On July 27th, 2021, Version 1.1 of the VRC Tipping Point Game Manual was released, and the following changes were made:
- Updated the definition of Alliance Home Zone to be a 3-Dimensional volume.
• The Alliance Home Zones are defined by the inner edges of the playing field walls and the designated white tape lines.
• The tape is considered to be part of the Alliance Home Zone.
• The Alliance Home Zones are a 3-dimensional volume, defined by the infinite upward projection from the foam tiles inside of the Alliance Home Zone boundaries.
• The Platforms are considered part of their respective Alliance Home Zone.
- Updated Scoring Note 3 to allow any part of the Mobile Goal Base to break the plane of an Alliance Home Zone and be considered as Scored.
A Mobile Goal is considered Scored in an Alliance Home Zone if, at the end of the Match, any part of the Mobile Goal Base is at least partially within the Alliance Home Zone (i.e. “breaking the plane” of the Zone).
- Added Scoring Note 6 to clarify additional scoring situations.
Contact with foam tiles, Platforms, and / or Robots does not affect whether a Mobile Goal is considered Scored. Contact is only relevant when determining whether a Mobile Goal is Elevated (see the definition of Elevated for more information). In this particular example, the Mobile Goal would not be considered Elevated, but would still be considered as Scored.
- Added another image to G19 to clarify starting orientation of Mobile Goals.
The rotation of Scoring Objects may vary from nominal to ±20°. Rings should always be oriented such that the “raised” portions are parallel to the Platforms. Mobile Goals should always be oriented such that the vision target found on the “point” of the heptagon Base resembles Figure 22.
- Updated rule SG3 to clarify penalties for contact with the Platform
• Violations of this rule which do not interfere with gameplay, such as bumping into the Platform and then driving away, will result in the opposing Alliance receiving credit for one additional Elevated Robot at the end of the Match. (Alliances may still only receive points for a maximum of two Elevated Robots).
• Violations of this rule which do interfere with gameplay, such as preventing a Platform from becoming Balanced, will result in a Disqualification, regardless of whether the interference was Match Affecting or not.
- Updated rule SG4 to include all Scoring Objects completely within the opposing Alliance Home Zone.
During the Autonomous Period, Robots may not contact the foam tiles, Scoring Objects, Robots, or Platforms which are fully contained in the opposing Alliance Home Zone.
- Updated rule R8 to include rubber bands and pneumatic components.
• Rubber bands that are identical in length and thickness to those included in the VEX V5 product line (#32 and #64)
• Pneumatic components with identical SMC manufacturer part numbers to those listed on the VEX website
- Updated rule T6 to clarify that the Red Alliance always places Robots last.
The red Alliance places last.
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Removed Live Remote Skills from Appendix B
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Various minor typo corrections.
The next manual update, Version 2.0, will occur on August 31st, 2021.