Map Description:

Simple King of The Hill style map including a map option to set KotH game mode. 
A lot of metal and quite high windspeed to allow for very fast paced hill fights 
and easy upgrading to 2nd level, to make them even more hard. Ressources can be 
tuned down in map options (75 and 50%).

Players:    3 or 6 in FFA (1v1v1 or 1v1v1v1v1v1), 6 start points 
            If you want to team up, maybe better use custom start zones 
            instead of the fixed start points
Size:       18x18
Windspeed:  15-25
Metal:      income 1.5/2/3 units per round and spot depending on spot location
Gravity:    130
Tidal:      20
Filename:   Simple6Way.sd7
Author:     qray

Changelog:
V1.1-KotH: worked over texture, fixed metalmap, increased extractor radius, reduced 
           map options,
           fixed bugs in KotH script, added compatibility (ZeroK and EvoRTS), added 
           distance check when 2 or more commanders in the hill zone, made counter 
           display movable (position is not stored)
V1.0-KotH: added King of the Hill script, switched to lua mapoptions & mapinfo
V1.0: added start positions, worked over texture & heightmap, adjusted wind speed 
V0.5: first test version of map


King of the Hill (KotH) Game Description:

To start a King of the Hill game, choose "Kill Everything" in normal game options 
(BA) and set "Hill Time" in the Map Options to a non-zero value (good values are 
between 10-15 minutes).
If Hill Time is zero (default), a normal game as set in the Mod Options will start 
and the KotH mutator script will not run.

Every team has a counter with the time in minutes set in the map options between 
1 and 30 minutes. Goal of the game is to occupy/control the "hill zone" (the square 
in the middle) for this time. Then, the other teams are destroyed and you have won.
The time is accumulative, so if you are thrown out, it won't be reset and you
can try to get in again to occupy it for the remaining minutes/seconds.

Occupying the hill: you have to get in once with your commander (EvoRTS: overseer) 
while the hill zone is not occupied by another team. Then, your hill time starts to 
count down as long as any(!) of your units is in the hill zone (so you can move the 
com out). If two commanders are in the zone at the same time, the one closer to the 
center will get the control.
The definition of "unit in the zone" includes aircrafts even when flying. This can be 
changed in the map options. Landed aircrafts do always count. (Dragon teeth and 
Fortification Walls etc. do not count.)
During this time, nobody else can occupy the zone. When the last unit of the occupying 
team in the zone is killed or removed, the time stops counting down and control is lost.

When the hill zone is occupied, it will take the team color of the team in control. It 
will revert to white when control is lost.
The displayed counters show the time to go in the color and with the player name of the 
first player in an ally team (of course only releveant if more than one player is in the 
ally team). The counters can be moved by clicking & holding the move button in the top 
right corner with the left mouse button.

The King of the Hill mode has been tested with Balanced Annihilation. It should also 
work with BAR, Zero-K and EvolutionRTS (only superficially tested); other Spring 
mods/games are not supported (for now?) and script will not start.



Credits:

Images during map making made with Inkscape (rough height map draft) and Gimp (detail 
work), using some textures from the SpringMapEdit tool. 
Conversion done with SpringMapEdit.

Design inspired by DeltaSiege Island 8 Way from TradeMark.

Skybox from Smoth.

KotH script based on one by Alchemist. Also helpful were tips by Silentwings and zwzsg 
for debugging the KotH script and KingRaptor and all others in "com finding" thread:
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=30920

Other map scripts from and/or based on the map blueprint container by jK.

Thanks to everyone who gave/gives tips and help in the map making forum and the wiki!
Especially in thread: http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30891



Legal:

Artwork of the Map:
Released under Creative Commons (CC) BY 3.0
Means: Everyone can take this work or parts of it as a basis for his own map or modify and 
release it. Credits should be included in any re-release.

Scripts (==Lua):
GPL2.0