Code for biggest oil level in single play

[Ernie McKrackin]

Just curious If anyone knows a numerical code for a big oil level. Something that resembles the mayor's island @ end game.

[Gamious]

Share your favorite Seed number in this thread. Good idea!

[Ernie McKrackin]

So I tested a few seeds, here are the results...

2007734 = 45,000 profit
0000001 = 40,000
0777777 = 20,000
0976453 = 39,000
2654398 = 52,000

All seeds played on Fertile lands.

[Stabbin' Hobo]

I started with 0000001 and went to 00000030 just starting the level and then clicking end to see what looked good. Nothing to write home about, going to do a few more but its....boring, won't look past 0000100 though so its up to others to continue the quest.

LOL, only another 9999900 seeds to check, get cracking folks.


Through 0000300, nothing worth noting.

Someone should volunteer for 0000101-0000200

I see we got a volunteer for that. Im going to do 201-300 then cause I have zero life.

[Gamious]

Haha, we love the ambition! But there are 10 million different levels, mind you. So if everyone checked 100 levels, we'd still need 100k people. :-)

The way we usually keep track of interesting levels is by playing single games for fun, and then noting down the seed numbers when the level is finished (if it was a juicy level).

[erikleppen]

In fact, there are already 40,000,000 levels, as the area is also important. For example, the first area doesn't generate rocks, so anything that's generated after rocks will be different for the first area.

Also, if we ever change the generation algorithm for single levels, all seeds will have different outcome than they had before. So that would provide for 40,000,000 *new* levels. And such a change could happen, because the generation algorithm for single levels is the same as that for campaign levels. And such a change will also probably go by un-announced, as sometimes we just have to tweak things slightly for better balance in the campaign.

So, to summarize: please remind that seeds are to be used within a version, not across versions :)

[Stabbin' Hobo]

I know there are 10 million levels, but the original guy isn't looking for the absolute best, just a very very good one. I figured there would be a winner once every 4 or 5 hundred seeds.

[Ernie McKrackin]

checking 0000101-200 now...

I followed your lead Actionball by just checking the start of the level. Of those 99 levels #124 was the best. I played it and made $72,000. I see your checking 201-300. This is going to take a very long time, we need more volunteers, unless Gamious gives us a break and tells us the answer. :]

[Xyon GER]

Aweoms idea, go on :)

[benki]

Also take into account that when you choose fertile lands, you have about zero upgrades. I would only play the fourth stage because I am used to upgrades to play properly and to maximise profit.

[Stabbin' Hobo]

This is for single level play, I think you have all the upgrades except for rock drill and drilling speed available.

That does bring up the point that you don't get drill speed upgrade for that level in single level, odd since you get all the others.

[Gamious]

Originally posted by Xyphoid Process:

checking 0000101-200 now...

I followed your lead Actionball by just checking the start of the level. Of those 99 levels #124 was the best. I played it and made $72,000. I see your checking 201-300. This is going to take a very long time, we need more volunteers, unless Gamious gives us a break and tells us the answer. :]

LOL
We would if we could. We have played a lot of levels, but not close to 40 Mil. And because the algorithm changes every now and again, we can all start over again.
We are thinking about ways to improve on Single Levels though, So stay tuned for more on that in the coming month or so.

[Gamious]

Originally posted by ActionballHATE:

This is for single level play, I think you have all the upgrades except for rock drill and drilling speed available.

That does bring up the point that you don't get drill speed upgrade for that level in single level, odd since you get all the others.

We'll see if we can post all the upgrades in the Single Level Area's here. Can't tell you from the top off my head. This has also changed through the updates due to new features/upgrades etc.

[benki]

For the sake of comparability, shouldn't we report the barrels sold in the level? Profit depends a lot on how well you play and how the oil is distributed and what the oil prices are (which we cannot control at all in fertile lands). But I guess anybody can completely drain a field with only minor amounts of spillage (if any), so the number of barrels sold will present very well the amount of available oil. I'll start:

0171121 = 52453 barrels
9036259 = 61170 barrels
4560644 = 59000 barrels
0000124 = 68369 barrels (just rechecked to get the actual amount of oil)

[Gamious]

Originally posted by benki:

For the sake of comparability, shouldn't we report the barrels sold in the level? Profit depends a lot on how well you play and how the oil is distributed and what the oil prices are (which we cannot control at all in fertile lands). But I guess anybody can completely drain a field with only minor amounts of spillage (if any), so the number of barrels sold will present very well the amount of available oil. I'll start:

0171121 = 52453 barrels
9036259 = 61170 barrels

Good thinking!

[Alureon]

Hi, I just went to a random seed in the 3rd one (the one witt everything except thermal shtuffs) and there's alot of oil! (don't know the amount of barrels, someone else can post that...) Seed is 7168752! Have fun!