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Robot Arena => Showcases => Stock Showcases => Topic started by: Meganerdbomb on May 17, 2008, 06:38:35 PM
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I may as well start a showcase here. I'll start by showing you all the new wheck setup on Chick Norris. The new setup makes it more stable, and i still have almost 50kgs left, but what can I do with them?
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A hammer/FS hybrid. Nice one.
Ill suggest putting the DDTs higher (or else the hammer arms will broke easily), elongating the hammer arm (to strike HS's center of tribars and so weapon motors), and adding a wedge or two. But this is more difficult due principally to tight chassis...
Oh, and just one critic: use JPGs instead of BMPs, they take ages to load.
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I Finally have something interesting to showcase. My final version of Trinity
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/45467screenshot.JPG)
Unfortunately, My main version of RA2 is screwed up again; I can't battle! So I exported it to RA2GE.
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Aww come on! No replies yet? This is my first stock bot in 2 months! Lets see some comments!
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Here's a comment.
Looks like it has hands.
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I guess it was named Cowbot in the Battleshots:biggrin:
4 different weapon systems:shock:Can we see an inside?
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That's no easy task integrating all three spinner dimensions effectively. But it looks pretty effective to me. The weapons couldn't be positioned any better. I only worry about armor and stability... but what can you do. It's got 6 spinners.
For some reason I like the cow skin better. It matches the components.
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Ok thats better. I have comments now!: Here's an inside view. Yes, there are two batterys in there. I actually managed to stack them :mrgreen:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/73850screenshot_24.JPG)
It's actually fairly stable until it starts losing spikes on the vertical and horizontal spinners, and even then it's controllable. The motors are somewhat exposed, but they don't ussually get knocked off for some reason. It may be different if I was fighting Starcore AI. BTW the cow skin is in RA2 GE the flame skin is in stock.
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MNB, ditto what CB observed. Only thing I canthink of is maybe the chassis could be made a little smaller. Other than that, I think it looks pretty good.
I'd like to see it in action.
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Looks good but why not upgrade the face spinners to hp? You have the 10kgs to do it.
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I probably will. I don't know how much of a difference it will make though.
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It's been a long time in coming, but it's finally here, a brand new robot! Unfortunately, it's not a very exciting one. I'm not done though.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/75043screenshot.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/48884screenshot_1.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/61756screenshot_2.JPG)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/63294screenshot_3.JPG)
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I like the name.
Boot Camp sure has marked you...
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You don't even know. It's actually named after real person! Anyway, I want to build at least one more robot before I leave again in about 5 days.:cry: I'll try to get to it in the next couple of days.
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When will you be back again?
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In 3 months, but i hope to get a laptop and start building bots again before that.
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I promised you one more robot and I deliver! It's something I haven't built in awhile, a rammer!
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/93270screenshot_26.JPG)(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/83918screenshot_7.JPG)(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/89472screenshot_5.JPG)(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/8069screenshot_6.JPG)(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/23908screenshot_14.JPG)(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/78626screenshot_21.JPG)
since it's wedge-less, it's only good against other wedge-less bots witch in todays robot building world limits it to heavily-armed HS's. It beat Little Darling by immobility which is the best it can do because little darling always manages to knock of a couple of it's wheels, causing it to drive in circles.
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Both of those bots are excellently built. BOT-CHOY on crack could use a wedge, and I can't think of any way to make Sgt. Challenger better. There are ways you could get weight for a wedge on the rammer, but I doubt you have time right now and it's not a necessity anyways (lots of rammers lack wedges).
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Are those blacks stacked?
btw, nice bot, looks destructive.
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You could just use 2 rows of spikes rather than 4 half rows of spikes, maybe that would save weight.
Also you could alternate pointy tips and 20cm pole spikes, same weight, same length but more protection from the pointy tips.
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could save chassis weight by making it not a T. Instead, make it more like
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because weight it calculated by surface area.
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Thanks for the advice and compliments. Sage, I'm not sure what you mean though. Where would I put my third set of wheels?
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never mind. the way you have it is fine. i just thought about it more, and realized something. I'll get back to you all on that.
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This bot isn't really all that good ,but it's the first bot I've built on this laptop so I'm posting it anyway.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/32076screenshot_2.bmp)
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not bad, but maybe some wheelguards?
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In the battle against Vortex Ce BC on C is called rocket launcher. (previous page)
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Yea, I tryed a couple of differnt names, but BOT CHOY on crack seemed to work best. I actually started building it by doing some major editing of BOT CHOY's chassis.
