EasyC-Vex Rx/motor frustrations- please help!

[Steve0100]

Howdy all-

I'm new to programming Vex, and I'm encountering some frustrating limitations with the EasyC programming kit(V1). Foremost is the distinction between Autonomous and competition modes. The only blending of the two modes can hapen in two loops, but I've been trying to write a program to control my 4- wheel holonomic drive and the instant I drop a motor module command that uses a variable from GetRx into a program, the controller no longer reponds to any Rx commands, appearently because I've mixed blocks from the Rx and comp modes.

Is there a way around this in EasyC? Within the same loop, I need to put Rx channel inputs into variables, modify them mathmatically, and then output to the motors using the motor module, not the motor module Rx, using the new variable information.

Is there no provision for this kind of blending of Rx input and Autonomous motor control within EasyC? Or is it only one mode ot the other, within different loops- as it appears.
This is driving me crazy- thanks in advance for any help.

Steve