Toggling/switches for random mode?

[sully]

I like using the experimental buildings, but it's a pain in the butt to cycle through 30 random maps or whatever until one that enables experimental mode pops up.

Is there any plan to allow us to select certain options, and then randomize a map with them?

If not, there should be-we can already choose complexity and size, why not add other things on top of that?  Sliding scale for the creeper emitters, phantoms enabled/disabled, quantity of phantoms, etc.

[mpete]

sounds good
but i think most have switched to custom maps

[Echo51]

Before Virgil added in the preview screen to see things such as ore amount and if a map was experimental. The experimental side should still be functional, provided not alot has changed since code maps first surfaced.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13348293/HashCheck.swf

[UpperKEES]

I asked for a search feature as well (mainly to search for high intensity emitters), but I guess Virgil never got around to implementing this.

Minimum amount of emitters: 5
Minimum avg. emitter strength: 10 M
Minimum max. emitter strength: 100 M
Minimum amount of gateways: 3

[Search!]

[Grauniad]

Here's an idea: You usually have no idea if a code map is winnable when you start playing it.

So, if you see a map you like, simply save it right at the beginning, open it in the editor, add experimentals, or jack up emitter strength and voilà! - you have a perfect map. If the map plays nice, put it up as a custom map and others can play it too.

If many people do this, the quality of custom maps can improve a lot.

[Fisherck]

Here's an idea: You usually have no idea if a code map is winnable when you start playing it.

So, if you see a map you like, simply save it right at the beginning, open it in the editor, add experimentals, or jack up emitter strength and voilà! - you have a perfect map. If the map plays nice, put it up as a custom map and others can play it too.

If many people do this, the quality of custom maps can improve a lot.

Viola indeed... :)