Author Topic: Lennert's showcase (Read 4821 times)

Lennert · « **on:** August 27, 2010, 05:46:41 PM »

Hello fellow virtual roboteers!

I'm new here, but not to RA2. I've been on an other forum in the past but have been away from RA2 for like 6 years, so said forum has vanished..

Anyway, without further ado.. I want to know if my designs still hold up after all these years so I'll be posting them one by one in the near future. Constructional criticism is welcome!

So here's Tristandon:

Some info:
Type: VS (dÃ´h)
Class: Heavy
Weapons: Dual vertical spinners with irons, boosted by servo's, additional DDT with wedge
Strengths: Very heavily armored, stable, powerfull weapon, hard to get under, can self right if it's on it's back.
Weaknesses: Vurnerable at the back, can get stuck on slopes or on it's side.

No DSA and no stacking in this one

Hydro · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2010, 05:48:01 PM »

Better than anything I ever built. Much better, in fact.

Also welcome to GTM. It's awesomer here.

Vertigo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2010, 05:52:30 PM »

Looks quite good, obvious that you've played RA2 for a while!

Quote from: Lennert on August 27, 2010, 05:46:41 PM

No DSA and no stacking in this one

Does that mean it has plastic armour, no HW should have plastic armour IMO

Lennert · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2010, 05:55:46 PM »

Thanks! I'll be scrolling through a lot of designs on this forum this weekend. I've allready seen some cool bots!

@Vertigo: It has regular steel armor.

J · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2010, 06:01:47 PM »

Nice to see another RA2 user who took a break from, and then came back to RA2.
(Ehh..)

Still, your bot in the OP looks VERY nice.

Naryar · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2010, 06:04:47 PM »

You can lighten extender work, notably by using only round extenders (same HP but lighter)

And it is the first time i see what is basically hybrid chained motors. Does the servos spin ?

Vertigo · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2010, 06:05:16 PM »

Try & avoid angled extenders & square extenders

Badnik96 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2010, 06:06:47 PM »

Welcome back!

Don't use steel armor, it's is bad for weight

use DSA, or double strength aluminum.

To get this, don't select an armor when making your chassis. Just skip it.

Lennert · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2010, 06:10:52 PM »

Thanks for the tip on the extenders, I thought squares had better HP..

The servo's are only there to make the zteks go hyper, nothing else.

I know how to get DSA, but I used to think it lame to use because of the weight advantage. When boosting or stacking you always have to pay the weight price at least, DSA is just free armor..
But I might rebuild this bot entirely with all your tips in mind and give it DSA aswell

Pwnator · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2010, 10:25:21 PM »

Kewl! So this is what bots look like back then.

And welcome back. :D

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2010, 10:53:45 PM »

Well, DSA is pretty much universally accepted these days, so don't worry about "unfair advantages" from it and the like. In fact, you're disadvantaging yourself not using it.

I can tell you've been playing for a while too. That bot has a really cool old-school pro feel to it. I suggest taking a look at some showcases (particularily Sage's, Pwnator's and Scrap Daddy's) to see just how far building in Stock has come.

And if you don't mind me asking, was Lennert your username when you were active, and what community were you active within? Was it the official Atari/Infogrames forums or one of the offshoots?

kill343gs · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2010, 12:23:39 AM »

Ah, how I missed this style of building. I like the way you build, keep at it and you'll be a master in no time.

Lennert · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2010, 02:40:11 AM »

Thanks for the comments guys!

@Roboshark: My username used to be Shogun (hence the SR on the wedge for "Shogun Robotics") and I was active on the regular robotarena2 forums. I guess it was the official one, I don't really remember to be honest.

I'm sure to attend to those showcase you mentioned!

Lennert · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2010, 09:56:54 AM »

Here's another bot of mine. Not nearly as original as Tristandon since this bot's design is pretty much how every MW popup was built back then, but I still like it alot. It wins battles and is a dream to drive. And maybe it's just fun for you guys to see the difference between those old bots and present day designs.

Here's NOX:

Some results (these are from the present)

It's a MW popup wedge with 8 razors on DDT's and a single DDT wedge.

It's a shame, it seems I've lost quite a few designs over the years. No wonder, considering I've gone through 4 different PC's since then.

*Edit* P.S. Where can I get the latest SC?

NFX · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:05:22 AM »

Doesn't look too bad. =) My one worry would be that it's slightly underpowered with just one Blackvolt in there.

Pwnator · « **Reply #15 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:05:58 AM »

Actually, that design is still being used today (without the angler). :D

Also, SC is already on its 4th version (https://gametechmods.com/uploads/files/StarcoreV4Alpha2.zip), though as you can see it's not a complete overhaul.

And you might like this topic:

https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2040.0.html

:D

Lennert · « **Reply #16 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:11:51 AM »

Hey, that's the forum I was on and I remember Darkrat from back then! thanks for the link :)

Does anyone remember who it was that built at least 5 horizontal spinners per day that were only slightly different? He had a showcase of dozens of pages filled with them. Apparently it was so funny I still remember that, but not his name.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:39:49 AM »

infiniteinertia, maybe? :P

Naryar · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:42:21 AM »

I was thinking the same thing :P

Sage · « **Reply #19 on:** August 28, 2010, 10:43:57 AM »

I don't know the time frame you came from... but HS people were me, InfiniteInertia, ACAMS, and SC.

Anyways, that building style of your first bot reminds me of when I first got here. Very cool.