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Robot Arena => Showcases => Stock Showcases => Topic started by: Velocity EVO on October 05, 2010, 11:08:03 AM
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Hey guys. After my cock-up last time with the showcases. The other day i realised my video camera can take pictures
*groan* So once i got the CD bit on laptop sorted out (its been stuck for a month lol) the pictures are on their way. Im just uploading them to photobucket. Please bear in mind these bots are quite old, but your advice is always welcome. Once the improvements are made. Ill upload the pics of the bots in their modified state.
Right just uploaded now. So to get started here is the 1st in my redone showcase
Please welcome. Dead and Buried.
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots001.jpg)
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots001.jpg#!oZZ22QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1131.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm558%2FTheycallmeMrVEVO%2F%3Faction-view%26current%3DRA2showcasebots002.jpg%26)
It originally had problems with ripping weapons off, as the spinner jammed, i realised it was spinning the wrong way *groan*
stats:
Weight: 740.5
Armour: Plastic
Power: 2 blacks
Wheels: 2 Shiny hub wheels
Weapons: 12 iron spikes mounted on 4 tri-bars. 2 flipping arms and a flipping sccop. though i only use the tri-bars
Strengths: quick KO's
Weakness: Exposed wheels and plastic armour
Next up
Super Mega Tailwhip
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots001.jpg#!oZZ21QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1131.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm558%2FTheycallmeMrVEVO%2F%3Faction-view%26current%3DRA2showcasebots004.jpg%26)
My 1st SnS bot
Stats
Weight: 447.3
Armour: plastic
power: 4 pinks
wheels: 2 small wheels
weapons: 4 sledge hammers attached to 4 extenders
Strength: Deals good damage
weakness: Arms get ripped off easily
Next up
Ring Around the Doomie
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots001.jpg#!oZZ20QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1131.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm558%2FTheycallmeMrVEVO%2F%3Faction-view%26current%3DRA2showcasebots005.jpg%26)
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots001.jpg#!oZZ19QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1131.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm558%2FTheycallmeMrVEVO%2F%3Faction-view%26current%3DRA2showcasebots006.jpg%26)
Stats
weight: Forgot to add to picture FAIL
Power: 4 blacks
armour: steel
Wheels: 2 shiny hub wheels
Weapons: 6 ramplates mounted on 2 tri-bars
Strengths: Powerful to throw most heavyweights in the air
Weakness: tips on its side if it spins on the spot to fast
And the last one for this post
Deathstar
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots017.jpg)
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/?action-view¤t=RA2showcasebots017.jpg#!oZZ10QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1131.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm558%2FTheycallmeMrVEVO%2F%3Faction-view%26current%3DRA2showcasebots018.jpg%26)
One of my fave creations
Stats
Weight: 785.9 (not very accurate due to fuzzy numbers)
Power: 2 blacks and 3 pinks
Armour: Possibly titanium
Wheels: 2 small wheels
Weapons: 15 iron spikes mounted on 5 tri-bars
Strengths: He'll smack you up good and proper
weakness: None as of yet
More on the way. But not right now
EDIT: whoops forgot to put them in pictures lol, ill do it right next time
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2 things.
You can take in game screen-shots by pressing F11.
And never select the armour tab unless you want plastic. It will give you DSA automatically.
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To answer no.1 : my computer absolutley sucks. Ive tried many times and it hasn't worked, so this is my soloution
To answer no.2: hate to sound like a noob. but what is DSA and how tough is it
But anyways, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment :bigsmile:
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1st bot:
Smaller chassis
blades on wedges
needs 4wd
2nd bot:
make it a MW
smaller chassis
Use supervolts
3rd bot:
Ramplates = fail
smaller chassis
weight?
4th bot:
Again, smaller chassis
Square Extender = fail
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Please change your links to pictures. I don't want to clean this mess of URL's.
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Dont worry about it Nary. ill get it fixed
@FOTEPX: modifications on the way... stay tuned
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Unfortunately. My CD of RA2 (or the CD bit on the laptop itself) Is F**king me around and its getting me really annoyed. So i might have to stop the showcase until further notice.
The problem is, ive just put it in. And it says no disc inserted everytime. Ive tried cleaning the disc but nothings working and when i stick it in the CD thing. It flashes green (meaning its loading) Then goes off. Even tough it was working about and hour ago. so yeah. My computer is utter CRAP :realmad( ::2mad ::2mad
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Go download the one from Sage's avatar.
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Good news: Its not the game thats messed up
Bad news: its the CD player. If the CD cleaner dont work. Then the laptop might have to be sent for repairs
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The first and last one are OK, the middle 2 suck.
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The first and last one are OK, the middle 2 suck.
Constructive criticism at it's best.
