Author Topic: Wherin Hydro actually tries (Read 7786 times)

Naryar · « **Reply #20 on:** July 25, 2013, 09:42:27 AM »

Well, I am pretty sure the weapon DOES cut through that perm belt...

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:08:55 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on July 25, 2013, 09:42:27 AM

Well, I am pretty sure the weapon DOES cut through that perm belt...

How? Only the drum with beaters are attached to the perm. Aluminum Extenders and the // Beaters are static.

Hydro · « **Reply #22 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:25:21 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on July 25, 2013, 09:42:27 AM

Well, I am pretty sure the weapon DOES cut through that perm belt...

Actually Jonzu is correct, the Perm is only powering the drum. The extenders are attached to the chassis, as is explained below:

Quote from: Hydro on July 24, 2013, 10:01:57 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

EDIT:

Swapped for Titanium 1.

madman3 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 25, 2013, 12:16:41 PM »

Much better, looks pretty great now.

Hydro · « **Reply #24 on:** July 25, 2013, 12:42:51 PM »

Thanks! Only thing is it flips out when I try to drive straight. Anyone see why? I can't figure it out.

Also gonna try to build some sort of big-ass clusterf*** IRL bot in DSL 3 to test out the game. I'll post the results, but it won't be a serious bot.

EDIT:

GENTLEMEN.

I bring you the non-serious DSL 3 bot I was referring to!

Titanium 3, Vlad wheels

That mystery device in the back is a cutting tooth. I put it there to stop it from getting too far under other bots.

Hydro · « **Reply #25 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:35:04 PM »

DP:

Another DSL 3 bot here. IRL, 5mm Titanium or Aluminum, can't remember which. Not really a serious bot, but I'll take suggestions.

helloface · « **Reply #26 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:43:14 PM »

Sacrifice reinforced perms for regular perms since they aren't very exposed, and get NPCs. Sacrifice a bit of armour if you need to. Those wheels suck too, get different ones. Are those large beater bars?

Hydro · « **Reply #27 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:50:12 PM »

I don't think NPCs will fit, but I'll see what I can do. Those bars are mediums. I didn't like the way large ones looked. I mostly just built it for the look, actually. Same reason I used the reinforced Perms.

Paranoia · « **Reply #28 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:56:57 PM »

Quote from: helloface199 on July 26, 2013, 09:43:14 PM

Sacrifice reinforced perms for regular perms since they aren't very exposed, and get NPCs. Sacrifice a bit of armour if you need to. Those wheels suck too, get different ones. Are those large beater bars?

Actually, the reason it should be sacrificed would be because the Perms are directly attached to the baseplate, meaning they cannot be taken off.

Hydro · « **Reply #29 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:59:06 PM »

No they ain't. I did some extender work to get a better angle.

helloface · « **Reply #30 on:** July 26, 2013, 10:16:24 PM »

Quote from: Paranoia on July 26, 2013, 09:56:57 PM

Quote from: helloface199 on July 26, 2013, 09:43:14 PM
Sacrifice reinforced perms for regular perms since they aren't very exposed, and get NPCs. Sacrifice a bit of armour if you need to. Those wheels suck too, get different ones. Are those large beater bars?

Actually, the reason it should be sacrificed would be because the Perms are directly attached to the baseplate, meaning they cannot be taken off.

Yes, but a hit to a regular perm would degrade the power more than a reinforced perm. Still because the belts aren't very far out, they aren't exposed. And you should use Larges.

Hydro · « **Reply #31 on:** July 26, 2013, 10:21:58 PM »

I know I should. I just didn't feel like it. Like I said, this bot ain't serious. I built it for fun.

EDIT: That said, I think I will do a proper one, with a better skin.

Hydro · « **Reply #32 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:34:03 AM »

DP: Internals are done!
EDIT: Added external views.

Tweedy · « **Reply #33 on:** July 27, 2013, 03:05:37 AM »

I like the look of it, the hinged wedge doesn't really fit the look though, nobody would put a hinged wedge on a drum irl anyway because it would hit the drum if something got under it.

Hydro · « **Reply #34 on:** July 27, 2013, 03:48:53 AM »

This is true. It seems to get in the way when I test it, too. I'll take it off and add more bars or something.

Naryar · « **Reply #35 on:** July 27, 2013, 03:51:57 AM »

battery choice = derp

the wedge is ugly, to put it plainly. and probably will fail as well. Get rid of it.

Considering the judge burst flipper faggotry is at it's strongest in IRL you need to be invertible, or at least srimech.

More armor on the front, less on the sides and rear. You are more than fast enough to keep your front towards the enemy.

Poorly done extender work. Clean it up and make it simpler, lighter and stronger.

Instead of front armor you could put frontal weapons, for extra hybrid coolness and you'll suffer less from your low weapon weight.

Hydro · « **Reply #36 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:15:08 AM »

Alrighty, I'll take care of that tomorrow/later today/after I've had some sleep.

Kossokei · « **Reply #37 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:03:30 PM »

Also, about the skin (Having a well skinned bot is preferable unless you're like ty4er who cannot skin at all and covers his bots in shell panels and flippermakers (lelelele)), I see what you were going for but... I dunno. I think it could have a better skin, I'm just not sure how.

Naryar · « **Reply #38 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:11:23 PM »

Yeah I definitely agree, skin is far too basic for the bot.

I mean you don't need to spend a half hour just to skin a bot but you can do a perfectly good skin in 10 minutes.

Photoshop/Gimp is your friend.

Hydro · « **Reply #39 on:** July 27, 2013, 04:21:48 PM »

Yes, I am planning on giving it a better skin once this computer has Gimp. See, I'm temporarily restricted to using my brother's guest workstation. He doesn't want me downloading programs on it. He said he'll do it himself at some point.

EDIT: Doubled drum width, added srimech and put on better Lexan placement. Now has Aluminum 3.