Author Topic: The DSL Super Efficient Designs of The Ounce (Read 107252 times)

Reier · « **Reply #420 on:** February 20, 2010, 05:30:16 PM »

That is one very cool VS.

Naryar · « **Reply #421 on:** February 21, 2010, 04:28:41 AM »

WHY SO GOOD

The Ounce · « **Reply #422 on:** March 06, 2010, 03:13:59 PM »

Wow it's been a while since I posted here

Remade my V-Pokers:

Stiletto (now in its 6th version): 1mm titanium, and everything else is visible.

Rapier: NPC fasts, 5mm plastic, 3 ants, small VDMA piston. Gave it a better wedge and extender setup, and now stands up better to popups and other wedges, but still has that unprotected chassis.

Broadsword: 5mm titanium, innards and external armor setup are visible. Has a total of 19 large beater bars, 8 razors and iron spikes, and 2 30kg Sais, all mounted on 2 hex plates on a VDMA piston (long2). More weaponry than the NAR AI 2 version, and like the revised Rapier, stands more of a chance against gut-rippers. Like always, is very effective against shell spinners.

G.K. · « **Reply #423 on:** March 06, 2010, 03:17:53 PM »

All look good Ounce.

Argh I should get some sleep. Gotta go to Heathrow 1st thing tomorrow and its my dad's birthday then too.

Naryar · « **Reply #424 on:** March 06, 2010, 03:26:49 PM »

v2.3 ?

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #425 on:** March 06, 2010, 05:39:21 PM »

Looks cool!

I thought Slimbody motors were sin?

On the HW... does the top sheet prevent invertability?

I like them very much.

The Ounce · « **Reply #426 on:** March 06, 2010, 05:56:54 PM »

Quote from: Jack Daniels on March 06, 2010, 05:39:21 PM

Looks cool! Thanks!

I thought Slimbody motors were sin? Not on anything below a MW (although Slimbodies with Hypnos is probably the bare minimum on a MW).

On the HW... does the top sheet prevent invertability? No it doesn't.

I like them very much. Thanks again!

and Naryar, if you mean to ask if these going into NAR AI v2.3, then sure, I can send them to you.

The Ounce · « **Reply #427 on:** March 08, 2010, 05:37:44 PM »

Annnnnnnnnnd DP.

I couldn't help but notice how the panther claw was modified in NAR AI 2.2 (though I think it could be much more accurate :P), so I decided to use them in a design:

1mm titanium.

It's an okay fighter, more of a NAR AI 1-level antweight; I think these weapons have normals, or something else in the .txt that's preventing them from doing damage, but I didn't seem to notice anything... maybe I'm looking at it wrong.

And no it is not going into Combat Ants 2

Reier · « **Reply #428 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:03:52 PM »

Whoa, what are those weapons? I've never seem them before. :O

The Ounce · « **Reply #429 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:21:21 PM »

Naryar modified and included some of Darkrat's custom components in his latest NAR AI patch (v2.2, full components and AI). The weapons I used are the Snow Leopard's Claws (modified version of the Panther Claws).

Reier · « **Reply #430 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:25:19 PM »

JoeBlo · « **Reply #431 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:58:16 PM »

Quote from: The Ounce on March 08, 2010, 05:37:44 PM

And no it is not going into Combat Ants 2

CA2 is DSL 2.1 not NarAI 2.2

Naryar · « **Reply #432 on:** March 09, 2010, 03:39:13 AM »

Yay someone is using the part i especially made for him :D

But if you want a better skin why don't you make one and send it to me :P

Quote from: Reier on March 08, 2010, 07:25:19 PM

? :P

WIN

The Ounce · « **Reply #433 on:** March 14, 2010, 02:26:06 PM »

March 14... wow it's been a year since I started building DSL already?

Whatever, here's Iron Tumbleweed VI:

NPC normals, 5mm plastic, everything else is visible.

Took some time to make it fully invertible. It is now pretty much a small scale version of Volcanic Upbringing, much like when I first posted them. It does very well at countering wedges (while doing well against other bot designs, though the exposed top is sometimes its downfall), and is my first middleweight that can consistently beat Paper Cut 4.

Also:

Quote from: S.T.C. on March 14, 2010, 12:43:16 PM

I had to make some modifications on the front (I put a small wedge) and it managed to smash Iron Tumbleweed to pieces.

Cool, now let's see if it can smash this one to pieces.

Pwnator · « **Reply #434 on:** March 14, 2010, 09:33:01 PM »

Lawl I was about to showcase this:

But yours is better. :P

Urjak · « **Reply #435 on:** March 15, 2010, 12:23:29 AM »

Is it just me, or has DSL lost one of the things I liked most about it: The drive train built inside the chassis, and the use of the chassis as a functional part of the bot. Nowadays chassis are just little boxes where batteries, control boards, and a few multis are stuffed in.

I guess bot building evolves..

Pwnator · « **Reply #436 on:** March 15, 2010, 12:31:15 AM »

I think that still occurs in HWs. Chasses start to shrink in LWs and MWs because people start to become more efficient with the weapons. HWs still need bigger chassis for halfsheet protections and all that. :P

Urjak · « **Reply #437 on:** March 15, 2010, 01:00:08 AM »

Well yes, but DSL just feels like it is becoming to stock like for my tastes.

The Ounce · « **Reply #438 on:** March 15, 2010, 01:08:50 AM »

I definitely agree with you Urjak. Implementation of stock glitches, more and more part limitations, and even with Nar's v2.2 mod things are still not completely balanced;

why even bother enforcing the "realistic rule" if there are so many exceptions nowadays.

I think I'm, as Nary would put it, "BAWWWWing" too much, but that's how I feel, and yet I'm still building (possibly because I've had almost no stock ideas for quite a while).

G.K. · « **Reply #439 on:** March 15, 2010, 01:10:21 AM »

I agree with Urjak.

Edit: Well said Ounce.