Author Topic: Inplabth's DSL Showcase (Read 8180 times)

inplabth · « **Reply #20 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:14:57 AM »

Hm. I'll see what I can do. My current setup actually doesn't have the bottom armor, but uses a metal hinge wedge instead. But I'll see what I can do with the halfsheet, but they always seem to have weird collision boxes.

inplabth · « **Reply #21 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:06:02 PM »

Well, I've been working on a new bot (finally), and I can't get a halfsheet to attach to the bottom of the bot. I dunno what the problem is.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:07:34 PM »

is it on the lowest possible height? there's a glitch that won't let it attach if it's at Hypno invertability height.

inplabth · « **Reply #23 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:40:08 PM »

Oh. That'd do it. Either way, new bot. Found it! Credit to 123STW for the bot base. I knew that I'd seen this before I made it.

5x Ants, blue CB and one baseplate anchor in the chassis.
4x NPC Fasts with Backlash wheels
12x Vlad spikes on 180 degree hinges

Oops, forgot the chassis inside.

And for my final update, a battleshot.

The Ounce · « **Reply #24 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:01:43 PM »

See if you can make it invertible, maybe using a shorter chassis and Vlad or Granny wheels would help. For the weapons, Sais (aka Robot X Swords) are better than Vlad Spikes, and I think using 90 degree axles would sweep wedges away easier.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #25 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:12:13 PM »

I think Vlad Spikes are fine, even with normal it out performs robot x sword on field test. Plus with robot x sword's triangular collision mesh it will have less sweeping power than vlad.

As for hinges, go with 90 degrees.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #26 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:56:29 PM »

O.o

You got the attention of Click, Yoda, Pwn, 123stw and Ounce!

This showcase is where all the smart people are hanging out.

Give me a minute, I have to clean out my pipe.

Is this seat real leather? Ohhhh. Swanky.

When will the maid be around with another batch of Crumpets?

Barkeep? I'll have a Perrier! Thank you!

...

ok ok I'll stop.

Awesome bots man. Keep up the great work.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #27 on:** June 15, 2010, 09:12:31 PM »

Nice bot, but better avatar :D

inplabth · « **Reply #28 on:** June 15, 2010, 09:22:48 PM »

Axle loading is a nuisance. Realism is a bit sketchy now, but it could work. The axle loading took most of the time in the rebuild. It now uses 90 degree axles on all of the Vlad Spikes for better swatting power, as I was recommended. I had to swap up two of the vlad spikes for large beater bars with light DS teeth on 180 degree axles or they break off too easily. I tried the RobotX swords, but they didn't work as well both damage and swatting-wise. The new wheels give it ridiculous speed along with being basically invertible. It rides on the top of the chassis a bit, but the wheels are close enough to the ground that it still spins. Internals are the same.

Also, I'm experimenting with a new setup for the motors. They get ripped off too easily when the bot is inverted.

System32 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 16, 2010, 02:09:51 AM »

Heh, You'll see some funny stuff with the motors soon if you keep messing with them like that...

Badnik96 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 16, 2010, 02:42:06 PM »

It only needs 4 ants

inplabth · « **Reply #31 on:** June 16, 2010, 04:46:04 PM »

I know. But with only 4 the battery tends to wear down too far to swat bots away for the last 30 seconds or so of the match. 5 works much better.

inplabth · « **Reply #32 on:** June 16, 2010, 08:17:44 PM »

Well, still working on motor protection for the SnS, and I had an idea while I was working.

Cyclonic Intervention
2x NPCs with Hypnos for drive
8x Vlad spikes on 90 degree hinges
6x Ants
3mm Plastic armor

Most is visible anyways. I'm really liking the vlad spikes for the good damage, even though they have normals. the ones on this bot sweep very low to the ground and can easily sweep away wedges, and the NPC drive makes it quite speedy across the arena.

Somebody · « **Reply #33 on:** June 16, 2010, 08:28:00 PM »

Doesn't seem to have enough weapons.

inplabth · « **Reply #34 on:** June 16, 2010, 08:37:16 PM »

The vlad spikes do remarkably well in combat, even better in my experience than hammers.

Pwnator · « **Reply #35 on:** June 17, 2010, 01:54:03 AM »

The drive doesn't need to be fully powered, so it only needs 4 ants. Use the lighter CB (since you have a lot of space there anyway). With the free weight, you can probably upgrade the armor.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #36 on:** June 17, 2010, 02:11:35 AM »

5 ants are fine. I would put 5 - 6 myself. And just to make it not seem like a personal preference, here's a quote from snow leopard about Crosswind V.

Quote from: The Ounce on May 22, 2010, 11:39:20 AM

6 ants, 5mm plastic.

I can't say much (mostly because it's not so different from the last one), but more batteries = increased motor output = faster spin speed = counter wedges easier.

Naryar · « **Reply #37 on:** June 18, 2010, 01:36:20 AM »

5 ants are indeed fine

inplabth · « **Reply #38 on:** July 26, 2010, 07:46:36 PM »

Showcase resurrection!

Forgot to add, NPC fasts. Er, and that it's using Titanium 3.

Important info and shots are in the splash. This was my experiment with a different setup for a popup. Probably been done before, but I just wanted to see how it performed. wedges are good after I got them not to AGOD on me, bot is fast, and it hits from 500-1700 for damage. Even gets a few OOTA's. Not sure what to do with the extra weight, but I might upgrade to irons and see how those do, with a slight armor downgrade.

EDIT: Un-stacked the accidentally stacked batteries in the top row.

SteveM4 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 27, 2010, 01:12:38 AM »

Looks good, you could save weight with the Narmour I guess to put on more spikes.
That bot needs 6 ants...

2 per BSG
1 per NPCf