Noun lobe
The noun lobe is the lobe of a creature's brain which is used by the game engine to retrieve the noun identifier - as represented by the highest-firing neuron in the lobe - to be used to construct spoken sentences describing the current object the creature is fixated on. In the normal brain model, this is based on the highest-firing neuron in the decision lobe. The actual wording comes from non-brain-handled vocabulary learning.
It will also draw the norn's attention to a nearby object of that name when it hears the word, regardless of whether it is the hand that is speaking or another norn. [1]
The noun identifier is also used in instincts to allow creatures to dream of certain scenarios: be it a pleasant encounter with a chunk of food, or a scary run-in with a grendel!
Noun lobe IDs in Creatures 3 and Docking Station[edit]
Compare with Classification system.
- Self
- Hand
- Door
- Seed
- Plant
- Weed
- Leaf
- Flower
- Fruit
- Manky
- Detritus
- Food
- Button
- Bug
- Pest
- Critter
- Beast
- Nest
- Animal egg
- Weather
- Bad
- Toy
- Incubator
- Dispenser
- Tool
- Potion
- Elevator
- Teleporter
- Machinery
- Creature egg
- Norn home
- Grendel home
- Ettin home
- Gadget
- Portal
- Vehicle
- Norn
- Grendel
- Ettin
- Something (Geat)
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