Author Topic: Clickbeetle's DSL bots (Read 85590 times)

Clickbeetle · « **on:** June 01, 2006, 09:44:31 PM »

I have a pretty good HW vertical spinner here, made in DSL 1.2 so you all don't have to envy its special parts. I don't know why it's taken so long for me to get around to posting it, because it's an awesome design.

Stats: 4 TWM3R drive with 4 hypno wheels, 2 PC545's + 2 red battlepacks

The pic says most of what needs to be said, but let me explain a bit. Darkling is a combination armored wedge/VS. Bots go up on the wedge and then they get hit from underneath with the blade. Due to its unique design, all the force of the blade goes into flinging the opponent; none goes into flipping Darkling and it can always get a good solid catch, making for some impressive airtime. Also, if I need to, I can turn the bot around and reverse the spinner for a more traditional vertical spinner design. And thirdly, it makes a dang good pushybot with that low armored wedge and good drive.

The name is a reference to the real-world inspiration for this bot, the Dark Forces bots Dark Pounder, Dark Pummeler, and Dark Striker.

SpyGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2006, 11:10:17 PM »

whoa .. that thing is totally cool.

Mr. Weedy · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2006, 08:17:37 AM »

My umm...

My ... MAD MUTANT CORP will smash that easily. xD

=P Or not.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2006, 10:39:01 PM »

Beans on it, today is Friday. I was helping my dad take tree branches down to a composting site and the sneak peek totally slipped my mind. I'll have a screenshot of the new bot lab posted tomorrow.

Meanwhile, here is another picture of Darkling navigating (unsuccessfully) a mound of Fatboy wheels. If it wasn't for the lag, it probably could have done it...

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/1339/wheels8or.jpg

(fatboys provided courtesy of Firebeetle)

Mr. Weedy · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2006, 09:31:38 AM »

I think that is possible to keep even that much objects on an arena if none of them aren't overlapping. Because few times when Techno Destructo or someone else sank through arena's floor the game started to lag like mad and if I ever looked to that direction where one robot was sunk through arena's floor my fps dropped down to 1-10 and when I looked somewhere else it was just fine.

mean2u · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2006, 08:49:54 PM »

Holy super poopalaka. :shock:

SpyGuy · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2006, 02:11:23 AM »

*blinks* How the hexk didya get that many wheels out on the arena floor? Looks like you just ripped off the Goodyear plant or something....

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2006, 12:23:02 AM »

2 new 2.0 bots!

Microfuge 2 - LW
Astroflight drive
1 mm aluminum armor
Dual mag weapon motor
1 PC545 battery

Pretty basic horizontal flail spinner. Much improved over the first Microfuge, with a longer-lasting battery and 2 extra flails. By far my most powerful LW. Its only weakness is the weapon's tendency to tilt at an angle after a hit, leaving the bot immobile for a brief time.

Bar Code - HW
NPC-T64 drive
3 mm titanium armor
4 PC625 batteries + 1 battlepack

A vertical bar spinner with some pretty insane power. Plenty of big batteries make sure the dual Perm gearbox gets full power, and when it's spinning two 60 kg hammers it can chuck other HW's like nobody's business. Its only weaknesses are its non-invertibility and somewhat slow drive. The design could probably be improved upon; it was originally a test for the DP gearbox, but it turned out fairly competitive.

Holic · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2006, 12:32:26 AM »

Wow, I like Bar Code alot, DSL 2.0 Is going to be sweet. I've seen Microfuge before, don't know what's diffrent in the 2.0 version but anyways, great bots

Mr. Weedy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2006, 10:31:58 AM »

I already got an idea of Bar Code because I saw one part of the picture wrong when I just looked around it a bit. When I took a little closer look I noticed that I saw first wrong but I got now an idea. :twisted:

Oh yeah and nice bots. Turn your MSN at least once on so I could talk with you about taking a match. :D

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #10 on:** September 01, 2006, 05:18:20 PM »

The only thing we have to fear is... Fear Itself!

Fear Itself is an attempt at a Complete Control-style lifter. It sort of works: it can pick up and drop bots just like Complete Control, but it only has enough power to do so when it's driving forward, and only against certain opponents. Even against bots it can't lift, though, it makes a decent hammer bot with that Robot X spike on a BSG, and a pretty good pushybot too.

Fast NPC-T64 drive, 3mm plastic armor, 2 PC545 batteries. Exactly 399.0 kgs.

I think I'll make a HW version with a Beta burst powering the flipper. That'll probably have enough torque to lift any opponent.

Mr. Weedy · « **Reply #11 on:** September 02, 2006, 05:47:48 AM »

Nice robot. Seems you aren't running out of ideas and nice designs as I am. :cry:

eFFeeMMe · « **Reply #12 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:25:12 AM »

I never saw Complete Control so I don't really get how that bot works - But it sure looks fear inspiring... Killing Lock Nut is quite an accomplishment.

Oh and, I was wondering, do fast NPCs actually make for better drive motors? Also, I can place them through the chassis... Is that normal?

Mr. Weedy · « **Reply #13 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:57:33 AM »

It is normal that you can place NPC motors through chassis and it depends on bot does fast versions do better drive. If you are making medium/light weight bot then you can quite easily see the difference between fast and normal. Fast turns and moves faster but when the bot is heavier there won't be very much difference between normal and fast.

Briefly: Fast NPC motors normally do better drive and on lighter weight even more.

eFFeeMMe · « **Reply #14 on:** September 02, 2006, 12:23:13 PM »

Oh, thanks :)

Death · « **Reply #15 on:** September 02, 2006, 01:15:51 PM »

hey click, how come none of the bots on the download work?

deadkenndys1105 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:39:46 PM »

They abandond those when they changed servers.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #17 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:50:31 PM »

Quote from: eFFeeMMe

I never saw Complete Control so I don't really get how that bot works

It picks up bots like a claw, then drops them behind it, usually flipping them.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #18 on:** September 10, 2006, 10:05:33 PM »

Middleweight version of Darkling, with an E-tek powered blade with 2 30kg hammers, Magmotor drive with hypno wheels, a PC545 battery and a Battlepack, and 3 mm aluminum armor.

Darkling Larva works basically the same as the HW Darkling: scoop up bots with the low armored wedge, then hit their undersides with the blade to send them flying. Or if that doesn't work, reverse the blade and back into the opponent. Not as tough as the HW Darkling because the drive isn't as good, but it can still beat most of the AI.

Jalor · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2006, 08:13:20 PM »