When reading the forum over the past several days, I’ve noticed some confusion over the release of VEXcode 1.0 (and 1.0.1) and what has changed from the August 0.9 version. I want to try and clarify a few things and comment on a few rumors that seem to have started. I’ll also try and add some tip…

I’d assume it would be to save processing power for other tasks. Repeating it 1000 times a second leaves little room for other things to compute.

James, what is the significance of the slash marks in waitUntil? I noticed if they were removed the “do” and “while” showed up as an error. Also, how do you open two files at once? Thanks.

[image] nikaash: is there a reason for 5 msec rather than 1? [image] Sylvie: I’d assume it would be to save processing power for other tasks. That is the reason, but in the case of the v5 it usually doesn’t apply since you really aren’t running much, and the important task like motors …

The back slash is line continuation, it lets you define a macro over several lines as opposed to having to write it like this. #define waitUntil(condition) do { wait(5, msec); } while (!(condition)) Two files ? If you mean two projects then use “new window” and then in the new window open the sec…

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Example code for the motor group and drivetrain classes is here. [image] VEXcode, motor groups and drivetrain example VEXcode Pro V5 Text Tech Support There have been quite a few requests for instructions on how to use motor groups and creating a drivetrain with more than …

I saw this comment in our feedback system task::sleep was eliminated, causing a lot of pain I want to reaffirm that nothing has been removed from the SDK with the VEXcode text 1.0 release.

I understand having multiple source files open at the same time, but It was also stated that “You can have multiple projects open at the same time”. When I try to open a new project, it closes the first project. How do you have multiple projects open at the same time? Do you just do multiple win…

One project per window. So yes, open up a new window and then open the project.

can we use vex::event or mevent ?

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Example code for the motor group and drivetrain classes is here.