Lake Arid by poosticks

Name of map: Lake Arid
Size of map: 18 x 8
Ram required: 16 megs
Number of players: 2, 4
Uncompressed size: 1.13 Mb
poosticks map: 01

Installation instructions: 

* Requires Core Contingency
* Extract to C:\cavedog\totala folder with winzip or the like.


Start positions:	1	4
			3	2

Map description: Similar but larger version of the classic 'Lake Shore' map by Cavedog.
	No wind to speak of (no wind gens reduce lag) yet tidals give 25 energy.  Large 
	metal deposits near positions 3 and 4 make for interesting 2v2 gameplay.  
	Underwater patches of metal in the central area of the 'rocky bottomed' lake can be
	a major gain.  Four thermal vents are aslo available, with 2 being somewhat exposed
	to the sea :)  The low feature count (map is only 16 Mb) should contribute to 
	reduced disc swapping and hence reduced lag further.

Author's notes: My first full map!  I tend to concetrate on gameplay rather than shear 
	looks :) I prefer east-west maps personally, as this gives little percieved plant 
	orientation issue vs the north-south maps.

	Sea power at first seems to dominate this map.  Yet the keen porcer who dt's up the 
	sides of the lake may be surprised by land units easily negotiating the shoreside 
	shallows :)  I have added a fairly bumpy lake bottom to reduce the ability of ships
	(espically larger ones) to negotiate the lake.  The successful use of air-power has
	been somewhat tempered with the addition of features to dissuade some off screen 
	flying.  In addition, the generally flat and uncluttered nature of the map surface
	may promote hover use for those surprise attacks. It is a map full of possibilities.
	Just the way I like em :D

	Have fun!

	Cheers, poosticks :)

Map tip's: Fight for the central metal deposits.  Use the +contour 10 command when placing 
	shipyards. You might accidently block ships with an undersea pillar! +contour to
	turn off.  Don't forget, tidals produce 25 energy :)

Credits: This map was created in Annihilator 1.5 by KinBoat and TAE by Cavedog.
	 Massive thanks to Egg, Major Deviate and The Spider for helping to test this 
	 sucker!	

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