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That means: one of the limitations of building a classic 36-iron (or mace) is the need to attach all weapon motors on the direct extender attached to the snapper, the other remaining AP can be used for the drive motors.
 
That means: one of the limitations of building a classic 36-iron (or mace) is the need to attach all weapon motors on the direct extender attached to the snapper, the other remaining AP can be used for the drive motors.
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Revision as of 03:07, 17 April 2010

The "Rule of 7" is one of the building limitations of RA2 building : you can't possibly build a bot that has more than 7 components in a row (It can be broken with BFE however). It was most likely implemented in the game to reduce lag from huge setups on a single anchor.

Example - you put a baseplate anchor on your chassis, an extender on it, another extender attached on that extender, and repeat this 4 times. The game won't let you attach another component to the last 6th extender, because the setup has 7 components in a row (Anchor-Extender-Extender-Extender-Extender-Extender-Extender)

Another more practical example is the setup on a 36-weapon HS. It is usually:

Snapper II - Extender - HP Z-tek -Tribar - 20cm round extender- 20cm round extender - Mace(or iron spike)

That means: one of the limitations of building a classic 36-iron (or mace) is the need to attach all weapon motors on the direct extender attached to the snapper, the other remaining AP can be used for the drive motors.