Author Topic: Linxus's little showcase (Read 13331 times)

Linxus · « **Reply #40 on:** December 25, 2011, 12:37:36 AM »

Due to bad English, want to ask: is that a compliment?

NFX · « **Reply #41 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:38:34 AM »

It kind of is, yeah. It basically means you've got a good sense of originality in your bots, which is almost always a good thing. Whilst they may not be the best in combat terms quite yet, they're quite fun to look at, and you've got an interesting combination of weapon systems on most of them, which is going to bode well for when you start learning some of the more complex glitches, such as eFFeing and Snapper Loading. =)

Linxus · « **Reply #42 on:** December 25, 2011, 06:12:54 AM »

Oh, yeah, about Snapper Loading. Is Snapper II custom component? If it is, isn't it a kind of cheating(using custom part)?

NFX · « **Reply #43 on:** December 25, 2011, 07:04:22 AM »

It's an AI component, meaning it's in the game, but not normally accessible in the Bot Lab, much like EMERGENCY's black and yellow striped wedges. You can download them from the Downloads tab on the front page, and look for SZ & AI Components. This'll give you the SnapperII, the weapons used on BEAR, Bushido and Ninja, the wheels from Mud Runner, the EMERGENCY Wedge, and a bunch of Smart Zones, which are required if you want to AI robots with weaponry that is neither static or spinning.

Linxus · « **Reply #44 on:** December 25, 2011, 07:26:00 AM »

Oh, OK, thank you.

J · « **Reply #45 on:** December 25, 2011, 08:46:06 AM »

Yea, RA2 ended up like RA1, to some extent, with parts that are "hidden", and thought to be left over and/or incomplete files. Or something like that.

Linxus · « **Reply #46 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:16:04 AM »

Is it Snapper Loading?

NFX · « **Reply #47 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:24:19 AM »

Looks like it to me. There's a secret AP on the back of the SnapperII, where you could attach another extender to add more motors and such.

Linxus · « **Reply #48 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:32:22 AM »

Cool.
Time to create 36HS!

Linxus · « **Reply #49 on:** December 27, 2011, 07:29:00 AM »

Cons:Vulnerable wheels, slow, low battery live.

ty4er · « **Reply #50 on:** December 28, 2011, 04:42:17 AM »

Not bad actually.

However, get rid of the axles and 2 other wheels and just have the HP z-tek drive mounted directly onto the snapper.
If you add 2 more nifty batteries in (hi nfx :P) by either stacking or side by side which should fit into the chassis somehow then it won't be as slow or underpowered.
And rotate the extender or the tribar by 90 degrees so the AP is facing downwards and then attach an extender onto that. rotate that one if you have to and then put the irons on there so they are facing outwards. I can show you a picture if you want.

Linxus · « **Reply #51 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:53:31 AM »

It's enormously unstable without wheels on axles, that's the problem. Way better with them. Casters isn't helping.

ty4er · « **Reply #52 on:** December 28, 2011, 05:55:40 AM »

unstable drive doesn't really matter with 36hs iirc

and if you AI it then you should be fine

Linxus · « **Reply #53 on:** December 28, 2011, 06:20:22 AM »

OMG, splash contains two different versions of bot. Version showing the insides is actual.
I don't think that I can AI bot now.

ty4er · « **Reply #54 on:** December 28, 2011, 06:24:22 AM »

Go look in the tutorials section and there are a few good AI tutorials. It doesn't take too long and is worth it

Linxus · « **Reply #55 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:35:44 AM »

ty4er · « **Reply #56 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:45:17 AM »

Work on getting all irons on the spinner and having the blade static off an anchor. Drop down to plastic armour if you reaaaally need weight.

EDIT: or just switch them to razors and see if you can get redbirds atleast.

Linxus · « **Reply #57 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:49:44 AM »

I tried - i cannot shrink chassis anymore, and plastic armor sucks.
Razors have limited hitpoints, and irons deal better damage(does they?)
No place for redbirds into the chassis.

ty4er · « **Reply #58 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:51:35 AM »

Razors do more damage but have half the hp. It is worth it though. And so is plastic armour if you do it right :P

and rads are good enough.

NFX · « **Reply #59 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:54:41 AM »

I wouldn't suggest razors or plastic on this. Razors are extremely fragile, and you're going to be outweaponed by any other decent HS build if you use them. I would stick with irons for this.

This looks like a very decent build there. If you rotate the extenders 90 degrees, the ones that are on the tribar, then you would have both Irons striking the opponent at the same time, so that would cause more damage. The blade on the Snapper also seems a little bit wasteful and pointless, I would personally remove it, and use the weight to get that extra razor on, and possibly some more defenses, such as casters or another plow.