Robot Arena 3

[Meganerdbomb]

Poor latency= Lag that's pretty clear cut. RA3 is gonna have laggy multiplayer.

[Tygron]

Poor latency= Lag that's pretty clear cut. RA3 is gonna have laggy multiplayer.

They weren't directly saying that there is poor latency, that's not what that statement meant. What it was was a more captain obvious "poor latency = lag" which is obvious to all of us who play game but keep in mind they're not only trying to make these QA's for us but they're making it for anyone who might be interested in how the game is coming along. Not everyone understands how computers or games or the internet works, not everyone cares. But they still enjoy playing a fun game.

[Meganerdbomb]

>Right now we’ve yet to be able to control Internet latency as much as we’d like to.
Is a guarded way of saying "The MP is still laggy as hell, and we aren't going to be able to do anything about it."

[WeN]

Poor latency= Lag that's pretty clear cut. RA3 is gonna have laggy multiplayer.

I don't think so...

[cephalopod]

>Right now we’ve yet to be able to control Internet latency as much as we’d like to.
Is a guarded way of saying "The MP is still laggy as hell, and we aren't going to be able to do anything about it."

^agreeing with this

[The Red Blur]

Oh, well. At least we'll still be able to have ai tournaments, right?

[RedSawn]

I think they're dealing with the time old issue where they've got a lot more data to send as a raw physics simulation then a game like Call of Duty, Robocraft or perhaps even Wreckfest. It's not important to a online race on Wreckfest where the hundreds of tires in a tire wall end up, just that someone crashed into them and the client can handle the rest. Where everything is is significant to RA3.

Of course I'm only theorising and using games I have personally experienced...

[Tygron]

>Right now we’ve yet to be able to control Internet latency as much as we’d like to.
Is a guarded way of saying "The MP is still laggy as hell, and we aren't going to be able to do anything about it."

I'll agree to disagree.

Maybe it's not perfect. But i'd like to think they just mean "of course there's gonna be lag, to say there wouldn't be some lag would be lying. All games have lag issues at times" And I could be wrong, but that's just what I think. Either way we've got like, what? A week until this thing drops?

At the very least they can update it if they need to unlike with RA2. The patches were one thing, but they didn't do too much. We're gonna be using Steam now, this is for the better.

[cephalopod]

i'd like to think they just mean

But what do you actually think is meant? :P

Surely if it was just regular lag you'd get in most games they wouldn't mention it seem as though the question doesn't even ask about the lag. The question states the lag 'is going to be better than ra2' and the devs replied with 'we've not controlled it as much as we want' which surely implies...

[Squirrel_Monkey]

New picture of bot lab?

[Thyrus]

mace in the wheels
carsteering
cam on top
wheelguards or wheels with spikes?
red thingys on top of Ice pick single
...

Carsteering!

[Tygron]

But what do you actually think is meant? :P

Surely if it was just regular lag you'd get in most games they wouldn't mention it seem as though the question doesn't even ask about the lag. The question states the lag 'is going to be better than ra2' and the devs replied with 'we've not controlled it as much as we want' which surely implies...

I'll be honest. I don't know. I'm just assuming you guys are mis-reading it because the interpretation I got was what i'm trying to explain. But I could be completely wrong. Either way, we'll find out in a few days.

Carsteering!

Getting really really sick of the car steering in the bots, no offence to the dev who seems to absolutely love them. Skid steering in my mind is just completely superior and it's making me worried that all we're seeing is car steering. I know in the trailer it looked like some bots had skid, but all the internal stuff we've seen has car.

[RedSawn]

There we go, that bot lab looks more like something. Bit rough around the edges but it's coming together.



This robot here just below that post they're showing off is definitely not one of their concept arts either. Awkward square picture dimensions, sharp lines, weapon slot decals and all of that. Chassis painting and robot screenshots confirmed for implementation?

[Thyrus]

is it just my laptop or have they taken down all the pictures on robotarena.com?

[RedSawn]

Your laptop. They've changed how they lay out the screenshots but they're still there

[Thyrus]

Alright. thanks.

Where did you get that Screenshot SM?

[cephalopod]

They're from the facebook page Thy.


I'm pretty sure that bot design isn't in game though, all the perspectives are weird - just look at that chainsaw in front, and is it meant to be attached in the same place as the chainsaw behind the disc? (which equally doesn't have the centre lining up with where I'd imagine the motor axle would be.

[Badger]

If bots turn out like Redline's screen then I'm gonna be so hyped. To be totally honest, S_M's screen just looks lile a worse RA2 to me. Hopefully they nail the physics!

[Thyrus]

thanks craig. I thought I liked that page when it was posted in here but it appears I didn't

[Mecha]

the red things in the bot lab photo kinda look like red extenders
red extenders for ra3 confirm?