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Existing Games / Dwarf Fortress
« on: March 14, 2010, 07:37:23 AM »
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Second thread on this, i know, but still that game is really too awesome. There's MASSIVE variety, and you can do awesome things like throwing ogres to the ground with a single-handed nose grab, flood the world with magma/water, make skyscrapers, or build a whole castle out of soap, without it melting in the rain.

If the full-ASCII graphics really are too old for your taste, there's some graphic packs out there. I'm using this one : http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.php

Beware, there is some videogame cruelty potential right here. Do not attempt to play if you are especially sensible.

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Modifications / NAR Skin Pack
« on: March 11, 2010, 10:53:18 AM »
Yes, i will release the NAR AI skin pack independently from NAR AI (the independent  pack will have the DSL 2.1 component stats). Release will be probably late April unless i kick my ass enough.

But one question remains. Rather than cluttering the component menu with assloads of just skinned components (i am thinking big and there will be lots of new skins), I am thinking making all the skins hidden, so you will either have to type cheatbot2 ether just add a few words in the bot file to change your components.

Or i could just keep the components visible like in NAR AI v2.2.

What do you guys think ?

By the way, i skinned WBC wheels so you have grey, blue, black, yellow and white ones, but they don't seem to appear when clicking on them in the menu :FFFUUU


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Chatterbox / Thread quality is going down a bit these days
« on: February 22, 2010, 02:40:30 AM »
About worthless and UNFUNNY spam, people creating threads to BAWWW in the Chatterbox, or people fighting pointlessly over trivial matters ? And threads like this ?

Ah, the irony.

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Discussion / What do you like in a bot ?
« on: February 19, 2010, 03:34:20 PM »
Criteria i see in a bot - Efficiency (in the arena), Originality (never before seen), Creativity (not original but unusual), Building Skill (a well built bot is not necessarily a good fighter, cool or original), Cool Looks (Candy (tm))

Personally, my favorite robots are both efficient designs (in the arena) and creative (unusual design) designs. I know it's not easy to mix both, but still, that's what i am aiming at a builder.

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Discussion / Importance of RA2
« on: February 19, 2010, 03:00:08 PM »
Are you a RA2 diehard fanatic ? Did you like it but nothing more, or did you forget it and just come to these boards to discuss ?

Personally, RA2 is nearly my only videogame - well, i didn't played any other game for nearly one week and i can spend months on it without any other videogames.

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Tournament Archives / BOTW Discussion
« on: February 02, 2010, 06:54:46 AM »
Bot of the Week

Basicaly like BOTM, but each week. I announce what you must build for each one (DSL or Stock, robot type and weight, etc) and you have 1 week to send a splash of your bot to me (by PM). I will then post the splashes, and you guys will vote (by posting). The winner will have their bot posted on the first post of the thread (i will create a single thread for it)

Rules - You must include weight and armor type in your splash.

The characteristics i want are creativity and building skill, so NO need to send me super-candyfied splashes. Hell, i should even not accept them... since BOTM is becoming Splash of the Month... (Still a decent splash is welcome

That is all. Now i know that this might compete with BOTM so i am asking ACAMS for permission.

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Custom Components Showcase / Naryar's Custom Showcase
« on: January 13, 2010, 03:59:53 AM »
Third NAR AI hovercraft bot



5mm titanium, 22 razors.

I just put the ant battery for realism since IRL you would need one for the electronic control board to work.

Not as good as i wished because the thing flies too high for the razors to touch the other bot easily.

Fun thing, if you fire all the razors at once, it goes slightly downward then upward and you can get to the ceiling rather easily with a few bursts  :mrgreen:

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Discussion / Opinion on DSL parts.
« on: January 08, 2010, 04:39:50 AM »
What DSL parts do you really love and really hate ?

For me -

Weapons: Prefer Killalot drills / Dislike Clep tails
Extenders: Prefer Alu 40cm skirts / Dislike Omni extenders
Armor: Prefer heavy plows / Dislike large ramplate
Weapon motors: Prefer 2-Mags / Dislike Perm 80's
Drive motor : Prefer NPC Fast / Dislike Copals
Wheels: Prefer Technos / Dislike Mud Tires
Chassis armor : Prefer 5mm Titanium / Dislike 3mm Aluminium


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General Support / GIB work
« on: January 08, 2010, 04:30:35 AM »
Well, i just managed to find out that GIB's were actually text files rather than pictures, and now after taking a look at some of them i am pretty sure there is the code for the damage's color and that R0B0 found it out and used it on his BOTM.

Searched for one half-hour last night for it, but didn't found anything. Anyone knows where it is ?

