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Robot Arena => Showcases => Stock Showcases => Topic started by: H@zm47 on July 15, 2008, 01:42:12 AM
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Thought is was about time i set up a showcase for my bots. All the battleshots use Starcore v1 AI, I have 2 and 3 sitting somewhere on my computer as well. Click the thumbnails for a bigger image.
First Robot
SPIRITOMB
(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6936/spiritombjh1.th.jpg) (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spiritombjh1.jpg)
Yes I know it's a pokemon. Just so happens i play pokemon as well.
Internal
(http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4950/spiritombinternalsct2.th.jpg) (http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spiritombinternalsct2.jpg)
1 black battery for power
HP Z-tek drive and weapons
Spiritomb is pokemon with no weaknesses so it seemed appropriate at the time of build. I have since discovered i was kidding myself, it's major weakness is the exposed extenders and weapon motors are quite easy to get at with axes. It gets under most DSL AI though I have had problems with CE. Will submit battleshots if they are requested
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dont build stock in dsl. other than that, its pretty good. looks like luigica's first bot in his showcase, and he became one of the best.
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Will take that into account next time. Thanks.
EDIT: this bot was built in stock, i just happened to export it to DSL and take the screenshot without thinking.
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Looks like spawngeek's Spikefan. Which is a good bot. The biggest difference between his and yours is that he made his cooler looking, but then spawngeek was an expert at making cool-looking bots.
Getting compared to both luigica and spawngeek on your first post is a pretty good start, I think.
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Wow thanks a lot! :D
Spiritomb beat Jabbewock which kinda shocked me
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/53597spiritombbeatsjabberwock.JPG)
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copy starcore much?
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Anything else?
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More coming soon I've had a lot of work recently :(
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With schoolwork out the way now here's a new bot:
CYLINDER OF DISASTER
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/5687screenshot_7.JPG)
Generic name for a generic robot. It's big weaknesses are axes due to it's plastic armor (DSA was to heavy for the weapons :mad:)
Internals:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/81051screenshot_8.JPG)
Could someone please teach me how to snapper load? It might help me for a rebuild
It beat Vortex CE in a very close match
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/36787vortexcewin.JPG)
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I reccomend not using a square chassis on your bots, make a chassis around your components so to speak. You don't want any open spaces at all. Uncheck the "Snap to grid " option in your chassis design section.
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Sure will do, thanks.
Does anyone have any tips on making a good popup?
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What started as a rebuild of cylinder of disaster became a totally different robot and thus:
POSSESSED LAWNMOWER
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/72953pl1.jpg)
Many thanks go to sage for his marked extenders they saved me a lot of work
Made use of every single glitch i could with this one.
DSA Armour and the most compact robot i've built as the internals show
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/19192pli1.jpg)
Can't see much so a opened him up as best i could.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/40653pli2.jpg)
He is very under powered and can't last a standard 3 minute fight. Most of his fights end within 45 seconds :)
Vs Borg Queen
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/69045plbbq.jpg)
Vs Jabberwock
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/64326plbj.jpg)
Constructive feedback accepted.
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Great Bot:-D
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armor serves no purpose if the motors are still exposed.
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armor serves no purpose if the motors are still exposed.
???
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Inf is correct, if you look at the first pic you can see the motors sticing out a bit. Otherwise its a very good bot.
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If you learn how to use blue snappers, you could be a very, very good builder.
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If you learn how to use blue snappers, you could be a very, very good builder.
very very good builder lol....this guy know how to clone SC pack...besides he build only HS when he try to build something diff....
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coming from someone who only builds good HSes i would not be talking.
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coming from someone who only builds good HSes i would not be talking.
u r wrong if speak about me...not only HSes but and face spiners and popups and a little other styles just i dont showcase it but soon u will see...
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As someone who remembers the times when Snapper II's were taboo, I commend you on not using it. A good, if generic, bot.
You have the weight to lengthen the extenders holding on the plows another 20 cms. Then the motors will be completely protected.
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reminds me of little darling in starcore 3, just with plows and not ramplates.
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After finishing rebuilding my RAW entry at least 3 times, I've left DSL alone for a while to build another stock bot. This one has been totally rebuilt 3 times and I have a huge inkling that I'm not done either!
