Comments | voodoobob: Albian Clusterfuck, or: Lyssie Really Sucks At Raising Norns

voodoobob

Albian Clusterfuck, or: Lyssie Really Sucks At Raising Norns

Feb 15, 2011 04:08

everything is going wrong

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lizas_lines February 15 2011, 13:04:42 UTC

For getting sleep-deprived Ragnar, try the norn bed COB? http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/hexen/751/cob1.html I haven't used it myself yet, but the wiki doesn't list it as having any known ill effects on the game and the file is still available.

Man, all your norns came with messed up genes ):

voodoobob February 15 2011, 13:10:03 UTC

Hmm! I did install that (in a desperate search for something that would make Verrus sleep - foiled by the fact that Verrus is too sleep-dumb to push mover) but Ragnar might very well get some use out of it. Somehow that didn't occur to me. Thanks! |D

They really did, didn't they. :(

phoenix_anca February 15 2011, 14:49:06 UTC

This and the last norn post have me confuse. :(

voodoobob February 15 2011, 15:58:14 UTC

Confuse as in "what the fuck is wrong with these norns" or "what the fuck is Lyssie babbling about"? XD

phoenix_anca February 15 2011, 17:47:21 UTC

The latter, aha. I think it's ... a game? Called Albia?

yui_hime February 15 2011, 18:54:20 UTC

Called Creatures. It was mentioned in the last post, and Lyssie linked a Wikipedia article. It's a life-sim/creature-raising game from the 90s. There's also a Tropes article, if that would help any.

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voodoobob February 15 2011, 15:57:23 UTC

Ooh, sorry about that. Child of the Mind refers to a mutation that crops up sometimes where the Norn can do nothing but look at themselves all their life - they can't move, speak, or act on their environment. It's really one of the most tragic. :( Deirdre hatching that way was the final straw for me when it came to Emma's line. Though I only exported her and her permababies, so I can still bring them back in if I want to give Emma another chance.

Verrus and Emma (and Cherry, now) came from the hatchery, a pre-generated stock of six eggs for the player to start their population with. They're generated from a set of "mum" and "dad" genomes that the game has set aside. Mutations can still happen even from the hatchery! Verthandi and Sid were both imported as babies and shouldn't be able to have any mutations themselves (they're add-on breeds that are only available as already-hatched babies, not as eggs), but their offspring certainly aren't immune - because, yeah, that's how unpredictable the game's genetics are. |Db

bean_bunny February 16 2011, 02:38:01 UTC

Is there mercury in your cheese or what's going on there?