Terra Reborn Reborn

[hello_robotto]

A couple of days ago, I updated the wiki page for the metaroom Terra Reborn to add a screenshot and note issues I found with it, as I've done for some other rooms. Unfortunately, it had enough problems that I didn't really want to use it as-is, which is a shame, because it's a lovely room. I could critique the pond (it's a bit too small and barren to do much with), but the background is a nice edit of C1/C2 images, it has a warm, homey feeling to it, and it comes with lots of food sources. The locking door might be useful in some worlds, too.

So I cracked it open with Revelation and did my best to fix it.

I was originally thinking of trying to make a separate patch file, but I found that the problems I had started from the filenames - both the Shee Pears and the Terra Reborn pear plants use the same 'pear' filename, and it looks like someone else had a similar issue with the goldfish. This meant that when the injection script tried to add the pear plants to my game, it didn't find enough images in the file because it was looking at the wrong 'pear' file. I figure people who haven't been active in the CC for 10+ years are probably not going to be too upset about a direct patch to a mod they made 20 years ago, but if I'm wrong, any of the original authors are free to contact me.

Anyway, in short, I also:

• Added CA links and a new favorite places icon


• Removed bad stims and chemical additions and added more possible behaviors to some objects in line with CDS suggestions - I think I got all of them, but let me know if I missed something. I found a script through the wiki that checks behaviors and such automatically, but I couldn't get it to work for some reason


• Fixed the second banana plant never fruiting and the spikotous being unable to progress in its lifecycle


• Tweaked the platform on the lower left so creatures can't walk off of it - you will still need to add an Elevine or something to get them up there, though


• Made the potions into infinite-use water potions, as the original gave a strange mixture of life, tiredness/sleepiness reduction, and protein


• Lowered almost all of the tick script numbers down from 1 to at least 10 - probably could've lowered some of them further, but I didn't want to risk messing up their timer scripts or have to poke through them more than I already did, and it's an improvement

Available for download at CCaves

I did find in testing that creatures tend to heavily cluster on the top level. I don't think this is a problem with the lifts; I confirmed that creatures can push the lifts when cajoled and found the same behavior when I replaced them with Elevines. That area has the most food, so perhaps that attracts them?

Feel free to let me know if there's something else I missed (or may have inadvertently added)!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I asked Aiko about the script, and she told me that the script is very messy and has a very high likelihood of getting caught in 'infinite' loops that you have to keep continuing from until it finishes, but that if it ever finishes, it should output a text file. If we get errors other than repeating loops forever, she'd be happy to look at them, though. :)

[hello_robotto]

Thanks! Yes, the problem I had when I tried it earlier was the infinite loops. I did try continuing, but I got tired after clicking it 50+ times, and it seemed pretty well stuck from what I could see in debug output.

After poking at it for a while again, I did get it to finish and give me the report! I changed the line:
subr set_va32_to_number_of_substrings_in_string_va30_delimited_by_string_va31
[...]
else
sets va37 subs va30 va39 -1
setv va39 -99
to
subr set_va32_to_number_of_substrings_in_string_va30_delimited_by_string_va31
[...]
else
sets va37 subs va30 va39 -1
setv va39 -999
And now it appears to be working perfectly :)

[(Anonymous)]

dsajfndgahk great catch! I'll update this in the github version, thank you!
- Aiko

[hello_robotto]

Thanks - I ended up adding a couple more 9s after spotting a similar line elsewhere in the file. And thanks for writing it, it's helpful and it looks like it took a lot of work to put together!

[(Anonymous)]

This is amazing! Terra Reborn was always one of my favorite metarooms back in the day and you've fixed every one of the issues that was keeping me from using it, including those strange life-giving potions (those confused me so much back in the day before I realized what was going on, LOL)

[hello_robotto]

Hope you enjoy it!

They were pretty confusing potions.

[(Anonymous)]

the1whoscreams has reported some issues with Terra Reborn Reborn on Creatures Caves: "The nut and tomato plants here stop growing and sit dormant forever if a creature interacts with them. Due to the way the tick script is set up, the interaction scripts interrupt growth and it never resumes. There's also a lot of Norn home smell here (Moe's Room Changer reads 9.3-9.4 throughout the entire room) and the elevators grab every creature they're touching when activated, which may cause Norns to flock to it over other areas of the ship and then not be able to leave. It's still great for Wolfling Runs, though! "

[hello_robotto]

Thanks for the heads up!

Question about CA Links

[(Anonymous)]

I have a question about the CA Links Are there any in the portal between the Norn Meso and Terra Reborn I would like an answer

Re: Question about CA Links

[hello_robotto]

Hi! Yes, there is a CA link between the Meso and Terra Reborn at the location of the portal.

Re: Question about CA Links

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks Allekha! :)

Terra Reborn Reborn

[(Anonymous)]

I love it :)