Vex "Gateway" 2011-2012 VRC Game

[MattC9]

Alright, So I think we know what to post to there Q&A forum. But i did figure out the gate latch thing, theres a Velcro strap that secure's it in the up position so the coach has to walk around lift up the gate and Velcro it up. I found this looking at appendix A. Hope this helps.

[penguin8r]

Originally Posted by Duke461

I understand SG5 and SG6, but I don't understand SG15. What are the human players allowed to do once the gates are lifted?

<SG15> Team members may not enter the playing field until the head referee has given the “all clear”
signal and both Gates are down

I think this is referring to either teams entering the field or taking their robots and leaving. I guess its just there to ensure an orderly transition between matches.

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by penguin8r

I think this is referring to either teams entering the field or taking their robots and leaving. I guess its just there to ensure an orderly transition between matches.

Ah, that makes sense. I feel stupid now
They really made it sound like its a situation during the game haha.

Does anybody know if the gate has to be latched back at the 30 second mark, or just be in the process of doing so?

[pwnageNick]

How do you get appendix A: Field Specs to open??? I can't get it to open for the life of me...

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

How do you get appendix A: Field Specs to open??? I can't get it to open for the life of me...

It works fine for me. Its a ZIP file. I will PM you with a link to a google docs file of it. PM me if anyone else would like the google docs link.

Hope this helps,
-Duke

EDIT: Here is the google docs link for a ZIP file of appendix A: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2j...uthkey=CMyJoUY

[NotSoSiniSter]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

The way I interpreted it was that there is probably some kind of latch on the field wall where you latch the gate once its up so the coach doesn't have to sit there holding it up the whole match.!

I was at the unveiling and I talked to the guys in charge of the design, they said that there will be a Velcro strap to hold the wall up. Honestly, there should have been an automatic latching mechanism that had to be released to put the side down, in the rush of things, I bet a coach will forget it one match, and since the loading zone is so close to the wall, it might get bumped and come crashing down on a robot. Hopefully that never happens.

[MattC9]

There is a fake animation up guys, its a "robot roll", so be careful.

this is the link to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTRCjJ3HTPI

[jsasaki]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2UrG4J7bUs

[pwnageNick]

It works fine for me. Its a ZIP file. I will PM you with a link to a google docs file of it. PM me if anyone else would like the google docs link.

Hope this helps,
-Duke

EDIT: Here is the google docs link for a ZIP file of appendix A: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2j...uthkey=CMyJoUY

Thanks, Duke, that helped a lot. I've really wanted to know how wide in diameter those goals were

[Greg Needel]

Here is a link to the official game animation

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...dFLndQ&h=9bd14

[eric204]

What is the best free program for animation

[daniel_dsouza]

Originally Posted by eric204

What is the best free program for animation

Blender http://www.blender.org/

This is probably one of the best free ones. Especially given all the support online for it.

Don't really know why this was in this particular thread.