Author Topic: So I have this issue. (Read 1088 times)

moonbear · « **on:** April 22, 2009, 03:05:23 PM »

Well basically, I have no clue about what else to do. I want to have some good challenging fights, but that just isnt happening. I've tried all I can think of. I tried to join the old Hamachi RA2 servers but they were all full. I made my own but basically no one joined. I'm tired of looking for good fights in multiplayer, and only finding noobs with what basically amounts to Walrus with shiney hubs and a new paint job with flames on it. I havent been beat online since I really got back into this game more than a month ago with the exception of when a member used SHW Alligator against me. I've played all the starcore v3 heavyweights and I can beat 9 out of 10 of them. Even the good ones. Neglected Waterbug, Little Darling, Rabid Pit Bull. Borg Queen, Clockwork Hydra...... I really wanted to join that new Hamachi server that was made and requires a pm for the password, but being a realitive noob, I'm highly doubtful I'd be allowed in. I remember when Emergency was hard. Now I can destroy it in 11 seconds..... Any advice or something. Anyone else have this issue? Thanks.

Sage · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2009, 03:23:02 PM »

When you get to this point in building... you will begin to realize that RA2 is less about fighting and more about designing.

Looking at your bots, i see that you have an HS that can beat all the "good" bots in SCv3. Try beating Neglected Waterbug with a popup or a rammer or a VS or... well the list goes on.

Building one good bot is not enough. HS are always gonna be good. Try building something else, and you'll find that those old Starcore bots are not as easy as they seem.

moonbear · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2009, 03:34:40 PM »

Damn good advice. Thanks Sage.

Sage · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2009, 03:47:34 PM »

No problem.

Starcore · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2009, 04:54:14 PM »

Also consider the Event Schedule. Are you good enough to survive a Season Tournament against the Starcore V3 Bots. Few have ever survived the HW Season and come out on top.

And if you are good enough to survive that... (Takes careful driving skill and an excellent bot that is easy to repair between matches)... You can try your hand against the Starcore V4 Alpha bots. They have been in majority updated and refined. (All of the bots have been converted to DSA Armor where possible and improved with the excess weight. Switches converted to Buttons for AI Motor Speeds and various bots rebuilt by todays standards and techniques.)

https://gametechmods.com/uploads/files/StarcoreV4Alpha2.zip

Just need to unzip that folder to a fully working Starcore V3 RA2 main directory to upgrade it to Starcore V4 Alpha2.

And coming soon a Starcore V4 Alpha3 with fine tunings, fixes and more teams to try out against.

Starcore

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2009, 04:57:11 PM »

Starcore, fix the link. Its not working...

Starcore · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2009, 05:10:12 PM »

Thanks for the catch. Link fixed.

Starcore