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Messages - g2geo94
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« on: July 13, 2017, 02:21:36 AM »
>Stock
>But using Component Freedom
Still belongs in Stock though?
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« on: July 12, 2017, 03:37:33 PM »
So I’m back once again, and with a group of friends, we decided to build bots for a local tourny we’re creating. One of the member of this little group and myself, we stayed up till the wee hours of the morning making bots, and I’d like to get some feedback on my current proudest creation. Presenting, Flips are Flipping FunImgur album: http://imgur.com/a/rHjST (or just follow along below)  The latest RA2 bot by G2geo94 featuring a razor tip through each wheel, and EMERGENCY's flippers (with some added razor there)  It is modded, just a bit of Component Freedom fun.  The rear Snapper2 doubles as a quite destructive hammer and a flip for the bot itself. Proved its worth in many a battle.  Those ram plates helped prevent hammers and rammers alike from striking this bot in what would otherwise have been this bot's end.  Obligatory "I hate lining up red extenders" quip   Let me know what you guys think
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« on: October 23, 2014, 06:55:13 PM »
Redesigned the bot to add just a bit more width up front so that the front weapons could be installed, but now it seems the hammer has a tough time pulling itself back up after taking one or two direct hits. Thoughts? 
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« on: October 23, 2014, 03:35:00 PM »
1: Remove the balasts, they only help wedges in extreme cases.
2: Either stuff it to the full weight limit or go back to a middle weight.
3: That puny little iron is not going to help much, either have a rack of weapons or a plow.
Rack of weapons. That's the thing I'm having trouble with. I see people spam weapons on to hammers and to the front of their bots, but I must be missing something because I can never seem to figure out exactly how to concentrate say, 10 razor blades onto a .1 square meter area.
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« on: October 23, 2014, 03:05:03 PM »
Okay, so this is where I now stand in the hammer design.  I have attempted to make the chassis as small as possible, but needed to actually add weight so that it doesn't flip itself over everytime I launch the burst motor. Also stacking the weight ballasts is extremely difficult. As well as the supervolts in this tiny space. I am 6 clicks high and (as always) using DSA. armor button you say? what armor button?From here, I am wondering what recommendations can be made to improve this design's function. Especially the fact that the hammer falls off far too easily and I am completely lost about spamming more weapons on the hammer's end.
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« on: October 23, 2014, 02:52:29 PM »
Also, press F12 to show the collision meshes of the components. This will show that the collision mesh of the round extender is actually a square, making rotating the extender by 90 degrees easier.
Dude, you just made my life like, 100x better with that one line.
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« on: October 22, 2014, 08:27:43 PM »
Try to rotate the round extenders to a point where they used effectively, and use another round extender to attach the weapons and the plows.
Do you have any recommendations on the best way to do this? It's this reason I liked the square connectors since it lessened the amount of guesswork. Is there maybe a method of determining, before complete attachment, where the side connections will be?
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« on: October 22, 2014, 05:36:05 PM »
Okay, so this is what I'm currently looking at after the critiques.  Try and try as I did, I could not get the plows closer without either a) making them overlap, or b ) having them off center (personal peeve). I've placed the small snapper 2 up top as a self-righting mechanism, and it has worked well in the AI fights I did. I've tried out a few different weapons, but I'm failing to find any that seem to be doing the damage my original design with the motorized saw blade was able to perform. I have resized this robot multiple times, but this seems to be the smallest I can get the chassis given the current layout. It is running as a two-wheel tank drive and under the ZTek HPs, is extremely responsive. I've been trying to stack the blacks, but all of my attempts on this bot have failed with my loss of patience.
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« on: October 21, 2014, 04:02:46 PM »
Thank you Badnik.
Okay, so I'm taking note here on all of your recommendations, and I'm left with a few questions:
I have to ask: is the apparent hatred of square extenders purely aesthetic? I downloaded from the Custom Components the Steel Square Extender thinking it might be best choice given its description.
I have chosen the Red Birds for the saved space, since it was my intention to have burst motors for the front and both sides (helpful for battles against multiple robots), but would it be better to just go with the ZTeks regardless?
The N12s I put on because I had completely forgotten which wheels actually were best and those seemed "okay enough"
I went for the weight because I just wanted to get all of my ideas out there firstly.
My ultimate goal here is to create a bot that can use the hammer style attacks competitively. I do intend on having LAN battles using this game inside my house.
