LBP2 Beta Level: AssistBot

[lewishamiltonify]

wow the creator of that hover droid/assist bot is awsome im in the middle of making my own and i have but one problem...how do you get it to not go write in your face withot disabling the up and down option on the follower

[lick9152]

its's just so sad when it kills a bot it says I LOVE YOUUUUU

[PrownToOwn]

Jusr did the same thing today but it looks more like the cores from portal. I also plan on mine having rockets and lightning or lasers

[BigBoss101101]

Yeah *cough* *cough* you. You used the wrong there. Instead of there, you should have used they're. (Addressed to the user below).

[dtexs04]

you have a lot of stupid/dumb people commenting.............and if they read this they probably think there not one of them

[liamlee2010]

does anyone know how to get that 10point thing when you kill them? answer cos 100th comment :)

[Noshire]

@liamlee2010

Did you already try using a "score giver"? :) Just attach one to the bot, set it to 10 points and wire it to the death mechanism of the bot.

[sackboyonfire143]

This is a pretty simple level. It may seems complicated but it's really simple. This is really a good level .

[Noshire]

@sackboyonfire143

Well, it was a small test back in the beta. It's not even a real level, just a showcase for a drone prototype. but thanks :)

[SUPERSKULFIRE7]

If a sackbot could pick up a jetpack, That would be cool. Since what if you needed to control one on the other side of a wall that has to go high in order to pull a switch that will let you through.

[Noshire]

@SUPERSKULFIRE7

You could replicate the jetpack movement by sticking a couple of movers to the Sackbot. Just add decorations that look like a jetpack, and add one or two smoke emitters, and you're done :)

[stevenplol]

if i get enternet bak for my PS3 ill add u

[djpokeboy]

Hey, I made a little robot kind of like this but even with a gyroscope and a material tweaker for 0 friction. But it always gets too close and scrapes across the floor and starts to roll! Is there Any way i can stop it getting so close?

[ShadowBeatzz]

OMG AIMBOT lol

[mustachedisaster]

okay im just gonna ask. WHAT THE HELL IS A BETA?

[FoxHoundUnit89]

@mustachedisaster When games are being made they go through stages. In Alpha it's getting the basic framework of the game, and often the game won't have any real polish to it at all. In Beta the game is mostly done and they're just testing features to make sure everything works perfectly, as well as balancing and optimization. When a game "goes gold" that means it's finalized and will be soon burnt to discs for you and I to enjoy.

[LarsLeenders]

Killing spree

[shadowcrow5]

sackbots sappin mah assist bot >=(

[lordsean999]

if any has spare beta key send it to me plz msg me

[eenayeah]

@lordsean999

What the heck are you talking about?

[Sackboy950]

It sad to hear the sackbot die in this level

[tmg331]

Is this game fun?

[killer6468]

@tmg331 its lbp what do you think?

[dayneoram]

@Noshire I've tried those. The block thing takes forever, and is impractical in many ways. Explosives destroy the sackbot too- not to mention emitting the explosive so close to a wall is dang near impossible.

[Noshire]

@dayneoram

Well, you could emit the explosives in an empty back-layer, behind the destructible material. That's what I did in my planetary tanks level, to create massive craters for the meteors. That way, you can form the landscape without harming your sackbots.

[supermattt18]

Can you shoot AI Sackbots from the creatinator?

[Noshire]

@supermattt18

The Creatinator is nothing but an emitter attached to your head, so - yes, absolutely. You could try to create some sort of Pikmin-like gameplay, where you have to spawn and navigate your own little sackbot army, for example :)

[Lime618]

@Noshire AWSOME lol

[looperterd]

@Noshire Say if you had a vehicle game, could you map the controller to two buttons at once such as x and square?

[Noshire]

@looperterd

Yeah, you can map any combination of buttons to any possible actions. There's literally no limits on how you can combine, cross or otherwise manipulate the controls.

[natsamsonPS3]

I can see Lemmings coming to LBP with all of those :)

[Noshire]

@natsamsonPS3

Actually, there already IS a lemmings prototype for LBP2 :D I don't know whether a video has been uploaded yet, but it definitely already looks promising!

