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Title: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: AutoPost on March 08, 2015, 05:37:09 PM
This topic is for discussion of map #1819: Nano Landscape
(http://knucklecracker.com/creeperworld3/queryMaps.php?query=thumbnailid&id=1819)

Author: Flash1255
Size: 32x21

Desc:
Here's a map that's 75% smaller than default maps. No uprades or ore are availibe, but only one emitter is here, and you do have time to prepare. Tip: If you can get a foothold on the opposite side of the map, victory should be yours. #Jinspired #Nanoland #NoSpores #Nodigitalis Difficulty: Very Easy (1 star)
Title: Re: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: stdout on March 09, 2015, 05:34:49 PM
I can't get better than 1:11 and I don't see how it's possible. So you expert players, how are you doing it?
Title: Re: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: warren on March 09, 2015, 06:49:38 PM
Five collectors and one nullifier. Or was it four collectors and one nullifier? Or six? I tried a lot of permutations.

Edit:
Two things that can shave milliseconds and are not needed on normal maps:
Spoiler

Tight control over build order. Deactivate everything but your first build item.
Build the nullifier last as it consumes all the energy you can produce.
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Title: Re: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: mzimmer74 on March 09, 2015, 07:20:19 PM
4 collectors and a nullifier worked to get 1:07.
Title: Re: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: thumbmaster on March 09, 2015, 09:46:37 PM
I only built 2 collectors and a nullifier and actually took longer.  :o
Title: Re: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: stdout on March 09, 2015, 10:01:07 PM
So you're not using relays at all?

(Edit: I see! I expected the relays were needed but that was where I went wrong. Using 4 collectors and one nullifier I got 1:07. Small maps like this one are excellent for teaching us new things and helping really get those nitty gritty details that make a difference.)
Title: Re: Custom Map #1819: Nano Landscape. By: Flash1255
Post by: mzimmer74 on March 10, 2015, 09:42:14 AM
Quote from: thumbmaster on March 09, 2015, 09:46:37 PM
I only built 2 collectors and a nullifier and actually took longer.  :o
Two collectors aren't enough to quickly build the nullifier without going into the red.