Turtle Swarm Quarry v0.3 and master/module APIs

6) Copy all the files on the turtle's drive and make a "modulestartup" containing this:
shell.run ("copy", "/disk/kuunet", "/kuunet")
shell.run ("copy", "/disk/navigation", "/navigation")
shell.run ("copy", "/disk/modulemine", "/startup")

shell.run ("/startup")

        --[[
      This function searches the turtle inventory for same item
      as in the given slot, or selects that slot if there are more than one item
      ]]--

    function searchItem (slot)
        turtle.select (slot)
        local found = 0
        for i=1,16 do
            if i ~= slot then
                if turtle.getItemCount (i) > 0 then
                    if turtle.compareTo (i) then
                        found = i
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        if found == 0 then
            if turtle.getItemCount (slot) > 1 then
                found = slot
            else
                turtle.select(1)
                return false
            end
        end
        turtle.select (found)
        return true
    end

Nerox, on 17 March 2013 - 11:17 PM said:

Hey.. here I am again.
I've played around a bit, and always ran into the same problem after some time.
If I start an excavation, it works perfectly fine until the turtles finish digging to bedrock the first time… after they go up, move to the new spot, most of them freeze.
The turtle itself says "Can't pass obstruction" (or similar) while it is in mid-air and has a flat ground beneath it.. also a few turtles continue without problems.

Here's an example of what I mean.. If that helps.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2lm289f.png

PonyKuu, on 18 March 2013 - 12:06 AM said:

They are probably went out of the range of the master's modem, so they can't get their next task. The ideal variant for the Master is to be as high as possible.

june012006, on 18 March 2013 - 12:03 PM said:

I keep getting gps:69:attempting to convert nil from number. I tried adding a timeout to the locate command but that gives me "no gps found". I'm using tekkit lite.

oxgon, on 18 March 2013 - 03:52 PM said:

Yeah that's what it seemed to be, I built a platform above and hasn't happen. Great program!

PonyKuu, on 18 March 2013 - 05:37 PM said:

june012006, on 18 March 2013 - 12:03 PM said:

I keep getting gps:69:attempting to convert nil from number. I tried adding a timeout to the locate command but that gives me "no gps found". I'm using tekkit lite.

Looks like your gps failed at some point. so timeout won't help… Are you sure you set up your GPS correctly? Does Master see all the satellites?

oxgon, on 18 March 2013 - 03:52 PM said:

Yeah that's what it seemed to be, I built a platform above and hasn't happen. Great program!

Thank you!
Actually, it's possible to have them move to master when they can't get a task… That might be a good idea, but now I working on master API and module API.

Modem range is increased with higher altitudes. If there is no thunderstorm, the range will always be higher than 64, and at max altitude you would have a range of 384 meters.

Nerox, on 19 March 2013 - 11:53 AM said:

Alright, been trying that one out…
The first thing I'm not sure about… If you name a program, doesn't it have to be just one word, not like 2 with a space inbetween? If i type in "pastebin get J3i3TrjU master API" it names the program just master, instead of master API

And the second thing… I tried it out with 128 mining turtles (oh so much fun/lag) and it seems like they tend to mine each other… ended up with a bunch of wireless mining turtles in my storage chests. Could be my own stupidity, but I don't think that I did anything wrong.

june012006, on 18 March 2013 - 12:03 PM said:

I keep getting gps:69:attempting to convert nil from number. I tried adding a timeout to the locate command but that gives me "no gps found". I'm using tekkit lite.

A little bit of pony magic is used to calculate how should it turn

LordIkol, on 22 March 2013 - 03:22 AM said:

Really Nice im working on a Fleet script too, i like your Idea of the Master Turtle, im Using a Computer as Server at the moment, using a Turtle to do Set Up the Turtles.
But mine will take a while until i can release it looking forward to see what Features you will add in the future.

Lirai, on 22 March 2013 - 03:18 AM said:

I'm encountering the same problem. gps is running just fine though, and it also runs into this error if I stop gps alltogether. Couldn't pinpoint the error yet.

PonyKuu, on 22 March 2013 - 03:52 AM said:

Lirai, on 22 March 2013 - 03:18 AM said:

I'm encountering the same problem. gps is running just fine though, and it also runs into this error if I stop gps alltogether. Couldn't pinpoint the error yet.

