 Josh's World
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 AUTHOR:  joshcomm1 (Jon C. Randall)
 E-MAIL:  joshcomm@earthlink.net
 ICQ:     81658469
 MAP NAME: Josh's World
 PRI MAP TYPE: Epic
 SEC MAP TYPE: Metal
 SIZE OF MAP: 1.05mb unzipped, 1.05mb zipped, 16mb, 40 x 40
 MAX NO. PLAYERS: 10
 TESTED: Yes
 TOOLS USED: Annihilator 1.5, HPI View, HPI Pack, Small AI Designer v1.0.0, Paint Plus Pro 7.0, Notepad.
 REQUIRED FILES: TA:CC
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 "To overcome, comes from strength within."

 MAP TOPOGRAPHY:
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     This battlemap has a moderate variable wind, excellent metal values, and some thermal vents for war.  Used in both Multiplayer/Skirmish mode.
  
 COMBINATION TILE SETS USED:
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     All metal tiles and features on this battlemap.

 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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    This battlemap, "Josh's World," is dedicated to my many friends at TAMEC, especially to Firehawk and Stratos, and given to the Total Annihilation Community for their enjoyment.    

 "Josh's World" has 4 levels of play (Easy, Medium, Hard, Network 1), each with their own AI and Start Positions.  Do have your initial settings for computer/human metal and energy set for 1000 only on all levels (both Skirmish Mode and Online)! (EASY=Metal, MEDIUM=LandAir_SH, HARD & NETWORK 1=Never Again).  Note: VERY meticulous use of the "Void Tool" has been applied to all ramparts.  You can build upon the walls, ramparts, and buildings, and nothing will be out of line or over the edge.
 
 Though this is an "Epic" sized map (40 x 40), it only uses 1.05mb for size, and can operate off of 16mb ram (though I do recommend going 32mb ram on up).
                                        
 I do recommend, that if you play in Skirmish Mode, that you start with with all 10 players to get the full enhancement of the AI on the Hard setting, true sight, unmapped, non-nuclear.  If you are real gutsy, ally all nine of the computer ai's against you.  (heh heh)  I did design this also to be played in Multiplayer/Online with up to 10 players for one fantastic bloodbath of an flash rush and/or pork battle.

 I further recommend using WinZip to extract this "Josh's World.zip" file (and remember where you extracted it to): saving the "Josh's World.jpg" for viewing, "Josh's World ReadMe.txt" to read, and this unique battlemap "Josh's World.ufo" to be placed directly in your C:\Cavedog\Totala directory.

 I have included Three AI's with this battlemap.  These AI's works very well with this map for Skirmish Mode, and may surprise you as to how sophisticated they are.  I recommend your creating a file called AI in your C:\Cavedog\Totala directory, then installing the "Never Again.txt" AI file, the "AirLand_SH.txt" AI file, and the "Metal.txt" AI file into this newly created AI file in totala.  The three AI's are non-cheating, aggressive, and for Cavedog units only.

 You must have, in your C:\Cavedog\Totala directory, either The Core Contingency or Battle Tactics expansion packs installed in order to use this map.

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 CONTACT INFORMATION:
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  All otheres: Jon C. Randall - joshcomm@earthlink.net
 http://www.joshcomm.com 
