Author Topic: Boto's meh showcase (Read 5583 times)

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:04:28 AM »

shame I cant challenge anyone with it no onewants to fight it.

Joelu Of Eagleland · « **Reply #21 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:05:41 AM »

Where did you get the idea that no-one wants to fight it?

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:17:12 AM »

ehh I think people don't want to go through the hassle of AI'ing it just look at the challenge board thread.

Badger · « **Reply #23 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:27:45 AM »

If you want to challenge someone I'm happy to host. Takes like 3 minutes to AI a bot.

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:31:53 AM »

Look the thing is no one wants to (I don't think) if I could pick it would be battledutchaman.

Badger · « **Reply #25 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:46:08 AM »

Quote from: botomatic1000 on July 18, 2016, 10:31:53 AM

Look the thing is no one wants to (I don't think) if I could pick it would be battledutchaman.

Post in the challenge thread and someone will come along.

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 18, 2016, 10:48:23 AM »

I did and no one has replied since.

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 18, 2016, 03:10:23 PM »

Quite a few of my bots are made for a good laugh. Like my BW Barry Scot's Killer Bot!

Pwnator · « **Reply #28 on:** July 18, 2016, 09:18:50 PM »

After a couple of minutes of testing, you should find out that it has terrible steering. Rammers love to have the drive as close to the middle as possible to for immediate response to steering input. Flip the drive around, and turn the pinks by 90 degrees and stack them (don't worry, pinks are one of the easiest components to stack). Then you can push the weapons closer to the middle.

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 29, 2016, 05:47:05 AM »

would an emergency wedge on OA3 be better than the small one?

090901 · « **Reply #30 on:** July 29, 2016, 05:55:46 AM »

R01 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 29, 2016, 06:26:24 AM »

Quote from: botomatic1000 on July 29, 2016, 05:47:05 AM

would an emergency wedge on OA3 be better than the small one?

People commonly say that Emergency Wedges are worse, but I believe that it depends how they are used. Don't just follow the mainstream opinion, it's like saying "Servos are useless now, we have Blue Snappers", yet those things are so unstable where Servos keep the entire thing more solid, try it out to see how it works and then decide.

Also, be more happy, noone dislikes you, you're a nice friendly user and your bots are good. So unless you want to talk yourself down for some reason, there's really no reason to be like that.

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 29, 2016, 06:31:03 AM »

I probably wont even bother lol I don't think it would work anyways I mean look at how terribly it performed in its last tournament.

Hi5er · « **Reply #33 on:** July 29, 2016, 06:36:27 AM »

Quote from: botomatic1000 on July 29, 2016, 06:31:03 AM

I probably wont even bother lol I don't think it would work anyways I mean look at how terribly it performed in its last tournament.

A terrible performance isn't always a bad thing.

Hopefully it helps highlight what you need to change in order to make it a better robot.

I think the weight played a big part in your design not succeeding, I mean look at Badgers pop-up in the very same tournament... What does it have that yours doesn't?
- More Wedges/Better Wedges
- More Drive
- More Armour
- More Spikes

All of which are easy enough to add to your design.

ALso regarding your question, just experiment a bit and see what happens. That's what I'm doing at the mo, just messing around, trying some new ideas out, the RA2 wiki is very old remember.

R01 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 29, 2016, 06:45:43 AM »

Quote from: Hi5er on July 29, 2016, 06:36:27 AM

Quote from: botomatic1000 on July 29, 2016, 06:31:03 AM
I probably wont even bother lol I don't think it would work anyways I mean look at how terribly it performed in its last tournament.

A terrible performance isn't always a bad thing.

Hopefully it helps highlight what you need to change in order to make it a better robot.

I think the weight played a big part in your design not succeeding, I mean look at Badgers pop-up in the very same tournament... What does it have that yours doesn't?
- More Wedges/Better Wedges
- More Drive
- More Armour
- More Spikes

All of which are easy enough to add to your design.

ALso regarding your question, just experiment a bit and see what happens. That's what I'm doing at the mo, just messing around, trying some new ideas out, the RA2 wiki is very old remember.

He's talking about OA3, the clusterbot, which I think is alright like that, maybe changing the extenders a bit so that more razors could be put on it. The other bot was unfinished from what I remember.

Reier · « **Reply #35 on:** July 29, 2016, 07:10:07 AM »

Quote from: R01 on July 29, 2016, 06:26:24 AM

People commonly say that Emergency Wedges are worse, but I believe that it depends how they are used.

You are right, but there is a point on them being worse on average. on some of my wedge testing i feel like the wider the wedge is and the further you get away from the center of the hinge the worse it gets. Surface area actually hurts you the less hinges you have for your wedge. However I'm not sure why then something like a spike strip wouldn't be better than a small wedge, i'm guessing angle has a lot to do with it as well.

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 29, 2016, 07:16:00 AM »

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botomatic1000 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 29, 2016, 07:29:25 AM »

T o answer some questions:
1.MUSCLE CAR was never "unfinished" just ran out of space in the robot.
2. OA3 is its own robot just paired up as I wanted it to be and also if I did enter it as one as Badger says it was a joke entry
3.I actually cant be bothered to do the extenders on OA3 again.
4.MUSCLE CAR is stupid and will NEVER get re-built or upgraded.

I hope that clears it all up.

Hi5er · « **Reply #38 on:** July 29, 2016, 07:37:10 AM »

Interesting VS bud.

Couple of things:

- 2 Black Batts are more than enough to power this, so feel free to get rid of the pinks. A good rule of thumb is 1 black battery for every 4 HP zTek Motors you have.
- Don't use square extenders. They are the same strength as black/red ones but they weigh more. The exception is of course the 140cm one that only weighs 5kg, feel free to use that.
- The front wheel supports need more protection, if they go your bot losses all stability. More weight needs to be invested in securing them. You could also tidy up the extender work a bit. For example instead of using the T-connector at the bottom, why not try using a 2cm black extender and it's side attachment point?

How well does it perform?

botomatic1000 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 29, 2016, 07:58:28 AM »

I understand its awful and im not changing it I would rather just start off a new robot which would probably be just as bad lol. the Orange Avenger and its many sequels where a one off as its the only bot series I care about really and there terrible anyways lol. OA2 is entering Banter Wars series 2 so technically my first robot to compete in anything so I thought I would carry it on for Series 3 whilst the others are all throwaway pieces of scrap for a one off to test a design out and NONE OF MY ROBOTS SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY! that's why I enter as a joke entry for any tournament when its allowed.