Creatures (Windows, Mac OS Classic)/Unused Text
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This game has a lage amount of unused text hidden inside Creatures.exe. For this page, it has roughly been ordered by how interesting it is.
Some rather intriguing text stored amongst the "Creature's view" text, implying it wasn't always a fixed size/zoom level.
Toggle between view magnifications Toggle size
Text related to the disabled "Log" menu in Debug Mode.
Log information - saving to disk Log.txt Log information Could not create file. Log information Clear log Step Next Step Functions Close Filter messages for a string Keep on top Use filter Whole log This page Copy to clipboard To Log.txt Dialog Cancel UOLE initialization failed. Make sure that the OLE libraries are the correct version. Windows sockets initialization failed.
Some strange bits of text with no obvious purpose, possibly used in Debug Mode somehow. They are stored near the "Ron" and "WAIT FOR 40 SECS!" text which are both used by the "Instant Verb Vocabulary" menu option.
The birthplace Build type The App you've been waiting for!
Text relating to the Dynamic Data Exchange Interface. "Vivarium" is the name Creatures (and Creatures 2) use when referring to themselves as a DDE Application.
Vivarium An exception was encountered during a DDE (iMacro) command. You are advised to exit Creatures now and restart it.
Unknown.
Some String Activate Task List
Text for the description of a menu option that doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Select preferences
Some text related to the "Tip of the Day", but stored amongst the text for menu icons and worded slightly differently. It's possible it was going to be accessible by clicking an icon rather than just from the Help menu.
Handy hints Tip of the Day... Did you know... Tips file does not exist in the prescribed directory Trouble reading the tips file
Slightly different text for description of the "Add to favourite places..." menu option. The used text is "Store current camera position".
Add this location to your list of Favorite places
This seems to be text for a removed menu option to run some sort of Object Linking and Embedding test program.
Run the crap OLE Test program
Text stored amongst the text used for the "Norns" menu, which seems to have originally been called the "Subject" menu.
Subject Select subject No subjects The subject menu There are no available subjects
One of these pieces of text was probably meant for the description of the "Objects" option in the "Log" menu seen in Debug Mode , but it mistakenly copies the text from the "Brain" option below it. Both of these pieces of text appear in the same place in different copies of the "Log" text stored in Creatures.exe, so it's difficult to work out which one was intended as the description.
Stimuli received from objects Object messages
Unused text relating to the "Injector Kit". Its name shows as "Object Injector" in-game, and the description is simply "Add new objects".
Add objects to Albia Injector Kit
This text is still present in digital versions of the game, so it ends up being pretty useless.
Please put the Creatures CD-ROM into the CD drive.
Text for the "Export current creature" popup, which isn't used because Windows pops up an error message about the filename being invalid instead.
Please enter a filename of no more than 255 characters.
Creatures can be exported even while pregnant in version 1.0.2, yet the text still remains.
It is too dangerous to export a pregnant norn!
Text possibly relating to more expansive Help topics.
Opens Help Help Topics/Display instructions about how to use help Help Display help for clicked on buttons, menus and windows Help Display help for current task or command
Various error messages.
An exception was encountered during a DDE (OnMacro) command. You are advised to exit Creatures now and restart it. A macro script contains a syntax error and will be aborted! Token: %c%c%c%c, Type: %s. Owning obj: %2.2d %2.2d %2.2d Portion of script: %s Instruction Debug Value: %d Debug: %d Creatures encountered an exception during execution of a macro script, most probably not due to a syntax error. Offending portion of the macro: %s Token: %c%c%c%c. Owning obj: %2.2d %2.2d %2.2d Cross your fingers and continue for now.... Not enough memory NO aggregation? Invalid parameter Wave format not supported Resources already in use? Creatures could not find root menu. Creatures cannot locate the FavouritePlaces menu. Failed to instantiate COM Object Main window creation failed! VM initialization failed Unable to add Hook to interpreter Unable to execute given enforce function An exception occurred executing dynamic code not ready! N/A Creatures could not locate its Main Directory from the registry. The registry maybe corrupt. Using current directory instead. The maximum number of active object scripts has been reached. This script will be aborted. The Scriptorium is full, no more object scripts can be added. An error has occured when cleaning Death Row Please exit and then restart Creatures. An Error has occurred while storing world data. Alert: Creature base function called. This should never happen. Not ever.
