Cupid's Lyre for Creatures 3 and Docking Station 
     - hm_lyre.txt - June 22, 2001 - VERSION 1.0

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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:

Put hm_lyre.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 Cupid's 
Lyre, 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_lyre.agent into your Docking Station\My Agents 
folder. Go to the Comms center and click the Agent Injector 
Button. Cupid's Lyre for DS 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 Cupid's
Lyre 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:
None so far, although letting your creatures play with
the Lyre often may cause overpopulation problems! :-)


DESCRIPTION:
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Cupid's Lyre is a toy designed to encourage stubborn creatures
to mate. It increases fertility dramatically, and lowers drives
such as sleepiness and crowdedness in order to remove 
distractions from romance. Creatures who are affected will have 
clouds of hearts fluttering around them. A simple "push norn" 
or two and you will lots of kisspops! 

The Lyre can be pushed by creatures or the hand.

Cupid's Lyre will even affect female creatures who have just 
laid eggs, making them fertile again immediately. However, it 
will NOT affect creatures younger than "Adolescent" or pregnant 
females. Also, certain antigens can make creatures infertile by
damaging the reproductive organs. A creature who through 
genetics or illness is infertile still won't be able to breed,
even when the Lyre is used.

Although Cupid's Lyre is a toy, it is probably not a good idea
to let your creatures play with it very often. For one, you'll
be up to your ears in eggs! In addition, the way the Lyre works
can be detrimental to learning in creatures. If they have free
access to Lyres, they may begin having problems resting properly
or traveling, or become obsessed with pushing things.

Keep the Lyre in your inventory or an empty room until you want
to use it. You can place two creatures that you want to breed
in the same room with a Lyre, and in minutes you should have
a pregnancy. You can also use the Lyre to rapidly increase a
small population of creatures.



Script Numbers:
scrp 2 21 54007 1
scrp 2 21 54007 2
scrp 1 1 54006 9

Files added by agent:
hm_lyre.c16
hm_lyre.catalogue
lyre.wav
hm_logo.c16

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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
