Author Topic: NFX.showcase/stock (Read 207051 times)

cephalopod · « **Reply #40 on:** April 04, 2010, 03:23:55 PM »

Just a few points from me... Spike strips have normals - they only do damage with specific areas of the component - i'd use iron spikes.
You use a square extender inside - don't, it's just as strong as the round ones but heavier. And also, the square extender could surely be shorter? (:
Also looks slightly underpowered, but I'm not totally sure about that.

NFX · « **Reply #41 on:** April 04, 2010, 03:29:49 PM »

It might look underpowered, although I have got two stacked Blackvolts in there, as well as a couple of pinks. I know they're considered worse than useless, but it was better than leaving it as empty space. And the square is more or less the right length, so I have the ram plate right on the top of the bot.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #42 on:** April 04, 2010, 05:49:39 PM »

Welcome back dude, you should enter BBEANS6 if you have DSL.

RedSawn · « **Reply #43 on:** April 04, 2010, 05:50:35 PM »

It's out-of-date-ness is totally nullified by the sheer badassery of that design.

NFX · « **Reply #44 on:** April 04, 2010, 06:13:05 PM »

Yeah, it's out of date, but I like using the stock stuff, even if nobody else does.

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #45 on:** April 04, 2010, 06:14:44 PM »

It looks cool, but you would be better off with razors for weapons. Welcome back.

ashman12 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 04, 2010, 06:15:19 PM »

Quote from: RedlineM203 on April 04, 2010, 05:50:35 PM

It's out-of-date-ness is totally nullified by the sheer badassery of that design.

QFT

NFX you probably dont know me but i have to say awesome bot man.

NFX · « **Reply #47 on:** April 04, 2010, 08:24:16 PM »

That's kind of the thing with my bots, they're probably not the most efficient machines out there, but they look cool. XD

And just a heads up, I've entered BBEANS 6. I'll upload some pics of my bot once the tournament starts. =)

NFX · « **Reply #48 on:** April 05, 2010, 09:42:05 AM »

Trying something different here, a brief foray into the realms of snapper loading. Seven pinks in there, six of them are double stacked so it only looks like four (I know they're rubbish, nothing else would fit), two Snapper Burst Motors, two regular ZP's for the drive, and two HPZP's for the weapons. Also DSA.

EDIT: Okay, when I took the Print Screens for that picture, Robot Arena crashed, so I had to build the whole bot again, from scratch. But now I have, it turns out it's also invertible. Just. It does run upside down, with the maces basically brushing the floor, which is good for taking out mini wheels, I suppose. XD

MORE EDIT: Another couple of tweaks to the bot. Stuck a caster on the back to keep the spinners angled downwards at the front for more damage, and undoubtedly the best improvement I could have possibly given this robot...

A smiley face.

Gazea2 · « **Reply #49 on:** April 05, 2010, 02:00:34 PM »

Not bad. :P

Congrats with the snapper loading. There are a lot of middleweight HS out there and I have never seen one like that one.

NFX · « **Reply #50 on:** April 05, 2010, 02:03:56 PM »

Thanks. =) Is there anything I can improve on with this one?

090901 · « **Reply #51 on:** April 05, 2010, 03:30:20 PM »

What are the baseplate anchors for? Also 1 black>7pinks plus 1 black weighs less. Try to build it of one Snapper.

NFX · « **Reply #52 on:** April 05, 2010, 03:50:01 PM »

The two baseplates are to get the Snappers pointing upwards, so they rotate horizontally. And I tried putting a BlackVolt in there, but it just wouldn't fit, so I had to use seven pinks. It is quite underpowered, it uses around half its power in a minute, but it smashes up the other bots pretty well enough to compensate.

NFX · « **Reply #53 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:35:03 AM »

Been busy on Starcore 3, after losing to Rebel 2 quite a lot, due to my poor frontal wedge assembly. But I reckon I've sorted it now, and I've got the fourth incarnation of Altitude. =)
Kudos to whoever gave me the hint about using Iron Spikes instead of Strips, by the way.

This machine is now capable of three, or even two-hit KO's. Just has a little trouble self-righting if it's overturned.

2 BlackVolts (Couldn't stack them for some reason)
4 DDTs
2 HP-ZTeks
20 Iron Spikes

G.K. · « **Reply #54 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:41:10 AM »

I would use Razor tips rather than iron spikes, remove the top ramplate, and try to get 4wd. What armour?

NFX · « **Reply #55 on:** April 06, 2010, 08:50:55 AM »

Oh, DSA armour. And the top ramplate was put there to try and stop Jabberwock and his infuriating razor hammer weapon. Which works. Sometimes. Normally I just lop his wheels off. =)

Reier · « **Reply #56 on:** April 06, 2010, 11:52:10 AM »

Looks alone, that is a sweet looking bot.

G.K. · « **Reply #57 on:** April 06, 2010, 12:00:50 PM »

Naryar · « **Reply #58 on:** April 06, 2010, 12:04:47 PM »

Needs 4WD to be good.

NFX · « **Reply #59 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:33:14 PM »

Okay, I've had a look at Altitude IV, I've taken on everybody's advice, and I built this bot in the Starcore AI Pack 3.0. Only real weakness is horizontal spinners, but it is capable of one-hit knockouts, though it sometimes takes a few more hits to get the job done.

4 HP Z-Teks
2 DDTs
3 BlackVolts (2 Stacked)
16 Razors
DSA

And snappers for the wedge. Also self-righting, unless it gets perched at a slightly obscure angle on the side and the corner of the front ram plate assembly.