The most iconic robot of RA2

[G.K.]

https://gametechmods.com/RA2wiki/index.php?title=DaStompa

[Sparkey98]

I meant Digita Apocalpse should have his own page

[RFS]

on an off topic thought, TDSDA really should have his own page on the wiki, no matter how much of ans ASS TDS was
 
and just a thought, does anyone have his email?

The last email address I remember him having was dastompa@hotmail.com. It's likely long gone though.

edit: This is apparently him: http://www.airsoftforum.com/board/TDS-m15891.html
And his email is dastompa@gmail.com now.

[Sparkey98]

thanks, I'm trying to decide if I want to invite him back to the comunity
you'd think being banned twice, and being banned posing as a girl, and his own forum dieing he would probably have learned his lesson...

[lloopp D lloopp]

Maybe if Sporky does,we can all put him in his place?

[Sparkey98]

yeah, posibly
 
lol you guys have givin me so many Ideas I might change my name
 
sucks that a jerk revolutionised RA2 (sorry about my spelling right now, I'm really tired ;D)

[RFS]

Maybe if Sporky does,we can all put him in his place?

I'm not going to. I've done my best making amends with all the people that I was an asshole too, even if they were assholes themselves.

yeah, posibly
 
lol you guys have givin me so many Ideas I might change my name
 
sucks that a jerk revolutionised RA2 (sorry about my spelling right now, I'm really tired ;D)

DA still wasn't the first vertical spinner, Ripblade was. :P

[Sparkey98]

you said the "one in the game" des not count

[RFS]

you said the "one in the game" des not count

Looks like sarcasm still doesn't translate well over the Internet. Plus the joke was one of those "you had to be there" kinds of things anyways.

[Sparkey98]

yeah, I guess
 
BTW I downloaded RFS AI V1.0 and I loled at half the bots I love LAN mower and Ultra bong

[RFS]

yeah, I guess
 
BTW I downloaded RFS AI V1.0 and I loled at half the bots I love LAN mower and Ultra bong

I implore you to download and upgrade to V1.2 and then V1.5! It doesn't override any bots it just builds upon existing code to stretch the AI teams to have 6 instead of 3 bots and 30 teams instead of 15 (180 total bots). If you play tournament mode (who still does?) the game will only draw from the first 15 teams and the first 3 bots from those teams, though.

You can see all the bots here: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2040.msg94789.html#msg94789

To be honest I SHOULD compile everything into one download and release it as V1.6 that way nobody has to negotiate the tricky patching. (V1.0 and V1.5 must be extracted to different directories than V1.2 I believe.)

I played it for fun the other night. It's an easy pack, out of the 180 robots about 170 of them are ones you could build in real life (within reason), and that's what the aim of the pack was for. At the time the pack was made nobody really fiddled with AAM or DSL (it didn't exist) or any kind of complex stacking or "cheating" with the physics and Bot Lab. Back then the only "hax" we had was that trick where you put a motor on a burst motor, and then by adjusting the "start" position of the burst motor you could move what was attached to it through other parts. INTENSE!! That was like the Atari 2600. It rocked faces off back then, but people today look at it and go "wow grandpa, real cool *roll eyes*".

If you're savvy on Robot Wars, Robotica, and BattleBots competitors you can have fun trying to pinpoint which designs are "replicas". Just off the top of my head from the AI pack (and looking at that picture) here's the ones I can remember the names of:
- Thwacktar (2nd row, 2nd robot) was a replica of a robot made by ARC moderator FishofDoom
- Powerhouse Two (2nd row, far right) has a weapon modeled after Biohazard
- Monkey Wrench (5th row, 3rd robot) is meant to resemble Mauler
- The Munchies (9th row, 6th robot) is a replica of War Machine and...
- OMG WTF BANNED (10th row, 9th robot) is a better replica of War Machine with 14 wheels.
- Code Red (9th row, 8th robot) has a design similar to 13 Black but the chassis has a different forward heading.
- All Your Bot Are Belong To Us (12th row, 5th robot) is a replica of Son of a Monkey Wrench
- 1K (12th row 7th robot) is a replica of a robot of mine called The Void
- toXic (13th row, 11th robot) is designed, named, and painted after a robot a middle school friend of mine made.
- Bit Rot (bottom row, 5th robot) is based loosely off of Andy Sauro's robot Sledgejammer
- Keep Back 500 Feet (bottom row, 7th robot) is a completely accurate replica of my antweight robot of the same name.

I thought about making a little video featurette "Behind the Scenes" or "The Making Of" for the pack since apparently people STILL play with it. I wouldn't know what to talk about really, and I don't think people would like to hear me ramble about robots for 20 minutes.

[Sparkey98]

DO IT
 
LOL I'm part of ARC I had no I dea the first RFS bot I faught was made by him

[Stagfish]

i watched keep back 500 meters
it died

[System32]

You could make a "refinement" pack.

You know, Use Omni on some bots, change some bindings... that stuff.

[RFS]

You could make a "refinement" pack.

You know, Use Omni on some bots, change some bindings... that stuff.

After talking to Sparkey I really feel like I should pick up the previously canceled "V1.7" and release it as a big shebangbang that includes all previous versions (no patching required) as well as some more AI teams, and maybe a "Thumperizer 10 Year (-1) Anniversary Commemorative Edition" robot. Boy, the game is gonna have LOTS of fun with that name. :P

I don't really wanna refine or edit the existing robots (since doing so would ruin their paint job and other such things, as would moving stuff around) since I like their 2003 styles. They will either mesh terribly with my 2010 designs or be completely unnoticeable because my building habits haven't changed one bit.

[Sparkey98]

yeah, a Golden Thumperizer would be richous
maybe it would also come with a drivable version
could tower of destruction be in it?

[RFS]

yeah, a Golden Thumperizer would be richous
maybe it would also come with a drivable version
could tower of destruction be in it?

I tried responding to your PMs but it keeps saying your box is full so it won't let me send it.

I remember back when subsequent versions of the pack were in the works there was a lot of clamoring to feature "third party" robots in the pack, and I realized that if I let one person in to be fair I'd have to let EVERYBODY in... and from there it loses the appeal of being a true installment of the series. I may consider a "community bots" team as part of the inclusion if there's support for it, but again that's only 6 bots (all original stock only) so it would still kinda be exclusive, which I don't really like. The only robots that made it into the pack are the 3 blue and green robots in the "Disturbed Ones" team because the person who made them, disturbed, was someone who helped me mod the game to allow the bigger teams.

[Sparkey98]

k u can send lol

[Phinox237]

I know this is rather odd, but what do you guys think is the most iconic robot of RA2? It could be any type of robot. Basically its the robot you think of when you think of RA2.

I know this is the starter post but when I think of RA2 I think of Razer,Nightmare,Backlash,and Ziggo because they are my fav bots.

[GroudonRobotWars]

I know this is rather odd, but what do you guys think is the most iconic robot of RA2? It could be any type of robot. Basically its the robot you think of when you think of RA2.

I know this is the starter post but when I think of RA2 I think of Razer,Nightmare,Backlash,and Ziggo because they are my fav bots.

Why did you bump a year old thread?