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To answer no.1 : my computer absolutley sucks. Ive tried many times and it hasn't worked, so this is my soloution
To answer no.2: hate to sound like a noob. but what is DSA and how tough is it
Theres a button in the upper right section the keyboard that says "Prt Scr" on it.
Press that, and then open a program like Ms.Paint or something, paste the image in it, then save that image as a .PNG(or anything, really)
Load it up to something like Imageshack/Tinypic, copy the url of the image, then paste it here with [img] tags.
Q2: When you finish the chassis, and its all white-like, THAT is DSA.
Although the bot appears armorless, it actually has DSA. DSA is as light as aluminum, but is as strong as steel.
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STILL CAN'T FIX THE IMAGES >.<
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The first and last one are OK, the middle 2 suck.
Constructive criticism at it's best.
Pretty much...
Please take correct pics nao. Go into botlab, take pics with F10, go into Screenshots folder, crop them, make them png's, upload them somewhere (Gametechmods image uploader is recommended), and paste the correct link the GTM image uploader gives you here.
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Although the bot appears armorless, it actually has DSA. DSA is as light as aluminum, but is as strong as steel.
Actually stronger than steel.
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no, don't do what Naryar said. It's F11, not F10
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Ok good news
In the last few days RA2 has been working in fine fettle. Heres some bots to make up for lost time
Mr Unorthadox
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action-view¤t=MoreRA2stuff011.jpg)
My 1st (Somewhat fail) Attempt at a walking bot with hammers. Lands on its side almost all the time. Quite amusing actually
The Last Hurrah 2
(http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action-view¤t=MoreRA2stuff001.jpg)
This robot has 16 Razors mounted on 2 pistons. 8 for each piston. but i dont use it as a pneumatic puncher as it does quite good damage to its opponents
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Um... The pictures don't show up...
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Ok. Thats happening to mine as well. Here is the links
http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff001.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff001.jpg) Last Hurrah 2
Mr Unorthadox http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff011.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff011.jpg)
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Your using a digital camera ._______________.
Do this:
"Pose" the robot how you like -> Press the Print Screen(it says "Prt Scr") button on your keyboard -> Open a program like paint or photoshop -> paste the image there -> Save that page as the image -> You get a nice quality image.
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Your using a digital camera ._______________.
Do this:
"Pose" the robot how you like -> Press the Print Screen(it says "Prt Scr") button on your keyboard -> Open a program like paint or photoshop -> paste the image there -> Save that page as the image -> You get a nice quality image.
Yes. its a Kodak camera im using
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Or just press F11
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https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2143.0.html (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2143.0.html)
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Thanks for that Nary. I try print screening but it did not work. just checked that thread and i did something wrong
Ill do that when i get home. Im at me nans house
EDIT: back on topic. What do you think of them? any improvements needed?
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Right, i know i should stop using the kodak camera pics, but i dont really want them to go to waste,
But anyways were meant to be talking about my (FAIL)bots
Heres Gigabyte Revamped
http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff008.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff008.jpg)
http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff009.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff009.jpg)
This was my 2nd pop-up creation, which is 8 razors which are placed on 8 DDT's (1 each) powered by 2 blacks, its drive is a high powered Z-tek motor and 2 N-12 wheels, despite weighing in at 764.9kg, its pretty fast
This is an early spinner design, done this a few months back when i started working on spinners, the name is Radioactive
http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff016.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff016.jpg)
http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff017.jpg (http://s1131.photobucket.com/albums/m558/TheycallmeMrVEVO/Robot%20Arena%202%20showcase%20album/?action=view¤t=MoreRA2stuff017.jpg)
So... what improvements are needed
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What do you mean by not wanting to waste the kodak?
Anyway, still a lot to be improved.
http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/ra2techs.htm (http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/ra2techs.htm)
There you go, generic but very usefull link is generic but very usefull.
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I like the DDT arrangement on Gigabyte, but it needs a small wedge, and more razors, and 4WD.
I think tall chassises are a sorely under-explored concept. Keep the double row of DDTs and this could actually be a somewhat original and good popup.
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Thanks for that Click, i will take that on board
*Sets about making Gigabyte 5*
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If you don't start taking people's advice and continue to use a digital camera instead of screenshots I may start to get upset.
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https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2143.0.html, (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,2143.0.html,)
EDIT : Damn, I realize I already posted this but you haven't done anything !
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0_0 why would you use a digital camera when its half the effort to push one key on the keyboard
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He won't listen.
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He won't listen.
And that's how you SPARK the flame !
Anyways, care to explain why he won't listen ? I'm sure you have a perfectly reasonable explanation for us all !
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He won't listen.
And that's how you SPARK the flame !
Anyways, care to explain why he won't listen ? I'm sure you have a perfectly reasonable explanation for us all !
Man, You beat me to using that.......................................We keep telling him what to do and he keeps taking fuzzy pictures and uploading them to some other host. Lets not start a flame war now............