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I liked the other name. It fitted with the theme.
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Yea I was thinking about making it military themed. I can't do anything with it now though. It's on my home computer. I don't know what kind of bot I want to build next. I want to start working on a Heavyweight for BBEANS5, but I'm not sure what yet. I'm thinking maybe another of my signature facespinners.
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not bad, but maybe some wheelguards?
Wheelguards, meh, not really. What it needs is a wider front. Narrow fronts just don't work on popups. I've tried it.
The bracket wedge stopper is also tricky to make work. It has to be very far back to be effective. That one might be too far forward, just looking at it.
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That's a good idea. I have lots of extra weight, so I could probably make the front wider and upgrade toa DDT burst motor. That should improve it quite a bit.
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New and improved
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/35586screenshot_3.bmp)
New Heavyweight
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/32021screenshot_4.bmp)
Quick Specs
30 iron Spikes
1 battery
4 Z teks
I has enough weight left to stack in a 2nd battery which I'll probably do.
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30 spikes?
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Yes, 18 total on the bottom tribars 12 total on the top ones.
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OMGwthBBQ!!!! I'm back! I didn't realize how much I missed RA2.
Here's a robot for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately, it's not an all new design, I had to rebuild an old bot to get the feel of things. However since it's never before been posted on GTM, it will be new for some of you. For those of you who have seen it before, there are a few differences if you look closely, also new skin!
(http://upurs.us/image/8563.jpeg) (http://upurs.us/view/8563)
(http://upurs.us/image/8564.jpeg) (http://upurs.us/view/8564)
Some victory shots against the infinite inertia AI pack.
(http://upurs.us/thumb/8565.jpeg) (http://upurs.us/view/8565)
(http://upurs.us/thumb/8566.jpeg) (http://upurs.us/view/8566)
(http://upurs.us/thumb/8567.jpeg) (http://upurs.us/view/8567)
(http://upurs.us/thumb/8568.jpeg) (http://upurs.us/view/8568)
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are the wedges good?
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They can stop pop-ups about 50% of the time. I have another version with wedges that stick out further, but less razor tips on the weapon. It might be better.
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you like the marked extender? no worries, in the final pack there will be a black one too.
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Is the redbird powerful enough?
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@Sage:The marked extenders sure do make life easier.
@Rier: Yes and no, A more powerful motor would be ideal, but fitting a HP Z-tec, or even a regular Z-tec, would require a massive change in the design. Trust me, I've tried. A redbird does the job for now.
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Redbirds are extremely underrated IMO. I actually like them.
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Oh, I do too. The slim design fit very nicely into places where Z-techs just cant go.
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That long huh? Well guess I'm allowed to necro my own topic. :p
So I got bored one day and decided to fire up RA2 and mess around in the bot lab for a bit. I started by clicking on Atom Smasher and playing with it's chassis.
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8868/screenshotfy.png)
It turned out to be a decent bot.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9052/screenshot2co.png)
I thought I had more screenshots, but I guess not. Anyway, with a little skillful driving, it could beat just about anything that wasn't a VS, HS, or pop-up.
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Looks nice, lots better than my Atom Smasher rebuild for Stock's Revenge.
How many blacks?
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Well, to be honest, just one because I didn't feel like trying to stack them at the time. I threw in a "cheat" battery to do the battles. I have almost 80kgs left over so I could stack in another battery and have weight to spare for....something.
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If you got weight to play with I would suggest putting the plow out further (longer extender maybe) and change the tribars out for discs with 8 Irons attached to each. If they are spaced at a correct distance behind the plow they will shred a bit more than tribars getting stuck on impact against opposing bots. I think it would help the grinding capabilities of the bot.
Looks really cool. Glad to see you building every now and again.
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Been awhile since I've built in stock, (6 years according to my showcase), but figured I may as well showcase my GTMCS entry, which I very much enjoyed building and skinning.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/69153MNBHOTCHICK.png)
Wooo best bot
Actually it's not because looking at my original designs reminded me that I always used to put plows on my FS (and for good reason), so here's the bot I probably should have entered. This one also weighs 399.0 kgs.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/28933screenshot_5.jpg)
TBH I only have the stock AI, and they both crush EMERGENCY no prob, but I'm thinking version 2 is probably better because the plows help it trap bots and protect it from HS somewhat.
Someone else make a stock MW tournament for me to enter.
BTW, what AI pack are the cool kids using these days?
