VEX Cortex RobotC help

[joelg236]

Hello everyone,

I am working on a the code for a VEX robot, using RobotC for Cortex. I have never used C, C++ let alone robotc (Java is my primary language). So far, I am having a tough time understanding how to write the code for our robot.

I'll give you a description of what it is and what I'd like it to do. It is a 4 wheeled robot with an arm controllable by 1 servo (We only had 5 motors and the arm was the only part that only had to move a certain degree). There is an intake that has 1 motor to control it.

So, the tl;dr version is 4 motors for driving, 1 servo to move the arm and 1 motor to do intake.

What I want to do is do tank drive on the 4 motors, have the two triggers (Equivalent to R1 and L1 on PS3) move the arm up and down, and have the "A" button turn on the intake.

I havn't been able to get much past the template. I have the 4 motor tank drive working, but that's it.

#pragma config(Motor,  port2,           frontRightMotor, tmotorServoContinuousRotation, openLoop, reversed)
#pragma config(Motor,  port3,           backRightMotor, tmotorServoContinuousRotation, openLoop, reversed)
#pragma config(Motor,  port4,           frontLeftMotor, tmotorServoContinuousRotation, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor,  port5,           backLeftMotor, tmotorServoContinuousRotation, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor,  port6,           armServo, tmotorServoStandard, openLoop)

task main()
{
  while(1 == 1)
  {
    //Right side of the robot is controlled by the right joystick, Y-axis
    motor[frontRightMotor] = vexRT[Ch2];
    motor[backRightMotor]  = vexRT[Ch2];
    //Left side of the robot is controlled by the left joystick, Y-axis
    motor[frontLeftMotor] = vexRT[Ch3];
    motor[backLeftMotor]  = vexRT[Ch3];
    
    //Servo?
    
    //Intake?
    
  }
}

I can answer any questions that might help you understand what I'm trying to do. Need this to be done this week (5 days) and I don't have enough time in the day to learn a lot of the syntax. All help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Joel