Author Topic: Robot Wars RA2 - OFFICIAL MOD (Read 683737 times)

HereticBlue · « **Reply #1880 on:** May 13, 2015, 02:24:51 PM »

Wouldn't it be nice if. I could get the arenas working without I Like Taco's help? That would speed up the mods release wouldn't it?

Oh wait...

Jarvis_Rapture · « **Reply #1881 on:** May 13, 2015, 03:41:26 PM »

New arenas! Finally! Woo

Natef · « **Reply #1882 on:** May 13, 2015, 04:15:38 PM »

What's the arena's name?

cephalopod · « **Reply #1883 on:** May 13, 2015, 05:13:36 PM »

Thread cleaned. Any further drama from either side (there were faults on both) will result in heavy warns.

Jaydee99 · « **Reply #1884 on:** May 13, 2015, 05:50:30 PM »

Lookin sweg.

HereticBlue · « **Reply #1885 on:** May 13, 2015, 06:00:59 PM »

Cheers lads. After this weekend I'll be working on downsizing the poly count and (sadly) remaking a couple of arenas because they're too high in poly count and get the buggers exported!

The arenas called 'The Death Facility,' named by Craaig. It's a cross between the Magazine Death Zone arena from the first page of this thread crossed with the combots arena. There's two oota zones either side on the LCD screen behind low walls and because of the lack of space outside the arena, some robots can save themselves and get back in, much like combots! Good for an interesting HW tourny if someone wants to use it in future.

Philippa · « **Reply #1886 on:** May 13, 2015, 06:10:35 PM »

Are all new arenas going to be realistic or more like the DSL ones?

Garfie489 · « **Reply #1887 on:** May 13, 2015, 06:35:48 PM »

Quote from: Kurt Wylde on May 13, 2015, 06:10:35 PM

Are all new arenas going to be realistic or more like the DSL ones?

Defiantly getting rid of a load of the DSL arenas. In the list i made which i think is what we are generally sticking to there are only 3 left.

Realsim is a key point, however its not over riding. The main thing is the arenas need to be interesting in themselves, with tactical usage of hazards and no overbearing features.

Good example is Cave will go, because it needs a flat floor to have a fair competition. Electric Arena 1 also has a rather big unavoidable hazard in the middle (the tazer type grill), when you have to stick to the edge of the arena its not the kind of fighting we are going for.

Few other ones need serious consideration for either being to basic, needing a complete reskin, being to similar to other arenas, or just simply because they dont play well. We dont want any weak arenas, they need to all be strong to a degree.

Philippa · « **Reply #1888 on:** May 13, 2015, 06:45:57 PM »

I don't get why you're taking out the Electric Arena, it's pretty good.

Thyrus · « **Reply #1889 on:** May 13, 2015, 06:52:09 PM »

It`s not like you can`t add it to your arena folder again

RedAce · « **Reply #1890 on:** May 13, 2015, 06:53:35 PM »

Quote from: Garfie489 on May 13, 2015, 06:35:48 PM

Electric Arena 1 also has a rather big unavoidable hazard in the middle (the tazer type grill), when you have to stick to the edge of the arena its not the kind of fighting we are going for.

The "Hazards Enabled" checkbox is a thing for a reason and what Thyrus said. Use that and you can turn off that giant electric grid and it's just fine for an arena as it gives loads of room to fight and is more than a traditional square box. Plus if at least two bots are on the grid, then it won't do anything at all. The realism I would agree with you on that though. Not quite sure if that would work in real life or not.

Oh yeah. The new Arena. Looking fantastic. Two questions though:

1. What's up with the images being reversed? Graphic mapping error?
2. Who exactly took the first snapshot in the post?

Philippa · « **Reply #1891 on:** May 13, 2015, 07:02:11 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on May 13, 2015, 06:52:09 PM

It`s not like you can`t add it to your arena folder again

I'd rather have the arena in the first place.

HereticBlue · « **Reply #1892 on:** May 13, 2015, 09:04:29 PM »

Garfie was using the electric arena as an example. It's a stock arena so we can't necessarily remove it but I'm in the same mind as Garfie about it, it's either too much box with hazards on or too much vibrating buzzes with the hazards on.

Redace, I took the first snapshot off my mobile. Didn't spot mirrored logo textures either side of the screen before. My fault!

cephalopod · « **Reply #1893 on:** May 14, 2015, 02:51:24 AM »

Quote from: Kurt Wylde on May 13, 2015, 07:02:11 PM

Quote from: Thyrus on May 13, 2015, 06:52:09 PM
It`s not like you can`t add it to your arena folder again
I'd rather have the arena in the first place.

Sometimes you can't have exactly what you want all the time, and might even have to put >3 minutes work in to get what you want, unlike this example. Quit moaning. Please.

Avalanche · « **Reply #1894 on:** May 14, 2015, 04:50:27 AM »

Some of us want these arenas tbh. Thats what made RA2 a bit different. Can we possibly have a list of which ones are removed?

Lemonism · « **Reply #1895 on:** May 14, 2015, 04:57:44 AM »

It's really not hard to add any missing arenas back in, it's not like removing them from the mod means deleting them from time and space. I have no idea why anyone thinks it's such a big deal, just be happy that we're getting some new arenas.

HereticBlue · « **Reply #1896 on:** May 14, 2015, 04:59:04 AM »

Before people start panicking. This mod uncludes a collection of other custom arenas and components released over the years aswell as our own. This is the mod where all the stuff you weren't allowed to use in tourneys before become allowed.

Having such a large collection of everyone's productivity over the past decade means a lot of MBs. And considering the new RW components take up more MBs than DSL we've had to drop the custom stuff that is deemed as not good enough or pointless (like reskinned copies of arenas or arenas that cause massive lag or crash... Like the cave, mars and onslaught arenas for example).

If you want to keep the old arenas. Just install them onto a clean copy of RA2 Then install the mod afterwards.

jackster96 · « **Reply #1897 on:** May 14, 2015, 06:54:07 AM »

Sounds awesome and looks awesome cannot wait for everything about this mod. Has the list of robots been shortened recently? Will anything be happening with the older robots you made but are no longer including?
Thanks

Avalanche · « **Reply #1898 on:** May 14, 2015, 07:52:47 AM »

Are these custom parts balanced? Also, you guys have slaved away at this for ages, so if it arrives without all arenas we wanted, lets shut up.

Garfie489 · « **Reply #1899 on:** May 14, 2015, 09:27:00 AM »

We are now mostly finished with the Robot Wars Live arena, and have exported it into the game for testing.

Heres the first in game screenshot :)