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F1Krazy's DSL Showcase
F1Krazy:
I made an RA3 showcase, so I figured I might as well make a DSL showcase while I'm at it. As with the RA3 showcase, I'll be spreading my existing bots out across various posts rather than spamming them all at once. I also have a pretty neat "factfile" format for displaying them, inspired by Guldenflame's showcase.
I'll start with my Redditbots entry Vertigo, as it's a good indicator of how much I've improved over the last month. The Redditbots version was the first bot I ever made in DSL 2.2, loosely based on a bot I made in the RW Mod, and my inexperience really showed: the chassis was too bulky, it can't hit anything with a skirt or wedge, the wheels are uneven so it pulls slightly in one direction, and it has DSA armor because I was still used to the RW Mod, in which DSA still works, and didn't realize it was useless in DSL until I signed up here :dumb) I consider it a flawed prototype, I regret sending it in as early as I did, and honestly I'm astonished that it got seeded 9th when things like Delta got seeded lower.
Enough about the prototype, here's the current version. More compact body, much, much better armour, and wheels that aren't wonky. Wonder how highly this version would've been seeded.
I also have an invertible version of Vertigo in the works, which can handle wedges and skirts more easily and has an even more compact body since I don't need space for a srimech. It's not ready yet, but I do have something else I want to show off now...
Earlier today, I showed Delta's teaser video to a friend of mine, who knows nothing about combat robots. He agreed it was scary, but said it would be even more scary if it had a second flipper on its back. So I made a double-wedge bot with a flipper on either side, just to see if it was possible. For bonus points, one's a front-hinged flipper and one's a rear-hinged flipper. It's good, but nothing special, and the armour is pathetic. More of a curiosity than anything.
(the inner and outer pics were taken from opposite sides, just to confuse everyone :P )
More bots to show off later! For now, let me know what you think of these ones, and bear in mind I'm still learning.
Gulden:
Very good stuff here.
Vertigo 2's srimech motor I believe is made for being outside the chassis. I'd recommend one of the piston burst motors or the slow mag snapper.
Otherwise, pretty good.
You succeeded at confusing me with double jeopardy. The only possible flaw I could think of is battery life. Storm piston bursts use much more battery than the other type. Also I couldn't see very many batteries in there. (Unless it's all stacked)
F1Krazy:
Yeah, as I was adding the finishing touches to it yesterday I was wondering whether I should use a different burst motor. I think the reason I went with that one was because the piston burst motors are too big to fit, and the slow Mag Snapper would make the self-righting even more sluggish and leave it vulnerable. I'll look into it, though. Maybe I can shave off a little weight there.
I'm glad you like Double Jeopardy. Yeah, the ant batteries are stacked, there's 15 of them in there in 3 stacks of 5, which should be just about enough power to last it the three minutes. I don't think you're supposed to stack batteries in DSL but I do it anyway out of force of habit :P Should probably stop doing that. (Just to try and clear things up a little: the rear-hinged flipper is at the front, and the front-hinged flipper is at the rear).
Thanks for the feedback! ^_^
FaceBagman:
Have to stop by and acknowledge that Vertigo has been one of my favorite entries in Redditbots since the first photos of the bots were posted there. :claping
I'm excited to see it in action!
F1Krazy:
--- Quote from: FaceBagman on October 05, 2016, 10:11:39 AM ---Have to stop by and acknowledge that Vertigo has been one of my favorite entries in Redditbots since the first photos of the bots were posted there. :claping
I'm excited to see it in action!
--- End quote ---
Thanks! For all its flaws, it's still pretty powerful and has a nice look to it, I think.
Anyway, while we're showing off tournament entries, might as well show off my GTM Robot Wars entry, Deathstalker!
Originally, the axe was positioned near-vertically like a scorpion's stinger, and it had Tazbot wedges on the front that kinda looked like claws, so the name was much more fitting. I removed the wedges because they got in the way of the axe, and repositioned the axe so it would always land on it and be able to self-right when flipped over. The Vladiator flipper at the back acts as a static wedge for stability purposes: without it, the thing keeps toppling over. As for the skin, that was made by Rob Collins (who, incidentally, is my opponent in Round 1 of Redditbots! Small world, huh?)
I also entered Deathstalker into Guldenflame's Wild Card Rally, with the axe mounted in a slightly different position because it kept catching on the arena wall, and also threw together an alternate flipper configuration that's actually not very good. Idk, I guess I just like alternate configs :P
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