Author Topic: Robot Wars RA2 - OFFICIAL MOD (Read 619417 times)

cephalopod · « **Reply #2540 on:** October 27, 2015, 04:58:51 PM »

Some sneaky Foxic update pictures for you :)
The original will also still be available to play if that's more your style.

Philippa · « **Reply #2541 on:** October 27, 2015, 05:31:36 PM »

I approve.

Merrick · « **Reply #2542 on:** October 27, 2015, 06:52:03 PM »

Foxy. Are they all HWs, and just variants of the original, Sewer Snake style?

cephalopod · « **Reply #2543 on:** October 27, 2015, 06:53:17 PM »

The original in the mod is Foxic v1 so to speak, that 4-bar mech doesn't exist anymore (I believe) and has been replaced with the interchangeable lifting scoops/forks you see here :)

Merrick · « **Reply #2544 on:** October 27, 2015, 07:03:03 PM »

Fair enough. It does lose a lot of personality with those forks, much better with the scoop. Is it just a visual change?

Hyperwave · « **Reply #2545 on:** October 27, 2015, 07:17:54 PM »

Any plans for variants of other robots?

E.g. Old Ripper, Tornado with disc/frame? Would be fun to see and I assume they'd be easier to make than a complete new model.

cephalopod · « **Reply #2546 on:** October 27, 2015, 07:19:49 PM »

Not that I'm aware of right now, mainly focussing on the new content. Craig Danby kindly donated his meshes for these new Foxic's so it wasn't nearly as big a job as most bots.

martymidget · « **Reply #2547 on:** October 28, 2015, 02:45:48 PM »

So when is this out?

Tobester · « **Reply #2548 on:** November 14, 2015, 12:35:50 PM »

Kind of unrelated/unimportant but can't help but notice the bug with Typhoon 2 where his flag is invisible In-match?

You can see it in the bot construction just no-where else, is there a way to fix this? Thanks :')

cephalopod · « **Reply #2549 on:** November 14, 2015, 01:01:55 PM »

I imagine that would be because it's a chassis component, and they usually disappear in-match. No real fix that I know of, but we can potentially have a look into changes if we have time.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #2550 on:** November 14, 2015, 01:16:58 PM »

Quote from: Craaig on November 14, 2015, 01:01:55 PM

No real fix that I know of

"alwaysvisible = true" in the txt file.

cephalopod · « **Reply #2551 on:** November 14, 2015, 01:28:21 PM »

In that case it'll be fixed in the Xmas Expansion.

Shadic · « **Reply #2552 on:** November 14, 2015, 03:31:17 PM »

Hi, I'm completely new to RA2 and this mod looked really cool and interesting. I'm not sure how I'd get it working though. Is there a tutorial anywhere?

Tobester · « **Reply #2553 on:** November 14, 2015, 03:52:46 PM »

Quote from: Craaig on November 14, 2015, 01:28:21 PM

In that case it'll be fixed in the Xmas Expansion.

Great to hear you guys still putting so much effort into it :) Thank you

Merrick · « **Reply #2554 on:** November 14, 2015, 03:56:35 PM »

Quote from: Shadic on November 14, 2015, 03:31:17 PM

Hi, I'm completely new to RA2 and this mod looked really cool and interesting. I'm not sure how I'd get it working though. Is there a tutorial anywhere?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Sqo1Lji1g6UHpkSHpMeldiZTg/view

Here's a download link.

Assuming you have a WinRAR or whatever it is to extract the files, you can just place the extracted folder anywhere you want to get the game onto your computer.

Shadic · « **Reply #2555 on:** November 14, 2015, 04:23:19 PM »

Thanks for you reply. I did as you suggested but everytime I open the game, it freezes and crashes. It usually happens when I try to select a robot in Arcade mode. Am I doing anything wrong?

cephalopod · « **Reply #2556 on:** November 14, 2015, 04:43:35 PM »

My top tip, assuming you have extracted the game successfully, is to run it in full screen fr the options menu. Crashes will be less common (but may still happen because ra2 is a 12 year old game that was rushed shovelware even at the time)

Shadic · « **Reply #2557 on:** November 14, 2015, 05:30:48 PM »

Thanks! It's working fine now

sucraM · « **Reply #2558 on:** November 21, 2015, 07:13:51 AM »

Just started playing stock and this... Awesome mod! I think this is better than DSL (maybe cause I suck

). Can't wait for the Xmas expansion. (I am a newb btw)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #2559 on:** November 28, 2015, 06:47:06 PM »

I'm a little late to the party, but I just got this and tried it out... I am VERY impressed with not only the quality but the sheer number of bots and arenas. This mod looks and sounds great. The bots also perform well in combat, and I've noticed they even seem to have a different "feel"... I'm not sure what it is exactly, but I made a bot and it seems to drive slightly differently.

If I have one criticism, it's that it doesn't stand on its own as a bot-building game. It's great for fighting with the prebuilt bots, but the Bot Lab would be almost unplayable if it wasn't for all the DSL components included. And for the new components, the attach points are sometimes awkward and the balance is way off. The new motors, especially, are just crazy for how powerful, small, and light they are. And you can do ridiculously OP things with the mega adapter. But I don't know, maybe it wasn't your intention to make a bot-building game. If you just want to fight bots, this mod does the trick wonderfully.