What's Up With Wedges?

[Kujii]

Stock had a somewhat instruction manual like "Read Me" file....

[Naryar]

Yes, since it's stock it has a lot more info on how to build correctly.

[LiNcK]

Bump :P
As a Popup builder my bots always had wedges, what I discovered is that if your bot is too fast somehow your wedge fails...
I remember when playing RA2 & Speeding to the oponent as soon as the match started I would always either bounce off or get outwedged :\
But if I drove a bit & Then stopped before I hit the other guy I would outwedge him (Sometimes still bounce off) :P

Wedge effectiveness is random (If you made 2 identical wedges)
If theyre both at the bottom & Bended the same the weight on the bot probz wont do anything...
Of all the HW Popup bots that I made I only managed to get 1 wedge to work with AGODing & It could get under ALOT of NAR AI Wedges (4ft3rZh0ck I dont remember wich version)

Then I kept on making more bots & Stopped playing with that bot
After a few weeks I tried my bots again & WHen I played with that same bot, I couldent get under bots I could before :S
So I think its more like the speed & Way of driving than actual weight on the bot & Stuff...
We are talking about a (Buggy) Havok engine here, Not Euphoria Physics :P


PS: Another long post, WTF is wrong wih me? xD

[Kujii]

any new breakthroughs on Wedges? I did some experienting with the pre-built bots and I can't make heads or tails of wedge Physics still.

[Clickbeetle]

I can't make heads or tails of wedge Physics still.

Welcome to the club. :P

[Badnik96]

I noticed that the more "even" the wedges were the better, but that might just be me.

[kill343gs]

The link in my sig has some very early information regarding some wedge study that I never finished...

[123savethewhales]

Think of it this way, as long as wedge power is not directly correlated with among of KG invested, any development in wedge technology will be immediately cloned by everyone.  Thus we will be in no better position then we are now.

[Avalanche]

Sheesh,A ememrgency wedge on a skirt hinge beats 40 cm skirts on a skirt hinge.I tried it against Red Red Green.Red Red green got under,then i got stuck under the electric arena 2s fence.

[Pwnator]

Sheesh,A ememrgency wedge on a skirt hinge beats 40 cm skirts on a skirt hinge.I tried it against Red Red Green.Red Red green got under,then i got stuck under the electric arena 2s fence.

Red Red Green has an EMERGENCY wedge.

[Avalanche]

Well done captain obvious.I said that.

[Pwnator]

damn four eyes failing me

Anyway, I've seen occasions that prove otherwise, but I'm too lazy to find them (also, skirt hinge wedges are rarely used nowadays).