefer toys. My TCR Norns   Geat_Masta   7/31/2017 That's accurate to C1, in later games I don't think that system is used, but the CA brains are identical to C3, except that they have fewer decisions, push is the only thing the norns can do so they can learn by watching the hand. Regardless, in C3 it works like this: stimulus = 0 if smell . . stimulus = smell * 2/3 + 1/3 if(stimulus && vision) //this is what the brain does, it gets the wrong answer, this should be a max, not an average . . stimulus = (stimulus + vision)/2 else . . stimulus = vision stimulus = stimulus * .5 + move * .125 if stimulus . . stimulus = stimulus + noun * .875 These numbers suggest that noun was originally supposed to be .325, but was changed later to make the norns more obedient. Point is, yes, they can't learn to prefer one kind of object more than another, it depends on their circumstances. Is it possible in C1/C2? No because the lobes are too simple Is it possible in C3? No because the lobes are basically ruined Will it be possible in kreatures? I don't know, the way i thought it would work, turns out not to work because it requires the norn knowing that one thing happened then another happened, but the neural network isn't pulsing, it's based on gradients, and that makes those sorts of systems fail, if event A was active from time 0 to time 2 and event B from time 1 to time 3, it's not clear if one followed the other or if they coincided, at least from the perspective of the neurons. But fundamentally, a norn learning specific personality traits like that would require short term memory, and I'm not sure if that's possible, the solutions i've come up with all have the same fundamental flaw: mutation. What you want is for each mutation to change the system very slightly and over time they accumulate. What happens is that mutations change the system so much as to be unrecognizable. As a result it isn't that some norns are slightly off, it's that their non-functional, this is fundamentally the reason the brains in C3 couldn't mutate. However, it should be possible to get one norn to prefer fruit and one nuts, hypothetically this should be possible in C3, if you made a brain more like novasubterra, but with additional layers/feedback loops between perception and concept However, i do not think this is possible, for the reason that a lot of the things about the brain in C3, seem to indicate that dendritic migration never worked correctly, and that much of the reason that the norns are so robotic are workarounds for that.   Malkin Manager     7/31/2017 Thanks for your detailed answer, Geat Masta. Hopefully in Kreatures or Grandroids this feature will be truer! My TCR Norns

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