MyRobot Development Part 71 - New Upgrades!
Added 2025-09-11 00:29:26 +0000 UTCNEXT BIG UPDATE COMES OUT NEXT WEEK!
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Water Upgrades/Items
Return of the Texture Generator
Water Upgrades/Items
So, the hoverboard can now be upgraded to surf on water. This is great for faster travel because you can maintain your top surf speed on the ocean at all times. This meant several new behaviors had to be implemented.
First, I had to address how to get the robot out of the water in case it falls in. It was rather janky trying to drag it out of the water. So now there is a 60 second timer for you to get it out of the water before it malfunctions and freezes up. This does mean that your robot is still not fully waterproof, but this change is a big improvement nonetheless. This introduced the swimming behavior which functions exactly like the walking/running mechanics.
One of the new items this week is the weighted vest. Once you find it and create it in the builder, you can give it to your robot to wear it. Once it is worn it allows your robot to walk underwater. I made sure to slow down the animations while in this mode so it really looks like you are underwater.
Return of the Texture Generator
This was originally introduced to MyRobot nearly a year ago but due to scope changes and the Kickstarter schedule becoming active, it fell to the wayside, until now.
Once you attach it to the spray paint gun, you can right click and generate literally any kind of pattern you want to use. There is no limit in the number of images that you can generate but there is load balancing in the server to queue and ensure that everyone gets a fair chance to generate images.
Stay tuned!