NIGHTSTALKER III
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/37450ns3ovr.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/41434ns3int.jpg)
*I've removed the snowplow to get a better view of the internals
My first stock attempt at a Neglected Waterbug type weapon system but I've used 3 hp z-tek motors to power the weapons instead of the usual two. It's an OK fighter but I do wish I had the space to fit in a 4WD system to increase it's effectiveness. Anyone with tips how to do this would be greatly appreciated, I sure i still have the weight to do this.
BATTLESHOTS:
Vs Rabid Pit Bull
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/34971ns3vrpb.jpg)
Vs Spikefan
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/46207ns3vsf.jpg)
I'll be starting a DSL Showcase soon as well, watch out for it.
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I think you can cut down some of the chassis space, but other than that good bot.
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Yeah I know about the excess chassis space but it was originally designed to be 4WD...
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Yeah I know about the excess chassis space but it was originally designed to be 4WD...
Ohh, okay.
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Sweet, a Neglected Waterbug "clone"...
Hmm... Make him 4WD, tighten the chassis, use something else than these spike strips and I'll suggest using maces AND razors combo on each disc, like the real NW.
You could get the Snapper II too.
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One big rebuild later and:
NIGHTSTALKER IV
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/15185ns4ovr.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/86638ns4int.jpg)
*Removed a snowplow and splayed out the burst motors to revel the internals.
I think I see your point, Naryar. The 4WD was something I always wanted for this bot and now it works like a dream the only problem is the front profile lacks a ramplate (or the weight for 2 ramplates + anchors) that all builds of Nightstalker have had in common. This means low spinners (e.g. Ranacide, Little Darling etc.) will own this bot unless it gets to their chassis first. I HAVE ALSO MASTERED SNAPPER LOADING:D :D as you can see on the middle weapon motor.
Battleshots:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/52783ns4vrpb.jpg)
Vs Rabid Pitbull
Funny story behind this screenshot, I managed to rip off all of (or most of) his weapon motors and just before I took the screenshot a Havok Explosion "pushed" me into Rabid Pitbull dealing the final blow you see in the screenshot.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/36602ns4vsf.jpg)
Vs Spikefan
You can see the front profile is caved in due to damage taken probably from ramming him.
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on your HS on the last page:
is it just me, or did you use the same chassis as little darlin? looks like it could be the same setup too, with a few minor tweaks for the worse.
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Hmm... Yeah I see what you mean.
I didn't intend for it but yes it looks like i've cloned it
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OFF TOPIC
50th post! :D
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:(DOUBLE POST:(
A new bot. I'm trying my hand at making a rammer.
8 Wheeled Terror
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/396188wtovr.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/983788wtint.jpg)
With my recent learning of how to snapper load, this bot was one of my favorites to build. This is my first bot with 8WD (Hence the name). The only problem I have with it is that it doesn't always drive straight, sometimes it likes to drift around the arena (probably user error, I'm a terrible driver...). DSA armour.
Vs Void
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/68418wtvv.jpg)
Vs Bee Keeper
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/926518wtvbk.jpg)
Comments and feedback appreciated :D
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For knowing how to snapper load, you suck at using it efficiently. But it's still good.
BTW, did you learn with my video? or something else.
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For knowing how to snapper load, you suck at using it efficiently..
I thought EXACTLY the same thing (even if i'm too lazy to get snapper loading to work).
Go and have a look at Scrap Daddy's Doomed LumberJack... you haven't got enough weapons on this thing, you can use just two blue snappers for all that drive and 6WD is enough for a rammer IMO.
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EDIT: LOL at Nightstalker III weighting EXACTLY 666 kgs. :icon_twisted:
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Yeah, watch Sages tutorial, its really handy. I made a 12wd rammer(wich sucked) on 2 Snapper IIs with this technigue.
Nar: Its when it doesnt have the snowplow on. But still a nice round number :icon_twisted:
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Yeah I'm still learning how to use snapper loading efficiently (a 12WD rammer SSG?! Have you got a showcase I can see it in?).
Many thanks for the vid, Sage I probably should have mentioned that in the original post. That's where I learned.
Lol I didn't realise that coincidence with Nightstalker IV but yeah as SSG said without the snowplow doesn't really count...
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Yes here it is.
Link (https://gametechmods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=728&page=2)
I eventyally changed it into a 2WD Mw rammer, because that thing was not controllable of effecive in its weight class.
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My DSL showcase is up. Check it out.
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Double post :eek:
I had a bit of downtime recently due to a trojan horse virus but I'm back now.
