Author Topic: Some of my bots- All stock components. (Read 5320 times)

moonbear · « **on:** April 21, 2009, 08:59:12 PM »

As instructed, I will be only posting my bots in here from now on, haha. Here is what I believe to be the final version of my popup, Serious Cat.

Here it is from the outside.

Here are the guts.

It's tighter than my previous 2 designs, has 3 black batteries, 4 razors per arm hidden in the chassis for a total of 16. 4 hp ztecs which i got as close together as I could using axle loading, 4 DDTs, DSA armor, 2 burst mounted small wedges, for a total weight of 799. The whole thing at 6 pixles high. This is my 3rd popup.

Sage · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:01:42 PM »

turn the razors on sideways.

golden rule of RA2: build the chassis around the components, not the opposite. So, with a round chassis you cant do that.

looking pretty good though. i love hs too.

Urjak · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:16:33 PM »

If you can, download the hidden Stock AI parts. They include the Snapper II, which is ideal for overlapping.

moonbear · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:17:02 PM »

Quote from: Sage;34964

turn the razors on sideways.

golden rule of RA2: build the chassis around the components, not the opposite. So, with a round chassis you cant do that.

looking pretty good though. i love hs too.

Yeah, I know. I'll have to get over the circular design, but i love the way it looks. Thats why I rebuilt deadlights as ICXC NIKA. Tried to make it as small as I could. Thanks.

moonbear · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:18:29 PM »

Quote from: Urjak;34967

If you can, download the hidden Stock AI parts. They include the Snapper II, which is ideal for overlapping.

I may, however I really have a thing for sticking to just pure stock components...

edit, sorry for the double post.

Urjak · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:19:53 PM »

The are pure stock components, as they are used on the stock AI bots. If you look at other showcases, you can see they are used very often.

moonbear · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:23:51 PM »

Oh, ok. Well thanks for the heads up.

Urjak · « **Reply #7 on:** April 21, 2009, 09:24:21 PM »

No problem. :)

EDIT: 1000 posts!

Somebody · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2009, 05:48:30 AM »

Congrats.

R1885 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2009, 09:46:48 AM »

Hydro · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2009, 10:17:11 AM »

Good job, Jak.

40757 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2009, 12:31:29 PM »

I remember fighting Deadlights online.

and as Sage said, plan before you make a chassis. Make a chassis that will fit your components perfectly, not a random chassis and fill it up.

moonbear · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2009, 12:51:43 PM »

Quote from: 40757;35025

I remember fighting Deadlights online.

and as Sage said, plan before you make a chassis. Make a chassis that will fit your components perfectly, not a random chassis and fill it up.

Actually, I believe you fought Indrid Cold which is Deadlights but with razors. You turned me onto maces, thanks for that. Think it was you claimed you wanted to test my bot and then used SHW Alligator haha. Yeah, I know. Thats kinda what I was going for with ICXC NIKA. I made quite a few chassies before I got one that was much smaller but could still fit all of my desired components in. Had to remake it 3 times. At this point, I consider Deadlights pretty much retired.

moonbear · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2009, 04:04:52 AM »

Well I decided to try Sage's advice of build another kind of bot besides a HS. I believe this is called a "popup." I'm going to work on building a tighter, larger version of this bot with 4 hpz's and maybe more DDT's within a few days. This is my first popup. No name yet. Tell me what you guys think.

And here is a clear view of my weapon setup at its "end" position.

It has 8 razor tips on 4 DDt's. I know there is some empty space, I'll deal with that soon. Damage is about 800 to 2000 points per hit on stock bots, no Starcore yet since I had to reinstall today, but at least it can beat Emergency haha. My biggest issue is how underweight it is... I put on all that I thought would be useful, and even a bit extra, but there just isnt enough room, hence the upcoming larger remake. Armor is DSA. Power is 2 stacked black batteries.

Pwnator · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2009, 04:29:48 AM »

Ooh. The razor setup reminded me of I Will Get Shredded. As far as I know, HW Popups usually have 4 HPZ drive instead of 2, and the wedges don't work well if they're only attached to baseplates. Put them on Snappers and they'll go under more bots.

And ummm... remove that rear plate. It won't do much. :D

Somebody · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2009, 05:47:04 AM »

The razors should probably be on straight arms, but you might be on to something here. You should also try experimenting with the curved ones and see how they work.

moonbear · « **Reply #16 on:** April 28, 2009, 01:11:50 AM »

The razors are on straight arms on my newest popup at the start of this thread. Thank you.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #17 on:** April 28, 2009, 01:29:36 AM »

It's looking very good. I'd flip your snappers upside-down, because I find they work better that way.

And you post your new bots later in the topic, not editing the first post.

Naryar · « **Reply #18 on:** April 28, 2009, 03:20:34 AM »

Not too bad, still i'm unsure about the weapon setup.

Also HW popups suck with 2WD, and the rear ramplate is worthless.

moonbear · « **Reply #19 on:** April 28, 2009, 03:57:37 AM »

Naryar, that is my 1st popup, my newest/ 3rd one is edited into my 1st post at the begining of this thread. For some reason I thought that was a good idea.. Wrong. I'll post more pics for this far back in the thread later I suppose.