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What do you like doing most in RA2/RA3/robot combat games?

Building robots
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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #640 on: July 05, 2019, 04:11:10 PM »

Its a little impractical, but is something like this what you had in mind?


Not quite... I was thinking more along the lines of how a lot of four wheel drive robots work, with two motors connected to two sets of belt systems, in turn powering four wheels in parallels of two. (I could draw up a quick diagram if that helps??)

I love seeing what you did there though! It's gonna be perfect for drum spinners and dual vertical spinners!
Damn I should probably put something fancy in this bit huh?

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #641 on: July 05, 2019, 04:14:45 PM »

Its a little impractical, but is something like this what you had in mind?


Not quite... I was thinking more along the lines of how a lot of four wheel drive robots work, with two motors connected to two sets of belt systems, in turn powering four wheels in parallels of two. (I could draw up a quick diagram if that helps??)

I love seeing what you did there though! It's gonna be perfect for drum spinners and dual vertical spinners!

Gotcha!  Here's the BattleKits Middle Weight configuration:

http://www.battlekits.com

I just tried it, and the system isn't set up to do that yet, but @tashic tells me that it is on his list of things to make work.

In this version, if a pulley is attached, it can be the only thing attached to a motor.

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #642 on: July 05, 2019, 04:17:48 PM »
Yes! Exactly like those! (Apologies - work has been a stress fest this week; my mind is barely hanging on at this point haha!)

Ah I see no problem! I was only asking out of curiosity haha! Still living for what you've displayed though, your entire team and you are doing an AMAZING job!
Damn I should probably put something fancy in this bit huh?

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #643 on: July 05, 2019, 05:45:57 PM »
Would like something like this

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« Reply #644 on: July 05, 2019, 05:48:01 PM »
Would like something like this
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I’ll give it a shot tonight.  :smile:

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« Reply #645 on: July 05, 2019, 09:31:03 PM »
Would like something like this
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I’ll give it a shot tonight.  :smile:

I just thought about it a little more, and it looks like you are looking for a crown gear or bevel gear.  No way to do that, and we hadn’t really planned on it...

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« Reply #646 on: July 05, 2019, 09:39:05 PM »
Would like something like this
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I’ll give it a shot tonight.  :smile:

I just thought about it a little more, and it looks like you are looking for a crown gear or bevel gear.  No way to do that, and we hadn’t really planned on it...

You might be able to accomplish the same space-saving effect with a pancake motor though.  We can pretty easily put a flatter motor in the game.

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« Reply #647 on: July 06, 2019, 06:01:05 AM »
Would like something like this
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I’ll give it a shot tonight.  :smile:

I just thought about it a little more, and it looks like you are looking for a crown gear or bevel gear.  No way to do that, and we hadn’t really planned on it...

You might be able to accomplish the same space-saving effect with a pancake motor though.  We can pretty easily put a flatter motor in the game.
yeah, as current motors are not Hori spinner friendly

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« Reply #648 on: July 06, 2019, 11:27:57 AM »
Would like something like this
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I’ll give it a shot tonight.  :smile:

I just thought about it a little more, and it looks like you are looking for a crown gear or bevel gear.  No way to do that, and we hadn’t really planned on it...

You might be able to accomplish the same space-saving effect with a pancake motor though.  We can pretty easily put a flatter motor in the game.
yeah, as current motors are not Hori spinner friendly

Agreed.  I try to put together a shorter motor or two this week.  Anyone have any preference for weapon motors?  I am looking at something Etek-compatible currently.  At a minimum I should be able to come up with a mock-up of the right dimensions, weight, and motor characteristics.

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #649 on: July 06, 2019, 11:36:19 AM »
Arent LEM motors thin and wide? Idk if they are drive motors tho

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #650 on: July 06, 2019, 11:46:53 AM »
Anyone have any preference for weapon motors?  I am looking at something Etek-compatible currently.  At a minimum I should be able to come up with a mock-up of the right dimensions, weight, and motor characteristics.
Just a nice variety of shapes, sizes, and power levels, rather than the two (plus BW motor) that we have currently. Etek and pancake motors would be nice, maybe also an R-shaped one like the TWM3R in DSL. NPCs, too, maybe?

Also, just a small thing, but would it be possible to put the motors' performance stats (like horsepower and torque) in their descriptions? Or are you going to wait until their stats have been finalised before doing something like that?

Arent LEM motors thin and wide? Idk if they are drive motors tho
IIRC, they're about the same diameter as an Etek, but slightly thinner. Storm 2 used LEMs as drive motors at one point, but they're heavy enough that you'd need WhammetNuht's system of "one motor powering two/three wheels" for them to be practical in an RR2 rammer.
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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #651 on: July 06, 2019, 11:51:35 AM »
Arent LEM motors thin and wide? Idk if they are drive motors tho
IIRC, they're about the same diameter as an Etek, but slightly thinner. Storm 2 used LEMs as drive motors at one point, but they're heavy enough that you'd need WhammetNuht's system of "one motor powering two/three wheels" for them to be practical in an RR2 rammer.
Just looked up lems. I thought they were actually huge, but i see they have variety. Nice

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #652 on: July 06, 2019, 12:30:00 PM »

Just a nice variety of shapes, sizes, and power levels, rather than the two (plus BW motor) that we have currently. Etek and pancake motors would be nice, maybe also an R-shaped one like the TWM3R in DSL. NPCs, too, maybe?

