[Wire] Battle Bots!

[coolzeldad]

Xrain and Tech had a battle bots competition in wire build, it was pretty fun to watch!

They built destructible chassis and weapons, we should do this more often... maybe have a competition?

Tech had a flipper and Xrain had a saw thingy xD

[Frank]

Only wood/breakable props allowid! Seems like a great idea to me

[coolzeldad]

Only wood/breakable props allowid! Seems like a great idea to me

Yeah they were entirely breakable.

[blαh2355]

Only if they teach me

[Xrain]

The rules we had:

- Wood only
- ACF Engines to power everything
- No Hydraulics
- No E2 (except for control interface aka if(W==1){blah blah})
- No Wheels, must be leggid or fin powered

We removed the no wheels requirement for future robots, as my legged contraption that I worked so hard on was fail thanks to garry physics.


Mine was the one that looked like an office desk that had relations with a circular saw, and a fanboat.

[Ἆxule]

I would actually really love to compete in something like this. I just need to learn how to...

[memo3300]

I would actually really love to compete in something like this. I just need to learn how to...

this

and in my case, get a way to play the game again lol

[Ἆxule]

Would building an arena out of props (so we have traps and such to try and avoid) cause problems with the game? I'm not fully aware of the physics problems in Garry's Mod

[Samo]

This would actually make me play more wire build.

[coolzeldad]

Would building an arena out of props (so we have traps and such to try and avoid) cause problems with the game? I'm not fully aware of the physics problems in Garry's Mod

This is a good idea... and like i can see spinning things working.

I just built the arena out of fence.

Could have artifical floor if you wanted i suppose, have deathtrapz... but would be a little difficult to keep reliable in gmod probably ;o

Could just have spinning thingies on walls or set locations on floors that activate when touched xD

[Deacon]

Oh man..Now I wish I could wire.

[Ἆxule]

This is a good idea... and like i can see spinning things working.

I just built the arena out of fence.

Could have artifical floor if you wanted i suppose, have deathtrapz... but would be a little difficult to keep reliable in gmod probably ;o

Could just have spinning thingies on walls or set locations on floors that activate when touched xD

As long as there are other factors in the battles ; )

[Loke]

Oh man..Now I wish I could wire.

You could probably do this with basic wire.

[Xrain]

Oh man..Now I wish I could wire.

The only wire really used is pretty basic.

My program looked like this:

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@output Brake Clutch Gear ActiveOut Throttle
@Input W A S D Active

interval(1)

if(Active==1)
{
ActiveOut=1
}
else
{
ActiveOut=0
}

if(W==1)
{
Clutch=0
Gear=1
Brake=0
Throttle=100
}

if(S==1)
{
Clutch=0
Gear=2
Brake=0
Throttle=50
}

if(S==0&W==0)
{
Clutch=1
Brake=1
Throttle=0
}
Now what was all that you ask?

First, it looked for the signal from the Pod controller that someone was sitting in it.
If there was, it started the ACF engine, otherwise it left it off.

Then if W or S were pressed it:

Turned off the brake
Turned off the clutch
Selected the appropriate gear (gear 1 was forward, 2 reverse)
and gave it full throttle

Then if neither were pressed it:

Turned on the brake
Turned off the clutch
Idled the motor

and Voila!

You now have a car that can go forward... reverse... and stop... pretty amazing huh?

[Deacon]

no xrain

I don't understand that

brain is now broken

thanks