Various KISS-C++ questions

@ruler501 in previous years, KIPR's policy was that teams were welcome to use C++, but that KIPR couldn't guarantee technical support for C++-specific issues. This also applied to Java, and unofficial languages like Lua and Create scripts. As long as teams were okay with the lack of guaranteed tech support, KIPR had no issue with those languages being used. I'm not sure if this is still true for the 2013 season. Braden, can you or someone else at KIPR clarify whether this is still the policy? I can't imagine KIPR discouraging C++ for reasons other than tech support, seeing as Botball has always been very hacker-friendly.

This is correct. KIPR will not be able to answer tech support questions about languages other than C in the majority of cases. If you post on the homebase I'll get around to answering it eventually, but it might take a while. You are allowed to use any language or software you want on your robot, so long as it doesn't violate the game rules (e.g. communicating with your robot over wifi)

I'm still having trouble with compiling for the simulator in C++. Is that a simulator limitation or is it a bad install?

I'll look into it before pushing out the next release tonight (KISS Platform 4.0.5) Windows, right?

For now, yes I am using windows. Unless you have a sabayon/gentoo build of it. Thank you for helping.

Just fixed the issue. KISS IDE can be built from source under Linux with relative ease. There are some instructions for Ubuntu in the forum somewhere. If you're using Gentoo, you shouldn't have any issue building stuff from source ;) Will be releasing KISS IDE 4.0.5 within the next few hours.

I'm fine with building from source, but I don't really want to if I don't need to.
I actually run Sabayon which is a gentoo offshoot with binary packages.

Does the create have a tophat like sensor? If so how can I access it in C++? I need it for line following.

The Create's analog cliff sensors can be used for line-following.

What range are the values they return and is high-white and low-black?
Where are they located on the robot?
Thanks for helping.

The values are 12-bit analog, but they don't use the full 12-bit range. I don't recall what the range they use is, but you can just use a printf loop to find out. The cliff sensors can be seen if you look on the bottom of the Create; they are 4 black rectangles about 3cm by 0.5cm, along the bumper.