Author Topic: Ecolusian's Ironforge Showcase (Read 16397 times)

ecolusian · « **Reply #20 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:22:19 PM »

do you know of any good ones? i imagine there are a ton out there.

Reier · « **Reply #21 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:23:16 PM »

Quote from: ecolusian on July 25, 2015, 03:22:19 PM

do you know of any good ones? i imagine there are a ton out there.

https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?board=143.0
just look around, see which ones people say are crap and which ones are good

ecolusian · « **Reply #22 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:29:53 PM »

just tried out my bot in exhibiton and it did pretty well id say, got a 3.5k hit at least.

ecolusian · « **Reply #23 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:35:19 PM »

Behold the second bot on my team, Big Bubba a flipper bot with 2 snappers to act as wedges and a beta for the flipper itself, it is powered by 2 rc motors with mini wheels fueled by 2 diehard car batteries, the wedges and flipper part itself are all heater skirts.

in all honesty im sh** with flippers so it aint very good

G.K. · « **Reply #24 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:36:55 PM »

Re the thwack: Good improvement already! One thing I would say is that bots are less likely to hit the weapons closest to you, as you're probably finding now you're testing it. I would consider trying to concentrate the weapons a bit closer together - maybe take off the two closest to the bot and put them on a weapon array closer to the top?

Re Big Bubba: What weight is it? Also what's holding the dsl bar on top?

090901 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:42:52 PM »

Flipper needs more battery power. I don't really see the point of using snappers for wedges on it too when you can use skirt hinges.

ecolusian · « **Reply #26 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:47:38 PM »

090901: i should probably go do the skirts now then, i though i already had enough battery power as is.
g.k.: thank you for the comments on my thwacker, what do you mean by a weapons array, could i have an example? the top is a black plate not a dsl bar ands its being held up by a baseplate anchor, also it is 197.1 kg, so using my new weight skillz i would say it is a pretty well weighed lightweight.

Reier · « **Reply #27 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:51:08 PM »

gk its dark armor not a DSL bar and there's a light 10cm between it and the anchor

09 isn't it enough juice? i wouldn't add much more

eco you can probably raise the drive up a notch to give it lower ground clearance, and I might be worried about that flipper being too narrow. is it just one skirt on a beta or is it 2? I can't really tell from this angle
and this is a weapon array, used to attach all those blades on one bar

ecolusian · « **Reply #28 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:55:48 PM »

its only one skirt on the beta
and by raise the motors do you mean get a better motor?

Reier · « **Reply #29 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:57:40 PM »

Quote from: ecolusian on July 25, 2015, 03:55:48 PM

its only one skirt on the beta
and by raise the motors do you mean get a better motor?

nah i just mean take the motors out and make them higher with ctrl so it has lower ground clearance
wider flippers usually have an easier time than narrow ones btw

ecolusian · « **Reply #30 on:** July 25, 2015, 04:04:34 PM »

raised up the motors, im working on the flipper now.

ecolusian · « **Reply #31 on:** July 25, 2015, 04:07:28 PM »

widened the flipper but now i have a new issue, sometimes when i flip i ping off into the skies!

ecolusian · « **Reply #32 on:** July 26, 2015, 01:41:03 PM »

i miss my robot-senpai reier... he always gave mlg advice =(

Reier · « **Reply #33 on:** July 26, 2015, 01:49:02 PM »

there's plenty of people who can help you, I'm just one among many :)

ecolusian · « **Reply #34 on:** July 26, 2015, 01:51:25 PM »

but you give the best advice, from what ive seen, also your the only one who know about this thread XD

Reier · « **Reply #35 on:** July 26, 2015, 01:53:55 PM »

trust me there's plenty of other people
just keep posting stuff, you'll gather a crowd. you've only shown 2 bots, after all.

ecolusian · « **Reply #36 on:** July 26, 2015, 01:57:07 PM »

k, ive got a bunch on back up, should i put them all up at once?

G.K. · « **Reply #37 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:06:23 PM »

Depends - how many are we talking?

ecolusian · « **Reply #38 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:06:42 PM »

cephalopod · « **Reply #39 on:** July 26, 2015, 02:17:42 PM »

All at once is no problem at all, you may just not get detailed advice on every single one.