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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: Tigermisu on February 27, 2011, 03:09:45 PM

Title: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Tigermisu on February 27, 2011, 03:09:45 PM
and other times its black.

*When creating a robot.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: madman3 on February 27, 2011, 03:13:11 PM
Or blue. I don't know why.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: SteveM4 on February 27, 2011, 03:13:18 PM
Depends on the arena you were last in...
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Preytor_4 on February 27, 2011, 03:13:30 PM
Or green
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: SteveM4 on February 27, 2011, 03:14:41 PM
Depends on the arena you were last in...

^^^^
Answer
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Sage on February 27, 2011, 03:15:13 PM
it's the "sky" color of the arena you were last in. IN the practice garage it's gray, in the combat arena it's black. Some other arenas have different colors.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Preytor_4 on February 27, 2011, 03:16:12 PM
So if i go in to an arena with a pink background it'll be pink. schweet
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: FOTEPX on February 27, 2011, 03:22:57 PM
*brainwave*

How about we use the background colors to symbolize difficulty, with grey being Stock Difficulty and blue being 123-AI Difficulty.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Meganerdbomb on February 27, 2011, 03:24:03 PM
If you go into Clickbeetle's Small Arena. It will be neon green.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: FOTEPX on February 27, 2011, 03:26:17 PM
Already knew that, but thanks anyway.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Sage on February 27, 2011, 03:47:34 PM
*brainwave*

How about we use the background colors to symbolize difficulty, with grey being Stock Difficulty and blue being 123-AI Difficulty.

that's actually a pretty cool idea
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Preytor_4 on February 27, 2011, 03:48:54 PM
*brainwave*

How about we use the background colors to symbolize difficulty, with grey being Stock Difficulty and blue being 123-AI Difficulty.

that's actually a pretty cool idea
But how would the color levels work?
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: FOTEPX on February 27, 2011, 03:52:02 PM
Grey = Stock/Bad DSL
Black = Good Stock/DSL
Green = Starcore/Nar AI
Blue = Starcore V4/123 AI
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Badnik96 on February 27, 2011, 03:52:51 PM
What about other colors?
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Enigm@ on February 27, 2011, 03:54:53 PM
I was wondering why it did this too...
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: FOTEPX on February 27, 2011, 03:54:57 PM
Well, I don't  know of any other arenas which use any other colour.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Scorpion on February 27, 2011, 03:56:09 PM
*brainwave*

How about we use the background colors to symbolize difficulty, with grey being Stock Difficulty and blue being 123-AI Difficulty.

that's actually a pretty cool idea
I just don't get it....is this for showcases?
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Enigm@ on February 27, 2011, 03:56:26 PM
Then how does Pillar Of Fire have an orange background?
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: FOTEPX on February 27, 2011, 03:56:46 PM
Magic.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Sage on February 27, 2011, 03:58:15 PM
Actually guys, secret tip here: Using Firebeetle's f9 window cheat mode, you can change the color of the sky to whatever you want. See if you can figure it out.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: freeziez on February 27, 2011, 03:58:38 PM
In the BBEANS V2 Arena, the background is green.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: FOTEPX on February 27, 2011, 04:00:36 PM
Actually guys, secret tip here: Using Firebeetle's f9 window cheat mode, you can change the color of the sky to whatever you want. See if you can figure it out.

Ah. Well If that's the case:

Grey = Bad Stock/Bad DSL
Black/White = Stock/DSL
Yellow = Good Stock / Good DSL
Orange = Artbots
Green = Starcore/Nar AI
Blue = Starcore V4/123 AI
Purple = SHW's/UHW's

(If you haven't noticed yet, that's the same system that Titan Quest uses for it's items)
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Tigermisu on February 27, 2011, 04:06:15 PM
Actually guys, secret tip here: Using Firebeetle's f9 window cheat mode, you can change the color of the sky to whatever you want. See if you can figure it out.

Ah. Well If that's the case:

Grey = Bad Stock/Bad DSL
Black/White = Stock/DSL
Yellow = Good Stock / Good DSL
Orange = Artbots
Green = Starcore/Nar AI
Blue = Starcore V4/123 AI
Purple = SHW's/UHW's

(If you haven't noticed yet, that's the same system that Titan Quest uses for it's items)

I would support that Idea.

offtopic: If I edit the hazards.py to make fire and electricity stronger, do I have to touch the compiled hazards?
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: G.K. on February 27, 2011, 04:42:41 PM
Actually guys, secret tip here: Using Firebeetle's f9 window cheat mode, you can change the color of the sky to whatever you want. See if you can figure it out.

Ah. Well If that's the case:

Grey = Bad Stock/Bad DSL
Black/White = Stock/DSL
Yellow = Good Stock / Good DSL
Orange = Artbots
Green = Starcore/Nar AI
Blue = Starcore V4/123 AI
Purple = SHW's/UHW's

(If you haven't noticed yet, that's the same system that Titan Quest uses for it's items)

we can do any color. Simple .py edit.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Trovaner on February 27, 2011, 07:42:21 PM
As Sage mentioned, you can change the background color from in the FPS window. You don't need to mess with any of the Arena.py files unless you really want to.

Someone really smart could even make the garage buttons control the background color. Although, personally, I think having the background automatically change based on the weight of the bot would be a much cooler mod (both would be extremely easy to do).
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Scrap Daddy on February 27, 2011, 08:21:01 PM
I feel like anything but the standard grey looks bad which is why I have never used anything else.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Somebody on February 27, 2011, 10:28:36 PM
I feel like anything but the standard grey looks bad which is why I have never used anything else.

qft
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: Dragonfire on February 28, 2011, 12:53:05 PM
I feel like anything but the standard grey looks bad which is why I have never used anything else.

qft

I agree.

Although if it were to change to colours, i hope they would be nice shades, i.e. nothing too vibrant or harsh (even black isn't that appealing to me) =P.
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: J on February 28, 2011, 03:15:53 PM
Wait, if we are doing a color system....
How about making it actually make sense?
Yellow=Bad
Orange=Decent
Red=Overkilling
So the background become more 'serious' the harder the robot is to beat O,o
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: JoeBlo on March 01, 2011, 04:08:14 AM
Just do the traffic light system

Green Safe, Orange Cautious, Red Unsafe :P
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: ianh05 on March 01, 2011, 09:18:08 AM
Just do the traffic light system

Green Safe, Orange Cautious, Red Unsafe :P

this^ :) reminds me of WoW too >.>
Title: Re: Why, when you take a robot picture, the background is sometimes gray...
Post by: R0B0SH4RK on March 07, 2011, 11:35:34 PM
I feel like anything but the standard grey looks bad which is why I have never used anything else.

I second this notion. Or third. Or whatever.