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Robot Arena => Showcases => Stock Showcases => Topic started by: Ragna on October 08, 2017, 10:00:56 AM
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I recently built this robot called Automaton Shredder. It's an odd drum/sawbot type robot.
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Make sure you insert your screenshots into your post to make them easier to view
It looks like a pretty good start for an antweight. For low weightclass bots its extra important to make the chassis as small as possible. Your chassis looks pretty tight as is which is good but you might be able to get a little more out of it.
The spike club is a pretty terrible weapon. In stock, the only viable weapons are razors, iron spikes, maces and bear claws. Of those, razors should only be used when they will not come into contact with the opponent's weapons (i.e. in popups) as they have half the HP of other weapons for 70% of the weight, and bear claws should only be used on spinners due to their normals. The choice between maces and irons isn't usually too meaningful. In general, irons give better reach while maces are better at protecting the extender that they're on.
Last thing I would say is to make sure that your motors have enough power. I'm not sure if that's a single pink battery or multiple pinks stacked, but you'll need more than 1 or 2 pinks to power this bot
Good to see new builders giving stock a go :)
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Ayy thanks.
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I believe ianh made a completely airtight antweight chassis back when he was still active. It's 3-4 years ago, so it's a bit of a stretch, but does anyone have it?
EDIT: NVM, already on the bot exchange - scroll down until you see IanH, and his fancy work. Yes.
https://gametechmods.com/forums/gallery/category/1
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I've got some more antweights and a couple of old bots. (still not sure on how to properly put an image in the text so i've put links)
AW - Cortex Slaughter (ignore bad name) has an axe with enough power to last decently throughout the fight.
2 pinks
https://imgur.com/a/JDWMA (https://imgur.com/a/JDWMA)
PHOBIA
1 supervolt
servo powered z-tek
complex HS
MW
https://imgur.com/a/YXBJ5 (https://imgur.com/a/YXBJ5)
I've upgraded Automaton Shredder, haven't given it a better paint job but it's now a vs. I know that maces' collision meshes are odd but it's fine for this.
https://imgur.com/a/0uRCS (https://imgur.com/a/0uRCS)
https://imgur.com/a/xlLl3 (https://imgur.com/a/xlLl3)
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The AW hammer motor looks exposed to me. I don't know how to fix the position because I'm not an AW/BW guy. With careful planning, you can build the weapon and drivetrain of the MW off of a single blue snapper.
What AI pack you using to test your robots?
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I use starcore v3/v4.