Error messages related to graphics.
There has been an unexpected error while running this program. Unable to start graphics engine due to unproper system configuration. Please reboot your system in order to fix the problem.
A very rude piece of text stored amongst the rest of the error messages. This is also the name of the internal script command used for "Sperm Donation".
f**k
A particularly odd error message regarding running scripts in the wrong version of the game.
This version of Creatures (version %s.%s) needs to be updated to version %s.%d to run this macro script. Contact the CyberLife website for Creatures updates. This script will be aborted and removed.
Error messages to do with the game not being able to find the correct language.
Creatures failed to localise all menu items. This version does not support your Window's language. Contact CyberLife Technology Limited for information on supported languages. Can't find ISO3 language for Can't find ISO3 country for
Error messages relating to the game's internet functions, which no longer work.
Unable to start graphics engine due to improper system configuration. Make sure you have Internet Explorer 4 or higher installed on your machine. We have detected this computer can connect to the Internet via CompuServe Do you wish to connect to CompuServe to complete the online transaction? We have detected this computer can connect to the Internet via America Online Do you wish to connect to America Online to complete the online transaction? Internet explorer could not run
More text probably related to the game's internet functions, which no longer work.
# Computer name: %s # Disk S/N: %08x GetCpuId: eax in: %lx, eax=%08lx ebx=%08lx ecx=%08lx edx=%08lx Mac Address= No Netbios adapter, no MAC Address!
The game has quite a lot of unused error text regarding times and dates.
day out of range dayOfWeekInMonth out of range dayOfWeek out of range startMonth and endMonth must be different xxxx h : xx m
Unused text stored near amongst the rest of the options in the World menu, which seem to imply you could email your worlds to other users from the in-game interface. In the finished game the World menu is only available in Debug Mode, and even in Debug mode this option isn't present.
Send the active document through electronic mail Send Mail
Generic text editor stuff. Possibly related to the removed email functionality mentioned above.
Erase the selection Erase Erase everything Erase All Copy the selection and put it on the Clipboard Copy Cut the selection and put it on the Clipboard Cut Find the specified text Find Insert Clipboard contents Paste Repeat the last action Repeat Replace specific text with different text Replace Select the entire document Select All Undo the last action Undo Redo the previously undone action Redo Erase the selection Erase Erase everything Erase All Copy the selection and put it on the Clipboard Copy Cut the selection and put it on the Clipboard Cut Find the specified text Find Insert Clipboard contents Paste Repeat the last action Repeat Replace specific text with different text Replace Select the entire document Select All Undo the last action Undo Redo the previously undone action
Unknown.
Split the active window into panes Split Switch to the next window pane Next Pane Switch back to the previous window pane Previous Pane
Text possibly intended for the default Windows buttons/functions.
Change the window size Change the window position Reduce the window to an icon Enlarge the window to full size Switch to the next document window Switch to the previous document window Close the active window and prompts to save the documents Restore the window to normal size
Some text related to debugging.
This application cannot run with an active debugger in memory. Please unload the debugger and restart the application. Warning The following DLL cannot be found or has a missing export: File Monitor - Sysinternals: www.sysinternals.com Registry Monitor - Sysinternals: www.sysinternals.com
Text relating to ActiveMARK, a form of DRM.