Naryar, I appreciate that. I was going to resume from my old showcase, but I hadn't been here in so long that it appears those posts may have dropped off my list.
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« on: October 20, 2014, 07:53:08 PM »
So I'm back. From a hiatus so long some of you may not even remember me. And because I feel too limited under the 800kg limit, I did not feel like my bot belonged in Stock. (I've used a few other modifications found in the downloads section as well). So here I am, in all my noobishness, with a new robot design. I dubbed it The Duster originally, but I don't feel like that's quite so fitting anymore. I just can't think of a good title for the thing now. Thoughts?   Ignore the cursor hanging out there    Non-visible Details: Three SuperVolts visible, I got two more stacked before I lost patience I'm using the Steel Square Extenders throughout the robot for all external pieces
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« on: August 11, 2011, 09:14:51 PM »
Ahh, the wonders of the Card Readers and their relationships with Windows...
On most occasions, you're able to just unplug/replug the card in slightly different ways (like not all the way in, for example), and some weird combination of that will somehow fix the need of formatting, however there also is the rare occasion where an actual format into vFAT32 is necessary.
When this happens, your best bet is GParted Live. It's a free utility you download and boot your computer from that allows the formatting/reformatting of any drives in your computer (including SD/microSD cards) I must warn you that this is tricky to do, to say the least. If you've extensively tried the first option, and you know for a fact that it's hopeless, just send me a pm, and I'll help you through with GParted.
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« on: July 05, 2011, 07:45:01 PM »
Not at all meaning to compete, just spreading word around a bit. I also have a server up, almost 24/7 (occasional server outage when I get updates or new plugins, lasts no longer than an hour). Also, just three rules: 1) Respect all crafters and their projects. 2) Pick up your minecarts whenever you leave them (that's a big one) and 3) You MUST, MUST, MUST Have Fun*!  Just PM me if you're interested. You can build wherever, so long as the rules are followed!  *Unless that will cancel out the first two rules.
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« on: June 20, 2011, 10:57:25 AM »
Part of me is really beginning to think Sparkey wanted to do this just to "make the newb [me] look bad," since he was wanting to host so badly. Sage, I think this thread should go ahead and be deleted. I don't think Sypher878's all too interested anymore.
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« on: June 06, 2011, 10:34:29 AM »
I thought about the software manager as well, Serge. Problem is, atm he can't get to the internet on the computer in question. He'd pretty much have to burn the ISO/purchase a burnt CD online on his family computer to have any luck; less he's able to figure out some way to connect to the internet on it.
-Geoffrey
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« on: June 06, 2011, 09:46:58 AM »
I'm probably going to regret saying this. But i'll host if you need me to.
I appreciate the offer, but I've talked to Dragonfire, and he is 100% willing to host.
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« on: June 05, 2011, 10:43:26 AM »
There's no drivers? That comes as a great surprise, distro considering. My recommendation (being a strong Linux user for 4 years now) is to download the Ubuntu 10.10. I do not recommend the latest, as that version refuses to have widespread wireless driver support OoB, while 10.10 does. It also has supported every USB stick and CD driver I've ever used. btw: here's a direct link to 10.10. http://mirror.umoss.org/ubuntu-iso//10.10/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.isoHope this'll help you out! -Geoffrey (Oh, and if you need help burning the ISO, I can walk you through that as well)
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« on: June 04, 2011, 09:13:14 PM »
Considering I've been in this forum for all of a week, and therefore don't know who's trustable and who isn't, I think it'd be best if I just let someone else (a mod, if available and not a completely ridiculous request) to host. Any offers (Provided Sypher878 is still wanting to do this)?
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« on: June 04, 2011, 05:47:54 PM »
Alright, the bot's been ready for two days now. Are we gonna do this? I believe we need a new host...
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« on: June 01, 2011, 10:53:11 PM »
Ok, after much waiting (and I do apologize for how long it took), I have a ready robot. Hopefully, it'll do me good.  Can someone tell me files needed for the robot to be sent over? Is it just the .bot file, or is more necessary? EDIT: Should the name be changed for this thread? reading the rules it doesn't quite fit in (nicknames are used here vs. full)
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« on: May 28, 2011, 06:23:49 PM »
Alright guys, I'm sure there's quite a fued between the two of you, but I wouldn't think it to be wise to fight over it all here in the forums. Now, what can you guys tell me about stacking blackies? (and I do mean the batteries)
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