Wacky AI tank ideas tested in Sprocket Tank Design!

In the first of a 4-part series for the Official Sprocket Discord's "Luck of the Draw" contest, we take 16 tanks built from randomly-generated tank prompts and fight them out against each other!
Thanks to all of our community members who submitted vehicles for this first batch of custom battles!
DeltaComora
smooth angle enjoyer (Jagd)
ɥnɹq / 𝓫𝓻𝓾𝓱
Charlie Foxtrotꑭ
blaj
C A T
Aetherleaf
ImperfectAAA
BraveSteelDragon
Mr.Sofa
Assley
original username
NnoDragonEclipse
TheCeaptain
phipschi
CptBlitz
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[@Bernoris]

I love how there's a giant landship with more firepower than the HMS Leander and something that's literally a pickup truck with gun on this same contest lol

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It's going to get even wackier in the upcoming three videos in this series. We'll see Covenanter SPGs, another pickup truck with a gun, multiple derp gun tankettes, an Among Us, and alot of other fun stuff appear in future rounds.

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

Plus there’s literally 8 people in that assumedly 2-seater pickup

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

The official prompt for NnoDragonEclipse's Eq194 Clydesdale (the pickup truck) was to have 6 crew members. While it probably would have more IRL, here it's just 6.

[@snowcube_steel]

toyota hilux

[@MartianLeo_T]

seems like part 2 where a stronk armored car or something fought my weak sad lada with a turret

[@FishFlys]

I'm dying for Sproket to add AI vs AI battles to get a more accurate representation of the vehicles capabilities.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It's actually possible in the current state. Start a custom battle, press P to enter photo mode, and press the up arrow 10 times to get the vehicles in motion.

[@FishFlys]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial Thank you that's super helpful!

[@AB0BA_69]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial Why is this game or sim or w/e so bad at showing whether a vehicle is destroyed or not? Even you were getting confused by this. Is that intentional?

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

More or less intentional. Sprocket will make it obvious if you blow up the ammo, but not knocking out their crew. In a sense it’s more realistic than, say, War Thunder, where your whole tank turns brown even if just the crew is knocked out.

[@Lario_bros]

​@@thewonderwaffleofficialyeah, i think its obvious, but its made for dont confuse disabled vehicles whit operational vehicles in realistic and simulator battles

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

I like how "No" is labelled a "Civilian vehicle"

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

No kidding, some of these vehicles had wacky names and designs to fit. There's still 3 more videos to go in this series.

[@gabrielhenson5751]

especially funny considering the size of the gun relative to the total weight means it's pretty much just a gun and engine on tracks.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Yep, very impractical IRL

[@BierBart12]

The things you gotta drive to work with in a world full of giant hostile mantis shrimp

[@biffy2163]

9:30 no 9/11

[@Notrussian.]

this is the literal "its not the plane its the pilot" thing

[@schwererpanzerspahwagen7717]

yes

[@gcjgcjbdjgdjhfxbvxhcx6704]

No "it's the pilot not the plane"

[@monostripezebras]

Some really nice vehicles.. but it feels like it is more about what vehicle type the AI is not completely hopeless

[@Losowy]

Maybe to get more fair results you will add additional tank on player side and just stay at spawn so AI wont see you and the battle will be actually AI vs AI Would be kinda boring but... Well

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Yep, way more boring, and the AI is very inconsistent, so this method gives each vehicle a chance to be played by a human at least once.

[@artemisthehunter8360]

That’s a great idea

[@crazysnow1236]

It should be fine if we sit here absorbing all the shells. Meanwhile his crew going deaf after the battle

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

BBOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGGG

[@jowey_2077]

cant wait for internal update!!!!!!!!

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Definitely! Expect it to release in July, maybe late June if we're lucky.

[@jowey_2077]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial 😄

[@DaCouchWarrior]

​@@thewonderwaffleofficial of next year)

[@WhatIsSanity]

I do like that the way this testing is done each tank performs as well as you can make it, and it is a pretty fair fight. I think the SA55 vs mini Tiger were pretty inconclusive though. I would like to see the SA 55 get an honourable mention, or even be shown mercy and allowed to recontest for it's valiant performance. Either way I enjoyed this. Cheers.

[@WhatIsSanity]

Edit: I am wayyyy too late to get my favourite back in the running haha!

[@andreasschone5383]

The Fennec has potential, but the tires are the biggest issue. On a street, it would be fine, but offroad it clearly needs different tires.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Yeah, it wasn't very fast either.

