Author Topic: DSL 2.0 Sneak Peeks! (Read 88922 times)

Mr. Weedy · « **Reply #260 on:** March 10, 2006, 10:00:10 AM »

Tomorrow is today and today is Friday. :OOOOO O M G O M G O M G !!!!!!! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

=P

mean2u · « **Reply #261 on:** March 10, 2006, 10:48:22 AM »

Friday Friday! TGI Friday!

Holic · « **Reply #262 on:** March 10, 2006, 01:18:05 PM »

Wow this is looking incredible you guys.....i was wondering who does your codeing because i'm intrested in learning how and i wanted to know how they got started

ham · « **Reply #263 on:** March 10, 2006, 01:32:08 PM »

well for starter darkrat worked at burger king...thats all i know besides acams and starcore are about the same age =P

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #264 on:** March 10, 2006, 02:50:37 PM »

Do you think we could stop making "anticipation posts" every Thursday/Friday? It clutters up the thread for people who want to see the sneak peeks.

Well anyway, I hinted at this last week in the AI ant/beetle thread, and now you finally get to see it. That's right, there will be a full team of 2 ants and 4 beetles using the new ultralight components.

Why 2 ants and 4 beetles? Because even with the new components, the variety of effective designs is limited. However, as evidenced by bots like Peer Pressure, the degree of flexibility you have in building sub-lights is still MUCH greater than in stock RA2.

The team is quite appropriately named Arthrobotics, considering it's the ant and beetle team.

AW-Nanowhirl: A nasty horizontal spinner with a powerful weapon. Don't underestimate a brushless-powered lawn mower blade on an ant - Nanowhirl can defeat some of the beetles I've made. And as if that weren't bad enough, it also has some beefy drive motors that will make it very difficult to pin, and as long as the blade is attached it can self-right.

BW-Microwhirl: Slightly updated from the Microwhirl I entered in RFSHQ's DSL tournament a while back, this fearsome spinner makes short work of any opponent to get caught in its blade (although, thankfully, it's not as fearsome as Firebeetle's Out of the Blue, or as glitchy.) Decent drive, armor, and self-righting round out this bot.

BW-Peer Pressure: A combination flipper/crusher, Peer Pressure is one of the more unique designs even among the heavyweights. While not as powerful as Spike Heads' iNsAnItY, you'd still best make sure it doesn't get under you, or you could quickly find your chassis conforming to the vice of Peer Pressure.

mean2u · « **Reply #265 on:** March 10, 2006, 03:23:35 PM »

Woot burgers! And I see a new wheel on Peer Pressure.

Holic · « **Reply #266 on:** March 10, 2006, 04:10:30 PM »

No idiot i ment how they got started in coding (duh) and i would like an answer from the actual person

SuM12nV · « **Reply #267 on:** March 10, 2006, 05:12:21 PM »

Don't go throwing insults, he was just making a joke. And i remember reading that there isn't much coding to actually do with the mod because no codes been released...

Anyway the bots look really good, but will we be able to use the ant weight motors and such? that could be overpowered...

And maybe you should make a sticky closed topic that just shows all of the previews.

goose · « **Reply #268 on:** March 10, 2006, 06:25:57 PM »

YEP, all ant parts will be included.

ham · « **Reply #269 on:** March 10, 2006, 07:46:08 PM »

best day ever,first i get a psp then click posts an ant team..and i ate at chilis..:D

mean2u · « **Reply #270 on:** March 10, 2006, 07:55:02 PM »

You ate at Chili's? OMGWTFBBQ mayun?

PS: Get on MSN, I have to kill.. err.. show you my new MW.

Dino Venger · « **Reply #271 on:** March 11, 2006, 08:46:41 AM »

Out of The Blue was a mean BW...I only beat it once with Xygon (my best Beetle) These bots look awesome...one word...BRUSHLESS!!!

Do you guys have like Copals and Liteflite wheels and sh**? or are they all DSLized?

I'm gonna make a new Xygon...That thing was tough.as everyone remembers from the old RFSHQ tournament...came in second.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #272 on:** March 17, 2006, 01:24:28 PM »

There are Copal motors for ants, but the other components are imaginary brands. And the ant parts are extremely weak on anything heavier than a beetleweight, so you'd have to use several of them to be effective, and that would just be ineffecient.

...and guess what? I'm on spring break this week, so you get an early sneak peek. How about that.

This is the other half of the Arthrobotics team, featuring two vertical spinners and a rammer.

AW-Terminus: Brushless motor + vertical titanium blade + trapping arms = the end of your robot. The only weaknesses of this bot are that it isn't as fast as I'd like it to be, and it isn't invertible.

BW-True Love: Looking like it came straight out of real life into your PC, True Love can push most other beetleweights with ease while its drum weapon flips them and whittles them down. It's not the toughest beetle, but definitely my favorite just for the way it looks and handles.

BW-Robokillase: An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction: 2 Bots + Arena -> Bot + Arena + 1000 Pieces. Don't let this fast and powerful rammer bind you in its active site, or there's a good chance you'll end up as the 1000 pieces.

mean2u · « **Reply #273 on:** March 17, 2006, 04:10:56 PM »

Question: Were you planing an ant/beetle team by request or did you already have it in the works?

Pete_Lefeu · « **Reply #274 on:** March 17, 2006, 05:06:21 PM »

I think both. Not sure tho.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #275 on:** March 18, 2006, 05:17:07 PM »

I was already working on it when the topic came up. I figured if there's going to be sub-light parts, there had better be at least one sub-light team to test your bots against.

ham · « **Reply #276 on:** March 25, 2006, 01:07:45 PM »

like omigosh no update! :shock:

//EDIT BY GOOSE//

Please Stop making posts like that. like CB Said before, it clutters up the thread. Thanks

i can talk in red too :twisted:

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #277 on:** March 25, 2006, 09:34:06 PM »

Sorry for the delay. The item for this week wasn't quite finished yet on Friday.

This week's preview is the new mother of all weapon motors in DSL2: a gearbox combining TWO Perm 132's on one shaft (as if one wasn't already powerful enough). Weighing in at an impressive 250 kgs and having an electricity drain of 4420, this monster isn't going to fit on anything but a heavyweight, and good luck cramming two of them on. The motor makes up for that in power, though: with twice the torque of a Perm 132, it can get even the heaviest weapons spinning at full speed in no time. It's perfect for big, gnarly HW shell spinners or bludgeoning bar spinners. Say farewell to stacking motors and say hecko to the dual Perm 132 gearbox.

Holic · « **Reply #278 on:** March 25, 2006, 09:38:56 PM »

holy

dude that motor is so awesome, i can't wait for DSL 2

mean2u · « **Reply #279 on:** March 25, 2006, 10:32:05 PM »

1) Awesome design!
2) Can it be externally mounted?
3) Lol, can't power a LW.