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Site News and Feedback / Moar smileys ?
« on: January 08, 2010, 04:18:16 AM »
I think more smileys would be good  :mrgreen:

Right now i am thinking a Candy (tm) one, a SFTW one and a small R0B0 Smiley. Maybe a ragetoon as well...

I MIGHT be able to do them but not before the end of next week.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Favorite music track ?
« on: December 17, 2009, 04:02:47 AM »
What single track do you like the best... no i mean LOVE and prefer above all others !

For me : Frank Klepacki - Red Alert 2 Soundtrack - Hell's March 2

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Off-Topic Discussion / Best antivirus ?
« on: November 10, 2009, 09:18:18 AM »
WARNING: thread might end in a minor flame war because of widely different opinions

My Avast! free copy died a few days ago (more precisely, the protection died, or so they say) and i am looking for another "free trial" antivirus to use temporarily (and when this one will end, i'll delete the registry entry and change for again another free trial because i am greedy and dont want to pay)

I heard praise for Norton and Kaspersky, but i am not sure... so what do you guys recommend ?

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Real Robotics Discussion / Ask Aaron
« on: October 25, 2009, 02:45:45 AM »
I was Googling "Punjar" and fell on this interesting page:

http://members.toast.net/joerger/AskAaron/design.html

Now the fun part is that it mentions Neglected Waterbug... with a link to the wiki !

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Modifications / NAR AI Mod - Ideas and Discussion (new poll)
« on: October 13, 2009, 09:31:46 AM »
Everyone knows about how a few DSL parts have issues, like the large ramplate and the WP836E (and the motors). I was pretty much eager to wait for DSL3 at the start, but when i saw "no backwards compatibility" i decided to make my own mod because i didnt wanted to rebuild all the bots of NAR AI. Also i would gladly skip the friction thing on wedges...

So i decided to add progressively parts of the mod to the future releases of NAR AI.

All previous version bots will remain the same and will be compatible, simply building efficiency might change a little.

Next version - NAR AI v2.2, release scheduled 10th February

-Spin motor & servo hitpoints fix (notably upgrading the 400 HP ones, but also downgrading the Piglet and NPC)
-Piston hitpoints fix (same)
-Flamethrower fix (dividing the air consumption by 10)
-Airtank fix (airtotal doubled for all batteries)
-Halfsheet hitpoint fix
-Ramplates hitpoint fix
-Multiextender hitpoint fix


**that bold icon is really being gay**

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Chatterbox / Alignement Thread
« on: July 16, 2009, 11:34:17 AM »
Yeah, so i really wanted to post this one these days... and here it is.

http://www.pa.msu.edu/~aaronson/alitest/aintro.html

Take the Alignement Thread right now!

True Neutral for me.

2.8% Good
7.7% Lawful

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Off-Topic Discussion / World Domination Thread
« on: July 16, 2009, 10:31:30 AM »
After Flying Chao's post on HX's thread, i thought i would make a poll just for laughs and that MIGHT turn into an interesting thread.

So, what would you do if you had the opportunity to rule over our little planet?

(Creating poll right now)

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Modifications / NAR AI 2020 - DSL 2.1 Standard AI pack
« on: May 20, 2009, 08:56:09 AM »
NAR AI 2020 WORK IN PROGRESS

One of the biggest DSL AI packs, and one of the most influential too, the "Starcore AI pack of DSL". NAR AI is a DSL Standard AI pack, currently being rebuilt for DSL 2.1. It improves the bots original DSL teams, removes replicas, and adds user-created teams.




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Tournament Archives / All-Out DSL Duels : Rules and discussion
« on: March 28, 2009, 02:36:45 AM »
This is just a feedback and ideas thread,
 
I had this idea a while ago and now i can upload vids...
 
I can host AI-ed duels, that is to say:
 
-Two builders challenge each other in a thread i will create later, choose a weightclass and an arena. You CAN also choose a common bot type.
-Each of the builders send me their AIed bot (this is a duel, i won't interfere in the way your bot moves) by PM.
-I will put a mini-splash of the two bots on this thread with some additional info.
-Then soon after, a vid of the two bots clashing. Three matches, best 2 out of 3.
 
Perfect for grudges, revenges, rematches.
 
I will only host DSL now. Realistic rule applies. No freaks, glitch bots, bumble balls or crawlers. No AAM or bot file editing. No custom components (Might allow some of the cheatbot2 parts however).

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General Support / Parts...
« on: March 23, 2009, 07:06:52 AM »
Anyone knows where's the blue control board's .bmp file?

Or is the color just embedded in the .gmf as hexa code (like the classic tribar)?

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Chatterbox / Guess What Thread
« on: March 18, 2009, 02:41:24 PM »
Can anyone guess precisely...



... what is this ?

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