Cherub-bot

[god_is_my_goldfish]

I don't know if t3 had it, but in dx2 if any flammable item was brough into an open flame it would catch fire.

 

I'm doing my own bo designs as well, remember. We only need four altogether.

 

Which ones are going in then, and which are you doing?

Edited June 5, 2005 by god_is_my_goldfish

[Domarius]

Maybe it wasn't in T3...

It's in a lot of games anyway I know you can burn people in T3 by shooting fire arrows into oil puddles - what happens then? I must have got confused with another game.

[oDDity]

I've designs for the worker and spider bots. You can stiull do some though, they might be better than mine.

[god_is_my_goldfish]

okay, i'll try and work out some better versions of this bot, as well as a larger combat bot, based on the idea I had for that (shoots from face.)

[Darkness_Falls]

For the legs, I was thinking that adding an extra joint or two -- similar to how many animals' hind legs work -- might help. Just a rough mockup of what I'm talking about:

 

 

EDIT: I don't agree with the long neck without there being some purpose for it. For instance, make the neck much shorter by default. But have it extend to peer around corners or over walls, thereby allowing it to check things out without it exposing its main body. Or something like this. Would be trippy to be going down a dark hallway toward an open room and have this thing hear you and make some noises, e.g., "I have-have hee-arr-rdd something..." from that room. It then quickly pops out its neck to see WTF is going on down the hallway. A nice cherub face would be staring at you, looking for you. Or another example: you're on a balcony, seeming away from everything, and this thing startilingly pokes its head over the edge to say Hi But I dunno. There would need to be joints in the neck at the head and body to allow for more versatility, IMO. I'm just not sold on the long neck yet.

Edited June 6, 2005 by Darkness_Falls

[oDDity]

Yeah, that looks great now, it really looks balanced and as if it can wal, though I wouldn't put a toe bend in the feet, it's not necessary since the ankle can rotate so much.The feet loot too much like a pair of shoes, I think they'd look cool as big metal spheres, so the ankle could be a ball and socket joint.

[sparhawk]

If the head can extend and rotate I guess the player will get an heartattack, when they hear nothing and suddenly that head peers around the corner.

[oDDity]

Take a look at the two headed bot design for Thief 2 at thief-thecircle website in the concept art section. It was intended for this very purpose. It was never actually made into a model of course.

http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/conce...-mechbeast2.jpg

[god_is_my_goldfish]

I personally would rather not see the neck segmented, as that would probably make it a bit too organic, but it'll all come down to what odd models it out as.

[Darkness_Falls]

The feet loot too much like a pair of shoes,

Hehe, I know -- it cracked me up when I got done drawing it. Looked like he was wearing Nikes ® I I just wanted to be done with it. I agree the construction of the legs and feet could use some mechanized/robotic flair.

 

I think they'd look cool as big metal spheres, so the ankle could be a ball and socket joint.

Would help with mobility to be a ball and socket joint. Not sure I'm visualizing what you mean though, as it seems you're suggesting his feet be spheres, which doesn't follow the ball/socket part.

 

I think a medusa like robot (2 heads) would be kinda cool. Robotic heads flailing about. And when alert, much more precise with their movement. (Not necessarily for this robot, but maybe something else we could work on later.)

[Alexius]

The "shoes" should be much sharper- more triangular like.