[@mexicanwitharock]

A weapon to surpass metal gear

[@ellagrant6190]

I've seen this in WoT and WT too where someone parks a gun inside another tank and then blows it up. I hate it. I want clipping on my guns. If it makes it more awkward, good, that's part of the challenge. It's cheap to drive up to something, put your gun 3 metres inside the target and then blowing them up. Nice video though. Thanks.

[@ratte6090]

Pretty sure the Clydesdale was an MLP ref lmao. It even had "Eq" as a prefix

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Most likely, since NnoDragonEclipse uses a MLP gif for their Discord profile banner.

[@lonewaffle231]

KV-15 is good the problem was skill issue. A-100 is cool Jai-902 Fennec is probably my fav vehicle in this contest. VK 18.04 (J) is just a mini Tiger 1 but the battle was really indecisive with the SA55 120 Pircer, both are equally goo I feel like. Also the title is a bit misleading cuz it sounds like an AI created the tanks.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Yeah, unfortunately KZbin prefers shorter titles, so I had to trim a small bit of the information out of the title.

[@cptfrostbite]

The fennec was definitely the coolest

[@jukemastr]

*shoots* *misses because the muzzle velocity is not great* *aims at the exact same spot* shoots and misses again* *complains about the muzzle velocity*

[@unbeardedwizard2912]

People are getting real good at this game man.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

when online batles come eventually, this chalenges will be easier to do

[@Galvin09670]

It looks like some of these builders are wizards with transmissions and engines XD

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

There’s tools out there, such as sprockettools.github.io/TopGearCalculator.html

[@drakonhey]

6:00 LOL

[@clunk_fest5326]

Its all based on tactics. No matter how good or how bad a tank is it wont really matter if the tactics arnt good. I think certain vehicles won because he was playing them himself, he has tactics and ai just doesnt.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

That’s why I played two rounds for each matchup, as the AI is in pretty bad shape right now and desperately needs improvement. It’s impossible to get perfect results unless we had a perfectly symmetrical map with at least 16 AI-controlled tanks per team.

[@clunk_fest5326]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial yeah i agree. They need to make custom battles a lot more customizable, i hope they’ll at least add free cam or something so its just ai fighting. Although idk how exciting that would really be.

[@DaCouchWarrior]

In new versions ERA armor that made out of compartments doesnt work(

[@mrexists5400]

im impressed the ikv turret was bouncing such big shots

[@imablock16]

7:31 this is like if the russians copied our massive tortoise artillery "tank" you know...the one that needs track attachments like a dually to move xD

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Haha definitely

[@mr.carrot9956]

Bro ... what on earth is happening at 33:26 😂

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It’s just excited…

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Nice with the technical with the Pride month camouflage seen in the thumbnail.

[@justsoicanfingcomment5814]

You clearly do better in tank destroyers where you are forced to keep your heavy frontal armor facing the enemy versus the turreted Creations which you frequently leave your flanks exposed.

[@bpw102896]

That m9 mountain car would have been much better if the guns weren't tandom firing

[@G-Cole-01]

I think my favorite vehicle of this one is the Jai-902; it kind of looks like a Cold-War-era version of the Mako from Mass Effect.

[@ZombiePenguin1st]

Please lower the game sound in future videos, sometimes it is hard to hear you

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Is this across the whole video, or just in certain sections of it?

[@justsoicanfingcomment5814]

​@@thewonderwaffleofficialwhole video

[@KeeganYF12]

Just reached 11 minutes in and man, going up against those "No" tanks was like putting down a dog.

[@theoheinrich529]

gotta love the toyota reference

[@attackhelicopter9882]

Bombardino AKA: "attack of the silly little men"

[@Dreadguard]

The M43e5 Currassier looks more like an IS6 than it does a T55 or Sherman. That turret does resemble an IS6 more as well.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Not too surprising, considering how wacky some of these builds are

[@bendynamic2150]

I've been really wanting to play this game but I saw that they plan on updating the game with like volumetric interior to show where the crew would be to force you to work around ergonomics so I've been holding off until they put that update out if they get that update out I'd buy it

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It's a few months out currently, my most recent video on it uses the latest available closed beta version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3q0Y2iparaGjdU

[@panzerjagertigerporsche]

How is a the L9-45 Bombardino a tankette when it has a 128mm gun

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Some weird design prompts were generated…

[@phantomking5341]

I really wish that I could have taken place in making one of the tanks.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

We'll probably run another contest like this in the future. If you want to get notifications about joining it, come my KZbin channel's Discord: discord.gg/ZUPZH5cKbj

[@xavi-kun]

8:22 I fucking died at “No” 🤣

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It was definitely one of the more amusing name choices in the field

[@xavi-kun]

@@thewonderwaffleofficialalso the fact it’s designated as a “civilian vehicle” lmao

[@davidmclaughlin6791]

the tonk has been made

[@Dacarwhizz]

Welcome to another episode of “What random KZbin video will I watch at 1 am today?”

