Author Topic: DSC's IRL DSL showcase (Read 90903 times)

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #260 on:** June 25, 2011, 08:18:47 PM »

Presenting an evolution of my bot Stingray, from original Robot Wars-style bot, to a more serious fighter. I'm trying to make this vertical hammer bot more combat worthy, whilst still keeping it grounded in reality.

The bot I entered into Battlebots, and had to change, is version TWO. Versions three and four only happened today.

Evo 4 is far more stable when swinging, even with THZ.py which caused 1,2 and 3 to spazz, and pretty damaging. A side effect of it's stability is it's inability to self-right due to the length of the bot. Slighty erratic with FBS, utterly hopeless against face spinners.

I'm still looking to improve this, so i'll probably end up posting the .bot file soon.

As a bonus, have a re-skinned hypno wheel.

Ben Purse · « **Reply #261 on:** June 25, 2011, 08:33:45 PM »

Could you send the 4th verison for nostalgia reasons?

Thyrus · « **Reply #262 on:** June 26, 2011, 02:42:21 AM »

the one on the right is a bit shaped like TerrorHz. Seems to be a good shape for that weapon.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #263 on:** June 26, 2011, 12:47:03 PM »

Can anyone suggest the best component for a counterwight on that bot? ideally one that people don't shout "it clips the motor, UNREALISTIC! LERN2BOT N00B

" as people are prone to doing.

Thyrus · « **Reply #264 on:** June 26, 2011, 12:50:41 PM »

talking bout the hammer?

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #265 on:** June 26, 2011, 01:06:10 PM »

Yes, sorry for being unclear. Its a counterweight for the Stingray weapon, which has a combined weight of 55KG on a Beta Geared

Thyrus · « **Reply #266 on:** June 26, 2011, 01:13:37 PM »

drum component with beaterbars? :P

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #267 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:45:13 AM »

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!
I tried to pack a lot, enough into this chassis. I have weight left over, I know. But I didn't want to add anything else to the bot, hence the decision to call it Underdog. Also messed with the Iron Spike texture, just for the sake of doing so *shrug*

Additional: I think I could go on with different Stingray iterations until the world ends, so i'm leaving it at 6, until I can find a stable method.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #268 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:48:21 AM »

Invertable?
I'd almost like to see the wheels.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #269 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:56:25 AM »

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on July 01, 2011, 11:48:21 AM

Invertable?
I'd almost like to see the wheels.

Invertible, yes.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #270 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:58:44 AM »

I meant in terms of the wheels being outside of the chassis, it would kind of look, right...

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #271 on:** July 01, 2011, 03:45:15 PM »

Repost for the new page:

and my 2nd bot today:

A big ol' rammer, for the sake of big ol' rammerness. Not because there was no goddamn motor that I could use that could keep the bot invertible and with a spinner. No sir.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #272 on:** July 01, 2011, 03:49:39 PM »

Your bots always bring a smile to my face. :D

NFX · « **Reply #273 on:** July 01, 2011, 03:50:53 PM »

Looks pretty good. =) Is the armour pretty high on them?

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #274 on:** July 01, 2011, 04:02:14 PM »

H-Bloc is TiT3, as I figured it wouldn't need so much with the side and irons.

Underdog is TiT10, so it can take a fair few whacks and keep going.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #275 on:** July 07, 2011, 04:21:48 PM »

Revisted another bot. Removed the rear face spinner. Added a srimech. Made it nippy, made it spiky. Made the skin 512x512.

MassimoV · « **Reply #276 on:** July 07, 2011, 04:26:00 PM »

I like it. You might be able to make it shorter though.

SteveM4 · « **Reply #277 on:** July 07, 2011, 04:59:24 PM »

How did you get the skin 512x512?

FOTEPX · « **Reply #278 on:** July 07, 2011, 05:59:23 PM »

DSC, send me all of your bots tommorow. I wanna see which one is the best :P

I'll do the AI'ing, don't worry.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #279 on:** July 09, 2011, 01:55:57 PM »

Quote from: FOTEPX on July 07, 2011, 05:59:23 PM

DSC, send me all of your bots tommorow. I wanna see which one is the best :P

I'll do the AI'ing, don't worry.

I can't do that, mainly because i'm going through and re-doing a few of them, to try and implement what i've learnt since then. Speaking of which...

Dragon Slayer II: Slay Harder. Got rid of the geared beta and re-did the weapon, to almost a 'chomper'. Would be an effective crusher in DSL 3.0 imo. Added a better srimech, and it now steers straight with the change to 4WD. New artwork, including a 'battlescarred' version t make it look like it's had a few hundred fights