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Vertigo's Tutorials
« on: April 20, 2011, 11:18:20 AM »
« Last Edit: April 23, 2011, 04:37:40 AM by Vertigo »

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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 12:18:16 PM »
I assume that you're looking for feedback by positng this.  I have a little. I'm at a computer where the sound isn't working, so if I'm missing anything important by watching this on mute, I apologize.  Anyway:
 
-Text goes way too fast.  I pride myself in my ability to speed read, but I only made it through half of each text box in the time you allowed.
-Under chassis shaping, it isn't clear that you pressed the "Step 2" button" someone who'd never picked up RA2 would have no idea how to make wedges based on your tutorial.
-You touch on stacking batteries, but again someone who'd never picked up RA2 would have no idea how to stack batteries based on your tutorial.
-You should have chosen a more conventional type of robot to build as an example, someone who'd never picked up RA2 would have no idea what a popup is.
-Paint shop should come after the robot has been tested.  If the chassis needs to be reshaped the paint job has to be redone.  Also you should show how to make skins outside of Robot Arena 2 - to me nothing is more amateur than a skin done entirely in the bot lab.
-You should show how to take screenshots properly because a baffling number of new members don't know how.

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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 12:27:18 PM »
I assume that you're looking for feedback by positng this.  I have a little. I'm at a computer where the sound isn't working, so if I'm missing anything important by watching this on mute, I apologize.  Anyway:
 
-Text goes way too fast.  I pride myself in my ability to speed read, but I only made it through half of each text box in the time you allowed.
-Pause Button :P
-Under chassis shaping, it isn't clear that you pressed the "Step 2" button" someone who'd never picked up RA2 would have no idea how to make wedges based on your tutorial.
-Fair point
-You touch on stacking batteries, but again someone who'd never picked up RA2 would have no idea how to stack batteries based on your tutorial.
-Twas just a side note really
-You should have chosen a more conventional type of robot to build as an example, someone who'd never picked up RA2 would have no idea what a popup is.
-I chose a popup because it clearly shows the use of motors and burst motors, and I explained differences regarding other bot types anyway
-Paint shop should come after the robot has been tested.  If the chassis needs to be reshaped the paint job has to be redone.  Also you should show how to make skins outside of Robot Arena 2 - to me nothing is more amateur than a skin done entirely in the bot lab.
-TBH, I did say it doesn't effect a bot, nobody needs to know how to skin to make a good bot
-You should show how to take screenshots properly because a baffling number of new members don't know how.
-Doesn't have anything to do with making a bot, its a building tutorial :P

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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 01:47:29 PM »
My concern with the popup is that it goes against the builder's inutition.  The only reason it's such a powerful weapon is that you can immobilize a robot simply by scratching your opponent's chassis enough times.  Perhaps you could explain how the game mechanics work (especally that touching the other robot with your weapon components is the only way to score points)
 
And as for the screenshot tip, I only brought it up because your last section isntructed people to post their robots to Gametechmods but didn't give any direction beyond that.  And are you not annoyed when a new member can't figure out how to take a proper screenshot?

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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 10:02:43 PM »
You spelled chayssis wrong. :P
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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2011, 02:53:36 AM »
You spelled chayssis wrong. :P
Oh well :P

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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2011, 03:10:21 AM »
You spelled chayssis wrong. :P
Oh the irony :P

Also, just pointing out a mistake you made on the wiring section, Vertigo: the proper wiring for left-facing motors is shown on the right instead of left and vice versa.
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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2011, 03:23:52 AM »
Also, just pointing out a mistake you made on the wiring section, Vertigo: the proper wiring for left-facing motors is shown on the right instead of left and vice versa.
No it isn't, thats how I always wire my bots...

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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2011, 04:29:08 AM »
No, you got it the wrong way round. Your bot will drive backwards like this.
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Re: Beginners Tutorial
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2011, 04:48:21 AM »
No, you got it the wrong way round. Your bot will drive backwards like this.
Well thats how I wire all my bots, and it works fine for me :/

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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2011, 05:09:44 AM »
Didn't explain a popup well enough?

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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2011, 01:41:06 PM »
Awsome videos. I wish I wouldve had some thing like that to show me how to wire my bot. I spent weeks figuring out how to do that.

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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2011, 01:47:32 PM »
Vertigo,On the popup tutorial,the bit where you rotated the extender to rotate the AP point,you could of just clicked the top AP to reverse it.
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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2011, 04:17:23 PM »
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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2011, 02:33:00 PM »
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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2012, 10:27:53 AM »
Thanks for the tutorial, i was a bit uncertain how to start building.

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Re: Vertigo's Tutorials
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2012, 04:22:26 PM »
There's a folder in RA2 called tutorials. Read it and start a showcase. Trotski huh, I'll be sure not to mention Lennon.