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I'm trying to do Pyscolone's popup challenge to try and improve my popup building skills but I keep going over the weight limit. This is the closest I've got so far:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/9750pyspopup.JPG)
It's starting to annoy me because this is my fifth attempt at this today! The only positive thing i can say is that I've learnt how to stack black batteries.
Any pointers?
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try turning the black the other way.
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You mean 90 degrees right?
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Is there a trick to stacking?
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Hazmat: Yeah, turn it 90°.
SB: Lurk moar plz.
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no pr0n = no trojan horse
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Where should I lurk?
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Old threads. I've seen cool stuff in FB's DSL showcase.
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S32: No, it's not that.
SB: My sig.
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Nothing about battery stacking that i see.
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"Stacking batteries and other components. Some components can be overlapped in the same spot if you position them just right. Baseplate anchors are very easily stacked, and so are small battery packs. Supervolt batteries can be overlapped too, although they are a little more difficult. And if you're really skilled, you can overlap a battery or a baseplate anchor on your control board. Many other stacking combinations are possible, but they are not as useful and I won't bother mentioning them. Stacking components can save a lot of space, and thus weight, in your bot, especially if it uses multiple Supervolt batteries.
To stack 2 components, place the first one where you want it to be on the baseplate, then hover the other component over the first one until it lets you place it. Usually, they must be perfectly aligned in one dimension and slightly offset in another. It is easier if you get the camera pointing straight down at your baseplate, go to the Overview tab, zoom in all the way, and then go back to the Components tab. This lets you get a higher zoom on your bot as long as you click the "attach" button before moving the mouse onto your bot."
noob
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noob
qft
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LOL! That was actually aimed at you SB!
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I have done it!
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/85271success.JPG)
Looking at it now i probably could bring the chassis size down some more but for my first working popup, I'm very proud of it.
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396? Not bad at all.
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Been way too long since my last update so I have 2 new bots to showcase. At least I've had time to improve my splash making skills.
#1 NEFARIOUS BIDDING
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/44379Nefarious Bidding.png)
The splash says it all.
I probably should mention that the right side wheels are slightly AGOD thus it drives like a bitch. Apart from that, if it gets under you, you're toast.
#2 MAY FRIGHTEN SMALL CHILDREN
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/89149May Frighten Small Children.png)
With BBEANS 5 coming up, I thought I should brush up on my HS building skills. Without a doubt, this is one of the best bots I've built. I don't know if this is a pure HS but it does have 36 spinning weapons of some description so it's pure in my book.
Comments accepted
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nope. cant have razors on a pure HS, cause they are lighter.
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OK. I'm trying to build a 36 mace HS now
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I like your FS.
It could probably be built with less than 6 snappers however...
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I like your FS.
Well that makes one of us. It's not nearly as good as it should be. I just need to find the time to rebuild him
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Is it more efficient if the discs are oriented upward to become a juggler?
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If it's done better, Nefarious bidding could pass off as Rabid Pit Bull's replacement.
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If it's done better, Nefarious bidding could pass off as Rabid Pit Bull's replacement.
RPB doesnt need a replacement. how many of your bots wins a head on fight with it, besides HS?
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Or popups, wedged rammers, Wammers.....
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Is it more efficient if the discs are oriented upward to become a juggler?
Only if you want it to be a juggler, which I didn't. I kind of hoped for a middle of the road between juggler and FS.
You're right though, jugglers are more efficient than NB.
As for being RPB's replacement I honestly hope you were kidding, S32. Compared to RPB, this bot is cannon fodder and NO amount of rebuilding is going to fix that. Nothing I build is EVER going to replace something built by Rejected or any other RA2 legend. Sage is right, RPB has no need to be replaced
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DOUBLE POST
I was going to submit this to Starcore as a rebuild of Inside the Clock but as far as I'm aware, infiniteinertia has already submitted something (probably) better than this. Nevertheless, I present my rebuild of Inside the Clock:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/43223Inside the Clock.png)
(https://gametechmods.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)!!BEFORE YOU COMMENT!!(https://gametechmods.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
I realise the setup is basically a rip off of the SCv4 Alpha version of 3-2-1 Blastoff! and for this I'm deeply sorry but it was a really cool setup and i couldn't resist trying it myself in my own HW popup because i have had VERY limited success in building them. I apologise for my plagarism.
Moving on...