Also, just a small thing, but would it be possible to put the motors' performance stats (like horsepower and torque) in their descriptions? Or are you going to wait until their stats have been finalised before doing something like that?


Will do.

You are correct about the reason for not putting specs in the description.  Up until now I have been fudging numbers all over the place to get everything to work.  Now that the spinner blur is functional, it is possible to simulate real-life speeds.  A motor spins a bar at 3000 RPM?  No problem.  The question now becomes which specs to include.  Do we got full on simulation, with Kv values, or do we just do something simple like power at rated voltage?  What about torque?  Weapon tip speed at full spin-up?  Kinetic energy?

Maybe there is a kinetic energy, RPM, and tip speed meter in the test cage that allows you to see the numbers as you spin up, just like you would have when bench-testing a real robot?

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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #653 on: July 06, 2019, 01:50:16 PM »

Just a nice variety of shapes, sizes, and power levels, rather than the two (plus BW motor) that we have currently. Etek and pancake motors would be nice, maybe also an R-shaped one like the TWM3R in DSL. NPCs, too, maybe?

Also, just a small thing, but would it be possible to put the motors' performance stats (like horsepower and torque) in their descriptions? Or are you going to wait until their stats have been finalised before doing something like that?


Will do.

You are correct about the reason for not putting specs in the description.  Up until now I have been fudging numbers all over the place to get everything to work.  Now that the spinner blur is functional, it is possible to simulate real-life speeds.  A motor spins a bar at 3000 RPM?  No problem.  The question now becomes which specs to include.  Do we got full on simulation, with Kv values, or do we just do something simple like power at rated voltage?  What about torque?  Weapon tip speed at full spin-up?  Kinetic energy?

Maybe there is a kinetic energy, RPM, and tip speed meter in the test cage that allows you to see the numbers as you spin up, just like you would have when bench-testing a real robot?
Oooh, that'd be handy. We'd potentially then be able to set tip speed limits for tournaments, like Extreme Robots and (IIRC) Battlebots have. Might help balance out the meta a bit. How would you differentiate between weapon motors and drive motors for those meters, though?
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Re: Robot Rumble 2.0 - Robot Combat Simulator - Under Development
« Reply #654 on: July 06, 2019, 04:02:24 PM »
Maybe there is a kinetic energy, RPM, and tip speed meter in the test cage that allows you to see the numbers as you spin up, just like you would have when bench-testing a real robot?
Oooh, that'd be handy. We'd potentially then be able to set tip speed limits for tournaments, like Extreme Robots and (IIRC) Battlebots have. Might help balance out the meta a bit. How would you differentiate between weapon motors and drive motors for those meters, though?

That’s on my list for Monday.  I was thinking of adding a “wheel” tag to wheels so that it knows to not consider a wheel a weapon if the wheel is properly attached to the motor or pulley.


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« Reply #655 on: July 09, 2019, 02:16:35 PM »
Maybe there is a kinetic energy, RPM, and tip speed meter in the test cage that allows you to see the numbers as you spin up, just like you would have when bench-testing a real robot?
Oooh, that'd be handy. We'd potentially then be able to set tip speed limits for tournaments, like Extreme Robots and (IIRC) Battlebots have. Might help balance out the meta a bit. How would you differentiate between weapon motors and drive motors for those meters, though?

That’s on my list for Monday.  I was thinking of adding a “wheel” tag to wheels so that it knows to not consider a wheel a weapon if the wheel is properly attached to the motor or pulley.

How about this?  :smile:

 
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« Reply #656 on: July 09, 2019, 02:52:26 PM »
 
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« Reply #657 on: July 09, 2019, 07:14:56 PM »
Hey guys.  Another free public alpha is coming out by the beginning of next week.  For this build:

1. Massive spinner update.
2. Pulleys.
3. Flippers.

We have reworked physics so that everything is energy-based.  As shown in the GIF above, you can get a handy realtime readout of your spinner’s energy in the test cage.  This should be handy if you are using the game to prototype designs for your real-life robots.  My plan is to use energy for damage too, but I’m not sure if that will be ready for this build.

Not shown in the GIF: The theoretical maximum kinetic energy for a spinner will be displayed too, if you want to design a tournament with energy limits.  It is also handy to see how much your design is losing to friction.

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« Reply #658 on: July 09, 2019, 07:32:38 PM »
I'm insanely hyped for this!
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« Reply #659 on: July 10, 2019, 09:07:08 AM »
This game is so cool! It is like RA3, but every mistake has been fixed. (those were a lot of mistakes)