Software\Trymedia Systems\ActiveMARK Software\ amlocalhost.trymedia.com Cannot read from the amkeys file (%s) a valid key Cannot open amkeys file (%s) You cannot run multiple instances of this application at the same time. Unable to retrieve license path. Unable to retrieve module file name. ActiveMARK[TM] R5.42.1218 [ActiveMARK[TM] R5.42] Operation not supported in this version Invalid name of intended to register function Invalid root document path Error executing CGI scripting code Error reading data from the volume Invalid volume object Invalid handle of volume Invalid request URL
A huge amount of text most likely relating to ActiveMARK.
Invalid parameter Invalid handle Unable to decrypt file data Incorrect key; unable to encrypt file data Encryption key not found in key ring while reading Invalid write key index Unable to authenticate file data Unable to authenticate volume Internal checksum error Unable to sign authentication information Unable to seek at a file level Unable to unlink file from volume Unable to flush file data Unable to write file data Unable to read file data Unable to open file No file open in volume File already exists in volume File not found in volume Unable to close volume Unable to create volume Unable to mount volume Index out of bound Invalid flags or flag mismatch Invalid path for volume or file Volume is corrupted Volume not found Volume not open Operation not supported The PRNG is NOT ready to generate numbers Too many entropy pools passed No yarrow pseudo random number generator set Too many data to be encrypted using current modulus Output buffer too small to receive encrypted or decrypted data Current modulus smaller than message to encrypt Bad decrypted data The number of bits of the key modulus isn't inside of the appropriate interval Cannot generate one prime number for a pair of RSA public-private keys incorrect length check incorrect data check invalid distance too far back invalid distance code invalid literal/length code invalid distances set invalid literal/lengths set invalid bit length repeat invalid code lengths set too many length or distance symbols invalid stored block lengths invalid block type header crc mismatch unknown header flags set incorrect header check invalid window size unknown compression method incompatible version buffer error insufficient memory data error stream error file error stream end need dictionary Only one of putFields and defaultWriteObject may be called, and it may only be called once Reset called while serialization in progress ASubclass of ObjectOutputStream must implement writeObjectOverride writeFields can only be called after putFields has been called R could not be created because class or zero-argument constructor is not accessible F could not be created because zero-argument constructor is not defined No end of block data seen for class with readObject (ObjectInputStream) method. no, got EOFException no, got IOException defaultReadObject called by non-active class and/or object adefaultReadObject called but fields already read from stream (by defaultReadObject or readFields) registerValidation called by non-active class and/or object attempt to add a null ObjectInputValidation object readFields called by non-active class and/or object readFields called but fields already read from stream (by defaultReadObject or readFields) Subclass of ObjectInputStream must implement readObjectOverride Attempt to read primitive data, but no data block is active. mark/reset not supported Cannot determine system temporary directory Bad input encountered: Bad input byte: Pre-mature end of input UCS Transformation Format 8 (see RFC-2279) JCL: Failed to throw exception %s with message %s: could not find exception class. JCL: Utterly failed to throw exeption %s with message %s. malloc() failed. GetStringUTFChars() failed. Null string Internal Error Fatal error Number of shares mismatches the sum of weights No escrow provided Error occurred while reading certificate Error occurred while verifying certificate Error starting thread Error creating, locking or unlocking mutex Error creating, signaling or waiting for semaphore deflate 1.2.1 Copyright 1995-2003 Jean-loup Gailly inflate 1.2.1 Copyright 1995-2003 Mark Adler string too long invalid string position ios::eofbit set ios::failbit set ios::badbit set Unknown exception Illegal byte sequence Directory not empty Function not implemented No locks available Filename too long Resource deadlock avoided Result too large Domain error Broken pipe Too many links Read-only file system Invalid seek No space left on device File too large Inappropriate I/O control operation Too many open files Too many open files in system Invalid argument Is a directory Not a directory No such device Improper link File exists Resource device Unknown error Bad address Permission denied Not enough space Resource temporarily unavailable No child processes Bad file descriptor Exec format error Arg list too long No such device or address Input/output error Interrupted function call No such process No such file or directory Operation not permitted No error