Latest version doesn't need any GPS actually. Master uses GPS if it finds it, but if there are no GPS it just usees relative coordinates considering that it is sitting at {0, 0, 0, 0}

gps.locate(nil, true)

modem.open( gps.CHANNEL_GPS )

Redesigned Wireless Modems; they can now send and receive on multiple channels, independent of the computer ID. To use these features, interface with modem peripherals directly. The rednet API still functions as before.

mastermine -49 63 912 16 16
Module 1 is mining at {-37, 63, 924}
Module 2 is mining at {-37, 63, 920}
Module 3 is mining at {-37, 63, 916}

Lirai, on 26 March 2013 - 03:01 AM said:

^^ Yeah, and you only need one blaze rod ;)/>

yarma92, on 26 March 2013 - 03:02 AM said:

Kuu, I have found a small problem, the turtles are not mining where instructed.

mastermine -49 63 912 16 16
Module 1 is mining at {-37, 63, 924}
Module 2 is mining at {-37, 63, 920}
Module 3 is mining at {-37, 63, 916}

			 x 3 2 1 <- {-37, 63, 924}
			 x x x x
			 x x x x
{-49, 63, 912} -> x x x x

Lirai, on 26 March 2013 - 03:10 AM said:

And the ytend to eat the master :D/>

						 x 3 2 1 <- {-37, 63, 924}
						 x x x x
						 x x x x
	   {-49, 63, 912} -> x x x x

yarma92, on 26 March 2013 - 03:26 AM said:

They are mining out the wrong chunk haha!

PonyKuu, on 27 March 2013 - 07:38 AM said:

So, you basically suggesting to move vertical instead of horizontal? It might work nice, but the problem is that the bedrock is not a flat surface. It is a random mess of randomness, so turtle could trap itself…

Lirai, on 27 March 2013 - 07:48 AM said:

You might be able to reduce time needed even more if you get away from 4xyx4 diggings.

One option would be to calculate which of the three dimensions is the shortest. Each turtle would then be assigned a layer of this shortest dimension, and make most moves along the longest dimension.

Example:

The hole to be dug is:

16x58x4

In your current setup this would be a job for up to 4 turtles each digging a 4x58x4 shaft. 4x16 = 64 turtleminutes.

If you calculate it differently, each turtle would dig a layer 16x58x1, with the y Axis being the one used for the most movement. If the user supplied 16 turtles, each turtle would be assigned a 4x58x1 layer, thus, once down, once up, always digging front and up/down. Roughly 38 turtleminutes in both cases, though the 16 turtles could be done in ~ 2.5 minutes.

PonyKuu, on 27 March 2013 - 08:17 AM said:

Well, that's a bit harder… And I have to use Y axis as "longest" anyways, or develop a new navigation method…

PonyKuu, on 27 March 2013 - 08:23 AM said:

*sigh* But that won't be as fast as Dire's mining well nonsense anyways…

PonyKuu, on 29 March 2013 - 01:39 AM said:

Grr… I have to think about something that can make this easier to maintain… ~_~

TheOriginalBIT, on 29 March 2013 - 01:39 AM said:

GitHub…

Lirai, on 29 March 2013 - 01:59 AM said:

^^ The admin did a complete server restart, now it works. :D/>

• a turtle that digs a 1m² wide trench has a max speed of 1m per 0.8s (one dig, one move). That's 4,500 bph (blocks per hour).
• the same turtle digging a 2m high trench has a max speed of 1m per 1.2s (two digs, one move). Still that's 6,000 bph.
• and finally a 3m high trench means a max speed of 1m per 1.6s (three digs, one move). Only 6,750 bph.

for i = 1, 1000 do
    local count = turtle.getItemCount (16)
end

Nerox, on 30 March 2013 - 12:55 PM said:

Okay, I've been using this (awesome) program for a while now on a (legit) server.

I've so far however encountered a problem:

It is that some modules (around 3 of 64 (in my case)) are getting stuck in the process. That happens because the turtle somewhy doesn't consume the fuel it grabbed from the fuel ender chest. That ends in fuel (in my case charcoal) getting stored in slot 1 while the fuel-ender-chest then is stored somewhere else in the module'e inventory. Results in the module to stop.

But beside that.. loving this program so much. Already dug out around 20 iridium and felt 3000 stacks of ores. :D/>

xInDiGo, on 30 March 2013 - 03:39 PM said:

mastermin30: attempt to index ? (a nil value)

after installing the API as moduleAPI and masterAPI and the other as Mastermine and Modulemine i was getting that error. i've placed the items as i see in the image, with a blank disk in the disk drive south east to the turtle. the turtle is facing south.

