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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #40 on: August 14, 2015, 02:10:06 PM »
It's not a dragon without a flamethrower, it's just a wyvern. Also maybe make a tail out of 90 degree angles (beware of lurking <s>knights</s> agod though), and make it so the wings flap, with burst motors.

May want to export a hovercraft to ironforge for extra flying goodness. Or is there one in cheatbot2 IF ?

I made and showcased a dragon bot waayyy back then in DSL. It was pretty good, I think, though it didn't looked that great.

I think the images went away, though.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #41 on: August 14, 2015, 02:53:27 PM »
May want to export a hovercraft to ironforge for extra flying goodness. Or is there one in cheatbot2 IF ?

There is a cheatbot2 hovercraft engine in Ironforge under the motors tab. Along with it are items called thrusters, which are servo pistons with such high torque that they move bots around. They come in three sizes, and are quite fun to play around with.
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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #42 on: August 14, 2015, 07:54:26 PM »
It's not a dragon without a flamethrower, it's just a wyvern.

Actually, the difference between the two is that a Wyvern has 4 limbs (with the forelegs and wings on the same limb) and a Dragon has 6 limbs (wings separate from the legs). So this is a dragon. ;)

I'm not messing about with hoverbot and cheats and all that stuff, I'm just sticking to the base game.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #43 on: August 15, 2015, 02:59:59 AM »
It's not a dragon without a flamethrower, it's just a wyvern.

Actually, the difference between the two is that a Wyvern has 4 limbs (with the forelegs and wings on the same limb) and a Dragon has 6 limbs (wings separate from the legs). So this is a dragon. ;)
True, but wyverns still don't have breath weapons.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2016, 10:36:21 PM »
HOLY sh** I'M ACTUALLY ALIVE?!  :rage

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The first one is an artbot called Apache. I just wanted a helicopter... :( Didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped but it was a learning experience.







Flamethrowers for guns of course... since Apache is a gunship it just felt right. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

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The second is an IRL battler that is designed, pure and simple, to win battles in my hands. AI wouldn't handle it well, but in my hands it beats almost anything 1-on-1.









Matador is a heavyweight, invertible rammer. It's not flashy and it's not revolutionary, but it's damn good at what it does. It also handles and drives like a dream, so it's really fun to run around with, and easy to just dodge opponents' attacks and trounce them with the hammers.

The blades on the back end are less useful as a weapon, but they provide a Zero ground clearance on that end in the event that Matador gets overturned and renders the rear scoop's ground clearance moot. They also look great in my opinion ;)

The hammers on the front run pretty much flush to the ground both ways up and really damage opponents massively at full speed, which the robot reaches easily because of its huge acceleration and amazing stability.

PS. Ignore the "Middleweight" in-game classification. It is heavyweight by IF standards obviously, but it also wins battles against IF Heavyweights, not just the middleweights.

Anyway, there's my two creations for the first time in months, hope they are alright!

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #45 on: April 05, 2016, 10:52:03 PM »
haha that helicopter is awesome. the rammer is nothin special but i dig it. let reier's wall of ironforge help™ guide you to build better bots or something.
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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #46 on: April 05, 2016, 11:05:48 PM »
That's a nice helicopter.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #47 on: April 05, 2016, 11:11:45 PM »
Helicopter is cool as an artbot, you could try giving it a custom skin to make it look cooler if you want. The IRL bot is fine, if generic, the skin is a little plain and boring though, you could make that look a lot nicer.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #48 on: April 06, 2016, 12:36:49 AM »
I don't know if this is legal but you may want to attach pistons to the helicopter blades and angle them down so that the helicopter can fly.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #49 on: April 06, 2016, 01:16:50 AM »
cheatbot 2 has some actual cannons if you just want to mess around. also has the hovercraft of course.
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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #50 on: April 06, 2016, 05:38:22 AM »
IRL bot looks good. Helicopter is nice, would do with a smaller chassis though.

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Re: Hero Of War's IronForge Showcase!
« Reply #51 on: April 10, 2016, 06:36:00 PM »
Yeah I really want to make the IRL bot more cool-looking, but I have issues adding custom textures to the list for some reason. Thanks for the feedback though guys.