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Kritter Kreator Quick Start Guide Main Screen | Preferences | Kritter Kreator | Metamorph Chamber | Breeding Pen Game Arena | My Kritters / Roster | Map Editor | Credits NOTES: The Image Files included in this document are in the pics folder where you unzipped this file. They are larger so you can see more detail than in this document. Also included are 2 versions of a slideshow of all 6 images - 1 in Animated GIF (all platforms) and one in AVI (Windows) format. Parts of this document not yet implemented in the program are highlighted in red. Some parts of the document or images will be revised in the next build of Kritter Kreator. When you first start Kritter Kreator, you'll see the logo (a kritterfly) fly onto the screen. Visualizations of the theme music will start behind the logo, and a progress bar will be shown at the bottom of the screen. The first time you load Kritter Kreator, or if you upgrade your video card, once the progress bar has filled up you will be sent to the Preferences screen. Otherwise you'll be sent to the Main Screen. The Main Screen has 12 buttons - 4 around a logo, plus 8 buttons on a sidebar. The buttons around the logo are: Kritter Kreator - create new kritters. Breeding Pen - create a mate for and breed your kritters. Metamorph Chamber - edit your kritters. (only once per kritter however) Game Arena - play with your kritters. The 8 sidebar buttons are: My Kritters - see all the kritters you have. Preferences - set up technical options and your default game settings. Updates and Info - go to the website which has documents, forums and updates. Map Editor - create and edit game maps. Roster - set which kritters are your default for gameplay. Help and Tutorials - help files, an assistant, and tutorial missions. Credits - about Kritter Kreator and the people who created it. Quit - exit Kritter Kreator.
The Preferences screen has 4 sections: Graphics, Audio, Servers, and Game Options. Graphics Resolution - lets you select and test a size that the game will display on your screen. Colors - lets you select how many colors the game uses. 15-bit is the default so that colors will appear uniform on all monitors. FPS (frames per second) Goal - lets you select the level of performance to aim for. There are three settings - 30fps, 60fps and Maximize:
Show/Hide Menu Bar - Kritter Kreator can show a menu bar that:
Requirements - Kritter Kreator requires a 3D accelerator, such as a card with an nVidia, ATI or Voodoo-based chipset. Your graphics card will generally be detected and displayed. If not, there will be a few extra options:
Audio Audio System - If your computer has multiple audio devices, this lets you set which device to play sound through. 3D Sound - If you have more than 2 speakers (not including subwoofers), you should enable this option for more realism. Music - This enables or disables background music. You can also set whether to use MIDI or Ogg Vorbis sound format. Ogg Vorbis sounds better, but may impact performance. Ambient Sounds - This enables or disables ambient sounds - waves, wind, thunder, etc. Interface Sounds - This gives you audible feedback on some actions. Kritter Sounds - This lets you hear your Kritters. Servers This shows a list of server addresses, and three buttons. One address will always be shown (localhost) because it is for use in games not played on the Internet. Addresses are in this format:
IRC channels can also be used by substituting kk with your channel name (Samba cannot be used with this method). The three buttons let you add, remove, and search for servers to put on your list. These servers will be used to allow multiplayer gaming in Kritter Kreator. Some will require a username and password. If so they will look like:
If you use special characters ( . / \ ? ! @ ) in your username or password replace them with asterisks. Servers used by Kritter Kreator can be hosted with myServer or GGZ. Game You can set up default game play settings here. This part of the preferences will show up every time you start a new game so you can set it the way you want to play. You can
The Kritter Kreator tool lets you build kritters. You can:
Customization options include:
You can also load and save template kritters, and get more from the online gallery. You can put your own Kritters in the gallery as well. The only limit you have in creating kritters is how many points you have. You start with 100000 points and earn more through playing the games in the game arena. This section has the same interface as the Kritter Kreator, with a few important changes:
This section allows you to create a mate for your Kritters and breed them. This is a requirement, as Kritters die after 100 games. You select the Kritter Type you want to breed, select mutation levels, gender, and number of babies. A sidebar shows how many babies and adults you have of a kritter type by gender. The mutations in the game generally halve or double the amount of parts. Heads and legs will generally double, all other parts will generally halve. Colors, diets, habitats, and aesthetic features may also change. Generally mutations do no good, and may even cause problems, but if you really want to you may mutate your kritters. Breeding costs 50,000 points + 1000 points per baby.
The Game Arena is where you play with your kritters. Your kritters start at a small base building. You help them find food and ore, plus coupons that give you a free kritter or extra points. Each game also has a special goal such as Capture the Flag or Labyrinth Race. At the bottom left corner of the screen, you'll see a minimap, your selected kritter, and tools that let you control your kritter. The top of the screen also has a toolbar which features tools to:
The My Kritters and Roster screens are part of an Explorer-style interface that allow you to:
The map editor is a point-and-click tool based on the GOaL map editor. You can:
You can also reuse maps inside other maps, and add your own objects. Once you are done, your map can be saved and used as a map in the Game Arena of Kritter Kreator. You can also edit maps included with the game or get more from the gallery. This document was created by: Mikey Lubker -
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