Better Albia V 1.5

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Better Albia v1.5
By GimmeCat
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Check out fixlist.txt for a full list of fixes and edits this template provides.
Check out credits.txt for credits & thank-yous.

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How to use:
(Updating is easy -- You can do this on existing Better Albia worlds, too!)

1. Download and install the Room Editor. You can find it here:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads/cdn/RoomEditor.zip
or if that link doesn't work:
https://app.box.com/s/cktwkx3adfl36pi6gjf5zycmvsd7op90

2. Register the Room Editor with the following credentials:
GamewareDev
GamewareDev
301-5061A-1234U-WI

2. Take the "RoomData2.c2r" file from this zip and place it in your "user\My Documents\Creatures\Creatures 2" directory. Alternatively, place it anywhere you can find later. The exact location doesn't matter.

3. Load up your C2 game, then load up the Room Editor. In Room Editor, go to "File -> Open" and select the "RoomData2.c2r" file. You do remember where you put it, don't you? ;)

4. Now go to "File -> Upload to Creatures 2" (make sure you do UPLOAD, not DOWNLOAD!) to install the new world data. Voila! Your world has been updated.

Note: If you start a new world, you'll have to repeat steps 2-4 above.

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Please note: Other COBs that fix room issues, create bridges, or open up previously inaccessible areas, are NOT guaranteed to be compatible with BA straight out of the box. With this in mind, I've developed a set of compatibility patches for the most commonly used COBs. You can find it in this archive: it's called BA - Fixes.

The order you must install goes as follows: Better Albia (via the Room Editor), then the third-party COB, and finally the required patch from BA - Fixes.

There's also a BA - Extras which contains some handy 'quality of life' updates that aren't essential, but highly recommended you at least check them out. This COB is also uploaded seperately on CreaturesCaves because it does not require BA to be used.

Any questions or suggestions, please go to: http://creaturescaves.com/forum.php?view=1&thread=6072

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1.1
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Stopped objects falling through Ettin area floors at the very bottom of the world

Smoothed Volcano airlock floor to prevent trapping

Smoothed undersea airlock floors to prevent trapping (thanks go to Mr NStuff)

Fixed Sub Bay floor to stop creatures falling out of the sub and drowning on disembark (Thanks go to Mr NStuff)

Stopped dropped objects falling through the volcano peak and rope bridge floors

Smoothed sharp angle in desert floor that traps baby creatures and toys

Fixed fishing pier room being visible from the Hatchery Sub Bay

Added new room and floors to main Hatchery elevator shaft to widen it, reducing painful rides (also stops cactus seeds falling through)

Prevented access to the pond adjacent to Hatchery (slap-happy creatures often killed their peers by punching them through this room border and drowning them)

Smoothed floor at base of elevator shaft above the Control Room

Widened elevator shaft above the Control Room, reducing painful rides

Smoothed various floors along rope bridge and Season Tree areas

Widened the floor inside the 'germy glass terrarium orb' room (or whatever it's called) as it was a little too short

Prevented access to the pond above the Music Room so that creatures can't fall in and drown

Plugged the gap in the floor in the underground area under the Season Tree

Widened the painfully narrow elevator shaft under the Season Tree

Sanitized room linkage between #123 and #14 (Hatchery Sub Bay)

Sanitized room linkage between #61 and #66, #61 and #250, #65 and #60, #35 and #51, #54 and #53 (all treehouse edges with graphical fences indicating safety) to prevent creatures falling off these edges.

Sanitized room linkage between #38 and #41 to prevent creatures falling off this edge, as it appears to be the only edge in this area properly blocked by fence. All other edges are open.
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Many thanks to Yme for always being eager to test my stuff! You're a Godsend! ;)

Thanks also to Skerit for additional testing and general badassery, and for making Albian Command which is amazing and you should all totally go grab it right now: https://github.com/skerit/albian-command

Major props and credit go to Elegnaim, whose original work on a wraparound fix inspired me to take a crack at it myself. We had similar ideas for implementation but ended up with two wildly different versions of fix. Theirs is here: http://creaturescaves.com/forum.php?view=12&thread=6670
 But do note, using it will break much of 'Stop Wallbonking!'s functionality.

Thank you to anyone who has ever helped me with questions or issues that my poor memory may be drawing a blank on. Rest assured that your help was immensely valuable and appreciated. <3

Helen & NornGOD's "Bridge and Barrier pack"
http://www.creaturescaves.com/downloads.php?section=COBs&view=1400

JayD's "Ocean Bridges 1.1"
http://creaturescaves.com/downloads.php?section=COBs&view=236

Labyrinth's "Horn to Volcano"
http://nornastasia.tripod.com/cobs3.htm (the link labelled "VolkWalk")

JayD's "Albian Updates 1.1"
http://www.creaturescaves.com/downloads.php?section=COBs&view=210

JayD's "Plato Project v3.0"
http://www.creaturescaves.com/downloads.php?section=COBs&view=214