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Sound file name repository?   
Pulppu

Pulppu
Finland  


  9/10/2026  3

I just now discoreved that C3/DS sound file names need to be exactly 4 characters long for them to work. That's still over 1,6 million possible combinations with numbers and letters, but overlaps could occur since lots of people might have similar naming conventions.

So I'm thinking of adding another table in the wiki page https://creatures.wiki/Creatures_3_sound_file_names for sound file names used in user-made agents, but I just wanted to ask first if anyone thinks this is a bad idea for any reason.

 
Moe

Moe


 visit Moe's website: Creatures 2 to Docking Station
  9/17/2026  1

I think it's a good idea! Although the Community Edition is removing that 4 character limitation. It would still be good to have a record for backwards compatibility, original game development, and general posterity.
 
Pulppu

Pulppu



  9/18/2026

Moe wrote:
I think it's a good idea! Although the Community Edition is removing that 4 character limitation. It would still be good to have a record for backwards compatibility, original game development, and general posterity.



Oh I didn't know that :o Not in 6.3 yet, though? Because I tried with longer names and it didn't work. Also until widespread adoption of CE I might want to stick to the old system for a while.

 
Moe

Moe


 visit Moe's website: Creatures 2 to Docking Station
  9/27/2026

No it's a super recent feature. Should be in the next release.
 
Rascii
Caves Dweller

Rascii

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 visit Rascii's website: Creatures Caves
  9/29/2026

If there is a current list somewhere I'd be happy to incorporate it into Creatures Caves all at once (if that's easier than adding to the wiki -- not sure if you can add lots of info all at once).

Send me a PM if interested.


- Rascii
 
Pulppu

Pulppu



  10/1/2026  1

I don't know if there is, probably not or someone somewhere might have mentioned it. Wiki does have a list of all C3 sound files.

I'll go through the agents I have and start listing them when I have the time. I'm already in the process of downloading any agents that seem at all interesting so I can look up .cos files for learning.

If Community Edition at some point becomes so popular it can be considered a default setting, we probably won't need the list anymore since the files can be whatever, but I don't know if that is realistic.

 
lisdude

lisdude


 visit lisdude's website: Creatures Stuff
  10/3/2026

I can't promise this is a complete list or even completely correct, but here's what my script tells me (based on the information I have available):

Sound File Names

 


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