A Brewing Storm of Creatures Sadness
The plans for a good start to life were practically dashed for poor Thrennion, whose genetic mutations were more than I anticipated. Just look at that sad face! Luckily, he was actually doing a pretty good job of feeding himself and playing without knowing any of his verbs. The trouble was that he grew bored so easily, courtesy of the fact that his boredom increased every time an object came into view. Thrennion looked very upset, yet he was actually getting along decently enough! He was also the cutest little guy, so I didn’t mind in the least bit the requirement to stay with him a little longer.
Just like any Norn, Thrennion loved the honeypot! He drained it on several occasions, although I threw a couple of carrots in the mix to make sure he had enough starch. It turned out that his mutations were less of a problem than the floating egg glitch. Others were also focused on it, and there was a real problem in Albia. I debated exporting everyone into a clean world, as this was getting out of hand! Yet that idea had to be put on hold… Perhaps Thrennion’s sadness was a little more meaningful than I thought. The Observation Kit alerted me to a sick Norn, and things were worse than I imagined.
There are two things I remember that can cause the egg glitch, both with the same root cause – too many scripts running in the world. I can’t remember if you need to have a paused egg somewhere for the egg in the sky to show, or whether just too many scripts alone will trigger it. I suspect the latter, as it’s always that same blue egg that appears.
If you have a lot of timed cobs (plants are a major culprit here, including the shiitake mushroom logs) then uninstalling those can get the egg glitch under control. The other thing I’ve seen cause this is a lot of paused eggs in the world. However, given that there’s a fairly low limit on the number of creatures you can import, it may not be feasible to hatch them all and export them; it depends on your plans for the current world.
Thanks for that information, Sarah! I actually discovered one COB that has a constantly running script that’s totally unnecessary. I’m going to try to fix that as I learn CAOS! I’m also guilty of having a lot of paused eggs in the world. I actually started to hatch and export them in an attempt to see if that would remedy the issue. I got the floating egg glitch again, though, so I’ve stuck with keeping the paused eggs. I’ll try some other things, though, especially since it’s quite an annoying glitch!
So, is this the last sentence? “The Observation Kit alerted me to a sick Norn, and things were worse than I imagined.”
Is this meant as a cliffhanger to create dramatic tension, or am I missing the rest of the post?
It’s a rather terrible cliffhanger, but that is the last sentence. Not a very good one, and I apologize for that! The next update will include details about what happened. It wasn’t a good outcome, sadly.
Thrennion is cute looking. I like his legs!
Hopefully when he breeds his legs get into the look of his offspring!
His little Santa Norn legs do give him a very cute look! I’m hoping that he isn’t too successful with breeding, though, since there are a lot of genetic mutations that aren’t very desirable. We’ll see what happens to him! My main concern is to make sure that he enjoys his life as much as possible.