FIRST FRC Q&A

[ATannahill]

So, I just got an email that a question I asked had been answered. That is quite impossible seeing as I did not ask a question, I do not even have the ability to ask questions.

I appreciate all the work the creators put into this system, I hope you understand that the annoyances I am posting are to help you improve upon the system.

[bobbysq]

And now http://frc-qa.firstinspires.org/ is down

[angelah]

If anyone who was fortunate enough to see some answers before it went down wants to share some highlights, that would be awesome...

[PayneTrain]

It's better than the old one but still has a couple bugs. Feature request for next year: don't just let users star questions, but also let users hide questions asked by people who clearly didn't feel like reading the manual.

[bobbysq]

Do they just have stars, or do they also have an upvote/downvote system to move those questions to the bottom, similar to StackExchnge?

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

It's better than the old one but still has a couple bugs. Feature request for next year: don't just let users star questions, but also let users hide questions asked by people who clearly didn't feel like reading the manual.

Additional feature request: Read/unread feature.

[jee7s]

Answer highlights based on my recollection:

1. Pilots can use the lift to remove gears from the robot during auto.
2. The robot can use the removal of the gear as a control input. That is not indirect interaction under A02.
3. Ropes do not need to be removed from robots when robots are removed from the field.
4. The overflow refill station gear slot is there just so all the chutes are the same, not because GDC expects gears to be introduced there. There's an open question regarding if that is allowed in the event a gear is misplaced by a team in the loading lane.

[jee7s]

Originally Posted by bobbysq

And now http://frc-qa.firstinspires.org/ is down

It doesn't appear to be totally down. Web interface is flaky, to be sure, but I keep getting e-mails indicating my questions are being answered.

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by jee7s

Answer highlights based on my recollection:

1. Pilots can use the lift to remove gears from the robot during auto.
2. The robot can use the removal of the gear as a control input. That is not indirect interaction under A02.
3. TEAM SUPPLIED Ropes do not need to be removed from robots when robots are removed from the field.
4. The overflow refill station gear slot is there just so all the chutes are the same, not because GDC expects gears to be introduced there. There's an open question regarding if that is allowed in the event a gear is misplaced by a team in the loading lane.

Fixed that for you

[jee7s]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

Fixed that for you

True true. My haste is to blame.

[StrMNX]

where did the term STEAMacrits come from in the game manual?

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by StrMNX

where did the term STEAMacrits come from in the game manual?

That was updated in Team update 1.

also this thread is to talk about the Q&A system, not to propose questions to ask it.

There are other CD threads about Steamacrits, as well.

[engunneer]

seems back up at the moment. was down a minute or two ago.

got a brief bit of confusion from Q7 which asks the negative of the question in the title in the body, and the GDC answered Yes (and spelled it out so you know if they are answering the positive or negative question)

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by engunneer

seems back up at the moment. was down a minute or two ago.



got a brief bit of confusion from Q7 which asks the negative of the question in the title in the body, and the GDC answered Yes (and spelled it out so you know if they are answering the positive or negative question)

I'm still hitting an error.

[rich2202]

Improvements:

1) In search, show the answer so I don't have to click on the question.

2) If not #1, allow me to right click and open the question in a new window so I don't loose my search results (when I hit the back button, I have to do the search again). Right now, if I open the question in a new window, I get an error.

3) Add a time period (# of days) for the "most recent answers". that way I can look for answers since the last time I checked.