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Enjoy

[@UmUs]

Awesome video. The 40 minutes felt like 10.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thomasjones3206]

Are we going to ignore the tank with duel 6 barrel turrets with a watch tower on it?

[@ntfoperative9432]

Thing looks like it’s straight out of warhammer

[@quintrapnell3605]

You should be able to fire without aiming down sights in the faster mobile tanks

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

True, it’s just very tricky to see the end location indicator when on the move, and I’d rather aim to successfully hit anyways.

[@genericuser984]

cool

[@panandrew2748]

the A-100 looks like a main tank.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

KV-15 would have likely been designed KV-2S. Since its essentially the same turret, slightly better modifications with a far larger chassis and turret mg.

[@sanarh_]

2:58- 1 vs 1, who is win? i- 1!

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Yes

[@owenschulz9504]

“Civilian vehicle”

[@OptiPopulus]

Round 1: Tiger 1 prototype vs Object 268/T28 hybrid Round 2: KV-6 mission kill edition™ with sniper tower vs ASU-85 up gunned Round 3: M8 Greyhound with Charioteer Mk7/Centurion Mk3 hybrid turret vs E25 during pride month Round 4: 2S3M vs KV-2 with bow turret MG Round 5: SU-76D vs Conqueror Round 6: AMX-10RC with M1128 turret vs T-10A Round 7: Schneider CA1 but pink, flat, and wheeled vs Ystervark during pride month Round 8: Lago 1 vs Herman M1-A5 from Battalion Wars 2

[@socialmediaagenturbremen6050]

ARTI TANK GUST LIKE THE 15 CM SLG

[@xdimfunnyfr]

27:45 more like a IS-6

[@Lofi.z34]

Man I hope the dev improves the AI in this game... Battlefield 1942 from 2002 had better tank AI

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Yeah, someday it probably will.

[@pupinator98]

wait, confused as to the result of the first match since both sides won when the player was in control

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

The better performing side won. Ratios of remaining tanks to total tanks fielded are used to determine the winner.

[@AkatsukiChan143]

25:09 Boss you killed a child

[@kralicidoupe385]

tonk

[@The-Lonely-Nexus]

Can someone make the fallout 4 tank in this

[@user-tu4pq4xf8z]

I think he is obviously using the KV-69 wrong, like any land cruiser tanks, you should position the tank in the way that enemy cannot take out your entire crew in 1 hit(for example, only exposing 1 turret). also like any low caliber small guns, you should focus on breaking enemy track and cannon barrel, instead of spamming at a target that you can't pen normally and pray

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Sprocket doesn’t have mechanics for breaking tank barrels yet, so I’d have to focus on their tracks in that case.

[@user-tu4pq4xf8z]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial oh blyat, sorry bout that, I thought you could break their barrel..... :( in this case, KV-69 is just outright trash and might as well as get rid of all turrets and cramp a 240mm gun on a casemate which is crudely slapped on the oversized hull

[@user-tu4pq4xf8z]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial it would be much more practical if they added broken barrel and broken breach damaged barrel: lose accuracy broken barrel: can't shoot lol damaged breach: reload is slowed a little bit, and there is 40% chance the gun jams every time you try to fire, if it jams, the gun won't fire and you will have to reload to unjam and hope it doesn't rejam. broken breach: can't shoot lol

[@user-tu4pq4xf8z]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial it would be much more practical if they added broken barrel and broken breach damaged barrel: lose accuracy broken barrel: can't shoot lol damaged breach: reload is slowed a little bit, and there is 40% chance the gun jams every time you try to fire, if it jams, the gun won't fire and you will have to reload to unjam and hope it doesn't rejam. broken breach: can't shoot lol

[@cptfrostbite]

To the person that made the ikv that is not a ikv as ikv stands for infanteri kannon vagn which translated to english becomes infantry canon wagon but up till the ikv 91 ikvs have been like lightly armored tank destroyers made to help infantry on the battlefield not a light tank with a 30mm gun

[@CharlesDoesWarthunder]

please link these vehicles i love them

[@rameynoodles152]

Dear god... why can we not have multiplayer in this game? The AI is just too stupid. All we need to have reasonable and balanced battles is to set restrictions on what you can bring to the battle. Weight, engine size, technology year, crew size, gun size, add a simulated cost to determine how many tanks you can have on your team, literally all kinds of ways to make sure it's balanced.. This would be SOOOOO MUCH FUN.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Multiplayer is on the roadmap, it's just going to take a few years to get here.

