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Gaz's Garage
« on: February 19, 2010, 06:22:59 AM »
Hi everyone. I'm new here and I wanted your feedback on my bots.

First of all, Killdozer:



6 wheel drive. 6 HP Z-teks.
It's got a lot of empty space that I need to work on but I think it is quite good.

Next it is Launch Into Orbit: (Note. Names are not permanent.)


Two HP Z-teks for drive. 6 DDT Burst Motors. (4 for wedges, two for razor tips.)
This one is the one that I am most proud of. It can beat Seism 13, from the BBEANS A.I pack, in three hits.

Comment and suggest improvements!
« Last Edit: June 05, 2012, 03:27:54 PM by Gazea2 »


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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2010, 06:27:27 AM »
They're not bod, but the chassis on both could be smaller. *waits for feedback from Naryar or Pwn*

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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2010, 06:27:59 AM »
Both of them, Shrink the chassis, And don't use the BBEANS Supervolt Battery.

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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 06:29:16 AM »
I only used them because I still can't stack supervolts.


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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2010, 06:29:28 AM »
I like the last one, but maybe you could even out the number of razors on each DDT for a cleaner look.
Also you're using cheaty parts on it - I see a bbeans supervolt - fine to use in private, but not generally received well on serious bots.
Finally, the nitpicky bit, chassis size could go down on it.

As for the first one, I wouldn't put weapons on both ends - concentrate it all on the one to get more power there. The other thing I would mention, you've already pointed out - chassis size - so I don't need to say anything there :P

Overall, they aren't too bad in my opinion :)




EDIT: As for stacking, I find it difficult to stack Supervolts. Try Niftys or pinks.
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2010, 06:29:57 AM »
Why are the plows on DDT's on the rammer?
My above post explains everything about everything.

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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2010, 06:31:16 AM »
To let me put the weapons through it.


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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 06:35:16 AM »
To be more weight efficient, mount it on a Snapper II then.
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2010, 06:44:31 AM »
For KD, you won't need rear armor and weapons when you see how the game drives it, so shrink the chassis, use about 4 anchors and attach your weapons the same way you attached the razors on LIO. And if you really need that snowplow, you can use the DDT, but you can make it more beneficial by attaching a wedge onto that DDT.

As for LIO, 2WD is kinda slow for its weight class. Try to give it 4WD, and probably 3 wedges would be fine (although we usually make it slimmer and just use 2). And with that extra DDT, you can add some weapons to it. To get the weight for that, just use 4 blacks (which means you'll only need 2 BBEANS blacks).

Generic advice for now, but you can build more creatively when you get the hang of it. :D
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2010, 06:51:18 AM »
Also, .BMPZ!!!!
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2010, 06:55:15 AM »
I only used them because I still can't stack supervolts.

There's a tutorial for it in the "Tutorials and Tips" section.

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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2010, 07:09:57 AM »
Also, .BMPZ!!!!


What lloopp here is trying to say, is it's quicker to load images if they're a format that isnt .BMP - .PNG is often recommended around here. It'll also save server space on GTM (:
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2010, 07:31:37 AM »
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

I now reveal... Killdozer V.2!



I am now going to work on Launch Into Orbit.

(Also, there are no BBEANS stacked supervolts!)


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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2010, 07:49:28 AM »
Fast learner learns quite fast. :D

I think it's time for you to learn the magic of the eFFe glitch. This can be applied to your rammer. First, attach an extender to your Snapper2 with the side attachment points facing upward (you might have to rotate the extender). Then wire the snapper. Hover an extender over the outermost side attachment point (with the extender's attachment point facing outward for the plow), and fire the snapper. While it's out of the position and the extender is still floating in space, 'attach' it and it will still float in space. Then you'll have enough space to attach the plow.

This glitch's quite helpful, and you can make bots as compact as this:



Both motors and the snowplow were attached using one burst motor (you can get it in the Combo AI + SZ pack. Those parts are legal, they're just hidden). :D
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2010, 10:47:23 AM »
I've heard of the eFFe glitch before but have never found it very useful. Maybe now I can.  :mrgreen:


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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2010, 10:55:57 AM »
Believe us, it is very useful.
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2010, 11:28:59 AM »
I've got Launch Into Orbit V.2 for you all! Here it is:




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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2010, 11:42:18 AM »
GRAH cange pics to PNG's!

other than that, do the iron's reach the enemy bot?

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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2010, 11:44:51 AM »
Not bad. I'm not sure the long chassis wedge is totally necessary - it may be a waste of weight - but I'm not a stock specialist so I'm not sure. One thing I will say - again - please, after the screenshots are taken, take a few moments, go into paint, and save them as .PNGs to save our interwebs from being epicly sloooow
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Re: Gazea2's Stock Bot Bananza!
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2010, 11:45:23 AM »
Whoa, that's some funky extender work you've got there.
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