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Title: GameGibu's Maps (2016.02.19)
Post by: GameGibu on December 31, 2015, 09:56:07 AM

A place for everyone to discuss my maps in general, and where I can post work-in-progress maps as well as update you guys on my new maps.

Particles Sighted Near Granturn Alpha!
Abraxis is on his way to the third mysterious sighting of particles, this time in low orbit around Granturn Alpha, a star turned superplanet due to cooling.

As they approach Granturn Alpha, Lia will continue research on the data gathered from their recent victory near Tonystark. Will there be any new ways to defend ourselves from the particle threat? Only time will tell. And our last time machine was just stolen...

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-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Michionlion on January 01, 2016, 12:35:33 AM

I don't see any attachment, just so you know. Make sure you went into 'Attachments and other options', and selected the 'Choose File' option, found your file, and uploaded it. You have to be on the actual reply page, not the quick reply box below the posts.

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Builder17 on January 01, 2016, 03:42:45 AM

And saved changes after successfully attaching file. :)

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Johnny Haywire on January 02, 2016, 10:39:42 PM

I was thinking it'd be cool to have like a pyramid vs pyramid battle using Tek's pyramid scripts which he got from some other dude I think. Dunno if it's possible to switch the normal AC production into creeper production (?), and maybe even combine that with the volcano script that spews out spores and stuff.

What would be totally mean (and significantly more difficult) is if those mines reproduced and popped up in random places (within a designated area that is... don't want them popping up under a CN. Or maybe you DOooOOoo... buwahahah). As for the emitter strength I guess that'd depend on what kinda weapons & resources are available. Obviously, you're not finished with this - and I'm guessing you'll make the emitter strong enough to overpower a shield + terp + guppy rush... I'm sure whatever it is will be good. You seem to do a good job balancing maps out. I'd be glad to test out something for you if that'd help. ;D

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 02, 2016, 11:05:34 PM

Thanks for the input!:D

Spoiler

Right now I'm working on a script for moving your units around along with shifting terrain. Should end up either as a really cool game mechanic or as a lag machine. (Probably the lag machine :P)

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I'm not yet into using other people's scripts, since as I have stated before I've had this game for about a week. I've learned more than a lot, but mostly through trial and removal of my maps from colonial space.

It seems that I like to find maps that other people make and improve them (Omaha Beach by DaWall for example), but I'm getting more and more into the scripting of it and less in the mapbuilding. I think I need a good map to work off of.

Johnny Haywire, you seem to play a lot of maps, maybe you cold find me some to modify? All I need is the original author(s) and any credits they make to other users. I like giving people credit for their work. ;)

Thanks all!
-GameGibu

P.S. Here's my movement script as of 23:00 Earth Standard Time on 2016.01.02 for anyone who's interested:
(keep in mind it's not finished but I've tried to provide good documentation for my functions) :)

Code Select

once "
" ->newline endonce
@run
	









:run
	

:awake
	Self "main" "NONE" SetImage

#Moves all units in a defined area one space in the specified direction
#Args: xStart yStart xDimension yDimension moveDirection
#moveDirection: 0=right, 1=down, 2=left, 3=up
:moveUnitsArea
	->DIR
	->yDIM
	->xDIM
	->y1
	->x1
	@detectUnitsArea
	->count
	0 ->ILOOP
	while <-ILOOP <-count lt repeat
		->unit
		if(<-DIR 0 eq)
			<-unit CONST_COORDX <-unit CONST_COORDX GetUnitAttribute 1 add SetUnitAttribute
		else
			if(<-DIR 1 eq)
				<-unit CONST_COORDY <-unit CONST_COORDY GetUnitAttribute 1 add SetUnitAttribute
			else
				if(<-DIR 2 eq)
					<-unit CONST_COORDX <-unit CONST_COORDX GetUnitAttribute 1 sub SetUnitAttribute
				else
					if(<-DIR 3 eq)
						<-unit CONST_COORDY <-unit CONST_COORDY GetUnitAttribute 1 sub SetUnitAttribute
					else
						ShowTraceLog
						Trace("Error occurred while trying to move unit: " <-unit concat " at: X=" concat <-unit CONST_COORDX GetUnitAttribute concat " Y=" concat <-unit CONST_COORDY GetUnitAttribute concat <-newline concat "Stack:" concat)
						TraceStack
					endif
				endif
			endif
		endif
	endwhile
	
