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Robot Arena => General Support => Topic started by: Galacticruler on September 16, 2013, 08:01:46 PM

Title: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Galacticruler on September 16, 2013, 08:01:46 PM: Hi, I'm new here, and signed up to ask about this:
My bots that I apply anti-ballast to tend to warp out of any arena, test or otherwise, at insane velocities.

I think it has something to do with the -500kg weight I have, and them already weighing 1k kgs.

any help?
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Kossokei on September 16, 2013, 08:04:49 PM: always remember to remove the antiballast once you're done working on the bot and have brought it to the appropriate weight limit, or else this will keep happening.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Galacticruler on September 16, 2013, 08:08:18 PM: Well thats not quite easy...the anti-ballast is also a cold fusion reactor.

this would be much easier if I had more time, as I've over-came it once with more mass.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Kossokei on September 16, 2013, 08:11:55 PM: Well negative weights never lead to good things unless you're trying to build a SHW and above, in which case the anti-ballast is removed post-building anyway.

But if that negative weighted component is also a vital component then I can't really help you
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Galacticruler on September 16, 2013, 08:14:57 PM: Hmmm....
Alright then.

Also, I'd have just used the anti-ballasts in the extras tab, but there is barely enough room for wheels and the main spin motor(8 red brids)
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: MassimoV on September 16, 2013, 08:17:23 PM: Anti-ballasts can fit any where.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Galacticruler on September 16, 2013, 08:20:41 PM: Well, I decided to make an anti-ballast zone from some ballast zone part I have.
thanks though.

also, the ones I have don't, the only one I use, -40kg is too large for this particular bot.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Mr. AS on September 17, 2013, 05:28:59 AM: just make sure you dont have any anti-ballast on when you head into the arena and you should be fine.

PS in the anti-ballast's txt file (i dont know what antiballast you are using, so i cant tell what the TXT file is called) there should be a line called "mass = X", change X to whatever you need.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Galacticruler on September 19, 2013, 07:06:37 AM: at the time, I was using a cold fusion reactor to provide -500kgs of mass, as I used it on every bot.
I have since corrected the issue with a temporary anti-ballast ZONE with -1 million kgs mass.

Also, why do Anti-ballasts left on a bot tend to cause a warp effect?
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Mr. AS on September 19, 2013, 01:57:04 PM: Quote from: Galacticruler on September 19, 2013, 07:06:37 AM
Also, why do Anti-ballasts left on a bot tend to cause a warp effect?
no one really knows why. we just blame RA2 having a really outdated (late 90's, early 2000's) physics engine.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Naryar on September 19, 2013, 04:42:18 PM: Visibly the engine can't handle negative mass components.

Heck it can't handle many negative things anyway.
Title: Re: Bot warps out of arena?
Post by: Galacticruler on September 19, 2013, 05:15:28 PM: Hmmm...good points.