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« on: November 09, 2010, 12:05:14 PM »
Hey folks. I've only recently discovered Robot Arena 2 and it's pretty awesome. Took me all the way back to my memories of Robot Wars as a kid.

Now, I've downloaded a whole host of mods, but  I can't get them to work. As an example, I downloaded a pack of real Robot Wars bots but I can't use them. When I go in to the game and go to the workshop area and go to "Import Bot", I can see them there but when I click on one of them to access it, the game quits out and asks to send an error report. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2010, 12:06:02 PM »
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2010, 12:10:57 PM »
I can imagine that might be due to custom components or something. More details on the pack would be lovely so we can help a little more :D

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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2010, 12:13:15 PM »
Real helpful Stag.

Hi Staggy, and welcome to GTM!

Which packs specifically did you download?
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2010, 12:14:46 PM »
Welcome to the boards. =D

It sounds to me like you have either custom, or reskinned components on the bots that don't match up with the components in your copy of RA2. You're going to have to find the pack with the components in them, and merge that with the components folder in your current copy. But you'd want to make a copy of the original Components.cfz file, just in case it goes a bit wrong.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2010, 12:18:18 PM »
I've gathered it may be something to do with components, but I'm not the smartest chap when it comes to these things.  :confused:

I got the bot pack from RFSHQ.com, it's the "RobotWars AI Pack Bots for Play". Authors are Alphasim, Lu-Tze, RFS, Darkrat, Dummy, Diablo666, Toast and a bunch of others.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2010, 12:19:25 PM »
Did you download the RW AI pack?
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2010, 12:19:41 PM »
Apologies for being vague.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2010, 12:20:45 PM »
*feels a whirlwind of confusion brewing*


Welcome, Stag.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2010, 12:24:03 PM »
Quote from: G.K. on November 09, 2010, 12:19:25 PM
Did you download the RW AI pack?

I can't seem to track it down. The site where I got the Robot Wars bot pack does not have an AI pack that explicitly states if it si for RW or not. There's only a whole bunch of RFS, Starcore and Mr. Chaos AI packs.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2010, 12:29:52 PM »
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/page,page3913.html

It can be found there. Also grab the Wheel fix, AI patch and WBC.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2010, 12:35:27 PM »
Quote from: G.K. on November 09, 2010, 12:29:52 PM
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/page,page3913.html

It can be found there. Also grab the Wheel fix, AI patch and WBC.

Ah, thanks a lot mate. Will get in to those and see how it works out.

What other patches/mods would you recommend?
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2010, 12:36:34 PM »
Are you making backup copies of the games?

Definitely get DSL if you don't have it, and if you're up for a challenge, grab NAR AI for DSL or Starcore 1 for stock.

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RA2 Team Championships 1 & 2: Champion (High Speed Train & Upthrust - as part of Naryar's Not Quite Evil Council of Doom)

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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2010, 12:42:25 PM »
Quote from: G.K. on November 09, 2010, 12:36:34 PM
Are you making backup copies of the games?

Definitely get DSL if you don't have it, and if you're up for a challenge, grab NAR AI for DSL or Starcore 1 for stock.

Definitely will be backing it up. There's a good chance I'll do something stupid and mess it up.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2010, 12:52:23 PM »
You can get a standalone fully-ready-to-play version of the DSL mod in Sage's sig, that's the best way to get hold of DSL.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2010, 03:10:27 PM »
HEYHEYHEY! Welcome to the forum. Sorry I can't help on RA2 stuff, but I can try for anything but.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2010, 04:10:36 PM »
Sup yo.

You can get both versions of the game from my signature if you ever mess anything up or just want a fresh copy. No need for a disc or re-install.

Hope that helps!
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2010, 04:36:29 PM »
Just wanted to pop in and say hi!

Have fun with RA2. Too bad GTM isn't that much about this game anymore.
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2010, 07:47:47 PM »
Don't listen to him. He's rather trolly.

We just keep him around to decode .exes and make (eventual) bot exchanges. ;)
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Re: Noob questions
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2010, 01:30:56 AM »
Don't listen to him, he spams about pikabobs and SnS everywhere
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