<R11> Dimension wrong?

[Trent B]

Originally Posted by Richard

At ~9:43 in the Game Demo Video the example robot appears to exceed a 60" cylinder while deploying a mini-bot. Its ~15" wide sliding stage extends about 17" beyond its front bumper.

Then again, examples used in a demonstration might not adhere to all rules. The GDC will need to clarify the rule. Thanks, Paul, for catching the inconsistency between the stated inch and metric dimensions of the playing configuration limit.

By my calculations of segments of circles in order for a 15" wide thing to fit in a 60" diameter circle it would have to be 1" from tangent with the circle, for a 28" wide robot the rear would have to be 3.5" from tangent with the circle thus the robot length would have to be overall about 55.5" long (60-1-3.5) 38+17 is 55" so it could be just inside the 60" diameter cylinder.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Trent B

By my calculations of segments of circles in order for a 15" wide thing to fit in a 60" diameter circle it would have to be 1" from tangent with the circle, for a 28" wide robot the rear would have to be 3.5" from tangent with the circle thus the robot length would have to be overall about 55.5" long (60-1-3.5) 38+17 is 55" so it could be just inside the 60" diameter cylinder.

My guesstimate of the slide extension was 17" beyond the front bumper, so your 55" would become ~57". So I think the example robot was just outside a 60" diameter cylinder. Either way, it's close.