[dayneoram]

@natsamsonPS3 I've been working on a lemmings game too, but unfortunately I got stuck after making the lemming stop, commit suicide, climb and build... I can't make the lemmings dig! :(

[Noshire]

@dayneoram

I recommend either working with small, destructible pieces of material glued together, or emitting some sort of explosives to "dig" through the ground.

[102000jdh102]

Zomgg im gonna use something like this to create a level like assassins creed brotherhood XD

[Goldendroid]

Hopefully there will be tutorials on microchips and how to make a basic AI. I'm hopeless at the technical stuff.

[endingitallinc]

i got a beta code but it wont work what do i do?

[RyanwithaR]

all the xbox 360 people are going to be so mad their going to buy a ps3 and LBP2

[Legit120]

What is that skin you are wearing please tell me

[staz213]

can you change the creatinater into a paintinater

[Noshire]

@staz213

You could, of course. I found fireballs to be more interesting than ordinary paintballs, so I chose the creatinator instead.

[xForrest08x]

Nice use of the new microchips if it was used.

[Noshire]

@xForrest08x

They were used. Every sackbot has a basic AI microchip I've put together, consisting of 10 or so different parts. The AssistBot itself is a bit more complex, with multiple chips for movement, buoyancy towards the walls, disabled friendly fire (will never directly shoot at sackboy if he gets in the way) and some other stuff.

[TheMrKing818]

i have an idea a centry gun frum mw2

[Noshire]

@TheMrKing818

That would be rather unimaginative. I'm totally in favor of the basic IDEA of a sentry gun (be it a MW2-like one, more TF2 inspired or whatever), but I think it should appear in its own, original way, possibly tied to some clever gameplay (drawing its attention and letting it shoot against a button, for example).

[mixinghoney]

Now i cant wait to PLAY THIS GAME!!

[ZeroZ30o]

The good thing thta nobody may have noticed is how far the camera can go :D. IT'S AWESOME :DDD!!!

[DaRkLoRd1061]

omg i love that they added a garry's mod esque wiremod, u cn do so much with it like the auto turret in this video, plus it's reli simple by the looks of it, u just drag things on to a chip board that appears in the settings for the object!! can't wait till this comes out!!

[natmil1]

they sound like leprechauns lol

[MrHowdareyou]

Your evil (poor bots) but it so awesome

[joshofsouls1993]

They sound so sad as they die...

[zilla1997rocksXD]

how do you get the beta

[MrCiven]

i can't wait untill the lbp 2 is launched :DDDDD

[TheSilentSniper1337]

Aww, you're lucky you got the BETA. I never get any BETA's or anything :(

[mrsmiley2or9]

@TheSilentSniper1337 me either shall we make a club...and if there already is one...join the club XD

[ScopeHoophy]

people say that lbp2 is just a 60$ DLC for lbp but look at these levels people made out of BETAS! these levels wou;d be literally impossible in lbp 1, now you can make whole actual games, thats good enough for me...

[silverbiometal]

must resit cheesy simbot joke

[Gearheadtheman]

those little bastards just sound so...demented...O.o

[1up7up]

@Gearheadtheman just gotta love the sound when they die

[michaeltaker]

what exactly is that powerup? did it come in the beta or can you make powerups?

[Noshire]

@michaeltaker

The flamethrower? It's the "creatinator", a hat that lets you aim and emit anything you choose; fireballs, in my case. You can let it emit paintballs, cows, ufos, even whole levels if you want.

[TheCommenterSam]

@Noshire Whole level!? It ganna crush you! Or not...

[Fily84]

@Noshire What do you mean whole levels? You mean the level keys?

[Noshire]

@Fily84

I mean it quite literally - the objects you emit can be as large as you want them to be. This means that you could capture a whole level and tell the creatinator to emit that. Of course, this probably wouldn't make much sense, but still, you COULD do it if you want :)

[Jimpiedepimpie]

@Noshire

It be like

OH SHIT MY HEAD IS SHITTING OUT LEVELS OH MAH GAH!

