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Unread 04-03-2014, 13:00
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Re: Secret Sauce: Shot to Human Player

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Originally Posted by topgun View Post
So, why wasn't any of the defenders hitting you? The 900 human player was indicating that you needed to line up before shooting. Couldn't a defender have just rammed in and knocked the robot off enough to shut this down?
Defense turned out to not be a big problem. Because we were in the corner, we could only be hit periodically thanks to pinning rules. Even when we were hit out of alignment and couldn't readjust before the firing activated, the ball would only land a few feet away from our human player and either
a) it was out of bounds and he would receive it back within a few seconds
or
b) it landed on field in the general vicinity of the goals

Plus our drivetrain is built pretty tough, so knocking us out of alignment probably isn't worth what little delay it causes our cycles.