Robot Wars RA2 - OFFICIAL MOD

[cephalopod]

To be fair that largely simulates the modern UK scene :P I can see how spinners not taking bits off would be frustrating though.

[090901]

To be fair that largely simulates the modern UK scene :P I can see how spinners not taking bits off would be frustrating though.

well i mean its kinda annoying how flippers can ko things like popups too

[HereticBlue]

If the robots don't fall apart while facing spinners in the game, they won't in real life. The curse of Hardox armour it just never sods off. Oh it's brilliant when you use it yourself though!

If the robot KO's because of countless flips, then it will also happen in real life. Flipper do cause damage, unless your robot is built like a tank. Gives you more insentive to not got flipped though haha.

[DaSnowingSteak]

If the robots don't fall apart while facing spinners in the game, they won't in real life. The curse of Hardox armour it just never sods off. Oh it's brilliant when you use it yourself though!

If the robot KO's because of countless flips, then it will also happen in real life. Flipper do cause damage, unless your robot is built like a tank. Gives you more insentive to not got flipped though haha.

That's how Chaos 2 was designed.

[Riptide]

Don't make me post the picture of what I did to Hatchet's scoop haha

Hardox is good but not indestructible, I think the mod's made the armour maybe too strong if anything, assuming you're going for real life parallels...

[DaSnowingSteak]

So I was going through the sound files and I found LEOP.wav, opened it and I can't even describe seriously.

[Jonzu95]

chassis armour defeintly needs to be boosted, pretty much every replica i have fought has be ko'd before i got to knock off any parts other than wheels.

Exactly my thoughts earlier... We'll see what the next update brings tho.

[rhys746]

Can any one help me with replaceing iron awe 5 with iron 2.5 on to the iron awe team with out the game crashing?

[Trihunter]

I can't get the mega mirror to work either I've let it load for over 2 hours & it did nothing.
I have the chrome extension, before you say that :P

[RpJk]

Just want to withdraw this part of my thoughts.

Bad News: I thought this would be the thing that would get me back into RA2 but sadly I think I've grown out of it. Nothing to do with you guys but that's how I feel.

I am addicted to this game now. It is absolutely fantastic. While it won't get me back into building, it has increased my interest in Robot Combat again. Playing through this along with Metal Gear Solid 5 (Still) and Project X Zone.

For a mod of a game that is over 10 years old it plays quite well.
The only downside is the outdated physics engine but that's not the team's fault.

So at a glance:

+Nostalgic
+Smooth Gameplay for a mod based on an over 10 year old game.
+Stays true to both RA2 and RW.
+Can see the love put into it. Something that's quite rare in media these days.
+God load of reps and arenas.
+Menu and Sound Design.
+It's free.

-Outdated physics engine.
-Game needs to get noticed more on big gaming websites, not only RW main site.

Overall: 38/40

Happy for you guys. I mean it.

[Trovaner]

I can't get the mega mirror to work either I've let it load for over 2 hours & it did nothing.
I have the chrome extension, before you say that :P

Unless the mod team prefers to have it hosted elsewhere, I wouldn't mind adding a download link to GTM.

[Badnik96]

IIRC the reason they didn't host it on GTM is that the file's so big that the file host couldn't handle it.

[TommyProductionsInc]

I hate to be that guy, but...

Where's the house robots?

Oh, and this mod is #Rossome.

I really hate to be this guy but...

Q: House robots?
A: Soon.

Sorry if I'm being silly here, but weren't the house robots going to be added? Or are they not quite done yet?

Q&A
Q: House robots?
A: Soon.

Oh. Sorry. I usually don't read all the posts.

[Somebody]

Can any one help me with replaceing iron awe 5 with iron 2.5 on to the iron awe team with out the game crashing?

There should be some guides around here for doing AIing of robots, including changing the AI line to match, getting the controls set right, and putting the robot file in the teams folder in the right place.

[RpJk]

Also would like to point out about how the camera angles are on the arenas look displaced. I mean that the static camera angles need to change to show the entire arena.

[yugitom]

Also would like to point out about how the camera angles are on the arenas look displaced. I mean that the static camera angles need to change to show the entire arena.

Yeah, I also hate this. I had to use F10 before I added the action cam. Also, HB, I experienced no frame rate issues with the action cam whatsoever.

[Tashic]

The mod it's very cool! I like the arenas and the fact that they have music, my favourites are the series 1 arenas and the Northen tour.

As far as components, I really like the mega adaptor! I can just put the batteries and other stuff that normally you can only put inside the chassis anywhere else, so you can see them when you're playing. Polycarb robots get added coolness with this!
The other component that I really like is the bulkhead, when I saw that I had to make a flipper with that!


I don't understand why the weapons are made by a tooth with the visible blade and the other tooth with the invisible blade. Couldn't you have made two visible halves or only one component with the collision being a bar? Because this happens:

The visible part gets knocked off but the bot still has the invisible part, or the bot gets unbalanced when the invisible part comes off, but the disc still looks intact.
Same for the flippers.
 
As some other sayed, hypno disc does too much damage, and if you let the disc go to full speed and turn quikly, the disc gets unstable and the robot flips:


Some of the cameras in the arenas can be a bit too close to see where you are going, best example is the scrapyard arena's default camera. And the default camera in the series 7 arena should be the pod!

Also how about this?!:


Other than this problems, the feel of robot wars is there and the amount of robots there is incredible!
Good job guys!

[cephalopod]

And the default camera in the series 7 arena should be the pod!

I don't think any Robot Wars Arena in any game has actually done this. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Tashic]

No, but is nice to have the view of the roboteers :) I usually switch to that. You don't actually need to change that, I can change it myself if I want.

[Philippa]

And the default camera in the series 7 arena should be the pod!

I don't think any Robot Wars Arena in any game has actually done this. Correct me if I'm wrong.

If you put the Robot Wars arena from DSL into Stock, you get a Craig Charles view which is basically the same.