How did you get the beta?

I want to experience the awesomeness too!

[mrsmiley2or9]

@Jimpiedepimpie i THINK you need to have ps + and receive an invite or something like that but i wouldnt try because it might not be the case and that'll be some of ya money gone

[ChuggaFan01]

@Noshire your "my moon" looks cool =)

[mexicanbeast14]

@ChuggaFan01 in your name chuggafan do u mean chuggaonroy?

[ChuggaFan01]

@mexicanbeast14 yesw and there are 2 a's

[ChuggaFan01]

@mexicanbeast14 and a c

[flynnster00707]

hes using aimbot :D

[TheOz1999]

ROFL!!! Great!

[CID70able]

please please please please ever so much get this beta for me my psn is n87565 i subscribed id sell my soul for this beta so please get this for me

[Noshire]

@CID70able

Sorry to say that, but even if I wanted to, I couldn't share the beta with anyone - there are some security mechanisms that prevent the beta from being played on more than 1 PS3.

[CID70able]

@Noshire dang

[TheOz1999]

@Noshire :( i was gunna gameshare too!

[CID70able]

@TheOz1999 could u try to gameshare it to me

[TheOz1999]

@CID70able i don't have it! besides, look at Noshire's comment!

[albkallmeti]

@Noshire actually you can gameshare it but it will ban you from ever getting another invite from Mm ever again.

[skorna3]

@CID70able you can only use a code once so i dont people give it to you

[waspennator5]

@CID70able So basically for you the only way you can get it is if you get chosen for the usa beta this week.

[djpokeboy]

@CID70able Don't worry! There is a way to get the lbp2 beta! if you're a Playstation Plus member you will recieve an invite to join the beta in early december!

[CID70able]

@djpokeboy but im not! :(

[xxxBLOODSPLATxxx]

can you record sounds for them to say?

[Noshire]

@xxxBLOODSPLATxxx

Sound recording isn't in the game yet - you could technically mix a "sound" out of instruments using a music sequencer, but I've just used a preset sound. I think the sound recorder tool might ship with the retail version though.

[xxxBLOODSPLATxxx]

@Noshire hanks for info! :)

[Winkletree]

Add Some Black To The Bots And I Think They Look Like Those Puny Kingdom Hearts Weaklings.

[shanedawsentv3]

@Winkletree dont you mean the badass heartless omg its like you never played kingdom hearts

[Bubbleriderlbp]

Will bots have to make this noise when they die or is it tweakable?

[Noshire]

@Bubbleriderlbp

It's just a sound effect I've added, they make no noise by default.

[Bubbleriderlbp]

@Noshire

Cool thanks!

[burningflurber]

OOOWAAAHDIDLYDOODLIDIDLY!

[CheezyWEAPON]

lol, we can still hear the tortured screams after you win.

I love the assistbot, he'd damn fast! He got a lil stuck at times, and he got overwhelmed with all the bots, but it's a really nice demo. :>

[Noshire]

@CheezyWEAPON

Yes. Didn't want to "fix" the screams because they were actually quite entertaining :) The unnecessary point increases are a bit annoying though, I'd definitely make this better in the retail version.

The AssistBot has only got very basic pathfinding: Don't collide with walls/floor/ceiling (doesn't work for the glowing platform, forgot to declare it as an obstacle), follow player.

Using waypoints or a trial-and-error AI, the pathfinding could be way better.

[olit1234]

Sackbot screams bring a tear to my eye :'(

[Noshire]

@olit1234

It's still better than mass-electrocuting them in a puddle of water though :)

[coyotemoon722]

Cool stuff as always Noshire! The sounds remind me of Abe's Odyssy. I loved that game...

[Noshire]

@coyotemoon722

Thanks for the comment :) I've only played the demo of Abe's Odissey back then... must have been like 7 years old. I still remember every detail of the demo though - this points towards it really being a great game :) Gotta play through the whole thing one day.