Custom Metalspot Income

[Sheekel]

I dont know if this is already possible, but I'd be quite useful if you could make certain metal spots worth more/less.

Then you could strategically place metal spots with greater and lesser incomes around the map for more diverse/aggressive expansion and gameplay.

[yuritch]

Already possible, quite a few maps have that AFAIK.

[KDR_11k]

That was in since OTA. What do you think the different colors in metal view mean?

[zwzsg]

When making a map, you have an image where a whole channel is the metal output. That means, for every square in the map, you can choose a metal value between 0 and 255. Then you can choose a map-wide multiplier for that value, and the extraction range. Most mapper likes to stick to TA style metal distribution, with small patch of concentrated metal, for gameplay reason. But nothing prevent weirder map distribution, and indeed, since the beginning of Spring there were many maps with strange metal distribution. Press F4 to see metal distribution: Black is no metal, dark green is very low metal, green medium metal, and blue high metal.

So:
- Metal doesn't have to be concentrated in spots.
- Each square of a map can have 255 level of metal concentration.
- Each map has its own metal multiplier.
- Each map can have its own metal extraction radius.
- There are maps with unusual metal distribution.
- Those maps are rarely played.