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'''Import shock''', or Sudden Import Death Syndrome was a peculiarity of the original [[Creatures]] game in which recently-[[import]]ed [[norn]]s would occasionally die for no apparent reason.
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'''Import shock''', or '''Sudden Import Death Syndrome''' was a bug of the original [[Creatures]] game in which recently-[[import]]ed [[norn]]s would occasionally die for no apparent reason.
  
 
It is interesting to note that [[slink]] [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=35088ca2.27173826%40news.netins.net originally intended] for the later [[C1]] norn [[breed]]s ([[Ron Norn (C1)|Ron Norn]]s and the like) to be overcome with a ''necromould'' later in life. However it seems that this was discarded in favour of a simple automatic-death [[gene]] due to import shock-related fatalities.
 
It is interesting to note that [[slink]] [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=35088ca2.27173826%40news.netins.net originally intended] for the later [[C1]] norn [[breed]]s ([[Ron Norn (C1)|Ron Norn]]s and the like) to be overcome with a ''necromould'' later in life. However it seems that this was discarded in favour of a simple automatic-death [[gene]] due to import shock-related fatalities.
  
The only way around import shock is to back up all [[.exp]] files, possibly by using the "read-only" function.  This will create an error dialogue, but not crash the game.   
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The only way around import shock is to back up all [[.exp]] files, possibly by using the "read-only" function.  This will create an error dialogue, but not crash the game.  
 
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Import shock is probably related to  the as-yet un-named condition where after a crash, reopening the world would kill about half the norns in the world, seemingly at random.
 
Import shock is probably related to  the as-yet un-named condition where after a crash, reopening the world would kill about half the norns in the world, seemingly at random.
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Revision as of 12:46, 19 August 2005

Import shock, or Sudden Import Death Syndrome was a bug of the original Creatures game in which recently-imported norns would occasionally die for no apparent reason.

It is interesting to note that slink originally intended for the later C1 norn breeds (Ron Norns and the like) to be overcome with a necromould later in life. However it seems that this was discarded in favour of a simple automatic-death gene due to import shock-related fatalities.

The only way around import shock is to back up all .exp files, possibly by using the "read-only" function. This will create an error dialogue, but not crash the game.

Import shock is probably related to the as-yet un-named condition where after a crash, reopening the world would kill about half the norns in the world, seemingly at random.