[@rameynoodles152]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial HOLY GOD! Are you pulling my leg!?!?

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Roadmap: media.discordapp.net/attachments/1002493269625802815/1062462933877129347/8b356140fc9e1ccef59be9996c1ee9f9c006a2dd.png

[@rameynoodles152]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial Nice! Thanks for the link!

[@Prisoner4245]

How do I get this game can I get it on a laptop?

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Sprocket Tank Design (developed and published solely by Hamish Dunn) is available on Steam and runs on Windows. store.steampowered.com/app/1674170/Sprocket/ While it can run on laptops, you're going to want a dedicated GPU to get good performance. Intel's integrated graphics can't run the game very well.

[@scouttroopergaming]

How to you make the hunchbacks gun swivel like thet

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It has a turret that clips into the hull, acting as the compartment that swivels the gun.

[@scouttroopergaming]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial thanks so much

[@scouttroopergaming]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial T28 HMC maybe

[@purpleatlas3860]

Hi Wonder Waffle, where can I submit my tank to the contest? 🙂

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

This contest is long past, but you can join my Discord for updates on other ones: discord.gg/2984qZPT

[@bigfloppa8115]

How do u get track prints

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Enable it in your graphics settings.

[@kaleb7577]

I don’t understand scoring

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

It's a percentage-based system determined by how many vehicles each side can kill, relative to their team size. A score of 200 means you killed all enemy vehicles in both matches, while a score of 100 means you killed exactly half the amount of vehicles.

[@tonyduc10]

Kv-6 Vs t-100 and smk ?

[@awddwa6544]

Comment for the algorithm

[@iclimbeverything2990]

Audio balancing is very very bad, turn down music turn up voice

[@Matty07ITA]

Where can I download the M9 Mountain Car ?

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

You would have to ask the creator for it, you can find them in discord.gg/sprocket

[@Matty07ITA]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial Ok thanks

[@453543ification]

How can I submit my crearion to a turnament?)

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Take a look at active tournaments in communities listed here: Sprocket Official Discord: discord.gg/sprocket Industries' Collaboration Discord: discord.gg/X3zZ3MqXxq Subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/SprocketTankDesign/comments/yd94ub/subreddit_competitions_compilation_mega_post_sccmp/?context=3

[@jameskidd2.072]

This game looks awesome, hope it comes to Xbox at some point ❤

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Hamish is not planning a console release, unfortunately. This game would prove noticeably difficult to use on a console, given its reliance on mouse input and how similar it is to Blender.

[@jameskidd2.072]

@@thewonderwaffleofficial I think if they are going to do one (even though it is not planned), PS4-5 would be a better bet as it has a glorified mouse pad on it.

[@Jadg.pz.kpfw.CC64-2M-Jumbo]

Make a better Jpanther 2, like way better

[@apoplecticwrenchmonkey]

The engine sounds are really pretty underwhelming.

[@lullul335]

First

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Second

[@mycocodog47]

​@@thewonderwaffleofficial Fourth

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

@@mycocodog47 actually fourth?

[@vinccool96]

First!

[@Jollytjerry11]

I think the result was inaccurate and biased due to operator error so I decided to dislike this video.

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

Specify further?

[@jacobmosovich]

This guys terrible at compensating distances. Instead of saying "that was terrible" and keeping your sights on the same spot how bout you aim higher. Its so infuriating

[@17denby]

I don’t remeber anyone asking

[@thewonderwaffleofficial]

I'd rather fine-tune the shot and increase the angle by marginal distances instead of going way above and overshooting. Unfortunately the crosshair alignment with the guns isn't always perfect either.

[@subjectc7505]

At certain distances, some rounds bounce off or don't pen, even if you aim higher lol. So aim where it'll go through and it'll eventually kill the tank.