1. Cranim.txt - This is a text file; it's hard to call it a script, let alone a program.
2. Cranim.txt is a module (part) of the program, more precisely an add-on to the program. By changing Cranim.txt we thereby make a change to the program.
3. But Cranim.txt

no matter what you call it, changes to the game occur one way or another.

It only serves to speed up the animation, I think this is not a critical parameter, let alone equating it to the category of cheating, that's nonsense IMHO.

I didn't think you were that naive. You evidently didn't read the thread very carefully; re-read the last pages one more time.
You can write anything you want, but what's inside, even the author himself doesn't know:) As if they would reveal all the maps to you. That's the thing — there is no manual for the program!

When you buy, say, butter in a store, you come home and open it and there's margarine. Well, okay, it's not critical, I'll make do with margarine.