Editing Force Field

{{Infobox Level New
|name = FORCE FIELD
|image = [[Image:Level 147.png|300px]]
|levelset = [[Chip's Challenge 1]]
|level = 147
|password = COZA
|hint = No
|chips required = 24
|chips available = 24
|time = No
|bold ms = 970, [[T-Chip]] time
|bold lynx = 959, [[T-Chip]] time

|difficulty ms = 5
|bold difficulty ms = 5
|bold complexity ms = 3

|difficulty lynx = 5
|bold difficulty lynx = 4
|bold complexity lynx = 4
}}

'''Force Field''' is the 147th level in [[Chip's Challenge 1]]. It is one of the [[Secret level]]s in CC1. The secret levels are hinted at by [[Melinda]] in more than just [[Cypher]] - in the CHIPS.HLP file, the [[special dispatch]]es include this:

<blockquote>''Dear Chip, This level is so high that it officially doesn't exist, so I can't even tell you its number. But, toward the very end of your journey you might come upon my Force Field laboratory. Slide around and get a feel for how to best get to where you want to go. You'll have to be quick when you transfer from one force field direction to another, but remember there is no time limit. Forcefully, Melinda.''</blockquote>

Melinda calls this level ''Level XXX'' to keep its full identity secret. Since it had not appeared in the Challenge before it "ended" with [[Fireflies]], smart players could determine that Force Field is somewhere beyond Fireflies. Even the smartest players, however, have fallen to their knees while actually trying to conquer Force Field; if a census of ''Last Level Completed in CC1'' were taken, Force Field would likely top the list. Stories of Force Field being completed over more than one day, with the computer left on overnight, have been recorded <ref>http://www.telusplanet.net/public/nfield/ChipChallenge/cchall.htm</ref>.

The entire level is a mostly symmetrical (in shape) square of [[force floor]]s protecting 24 [[computer chip]]s, veined between [[wall]]s at every other row and column. Making a map ranges from fairly difficult to almost impossible because Chip rarely stays stationary; the only rest points are the 24 chips and eventually the [[socket]].

As [[boosting]] knowledge became stronger and [[level editor]]s were made, Force Field was eventually solved in only 29 seconds. It is not, however, much easier than just shooting around, because this route is very complex. The west section is the easier one to complete - the east section can only be reached from the far north or the central south.

The full route through the west area is: RD >3D D >7D L >[L 8U] 2R D >[5D 2R] U 2R >[R 2U] R >3R D 2L D >3D L >[L 4U] R >[R 4U] 2L >[3L 4U 2R] 2U >[U 4L] D >[D 8R 2U] L >[L 2U 2L] U 2L >[L 4U] U >[U 2L 4D], hold right a total of 14R, and >[2U 4L] further to a chip. Now, [[Chip]] will be ready to enter the east section of Force Field.

DR >3R 2D R >[R 2D] R 2U >5U L >L8D R 2D >5D R >[R 2U 2R 2U] U >[U 2L] U >[3U 2R] U 2R >[R 4D] R >[R 4D] LD >3D 2D >[3D 2R 4D 2L] 2U L >3L UL >[L 2U] L 3D L. One chip now remains; this is all the way in the northeast, and since collecting it will pull Chip close to the socket, it was left behind. To collect it, climb the east side: >[L 4U 4R 2U] U >[3U 2R 2U] U >[U 2L] U >[3U 2R] U 3R >[R 2U] U >[U 2L]. Chip now has all 24 chips; play U >[U 10L 10D] 2L D >3D 2R to bust through the socket for the [[suction boots]]. Now Chip can walk to the [[exit]].

==Full level map==
[[Image:Cc1_full_map_level_147.png|500px]]

== Walkthrough ==
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{{Level Progression|Cake Walk|Mind Block}}
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