This program is for use with Creatures 3 only.
I got tired of my creatures from Creatures 3 always being exported to the same "My Creatures" folder no matter what world they came from. It was very hard to keep track of what creatures came from which world without a lot of effort. Why, I wondered, hadn't the program been made so that each world had it's own "My Creatures" folder?
A little digging in the registry revealed the location where the path to the "My Creatures" folder was stored as well as the path to the "My Worlds" folder. With this information I was able to write a program that enables me to change the location of the folder I want Creatures 3 to export creatures to.
The program is quite simple. It searches the world folders in the "My Worlds" folder for ones that contain a "My Creatures" folder. When it finds a world containing a "My Creatures" folder it adds the name of that world to a list. If a world folder doesn't contain a "My Creatures" folder that worlds' name will not be added to the list. Once the program has made a list of worlds containing a "My Creatures" folder you can select a world and click a button in order to tell Creatures 3 to export creatures to that folder. There is also an option to use the default "My Creatures" folder.
IMPORTANT: The location of the "My Creatures" folder must be changed BEFORE starting Creatures 3. If you change the location while Creatures 3 is running, the new folder will not be used until Creatures 3 is restarted. While this means you must exit and restart Creatures 3 each time you want to change where creatures are exported to, this is a lot less trouble than keeping track of creatures from several worlds in a single "My Creatures" folder.
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM: changer.zip (273 KB)
Changer.exe is Freeware. Changer.exe is Copyright 2000 by David Hagler.
Unzip CHANGER.ZIP into a folder (it doesn't matter where.) It contains changer.exe, changer.htm, and five .GIFs that accompany the htm file.
Double click changer.exe to start it.
You will see the following screen:
The textbox under the 'Current "My Creatures" folder:' label shows the current location of the "My Creatures" folder. This textbox cannot be edited.
The 'Use Default "My Creatures" folder' option button is used to restore the default "My Creatures" folder location.
The 'Use the "My Creatures" folder in world' option button is used to change the location of the "My Creatures" folder to a "My Creatures" folder located in a world folder.
Before proceeding be sure that you have created a folder called "My Creatures" in each world folder that you want to be able to export creatures to. If a world folder doesn't have a "My Creatures" folder in it, then that world will not be shown in the list of worlds to choose from.
1) Select the 'Use the "My Creatures" folder in world' option.
This will enable the list below it so you can select a world.
2) Select a world name in the list by clicking on it. It will be highlighted to
indicate it is selected.
3) Click the 'Set "My Creatures" Folder' button. This changes the location.
After clicking the 'Set "My Creatures" Folder' button the new location is displayed in the textbox under the 'Current "My Creatures" folder:' label. At this point when you run Creatures 3 it will use the new location of the "My Creatures" folder for importing and exporting creatures.
1) Select the 'Use Default "My Creatures" folder' option.
2) Click the 'Set "My Creatures" Folder' button. This changes the
location.
After clicking the 'Set "My Creatures" Folder' button the default location is displayed in the textbox under the 'Current "My Creatures" folder:' label. When you run Creatures 3 it will use the default location of the "My Creatures" folder for importing and exporting creatures.