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He won't listen.
And that's how you SPARK the flame !
Anyways, care to explain why he won't listen ? I'm sure you have a perfectly reasonable explanation for us all !
Man, You beat me to using that.......................................We keep telling him what to do and he keeps taking fuzzy pictures and uploading them to some other host. Lets not start a flame war now............
It is mandatory to put correct pictures on a showcase. We said it already 2 times, if he doesn't understands next time i will take action.
And this is in no way a flame war. You know what a flame war is, don't tell this is one !
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Ok. I shouldn't have said anything I guess.
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Ok. I shouldn't have said anything I guess.
Not to be harsh, but yeah, you probably shouldn't have.
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Ok time to put this situation to bed once and for all
Reason im taking pics with my camera is that is no "Screenshot" Folder in my RA2 directory, i decided to make one, nothing happened. And the print screen, i tried that, went to paint and suprise suprise, nothing, the paste thing said nothing had been copied
THATS why i use them
Oh and Sparkles, expect a PM from me later during the day
So thats the story for you. Would love to answer question but quite frankly, that will be pointless
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The screenshots folder should create itself when you hit F11 ingame, making your first screenshot.
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The screenshots folder should create itself when you hit F11 ingame, making your first screenshot.
Indeed.
Did you installed it wrong ?
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Unless he didnt know that the screenshots folder was in the RA2 folder... ?
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Ok. I shouldn't have said anything I guess.
Not to be harsh, but yeah, you probably shouldn't have.
What's remotely harsh about that?
I don't see why it shouldn't work, even creating a new folder called "Screenshots" works fine for me.
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There is no need to create such a folder.
The RA2 game comes with NO Screenshots folder and NO Custom Textures folder, so it's normal. It will create one when you take your first screenshot/export your first texture.
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Backups Nar, that's why I created another one manually (although maybe I didn't need to, I dunno).
Still, the point is that should have worked aswell.
VEVO, are you sure you're pressing the right button?
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Vevo just download RA2 from sages sig.
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The amount of problems sage's sig has fixxxed, he deserves a medal that man!
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OK apologies for not being active yesterday (Internet router was playing up) Sparkey, your still gonna expect a PM from me
Nar, i installed it correctly
Though it should not really matter what i use to take the pic, cos 1 as long as you can see the bot perfectly, theres not problem, and 2 shouldn't we concentrate on the bots other than what to use for screenshots
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I can't see the bot, the pics are fuzzy, and you used the worst host out there. Install sages RA2 to your desktop, run it, hit f11, it WILL BE IN THE GAME FOLDER.
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Ive checked all my pics after you said that, they arent fuzzy, a problem with the lighting yes, but not fuzzy
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Just press the print screen button on your laptop, it will copy a image of your game screen. Then paste into paint or paint.net.
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Just press the print screen button on your laptop, it will copy a image of your game screen. Then paste into paint or paint.net.
As said before, on my laptop, that dont work
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hit ctrl +v in paint
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Tried that, but it doesnt paste anything
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I hate to jump to conlusions but you're just not listening. There is no way you'd be having all of theese problems.
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I am listening, ive tried the freaking guide and everything.
And who the feck are you to judge me mister? Your barely out of the woods yet your saying i dont listen, thats freaking rich mate
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Meh, sounds more like a problem with your laptop than anything to me.
Anyway, I really do hope you can fixxx this, ATM this is my least favourite showcase to look at, simply because of the annoying screenshot setup :ermm:
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I am listening, ive tried the freaking guide and everything.
And who the feck are you to judge me mister? Your barely out of the woods yet your saying i dont listen, thats freaking rich mate
Feck? Mate? and was "barley out of the woods" an insult to my sexuality? Calm down man, I worded that wrong. I just think you're not reading the advice corectly
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Try Shift & Print Screen.
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On my laptop I have to press the Fn key and printscreen to get it to take one. Remember though, Printscreen only can take one screenshot at a time before it has to be pasted.
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If you have microsoft office 2007 you can press "windows key" "s" to take a screen shot.
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ctrl + alt + print screen.
or get a program like Fraps (trial might do it) which takes screenshots
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I am listening, ive tried the freaking guide and everything.
And who the feck are you to judge me mister? Your barely out of the woods yet your saying i dont listen, thats freaking rich mate
Feck? Mate? and was "barley out of the woods" an insult to my sexuality? Calm down man, I worded that wrong. I just think you're not reading the advice corectly
OK, to clarify, feck is the Irish way of saying, you know what, and when i said barely out of the woods i was saying you havent really fully regain everyones respect (Mine included) and saying i dont listen is something you had trouble, i know your trying to help and all.
BTW that was not an insult to your sexuality
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DP: @Joeblo
Fraps havent occured to me really, i only thought fraps do videos