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rip mnb
also use Ultimate AI, since it combines Starcore, Pys, Inf, Restocked, and other things I'm forgetting into one giant pack.
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inb4 ban
and btw I use ASAI, but I'd also recommend the one 09 suggested
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I censored the nipples. so it's technically fine. Besides, I bet you $20 Trov doesn't browse showcases these days.
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I'm not actually sure if this is an offense, but it IS a constructive post with descriptions on the bots (and some amount of precaution taken to censoring and stuff), so personally I don't mind. Probably can't say the same for the other mods, but I guess they'll fix it if it's really a problem.
Yeah, the second one is much better. Haven't seen that weapon setup in quite a while.
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This bot was a pain in the ass
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/78455screenshot_7.jpg)
797.something kgs. It drives like hot garbage because of how the back z-teks are mounted. (the pointy side is facing down). Could fix it with the granny wheels, but can I get away with only two black batteries? (The rear ones are stacked).
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> weapons, plows and wedges on 1 burst
enjoy your ass wedges m8. And all those 140cm extenders, have fun getting them ripped off by 3 razors on a rad.
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doesn't more weight on the wedge make it better? But yeah this was kinda a fail.
Still deciding if i can be botheredbto build something better though.
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mount your drive like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/BJD4Ly1.png)
weighs 1kg more than your current setup so that should put you at 799.kg, if you need more weight you can do this instead of using angled extenders:
(http://i.imgur.com/yzGqsLf.png)
that would give you another 4kg to work with.
may want to try dropping some of the 140cms on the hammers and swap to razors to see if you can get enough weight to put a plow above the face spinners to help with trapping.
another idea i have that would help the wedges would be to drop make it a quad FS using the front blue snappers and removing your sidehammers and making those snappers your wedge ones.
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So is it worth it to stick with the concept and improve it rather than just give up and make an HS?
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Pretty sure you could fix the bot with the two suggestions 09 made. Fix the plow extenders first so you immediately have an extra 4kg to work with for your drive.
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QUICK GUYS QUICK A OR B?
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/11467screenshot.jpg)
A = Actually decent stock bot
B = Balls-out insanity
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B. you're already ****ed by using SFTW's chassis so why not?
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Balls out. ;)
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FINAL VERSION
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/99824screenshot_12.png)
A little more stable, but still pretty much insane. It still AGODS like mad
It can actually KO EMERGENCY tho
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/15348screenshot_8.jpg)
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Wakky please reject this bot.
It hurts.
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Wakky please reject this bot.
It hurts.
On what grounds?
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Awesome! :smile:
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Should have called it Nearly NSFTW or something.
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Should have called it Nearly NSFTW or something.
Damn, thats good. I should've thought of that. :dumb)
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can you not
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can you not
I mean yeah, but what would be the fun in that?
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Should have called it Nearly NSFTW or something.
Dude that's dope as hell
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Posting it in my showcase cuz I need dat bump. Also first time I actually made good use of ASAS glitch.
Final?? BGG rebuild. Smoller chassis, basically airtight. Snapper wedges and baseplate mounted plows. Only improvement I could think of is if there's a better way to mount the plows for trapping purposes.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/92292screenshot_15.jpg)
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/20402screenshot_16.jpg)
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Simple, clean, effective, awesome.
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I would just use 20cms instead of 40cms on the plows and angle them a notch outwards. Should help a bit with trapping.
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Yeah the plows are the only thing bothering me
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Yeah the plows are the only thing bothering me
You agree with Pwn, or do you have another idea?
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Why bother having snappered drive when you throw a pair onto the baseplate anyway? I'd either get the static drive onto a pair of BAs or onto the snapper.
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Why bother having snappered drive when you throw a pair onto the baseplate anyway? I'd either get the static drive onto a pair of BAs or onto the snapper.
Mainly, the snapper mounted drive is just to use the extra attachment point on the snapper, plus it makes it easy to stack the drive. Also, that's how Sage did it in his V4 Alpha rebuild, and i basically just streamlined his design. I suppose it would save weight to put all the drive on the snapper and shrink the chassis more. Use it for moar trapping plows? Would it make more sense to switch to a single wedge then, since the chassis wouldn't be as wide? Are there any advantages to all static drive?
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Latest attempt at perfecting the MW FS design. Somehow left with an awkward 10-12kgs of extra weight. What do?
