Trumpet Seed Launcher for Creatures 3 and Docking Station 
     - hm_trumpet2.txt - September 15, 2001 - VERSION 2.0

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                 --- DISTRIBUTION ---
Do not place this agent on your webpage without receiving
permission from the author first. Please use the contact info 
supplied below to ask for permission.

E-mail:    Hausmouse1@aol.com
Webpage:   http://members.aol.com/hausmouse4/index.htm
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                 --- Installation ---

If you have C3, to use this agent you must have the C3 update 
two!

To see if you have the update press ctrl-shift-enter to put 
Creatures 3 into windowed mode. The window should say 
'Creatures 3 - Engine 1.162'. You must start a new world for 
the update to take effect. Worlds created prior to the update 
will not inject agents correctly, even if you have installed 
the C3 update. Press ctrl-shift-enter to get back to 
full-screen mode.

If you are using Docking Station, don't worry, everything 
should work fine.

For C3 standalone:

IF YOU HAVE THE FIRST VERSION OF THE TRUMPET SEED LAUNCHER,
REMOVE IT FROM YOUR \MY AGENTS FOLDER FIRST!

Put hm_trumpet2.agent into your My Agents folder. Start 
Creatures 3 and go to the Agent Creator Machine. Make sure you 
have gotten the Creator Efficiency power-ups and have at least 
50 units of Bioenergy. Click the arrows until you find C3 Trumpet
Seed Launcher, then click the round create button. 

To remove this agent from your world you must use the 'remove 
agent' function of the Agent Creator Machine. 


For Docking Station:
(Capillata only or docked with C3)

Put hm_trumpet2.agent into your Docking Station\My Agents 
folder. Go to the Comms center and click the Agent Injector 
Button. The Trumpet Seed Launcher should appear in the available
agents list. Select it by clicking its name, the press the 
check mark to inject it into your world. Injecting the Trumpet
Seed Launcher will also place a link to my website on your 
Websites screen.


Please let me know if you have a problem with this agent.


Bugs and Known problems:
I had trouble making the Launcher appear on the Docking Station
Injector screen when I had the old version in my 
Creatures 3/My Agents folder.

The COS File:
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The COS file hm_trumpet.cos is provided mainly as an example of
a working chunk of CAOS, for those interested in learning to
make their own agents. In addition, you can place the file in
a new sub-folder in the /Bootstrap folder (C3 or DS or both), and 
have a Trumpet Seed Launcher waiting by the Agent Creator (C3)
or in the Comms Room (DS) when you start a new world.

DESCRIPTION:
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The Trumpet Seed launcher is a tool that dispenses Trumpet Flower 
seeds. While the sprites used are the C2 sprites, the behavior of 
this flower is very different from the one in C2. The C3 Trumpet 
flower has a complete life cycle, including dropping ripened fruit
and growing seeds. 

There are three types of seeds generated by this agent. The seeds 
from the launcher will grow anywhere except in water, or if they
are very close to an existing Trumpet Flower plant. They do not
rot. The seeds from the Trumpet flower come in two types. The 
fertile seeds are green in color and will grow in areas of high 
soil moisture and nutrients, mainly the Norn Terrarium and Jungle 
Terrarium. The Trumpet flower also produces brown, sterile seeds 
which serve mainly as a food source for creatures.

Trumpet fruit is three times as nutritious as the typical fruit,
and also produces detritus when eaten. The detritus can be eaten
by creatures as well, so it is best to take eaten fruit away from
your creatures. Detritus or seeds that rot completely away add
soil moisture and nutrients to the room they are in, enriching the
environment.

The Trumpet Seed launcher is visible to creatures, and works with
a push or a pull.

Files added by agent:
trul.s16
trum.s16
hm_trumpet launcher.catalogue


Script Numbers:
2 7 54000 1 
2 7 54000 9 
2 8 54002 9 
2 8 54002 12 
2 3 54002 6 
2 3 54002 9 
2 3 54002 12 
2 10 54000 9 
2 10 54000 12 
2 24 54003 1 
2 24 54003 2 
2 24 54003 3 
2 3 54003 9 
2 3 54003 12 
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If you have any problems installing this agent, I'll be glad to 
help you. Please e-mail me at: Hausmouse1@aol.com
