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DSL TC Showcases / Vertigos Mayham-causing DSL bots
« on: November 13, 2006, 07:24:28 PM »
Well, I finally took the time to get DSL installed properly and it was worth it. I 'm really terrible at it in my 2 days I've had it installed, and I'm trying to get a bot ready for the BBEANS contest. This is what I've got after 3 rebuilds:
I guess I'm happy with it. It's nowhere near done but it's design lets it pick up, throw, and chew at almost anything, although mostly I've tested against Grog the Whatever-It-Was because I see FBS's as a primary threat. It can defeat Grog, but I'm sure it can be improved, and ofcourse I've got 100 kg's left. Okay, first some stuff about the bot and then I'll try to explain how I think it could be improved:
3mm Steel armour- Can downgrade if necessary, it's not needed with the protection (If I lose enough armour to let bots get at the chassis, I'm next to dead anyways)
2 Orange batteries- Couldn't overlap because of realism rule. No battery problems so far.
Rest you can kinda see- The middle baseplate anchor is doing absolutly nothing. I can take it out. Dunno why I even put it there =p
I used carbon-fibre to mount the wedges on the skirt hinge because the other extenders are too thick to allow the wedges to reach the floor. DSL bars might work but there isn't the need for that kind of strength- is there?
There are 2 half-panels lapped partly, in real life you could cut it, or put one on top of the other, or whatever.
And my main problem is that the weapons fall off real easily. Not THAT easily. But easily. The description says so, but being a total newbie to DSL I'm not sure what a better weapon would be to switch to since I have 100kg's remaining. Any suggestions are welcome. On anything, really.
Thanks for reading this, if you've got anything at all you think can be improved, questions, criticizm, or whatever, I'd love to hear it =)
I guess I'm happy with it. It's nowhere near done but it's design lets it pick up, throw, and chew at almost anything, although mostly I've tested against Grog the Whatever-It-Was because I see FBS's as a primary threat. It can defeat Grog, but I'm sure it can be improved, and ofcourse I've got 100 kg's left. Okay, first some stuff about the bot and then I'll try to explain how I think it could be improved:
3mm Steel armour- Can downgrade if necessary, it's not needed with the protection (If I lose enough armour to let bots get at the chassis, I'm next to dead anyways)
2 Orange batteries- Couldn't overlap because of realism rule. No battery problems so far.
Rest you can kinda see- The middle baseplate anchor is doing absolutly nothing. I can take it out. Dunno why I even put it there =p
I used carbon-fibre to mount the wedges on the skirt hinge because the other extenders are too thick to allow the wedges to reach the floor. DSL bars might work but there isn't the need for that kind of strength- is there?
There are 2 half-panels lapped partly, in real life you could cut it, or put one on top of the other, or whatever.
And my main problem is that the weapons fall off real easily. Not THAT easily. But easily. The description says so, but being a total newbie to DSL I'm not sure what a better weapon would be to switch to since I have 100kg's remaining. Any suggestions are welcome. On anything, really.
Thanks for reading this, if you've got anything at all you think can be improved, questions, criticizm, or whatever, I'd love to hear it =)