Random operator shapes scaling

[rocky stream]

For the later random operator shape levels, does the # of shapes to deliver increase by a lot? For example, level 1 is 1,000 shapes, and it slightly increases with each level, but I'm wondering if it scales to 100k at like level 100 or something.

[sweet blade]

It's an exponential scaling

[upbeat tundra]

at around lvl75 I have to do like 350k from the non-crystal ROS shape (Insane difficulty - default settings)

I dont remember exactly but the crystal ROS is around that level but I have to do much less. like 60k or something

[jade canopy]

Have you built a CMAM? I'm about to start building one but I need to know the rules for the crystal ROS before planning it. Do you know how many layers the shapes can have and if they have stacked layers on top of crystal quadrants?

[upbeat tundra]

yeah. ros-cmam works like the game generates a layer then puts it through a crystalizer and then stacks another layer on top of that etc. so the important part is that there will never be layer with more than one color crystals and there will never be a gaps under crystals. so it is fairly easy to modify your normal mam like that

the number of max layers is the same as the other shapes. 5 on insane, 4 otherwise (if i know correctly)

[rapid storm]

(also see the 2nd pin in #🎰make-anything-machine )

[upbeat tundra]

oh nice. do you know that whether ros shapes can have more than 1 painted colors per layer? because i have a feeling that they dont. whenever I check them they just have some quadrants painted to one color and others uncolored...

[jade canopy]

Thank you so much guys! Just another thing I couldn't get from the pinned message: do pins only occur on insane mode?

[upbeat tundra]

i prepared mam to handle any number of colors, so I never remember checking, but it would make it smaller

[upbeat tundra]

no. pins only occur after lvl50. both crystal and non-crystal

[rapid storm]

there might actually be only one shape color per layer actually, since it uses the same code as the map generation, the base shapes (no pins/crystals) are what can be found on the map

[upbeat tundra]

oh... thx

[jade canopy]

Oh no... this means my MAM will become obsolete within 6 levels xD

[upbeat tundra]

you can easily add pins, just treat them like a 5th shape variant

[jade canopy]

I'll see what I can do. Thank you!!

[jade canopy]

Wait, I just thought about what you said. By treating pins like a 5th shape variant you mean creating single layer pins with nothing on top? Instead of actually passing the top quadrant through a pin pusher which would be a logistical nightmare.

[rapid storm]

yes that's the commonly used method