Scriptorium V1.2
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This program allows you to browse the Creatures 2 Scriptorium. This is
the portion of Creatures that holds all the CAOS code for the objects
and internal goings on of the world.

It is probably most useful for people who are interested in how things
inside Creatures 2 works or those who want to see a large body of
working CAOS code. It can also be useful for finding out what effects
a COB has on the environment.

It provides a 'Smalltalk' style browser allowing you to work through
the Family, Genus, Species and Events for all the scripts in the
world. The scripts are displayed in the indentation format used by
Sandra Linkletters Scriptorium listing that used to be available at
her web site (http://www.netins.net/showcase/slink).

Selecting a 'family' with the mouse will cause all the genus for that
family to be displayed. Selecting a genus causes all the species in
that genus to appear. Selecting a species will cause all the events
available for that species to display. Selecting an event will
display the CAOS code for that event.

Only some of the entries have helpful descriptions. Creatures 2 is an
expandable game and scripts can be added by Cobs. It's impossible to
have descriptions available for every single cob out there. I've added
all the descriptions provided in Sandra Linkletters Scriptorium but
there are many more that are undescribed. It may take some detective
work for you to work out what is where but that's half the fun.

I will be adding the ability to edit descriptions in the next
version. I also intend to make it possible to edit the CAOS code as
well as a few other enhancements. Any ideas or comments are
appreciated!

This program has been virus checked using the latest version of F-PROT
that I have been able to get. I suggest that you virus scan it anyway
using the scanners of your choice. Better to be safe than sorry!

Usage
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1. Extract all the files into a directory of your choice.

2. Make sure Creatures 2 is running.

3. Run Scriptorium.exe to display the browser.

Troubleshooting
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1. I run the program but it displays a blank browser.

A. Creatures 2 is probably not running or it cannot make a connection
to it due to it being busy.

2. I double click on Scriptorium.exe but nothing happens.

A. Email me with details of your PC configuration and I'll try and
help.

3. I don't understand what all this CAOS stuff is. 

A. Try getting BobCob (http://www.frimlin.co.nz/bobcob) - this is a
cob editing tool that may help. You should also arm yourself with the
CAOS documentation available for download at
http://www.creatures2.com.

Legal Stuff 
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The scriptorium browser is Copyright (c) 1999, Chris Double. All
Rights Reserved.

This application and the associated dynamic link libraries may not be
redistributed without my (me being Chris Double) permission. It is
unlike many of the other files available at my web site which may be
distributed freely, this program may only be downloaded from my site
or other locations that I explicitly permit. This is to ensure that I
comply with the redistribution requirements of the Corman Lisp files.

Portions of this application are Copyright (c) 1998 Roger Corman, All
Rights Reserved. The development product used to produce it was the
Corman Common Lisp compiler. Details of this excellent product can be
obtained from http://www.corman.net/CormanLisp.html.

History
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V1.2 = Fixed bug where program would close down sometimes for no
       apparent reason. Added some more script descriptions.
V1.1 = Added hourglass cursor for lengthy caos formatting operations.
V1.0 = Initial Release.

And Finally...
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Any questions, comments or suggestions can be addressed to the Author:

Chris Double
http://www.double.co.nz/creatures
chris@double.co.nz
ICQ 8600051
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25 August 1999
Chris Double