Computer Craft Turtle Scripts

[ViperSRT3g 224]

Here's the script I've created thus far for my mining turtles. This is specifically for Bounder as he's shown me the magic of turtles and I've gone crazy with them. Things like this are why Minecraft > Terraria.

 

 

 

digging=true

-- This function toggles the vertical direction of movement for the Turtle
function changedir()
if direction==1 then
	direction=0
else
	direction=1
end
end

function emptycargo()
for z=1, 9 do
	turtle.select(z)
	turtle.drop()
end
end

-- Main Digging Script
while digging==true do
direction=1
height=39
length=10
curheight=0
x=0
w=0
ret=false

-- Digging Script
-- Horizontal Direction
while w<length do
	-- Vertical Direction
	while x<height do
		if direction==1 then
			turtle.digUp()
			ret=turtle.up()
			if ret==true then
				x=x+1
				curheight=curheight+1
				ret=false
			end
		else
			turtle.dig()
			turtle.digDown()
			ret=turtle.down()
			if ret==true then
				x=x+1
				curheight=curheight-1
				ret=false
			end
		end
	end
	x=0

	-- If it has finished going down, go an extra space forward (Since it digs forward on the way down to negate falling blocks)
	if direction==0 then
		while x<2 do
			turtle.dig()
			ret=turtle.forward()
			if ret==true then
				x=x+1
				ret=false
			end
		end
		emptycargo()
	else
		while x<1 do
			turtle.dig()
			ret=turtle.forward()
			if ret==true then
				x=x+1
				ret=false
			end
		end
	end
	changedir()
	w=w+1
	x=0
end

-- Once the main digging has been completed, this section returns the Turtle to the ground
if direction==0 then
	while curheight>0 do
		ret=turtle.down()
		if ret==true then
			curheight=curheight-1
			ret=false
		else
			-- Turtle has stuff beneath it, remove it
			turtle.digDown()
		end
	end
end

-- Continue Digging Input
ret=print("Continue Digging? Y\/N")
continue=io.read()
if continue=="n" or continue=="N" then
	digging=false
	ret=print("Digging stopped, dumping cargo.")
	emptycargo()
elseif continue=="y" or continue=="Y" then
	ret=print("Continuing digging, dumping cargo.")
	emptycargo()
end
end

 

[Speedskater 167]

mining turtles?

[ViperSRT3g 224]

Yes mining turtles, they do work for you. If you know any Lua, (which is actually pretty easy to learn after having learned VB6) it's fairly easy to program a turtle to do things for you so you can have them autonomously improve your area in the minecraft world.