799.1 kg
4 HPZ Drive
4 DDT for weaponry
2 DDT for wedges
6 Razors + 2 irons
DSA armour + 3 ramplates and a little caster armour at the front
As I mentioned before, I usually suck at building popups so this is quite a leap in building prowess for me. It's actually very good, I wish I had this built before BBEANS 5 because I might have had a better chance entering this bot instead of The Emancipator. It's wedges are nothing to be sneezed at either, it got under Rabid Pit Bull from the front. Thus it beats most SCv4 Heavyweights consistently excluding Neglected Waterbug where it gets owned most of the time. Most importantly it owns the old Inside the Clock (no surprises there I hope) :).
Constructive feedback accepted but please don't flame me for copying this setup. I can't build a better popup without learning from copying other better setups.
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Copying is the best way to learn new techniques, skills, etc. Nice bot.
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I'm crap at building popups, so congratzs, you are already better than me.
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I like how it looks, the style.
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Yup, it looks cool.
How many blacks?
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Thanks guys.
@ Naryar: there are 2 blacks (stacked)
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Eh, you can submit it, Ill keep my own bots.
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I really need to showcase more often :P
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/3399536movr.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/5618336mint.JPG)
2 black batteries (stacked)
DSA
HP Z-tek Drive
Just a standard 36 mace HS. It's currently unnamed. It's very good most of the time. Like most HS of it's kind, it hates popups. I also find that it will occasionally havok if it turns too quickly. It's the first bot of mine that can consistently beat NWB.
Speaking of NWB, can someone tell me how to improve the wedges on bots so they can get underneath him? I've been trying for ages and haven't had any success so far :(.
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Cool. Reminds me of Ultimatum's setup. :D
As for the wedges, though. I have no idea. Must be the precision tuning.
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Cool. Reminds me of Ultimatum's setup. :D
I haven't seen Ultimatum before. I'm sorry if it's a copy of the setup.
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:D
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/26354screenshot_50%20copy.jpg)
Oh well, 36HS usually have similar setups, so it wouldn't matter. XD
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isn't it possible to ballast wedges with Smart Zones ?
nice bot, smart idea crossing the Z Tek drives over for space efficiency
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I think it's possible, but I don't think it will do much.
Also, I made a 24-iron before with a similar setup like this (but had 2 ramplates up front to clone LD). Then I scoured the wiki and saw Ultimatum. D:
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nice bot, smart idea crossing the Z Tek drives over for space efficiency
Thanks :D. I have a habit of trying to make my bots as compact as possible :P.
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Same chassis, different setup. Mine didn't use snapper loading. If you really want a challenge, build a 36HS with just the effe glitch.
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Cool. Sage HS challenge. lol
*plans some setups*
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If you really want a challenge, build a 36HS with just the effe glitch.
Hmmm...
Might give that a go
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Same chassis, different setup. Mine didn't use snapper loading. If you really want a challenge, build a 36HS with just the effe glitch.
haha when I made one and forgot all about snapper loading and used the eFFe glitch took forever and a day though lol
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If you really want a challenge, build a 36HS with just the effe glitch.
You mean like this?
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/7532736m2ovr.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/2950836m2int.JPG)
Looks a little too much like Absolute Chaos for my liking but hey, I did it :D.
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What does he mean by just the eFFe glitch? As in, effeing all 36 maces or what?
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I believe he meant eFFeing the weapon and drive motors as well as the maces.
That's what I did anyway
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Thats how I built Chernobyl Mk. 4...
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Good job.
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I can't usually build good lightweights, especially in stock so this is very good for me.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/55962gremlinovr.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/53903gremlinint.jpg)
240.9 kg
I'm pretty pleased with the way this one turned out. This bot is one of the few times I've been able to stack the control board inside a battery. It's also invertible.
It beats most of the Starcore lightweights.
Constructive feedback appreciated.
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reminds me of childs play IV, looks pretty good the only thing I could really think of would be plastic extenders rather then T extenders but you couldn't really do anything else with weight saved and it would make the motors more exposed.. so nothing really to change in my opinion
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Theoretically, extenders could give you a mirror setup with less weight. But I guess the motors don't fit if you used them, right?
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Yeah, extenders would be lighter.
I'm not sure if the setup could be achieved on extenders. I'm thinking the motors won't fit that close together.
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its childs play IV with a nifty instead of a black batt the the motors farther away from the plow. its ok.
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I made a design like that last week, with the nifty. If you can't get a Black in, then try to at least get a Purple Bat.
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Don't you mean pink?
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It doesn't really matter too much. Almost the same colour.