Random autonomous

[DjScribbles]

You can do this. But you should not make it random, I used C++ last year, and programmed it so that by holding a single button on the joystick during disabled mode, the robot would select different routines to run in autonomous. The driver station had a text output describing the mode.

It was indeed very useful/effective. We could switch between shooting 2 balls from the key, shooting 2 and tipping the bridge, driving up to the fender and shooting 2 balls, shooting 4 balls, or feeding balls to an alliance member.

It made life easier to be able to switch modes without a reprogram, the only thing to watch out for is if your robot gets reset, or the field is reset, you have to re-select the mode (it's a good idea to use your preferred mode as the default).

Here is a link to my main source code file: https://github.com/TeamExcel/Project.../Robot2012.cpp
Line 489 shows the switching logic.
Line 420 resets the mode when the robot gets disabled.
Line 665 shows the switching between autonomous cases during running.