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

ecolusian · « **on:** July 13, 2015, 06:45:28 AM »

Hello there people of GTM, my name is Charles and im a 16 year old autistic gamer from Birmingham, England who after derping around quite a long time in the robot arena 2 wiki i decided to make an account so i may join the legacy of this forum. my goal in RA2 is quite simple, design and build Thwackers and SnS that are good enough for iron forge tourneys. and so here i am to showcase my ironforge bots and become the best Thwacker and SnS builder on the forums. i hope you enjoy having me around and i would very much enjoy criticism. Have a nice day my friends. =)

Reier · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2015, 12:25:24 PM »

hello
you going to post any bots?

ecolusian · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2015, 08:09:05 AM »

soz i kinda forgot about it XD
i will now =p

ecolusian · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2015, 08:46:51 AM »

this here is my first robot called Shankz, he is a 16-Razor thwacker with 2 twinbird motors powered by 2 diehard car batteries with n-12 wheels which are just big enough to make my bot invertible. enjoy and please give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, ill put up a bot every 2 days so you guys have enough time to give me what you think. have a nice day =)

G.K. · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2015, 09:02:15 AM »

How much does it weigh?

ecolusian · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2015, 10:00:49 AM »

it weighs 236.2 kilograms, so i think its a middleweight bot

cephalopod · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2015, 10:07:19 AM »

The Ironforge MW limit is 200kg, so it's an underweight HW :P
LW - 125kg
MW - 200kg
HW - 400kg
SHW - 600kg

Avalanche · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2015, 10:53:57 AM »

When showcasing, all you really need to do is state the Armour, the Weight, The Name, and put togther a picture of the outside and inside of your bot. Also, are you going for IRL or DSL-S? Seeing as you are new, you may not know what this means. Here is a tutorial/guide written up by Craaig to demonstrate the differences.

ecolusian · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2015, 11:04:01 AM »

thanks for the advice avalanche ill keep that in mind.

okay then craaig i think i get the weighing system now.

Avalanche · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2015, 11:17:36 AM »

Well, let me make you more confused and not get the weighing system! You can place up to 4 ballasts (200kg worth, 50kg each) without it counting towards your weight! Actually its pretty simple, but its useful if a bot is too light.

ecolusian · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2015, 12:10:02 PM »

i got the ballasts part, thank you for that regardless though, could we talk about the actual bot now? XD

G.K. · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2015, 12:15:54 PM »

As avalanche asked, what style are you building to? If you are building to DSL-S or IRL, there are different standards applicable and as such our advice will differ.

See Craaig's handy guide here: https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=17443.0

ecolusian · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2015, 12:35:18 PM »

i think im going for unrealistic cause my parts intersect each other, if thats allowed then dsl-s cause it seems more lenient than irl in that sense.

Reier · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2015, 01:33:36 PM »

welcome to the efficiency club then >:D (irl is for wusses *cough*)
i mean don't feel locked to a specific type of building though, this advice is just for this bot

ironforge MW is 200kg and that is closest to your current weight, so I'd try to make that your goal.
this bot has potential, but needs some work to make it a true killer. For example, those razors right next to your chassis are likely never going to get any hits in, and are therefore not very useful. likewise, it's usually more effective on a bot of this type to have all the weapons on the same side, because they hit together. If you're spinning this fast weapons on the other side are not needed because you'll almost never be flanked. I'd probably extend the thwack arm and focus the weapons toward the tip on one side if I were you. it would probably be a good idea to make the unarmored part of the arm either dark extender or probably even a DSL bar (more hp)

btw don't feel pressured to post a robot like every 2 days or anything, just show us what you've got when it comes and we'll work with you.
try to make it a habit to post your weight and armor too, it's really helpful to us. :) browsing other showcases is a great way to learn too. Ironforge is relatively new and as such many building techniques have not been developed for it, so you have more freedom right now in that regard.

good luck building

ecolusian · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2015, 02:44:53 PM »

well this here is my improved (i hope XD) shanks bot with extended thwacking arm, dark plate on top the bot to defend against hammers, and the razors have been concentrated onto one side.

the internals are the same and the armour is 10mm steel

Reier · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2015, 02:48:41 PM »

what's the weight? it's a good thing to try to get as close to the weight limit as possible to avoid efficiency loss

ecolusian · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2015, 02:53:45 PM »

237 kilograms.

Reier · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2015, 02:56:33 PM »

yeah you're a little overweight there if you want to go for a Ironforge MW (200kg) You can probably shave off a bit by removing a battery and lowering the armor a bit, just try what works. you'll get it.

it's an improvement over the original :)

ecolusian · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:00:48 PM »

im glad its an improvement XD. ive taken out a battery and made the armour 10mm aluminium

Reier · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2015, 03:17:26 PM »

yeah you'll get the feel for it, my advice is more guidelines than anything
check out some showcases though if you haven't, just lurking helps your skills a ton