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2481
« on: December 31, 2009, 10:24:00 PM »
Plastic is by far the best armor in the game. Titanium doesn't even come close.
2482
« on: December 31, 2009, 08:50:40 PM »
Lol, and there's also NAR AI v2 coming up on the 10th, and we can be sure that the bots there will be even stronger.
2483
« on: December 31, 2009, 08:33:48 PM »
BSG has 6000 hp, they don't need protection in the LW division.
2484
« on: December 30, 2009, 09:53:33 PM »
You might be able to upgrade your armor to use up the remaining weight. Even if it's aluminum or steel it's still better than having unused weight.
2485
« on: December 30, 2009, 05:23:55 AM »
So MS doesn't matter on burst motors? Gotta take note of that (and update my popup accordingly).
2486
« on: December 29, 2009, 06:08:26 PM »
There are some setback with my team. The "crawler" have some movement problems. Sometimes after major impact the wheels simply stop responding. My guess is the game is suppose to reregister the wheels after it touch the ground (which it never does). I have a popup to replace the MW, but I would need a new HW to replace the crawler.
2487
« on: December 29, 2009, 03:23:44 AM »
Thanks. I will send you the update for my second team as well as my third team after some testing (FPSInvertDir instantly made all my SnS better).
2488
« on: December 29, 2009, 03:00:58 AM »
And the other one is just a slightly modded FBS.py that changes spinning direction when inverted - i think i posted in in the RAW 2 thread (since i made it for Iron Storm 5 so the maces spin the right way). I just removed a line that handles the spinning direction if the bot is inverted. Can you send me a copy of this version? I think my SnS can benefit from always spinning at the razor side.
2489
« on: December 29, 2009, 01:05:06 AM »
Well, keep in mind that "chassis" is also a component, and component count starts at 0. My guess you will have more success if you search 27.
Another thing is that it should be at the end of the preview image. So look for the last line of those rubbish and keep scrolling to the right until you find the number.
2490
« on: December 29, 2009, 12:19:40 AM »
Agree with Urjak. I don't see how "light materials" are so ruining the game that it requires vigorous enforcement, especially when it's nothing more than the parts' name.
Besides, polycarbonate extenders really can't hold the dual perm and 200kg weapon well, a light tag and the whole thing collapse.
2491
« on: December 28, 2009, 05:22:33 AM »
Looks good.
Maybe you can cover your chassis a bit more, mostly the front You might also want to consider changing the steel extender connecting the wheels to dsl bar. I mean you got double side panel to protect it and the way I see it, the flipper segment is more likely to break than the bar.
2492
« on: December 28, 2009, 05:07:00 AM »
That is correct. They just are offensive. Why is showing a middle finger offensive? Because we have made it, as a society, that way. Same with swear words. There doesn't NEED to be reason if the reality of it is that there are people who think of them as offensive, and nearly everyone looks at people differently depending on if they swear or not. Would people have voted for Obama if all of his speeches were full of cussing, swearing, and religious or sexual references? Probably not. He has a controlled manner about him, and that is why he is such a good speaker. I can offend people without using a single profane word, conversely I can use profanity (such as in holy "sh**") without necessarily being offensive. So offending people is not exclusive to profanity and thus a non unique harm. Therefore, what you are advocating is the monitoring of people's intent, not a specific sound or a specific combination of alphabets. As for Obama, I did not vote for him, his speeches are too full of filler words and too little in substance. That aside, George W Bush got elected twice, surely you are not telling people to imitate his way of speech just because "people have voted for" him.
2493
« on: December 28, 2009, 04:35:05 AM »
Well, could just be me, but I barely got enough stability out of a 40 cm angle skirt on top of a 200x20 dsl bar. You are right though DSL bar does have less HP per kg. There's also angled side panel to consider, they can reach 80 cm for only 7 kg and come with 2800 hp. I personally like dsl bar on 40 skirt more than 120, because you are shifting more HP to dsl bar without losing anything on the skirt. Right, speaking of that, the "destroyer" bot is part of the NAR AI 1.1. If you are interested you can find it here https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1786.0.htmlBe sure to backup your existing DSL before applying this patch, just in case you want to convert back, or for any technical reasons.
