Creatures Caves

Nutter wrote:
What version of XP do you have? And which version of Nornpose? I've got Nornpose 2.02 on XP Service Pack 3 and it's absolutely fine - though there does seem to be something non-standard about your installation if you have C $:\$ Program instead of C $:\$ Program Files - did you install XP as an upgrade over an earlier version of Windows? I've never had a problem getting Creatures to work with XP, but all the versions of XP I've had have been fresh installs.

Everything else people have said up-thread is spot on. The only thing I can add is: check to see if you have both a Program and a Program Files directory. If you do, it may be possible that your path is C $:\$ Progra~2\Gamewa~1\Creatu~1\Creatu~1

Similarly, if you have multiples of the other directories, the number may not be ~1. Without seeing your directory tree structure, it's hard to tell. But there should not be a space anywhere in it - DOS naming doesn't "do" spaces.

No this is a pure windows XP,as far I know - it's WinXP Home Edition and the Nornposer for C1 is shown here - you can see it on it's header :
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Getchuz/Nornpose-path_zps95f2e8a9.png

And also my game do work - so do nornposer too,it only complain over the wrong path X_X'

About the program bit isntead of program files:
the only time I had creatures ever installed on Program files was when I got first my original C1 for my win 95 when I was a kid - but as said - since my original C1 cd won't install on win XP,I had to buy the trilogy pack, wich have Albian Years (C1 and C2) Exoddus (C3 & DS) and Village (CA & CP)
as this pack is for win XP users.

installing the upgraded win XP - The Creatures Trilogy,
it sets "program" as default folder,then program files - alltought I did see I do have a program file folder too,but it's allmost empty ^^'

I also know about the spaces - I did say I can't type them togheter here on the forum as it becomes that silly smiley if I do -> this one $:\$ , I do remember to remove the spaces when entering it in the nornposer XD

The only thing I do know about the creatures 1 folder (or actuly all the creatures games i been installing from that trilogy cd of mine) is set in programs and one is set in my documents\creatures (and inside that one is C1,c2 and also c3-ds) but those folder only holds extra leftover files - like for the C1 one,there is the genetics folder,but it dosn't contain the mum and dad genoms,instead it holds all the moniker genoms of all the creatures that ever been imported/living in ^^'

same goes for image folder in documents creatures - it contains not the breed sprites,but moniker sprites of all creatures,so thats why I don't think that it will help if I try set the path to that folder,as it lacks the proper sprites/att files,wich is within the real creature folder so to speak,wich is : program\gameware development\Creatures Albian years\creatures1

EDIT: Here is a image showing what I mean by 2 folders: http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Getchuz/mycreaturepaths_zps4f27f609.png

trying C: \...\Gamewa~1\Creatu~1\Creatu~1
as Cobcom suggested didn't help,
trying C: \Progra~1\Gamewa~1\Creatu~1\Creatu~1
wich GirlySatan suggested,wich I think should be right - so I have no idea...but there is one thing more Im going to try as a last resort - copy over a creature folder with the atts and sprites within into program files folder,
I did something similar once to nornimator once and it did work,so hopefuly it maybe will work *crosses fingers*

Thanks to you all who try to help me, Im sorry about all this - I never thought this would be so troublesome,as It do run,then entering the path is just all I need to be able to use it ..

EDIT: IT WORKS!!!!! I did my last resort - making a empty folder and named it Creatures 1 and put it into Program files,and copied only over the body data and image folder from my program-gameware development creatures 1 folder - and droped in nornpose exe there and it works 8 D

Here is Proof: http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/Getchuz/FixedNornposerforc1_zps4df9bef5.png
(and yes - I have no clue why grendels are messed up,they look so ingame too..did not touch anything - can't recall they ever looked so messed up at front when it was my original old C1 cd...hmm)

Hah! Is so glad that my silly idea works,but I did say I did something similar once before,just didn't belive it would work for this now too XD