Custom Map #176: Beam Me Up. By: planetfall

[AutoPost]

This topic is for discussion of map #176: Beam Me Up


Author: planetfall
Size: 127x95

Desc:
The mysterious power zone producing technology does not appear to be confined to one world... (This is to be a series. This series shall have no name.) #Spores #NoDigitalis #CRPL

[Neoshade]

Great Map. I enjoyed the 3-sided opening. Each corner was uniquely challenging, and choosing which 3 of the 4 to use made for an interesting and re-playable map.
I did have one problem though - The artificial Power Zones don't have any storage capacity. So when I had some spare guppies nearby (even though everything was already connected to the main network) the guppies would supply the PZs and when they took off to return to base for resupply, the new stream of packets coming from the Command Nodes wouldn't be able to reach the PZ in time before it blew up my unit.
It's sill really. I had to stop using any guppies back to ensure that the PZ's were getting a continuous stream of packets from the CNs.
I think they need a small storage capacity, just 10 packets would do, but 100 would allow for a round-trip of a guppy.

[Flabort]

They do in more recent maps. I think this was the last one without a storage capacity on the PZ Generators.

[planetfall]

No, they get storage in map 4.