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Tournament Archives / Re: GREATEST TOURNAMENT OF ALL TIME - SIGNUPS

« on: January 30, 2015, 06:30:42 AM »

So I think I sent a robot in.  It's not showing up on my sent messages so if it didn't go through let me know and I'll try it again.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Thrackerbots

« on: January 29, 2015, 06:45:07 PM »

I had shiny hubs on and it was having some issues when driving inverted.  Not sure why.  I'll try it again though.

Press F12 and check the collision models on your T-brackets.  The T-brackets have a broken collision model (that floats outside of the actual model), and depending on how your top one is rotated it might be jutting out and acting like a caster when you're inverted.

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Contests / Re: Vote BOTM Feb 2015

« on: January 29, 2015, 03:48:46 PM »

• This one has kawaii factor and might be good, but I can't read the splash..
• sparkey? It does score a few points for having BEAR CLAWS.
• It kind of looks like something that would be packaged with the original game, if it had different paint.  It's not gonna win any tourneys but its ok.
• Probably the most interesting design here, even if I don't like reversible spinners.
• I like it.  Classic vertical spinners are kind of rare in stock.  Also BEAR CLAWS.
• Beautiful.  Absolutely beautiful.
• Has the most razors here.  Definitely gets Naryar's vote.
• oh boy
  

I just had to vote for 6.

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Contests / Re: BOTM Feb 2015

« on: January 29, 2015, 04:37:00 AM »

Well I've stuck my foot in the door and got an entry in.  Hopefully it will be taken despite being well after the due date.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Maka's Makinations

« on: January 28, 2015, 01:17:54 AM »

Extenders:


I'm probably just going to drop this design, I'm not too fond of it.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Maka's Makinations

« on: January 27, 2015, 04:10:56 AM »

Well good to see I'm boring people to death.  While I'm at it, here's a somewhat failed experiment made with the same chassis as that last robot:


In order to celebrate my Clapistan heritage, I decided to make a clapper.  Sadly, it wasn't fed enough burgers so I couldn't fit any meaningful weapons into the configuration.  I ended up trying something where I double-layered blades so that they'd hit simultaneously.  I honestly don't think it will work all that well but I really hate to completely throw out something I put a lot of time into trying to get working.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Maka's Makinations

« on: January 23, 2015, 08:44:06 PM »

I got bored and made a lightweight.


The robot itself isn't anything too special.  I was really only trying to see how much firepower and protection I could pack into as little space as possible.  This robot was more about designing a compact, lightweight, cookie-cutter chassis which I can use as a base for future lightweight designs.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Maka's Makinations

« on: January 23, 2015, 06:11:49 PM »

So I've decided to go more in the direction of a gut ripper with this latest iteration.  It's more of a horizontal spinner/gut-ripper hybrid, but I think that's probably the best I can do without radically re-designing the internal layout and chassis.


So as you can see in the splash, I've done away with the scoops entirely.  The tribars are angled downward and are serving a triple-purpose role as spinner extensions, a wedge, and overall frontal protection.  Also I have the weapons angled differently to serve different purposes, as is also explained in the splash.  I'm still not sure if I ought to commit to one way or the other.  Angling them upward means they'll be more efficient as gut-ripping weapons but won't be able to get under opponents as well, whereas the opposite can be said about angling them downward.  I'm going to have to get a decent AI pack so I can do some testing to figure out which way is truly better, or if the idea is sound at all.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Maka's Makinations

« on: January 23, 2015, 04:20:49 AM »

Not bad for a first bot.   

If you're going for a gut-ripping HS like T-400 Infiltrator, then it might be a good idea to give it something to aid it getting underneath bots, like a chassis wedge.  I don't think the plows would be able to do this, at least with the setup you have right now.

This isn't my first bot at all, just the first one I've shared publicly.

I was originally going for a gut-ripper type thing but I ran out of weight and good places to put wedge extensions.  I could put a blade on the side of the extender for the wedge, but if I recall correctly adding weight to the wedge makes it less effective.  I've always got the option of doing away with one of the snowplows but I'd really prefer the extra protection.

I'll play with it a bit tomorrow and see what comes up.

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Stock Showcases / Maka's Makinations

« on: January 23, 2015, 12:05:41 AM »

So this is my showcase where I'll post robutts.

I've been lurking for a while so I know some stuff already.  Here's something I've thrown together recently:

This one was just sort of a proof of concept model.  I just wanted to mount everything to see how it would look with all the stuff on it.

In the time I spend waiting for the account to be approved, I made it more efficient:

Figures that it would come up heavy.  Thank you based Gabriel Interactive for your arbitrary weight limits.
I can probably get it below the MW threshold if I trim the chassis a bit, but I'm saving that for later because chassis work is a pain.

Yeah so constructive criticism is good mkay.