Starcore V3
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Description: The Starcore AI packs were first introduced at a time when stock building wasn't about taking advantage of glitches to be more efficient. Starcore wanted to level the playing field. Some knew the techniques and many didn't. Needless to say, these packs helped to change that.

Starcore V3 is the de facto standard when it comes to stock RA2. It comes with 210 different AI bots, a slightly updated UI, and 1 awesome arena. This pack was released on August 18, 2004 in the middle of [[Starcore]], DarkRat, and Lu-Tze finishing up DSL-TC v1.0. Unlike many other AI packs, this pack features a wide variety of bot types and is a challenge even by today's standards.

This pack is a complete upgrade and replacement to the Starcore AI Pack v1.0 and v2.0.

You do not need v1.0 or v2.0 of the Starcore pack for this pack to operate.

If you already have v1.0 or v2.0 of the Starcore pack installed, this v3.0 pack will update and overwrite the prior versions.

You will need WinRAR or equivalent to extract this package. You can download WinRAR from http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm.

Trivia: When Starcore v3.0 was originally released there were size and download limits that required finding some way to get below 25MB in size (which was huge back then). WinRAR was able to compress that much better than WinZip.

Extract this pack to your Robot Arena 2 directory, letting it overwrite previous files as needed.

Default directory is: C:Program FilesInfogramesRobot Arena 2

Note:To rotate the 1st 15 teams with the 2nd 15 teams for the in-game tourneys go to the Robot Arena 2 directory and launch Rotate.bat

Run the batch file again to return the teams to their default order.

Credits: (see StarcoreReadMeV3.0.txt for a better breakdown)
v3.0 Thanks go to:
  • Rejected for all his support as the Starcore senior tester and for the splash and main menu graphics

Lu-Tze and Rejected for the design, creation and graphics of the Starcore AI Combat Arena
  • Thanks go out to all the pack V3 beta testers that tested and got a report back to me. Without you I never would have finished this pack:

    ACAMS, Artitan, AzMiLion, Be0t, C2, Clutch, Corwin, Darkrat, Diablo666, EpicentrE, Foolishevil, Jimxorb, Karnage, Metal Virus, Paulo Herrera -=PH=-,
  • Rejected, Tankmaker665, Viper, WardenX


Credit where credit is due (New bot designs and updates to the first 15 teams):

  • Vortex CE, Rabid Pit Bull, Tempest Exterminator, Hunter-Killer Tank, Death Cloud, Ancient Leviathan, and Express Delivery by Rejected
  • 3-2-1 Blastoff! based on Achilles Heel, Flying Sheep based on Infinite Anti-Gravity and Leprosy based on older Insectiod by Foolishevil
  • Mome Rath based on Bumbler by Corporate Goon


New 6-bot Themed Teams:

  • Infestation (Blood Leech, RoAcH, Insectoid, Aedes, Scabies, Papa Roach) by Foolishevil
  • C2 Robotics (Black Bull, Mutiny II, Rebel 2, Rebel, Rhino, Anti Epic) by C2
  • EHB (Wee VS, Happy Returns, Spikefan, Octomini Xtreme, Chopsticks, Little Darling) by Spawngeek
  • Carnival Mayhem (Bitter Box, Box of Pure Evil, Infernium, Crimson Fury Xtreme, Mr. Hell, Cideous) by Foolishevil
  • Team XORB (Phale, XZAI 2, Ranacide 3, Matanca 2, Jyro, Warlock) by Jimxorb
  • Mythos (Anubis, Orcus, Osirus, Loki, Odin, Poseidon) by Viper
  • Team Ultimatum (Zenith, 12xrt, Epic, Epic Jr, Synergy, Void) by EpicentrE
  • Team Emergency (Breakout, Emergency Fly-By, Final Operation, Blades of Life, Emergency Launch, Fatal Incision) by WardenX
  • ACAMS Anti-Wedge (WedgeWhacker LW, Wedge-B-Gone, WedgeWhacker HW, Wedge X, Wedge Y, Alligator) by ACAMS
  • Happy Bees (The Odd Bee, Dizzy Bees, Bee Keeper, Exploding Bees, Robotic Bee, The Possessed Bee) by Rejected
  • Spinners of Doom (Mini Mauler, Extreamliner, Lethal Weapon, Texas Twister, Crawler, ACME Brick) by ACAMS
  • Past-Present-Future (Tick Tock, Green Time Vortex, The Bloody Pendulum, Inside the Clock, Time Pixie, Cactus Jack) by Artitan
  • Team SpaceStation (Orion's Fury, Critical Contact, Deathstar, Air Supply, Max Power, Turbulence) by Gemini
  • The Mafia (Button Man, Dirty Money, Tommy Gun, Johnny Law, Get Away Car, The Don) by Clutch
  • Team Karnage (Klip, Mini Karnage, Karnage, Knat Bite, Big Knat Bite, Super Karnage) by Karnage

Posted by: Starcore September 06, 2014, 09:31:21 PM

Rating: ***** by 3 members.

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October 30, 2018, 09:36:16 AM
I love this AI pack. It works great.