Author Topic: Natef's DSL Showcase (Read 45996 times)

powerrave · « **Reply #260 on:** May 01, 2012, 10:50:21 AM »

Use Multi-Extender instead of the baseplate anchor. It will save you weight.

martymidget · « **Reply #261 on:** May 01, 2012, 11:13:49 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on April 30, 2012, 07:00:06 PM

That's even worse than your last bot. Replace the Ant Saws with a DSL Bar or Disc with beater bars.

Thats even worst than your last advice. Replace the first part with a comment on less drive.

Natef · « **Reply #262 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:28:57 PM »

A work in progress.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #263 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:33:41 PM »

ok wtf
-the disk cuts though the perm
-hs generally dont need wedges
-the extender work is @_@ing awful, keep it simple and just use a few me's and the occasional round extender
-theres a huge ass white box around the bot, get rid of that

gj with less empty space though

Natef · « **Reply #264 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:37:56 PM »

I don't know how that happened. I was using GIMP for the first time.

Naryar · « **Reply #265 on:** May 12, 2012, 04:34:04 AM »

Stop cropping like sparkey.

It's pretty bad anyways. Not enough weapons, needs more refined extender work, unrealistic.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #266 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:03:16 AM »

Why you use gimp? just use paint. >.<

NFX · « **Reply #267 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:05:47 AM »

You get a lot more features with GIMP, and it's a free piece of software. Much like Paint.NET, I find PDN easier to use, though, than GIMP.

There are several things that can be done to improve this bot. Largely the unrealistic weapon, the disc cuts directly through the drive belt on the Perm. The extender work is also a complete mess, along with the redundant wedges. You should have a bit more weaponry as well, if you tidy up the extenders, maybe attach everything directly to ME's, that'll save you a LOT of weight for weaponry.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #268 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:23:54 AM »

Quote from: NFX on May 12, 2012, 06:05:47 AM

You get a lot more features with GIMP, and it's a free piece of software. Much like Paint.NET, I find PDN easier to use, though, than GIMP.

I'm not stupid, I have Gimp myself too. You could just crop the picture with paint.

powerrave · « **Reply #269 on:** May 12, 2012, 07:47:00 AM »

I prefer to use Photoshop CS4, but that's because I always want to make a nice splash for my bots. For normal clopping like this, Paint is indeed more then enough.

Natef · « **Reply #270 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:41:01 PM »

How do you shrink the canvas like in Paint?

NFX · « **Reply #271 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:53:12 PM »

If you select an area of the picture, then select Ctrl + Shift + X, it crops the image to your selection.

Similar problems to the last bot, though. Clean up your extender work, and maybe swap the weapon TWM for a Piglet. Perhaps lose the central beater add some DS teeth with the saved weight, that'll help with gutripping stuff.

MassimoV · « **Reply #272 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:18:19 PM »

Use a metal hinge for your wedge.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #273 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:20:48 PM »

yeah beater bars are mainly good if you have a high dp weapon backing it up

Natef · « **Reply #274 on:** May 19, 2012, 09:47:21 PM »

A WIP of an IRL bot.

God, I suck at this game.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #275 on:** May 19, 2012, 11:05:28 PM »

I would move the flipper slightly back.

Naryar · « **Reply #276 on:** May 20, 2012, 01:07:34 AM »

So much empty space...

NFX · « **Reply #277 on:** May 20, 2012, 06:11:13 AM »

It's IRL, expect a little bit of inefficiency. Flipper could be moved further back, perhaps if you turned the judge burst the other way round, to get the axle closer to the back of the bot. That should help the side panel line up with the front wedge a bit better.

Naryar · « **Reply #278 on:** May 20, 2012, 07:18:36 AM »

Quote from: NFX on May 20, 2012, 06:11:13 AM

It's IRL, expect a little bit of inefficiency.

Yes, "a little bit". Not nearly 40% of empty space !

This is a MW flipper/popup chassis and he's using it for a LW.

powerrave · « **Reply #279 on:** May 20, 2012, 07:20:45 AM »

I wonder why he's posting a WIP and not just keep building to actually show a finished product.