	
	

#pushes all the units in the specified area to the stack, followed by the number of units found
#Args: xStart yStart xDimension yDimension
:detectUnitsArea
	->yDIM
	->xDIM
	->y1
	->x1
	0 ->FOUND
	0 ->ILOOP
	0 ->JLOOP
	while <-ILOOP lt(<-xDIM) repeat
		0 ->JLOOP
		while <-JLOOP lt(<-yDIM) repeat
				GetUnitAt(<-x1 <-ILOOP add <-y1 <-JLOOP add) ->unit
				if(<-unit -1 eq)
					
				else
					<-unit
					<-FOUND 1 add ->FOUND
				endif
			<-JLOOP 1 add ->JLOOP
		endwhile
		<-ILOOP 1 add ->ILOOP
	endwhile

#WARNING: Large area modification may result in significant loss of performance!!!
:FillSetTerrain 
	->height
	->yDIM
	->xDIM
	->y1
	->x1
	0 ->ILOOP
	while <-ILOOP lt(<-xDIM) repeat
		0 ->JLOOP
		while <-JLOOP lt(<-yDIM) repeat
			SetTerrain(<-x1 <-ILOOP add <-y1 <-JLOOP add <-height)
			<-JLOOP 1 add ->JLOOP
		endwhile
		<-ILOOP 1 add ->ILOOP
	endwhile

:FillAddCreeper
	->Amt
	->yDIM
	->xDIM
	->y1
	->x1
	0 ->ILOOP
	while <-ILOOP lt(<-xDIM) repeat
		0 ->JLOOP
		while <-JLOOP lt(<-yDIM) repeat
			AddCreeper(<-x1 <-ILOOP add <-y1 <-JLOOP add <-Amt)
			<-JLOOP 1 add ->JLOOP
		endwhile
		<-ILOOP 1 add ->ILOOP
	endwhile

:FillSetCreeper
	->Amt
	->yDIM
	->xDIM
	->y1
	->x1
	0 ->ILOOP
	while <-ILOOP lt(<-xDIM) repeat
		0 ->JLOOP
		while <-JLOOP lt(<-yDIM) repeat
			SetCreeper(<-x1 <-ILOOP add <-y1 <-JLOOP add <-Amt)
			<-JLOOP 1 add ->JLOOP
		endwhile
		<-ILOOP 1 add ->ILOOP
	endwhile

I wrote all that in about an hour... :o

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Johnny Haywire on January 03, 2016, 12:16:41 AM

Yeah, I'll see which maps I rated highly. I don't play as much as some - I've finished about 1/5 of the maps on CS I think. I tend to like the ones that are "different". Here's a list of my favs - and a lot of them are PAC or Sleeper maps, btw.

2847, 2825, 2819, 2816, 2814, 2790, 1962, 1788

These I rated as "10". I only have 12 maps rated 10... about 1/20 out of all I've rated.

2805, 2753, 2757, 2728, 2669, 2441, 2578, 2304, 1511, 2020, 1607, 209
Several of those "10s" should have some pretty interesting custom scripts for you to perhaps get some ideas from or whatever. Hope that helps!

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 03, 2016, 09:41:08 AM

I'll look at these and see what I can do.

Thanks! :D ;D
-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 03, 2016, 10:30:02 PM

I've made a new map: Creeper's Causeway.

I based it off of one of the parts of a DMD map that I named, but other than that central road, this is completely original.
(in fact I erased the entire map after I imported it from DMD and redrew everything, so at most the road is slightly reminiscent of the DMD map.)

I spent most of my time working on a special feature for this map: cannons, and what they fired: good-old-fashioned energy-propelled balls of iron.

So check it out here (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=19899.0).

And remember to download the map and see the cannons in action! (and hear them, at least for a short time before you go deaf ;))

Warmest regards,
-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 03, 2016, 10:49:26 PM

Quote from: Johnny Haywire on January 03, 2016, 12:16:41 AM
Here's a list of my favs - and a lot of them are PAC or Sleeper maps, btw.

2847, 2825, 2819, 2816, 2814, 2790, 1962, 1788

These I rated as "10". I only have 12 maps rated 10... about 1/20 out of all I've rated.

