Small FMS timer bug

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Rob

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I wonder how the FMS calculates time...(not a programmer so that may be a rhetorical question...)

Rob

Incorrectly.

[Alex Cormier]

If it's always a consistent extra 5 seconds, I have no problem with it. It gives the students 5 more seconds of play each match and maybe win.

[DavidGitz]

I don't know if this is unrelated or not, but when you start a practice match on the Classmate, about 5 seconds (just remembering here) is elapsed before it enables the robot for autonomous.

[Greg McKaskle]

They are probably not related because the DS practice mode was written without knowledge of or access to the code of the FMS. The practice mode defaults to having a five second countdown -- the DS ticks down the seconds, before it starts the sound effect and the auto period.

Is that the five seconds you are commenting on? If so, you can change it in the setup tab.

Greg McKaskle

[DavidGitz]

Yes it is, thanks Greg.

[Doc Wu]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Is this a bug that should get squashed before this year is up? I know the obvious answer is yes, but technically it would be unfair to teams playing in later weeks..

Yes, identify and fix the bug, but implement it in next year's FMS. Leave it alone for now. We've all had enough changes already.

Actually, I was thinking this weekend that the matches were too short, scores were too low, and how would strategy change if the drivers had more time... But that's a different question!