Linxus's little showcase

[Linxus]

When I'm using only one battery, it slows down after a minute of fight.
I think, high speed is better than four icepicks.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

When I'm using only one battery, it slows down after a minute of fight.
I think, high speed is better than four icepicks.

It depends who you fight really. Most matches don't last that long, and if they do it comes down to weapons left. Although I'm no expert on rammers, 1 Black should really be sufficient.
EDIT: I think 1 Black + 1 Nifty gives 1200 output.
These motors require 1/2 x 400 x 6 = 1200 input

[Linxus]

I think, you're right, but I'm going to create another bot, maybe a pop-up. I've finished it, so i don't want to upgrade it anymore. Thanks anyway.

[NFX]

Looks like a very nice rammer now. If you turn off the "Snap To Grid" feature, then you can get a much more airtight chassis, giving you more weight for weaponry and so forth. A generally good rule is to build the chassis around the components, and not the other way around. =)

Something else you could try is Stacking, or placing multiple components in the same space. This works very well with the Supervolt Batteries, they're very bulky and cumbersome, and you could save a substantial amount of chassis weight if you can pull it off. Unfortunately, there's no hard and fast way to make it work, it's more a case of trial and error, but the results are definitely worth it.

[Enigm@]

Way too generic for my liking. :/ but it's good that you're learning.

[Mr. AS]

i think you should upgrade to starcore v2/v3


you could probably stack those black batteries too

[Linxus]

Looks like a very nice rammer now. If you turn off the "Snap To Grid" feature, then you can get a much more airtight chassis, giving you more weight for weaponry and so forth. A generally good rule is to build the chassis around the components, and not the other way around. =)

Something else you could try is Stacking, or placing multiple components in the same space. This works very well with the Supervolt Batteries, they're very bulky and cumbersome, and you could save a substantial amount of chassis weight if you can pull it off. Unfortunately, there's no hard and fast way to make it work, it's more a case of trial and error, but the results are definitely worth it.

I did. Here is no more place to add extenders or bursts for more weaponry.

Anyway, I created a middleweight, that is it:

Yeah, here is some empty space, but I'm going to remove it.

[madman3]

Not quite as impressive, I'm afraid. While you've nailed a good weapon attachment method you're better off with either the single HP Ztek and making it a lightweight, or snapper loading a setup for the weapon motors. Sage made some videos teaching you how to snapper load, so I expect someone will link them any second now.

https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,4512.0.html

[Linxus]

How can I save weight for front defense?
Yes, it is slow, but not so slow as a turtle.

[Somebody]

I would recommend for you to upgrade to Starcore v2 or v3. Your bots are definitely above Starcore v1 level (which is good for how short a time you've been here), but could still be improved by tougher competition.

[Linxus]

OK, I will.
*going to download v2*

[Mr. AS]

Swap the irons on the pop-up part to razors and upgrade the drive.

[Linxus]

Waay better than first version, popup lifter is much more effective and front is protected.

[Linxus]

ENORMOUS KILLING POWER! 784,5 kg!

[NFX]

Not terribly bad. If you learn how to use a component called the SnapperII (You can download it in the SZ & AI Components file), you could potentially turn this into a very nice 36HS, which is generally considered the best possibility for a horizontal spinner such as this one. I'd definitely try to get some protection on it.

[Enigm@]

Lol infy would've had your had by now.
Anyways, cut down on the extender work and get rid of that pole on the top.

[Somebody]

It's an iron spike. And ULTIMATUM is the bot that you are kind of shooting for. It's an example of a 36HS (a horizontal spinner with 4 HP Z-Teks for weapons, 2 HP Z-Teks for drive, 2 black batteries, and 36 weapons, being either iron spikes or maces).

ULTIMATUM was built by Sage

[Clickbeetle]

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Waay better than first version, popup lifter is much more effective and front is protected.

Do the srimech blades on this actually work?  It would be interesting if it was that easy to self-right an HS.
 
Also you should use two burst motors for the popup weapon.  That many irons on a Snapper is really going to weigh it down and reduce damage.  Normally you'd want to use razors too, but since they're exposed irons might be better.
 
Interesting hybrid design there; could be effective in Starcore 3 with a bit more work.
 
Edit: oops I thought the DDT's were for the wedges and the Snapper held the spikes.  My bad.  In that case, try to get another Snapper and put one wedge on each one.  That funky dual-wedge setup you have there never seems to work very well.

[Linxus]

Do the srimech blades on this actually work?  It would be interesting if it was that easy to self-right an HS.

I don't know, nobody flipped Extrema over due to low ground clearance and really well working wedges. Anyway, one of my other HW HSs was able to self-right with totally same method.

[J]

Linx, your bot-building style is rather amusing.
Your builds are just wild and tend to be all over the place.
But I like how your going out of your way to try and jam 500+ weapons on each robot.