Author Topic: In need of an arena. (Read 5080 times)

ianh05 · « **on:** July 20, 2010, 02:51:33 AM »

hey guys, with all the new tournaments running I decided that my Robo Zone tournament needs the finals arena to stand out.

500th post so I'm requesting something :P

I have posted the idea before and Mad was going to make it for me but he was busy with tournaments etc. I have stared at the BBEANS arena for hours and still can't figure out if i could somehow mod the combat zone arena to have 2 caged of areas that lower after a certain amount of time or if i would have to do something else also

here's the basic idea of what i need:

- Combat zone sized arena.
- Caged off areas big enough for the bots inside to not be immobilized.
- Able to View the bots in the cages.
- The cage holding bot number 3 comes down after 30 seconds.
- The cage holding bot number 4 comes down after 1 minute.
- No hazards (except the cages which function like a hazard).
- Robots only go for robots if they are outside the cages.

this would not only make a great tournament arena but would be fun for everyone in exhibition. If anyone watches WWE then you know the basic idea of what I'm after already :)

JoeBlo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:56:24 AM »

Madiaba may be in progress on if IIRC but stopped after you left us for a bit

he mentioned some of the work to me also, I would help out but I already have a ton of other things to make :/

ianh05 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 20, 2010, 03:39:18 AM »

yeah it sucks we don't have many people who know how to mod arenas, I'm trying to learn how to mod them I'm not sure how much i can do by editing the .py file though.

TeamXtreemer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:33:34 PM »

Daleksec7 might be able to help...

G.K. · « **Reply #4 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:36:52 PM »

I could probably tinker about with something. Don't expect any results though. Would you be after any other hazards?

ianh05 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:47:52 PM »

nope, no other hazards just the caged off areas.. no one uses hazards in serious tournaments anyway :)

just note that Mad has mentioned that he has already started on the arena, I wouldn't like his efforts to be put to waste.

G.K. · « **Reply #6 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:51:54 PM »

Oh, ok.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:27:44 PM »

I will have a chat to Mad about where he is with it and help him finish it off :)

if its long gone or not started I could do it but we will "play it by ear" and see how loaded I am with other stuff (currently I am making 2 other arenas for people)

Trovaner · « **Reply #8 on:** July 20, 2010, 10:19:03 PM »

If needed, I have some old coding that could be recycled for the Arena.py (I would just need to add some coding so that the AI doesn't attack the cages). The Arena.gmf wouldn't be too difficult to do (although, Joe would probably do a better job at skinning it than me).

Unfortunately, I'm also in the middle of a couple arenas but it wouldn't take too long to do this one...

JoeBlo · « **Reply #9 on:** July 21, 2010, 01:08:46 AM »

well what about if we worked on it together ? (or group work with Mad if he started it) Mad spoke about a similar project too....

if we complete it as a group its less of a work load for all of us.

Trovaner · « **Reply #10 on:** July 21, 2010, 02:27:21 PM »

Working together on it would be fine with me (more the merrier) but I think we should wait for permission from Mad. I remember him talking about this arena when he began working on it but I have no idea how far he got...

Somebody · « **Reply #11 on:** July 21, 2010, 07:00:44 PM »

Bad idea for spinners or SnS or maybe even rammers because they will hit the cage and damage all of their weapons. Then its easier to defeat once the bot gets into the fight because (In the case of an SnS like SnSnSnSnS) half of its weapons are gone already. Unless this can be overridden...

JoeBlo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 21, 2010, 10:15:34 PM »

you could just not enter an SnS ? :P

or the cages materiel could be set as rubber which components wont damage on

ianh05 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2010, 04:22:43 AM »

any update on this arena? RZ2 is getting closer. The cage material should cause no damage so if rubber does that then the caged off area walls should be rubber :)

JoeBlo · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2010, 04:39:08 AM »

please donate more hours to my day

Gigafrost is first priority since his tournament has progressed.. I just need the time to complete it

then I can start this stuff, I think I know how to do the whole thing with coding Madiaba has given me but Trov could probably handle that stuff a lot better then me, when I get the time to sculpt it I will.

(did I owe someone else an arena ? I cannot recall anymore :P)

plus I have my own projects I wish to do

TeamXtreemer · « **Reply #15 on:** August 09, 2010, 08:55:28 AM »

I Belive that was me.
send plz.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2010, 09:25:30 AM »

I made your arena, you lost it

your not allowed to host anymore tournaments so there is no need to send, you can wait for Backlash

Serge · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2010, 09:51:49 AM »

Quote from: ianh05 on July 20, 2010, 02:51:33 AM

hey guys, with all the new tournaments running I decided that my Robo Zone tournament needs the finals arena to stand out.

500th post so I'm requesting something :P

I have posted the idea before and Mad was going to make it for me but he was busy with tournaments etc. I have stared at the BBEANS arena for hours and still can't figure out if i could somehow mod the combat zone arena to have 2 caged of areas that lower after a certain amount of time or if i would have to do something else also

here's the basic idea of what i need:

(Image removed from quote.)

- Combat zone sized arena.
- Caged off areas big enough for the bots inside to not be immobilized.
- Able to View the bots in the cages.
- The cage holding bot number 3 comes down after 30 seconds.
- The cage holding bot number 4 comes down after 1 minute.
- No hazards (except the cages which function like a hazard).
- Robots only go for robots if they are outside the cages.

this would not only make a great tournament arena but would be fun for everyone in exhibition. If anyone watches WWE then you know the basic idea of what I'm after already :)

Give me two weeks, I'll do it.

Trovaner · « **Reply #18 on:** August 09, 2010, 12:56:42 PM »

I've been done with the Arena.py for quite awhile (it just needs a few touch ups after the Arena.gmf is made). The only reason why I haven't said anything is because I'm still waiting for Mad to give me the go-ahead (although, Joe might have gotten it...).

Features of my Arena.py:

AI won't attack caged bots
Caged bots won't move unless they are being counted out (if you would like, I could also stop them from rotating their weapons)
If there is only 1 non-caged bot, the next available caged bot is released without a delay.
As time progresses, the cages are consecutively opened (30sec and 1min after the fight begins)

I'm still in favor of turning this into a group project but if it makes things easier for everyone else, I could start on the Arena.gmf and skinning...

Serge · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2010, 03:48:22 PM »

I can make a pretty pretty model in 3dsmax.