Author Topic: Yeasisbeast's DSL3 probably mostly IRL showcase (Read 3235 times)

Yeastisbeast · « **on:** December 28, 2015, 12:17:00 PM »

Just downloaded DSL3 and thought'd I'd do a showcase to help me inprove my undoubtedly awful designs.
1st bot is grey area:

Has Aluminium 10 armour

Badger · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2015, 02:11:29 PM »

You should try to build to a weight limit, 400 for MW or 800 for HW. Also it looks like it's a bit underpowered but I could be wrong there.

Yeastisbeast · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2015, 05:16:20 AM »

Grey area 2, has al5 armour

Middleweight, has pl5 armour

Naryar · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2015, 07:16:31 AM »

-This extender work surrounding your drum bot has no point. Remove it if you're not going to attach stuff on it.

-On Grey Area, those wheels are poor. Use something better like Slipperbottom/Tornado/Hypnodisc wheels unless you want to keep those wheels for aesthetic purposes. The extender work on the flipper is also a bit fragile and exposed.

Reier · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2015, 10:06:44 AM »

also note that on grey area you are using weapon motors for drive motors :)

Naryar · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2015, 11:59:47 AM »

that may be the DSL3 drive dual mag, though.

Reier · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2015, 12:18:25 PM »

oh sorry i haven't played DSL3

Yeastisbeast · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:37:38 AM »

Top row is Grey Area 2.1
Middle is Khione 1.1
Bottom is a new light weight I made called Throwing Star. It has steel 1 armour

Badger · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:43:43 AM »

Weights for all of them? Are you building for DSL Standard or IRL?

Yeastisbeast · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:55:15 AM »

Quote from: TheRoyalBadger on December 30, 2015, 04:43:43 AM

Weights for all of them? Are you building for DSL Standard or IRL?

IRL, Grey Area is 778.2, Khione is 387.7 and Throwing star is 243.8

Badger · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2015, 05:02:25 AM »

They're a lot closer to the weight limits, good job on that. However, you're still not using ant batteries.

Naryar · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2015, 05:23:59 AM »

Quote from: TheRoyalBadger on December 30, 2015, 04:43:43 AM

Are you building for DSL Standard or IRL?

premature question. let him first build more, experiment, discover, and eventually his building style will verge towards one of them.

Quote from: TheRoyalBadger on December 30, 2015, 05:02:25 AM

They're a lot closer to the weight limits, good job on that. However, you're still not using ant batteries.

im pretty sure the WP836E's are actually good in DSL3, and ant batts are weak

Badger · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2015, 06:08:35 AM »

I'm retarded, I haven't seen anyone build DSL 3 in so long I forgot it existed.

Gauche Suede · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2015, 07:03:59 AM »

Also, why are the screenshots so blurry ? Is it because you're running the game at 800x600 ?

Yeastisbeast · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2015, 05:08:40 AM »

Top:Twinkle, Twinkle Sattelite Dish, Al10 armour
Bottom: Salty Sid, St1 armour

Does TTSD count an IRL? I checked, and the components don't go through each other I think, but I've never seen a real robot anything like it.

Badger · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2015, 05:15:46 AM »

IRL robots dont usually use skirts as wedges, and would have some motor protection.

Naryar · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2015, 07:31:58 AM »

why do you have a srimech on a vertical spinner ? just use all that srimech weight for a stronger weapon and make it so you can selfright with the spinner.

also aluminium armor is generally very poor in dsl. titanium is best, plastic is generally good and steel is OK.

also alu 10 is a lot. I don't think you need that much armor.

about irl... that vs needs motor protection and disc supports (well fake supports, just make it so it appears to support the disc) to be irl. anyways you'll need stronger weapon motors. maybe use Perm 80's inside the chassis so they are protected and you just need supports.

skirts don't make something nn-irl in my books unless it is blatantly unrealistic such as using polycarbonate skirts as stabilizers.

Yeastisbeast · « **Reply #17 on:** January 01, 2016, 05:05:42 AM »

Happy new year!

Naryar · « **Reply #18 on:** January 01, 2016, 05:14:00 AM »

it really, really, really needs to be faster

also very underweight...

Badger · « **Reply #19 on:** January 01, 2016, 05:22:15 AM »

Happy new year! Better screenshots would be nice, and from multiple angles, maybe have 1 image per bot.