2805, 2753, 2757, 2728, 2669, 2441, 2578, 2304, 1511, 2020, 1607, 209
Several of those "10s" should have some pretty interesting custom scripts for you to perhaps get some ideas from or whatever. Hope that helps!

Hmm, maybe not these ones, because I'm finding today that the ones you rate highly are pretty good already, and don't really need to be redone. I'm thinking maybe you could deliver me a few that you rated low but thought had potential or you thought lacked complexity, and I can bring them up to speed, giving the original author a boost. Also, I've realized as I'm typing this that other people's crpl is not really for me to touch, since their scripts more often than not are exactly the way they want them, or are special to coords on the map that I shouldn't change. So if you could list maps with potential, I might be able to do an extreme makeover in a constructive way.

I really appreciate what you are doing though :D ;D , and don't forget to check out each new map I create and tell me what you think in each one's respective forum page. I keep those open and refresh often, so chances are any questions will be answered within a few minutes of the original upload, and after any other uploads of mine. 8)

And that goes for y'all out there watching these conversations. check out my maps and tell me what you like and what you don't like! ;D ;D ;D

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Michionlion on January 04, 2016, 01:17:57 AM

Feel free to take a look at some of my old maps (all of them relatively close to map #0), and do some re-doing. They are pretty old, but could be spiced up a bit with CRPL - none of them have any, and that could provide an interesting experience.

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 04, 2016, 02:59:46 PM

I'll look at those soon. Thanks for offering! :D

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: J on January 05, 2016, 02:18:07 PM

Quote from: Johnny Haywire on January 05, 2016, 01:56:44 PM
If that's the case, then here's a scenario that should work: Post a map you can't beat on this forum and let people try to beat it. If anyone can beat it w/o using cheats, then you could beat it WITH the cheat (just make sure you take a long time to win so people can beat your score) and then post it. Anyway, I think that'd work...

The most legal possible way is to ask someone to send you a save with the map almost completed. The game shouldn't be able to detect that (unless you edited the map in meantime) and you have a legal score to post.

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 05, 2016, 10:31:30 PM

Quote from: Johnny Haywire on January 05, 2016, 01:56:44 PM
...I think you'd be able to make a map that you personally can't beat. But if the other person beats it does that mean he has to post it?

If that's the case, then here's a scenario that should work: Post a map you can't beat on this forum and let people try to beat it. If anyone can beat it w/o using cheats, then you could beat it WITH the cheat (just make sure you take a long time to win so people can beat your score) and then post it. Anyway, I think that'd work...

Quote from: J on January 05, 2016, 02:18:07 PM
The most legal possible way is to ask someone to send you a save with the map almost completed. The game shouldn't be able to detect that (unless you edited the map in meantime) and you have a legal score to post.

I'd prefer to credit whoever completes it or nearly completes it, as long as it's a legit score.

So I'll get working on a mind-bendingly difficult map A.S.A.P., although possible may not be very soon due too a recent prank involving my terminal and an airlock...

So in the meantime, enjoy this over and over and over and over as I have: music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWz0qVvBZ0).

Sincerely,
GameGibu

Spoiler

When will you stop?

Spoiler

Well, you got to here. Maybe you should turn back...

Spoiler

I thought not.

Spoiler

Congratulations!

Spoiler

You've just wasted a minute of your time. But you enjoyed it. That's what games are too! :P

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Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 06, 2016, 03:29:34 PM

Why don't we get back to the original topic here. I don't know how to shorten this page, so conversation comments could get really out of hand and distract readers. I'm considering quoting all the current replies and putting them under a spoiler button in the topic post so that we can delete the oldest replies and conversations, allowing more recent comments to appear higher up on the page. Of course, that would also require moderator action or voluntary deletion of the replies I save, and that might not happen.

I would like this to remain a clear and concise forum post. :)

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Johnny Haywire on January 06, 2016, 11:07:10 PM

Ok, deleted some of my irrelevant posts and stuff... You can modify & delete your own posts but I guess no one else's. Cheers! ;D

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: TLFP on January 23, 2016, 07:38:33 AM

Quote from: GameGibu on January 23, 2016, 04:18:59 AM
New Map in the works right now! Started about four hours ago and now I'm finished, but I'll need super-mega-extreme-hardcore-expert players to post scores so that I can upload and possibly challenge Alter Old! (if he even does that kind of thing, and of course he's made quick work of my other maps, but this is far from any ordinary map. )

Here's something to get you thinking...

