Author Topic: Richyguy showcase (Read 19301 times)

JoeBlo · « **Reply #80 on:** September 16, 2009, 03:32:16 AM »

your bots are looking pretty sweet but space management is something you will need to work on

this is one of the best pieces of advice I got when I first started out and it really did help (thanks JD)

Quote from: Jack Daniels;27695

In real life... a square bot with a ton of plating to protect the innards would be suitable for battle. With this game, its kinda the opposite. Anything you can put outside the basic structure of the bot will keep the precious chassis and even more so precious contents safe.

As an exercise, try to make the smallest chassis you can make to fit a battery/control board/and maybe a snapper or two, then see what you can attach to the snappers to make the bot mobile/damaging/and protected. This will teach you to congest things to a smaller chassis.

Because, remember, in battle... if a bot does a ton of damage to your chassis you are done for pretty quick... if the opponent nips away at exterior parts first before getting to the core, your bot has a better chance at surviving longer and winning the bout.

its a great help, try it out with Stock and then jump over to DSL as stock can be as unrealistic as you want

richyguy · « **Reply #81 on:** September 16, 2009, 03:34:19 AM »

yer thats where i av problems lol. i need to work on that. never get it right

richyguy · « **Reply #82 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:01:00 AM »

ok need a question for a bot in progress. im usin like this a helicopter look alike. the black 3 extender. wit hammers on the edge. wat kind of motor wud u use. im usin the piglet right now but it aint rly that gud.

Doomkiller · « **Reply #83 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:04:33 AM »

depends on which hammers You are using, But 4 mag, 6 mag and the double perm would be good. The single perms would also be good, Depending on the shape of the chassis and the weight of the hammers

JoeBlo · « **Reply #84 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:07:58 AM »

DK is right there, 4 Mag or 6 Mag (one of them is called a tornado gearbox or something) would be best or if your slinging serious weight then a duel perm

Naryar · « **Reply #85 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:14:56 AM »

Pic please.

richyguy · « **Reply #86 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:26:23 AM »

here it is

JoeBlo · « **Reply #87 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:28:20 AM »

try running the Whyachi Tribar straight off the motor and extenders on the ends of the tribar is also not a good thing, the second one of those is broken your bot will do a dance of the mauler variety

Mauler Dancing = Likely Quick Death

richyguy · « **Reply #88 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:28:49 AM »

ahh ok thnks

richyguy · « **Reply #89 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:35:36 AM »

ok how bout now

Doomkiller · « **Reply #90 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:39:05 AM »

the angle extenders are very weak, And heavy.....

JoeBlo · « **Reply #91 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:55:17 AM »

that's better, maybe use the smallest mutli extenders rather then angled ones as they will be harder to hit and use hypno wheels to bring the hammers closer to the ground

Pwnator · « **Reply #92 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:58:47 AM »

Those extenders holding the sledges are quite brittle. It would be better if your motor is attached straight to the baseplate. If the tribar intersects the wheels, (which most likely will happen) use Hypnos instead. They might be a tad heavier, but your bot will be more controllable with those on. Did you know that the NPC motors have an uncanny way of being able to be placed halfway outside the chassis? That helps a lot for extreme space management. Just lower the chassis and place the batteries where the drive used to be. :D

richyguy · « **Reply #93 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:05:00 AM »

ok i cudnt use hypnos they cudnt reach the ground so i used dsl2 they lower it and yer here u go

Doomkiller · « **Reply #94 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:10:16 AM »

ummm, Arnt the hypno wheels the same size as the dsl1 wheels?

Much better bot though, Richy

richyguy · « **Reply #95 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:12:21 AM »

woohoo im progressing. wudnt say im the best. but kool. least ppl say there ok and gettin better right lol

Pwnator · « **Reply #96 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:13:39 AM »

Hypnos WILL touch the ground when the drive is attached straight to the baseplate. Don't believe most things your eyes see when you're playing RA2. Flaws are always present in any game. XD

Also, the weapon is still too high. Put the motor straight to the baseplate and you won't need those weak extenders anymore. And you can make put your weapon motor lower by having your drive stick out like this:

As you can see, the bulk of the motor is outside the chassis, yet it still allowed me to attach the motors directly to the baseplate. And yep, it's as fast as

.

Try making the chassis bigger, but shorter. A wide stance always helps with bots that have serious kinetic energy on the weapons. :D

richyguy · « **Reply #97 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:24:43 AM »

ahh see i didnt know has u cud of seen lol. alright then. so lower spinny thingy and hypno wheels and motors on the outsideish ok then

richyguy · « **Reply #98 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:36:08 AM »

ok got it all. tho wud it be best if the motor wasnt exposed
or is it that i didnt av to do that

richyguy · « **Reply #99 on:** September 16, 2009, 05:37:06 AM »

oh crumbs wrong 1 ooops