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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: Battlebotsboy on October 27, 2013, 06:57:47 PM
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I know it's possible in Vanilla RA2, but is it possible in DSL TC?
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I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible.
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there was a glitch with version 1.00 of RA2 where you could repair your robot as much as possible, exit to the main menu, and get 30 more minutes of repair time, as demonstrated in one of the most popular ra2 vids ever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UL3tBQuNvI).
HOWEVER, that was patched in version 1.2 of the game, which DSL uses. so no, you will need to use an external program such as cheat engine (http://www.cheatengine.org/), and know a bit of programming in order to do that. alternatively, you could use the DSL patch on a copy of RA2 that is still version 1.00. i don't have a link to download 1.00, but there may be a version 1.00 disc floating around on amazon.com or another online service like that.
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there was a glitch with version 1.00 of RA2 where you could repair your robot as much as possible, exit to the main menu, and get 30 more minutes of repair time, as demonstrated in one of the most popular ra2 vids ever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UL3tBQuNvI).
HOWEVER, that was patched in version 1.2 of the game, which DSL uses. so no, you will need to use an external program such as cheat engine (http://www.cheatengine.org/), and know a bit of programming in order to do that. alternatively, you could use the DSL patch on a copy of RA2 that is still version 1.00. i don't have a link to download 1.00, but there may be a version 1.00 disc floating around on amazon.com or another online service like that.
I have a 1.0.0 CD. I even use it for Stock building.
But I downloaded and installed the patch because the vanilla 1.0.0 screwed up the user interface (UI) of the game on my Windows 7 Pro machine. It refused to install on my XP mode virtual machine and refused to start on my Windows 98 VM. Why this happened, I don't know but whatever. Anyways, I installed the 1.3 patch on my Windows 7 which fixed everything.
Also, while the single-player campaign/tournament mode is a good starting place to test your building skills, not very many of the advanced players play it seriously anymore. Instead, we like to test our building skills by AI'ing our bots. AI'ing consists of two things: configuring your bot's controls correctly and writing a short Python script in a specific format called an AI Binding that will allow your bot to be computer controlled. Here's an example of a binding that I wrote for one of my bots:
list.append( ("Dell Stripes", "Popup" { 'invertible': true, 'nose': 0, 'topspeed': 18, 'throttle': 150, 'turnspeed': 2, 'radius': 1, 'turn': 100, 'weapons': (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30) }) )
But the first step is to become a good builder. It seems that you don't have any robot showcases, so start one for stock and/or one for DSL. You post pictures of a bot that you have built and describe the bot and then we (the Gametechmods community) will give you advice on how to make the bot better.