LaserTank Help Page

This page is a repository of help files and hints about playing Laser Tank.
If you want to add something to this page please e-mail me

LaserTank data is organized into "Levels Collections" that consist, in general, of the following three files with a common root name:

1) Levels (.LVL) - Contains the: playfield definitions, names, hints, authors and difficulty codes of the levels in the collection.

2) Global High Scores (.GHS) - Contains the best high scores (numbers of moves and shots required to complete, and the "winner's" initials), as submitted to the LaserTank website administrator, for the levels in the collection.

3) (Local) High Scores (.HS) - Contains the user's high scores (numbers of moves and shots required to complete, and the user's initials) for the levels in the collection. This file is locally generated or modified by the LaserTank program when the user either: first completes, or beats the old high score of, a level in the collection.

The common root name of these files is the name of the collection. For example; the LaserTank.lvl, LaserTank.ghs and LaserTank.hs files are for the "LaserTank" collection.

Why the LPB files are not available ?

The real goal of LaserTank is not to watch playback files,
but to solve the levels by yourself.
Using playback files will surely ruin your fun.
As soon as you solve a level by using a hint or a LPB file,
you lose forever the opportunity to feel the satisfaction
of having solved this level by your own efforts,
thus missing the experience of success.

LaserTank Solutions

This is a Blog about Lasertank Solutions.
http://lasertanksolutions.blogspot.com/

LaserTankpedia

An encyclopedia containing a lot of information
about LaserTank Game Data.
http://lasertankpedia.zdobywca.com
It's exciting, a must-see !

I strongly recommend to all players to study the two tutor levels files.
They'll give you the skill to solve almost all levels available on this web site.
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Like what is discribed in many fantasy novels,
the lasertank world is also a magic world with some basic settings.
You are suggested to read these settings in tutor.lvl
when you meet a level that seems impossible to solve,
then you can also use magic like a wizard :-)
And of course, under these settings, things go logically and charmingly
to prove that lasertank is undoubtedly a best puzzle game.
Come on!

Trainings, Tutorials & Tricks

Hint files

These are levels files that show the level in various stages of completion.
You can use "Game,Open data file" to load these levels.
Then reload the "LaserTank.lvl" file, or the level file you were using,
or have two copies of LaserTank running, one with your level file and one with the hint file.

Level 40 - Down the Drain
This is still one of the hardest levels. It took me 4 hours to do this one.
Download the 2 level hint file
 

l40.lvl

Level 149 - The 4 triangles

Download the 5 level hint file for this level
 

4triang.lvl

Level 173 - telekinesis

Download the 1 level hint file for this level
 

Telek-1.lvl

Level 179 - Being an inchworm...

Download the 1 level hint file for this level
 

inchworm.lvl