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Re: Five Person Drive team in 2017
If this thread isn't a sign that CD is going through some serious withdrawals, I don't know what is.
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Re: Five Person Drive team in 2017
It's a good thing we are so close to kickoff then, plus the promise of more hints in the DLC unlocked tonight
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Re: Five Person Drive team in 2017
4th drive team member... Prepare to TAKE FLIGHT!
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Hints you say?
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We can barely communicate with six robots reliably do you guys think FIRST is going to add three mini bots or drones into that crowded bandwidth?
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I sure hope so! I love chaos.
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Field communication errors are almost exclusively the fault of the effected team at this point. There is no reason why the field couldn't theoretically run an additional 6 lines of communication with the current hardware, especially if those lines are not transmitting video data. Additionally, who's to say the field networking hardware couldn't be updated to more reliably support 6 additional robots.
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This is not to say that the system would be unable to handle 6 additional feeds, that is totally doable. Another way of doing this would be to bring back the non-human player of 2008 where they could control their robot through the IR sensor. Would be another way of accomplishing that goal. Last edited by Irwin772 : 12-16-2016 at 03:01 AM. |
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Had we not updated radios, I would totally agree with you. Six additional feeds with the D-Link would absolutely increase the occurrence of the "Christmas Tree" among other things. If anyone has more questions about what the "Christmas Tree" is(symptoms, causes, fixes) or if you'd like to hear why the recent changes are fixing this issue, feel free to PM me or quote/reply. I'd be happy to answer your questions! |
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Crazy(ish) idea, someone already mentioned the extra button being for someone to control some sort of train minibot, if this is the case the train could be controlled directly through the rails and additional functions on board the train could also be controlled if they used a dcc (digital command control) system. Teams could build their own "train" with a specific on-board controller which is programmed to respond to their team number and the additional team member could operate that from a dedicated station, not necessarily directly behind the glass, similar placement to the kinect stations. Many teams probably wouldn't build one of these trains and therefore I think it would almost have to be something like 1 train per alliance and the whole alliance gets the points it scores with regard to ranking. I have not really thought through the scoring and all that and the logistics (events need lots of track cleaner on hand) but I like trains and this is just one way that I think would be really cool to include them into an FRC game. This gives a truly teleoperated minibot without taking up more bandwidth, and dcc systems are incredibly reliable in connecting, as long as the tracks are clean. Also, the trains could pull their power from the rails so they would not need additional batteries on board and at the end of the match the fms could simply cut power to them. As far as the extra people, if only one of these is used per alliance, possibly each team gets an additional button, but to use it they must have their train in hand as they enter the field.
Just another thoroughly crazy idea, but hey, it sounds fun, at least on paper. |
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Taken right from the blog post,
Looking for a little holiday something from FIRST? Some FIRST STEAMWORKSTM content, maybe a hint or two? Look no further. Lovingly wrapped and delivered! the button picture may be that hint and the only one we get from this post |
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Re: Five Person Drive team in 2017
Don't forget the "3, 2, 1, Liftoff" ringtone in the DLC pack. If you ask me that's definitely another hint (and more likely to be the one that the text is referencing, given that it's talking about the DLC pack).
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I saw that thread just after I posted, That is definitely the second hint he is speaking about.
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I love this kind of speculation, but since I have so little to complain about now that I'm on vacation, I have a bone to pick with this thread.
Particularly with the title. The lack of a question mark led me to believe there was some sort of definitive credible source stating that there would be a five person drive team. After reading the source material I discovered that this was merely speculation. I know this is SUPER nit picky, but can we write our titles to be a bit more representative of the content of the thread, as in a thread where the topic is "will there be an additional drive team member on the field" would have the title "Five Person Drive team in 2017?" I know this is a serious FIRST world problem but I really have nothing better to do, so ignore this if It's as trivial of an issue as the rational half of my brain tells me it is. |
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Re: Five Person Drive team in 2017
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