at the moment im having a problem controlling my servos for example

servo[servoA] = joystick.joy1_x1;

but the servo only turns half of the lenth it should im not sure how to fix this problem

ive also tried just making it jump to position i want but i cant turn the servo to a different spot if needed and its making it much harder

does anyone know why that isnt working?

Unlike the motors, the Servos have a range of 0-255. Since the highest joystick value is 127, it only can go half way.

There are a few ways to make it use the whole range, I'm guessing the best for you would be to multiply your joystick value by 2, like this:

servoTarget[servoA] = (joystick.joy1_x1)*2;

Well Dooey, that might be a good idea, but what happens when the joystick value is negative? You are now going below the value the servos can operate at.

Try adding 128 to the joystick value. So zero lines up in the middle and 127 becomes 255.

so it should look like this?

servo[servoA] = joystick.joy1_x1 +127;

or did i understand that wrong?

That will also work, but when the joystick is in its neutral position, the servo will be halfway turned. If that is what you want, great.

That is correct. If you want the servos to *mimic* the position of the joystick, ie, when the joystick is up, the servos move up, but when the joysticks center, the servos move to the center, then the above code is correct. .

oh i want the servo to stop were i stop it what would the code look like for that
servo[servoA] = ??

shooting from the hip here, so you get what you pay for, but if you want is the servo to go "up more" when you push the joystick up, and "down more" when you push the joystick down, then something like this should do it:

servoTarget[servoA] = servoTarget[servoA] + joystick.joy1_x1;

(which i would write as servoTarget[servoA] += joystick.joy1_x1;)

That would mean:
if the joystick value is positive, add some to the servo position.
if the joystick value is negative, subtract some from the servo position.
if the joystick value is 0, hold still.

if the Joystick value is a LOT positive, add a LOT to the servo position.
etc.

This is going to be hard to control, and will minimally need to be in some sort of loop with some time regulation so that you don't spin around a thousand times in a second adding 42 to the servo position, which means it will go full stroke .006 seconds.

Something like this might be a good first stab:

while (true)
{
get joystick values...

servoTarget[servoA] += joystick.joy1_x1/8; // divide by 8 to try to slow down to a reasonable rate
// in here you ought to make sure the value isn't bigger than 255 nor less than 0 (really before you assign it to servoTarget)
wait10Msec(1);

}

That will still go full stroke really fast. max joystick would be 127, divided by 8 is about 16, so you are adding 16 every 10 ms, servo range is 255, so 255/16*10==160 ms.

Fool around with the wait and the divide - maybe you can come up with something that works.