Author Topic: CameraFan's Showcase (Read 5255 times)

CameraFan · « **on:** September 04, 2012, 02:50:31 PM »

Made a showcase to get criticism and hopefully improve

Sir Spikalot, my first decent bot:

DSA armour. Turns most things I throw at it apart from flippers into mince w/o the Starcore AI.
Of course, any feedback is appreciated.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #1 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:58:29 PM »

this is a surprising common bot for new ppl to make, its not bad for a first bot
some feedback:
-dont put huge components on top of each other like that, try to get the chassis as flat as you can without compromising any of the components
-good that you know that alot of little spikes are better than one sledge
-you only need a nifty for this tops
-nice job building to the weight limit, most bots made my ppl new to ra2 tend to be severely underweight
-you might want to read some tips from here: http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/tutorials.htm mainly the building techniques and component stats pages, some of it will be review but you will probably learn some new stuff too

hope you stick around on gtm, you could be a great builder soon

Jamin · « **Reply #2 on:** September 04, 2012, 03:04:33 PM »

That is very good for a first bot! But like Mr. A said you will want to move all of the upper components lower like to the back or front of the bot, similar to how I did it here:

Naryar · « **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2012, 03:52:25 PM »

it's... tall?

Apart from that pretty good for a first showcased bot, just make it shorter and invertible.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2012, 04:00:39 PM »

generally it's a good idea to not build your bot like a skyscraper.

Wacky Bob · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2012, 04:51:44 PM »

Pretty good for a new member, I like how you know the best way to attach weapons, along with other basic stuff. As long as you listen to advice, you'll improve greatly.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2012, 04:55:28 PM »

It's not bad, just overly tall.

CameraFan · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2012, 01:38:11 AM »

Remade Sir Spikalot, now invertible and takes out EMERGENCY easily.

DSA obviously. What should I do with the leftover space and weight?

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2012, 01:42:08 AM »

If you make smaller chassis, you would probably be able to use black battery.

ianh05 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2012, 02:08:39 AM »

You should download Ultimate Stock AI, it has a large amount of teams (149 teams) with some easy bots, some average bots and some really well built ones. At your Level you should be trying to beat most the old BBEANS MW's.

Link:
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/files/Ultimate%20Stock%20AI.zip

smashysmashy · « **Reply #10 on:** September 05, 2012, 02:10:57 AM »

Quote from: Jonzu95 on September 05, 2012, 01:42:08 AM

If you make smaller chassis, you would probably be able to use black battery.

Even though that would be Overkill. 1 Nifty is sufficient for 2 HP Zteks, let along regular ones.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2012, 05:54:52 AM »

Quote from: Jonzu95 on September 05, 2012, 01:42:08 AM

use [sic] black battery.

no.

all spin motors use 100 imput and a nifty has 400 output and sufficient enough electotal,

he could use 2 pinks for this

and this bot is coming along good so far, you might be able to get hpz drive if the chassis is trimmed just a bit to get weight for it/have it fit

cephalopod · « **Reply #12 on:** September 05, 2012, 06:04:04 AM »

Yeah, I'd say the logical step is to get HPZ drive. Not sure how much heavier HPZ's are (haven't played Stock in a while) but I think they'd fit in that chassis (from a size point of view) if you move the air tanks forward and take the extender off the pistons - I'm pretty sure you could move the pistons to the front and attach the weapon rack directly onto it rather than using that intermediate extender.

Wacky Bob · « **Reply #13 on:** September 05, 2012, 07:15:21 AM »

He could get HP Z-Teks right now if he wanted to (Which is highly recommended).

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2012, 07:35:43 AM »

Wakky Bob is right. The bot 14.4 kgs light, and HPs only weigh 5 kgs more. He could just use HPs and not have to change anything else.

CameraFan · « **Reply #15 on:** September 05, 2012, 07:40:45 AM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on September 05, 2012, 07:35:43 AM

Wakky Bob is right. The bot 14.4 kgs light, and HPs only weigh 5 kgs more. He could just use HPs and not have to change anything else.

HPZs are ever so slightly bigger.
Changed the Z-teks to HPZs. Had to put the pistons in an awkward place and sacrifice some spikes because of that, but god it's fast. Also seems to hit just as hard as Sir Spikalot II.

Don't know what to do with the spare weight.

cephalopod · « **Reply #16 on:** September 05, 2012, 07:47:41 AM »

You could make the weapon racks longer than the bot - in fact, this would prove good protection against anything trying to go up the side.

Gauche Suede · « **Reply #17 on:** September 05, 2012, 08:01:08 AM »

Quote from: CameraFan on September 05, 2012, 07:40:45 AM

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on September 05, 2012, 07:35:43 AM
Wakky Bob is right. The bot 14.4 kgs light, and HPs only weigh 5 kgs more. He could just use HPs and not have to change anything else.
HPZs are ever so slightly bigger.
Changed the Z-teks to HPZs. Had to put the pistons in an awkward place and sacrifice some spikes because of that, but god it's fast. Also seems to hit just as hard as Sir Spikalot II.

Don't know what to do with the spare weight.

You can just use a nifty for this, and change the wheels to shinies, and you can put the piston between the air tanks for symetry. With the weight saved from a nifty and shinies, you can use maces because they have higer concussion, which means higher damage on rammers.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #18 on:** September 05, 2012, 08:05:32 AM »

HPs are bigger? I could have sworn they were the same size. Sorry for the misinformation.

Gauche Suede · « **Reply #19 on:** September 05, 2012, 09:09:56 AM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on September 05, 2012, 08:05:32 AM

HPs are bigger? I could have sworn they were the same size. Sorry for the misinformation.

HPs are a wee bit longer.