Author Topic: J's Bots (Read 105764 times)

NFX · « **Reply #680 on:** July 04, 2011, 05:33:36 PM »

Ideally, it should have faster drive (Z-Teks), and not be so long and narrow. Razors are ideal for popups as well.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #681 on:** July 04, 2011, 05:41:47 PM »

Yeah not much you can do there... best just to start over. Make it wider to start with.

Quote from: J on June 25, 2011, 08:30:36 PM

Felt like re-working the MW:
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This on the other hand is getting somewhere. The double wedges are redundantly redundant though. Also, "realistic" is not an excuse to ignore standard bot building rules... that chassis could easily be shrunk and it would still be perfectly realistic. With the extra weight from doing those things you could get a little bit of armor on the front, say a couple of ice picks or iron spikes.

J · « **Reply #682 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:15:12 PM »

Meep.

Whats funny, is that after I built this, I realized it was pretty much a re-tool of Crazy Gadget.
(Derp and Gadget have different chassis, just the same T-shape)
Though unlike Crazy Gadget, Derp Patrol's HP motors are more concealed, and better protected.
.....Except Derp's wedges don't have blade armor >__>

And I get the feeling I should have used Razors, but I wanted to use Irons for this build.

J · « **Reply #683 on:** July 21, 2011, 07:23:16 PM »

Felt like tweaking Derp Patrol slightly:

Snowplow offers better protection, but now the front of the robot is basically an ice cream scoop.
Oh, and with the leftover weight, I was able to put blades on the wedge-arms.

Sage · « **Reply #684 on:** July 22, 2011, 12:28:43 AM »

very intersting design!

J · « **Reply #685 on:** July 22, 2011, 12:07:57 PM »

Quote from: Sage on July 22, 2011, 12:28:43 AM

very intersting design!

Whats funny, is that I based its drive off one of your bots, Sage:

Quote from: Sage on July 08, 2011, 01:00:20 PM

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NFX · « **Reply #686 on:** July 22, 2011, 12:54:53 PM »

If you're gonna use the plow and irons, perhaps you should turn it into a wammer of sorts.

J · « **Reply #687 on:** July 22, 2011, 04:09:40 PM »

Quote from: NFX on July 22, 2011, 12:54:53 PM

If you're gonna use the plow and irons, perhaps you should turn it into a wammer of sorts.

How so?

090901 · « **Reply #688 on:** July 22, 2011, 04:15:28 PM »

nice poopup.

J · « **Reply #689 on:** July 22, 2011, 05:04:55 PM »

@09: Thanks.

NFX · « **Reply #690 on:** July 22, 2011, 05:42:57 PM »

Well, Irons are more durable than razors for wamming. You could just have them angled upwards to stop opponents driving over the top, and not have the weapon motors fire.

J · « **Reply #691 on:** July 22, 2011, 06:15:13 PM »

Quote from: NFX on July 22, 2011, 05:42:57 PM

Well, Irons are more durable than razors for wamming. You could just have them angled upwards to stop opponents driving over the top, and not have the weapon motors fire.

Yea, I could just angle the Irons with the DDTs, as a possibility.
That, or I try and re-position the anchor a bit and "properly" position the snowplow.

J · « **Reply #692 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:20:47 PM »

I was lurking around the RA2 wiki last night, and...
Pretty much the next day I felt like "re-building" that old BBeans bot of mine:

Too bad blades do 0 damage :/

090901 · « **Reply #693 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:22:19 PM »

Which way are they spinning?

Mr. AS · « **Reply #694 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:22:51 PM »

Quote from: J on July 24, 2011, 01:20:47 PM

I was lurking around the RA2 wiki last night, and...
Pretty much the next day I felt like "re-building" that old BBeans bot of mine:
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Too bad blades do 0 damage :/

Just replace them with irons.

J · « **Reply #695 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:23:54 PM »

@Mr.Awesum: I'm might just scrap this idea all together, as blades are terrible.

Quote from: 090901 on July 24, 2011, 01:22:19 PM

Which way are they spinning?

They spin outward, as the thick end is supposedly the end that doesnt damage.

Vertigo · « **Reply #696 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:25:29 PM »

I believe blades have double sided normals actually

Fracture · « **Reply #697 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:30:22 PM »

I did a test with them for my Ninja Challenge with a rammer, and the thin side did more damage.

NFX · « **Reply #698 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:53:30 PM »

You could get another pair of wheels on that. And you should AI the motors to spin inwards instead.

J · « **Reply #699 on:** July 24, 2011, 01:59:23 PM »

Quote from: NFX on July 24, 2011, 01:53:30 PM

You could get another pair of wheels on that. And you should AI the motors to spin inwards instead.

If I did all the "fixes" that everyone suggested, RoC would pretty much become:

So again, I might just ultimately scrap Revenge of Cutman.