Re: Ultimate Ascent Catalyst DBS 2013 Simulation Game
 

Tried playing this on our CAD computers. Can anyone confirm that backslash, the key for dispensing frisbees for right side keyboard isn't working?

Re: Ultimate Ascent Catalyst DBS 2013 Simulation Game
 

For anyone trying to figure out controls, if you press escape during a match and then click controls, it'll tell you how to do everything.

One issue I've been having is that when I raise the lift on the forklift bot, it never comes back down, are others experiencing this issue?

Re: Ultimate Ascent Catalyst DBS 2013 Simulation Game
 

Checked the DBS forums. They are aware of this bug and plan to have it patched by next update.

Re: Ultimate Ascent Catalyst DBS 2013 Simulation Game
 

While Catalyst lets you see an artist's interpretation of a few different launcher and climber styles, I have found that this program is riddled with bugs and doesn't really get you anywhere. In addition to an infuriating control scheme, I tried a few different robot configurations and was able to do little more than fling a frisbee (poorly) at the targets, and smack into the tower a few times, with the climbing mechanism doing very little. This is no substitute for the visualizations provided by a good CAD model or the benchtop testing provided by traditional hardware prototyping, which is unfortunate.

I would love to see a well implemented simulator that lets teams control their robot with an onboard camera view, where the physics worked somewhat reliably, and where you could design a bit more of your own machine that might work more to your liking. Last year's Catalyst worked about the same as this year, and I was hoping for an improvement which may have to wait until next season.

Re: Ultimate Ascent Catalyst DBS 2013 Simulation Game
 

Hello CD world! We have posted a blog to our website about the progress of the Catalyst 2013 BETA. It has information about what the immediate updates will be, and what to expect about a commercial release for Catalyst 2013.

http://www.dbsgames.net/blog/

Thanks to all that have helped so far!

Re: Ultimate Ascent Catalyst DBS 2013 Simulation Game
 

First of all I'd like to thank the people who put TONS of hard work in to bringing us a game simulator. We should all be thankful that we have a constantly improving tool to simulate realtime matches.

Catalyst may not be perfect right now or even this year but I think that's it's got a lot of potential to be an amazing asset for teams.