Robot Arena 3

[Scorpion]

Yea I figure it's not too likely, like I said bots should be easy to re-create anyway so it's not really that big a deal. I just thought it looked like a cool possibility when I saw that.

Glad to hear about the mod support though. Funny they mention how it would affect the balance of the game. And they're right, but were there really that many one hit kill weapons and things made for the game? I can't recall any really. None that were widely used. There were stronger armors and things to attach to your bot to protect yourself, and there weren't too many weapons that did that massive of damage either.

EDIT: But yea I think I like the approach these guys are taking with this. I'm still not so sure about the release date, but if they think they can pull it off by then that's awesome.

Yup, will be interesting to see people's recreations of old bots/concepts, as well as replicas of course.

I imagine the best approach available to them to stop people taking OP custom components into online games would be to have a handler in the game to detect modded components. Then again i agree that i doubt most of the ra2 community would resort to chest components, but i get there concerns over newer players in particular abusing open modding.

[Gauche Suede]

I think a working online mulitplayer will be the most appealing feature to new players with this game... Especially with the new Robot Wars, there will be a lot of people that will want to battle their own robots! Could be a massive boost to the series, especially if some big YouTubers play it.

NerdCubed really likes this series so it's a guaranteed 1 million views in the bag (if he knows this game even exists at this point in time...)

[Mr. AS]

I imagine the best approach available to them to stop people taking OP custom components into online games would be to have a handler in the game to detect modded components.

RA2 actually has coding that prevents using modded/cheatbot2 components online, except it can be easily bypassed by slapping "standard = 1" onto the end of the .txt file.

[Stigma]

I imagine the best approach available to them to stop people taking OP custom components into online games would be to have a handler in the game to detect modded components.

RA2 actually has coding that prevents using modded/cheatbot2 components online, except it can be easily bypassed by slapping "standard = 1" onto the end of the .txt file.

I think what would be needed is something built into the program itself.

[RedSawn]

NerdCubed really likes this series so it's a guaranteed 1 million views in the bag (if he knows this game even exists at this point in time...)

Already brought up that potential to the devs on the Steam news post.

Interesting note, the guy who posted the annoucement has 56 hours on RA3, as well as that one robot with the mace in the screenshots in an inaccessible workshop listing. Think it's in a playable state, or is it more about testing as they go along?

[ALKaboom01]

I think a working online mulitplayer will be the most appealing feature to new players with this game... Especially with the new Robot Wars, there will be a lot of people that will want to battle their own robots! Could be a massive boost to the series, especially if some big YouTubers play it.

NerdCubed really likes this series so it's a guaranteed 1 million views in the bag (if he knows this game even exists at this point in time...)

I've sent him a tweet seeing as I thought he'd be interested. Dunno if he'll see it though.

[Bobyasianboy]

He knows https://twitter.com/DanNerdCubed/status/710990231177142272

[Stigma]

They answered some questions.

Linky: http://steamcommunity.com/games/363530/announcements/detail/870691318013091202

[rnifnuf]

This is my favorite line in the whole post:

While these are not part of our initial plans for Steam Workshop, we have built the components/weapons and arenas in such a way that they can be modified and new ones created. Without the dedication of the mod community for RA 2 we wouldn't have an RA III.

It proves that some developers actually listen closely to the community, no matter how small either may be, which, in my books, is nothing short of uplifting.

[09090901]

It'd be cool if they came on the forums and did a q&a considering that they're already lurking this thread

[rnifnuf]

All of this begs the question: how exactly will GTM change as a result of RA3's release?

It might cause an influx of newbies, eager to discuss a game that just came out on Steam. If this is the case, then we ought to be kind to them, mostly to not draw any connections between us (Pre-RA3) and being holes of ass.

Or these people could do much of the heavy discussion on the Steam forum, largely leaving GTM alone. If this is the case, then what will become of GTM? Would it be largely abandoned or would it stay alive?

Or maybe a mixture of the two...

[090901]

nothing will probably happen

[rnifnuf]

nothing will probably happen

Would you care to elaborate on why you think this?

[Philippa]

Hey lurking developer guys, you should include Envy in RA3.

[DeadGenocide]

Hey lurking developer guys, you should include Envy in RA3.

God damn it.

[J]

They answered some questions-

Seriously, if we get a decent, and working Online feature, that alone would make the game.
Like, I've always wanted to battle some of you nerds, but not if it meant hotwiring my computer to some third party sh'it in order to try and get a semi-stable connection.

[Somebody]

They answered some questions-

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Seriously, if we get a decent, and working Online feature, that alone would make the game.
Like, I've always wanted to battle some of you nerds, but not if it meant hotwiring my computer to some third party sh'it in order to try and get a semi-stable connection.

I agree with this. Also, crazy that Nerdcubed tweeted it out to 200k+ followers. That could be monumental for the game.

[Meganerdbomb]

Nerdcubed

He should definitely get murdered

[Vincent]

Unity 5!   Perfect!  I couldn't be more happy for RA3 now.  :D

Just glad we won't be using aging Havok physic anymore.  I wondered if they knew Unity can support OpenGL for Linux and Mac users.

[090901]

nothing will probably happen

Would you care to elaborate on why you think this?

because every single time there is the whole "oh my god newbies are going to join the forums!" nobody actually ends up joining. plus i don't think most the active users here would completely abandon gtm for a steam forum