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idk who you paid to do that math, but you could just upgrade the weapon motors? If you're concerned about them sticking out too much maybe try a setup where they're attached to the side instead of the front. I'd first focus on not getting deweaponed though, you should at least go for 4 irons+4 razors or 8 razors with a ramming rack for front-facing spinners. Maybe use a single top trapper instead of two on the sides to get the weight, or you can have angled spinners with a wedge and not need more than 8 razors
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Upgrading would be useless on an FS. I'd be better off downgrading to redbirds if they wern't so long, maybe I still should.
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IMO your Revolution 2 entry is much cleaner and better.
I don't think there's much to be gained from having your drive outside (and static) other than having such a low chassis, but this also removes the capability of having a Snapper2 wedge.
I'd try looking at a setup with a Snapper II holding everything (I think 4 plows are better than 2 swords). Otherwise if you really want everything to be static, maybe a non-invertible (but cleaner) setup would work.
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I was trying to shrink the chassis as much as possible, but may be this is a time to size up. I do fell like the old version was cleaner.
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Apparently I never posted my LW Billy Goat Gruff rebuild. It's prolly pointless now since Starcore left again, but w/e. This one is a bit lame, but I did cram two weapon motors on it, and it's fully invertable.
Also, if we go to a showcase-based botm, would it be a good idea to make splashes for all my bots? :really_makes_you_think:
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The extender work is a tiny bit messy but you don't stand to gain much, so that's fine.
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Iirc this setup makes it look cleaner on the outside even if it's messy inside.
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Also, if we go to a showcase-based botm, would it be a good idea to make splashes for all my bots? :really_makes_you_think:
I'm just taking all the images people upload and saving them into a folder, then re-upping them on the thread when the time comes. You -can- splash if you want, but there's no rule saying ya have to.
Bot looks sick, BTW. Really nice and compact.
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Apparently I never posted my LW Billy Goat Gruff rebuild. It's prolly pointless now since Starcore left again, but w/e. This one is a bit lame, but I did cram two weapon motors on it, and it's fully invertable.
Also, if we go to a showcase-based botm, would it be a good idea to make splashes for all my bots? :really_makes_you_think:
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Great update of the LW Billy Goat Gruff.
I am sorry I disappeared.
My PC died and I lost the hard drive that had my games and all my copies of RA2.
It happened at a time that I was unemployed and hunting for my next job to take care of my family.
I did another PC going but have not gotten back the hard drive.
By that point, I felt bad I had let you all down, got depressed and felt people were not caring about an update to the Stock Bots of the Starcore pack anymore. (Like I said, got rather depressed)
I have finally gotten a decent long-term contract and if there is interest in seeing an update to the Starcore Pack I will see what I can do.
It is something like 15 years since RA2 came out... Is it worth the effort to update and celebrate a game that has hung on and grown interest in Robotics for well over a decade?
Starcore
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Apparently I never posted my LW Billy Goat Gruff rebuild. It's prolly pointless now since Starcore left again, but w/e. This one is a bit lame, but I did cram two weapon motors on it, and it's fully invertable.
Also, if we go to a showcase-based botm, would it be a good idea to make splashes for all my bots? :really_makes_you_think:
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Great update of the LW Billy Goat Gruff.
I am sorry I disappeared.
My PC died and I lost the hard drive that had my games and all my copies of RA2.
It happened at a time that I was unemployed and hunting for my next job to take care of my family.
I did another PC going but have not gotten back the hard drive.
By that point, I felt bad I had let you all down, got depressed and felt people were not caring about an update to the Stock Bots of the Starcore pack anymore. (Like I said, got rather depressed)
I have finally gotten a decent long-term contract and if there is interest in seeing an update to the Starcore Pack I will see what I can do.
It is something like 15 years since RA2 came out... Is it worth the effort to update and celebrate a game that has hung on and grown interest in Robotics for well over a decade?
Starcore
I see the Starcore summoning still works. :gawe:
Hey this is just my showcase, but I get it. Nobody's expecting RA2 to be anyone's first priority, and we've all lost hard drives from time to time.
As for intrest well, not a lot of people are doing stock right now, but I still have the bots I made, and some people are asking for a stock revival.
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That FS is funky, you test it against HS?
I'd guess people would play more stock if it didn't feel like HS/Popup spam to them. If only there was a way to show various kinds of robots in a fightable collection. :really_makes_you_think:
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I'd guess people would play more stock if it didn't feel like HS/Popup spam to them.
lets be real it's because it's too hard/tedious for some people. u dont need to make a bunch of hses and popups to have fun in stock