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Posted September 17, 2010
Okay. So. I'm here, I've messed around to make sure I remember exactly what I'm doing, and now want to start a new world from scratch. I go in, i use the backup utility, i hit "New World", yes, and run the game again. The world is the same as I left it. I try deleting world.sfc like I sometimes had to in my old copy - that doesn't work either? Now what do I do?
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Posted September 17, 2010
Evidently I missed the answer to this posted on another thread. GOG decided to toss everything around and make it mildly bafffling. If anyone else is looking for the answer, here's the bit of info I found a few topics ago, from Laura:
"As for reseting your world, although the Emergency Kit does not seem to do that, if you go to My Computer ( Make sure that your game is no longer running first! ) and access the main Creatures 1 directory (Program Files/GOG.com/Creatures Albian Years/Creatures 1) you should a find a file called World.sfc . Delete that file, and then find another file in there called Eden.sfc . Make a copy of that file and rename it to World.sfc.
When you start up Creatures 1 again your world should be as good as new!"
Posted September 18, 2010
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FuzzyHydralisk: Evidently I missed the answer to this posted on another thread. GOG decided to toss everything around and make it mildly bafffling. If anyone else is looking for the answer, here's the bit of info I found a few topics ago, from Laura:
"As for reseting your world, although the Emergency Kit does not seem to do that, if you go to My Computer ( Make sure that your game is no longer running first! ) and access the main Creatures 1 directory (Program Files/GOG.com/Creatures Albian Years/Creatures 1) you should a find a file called World.sfc . Delete that file, and then find another file in there called Eden.sfc . Make a copy of that file and rename it to World.sfc.
When you start up Creatures 1 again your world should be as good as new!"

I'm not sure that GoG is responsible, though I wish they could have done something about it. Creatures: The Albian Years is a retail bundle, presumably assembled by Gameware, who currently owns Creatures. It's been available at places like Amazon for longer than it's been on GoG.
We need to set up an FAQ thread or something in this forum for the various Creatures issues that continue to pop up. I wonder if the mods would sticky it?
Posted July 06, 2011
At the risk of necro'ing a thread, the original solution of renaming Eden.sfc is *NOT* working for me. My world is pretty messed up...
Posted July 07, 2011
Perhaps these steps will help you out:

1.) Navigate to C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Creatures Albian Years\Creatures 1.
2.) Locate the file named Eden.sfc and make a copy of it.
3.) Navigate to Documents\Creatures\Creatures 1.
4.) Paste the copy of Eden.sfc in this location.
5.) Either delete or rename the world.sfc file that is located in Documents (not Program Files).
6.) Rename the copy of Eden.sfc to world.sfc.

I hope this helps! Remember that the GOG.com version of Creatures The Albian Years stores some data in Program Files, and others in Documents/My Documents. Please let us know if you need any more help: A messed up world is never much fun!

Good luck!
Posted July 31, 2011
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DiscoverAlbia: Perhaps these steps will help you out:

1.) Navigate to C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Creatures Albian Years\Creatures 1.
2.) Locate the file named Eden.sfc and make a copy of it.
3.) Navigate to Documents\Creatures\Creatures 1.
4.) Paste the copy of Eden.sfc in this location.
5.) Either delete or rename the world.sfc file that is located in Documents (not Program Files).
6.) Rename the copy of Eden.sfc to world.sfc.

I hope this helps! Remember that the GOG.com version of Creatures The Albian Years stores some data in Program Files, and others in Documents/My Documents. Please let us know if you need any more help: A messed up world is never much fun!

Good luck!
This is the solution that was not working for me. Is there another solution or work around?
Posted July 31, 2011
The other instances of a world.sfc that looks recent are located in Documents\Creatures\Creatures 1\Backup and Documents\Creatures\Creatures 1\TempBu. I've never touched these files before, but perhaps removing them and putting the new world.sfc in these locations will work? I'll be creating a new C1 world sometime this week, and I can see if this makes a difference.

There originally was an Emergency Kit included with Creatures 1 which allowed you to create a new world at the click of a button. This process is just the manual way of doing this, although I do miss that kit. It made things so easy!
Posted August 08, 2011
I just tested out the solution listed to create a new Creatures 1 world, and it worked for me. I'm not sure why else this would not work. What version of Windows are you using? The Eden.sfc method should work: I know I've used this in the past, and have had no problems. One way to make sure it's working is to follow the method, load your world, quit, and then check to see if the new world.sfc was updated to the current date and time. I believe Eden.sfc was created in 1997, so the change should be pretty obvious! I'm not sure what else to tell you, though, although this is baffling!
Posted August 11, 2011
OMG i love that other people are playing creatures too....heres me thinking i was the only one. I also need to make a new world in creatures one because i have now read the manual and had a play around in my current world and feel confident to be able tp care for a new world! I will try what was suggested and update.. Thanks
Posted August 11, 2011
i just tried to create a new world but cant even find where or how to get into the program C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Creatures Albian Years\Creatures 1 could someone thake me through it step by step....and probably even dumb it down even more please. sorry...
Posted August 13, 2011
Great to see another Creatures player, Raezhunt! You will need to navigate to the directory of your computer's files: Often found under My Computer, or even Documents. I believe you can also go into Windows Explorer: I'm pretty sure that's what it's called!

Then, it's just a matter of finding each file. The C: drive is often called "Local Disk (C:)" and can be expanded. You would then look for Program Files, then GOG.com, and so on.

I'm a bit on the terrible side when it comes to explaining these things, only because I often navigate through it all the time and have become used to it. Let me know if that helps any, or if you have any other specific questions.

Hopefully you'll have a new world up and running in no time!
Posted May 30, 2016
Hi ! I wonder if someone will answer this topic...

I have tried both versions and it only ended up killing another norn, and that's it. I always have the same number of eggs...

Maybe something to reset the hatchery ??

(plus my eden copy still is labelled with the same date as the old one, but anyway)

thanks for your help...
Posted May 31, 2016
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Moribrunk: ...
What do you mean when you say you "tried both versions and it only ended up killing another Norn"? Just want to make sure I'm understanding what's going on!

This solution is for a new world, and does not affect the number of eggs in the Hatchery. If you would like to reset it, you need to inject all of the eggs into the world. This should trigger it to replenish itself with six new eggs.

When you copy eden.sfc, it should retain the same old date. Make sure to rename it world.sfc and if it works, the date will change to today after you have opened Creatures 1 and exited.

Enjoy playing the game!
Posted April 07, 2023
I have downloaded several worlds; I´m trying to use the Premium world, which is just an improved version of Albia. But the changing the name of the file to world.sfc doesn´t work. Does anywone know if we can find the World switcher/cheat app that used to exist for the windows 98 version?
Posted April 09, 2023
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LaraR86: I have downloaded several worlds; I´m trying to use the Premium world, which is just an improved version of Albia. But the changing the name of the file to world.sfc doesn´t work. Does anywone know if we can find the World switcher/cheat app that used to exist for the windows 98 version?
Is this what you are referring to?
https://creatureswiki.net/World_Switcher
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