Author Topic: BBEANS4 Rules and Registration (Read 33327 times)

Clickbeetle · « **on:** June 28, 2008, 11:16:18 PM »

Now that the 2.1 patch is finished, it's time for the event you've all been waiting for...

Bot Battle for Eminent AutoNomous Supremacy #4

Rules

First, make sure to read the BBEANS general rules, updated 6/28/08.

BBEANS4-specific Rules

Weight Class: Middleweight

Components: DSL 2.1

Arena: BBEANS Tournament Arena

Special Rules: Realistic. Most of you are familiar with this. For those who aren't, all bots must be reasonably realistic, basically meaning that you can't have any intersecting components that couldn't intersect in real life. A blade going through an armor plate is fine, because you could cut a slot in the armor in real life. A blade going through a wheel isn't fine. For some good examples, look at the stock DSL AI and the entries for BBEANS2 (click here). All these bots comply with the Realistic Rule.

Tournament Format: Double elimination. Best 2 out of 3 matches wins. 3 minute matches. 32 entry slots. If I get much more than 32 entries, though, I might boost the bracket to 64 slots like I did for BBEANS3.

Entering

Registration is now closed.

Changing Your Entry

This part is a little different from past BBEANS. If you want to change your entry to a totally different bot, you have until I AI your entry to do so. I will wait at least one week to AI bots, so you have at least that long to change it, possibly longer. If you made your own AI, then you still only get one week to change your entry.

If you only want to update your bot, then you can do that as many times as you like. As long as it is the same design and can use the same AI as the previous bot, you can update it.

Prizes

The Champion will receive the following weapon!

Yeah, it's a sword, and it looks cool, but what are you going to do with it? Use it in the next BBEANS, that's what! This prize, and others like it, are legal for use in BBEANS tournaments! They're fairly balanced, so you don't need to worry about having an unfair advantage. But who doesn't like shiny novelty components to show off their skill?

You can also use the bare sword blade, minus crossguard and pommel, if you wish. Sometimes the plain blade fits better than the whole sword.

Here are some of the other prizes up for grabs:

The Champion gets the Champion's Sword in addition to one other prize of their choice. The Runner-up, the Rumble winner, and each winner of each additional award gets one prize of their choice, excluding the Champion's Sword.

You can give the prize components to other people if you want, but only the people who win them are allowed to use them in BBEANS. So I can't use the prize components, even though I have all of them. Just to be fair.

I think that covers everything. Any questions, post them here.

Competitors registered ( 32 )
JoeCB1991
Sorrow
Dragonfire
ianh05
zipdragon64
R0B0SH4RK
infiniteinertia
Naryar
H@zm47
Somebody
Clickbeetle
Firebeetle
duh102
sage
Scrap Daddy
somestrangeguy
Gigafrost
TorrFac
Philetbabe
Meganerdbomb
Pyscolone
Barbie
mjrobots
Phlox
Botreactor
Urjak
Silver
Jules
andrewm0304
Sammy
man manu
Seastalker

Madiaba · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2008, 11:19:35 PM »

Well count me in CB.
It's real nice to have Tourney's going again....

Sage · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2008, 11:38:48 PM »

ill have to make a few bots then eh. i wanna win this, though i bet either you or inf will. he has really gotten the hang of dsl amazingly fast.

P.S. how did you get that mace so shiny? and did you use hexadecimal for the colors?

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:06:46 AM »

Count me in. This is going to be one

of a touney :D

EDIT: Are stacked batteries allowed?

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:45:46 AM »

Rule edit: I decided that all entries must be submitted by PM. No e-mail. This is so I can check IP addresses and discourage cheating.

Quote from: The RA2 Wizard;10203

ill have to make a few bots then eh. i wanna win this, though i bet either you or inf will. he has really gotten the hang of dsl amazingly fast.

P.S. how did you get that mace so shiny? and did you use hexadecimal for the colors?

The mace pommel on the sword has what is called a reflection map. The same thing that's on shiny hub wheels. The blade also has it but it's harder to see.

To do it you need the special GMF compiler FB edited: http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/robotarena.htm

Then for the texture, where it says *MAP_DIFFUSE, change it to *MAP_REFLECT. Then where it says *MAP_TYPE Screen, change it to *MAP_TYPE Spherical or *MAP_TYPE Cylindrical. And that's all you need to do.

Colors are always in hexadecimal as far as I know. Unless you mean whether I used a .bmp skin or not, in which case the answer is yes.

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK;10205

Count me in. This is going to be one of a touney :D

EDIT: Are stacked batteries allowed?

Stacked batteries aren't allowed with the realistic rule. You can't cut slots in batteries, or motors for that matter. A little bit of overlap on the edges is fine though.

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:20:17 AM »

I think I will make a bot or two but I never AIed a bot be fore And I'm not that good with computers

Dragonfire · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2008, 04:39:28 AM »

I know i'll sound like an idiot, but how do you put an attachment on a PM?

H@zm47 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2008, 06:51:34 AM »

Hell Yes! :D
I've been waiting for this since I missed BBEANS 3.

kill343gs · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2008, 10:58:21 AM »

Hey, with a prize like that I may actually try this out!

Sorrow · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:00:39 PM »

I'm in. Smitemare will reign supreme.

Naryar · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2008, 02:44:08 PM »

I will give a try. Still need to try a god damn bunch of bots because IDK if that Neglected Waterbug replica is gonna work.

Sage · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2008, 03:50:50 PM »

my bot's ready and AIed.

still some testing before i send it though..

no stacking batts? thats never been mentioned in realistic rules before. what about weapons? like on an HS where there are 2 spikes in one?

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2008, 04:08:06 PM »

Quote from: The RA2 Wizard;10239

my bot's ready and AIed.

still some testing before i send it though..

no stacking batts? thats never been mentioned in realistic rules before. what about weapons? like on an HS where there are 2 spikes in one?

"welder's concept"
I would think that anything you can do with a welder IRL should be allowed in the tourney. Just a thought.

ex: you can weld two spikes together easily and mount them to a plate... you can't weld batteries or motors into each other.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2008, 04:13:18 PM »

Another slight change to the entry rules: You can send me your entry by e-mail if you want, but you at least need to be registered on the forum so I can see your IP.

Stacking batteries wasn't allowed in BBEANS2 either. I mean, if you're allowed to stack batteries you might as well be allowed to stack motors too. It's nothing new, at least not for BBEANS.

Stacking spikes is OK I suppose. You shouldn't need to do it as much in DSL as in stock RA2 though.

Sage · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:00:30 PM »

ah. ill have to rework the battery setup then. but thats good news about the spikes.

JoeCB1991 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2008, 09:27:21 PM »

I haven't done this before but it looks fun, I'll get started on something.

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2008, 11:36:52 PM »

I should bedone with my robot tomorrow but I don't know how to AI a bot so where do I go next.

Naryar · « **Reply #17 on:** July 01, 2008, 06:31:59 AM »

Hey, CB, as DSL 2.1 has issues being installed in my Mac, can i send you a DSL 2.0 bot? I will normally only use drive Magmotors and a Perm 80.

Dexterhunter · « **Reply #18 on:** July 01, 2008, 03:19:15 PM »

Ugh. I'll just send one of my already made bots for the tourney.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2008, 09:00:16 PM »

Wow, guys, what's with the big rush to get entered? All you guys are going to do is keep sending in remakes, or other bots. There is a reason registration is open for 2 (potentially 3) weeks, and that is so you can perfect your designs, so use the time you have, don't swamp CB in bots you aren't going to use.