Vex V5 Text Tank Control Code

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Hey,
I was coding a tank control and am only known to code for tank control/drive like this:

#include “vex.h”

using namespace vex;

int main() {
// Initializing Robot Configuration. DO NOT REMOVE!
vexcodeInit();

// Deadband stops the motors when Axis values are close to zero.
int deadband = 5;

while (true) {
// Get the velocity percentage of the left motor. (Axis3)
int leftSideSpeed = Controller1.Axis3.position();
// Get the velocity percentage of the right motor. (Axis2)
int rightSideSpeed = Controller1.Axis2.position();

// Set the speed of the left motor. If the value is less than the deadband,
// set it to zero.
if (abs(leftSideSpeed) < deadband) {
  // Set the speed to zero.
  DriveLeftFront.setVelocity(0, percent);
  DriveLeftBack.setVelocity(0, percent);

} else {
  // Set the speed to leftMotorSpeed
  DriveLeftFront.setVelocity(leftSideSpeed, percent);
  DriveLeftBack.setVelocity(leftSideSpeed, percent);
}

// Set the speed of the right motor. If the value is less than the deadband,
// set it to zero.
if (abs(rightSideSpeed) < deadband) {
  // Set the speed to zero
  DriveRightFront.setVelocity(0, percent);
   DriveRightBack.setVelocity(0, percent);
} else {
  // Set the speed to rightMotorSpeed
  DriveRightFront.setVelocity(rightSideSpeed, percent);
  DriveRightBack.setVelocity(rightSideSpeed, percent);
}

// Spin both motors in the forward direction.
DriveLeftFront.spin(forward);
DriveLeftBack.spin(forward);
DriveRightFront.spin(forward);
DriveRightBack.spin(forward);

wait(25, msec);

}
}

this code does work, but I want to lower the velocity or speed as the robot goes too fast. I would appreciate if anyone could tell me how I can do this. Thanks for your help as usual.

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// Get the velocity percentage of the left motor. (Axis3)
int leftSideSpeed = Controller1.Axis3.position() / 2;
// Get the velocity percentage of the right motor. (Axis2)
int rightSideSpeed = Controller1.Axis2.position() / 2;

You could divide your controller position by some factor to scale the overall speed.

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