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  Disappointed with RIS 2.0
 
Ok, I recently purchased some new 2.0 sets for our FIRST LEGO League team, and I am disappointed enough I think we may switch back to RIS 1.5 or maybe start using Robolab (which I also don't like much). The main problem is that the GUI is unusably (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Disappointed with RIS 2.0
 
Keep in mind though that what is written on the side of the box is -minimum- requirements to run. I still have a bit of a lag with my mouse using 1.5 on a P3 600mhz machine. But I guess I got used to it. Can't comment on v2.0 though... "Steve Putz" (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Disappointed with RIS 2.0
 
If you were willing to use NQC, you could use the "lego script" and ATLclient to compile it, they are very similar. I'm sure RIS2.0 comes with the ATLclient library, but it doesn't come with the little executive standalone "atlclient.exe" that is in (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Disappointed with RIS 2.0
 
I think we would be allowed to use "lego script", but I have no experience with it, and last time I tried to download the SDK it was unavailable. -- Steve (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Disappointed with RIS 2.0 (FIX FOUND)
 
ok, I found a cause/workaround for the mouse tracking performace problem with RIS 2.0: TURN OFF MOUSE "POINTER TRAILS" IN THE WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL It's still not great, but it makes it usable. -- Steve (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
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