Hive-Minds v.1.5



What's new since v1.2?

The new Hive-Minds have been revised to include the following changes:

1.) Males are now blue and females are pink
2.) Tweaked pheromone system
3.) Added dendrites to concept and decision lobes
4.) Fixed some reaction genes
5.) Updated the cob so now it won't crash

Plus, hopefully they'll need less food..

What's new since v1.0?

The new Hive-Minds have been revised to include the following changes:

1.) Instincts punish for not sleeping when sleepy
2.) The presence of other females no longer reduces fertility
3.) The conception and perception lobes are expanded
4.) Expanded Care section of the readme
5.) Credit goes to Chris Double and BuddhaMage for suggesting most, if not all, of these
changes.



About the Hive-Minds


The Hive-Minds are a new strain of ettins that communicate using pheromones, can sense location, and can distinguish between members of their own species. Females are pink and males are blue. They function within a Hive society, where the queen dominates the males and communicates her needs to them through pheromones. 


Caring for the Hive-Minds


The Hive-Minds are very smart and will survive very well in the Creatures 2 environment. Make sure you inject the cob that came with this zip, otherwise the new lobes and pheromone system won't work.

When a female reaches adolescence, it becomes a queen.
Male drones respond to the queen's needs. Try injecting the Hive-Queen with Anger Increase and watch as the male drones around her become angry themselves.

Also, because of the additional lobes, organ, and instincts, the Hive-Minds eat a lot. Make sure you provide plenty of food in your world for them! In my own experiences, their eating habits can be compared to strip mining. If you don't have lots of food, they will go hungry. Another problem with the Hive-Minds is that they love to bunch up in to groups, as is true with normal norns. This is healthy for them, just make sure they pay attention to themselves and not just the opposite sex! 

Also, the Everyone Can Breed cob that can also be found at Cuff Droppin's Cobs is necessary for the Hive-Minds to reproduce. You had probably better download it if you want to see new baby Hive-Minds. Note that the Hive-Minds love fiddling with eggs, so you may want to get some kind of Egg-Restarter if you plan on a wolfling run.


Technical Information


The Hive-Minds contain several new features, including a total of 15 brain lobes (including the lobes from the Canny Norns by Lis Morris and Chris Double) which allow them to learn concepts involving location and allows them to tell the difference between creatures. (They still can't learn each others' names, but they can create concepts that involve a particular creature.)

Examples of new concepts are:

I am near the volcano and I run-->hotness decrease
I am near Norn # 3 and I hit--> pain(slapped back)
I am near the incubator, I'm hungry, and I eat--> hunger decrease(encourages hive-mind to
     hang around incubator for food)

The Hive-Minds also communicate through a system of phermones and contain an extra organ to process and make phermones.

Hive-Minds learn to help the Hive-Queen through a series of instincts that rewards them when they bring food to the Hive-Queen when she is hungry, mate with her when she is randy, or beat away other species when she is angry. They can learn concepts concerning the Hive-Queen's drives, making them the first creatures with a sense of empathy.