Lirai, on 02 April 2013 - 01:14 AM said:

Any idea when you'll publish it?

Lirai, on 02 April 2013 - 01:14 AM said:

Any idea when you'll publish it?

per, on 15 April 2013 - 11:46 AM said:

After our server was having some issues and rebooted several times I have some wishes :D/>

would it be difficult to enable the minions/master to report via rednet ?
I would love to have the master report back to my main computer in my base so I would know when a run was finished etc…
I've tried to modify this myself, but my coding skills are sorely out of date (I'm more 6502 Assembler and Perl)

A "bug out" routine for when the server restarts that sends all the minions up to the same level that the master is at (a lot easier to find :D/> them then)
Might be as simple as creating a startup file for each of the minions at the beginning of a run that tells them to "dig up to <masterminer> level"

A "Recall All" menu choice when masterminer is running, press Q to recall all minions for example.

firerebel, on 15 April 2013 - 08:43 PM said:

It works great, but the coordinates seem to be a bit off. It may just be my server. It never mines exactly where I tell it to, and its always like 40~ off in height. I tell it to mine a 55 height starting at 60 and it starts at 25 and mines to bedrock and then stops.

PonyKuu, on 16 April 2013 - 05:45 PM said:

No it doesn't. Does gps locate give you correct position of the Master?

PonyKuu, on 21 April 2013 - 05:40 PM said:

It wants a fuel chest. It's a bit harder to fix, so for now put a stack of cobble in the first slot, stuff chests in the second and turtles in the third

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PonyKuu, on 22 April 2013 - 08:46 PM said:

Weird. Can you explain what exactly do you do?

Keridos, on 04 May 2013 - 09:47 AM said:

Hi there, just a small info for you: When you use lava buckets as fuel, the turtles put the empty buckets back in the enderchest so they can be refilled again. But: When a turtle pulls an empty bucket from the enderchest (when there is still one left by another turtle, before the refilling system can pull it out) the turtle gets stuck. Maybe add in a check that checks if refueling from the slot you put the item in works, and if it does not, put the item back in the enderchest and wait a second, then try refueling again.

/edit: made a pull request with a small fix for that: https://github.com/P...CC_Swarm/pull/1

PonyKuu, on 05 May 2013 - 10:47 AM said:

Ah, OK. I think that's what I wanted. Thank you again.

Also, I heard that devs decided to make turtles have breakable tools.
that means two things:
1) We will not be able to repair the module during operation.
2) They will not stack.

I'm not sure that I'll be able to fix these scripts to work with new "features". That's ridiculous.

SyberSmoke, on 05 May 2013 - 05:57 PM said:

Where did you get the info about the developers choosing to have degrading tools?

Keridos, on 05 May 2013 - 07:33 PM said:

PonyKuu, on 05 May 2013 - 10:47 AM said:

Ah, OK. I think that's what I wanted. Thank you again.

Also, I heard that devs decided to make turtles have breakable tools.
that means two things:
1) We will not be able to repair the module during operation.
2) They will not stack.

I'm not sure that I'll be able to fix these scripts to work with new "features". That's ridiculous.

Well you could add in another chest where the player has to refill the tools, i really hope they make them repair/exchangable from the program, without intervention of players.

Ok when the turtles do not stack it makes it impossible to use more than 10 or so then. Lets hope they have an idea of how to fix that then.

PonyKuu, on 05 May 2013 - 11:36 PM said:

SyberSmoke, on 05 May 2013 - 05:57 PM said:

Where did you get the info about the developers choosing to have degrading tools?

I actually don't know. But I saw this many times at FTB forums.

Keridos, on 05 May 2013 - 07:33 PM said:

PonyKuu, on 05 May 2013 - 10:47 AM said:

Ah, OK. I think that's what I wanted. Thank you again.

Also, I heard that devs decided to make turtles have breakable tools.
that means two things:
1) We will not be able to repair the module during operation.
2) They will not stack.

I'm not sure that I'll be able to fix these scripts to work with new "features". That's ridiculous.

Well you could add in another chest where the player has to refill the tools, i really hope they make them repair/exchangable from the program, without intervention of players.

Ok when the turtles do not stack it makes it impossible to use more than 10 or so then. Lets hope they have an idea of how to fix that then.

Yeah, I know. But it is still a pain in the butt. And even with, say, extra chest with turtles, it would be a pain to bring it with you and set to a new position.

