Author Topic: Hydro's Showcase (Read 5563 times)

Hydro · « **Reply #20 on:** August 28, 2008, 10:16:19 PM »

ah. ok. well, i got bored with ra2 anyway.

Flying_Chao · « **Reply #21 on:** August 29, 2008, 10:04:34 AM »

Quote from: Hydro;13355

ah. ok. well, i got bored with ra2 anyway.

NOOOOOOO!

Naryar · « **Reply #22 on:** August 29, 2008, 11:12:30 AM »

LOL that showcase.

Well, every newbie has to begin with...

if you still build, don't use redbirds.

System32 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 29, 2008, 11:57:42 AM »

Quote from: Somebody;13225

Listen to EVERYBODY and always take their advice. It really helps. Not listening will turn you into System32.

I do listen to advive! It's just other game forums have hardwired the sentence

"Glitch exploiting is worse than genocide." into my head.

Venko · « **Reply #24 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:57:18 PM »

Hydro...
When take a screenshot paste it in paint and go to 'save as' menu and when choosing where to save choose to save it as .JPG not as .bmp!
This pics are .bmp-s and this is not very recommended.
They loads a lot time this way.

Urjak · « **Reply #25 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:59:24 PM »

poor Hydro, you will eventually build great bots, it just takes a while.

Naryar · « **Reply #26 on:** August 29, 2008, 01:10:04 PM »

Quote from: Urjak;13400

poor Hydro, you will eventually build great bots, it just takes a while.

Exactly, but that works for you too.

And, yeah, Venko's right, use JPG's because BMP's take a damn huge time to load. Well, save a previous BMP as a JPEG and have a look at the files size.

Somebody · « **Reply #27 on:** August 29, 2008, 03:14:33 PM »

The piston bot is a very good design for the stock RA2, but just try to work on other bot designs. Maybe try a VS or something. Just remember the fundamentals:
1.Try as hard as you can to shrink the chassis
2.Always use HP Z-Teks when you can.
3.Put Shinies on the Z-Teks
4.You will soon be better, but it will not happen overnight. Just consistently try new designs and new, unexplored (for you) Ideas.

Last of all: Look on my showcase, as I have an almost clone of Spiker, for my first bot, that also won me many battles.

Naryar · « **Reply #28 on:** August 29, 2008, 03:41:37 PM »

Quote from: Somebody;13441

The piston bot is a very good design for the stock RA2

I remember that Click told you this when you posted your first piston bot.

Well, yeah, try a VS. Or a popup.

Somebody · « **Reply #29 on:** August 29, 2008, 03:43:29 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;13448

I remember that Click told you this when you posted your first piston bot.

Well, yeah, try a VS. Or a popup.

And I figured that I could pass on the knowledge. He helped a newbie, which I now am not, so I decided to help a newbie.

Hydro · « **Reply #30 on:** August 29, 2008, 06:17:31 PM »

thanks to all of you. the reason i use huge chassises is because, like my father, i like vehicles that are big and boxey, like old catalacs, buicks, and, for some reason, old dodge trucks. thats just the way i am. and when i said i got bored, i was talking about yesterday. and, uh, what is a vs? i dont understand.

this post will be edited later, with a new "just for fun" bot design.

ok. this is my "just for fun" bot. i named it plainly "Caltrans Snowplow"

note: the boxes on the front are supposed to be the windshield. i had to skip the engine compartment because i could not make it with this game. sorry.

note #2: tell me if you think fatboys would look more reallistic.

let me get the extierior pic

ok there you go.

Naryar · « **Reply #31 on:** August 29, 2008, 07:44:14 PM »

What do you mean by "just for fun"? Even SnowJob is better than this.

Ah and if you like huge chassis, and huge wheels, it's your choice. But good bots generally feature just the opposite.

Hydro · « **Reply #32 on:** August 29, 2008, 07:58:24 PM »

by "just for fun" i mean im gonna build a bot for no reason based on nothing and not for combat. in other words, its for fun.

Somebody · « **Reply #33 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:01:45 AM »

A VS means Vertical Spinner, and you can look in my avatar to see Nightmare in the greatest hit in all of mankind!

Naryar · « **Reply #34 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:07:46 AM »

Quote from: Somebody;13514

A VS means Vertical Spinner, and you can look in my avatar to see Nightmare in the greatest hit in all of mankind!

No way. The greatest hit is Nightmare getting one-hit-killed by Son of Whyachi. Although the SlamJob hit is a nice one.

For examples of VS, you have several of my bots, but most importantly all the mini-Makos in BBEANS 4.

Somebody · « **Reply #35 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:19:11 AM »

Oh ya, that hit was HUGE. I think that they are tied for first.

Madiaba · « **Reply #36 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:30:28 AM »

I think that Hydro's saying that he's building bots just for the sake of seeing what he can build, and for non-tourney purposes. He's free to do so, of course.
I hope though, Hydro, that you'll also receive the constructive input of these guys and eventually move into refining your bots into super-efficient competitors too. The Tourneys are allot of fun.

R1885 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 30, 2008, 08:10:00 AM »

Quote from: Somebody;13514

A VS means Vertical Spinner, and you can look in my avatar to see Nightmare in the greatest hit in all of mankind!

What, when NightMare blasts Slamjob to

and back?

Somebody · « **Reply #38 on:** August 30, 2008, 08:19:32 AM »

Exactly!

Naryar · « **Reply #39 on:** August 30, 2008, 08:22:22 AM »

Mad's right, but as always smooth-tongued. (hiar, hiar, hiar)

I would say: These serious bots need SERIOUS improving. But every newbie does improve with the community's advice (look at Somebody and me). You definitely need to improve your bot building if you want to compete, but tourneys are really fun once into it.