I have no doubt it's fine with the admins, who knows maybe one of them even entered :eek: .trov = surprise entry?
trov = surprise entry?I was thinking more of ClickB...
pfft photshop, paint is all I need :p .If you're planning on making a decent looking UI, you're going to need Photoshop otherwise it's just going to look awful.
photoshop wizard.
you're ra2 wizard not photoshop wizardphotoshop wizard.
you called?
you're ra2 wizard not photoshop wizardphotoshop wizard.
you called?
It will have a very golden theme to it
I'll send some stuff for this soon.You only need to send the 6th bot for your team :smile: . As long as it is a legit stock bot (no cheat/custom parts, cheap bot types or BFE etc.) it can be your 6th bot.
I'm gonna scrap my AW, give you a couple other bots and send you some original skins soon if that's cool with youThat's fine but I want every team to have an AW, you will be able to update or replace bots (with other bots of the same weight) after release. This pack is to help members improve by giving them teams of different skill levels and building styles to battle against in all the main weight classes.
By any chance, Ian, are you still accepting teams?Am I predicting that the team will be the "red extender network"? :mrgreen:
I don't plan on releasing the pack until all 21 teams have 6 bots.what will happen if you dont get one extra bot from everybody though? i take it you wont just wait until the end of time until [whoever] sends that last bot you need?
Considering I only need one bot from each person who entered and they don't even need to make a new bot for that spot I would be very disappointed to not fill the teams and will just leave their spot open for any future updates.I don't plan on releasing the pack until all 21 teams have 6 bots.what will happen if you dont get one extra bot from everybody though? i take it you wont just wait until the end of time until [whoever] sends that last bot you need?
I have decided that if I don't receive a 6th bot from those who entered ARBBC I will fill the 6th bot spot with one of my fleaweights to give my teams fleaweight something to fight against (not that it couldn't challenge some of the AW's).A very good idea, send me a FW, (a one, that you think, that will "team up" best with my team, different missing bot type or whatever) so I can "goldenize" it.
Just use my previous LW for the 6th bot.I don't have it, send it my way?
1. I wanted to make it feel grand so gold seemed like the best colour choice and I have offered others a chance to try and make something for the UI and only 1 person has tried it would seem.
At no point in time have you offered the opportunity for others to work on the UI. I like 09's attempt, and I was planning on issuing an attempt myself just to prove my point. Gold might be grand and all but hot rod flames are not.
2. The tough part apart making a GTM AI pack is people are often updating bots and releasing a final pack seems almost impossible if people keep updating so I made it so that ARBBC would be the base template (perhaps a Beta version?) and once it was released people could update and/or change their bots. AW's and BW's shouldn't be lost in time just because no one really builds them except myself, I imagine if their was only 1 AW in a pack of 105+ bots that is what would happen.
It works as a base template but we could just do annual updates to follow up with the building updates that occur over time. And I'm not saying sub-lights should be lost in time but I do not want a stupid antweight on my team because I never built them, I personally think they're a waste and that's just not who I am. Suggest that people build AWs but don't require them, Kuriboh should NOT be in any AI pack ever.
Look at Starcore AI, it also includes AW's and BW's in decent numbers and those were built by former members. Have we not cared about that work all this time? Shouldn't some better AW's be produced by now? It's like no one even noticed those bots because apparently no one but me builds AW's. Surely others must have 1 decent AW and BW they can submit, right?
Some people might
You'll be able to track your progress and update/change your bots once the pack is released. Look at my HW, it's a complete joke right now because it's a very old basic bot with tonnes of flaws but guess what? That's because I haven't really built many HW's, sure I have some that are better and plan to change it once the pack is released but I'm not going to complain just because I lack the experience of others in that weight class.
3. If this doesn't get out there like this it never will, it has been talked about many times and this is our chance to get it out there for people to use. This will be an ongoing project and bots will be changed or updated many times in the future so don't be upset about current bots because you'll be able to change them and these updates/changes don't need to follow the type restriction rule from ARBBC meaning you can have an all HS team if that's what you want.
Then why not let me take the AW out of my team now? And replace that useless LW I threw together at the last minute? If you're getting rid of the type restriction in the future why the heck should you keep it now?
Look at Starcore AI, it also includes AW's and BW's in decent numbers and those were built by former members. Have we not cared about that work all this time? Shouldn't some better AW's be produced by now? It's like no one even noticed those bots because apparently no one but me builds AW's. Surely others must have 1 decent AW and BW they can submit, right?just put the unwanted aws and bws into aw/bw exclusive teams and let the builder send a bot to replace it. EZ
if it is going to be an AI pack that "represents the community" we should just let people enter as many teams of whatever the heck they want into it
I'm going to call your bluffDude, NAR AI is basically the DSL version of this.
Why are you/we making a GTM OFFICIAL PACK OF IMPORTANCE AND REPRESENTATION, and completely ignoring the magic that we, GTM, cultivated and created; AKA DSL?
Why are we using Stock as a baseplate (I can truly say that I acknowledge stock building) and ignoring the most important and most prominent feature of the community; the total-conversion that most defines us in representation of our abilities, our achievements and our community?
I'm not saying throw out the stock ai and start from scratch, because truthfully without stock we wouldn't be here, but why are we stopping at stock? Why aren't we expanding into DSL?
We should, in sisterhood to this ai pack, make an official gtm ai pack for DSL as well, and include both standards of DSL building (DSLS and DSL IRL) and have this, and that, be what represents us as a community.
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAYBEBy any chance, Ian, are you still accepting teams?Am I predicting that the team will be the "red extender network"? :mrgreen:
I'm pretty good with any graphical software, I can make an awesome GUI. I just need the concept from the community, so I can start my work. For example, I can make the smoke from the above pic a top layer (the layer with the buttons) alpha channel smoke, which will "smoke" the background, which could be filled with bots or whatever. I can make a translucent smoky buttons too. I can make/clone a GTM forum UI theme also.
I'm not sure what thread title could be used for exhibtion perhaps contests or live events.
I sent my stuff for this a few days ago, did you get it?Yup, I was just taking a little time off to rest my hand which I injured. Lightning's 6th bot added to AI pack and preview pic.
Yay!https://gametechmods.com/Robot_Arena2/Components/MDBsmart-zones_v3.rar (https://gametechmods.com/Robot_Arena2/Components/MDBsmart-zones_v3.rar)
Just downloaded it though, some bots crash the game, probably due to smartzones. Do you remember which ones did you used?