SyberSmoke, on 06 May 2013 - 12:37 AM said:

Well….depending on implementation and available mods I suppose you could also pack a crafty turtle, placing it in a slot. The turtle is then deployed in a position between two chests. As turtles come in they go to the first chest and deposit materials like diamonds or gems (based on mods) and craft them into replacement tools.

Second thought would be an auto-crafting table or a Fabricator. Then the turtle builds the pattern.

Third of coarse is a second set of Ender Chests where the player has to build the auto-craft based on sorted materials. This of coarse removes the need to craft things because the chest should have a supply of crafted goods already.

and the list goes on and on I guess…just depends on the approach and how the devs choose to make the items have durability and if a turtle will be able to choose and swap their tools them selves or need outside intervention.

PonyKuu, on 06 May 2013 - 03:02 AM said:

SyberSmoke, on 06 May 2013 - 12:37 AM said:

Well….depending on implementation and available mods I suppose you could also pack a crafty turtle, placing it in a slot. The turtle is then deployed in a position between two chests. As turtles come in they go to the first chest and deposit materials like diamonds or gems (based on mods) and craft them into replacement tools.

Second thought would be an auto-crafting table or a Fabricator. Then the turtle builds the pattern.

Third of coarse is a second set of Ender Chests where the player has to build the auto-craft based on sorted materials. This of coarse removes the need to craft things because the chest should have a supply of crafted goods already.

and the list goes on and on I guess…just depends on the approach and how the devs choose to make the items have durability and if a turtle will be able to choose and swap their tools them selves or need outside intervention.

If they won't add any self-repair commands, the only solution would be a crafting mining turtle for each module. Because you'll need to pick up a module, craft it with a pick (which you have to get somewhere, and that means another ender chest with tools), and put it down.
It requires state saving and FOUR chests per module - Fuel, Stuff, Crafty Turtle and Tools. It's complicated as hell and makes this script nearly useless… Not taking into account the issue with non-stackable turtles… I hate it so much…

PonyKuu, on 06 May 2013 - 03:02 AM said:

SyberSmoke, on 06 May 2013 - 12:37 AM said:

Well….depending on implementation and available mods I suppose you could also pack a crafty turtle, placing it in a slot. The turtle is then deployed in a position between two chests. As turtles come in they go to the first chest and deposit materials like diamonds or gems (based on mods) and craft them into replacement tools.

Second thought would be an auto-crafting table or a Fabricator. Then the turtle builds the pattern.

Third of coarse is a second set of Ender Chests where the player has to build the auto-craft based on sorted materials. This of coarse removes the need to craft things because the chest should have a supply of crafted goods already.

and the list goes on and on I guess…just depends on the approach and how the devs choose to make the items have durability and if a turtle will be able to choose and swap their tools them selves or need outside intervention.

If they won't add any self-repair commands, the only solution would be a crafting mining turtle for each module. Because you'll need to pick up a module, craft it with a pick (which you have to get somewhere, and that means another ender chest with tools), and put it down.
It requires state saving and FOUR chests per module - Fuel, Stuff, Crafty Turtle and Tools. It's complicated as hell and makes this script nearly useless… Not taking into account the issue with non-stackable turtles… I hate it so much…

croswat, on 07 May 2013 - 01:07 AM said:

PonyKuu, on 06 May 2013 - 03:02 AM said:

SyberSmoke, on 06 May 2013 - 12:37 AM said:

Well….depending on implementation and available mods I suppose you could also pack a crafty turtle, placing it in a slot. The turtle is then deployed in a position between two chests. As turtles come in they go to the first chest and deposit materials like diamonds or gems (based on mods) and craft them into replacement tools.

Second thought would be an auto-crafting table or a Fabricator. Then the turtle builds the pattern.

Third of coarse is a second set of Ender Chests where the player has to build the auto-craft based on sorted materials. This of coarse removes the need to craft things because the chest should have a supply of crafted goods already.

and the list goes on and on I guess…just depends on the approach and how the devs choose to make the items have durability and if a turtle will be able to choose and swap their tools them selves or need outside intervention.

If they won't add any self-repair commands, the only solution would be a crafting mining turtle for each module. Because you'll need to pick up a module, craft it with a pick (which you have to get somewhere, and that means another ender chest with tools), and put it down.
It requires state saving and FOUR chests per module - Fuel, Stuff, Crafty Turtle and Tools. It's complicated as hell and makes this script nearly useless… Not taking into account the issue with non-stackable turtles… I hate it so much…

what about using a crafty turtle as the master, and let him have an ender chest of picks? the only problem is that the pickaxe of the turtles will eventually break.. maybe have them come back to the master for a new one?

