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--- cw3:dmd [2013/05/03 16:35] – created Michionlion
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-===== **D**ial **M**ap **D**evice =====
+===== Dial Map Device =====
+The DMD (Dial Map Device) is a map generation tool for Creeper World III.  By specifying a number of parameters, the user can create a fun, playable map in almost no time at all. Beating the map confers naming rights and allows other players to find the map in an online database.
+Even if the map is not named, the map generation code is available and can be shared between players so many people can play the same map.
+Here is the default DMD home panel.
+{{:cw3:dmd_main.jpg?500|}}
+There are 4 main areas for customization:
+  * [[dmd:Terrain|Terrain]]
+  * [[dmd:Resources|Resources]]
+  * [[dmd:enemies|Enemies]]
+  * [[dmd:units|Units]]
+Each of these deserves a separate page for a full description - some may run over several pages. :-)
+==== Quick Start ====
+Fortunately, you don't have to study anything to generate a map. When you open it, you will get the default map as shown in the thumbnail image in the DMD pane. Pressing **Launch Mission**  (at the bottom of the screen) will get you to play it. You can always return to that map by pressing the **Reset to Defaults** button near the top of the screen.
+To try out different maps, simply press the **I Feel Crazy** button next to the aforementioned button. Be careful, though! Once you click on it again, you can __never__ return to a map - unless you randomly get the same map again - and the odds are small, as there are literally billions of possible map combinations.

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