Editing Creatures 3 (section)

==History==
Creatures 3 was widely anticipated prior to its release in [[history#1999|November 1999]]; although many who were still bitter about the rushed release of [[Creatures 2]] decided not to buy it, some later relented. There were indeed a few problems at launch, but not on the same scale as the last game; most notably, some of the [[norn]]s did not use the full range of [[facial expression]]s available to them, and a new [[genome]] ([[expressive|expressive norns]]) had to be released to fix this problem.  Although the creatures in Creatures 3 were intended to ship with an [https://web.archive.org/web/20170626222331/http://www.gamewareeurope.com/GWDev/creatures_more.php?id=481_0_6_0_C "improved social ability"], this was not functional [[FORF lobe|at a brain level]] until the [[Creatures Full of Edits]] were released in [[History#2008|2008]].

Additionally, the initial [[ecology]] of the different terrariums, while [https://aliencreatures.de/wwwcreatures3com/non_flash/ecology/printable.htm complex], would often crash, leading to a barren environment: several fan-made patches have attempted to fix this, most notably the [[Norn Woodland Fix Patch]] for the [[Norn Terrarium]].  

Read the [[Creatures 3 Credits]], or find out more about [http://www.dreamsstudio.com/DS1-concept.html how the backdrop images were made] ([https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenreaper/sets/72157604748168489/ more here]).