Keridos, on 13 May 2013 - 04:34 PM said:

Should be easy to fix: just add in a delay that makes the placed turtle wait before it tries to refuel.
So instead of refueling instantly, wait 3 seconds until the master turtle has put in both enderchests.

/edit: Giving you a pull request, found a fix after a while now.

/edit2: it is due to another thing, refueling with no slot specified somehow pulls the next available item to the current slot. Fixed that bug now too, uploading to github now.

Vorg, on 13 May 2013 - 06:57 PM said:

are the pastebin files updated with github changes? or do we need to copy the github files to a pastebin to use the lastest?

PonyKuu, on 25 May 2013 - 04:52 AM said:

Do you have gps?

Coolkrieger3, on 25 May 2013 - 03:26 PM said:

I do not.

psyestorm, on 26 May 2013 - 09:21 AM said:

Thanks,

This program is a really cool idea.

Has anyone combined it with the OreQuarry idea for ulta-fast mining?

Vorg, on 01 June 2013 - 02:18 AM said:

I just had a case where there was gps and starting location given was -1137, 70, 288. I was trying for a chunk aligned 16x16 starting SW corner to bedrock. so I entered 16, 68, 16. All the turtles went 17 blocks west and started ending up with a 16x16 to bedrock one chunk off to the west. It needs a check for when a starting location is negative.

Also, all the turtles go several blocks up before heading to the start location. Would be much better if they stayed at the same level for when mining at the top of the nether.

m157, on 01 June 2013 - 05:45 PM said:

I am having a issue, i have it set up correctly, and i use "mastermine 0 0 0 128 85 128" and when the turtle goes to the disk drive i get "master:284 Copy failed"

PonyKuu, on 02 June 2013 - 02:57 AM said:

Make sure that you have all the scripts and APIs on the Master.

aviusenigma, on 19 June 2013 - 03:33 PM said:

Ok cant for the life of me get this running.

has all 4 programs the disk does as well.

Keridos, on 30 June 2013 - 06:13 AM said:

aviusenigma, on 19 June 2013 - 03:33 PM said:

Ok cant for the life of me get this running.

has all 4 programs the disk does as well.

Do you have a disk in that disk drive?

• Two enderchests for each turtle you want active (One fuel, one dump)
• The master turtle, placed 20ish blocks above the area you are planning to work on.
• In front of the turtle, one block below, a disk drive with an empty floppy disk. (Turtle at 0, disk drive at X: +1, Y: -1)
• No more disk drives than that - don't follow the image on the first post.

Levorto, on 10 September 2013 - 05:47 AM said:

@Lothos: You need the following:

• Two enderchests for each turtle you want active (One fuel, one dump)
• The master turtle, placed 20ish blocks above the area you are planning to work on.
• In front of the turtle, one block below, a disk drive with an empty floppy disk. (Turtle at 0, disk drive at X: +1, Y: -1)
• No more disk drives than that - don't follow the image on the first post.

PonyKuu, on 13 March 2013 - 08:27 PM said:

3) Put some Ender Chests with some fuel in the first slot, some Ender chests linked to your sorting system in the second slot, and a bunch of wireless mining turtles into the third slot.

1. When you say slot are you referring to the slot on the master turtle?
2. And when you say some do you mean a stack or any number or amount of that item?
3. Is bunch synonymous with some in this case?
4. And I assume you mean in the case of the first ender chests that they are linked to a fuel source?

PonyKuu, on 13 March 2013 - 08:27 PM said:

4) Copy all the files on the turtle's drive

kreezxil, on 11 September 2013 - 10:19 AM said:

1. When you say slot are you referring to the slot on the master turtle?
2. And when you say some do you mean a stack or any number or amount of that item?
3. Is bunch synonymous with some in this case?
4. And I assume you mean in the case of the first ender chests that they are linked to a fuel source?
5. Copy all the files on the turtle's drive. By this do you mean that I should've copied all of the files I downloaded from the pastebin to the floppy on the drive and then make sure those same files are on the master turtle too?

Am I right in these assumptions?

