Author Topic: Robot Arena 3 (Read 318066 times)

RedSawn · « **Reply #1260 on:** May 22, 2016, 03:51:05 AM »

I think we'll see their full hand just before launch. A proper trailer, replace the last of the WIP screenshots, all of that. They're now on page 2 of upcoming releases.

One thing I didn't point out was how EMERGENCY has it's yellow top as well as the red sides. At the least it shows we can use different colours for different faces, the best case is skinning is 100% and EMERGENCY just isn't the best example for it (and we go by the white/red bot and the crocodile bot)

xanolus · « **Reply #1261 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:43:39 AM »

Visit the Robot Arena 3 Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/robotarena for additional RA3 details and information. New trailer coming soon.

DeadGenocide · « **Reply #1262 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:45:43 AM »

Quote from: yugitom on May 19, 2016, 03:03:02 PM

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Interesting new bot photo. What do people think of it?

there is a useless balance caster on the bottom

Naryar · « **Reply #1263 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:08:37 AM »

Hey, LincK. Been a while.

RedSawn · « **Reply #1264 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:37:16 AM »

Quote from: xanolus on May 22, 2016, 09:43:39 AM

Visit the Robot Arena 3 Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/robotarena for additional RA3 details and information. New trailer coming soon.

Figured as much. Everything seems to be coming into place from the latest material - just show 'em it's for real.

Naryar · « **Reply #1265 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:42:02 AM »

i am terribly afraid they are doing false advertising with the CAD bots

Badger · « **Reply #1266 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:54:37 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on May 22, 2016, 11:42:02 AM

i am terribly afraid they are doing false advertising with the CAD bots

I thought this too, we've not seen anything close to the quality of the pic yugi posted from in-game screens. I hope I'm wron, but I think this game's gonna be pretty crap on-release. Saying that, so was RA2, so I think the fate of this game rests on the moddability and implementation of physics.

09090901 · « **Reply #1267 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:07:07 PM »

gonna laugh if they're having the gtm testers building all the ai bots.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #1268 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:10:12 PM »

The screenshots of "the CAD robots" are probably robot preview thumbnails or something like redline said.

Jules · « **Reply #1269 on:** May 22, 2016, 12:43:11 PM »

This whole time I'm just hoping the online is actually playable.

How great would it be for us all to actually be able to get online in custom rooms or whatever and face off?

LiNcK · « **Reply #1270 on:** May 22, 2016, 06:12:27 PM »

Quote from: Jules on May 22, 2016, 12:43:11 PM

This whole time I'm just hoping the online is actually playable.

How great would it be for us all to actually be able to get online in custom rooms or whatever and face off?

It would definitely make tournaments more interesting. With RA2 everyone is basically playing a single player game and praising the theoretical performance of whatever is made. AI-controlled tournaments don't do some novel designs justice either. Haven't been here for a while but I still remember the "WTF did my bot do?" after every round back in the day.

Badger · « **Reply #1271 on:** May 22, 2016, 08:47:07 PM »

Quote from: Jules on May 22, 2016, 12:43:11 PM

This whole time I'm just hoping the online is actually playable.

How great would it be for us all to actually be able to get online in custom rooms or whatever and face off?

From what the devs have hinted at, the online will be pretty laggy

Somebody · « **Reply #1272 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:05:16 AM »

Quote from: LiNcK on May 22, 2016, 03:19:43 AM

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on May 22, 2016, 03:10:55 AM
Hi LiNcK, how are things?

I need to work out if we can do RA3 Chinese Whispers.

Pretty good actually! I'm actually finishing college this December and already got a job lined up. Can't believe the first time I came here I was on my first year of middle school.

Tell me about it. I graduated yesterday and registered in 7th grade, but was lurking from 5th or 6th grade. Times change.

Quote from: Jules on May 22, 2016, 12:43:11 PM

This whole time I'm just hoping the online is actually playable.

How great would it be for us all to actually be able to get online in custom rooms or whatever and face off?

I hope so. And even if RA3 sucks, hopefully the RA2 parts would get modded in and we'd just get an RA2 HD that we're all satisfied with.

RedSawn · « **Reply #1273 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:15:30 PM »

No trailer yet - new screenshots on the facebook page, though.

Another bot lab picture - this is the first time we've seen a robot without car steering. We also get to see the internals too - pistons, DDTs, and those odd drive motors (New z-teks? Entirely new brand?). They've still got the Components text cut short on the button in the top left.

On-board cam of an unknown robot, similar to the above one but not entirely. Not much to see again, looks like the outdoor arena in the first trailer. Apparently fighting EMERGENCY and BOT CHOY, but we can't see them.

This one sticks out like a sore thumb - resolution is smaller, graphics are bad. Must be on very low settings but it's surprising to see as promotional material. But we can take from it several things - the curved extenders are real, those claws on the crocodile bot are real, and the robot with the claws definitely has some sort of skin, whatever it's supposed to be. The robot obscured by the player's robot status seems to have an interesting two-tone chassis, though that doesn't confirm anything we didn't know about individual surface face colours from EMERGENCY. Some noticeable deformation on the player robot too, we can see the air tank because of how the top has been sunk in. I don't spot any damage decals.

When a facebook poster noted most of the in-game bots were painted pure white, RA3 PR said it's what the player chose. Which is a wasted opportunity really, though raises the question of who's making these bots (more-so then their weird designs)

Naryar · « **Reply #1274 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:48:15 PM »

Nice to see BOT-CHOY coming back.

What's up with those hand components though ?

RedSawn · « **Reply #1275 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:52:37 PM »

Heck if I know. I guess to lend a 'hand' if it gets tipped onto it's side.

I figured out how the build menu works now - it's directory based. I was confused by how few weapons they were, and the lack of other headings, but really those are all of the weapons in the 'Piercing' category and the icons are the menu options they went through to get there. It's a fact we overlooked in the first trailer

09090901 · « **Reply #1276 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:52:51 PM »

Online will be wild if that's the signal jammer in the first pic.

probably gonna be sometype of loudspeaker, but it'll still be wild if we can play some mad bantz through them.

Jules · « **Reply #1277 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:55:48 PM »

Quote from: RedlineM203 on May 23, 2016, 02:15:30 PM

When a facebook poster noted most of the in-game bots were painted pure white, RA3 PR said it's what the player chose. Which is a wasted opportunity really, though raises the question of who's making these bots (more-so then their weird designs)

I was that facebook poster. Ha

Having really mixed feelings about all of this. I guess all we can do is wait.

RedSawn · « **Reply #1278 on:** May 23, 2016, 03:35:59 PM »

I'm still holding out on it, clearly. If I was one of those fabled beta testers you'd know if they had skins or not in-game already.

The Red Blur · « **Reply #1279 on:** May 23, 2016, 05:48:51 PM »

Quote from: Geice on May 23, 2016, 02:52:51 PM

Online will be wild if that's the signal jammer in the first pic.

probably gonna be sometype of loudspeaker, but it'll still be wild if we can play some mad bantz through them.

Yeah, imagine if we could pump some sick tunes through our bots... That'd be badass.

Poll

What do you think of RA3 now?

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