2494
« on: December 28, 2009, 04:22:33 AM »
120 cm skirts are not very good for stabilizer since 120 cm tends to be too short. Being able to turn quickly or drive forward without tipping over is a very important part of Vertical Spinners. Try using DSL Bar or overkill blade.
2495
« on: December 28, 2009, 04:15:58 AM »
Make a new txt file, name it antiballast.txt next, copy and paste this into the txt file, save, and put it into Robot Arena 2/Components name = Anti Ballast -400
preview = smartzone_1smallmediumlarge_preview.bmp
dir = smart-zones
model = smartzone_1small.gmf
styles = -400
type = power
base = SmartZone
passthru = smart_zone
description = Anti Ballast -400
standard = 1
mass = -400
sort = 140 This is a -400 kg smartzone, add it when you need more weights, remove it before running the bot.
2496
« on: December 27, 2009, 05:35:32 PM »
well, I assume if someone want a smaller wheel they would have went for vlad. So between granny and tornado when the purpose is to be bigger than vlad for invertibility I would say granny is better. The thing is collision box doesn't seem to affect how close your bot is to the ground (S3 and Small motorcycle wheels are good examples, they have enormous collision relative to their image size). My guess is that the collision can go through ground but not the image. What is does affect is rather or not the wheel moves the bot. While the affect of the hexagon shape to wedge isn't noticeable and would requires further testing, it does have less of those "wheel not responding" problems as the collision is touching the ground more often.
2497
« on: December 27, 2009, 05:00:21 PM »
You probably would want Tornados over Grannies. Same weight but grippier.
Tornados and Slipper has the same grip, or 1.3. And Slipper has superior collision box by far. name = SlipperBottom Wheels
dir = wheel_slipperbottom
type = mobility
base = Wheel
model = slipperbottom.gmf
preview = slipperbottom_preview.bmp
passthru = whitewheel_collision
description = Rubber wheelchair wheels with GrannyGuard (TM) traction and 3000 hitpoints.
contact = whitewheel_traction
resistance = .2
grip = 1.3
damagesounds = sounds\rubber_collision.wav,sounds\rubber_collision2.wav
attachsound = sounds\cmp_wheels.wav
standard = 1
sort = 8
hitpoints = 3000 name = Tornado Wheel
preview = tornado_preview.bmp
dir = tornado
model = tornadowheel.gmf
type = mobility
base = Wheel
passthru = wheel
styles = Default
description = Tornado's wheels are tough, grippy, and big, but not too big. 3000 hitpoints.
contact = wheel_traction
resistance = .1
grip = 1.3
hitpoints = 3000
damagesounds = sounds\rubber_collision.wav
attachsound = sounds\cmp_wheels.wav
mass = 18
standard = 1
sort = 7
2498
« on: December 27, 2009, 02:55:54 AM »
The problem is that the game mechanics isn't exactly ultra realistic, as such, it isn't easy to enforce ultra realism. Aside from things like stacking, BFE, or a component cutting through entirely, other stuff are somewhat difficult to enforce.
Through I agree that the "cutting through" rule is really being pushed to the breaking point (such as for many popups). The only rational is to argue that the razor is actually not triangular, but flat.
2499
« on: December 26, 2009, 06:23:06 AM »
Lol it almost seem like I have a new team for every deadline you made, now let's see if my third team will be ready within 5 days.
2500
« on: December 26, 2009, 06:01:21 AM »
Hi, can you tell me the new deadline for NAR AI? I have about 2 more bots to go before finishing my third team so it will be nice to know when I need to get it done to be included in NAR v2.
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