Custom Map #444: Kill It With Fire!. By: planetfall

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Author: planetfall
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[PF #13] Before heading to Turkos Prime, our heroes stop at an old defense outpost to see if anything can be salvaged. #CRPL #CustomEnemy #Spores #Digitalis #Runners #Void #Islands #PFSeries

[Flabort]

My initial thought?
"Start ambitious, aggressive."
My current thought?
"Let's... try that again...."

[Jamz]

Abooooouuuuut time* yay! :D

* just kidding. appreciate the immense effort you're putting in to provide us with free solid entertainment.

[tornado]

The question is can fire kill it?
This is why I want an app so I can pla this now
But I'll have to wait
(Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!???!??!!!?!!?!!!!!?!??!???!?!!!)

[burguertime]

Shields need to be toned down. it takes almost 30 beams to strip a stack of runners of shields. Also, shields should weaken without digitalis. It just breaks having the runners stay forever there. Runners should not exist indefinitely without digitalis.


Also, for moving the constructor one cell, bind a second set of "arrows" to the constructor script.

shift + WASD = 3 cell movement.

shift + IJKL = 1 cell movement.

[tornado]

where on this do i land
srsly where on this do i land
ill die if i land anywhere big enough

[burguertime]

where on this do i land

on any map, one good way to pick a landing spot is to let the game run for a minute or more, and notice where the creeper goes to LAST.

Spoiler

In this map, land near the left and bottom energy packs. Then use the energy packs to make a collector network and some weapons after 30s

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[tornado]

I would like to point out that I'm too stupid to do that but I wont

[Helper]

I guess there must be some way to take advantage of the special units available, but I could not figure them out.
All kinds of custom units that can't be killed (TMK), so I just hammered away with the basic units.

Once again a game that can't be fully enjoyed when you don't have a clue what is going on. Either some kind of text access within the game or an explanation here in the map thread could make all the difference.

Phenomenal concepts and work on your part, but it was lost on this player.
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I would like to point out that I'm too stupid to do that but I wont

If you're like me, pictures are worth their weight in electrons:

H

[planetfall]

Shields need to be toned down. it takes almost 30 beams to strip a stack of runners of shields. Also, shields should weaken without digitalis. It just breaks having the runners stay forever there. Runners should not exist indefinitely without digitalis.

OK - the idea in this map was to make some incentive to use the singularity or flame drones to destroy the shields. But fair enough.

Also, for moving the constructor one cell, bind a second set of "arrows" to the constructor script.

shift + WASD = 3 cell movement.

shift + IJKL = 1 cell movement.

Good idea.

where on this do i land

on any map, one good way to pick a landing spot is to let the game run for a minute or more, and notice where the creeper goes to LAST.

Spoiler

In this map, land near the left and bottom energy packs. Then use the energy packs to make a collector network and some weapons after 30s

[close]

Or land wherever and fortify it with the pre-loaded terps. That works pretty well too.

I guess there must be some way to take advantage of the special units available, but I could not figure them out.
All kinds of custom units that can't be killed (TMK), so I just hammered away with the basic units.

Once again a game that can't be fully enjoyed when you don't have a clue what is going on. Either some kind of text access within the game or an explanation here in the map thread could make all the difference.

Phenomenal concepts and work on your part, but it was lost on this player.

Are you scanning things (Ctrl-E)? That should display a conversation that explains what all the special stuff does (unless I've screwed something up again...)

[Helper]

Are you scanning things (Ctrl-E)? That should display a conversation that explains what all the special stuff does (unless I've screwed something up again...)

Yes, did the scans on each of the towers, but still couldn't figure out exactly what the instructions were. There are new enemies with abilities that aren't explained and (apparently) new weapons available to fight them. It appears as though RrR has figured out the (double-secret-probation) code to the new capabilities, but the rest of us used the old beat on 'em til they're dead philosophy.

TO EMPHASIZE - amazing work that you make happen, but it appears to be beyond my ability to comprehend WTH is going on.
:)
H

[planetfall]

Are you scanning things (Ctrl-E)? That should display a conversation that explains what all the special stuff does (unless I've screwed something up again...)

Yes, did the scans on each of the towers, but still couldn't figure out exactly what the instructions were. There are new enemies with abilities that aren't explained and (apparently) new weapons available to fight them. It appears as though RrR has figured out the (double-secret-probation) code to the new capabilities, but the rest of us used the old beat on 'em til they're dead philosophy.

TO EMPHASIZE - amazing work that you make happen, but it appears to be beyond my ability to comprehend WTH is going on.
:)
H

Which enemies and units do you not understand, then? Maybe I will be able to explain better here where I'm not constrained to a bunch of five-line boxes. Though there might be a programming issue as well... i.e. when you scanned the missile launchers, did it also explain what each missile type did?

Going purely on which maps you have and haven't commented on, I'm guessing that it's the shields, the green drones, the fire missiles, and the tech shrine that says it is for a "Marauder Drone."

Oh, and possibly the factories. I think that's everything new-ish. ::)

[Helper]

Which enemies and units do you not understand, then? Maybe I will be able to explain better here where I'm not constrained to a bunch of five-line boxes. Though there might be a programming issue as well... i.e. when you scanned the missile launchers, did it also explain what each missile type did?

Going purely on which maps you have and haven't commented on, I'm guessing that it's the shields, the green drones, the fire missiles, and the tech shrine that says it is for a "Marauder Drone."

Oh, and possibly the factories. I think that's everything new-ish. ::)

OK - I just did a filter on your games and realized that there are 7 that I have not yet completed. Maybe if I go back to the oldest and work forward I'll get caught up with your current technology.
Thanks,
H

[Lenori]

Finally get a good start...  planetfall you made the flamthrowers too smart!!

Spoiler

I was thinking that I could distract one with a birtha as the nullifier charged up, no luck... 

[close]

Have to try again and work quicker to either kill the forge or the other todems.....

[planetfall]

Finally get a good start...  planetfall you made the flamthrowers too smart!!

Spoiler

I was thinking that I could distract one with a birtha as the nullifier charged up, no luck... 

[close]

Have to try again and work quicker to either kill the forge or the other todems.....

Spoiler

Actually, they target the nearest unit, and both flamethrowers can be taken out with a nullifier on the PZ from a missile launcher -- that leaves plenty of space to build a bertha closer in, just make sure that the flamethrower won't destroy any of your network while it's rotating (its firing range is slightly larger than its targeting range).

If all else fails, you can build a factory and mass-produce pulse cannons to distract it.

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