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2jakg0n.png)

Yup, I made that from scratch in about a half hour. It was such many fun in such dinky little program. ;)
Guess exactly what it does before I release and I'll put you, yes you, into my next map! ;D ;D ;D ;D

-GameGibu

A laser satellite that destroys player units.

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: TLFP on January 23, 2016, 03:25:16 PM

Here's the Avatar! (Just in case anyone is wondering, I guessed what the unit does)

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 23, 2016, 03:41:47 PM

Ok, I got it and made it the right size, now i just have to get an uploadable save of Disintegration and then start on a new map concept.

Thanks!

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Karsten75 on January 26, 2016, 07:32:03 PM

OK, so now I'm taking note. If this thread does not return to discussing your maps, this thread will materialize in the Random section.

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 27, 2016, 09:02:25 AM

Right... deleting posts...
^
Irrelevant

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on January 29, 2016, 10:36:48 AM

Disintegration is out! Tell me what you think! (other than "it's too hard", of course.) :D :D

-GameGibu

And thanks again to Johnny Haywire (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=5710) for playtesting and providing constructive criticism! ;D If he couldn't complete the map, then I could not post it. :D

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on February 04, 2016, 11:59:42 AM

I may do a map series next. If you think this is a good idea, please say so. :)

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: TLFP on February 04, 2016, 01:01:19 PM

Quote from: GameGibu on February 04, 2016, 11:59:42 AM
I may do a map series next. If you think this is a good idea, please say so. :)

-GameGibu

I say so! ;)

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on February 06, 2016, 01:45:38 AM

Okay, so what I'm working on right now is something that I think at least TheLongFellowPLAYER will appreciate. If it runs correctly, I've managed to write this complicated system in two scripts and without hitting 0(n²).

If you know what that means then you will definitely appreciate the portability I've built in and plan to build in.

This could even become a third game type.

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on February 16, 2016, 10:08:18 AM

I haz new map up! :D :D

It's called "Particular", and it's the second map in my Particles series!

Check it out (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=20161.0)!

-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on February 18, 2016, 02:51:01 PM

Quote from: D0m0nik on February 17, 2016, 04:07:37 PM
Tried this last night and failed miserably so came back at it tonight with a new strategy and loved it. The first map with the new unit was good but the gameplay was not complex, this map kicks some butt though. Fantastic challenge that had me consistently challenged throughout, 10/10.

Thanks, D0m0nik! I tried to make this play interesting by blocking a guppy rush to the far arm.

Your rating means a lot to me...

I wish everyone rated maps fairly but meh, that's out of my control.

-GameGibu

QuoteLive long and prosper - er I mean, I hope this doesn't hurt too much.
*pokes you in the eyes*

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: Johnny Haywire on February 18, 2016, 04:14:20 PM

This version lagged my comp a lot more than the previous one. You're just TRYING to get me to buy a new computer aren't you?! :P

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps
Post by: GameGibu on February 19, 2016, 08:32:29 AM

Quote from: Johnny Haywire on February 18, 2016, 04:14:20 PM
This version lagged my comp a lot more than the previous one. You're just TRYING to get me to buy a new computer aren't you?! :P

You must have let it run or done really high speed, because the lag is a little less noticeable at normal speeds/when using frame-stepping, which is what I do all the time.

Sorry :-\
-GameGibu

Title: Re: GameGibu's Maps (2016.02.19)
Post by: Johnny Haywire on February 19, 2016, 05:23:27 PM

No problem, mate! Yeah I always play in at least 4x speed - on big, long maps I'll get the speed booster to kick it up to 10x or so. Don't care so much about posted times as in the amount of real time it takes me to win.

I do "need" a new computer. Haven't bought a desktop for myself in almost 2 years now. Everyone knows that games exist for the primary purpose of showing how inadequate old computers are... which influences you to buy a new machine and keep it until games run too slowly on it. I'm not sure if computers have another use or not. ;D

Knuckle Cracker

Creeper World 3 => Custom Map Discussion => Topic started by: GameGibu on December 31, 2015, 09:56:07 AM