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Efoylan

Efoylan



  4/16/2012

just something i was curious about.. for all the norn breeders out there, do you keep a family tree and keep track of generations? How do you guys keep track?
 
magpie-angel

magpie-angel


 visit magpie-angel's website: lillium white norns
  4/16/2012

i sit and painstaking record each name by hand and try and then try and keep up with all the breeding and births
 
Jagotka

Jagotka


 visit Jagotka's website: Creatures Madness
  4/16/2012

I track everything using Microsoft Excel :)

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Efoylan

Efoylan



  4/16/2012

Ooh, microsoft excel eh? Thats actually a smart way of recording it all down
 
Geek2Nurse

Geek2Nurse


 visit Geek2Nurse's website: Adventures in Nornia
  4/16/2012

Seems like there should be some way to extract a family tree from a directory full of exported norns (she said, with the innocent confidence of one who has absolutely no idea what it might actually entail).

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Norngirl

Norngirl


 visit Norngirl's website: Norngirl's Temporary Storage
  4/18/2012

There was once a great tool called Norn History for C1 - wich could map out all related ones to a specific norn (and grendels too,me think)

I allways liked to use that one,But I haven't seen any working download copy of it >_> Nor do I know if it runs on a win XP..
*would be happy if I ever could find that one again - and if,get it running as well)

I so wish there was something like that for DS/C3 as well
(well I do know c2 at least have a inbuilt family tree in the owners kit..but it's kinda annoying sometime with the + marks you have to go trough X_X)

The closest I could get for DS is the norn history update agent - as it shows the parents (if alive,if not or theyre exported - they get a picture) along with theyre name..

I usuly can't keep track on all my nornlings - but sometime I do it with C1 and then I paste in pictures and type in parents and sibblings and what happen so far...but thats just with my special ones ^^'

I actuly never had to do this much with C1 or C2 at all as I can never keep a long run of generations (it comes probably as far to gen4 or so O.o' ) I like to do other things in those games - such as raise one or two norns at a time in C1 and usuly when they get kids of theyre own - I export them,cos theyre too cute to have lingering around too long..

As for C2,it's kinda the same,just that I like to splice and do genetical experiment more there..

C3-DS I never done realy a family tree - is too many to keep track on,however - I use to type in who's parent and sibling is who in the discreption window (if I can get the chance) Otherwise, I just let them be for themself and I usuely get at least higher gens there (up to around gen70-80 something)

But! I heard that there was template for download to people who needed one,think I saw it on Arch's blog,but I couldn't download it (link was down)
http://thecreaturearch.blogspot.se/2012_03_01_archive.html

Edit: Okay, not realy a template for the family tree purpose,but perhaps could be used that way - anyhow,I still can't download and try it myself to see what you can do with it O.o'

Hmm thats all I can think of right now ^^'

The only proper family tree tracking I have is on my various ones in petz 5 (using wordpad and pictures as well) XD

Now I realy hope C4 could implement at least a family tree system - would be great..

well thats all I have to say,
Sorry for the long rant and not being much useful : (


 
Gumbo

Gumbo



  4/19/2012

yeah i never bothered keeping a tree because the population always deteriorates into a giant incestuous slurry anyway


in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom

 
Amaikokonut

Amaikokonut


 visit Amaikokonut's website: Naturing :: Nurturing
  4/19/2012

Blah.

A decent DS family-tree agent is something I've been meaning to work out for like, ever, but I keep getting drawn into these OTHER MASSIVE UNDERTAKINGS.

But I still really want to do it! Maybe in like. Four years. /shot


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