Creatures 1

From ccdevnet

Stuff we need to know for C1, so far:

• the rest of the sfc file format, fuzzie is working on this decoded.
• how often does the music play? what're the delay times, etc
• how is windspeed/temperature handled? where in the sfc file is this? - slink says "these parameters are not currently active"
• is ground level used for anything except CAOS? it's not used for groundbound drops. (btw, it's 32 pixels wide, contrary to caos docs!)

And for both C1 and C2:

• exact equations for biochem reaction rate, exact values for parsed genetics etc
• how does the disease stuff work? the data is apparently (according to slink) in that mysterious 800-byte block (one per room in C2) in the SFC file, presumably 100 diseases of 8 antigen values each or similar?

Stuff to hack up in openc2e specifically for all this:

• Support for SPR files! And the palette.
• The rest of the CAOS functions, obviously. Are there any still missing?
• Different checks for C1 species (char, not short)
• We should probably skip Scenery objects while enumerating over things, etc.
• We should deny attempted pickups of compound objects, etc.
• We need to fix up all the activation horror.
• C1/C2 specific CA data in rooms.
• Render C1/C2 creatures. :)
• Make sure C1/C2 genetics are read correctly.
• C1/C2 biochemistry!
• C1/C2 brains!
• All the horrible rest of the creature stuff.
• Compound hotspot support.
• Special vehicle/lift support.
• Strange C1 physics!