Author Topic: My robot showcase (Read 5162 times)

MrRevup90 · « **on:** December 12, 2012, 03:13:04 PM »

Here is my DSL drill bot, i know it looks like its not that good. but i did my best to make it.

Naryar · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2012, 03:14:49 PM »

Show your insides, add much more weapons, use smaller chassis, change your showcase's name to something more general and finally built to weight limit.

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2012, 03:19:04 PM »

Okay, i'm on it right now.

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2012, 03:31:35 PM »

Alright! Finished! Here it is. i modified it a bit but i think it still needs work.

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2012, 03:42:21 PM »

Also here is my lightweight spinner robot, "NienThousand"

Conraaa · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2012, 03:57:47 PM »

I don't know about you guys but i'm a sucker for funky chassis shapes.
First things first, your DSL Drill bot needs more than one ant, unless they're stacked. Which isn't much better. Stacking in DSL and components completely cutting through others is frowned upon unless the robot is specifically unrealistic. And as these look more in a IRL style i'm guessing that's not what you're going for. :P With the weight you have left over you could upgrade those slimbodies to NPC fast left/rights and that would make it really fun to drive. And then you could probably upgrade the weapons on the disc aswell to make it more damaging.
You could save weight by using poly extenders attatched to the ME's on the base instead of more ME's.

I like NienThousand, the bar looks like it cuts through the motor though (see above). Other than that, get rid of those stacked batteries! And maybe upgrade the drive to slimbodies, upgrade the armour, or do something else to get rid of that spare weight.
As a general rule one ant per spinning motor works well for a 3-4 minute match. Burst motors need to be powered fully to what they say in the description though.

(Also cheatbot2 components usually are overpowered, I saw those judge panels!)

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:02:14 PM »

Awesome! :D I'm working on them right now.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:04:38 PM »

Too much empty spaaaaaaaaaaaace!

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:46:19 PM »

No need to worry about empty space no moar for gold digger! Plus i modified NienThousand's blade to look more realistic. IT NO LONGER PASSES THE MOTOR!

And here is gold digger. NO MOAR EMPTY SPACE!

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2012, 05:22:09 PM »

Better

MassimoV · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2012, 05:27:51 PM »

There's still alot of empty space on the second one.

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2012, 07:15:19 PM »

yeah. What do you guys think of NienThousand?

Naryar · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2012, 07:25:48 PM »

it's weapons are pretty damn weak.

The FS is too messy. Basically, keep to a simple design unless a complex design is the point of the bot, because most often simplicity = better in Ra2.

Gauche Suede · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2012, 08:59:44 PM »

Quote from: MrRevup90 on December 12, 2012, 04:46:19 PM

No need to worry about empty space no moar for gold digger! Plus i modified NienThousand's blade to look more realistic. IT NO LONGER PASSES THE MOTOR! (Image removed from quote.) And here is gold digger. NO MOAR EMPTY SPACE! (Image removed from quote.) (Image removed from quote.)

@Gold Digger
1.Downgrade the motors to piglets and add MOAR RAZORS
2.Remove all of the decorations and add a simple trapper.
3.add a skirt/metal hinge wedge (or 2).

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2012, 10:58:01 PM »

Thanks for the advice but, They aren't decorations

CameraFan · « **Reply #15 on:** December 13, 2012, 12:27:06 AM »

Build the bar spinner to the weight limit. Also hypno wheels give .2(?) more grip than DSL wheels for the same weight or 1kg less, depending on which variant you use so switch to those on the bar spinner. Also 1 ant per spin motor so you could drop 2 ants.

Schrikvis · « **Reply #16 on:** December 13, 2012, 10:22:02 AM »

For Nienthousand,
try to add light doublesided teeth to one side of the beater bars.
That'd look cool, I think.
Also what's its armor?

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 13, 2012, 06:35:54 PM »

Ti1 i like using Ti1 cause its lightweight and its durability is somewhat best for lightweights.

MrRevup90 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 13, 2012, 06:47:48 PM »

here, Check out Grinder 1.6! He is a lightweight i made him in 30 mins :P

Kossokei · « **Reply #19 on:** December 13, 2012, 06:51:28 PM »

Not bad in the space department. Underweight though IIRC

If you want top-protection so badly, switch to a DSL bar. It's better weight wise and serves for some pretty good defense. ME's outside the chassis are pretty useless, and if you can make it invertible then you're just wasting weight with the srimech. Might need more weapons, looks like it'll get deweaponed pretty easily.