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« Reply #120 on: May 25, 2009, 07:13:47 AM »
Quote from: infiniteinertia;40439
Why are you so ****ing original and so ****ing efficient.

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« Reply #121 on: May 27, 2009, 05:16:38 PM »
I don't get it, most builders do all sorts of crazy glitch-mobile-robots while yours are just so plain and great

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« Reply #122 on: June 04, 2009, 10:57:57 PM »
Quote from: Sage;40441
For the anti AGOD trick, i might try pausing, attaching an axle, garage and back, repeat. see if that works.


Thanks for trying, but that didn't help... I still have to pause before each match.

Oh well.  I made a good skin for AWTH now:



That design on the top represents one of those bird-man costumes people wore in a misguided effort to fly back before the Wright Brothers... an example of an accident waiting to happen.  Then I threw on a bunch of random warning labels for extra flavor.

I also shortened the wedges (and since they're slanted in, also made them wider by doing so) in order to add an extender guard below the motor.  I had a few too many fights where the whole weapon assembly got knocked off.  Although that still happens a little bit too often...

And here's that video I said I was going to make.



AI battles vs. Little Darling and Maelstrom.  It gives you a good idea of how the thing is supposed to work.

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« Reply #123 on: June 04, 2009, 11:11:08 PM »
Click I must say I'm very impressed. Thats one of my new favorite bots.


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« Reply #124 on: June 04, 2009, 11:14:28 PM »
That's so cool.
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« Reply #125 on: June 05, 2009, 03:09:25 PM »
The name could apply tothe fact that there are imminent havoks waiting to happen.
I built that big robot on that TV show that time


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« Reply #126 on: June 07, 2009, 06:41:54 PM »
Super amazing.

But if I wasnt trying to sound gay I would say it was UB3R.

Lets settle with <3.
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« Reply #127 on: July 11, 2009, 05:24:50 PM »
These are a couple of designs I was experimenting with as a possible RAW2 entry.

The first one, Symbiote Sheck:



1 Supervolt, DSA, no drive.  It hops around with the Snapper wedges and it can, uh, clamp, sort of, with those arms in the back... Yeah it's pretty useless.

The second bot, Symbiote Core:



2 DDT's, 8 razors, 2 Supervolts, 2WD HPZ, DSA.  It's a well-built popup, except the wedge is going the wrong way, so it can't hit anything.  It's better than Symbiote Sheck but it still can't beat anything bigger than an antweight.

Obviously, neither of these bots are any good on their own.  But put them together and you get...

Symbiote:



The idea here is to make a popup with an invincible armor shell around it.  The Sheck really only needs to function for a few seconds as it clamps around the Core, and after that it only serves as armor.  So it doesn't matter if it dies.  And here's the thing: even after the Sheck is KO'd, it STILL PROTECTS THE CORE!  A dead chassis is just as impenetrable as a working bot.  So it's basically like having caster armor on all sides.  The only way to damage the core after the two parts are connected is to hit the back (a small target), the bottom (harder to do than you'd think because it's a small target and the Sheck gets in the way), or to destroy the clamping arms so the Core pops out (happens most frequently of the three ways, since the extenders become exposed when the chassis gets dented).

It's not quite as effective as caster armor, though, because it's quite a bit heavier and I don't have weight for 4WD.  Without 4WD, Symbiote has a hard time KO'ing bots, even though it can theoretically survive indefinitely in the arena with Absolute Chaos.  And survival doesn't really count if you can't at least win by points.

I'm not going to use Symbiote in RAW2, though, because

-the two halves only have time to join up against slow bots and HS's.  Against any non-HS bot with HPZ drive, I have to do a plus.disable in Python in order to connect the two halves, which wouldn't be allowed in a tournament.

-it would be a beast to try and AI correctly.

-it's rather slow.

-it's quite laggy when the two halves are connected for some reason, and I know how annoying it would be for Sage to record matches with such a laggy bot.

-and finally, it's sort of a controversial design, since it acts more like a single heavyweight than two middleweights, and the Sheck is only barely capable of controlled movement.

But it's an interesting bot anyways.  I must admit I'm not the first one to make two bots that connect to each other like this; I know Firebeetle at least made 2 HW's that joined up back in the day.  I'm just the first one to make a bot that uses another bot as a meat shield :mrgreen:

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« Reply #128 on: July 11, 2009, 05:28:18 PM »
O_O
WOW, THAT IS AWSOME. I tried to do something like that, but it failed.
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« Reply #129 on: July 11, 2009, 05:38:06 PM »
I LOVE IT!!!

Thats just so sweet and clever, that im speechless! How do you do this? Every time you post something, its awesome and origional!

Btw, whats a plus.disable?

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« Reply #130 on: July 11, 2009, 05:43:59 PM »
You are a genious Click.

I honestly have no idea how you keep coming up with these designs.

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« Reply #131 on: July 11, 2009, 05:45:18 PM »
Quote from: somestrangeguy;50634

Btw, whats a plus.disable?


It disables the bot's controls so they can't move or fire any weapons.  The exact syntax is

plus.disable(botID, 1)

to disable the designated bot's controls, or

plus.disable(botID, 0)

to enable the bot's controls.

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« Reply #132 on: July 11, 2009, 05:48:23 PM »
Very nice, but yes, it wouldn't be able to combine in time methinks.

Good foresight getting ready for RAW2...
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« Reply #133 on: July 11, 2009, 09:05:19 PM »
Why has nobody tried this before? It's an awesome idea! You make me want to try to do that in DSL. In fact, I'll go take care of that...
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« Reply #134 on: July 11, 2009, 09:30:20 PM »
I'm doing one right now. The problem is that the core refuses to go in the shell.

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« Reply #135 on: July 11, 2009, 10:17:37 PM »
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I'm doing one right now. The problem is that the core refuses to go in the shell.

The two chassises can't actually touch each other.  You need about a half box (on the blueprint grid) of leeway space in order to get them to connect, but not wobble too much.  Also, the wheels can't touch the shell chassis or it won't be able to drive.

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« Reply #136 on: July 11, 2009, 10:58:44 PM »
Can you post the bot file here to download? O_O I'm speechless.

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« Reply #137 on: July 11, 2009, 11:01:03 PM »
Quote from: Clickbeetle;50674
The two chassises can't actually touch each other.  You need about a half box (on the blueprint grid) of leeway space in order to get them to connect, but not wobble too much.  Also, the wheels can't touch the shell chassis or it won't be able to drive.


Thanks for the tip. :)

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« Reply #138 on: July 11, 2009, 11:29:18 PM »
...(Inf dies)

But really Click, you're:

1. Original - ALWAYS
2. A Genius
3. The best builder I have seen, anywhere.
4. always making me happy when you post something<3.
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« Reply #139 on: July 11, 2009, 11:32:29 PM »
One thing I must ask.
Why do you have that black anyway? Servos don't need power.