Getting Your C3/DS CAOS Language Guide Development Malkin | 5/23/2013 | | How to get a full listing of the CAOS commands acceptable to your C3/DS engine.
If you don't have access to the CAOS Tool, there is still a way to get documentation about all of the CAOS commands you need to start developing. This file acts as a dictionary of all the CAOS commands that are being used in your game, and is very useful when developing.
The information can be presented in two ways - an alphabetical listing of the commands, or a categorical listing. Both formats are useful so it is worth getting both. The alphabetical listing is useful for a quick-glance reference, and the categorical listing is useful when you're thinking about what each of the commands do, in relation to similar commands.
Open up the CAOS command line in-game CTRL+SHIFT+C and type in the following (all on one line):
file oope 1 "CAOS alphabetical.html" 0 dbg: html 0 file oclo |
After you have done this you should find a file called "CAOS alphabetical.html" has been created in your journal folder.
To create the categorical version, type the following:
file oope 1 "CAOS categorical.html" 0 dbg: html 1 file oclo |
This creates the file "CAOS categorical.html" in the same place.
If you are running Creatures Exodus it is a little harder to find the file you need.
Because I run Creatures Exodus on my Mac, I look in my
~/Library/Preferences/Creatures Labs/Docking Station/data/Journal folder.
If you're on a PC, you'll want to look in My Documents for an analogous Journal folder.
If you are running Docking Station on Linux, you'll need to display hidden files, and then look for the Journal folder in ~/.dockingstation/Journal.
Updated by Malkin on 5/28/2013 - information about finding the folder on Linux. |
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It's not just a case of going 'copy-paste' into a new resources page. You might like to suggest this to Rascii, probably on the Report Bugs, Suggest New Features thread.
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So why not host it on here? we at least know creatures caves isn't going anywhere yet! Surely, if it's lost to the internet, that should be motivation to host it rather than a reason to go 'nah'.
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Output from this has been hosted on a few Creatures Community sites in the past, but they have gone down.
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I have to ask- instead of having a caos command line to do this- why not just host the file/s (depending on if they vary per OS)? It might come in handy! I'm sitting on a mac that cannot run the games, but I'd still love to have a library of caos commands for your average PC c3/ds game. c:
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I think that's for the regular Linux Docking Station. The one you can get from Don's or Treesprite's website. And probably Creatures Internet Edition.
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Is that for Exodus on Linux, or just for 'in general'?
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For Linux users it's usually ~/.dockingstation/Journal
.dockingstation is hidden, so make sure you display hidden files.
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