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Dark Buttons! - Easy bundled cable control gui for monitors

Started by darkrising, 12 March 2013 - 10:09 AM
darkrising #1
Posted 12 March 2013 - 11:09 AM
Hello all, this is my latest program Dark Buttons!

This program allows you to turn bundled cable wire colours on and off at the touch of a button, in other words buttons are 'mapped' to wire colours allowing for easy control of systems via redstone. (See screenshots)

Download
  • Github - Good old copy and paste
  • Pastebin: N22T449A -using the dark retriever!
What you need:
  • Computercraft with HTTP enabled! (not tested with versions below 1.5)
  • Redpower2 (those bundled cables!)
  • An advanced computer + advanced monitor
Features
  • Easy button interface
  • Button wizard for easy button creation and deletion within a few clicks - without having to know any code!
  • Multi-monitor support
  • The program will remember if a the button is activated
  • Auto-update!
  • Compatible with ComputerCraft 1.5 and 1.51
Planned features
  • A better description! :)/>
  • Config - e.g bundled cable wire side
  • 'widgets' - maybe a clock or label?
  • Editable buttons
  • Advanced button creation
Known issues
  • Bundled cable position is currently only set to the bottom of the computer
  • The program may crash on auto update, just run it again (issue with http)
Screenshots:
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Check out my other programs!
Kingdaro #2
Posted 12 March 2013 - 12:02 PM
A GUI API without an actual API! Nice! :lol:/>
redeye83 #3
Posted 12 March 2013 - 02:06 PM
Looks interesting, will have to give this a test
K-dence #4
Posted 12 March 2013 - 02:13 PM
Really interresting!

PS: I love the design of yours screen :P/>
darkrising #5
Posted 15 March 2013 - 09:48 AM
updated Dark Buttons to 1.2
Surprisingly the program was already quite compatible with computercraft's new peripheral network cables, I just added a few lines to add the extra monitors to the table!

Also fixed a few bugs.
Zet0r #6
Posted 24 March 2013 - 10:49 PM
I have a suggestion: Can you make it possible to choose whether the buttons function as a toggle, or as a pulse? (like vanilla buttons). A lot of my contraptions use pulses instead of toggles, and it would be way more easy to have that function built in :)/>
darkrising #7
Posted 01 May 2013 - 05:38 AM
I have a suggestion: Can you make it possible to choose whether the buttons function as a toggle, or as a pulse? (like vanilla buttons). A lot of my contraptions use pulses instead of toggles, and it would be way more easy to have that function built in :)/>

Yes, im working on a custom "mapping" type thing, so you could even map the buttons to a rednet signal. Different types of "modes" will be available such as pulse buttons, toggle buttons and selector buttons (Can't think of the name but its the one where one button is on and the others toggle off)

All coming in the next update, stay tuned!
Shinra2121 #8
Posted 31 July 2013 - 10:36 AM
is there anyway to use rednet cable from mfr in place of rp2 cables?
darkrising #9
Posted 08 August 2013 - 11:26 AM
is there anyway to use rednet cable from mfr in place of rp2 cables?

Yes they should work.