1. If you want 5 turtles active, you put 5 enderchests of one color (e.g. orange) in the first slot.
This will from now on be your Fuel chest slot. Add 1 enderchest for each turtle you add.
2. Then you put 5 enderchests of another color (e.g. green) in the second slot.
This will from now on be your Output / Sorting chest slot. Add 1 enderchest for each turtle you add.
3. Now you should have 5 enderchests in the first AND second slot of the Main Controller Turtle.
Add 5 unlabeled mining turtles to slot 3 of the Main Controller Turtle.
4. Fill up the first enderchest - your Fuel chest - with coal/charcoal or another simple fuel source (try to avoid lava buckets).
I recommend automatically filling it with a hopper - e.g. place down a Fuel chest in your base, and place a hopper on top of it. You then place a chest on top of the hopper. In this chest you can add as much coal/charcoal as you want.
5. Install the four programs listed in the first post only on the Main Controller Turtle, using "pastebin get <program> <name>".
Do NOT install anything on the disk drive - keep it empty.

Levorto, on 11 September 2013 - 11:26 AM said:

kreezxil, on 11 September 2013 - 10:19 AM said:

1. When you say slot are you referring to the slot on the master turtle?
2. And when you say some do you mean a stack or any number or amount of that item?
3. Is bunch synonymous with some in this case?
4. And I assume you mean in the case of the first ender chests that they are linked to a fuel source?
5. Copy all the files on the turtle's drive. By this do you mean that I should've copied all of the files I downloaded from the pastebin to the floppy on the drive and then make sure those same files are on the master turtle too?

Am I right in these assumptions?

Allow me to reply on PonyKuu´s account.

1. If you want 5 turtles active, you put 5 enderchests of one color (e.g. orange) in the first slot.
This will from now on be your Fuel chest slot. Add 1 enderchest for each turtle you add.
2. Then you put 5 enderchests of another color (e.g. green) in the second slot.
This will from now on be your Output / Sorting chest slot. Add 1 enderchest for each turtle you add.
3. Now you should have 5 enderchests in the first AND second slot of the Main Controller Turtle.
Add 5 unlabeled mining turtles to slot 3 of the Main Controller Turtle.
4. Fill up the first enderchest - your Fuel chest - with coal/charcoal or another simple fuel source (try to avoid lava buckets).
I recommend automatically filling it with a hopper - e.g. place down a Fuel chest in your base, and place a hopper on top of it. You then place a chest on top of the hopper. In this chest you can add as much coal/charcoal as you want.
5. Install the four programs listed in the first post only on the Main Controller Turtle, using "pastebin get <program> <name>".
Do NOT install anything on the disk drive - keep it empty.

PonyKuu, on 18 September 2013 - 04:27 AM said:

Regarding that "copy failed" error, I can't exactly say what causes it. can you check what is the name of the disk drive? It somehow becomes not "disk" but "disk2" even if it is the only disk attached to it, AFAIR. Howevere I don't think that that would give the same error.

The module also crashed without moving on module API line 552 "Attempt to call index" which seems to be related to master-module communication

-- This function is used to make all the files required by module to run.
-- Scriptname is the name of the main module script
local function prepareFiles (scriptname)
		-- Copy all the required files on the disk
		if fs.exists ("/disk/module") then
				fs.delete ("/disk/module")
		end
		fs.copy ("module", "/disk/module")
		if fs.exists ("/disk/"..scriptname) then
				fs.delete ("/disk/"..scriptname)
		end
		fs.copy (scriptname, "/disk/"..scriptname)
		-- Make a startup file for modules
		local file = fs.open ("/disk/startup", "w")
		file.writeLine ("shell.run(\"copy\", \"/disk/module\", \"/module\")")
		file.writeLine ("shell.run(\"copy\", \"/disk/"..scriptname.."\", \""..scriptname.."\")")
		file.writeLine ("shell.run(\""..scriptname.."\")")
		file.close()
		local comData = {}
		comData["MasterID"] = MasterID
		comData["channel"] = channel
		comData["modPosition"] = modPosition
		comData["naviData"] = naviData
		-- Now, make a file with all the data modules need
		file = fs.open ("/disk/initdata", "w")
		file.writeLine (textutils.serialize (comData) )
		file.close()
end

-- We need to read all the data we need to move around - turtle's position and navigation zones
-- "initdata" is the file created by Master and containing all the data that's similar for each module placed by that Master
function init ()
		sleep(2)
		local file = fs.open ("/disk/initdata", "r")
		local lbuffer = file.readAll()
		local communicationData = textutils.unserialize(lbuffer)
		Master = communicationData.MasterID
		channel = communicationData.channel
		-- set module's location
		location = communicationData.modPosition
		-- set navigation data
		naviData = communicationData.naviData
		-- Then send a request to Master, to get our ID and to let Master remember us in its state table for modules
		local response = request ("Master", 5)
		ID = response.NewID
end