Author Topic: RA2 - Question & Answers (Read 9966 times)

TriTon · « **on:** October 11, 2009, 12:06:36 AM »

This is a thread to help people who are new RA2 fix any problems they have with the game, find out how to build better, and enhance gameplay for the bext RA2 gaming expierience possible.

Questions below are things that i can answer, some other people can explain it better, but i'll try to make you understand:

Q: Why do my menu buttons look weird?
A: If you have the downloaded version of the game, this is a common problem. To fix it, go to the patches section on the download page, and find the Robot Arena 2 1.3 Patch, this should fix the problem.

Q: How do i play as an AI bot?
A: Go to the AI folder and find the bot you want(take note that the game counts from 0, so team 0 is Red Zone, and team 5 is Team Spark). For example, if you wanted to play as BEAR, you'd go to team to and copy the bot file(bot files also count from 0, so he would be bot 2). Copy it and paste into your Robot Designs folder, go into the game and go to the Import Bot tab, the bot should be there.

Q: The Z-tek Motor is too slow, how do i make it faster?
A: The easiest way is to attach it to a snapper or servo, there is a glitch that i can't explain that makes the motor faster on a snapper or servo.

Q: How do i make an angled part of the chassis?
A: When on step 2 of the chassis tab, move the points on the grid up, down, left, or right, this should make it angled.

Q: Why do my bots occasionally fly around the arena?
A: This is a very annoying glitch called havok, usually caused by lag or when parts of the bot go through the wall or floor.

Q: How do i make my bot a SHW?
A: There are some components on the downloads section called antiballasts, these are normal ballast, but instead of increasing the weight, it drops it, usually around 400 kg. So before you build put it in, when you're done building, take it out, then it should be over 800. WARNING, don't go into the test garage while the antiballast is on the bot, the screen will go black and you'll have to go to another tab to get back the screen again.

Q: How do you turn the normal extenders 90 degrees or more to where you want it to?
A:You turn the normal extenders 9 turns to rotate it 90 degrees.

Q: What size does a texture skin need to be?
A: 125 X 125

Q: What does AAM stand for?
A: Pending

Q: How do you overlap components?
A: Pending

Every time there is a new question, i will put it up, once its answered, the answer as well.

If the answer says "Pending", that means it hasn't been answered.

ACAMS · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:45:21 AM »

Quote from: TriTon;71834

Q: Why do my menu buttons look weird?
A: If you have the downloaded version of the game, this is a common problem. To fix it, go to the patches section on the download page, and find the Robot Arena 2 1.3 Patch, this should fix the problem.

It is for people with nVidia cards.....CD AND download version,,,and the DL version MUST be used for the downloaded version of the game.

Natef · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:54:23 PM »

I have one: How do you turn the normal extenders 90 degrees or more to where you want it to?

Urjak · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2009, 10:35:00 AM »

Quote from: Natef;72039

I have one: How do you turn the normal extenders 90 degrees or more to where you want it to?

You turn the normal extenders 9 turns to rotate it 90 degrees.

Natef · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:52:39 PM »

What size does a texture skin need to be?

System32 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2009, 03:20:09 PM »

Why do stuff havok? why does stuff glitch?

roboman2444 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2009, 03:45:24 PM »

why do my textures look band w on my bot?

Natef · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2009, 06:55:06 PM »

I'd like to see the proper technique to putting caster armor on a wedge. I just have trouble doing it! Also, what does AAM stand for?

G.K. · « **Reply #8 on:** December 04, 2009, 03:27:07 PM »

what's the text file for the ramplate? I have looked, but cannot find it. Please can I have a quick reply, I quite badly need to know this.

ACAMS · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2009, 06:28:13 PM »

ramplate2 found in the Styles folder

G.K. · « **Reply #10 on:** December 05, 2009, 01:11:06 AM »

Thanks ACAMS.

G.K. · « **Reply #11 on:** December 05, 2009, 02:59:58 PM »

What about the DSL extender?

TriTon · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2009, 08:56:21 PM »

My own question.

Is there a popup.py for DSL?

G.K. · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2009, 12:22:50 AM »

Yeah there is, do you want the download link?

TriTon · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2009, 12:24:37 AM »

YES plz...

G.K. · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2009, 12:37:14 AM »

https://gametechmods.com/uploads/files/5246PopupAI.rar

TriTon · « **Reply #16 on:** December 08, 2009, 07:48:48 AM »

Broken link.

Naryar · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2009, 08:01:53 AM »

The last Popup.py is in BBEANS AI.

G.K. · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2009, 01:03:39 PM »

What component is this?

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2009, 04:30:04 PM »

That is the Snapper II. Go to the downloads section from the GTM main page and find the Combo SZ & AI pack to unlock all stock AI parts and the Snapper II.