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[1.5] BareMetal BIOS

Started by tesla1889, 08 March 2013 - 09:44 PM

tesla1889 #1

404 posts

Location St. Petersburg

Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:44 PM

BareMetal BIOS is here!

enjoy the freedom of simplicity!
write your own custom BIOS on each computer!
includes a basic lua prompt for in-game interface

changelog:

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1.5

improved lua prompt
improved BAREMETAL globals

downloads:

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1.5

installation:

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download the version of BareMetal that is closest to the version of CC you want to use
replace bios.lua in ComputerCraft.zip/lua with that version of BareMetal

oeed #2

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2151 posts

Location Auckland, New Zealand

Posted 08 March 2013 - 11:02 PM

Could you give a slightly better description on what this does/the benefits of this are?
For example, what gains do I have using this than creating a new startup file.
Sorry for my ignorance, I just don't quite understand the purpose.

tesla1889 #3

404 posts

Location St. Petersburg

Posted 08 March 2013 - 11:12 PM

well, it's more of an if-you-want-to-challenge-yourself type of thing
there is no actual benefit, other than being out of the sandbox

oeed #4

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2151 posts

Location Auckland, New Zealand

Posted 09 March 2013 - 12:04 AM

Oh, I see, does it have access to 'Debug'? Or is the higher level sandboxing?

tesla1889 #5

404 posts

Location St. Petersburg

Posted 09 March 2013 - 04:38 AM

debug isnt possible without changing the java.
its really easy to do, but then i'd have to release the whole .zip file.

you just have to change


LuaValue _G = JsePlatform.standardGlobals;


LuaValue _G = JsePlatform.standardGlobals();
_G.set("debug",JsePlatform.debugGlobals());