Noodle's Showcase

[Noodle]

I liked wonky's weapons, but his chassis was cramped and I couldn't fit everything I wanted.  So, I remade the chassis from scratch and made a simple rectangle 6 tics high.  It has the same types of weapons: a spike strip and two "clapping" spinners.  The most significant difference between this robot and wonky is the 4wd on shiny hubs.  This makes the robot alot faster, lower to the ground, and stable.  By the way, the spinners are supposed to be on the sides like that (to protect the wheels and back).  When I need them up front, I have a button wired to set off the DDT's and have the two spinners "clap" together in the front.

I decided to name him Eustace the Psychotic Butler because... well...

...because!

[Sparkey98]

Creative! I like the name, and the bot, and the skin....lol.

[Noodle]

It's hard to see cus of the low res textures in RA2, but the picture on top was supposed to be jeeves with a sniper rifle sling and holstered glock.

Just something I did up in Photoshop for the lulz.

[40757]

You can attach both weapon motors onto one Blue snapper and save ~45 kgs.

[Noodle]

I suppose I could've, but the only problem with that is the blue snappers lack of power.  That clapping function is critical to the robot's ability to operate properly, and it barely worked on wonky.

[The Ounce]

So it's not only part HS and rammer, but part side hammer as well?  Interesting.  Would it help to switch the places of the DDTs and the foremost pair of HPZs?

[Noodle]

So it's not only part HS and rammer, but part side hammer as well?  Interesting.  Would it help to switch the places of the DDTs and the foremost pair of HPZs?

I tried changing the positions.  I'm liking it so far.  I still need to test it though.

EDIT: I tested it out, and it actually helped alot.  Thanks :)

[Noodle]

This robot may not be a big deal by veteran builders' standards, but it is for me.  Reason being that this robot has stacked bigvolts, something I haven't done before.  I figured I'd show everyone to let them know I've been progressing.



It's name is Doudeviginti by the way.

[Sparkey98]

Shrink the chassis and add ramplates.

[090901]

4 WD or Moar weapon motors and weapons.

[40757]

You're gonna be a great builder in about a month or two. Anyways, 4WD would be neccessary for a HW if it's not a HS (90% of the time) or VS (optional). However, this HS has a wedge so it's up to you if you want 4WD. I myself would use 4WD with the wedged HS. There wouldn't really be a point to it if there was a wedge with 2WD because it can't be used to its full potentional since the bot is sluggish.
 
Try to stack the extenders on the tribars equally, and turn the weapons so they hit together every time (see Sage's showcase). As to the weapons on the tribars, Maces are the strongest and best against HS, and Irons are best against any fast and wedgy bot to keep it at a distance. Assuming you're using 4WD so it's fast and wedgy, I would use Maces for power. Razors are best for something that snaps like a hammer or popup because Razors are fragile but very strong so they should be kept hidden or far for safety, and using optimal power, which an HS does not do.

If you can't get the maces alligned right, then you can just eFFe glitch it.

Looking good so far though.

[Noodle]

I'm trying to make this thing but I keep running into an annoying problem.  I'll have the two spinners perfectly aligned in the components window (this is after I reset them by going to the garage and back), then when I go to the garage mode the servos will be in totally different positions making the spinners aligned wrong.

Anyone know how to fix this?  It's really pissing me off, I've had to re-make the chassis once and  the whole weapons system about 5 times now.

[Sage]

when you put the extenders on the servos, are you sure you are putting them the right direction when you place them? or are you rotating afterwards?

If that's not the problem, i have no idea, unless you accidently wired the servos with the motors.

[Noodle]

when you put the extenders on the servos, are you sure you are putting them the right direction when you place them? or are you rotating afterwards?

If that's not the problem, i have no idea, unless you accidently wired the servos with the motors.

What I did was I placed the servo motors and did not rotate them.  Then I put the extenders in the positions I wanted them to be whenever the match starts, and then I rotated the servos to add the zteks.  This has worked every time I've tried it in the past but it isn't now for whatever reason.

[Sage]

Yep, that's the effe glitch all right. Would you mind making a quick video to show us what's going wrong?

[Noodle]

Yep, that's the effe glitch all right. Would you mind making a quick video to show us what's going wrong?

I could give it a try.

[Noodle]

Here's the video.  Enjoy my awful voice.


Just uploaded so it may not be processed yet.

[Sage]

I've never seen that happen before... sorry noodle, looks like you're just gonna have to troubleshoot.

[Noodle]

I've never seen that happen before... sorry noodle, looks like you're just gonna have to troubleshoot.

Just my luck.

Oh well, that chassis was getting annoying anyway.

[Badnik96]

You need to have the servos so that when you first put them on they face the way that you want the Zteks to be on.