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Re: [FVC]: Transferring programs between computers
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Originally Posted by 1885.Blake View Post
Maybe some of us folks on the right coast can ship a simple competition ready version of the default software to our buddies on the left coast. I think I and one or two friends could cobble it together.

Should a team ever actually use it in a competition I believe that they would need to be certain that the tournament judges know that the code is something from the public domain that the team is simply using (without modification/improvement) rather than something they developed.

Blake
Well folks, ManicMechanic got permission from her Affiliate Partner to offer a competition-ready EasyC "clone" of the default code that comes preloaded into starter kits' computers. I gave it a shot; although with a couple of 3:00 AM sessions at the last minute during my FRC team's NASA/VCU Regional... I'm a bit nervous about whether I have some disastrous bug in it.

When I/we get some feedback from MM about how well the code worked, fix any bugs discovered, groom and polish it a bit, and then check with the FIRST Gods... maybe we will be able to announce a result that will help young teams ease into the world of FVC programming.

Note that as part of the deal, there are no autonomous instructions in the software I/we were allowed to supply (not that I could have guessed what to put in there other than a bit of driving straight ahead or maybe running left and right post patterns).

Stay tuned.

Blake
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