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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #80 on: January 12, 2016, 03:36:41 PM »
Haha that's cool
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #81 on: February 03, 2016, 10:29:05 PM »

Other than the handful of mistakes, I feel really good about this splash.  Since I was just entering Mr. Bones again, I wanted to make a really cool splash so people wouldn't feel too cheated.  21 votes says I pulled it off.  Thanks to everyone who voted for it, by the way!

And yes, Bonemera is the first and, as of now, only bot I've made in DSL 2.2.  I saw that DSL 2.2 had square extenders and knew exactly what had to be done.  To get the chassis right, I actually just deleted all the components off the Ironforge version, exported just the chassis, and then imported the chassis into DSL 2.2.  Luckily I still had the version of the skin with layers, so it was pretty easy to swap out the text on the front wedge.

Since all those little errors were bugging me, here's a version of the splash where the arrow points to the wheel like it's supposed to:


I went ahead and fixed the fist too, not that anyone's gonna see it:


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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #82 on: February 12, 2016, 02:22:54 PM »


Made this for Wen's tournament if, by some miracle, it gets to signups.  Besides, it was fun.

The ant wheels are on axles and are just for looks.  It's a poker.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #83 on: February 12, 2016, 02:26:06 PM »
actually i dont think those tiny wheels make it look better.

oh and remove those small wedges at the bottom of the bot, else you'll get stuck on your rear :P

maybe a better skin ?

otherwise it's nice. has a manly and fitting name. it's good to see irl pokers

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #84 on: February 12, 2016, 02:29:39 PM »
maybe a better skin ?

yeah my irl skinning is blah

I'll fiddle with the back end a bit and get back to you in a moment.

EDIT: Got rid of the useless wheels and upper spikes and added this instead:

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #85 on: February 12, 2016, 03:34:19 PM »
better.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #86 on: March 04, 2016, 02:31:07 PM »
tryin to make somethin for axe-ample



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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #87 on: March 04, 2016, 03:00:10 PM »
I hate heavy plows in IRL, they're basically invincible. Aa for the bot, it just doesn't look right at all.
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #88 on: March 04, 2016, 04:07:35 PM »
why is the axe randomly off center
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #89 on: March 04, 2016, 10:29:02 PM »
As for the bot, it just doesn't look right at all.

yes that's why i asked for help

why is the axe randomly off center

logo's gonna go on the left side of the bot

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #90 on: March 05, 2016, 04:10:50 AM »
how is that irl

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #91 on: March 05, 2016, 09:56:14 AM »
how is that irl

it's not, that's why i asked for help

how do i make it not look like a pile of garbage

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #92 on: March 05, 2016, 05:12:26 PM »
thanks for the help guys



i tried again it's still garbage

i'll probably give up honestly i hate irl style

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #93 on: March 06, 2016, 09:24:04 AM »
Upgrade the armor. Also, use panelling and flipper segments to build a wheel guard and using any extra weight try to wrap the wheel guard around the back also. Wedges on the back are unnecessary, you should move them to the front.
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #94 on: March 06, 2016, 10:50:32 AM »
Upgrade the armor. Also, use panelling and flipper segments to build a wheel guard and using any extra weight try to wrap the wheel guard around the back also. Wedges on the back are unnecessary, you should move them to the front.
I'm pretty sure the sheets on the back are for stability. Either way I don't think they're IRL myself.

Pretty sure you could bolt some more weapons on the front in an IRL way and make it hammer/pusher hybrid if you have spare weight. Or just make the chassis longer to make the bot more stable.
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #95 on: March 06, 2016, 11:34:47 AM »
Upgrade the armor. Also, use panelling and flipper segments to build a wheel guard and using any extra weight try to wrap the wheel guard around the back also. Wedges on the back are unnecessary, you should move them to the front.
I'm pretty sure the sheets on the back are for stability. Either way I don't think they're IRL myself.

Pretty sure you could bolt some more weapons on the front in an IRL way and make it hammer/pusher hybrid if you have spare weight. Or just make the chassis longer to make the bot more stable.

Put some wedges imo cause you will most likely get slamimed around otherwise. Maybe adding a couple of spikes wouldn't hurt, but The Perfect Axe-ample has rules around hybrids.
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #96 on: March 19, 2016, 12:36:48 AM »
Sorry about my previous outburst; I may have gotten a little salty over designs not working.

Anyway, I wanted to throw something together for NAR AI, since I keep saying how much I want to do the Steelyard Dogs.  Meet Lesser Dog:

I'm not sure if I like the skin.  Oh, and those are NPC-fasts in there, for the record.  The two titanium extenders are useless; at some point I'll rebuild the ramming rack to be slightly stronger or something, but I didn't feel like it at the moment.

So I built this thing with "be a good robot" as priority 1.  As such, it's not super focused on fitting the theme.  As far as being a good bot goes, it can beat all the default bots except Hammerhead Shark, because that thing just blocks attacks until all the beaters fall off. 

...the name of this one might give away why I wanted to do this team.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #97 on: March 19, 2016, 01:18:18 AM »
I really like the skin

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #98 on: March 19, 2016, 05:02:52 AM »
so you transformed it into a normal rammer ? OK.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #99 on: March 19, 2016, 09:52:57 AM »
so you transformed it into a normal rammer ? OK.

I did try a wammer design at first, but I just couldn't make it good at all.