Its that time of year again: the start of a new season. Consequently, many new people are joining robotics clubs across the world and thus vex forum. This is great, as the goal for RECF is to have as many students involved in robotics as possible. We welcome new users into the community, but there a…

I would like to add that if there is an error in your code, please send us only the relevant section of the code along with any error messages you get in order for us to effectively help you. Make sure to use backticks ` to format your code and it would be nice if it was indented.

[image] Help us help you VEX V5 General Discussion We are now deep in the season, lots of teams are going to their first event and it’s crunch time, or teams have been to events and need help. Lots of posts are getting made with panic in the background. We are all here t…

…and to anyone asking for help troubleshooting their build (friction, gear ratio, etc.): Posting images of relevant sections of the robot makes helping you much easier.

I was just about to say that too. It’s very hard to help someone when they are asking “how do i fix this” with no information or picture of what they need to fix. I see this a lot not just with building, but a lot with programming too.

Please make sure to categorize your posts correctly, I understand that sometimes you don’t know where to post something, and that’s okay as long as it relates to the topic. But if you are discussing v5 in the post, and you mention that you are using v5. You post it in IQ, and the only thing you are …

PSA to new forum users v2

VEX V5 General Discussion

Foster October 12, 2023, 3:19pm 4

Thanks for posting this reminder. The link above is a more detailed list of how we can help you.