How to make a custom computer boot

to make a custome computer boot do thes steps

1)edit startup

CODE:
print("Welcome to Firmware Name 0.0.0 made by:Name")
sleep(1)
print("wait while Firmware Name loads")
sleep(1)
print("-")
sleep(1)
print("–")
sleep(1)
print("—")
sleep(1)
print("—-")
sleep(1)
print("System Files Loaded Please Wait 5 Seconds")
sleep(5)
print("Done")

or if you know the command to slow print text then use



This was mt first custome boot Please no bad comments i am just 10 :)/>/>

This is improved code:

local firmwareName = "FIRMWARE NAME HERE" -- Change whats in the "s to your Firmware name
local name = "yourusername" -- Change whats in the "s to who made the firmware
local version = "0.1" -- Change whats in the "s to the version of the firmware
print("Welcome to "..firmwareName.."..version.." made by: "..name)
sleep(1)
print("Please wait while the firmware loads...")
for ijkl=1,4 do
local loadingBar = {"|","-","--","---","----"}
local x = ijkl+1
sleep(1)
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
print("Welcome to "..firmwareName.."..version.." made by: "..name)
print("Please wait while the firmware loads...")
print(loadingBar[1]..loadingBar[x]..loadingBar[1])
end
print("System files have been loaded... System initializing, please wait about 3 seconds.")
sleep(3)
print("Done loading!")

This probably would go better in the tutorials section.

You don't need to do anything of that to make yourself a custom startup script.
Only need to write what you actually want into /startup …

print("Restarting...")
sleep(1)
local mousex, mousey = term.getMousePos()
local dashes = "-"
for _ = 1, 5 do
  term.setCursorPos(mousex, mousey) -- keeps mouse in place
  print(dashes)
  dashes = dashes .. "-"
  sleep(1)
end

term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1) -- Clears the screen and sets cursor at the top-right
sleep(0.5)
print("Configuring System Files...")
sleep(3)
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
term.reboot() -- reboots the computer

How's this as a re-boot?

hmm… Maybe I should use restart to update files from a disk drive…

MathManiac, on 17 May 2012 - 03:53 AM said:

local mousex, mousey = term.getMousePos()

To bad it won't work since getMousePos() is not a valid function in the term API.

Custom Boot Maker, on 01 May 2012 - 08:18 PM said:

to make a custome computer boot do thes steps

1)edit startup

CODE:
print("Welcome to Firmware Name 0.0.0 made by:Name")
sleep(1)
print("wait while Firmware Name loads")
sleep(1)
print("-")
sleep(1)
print("–")
sleep(1)
print("—")
sleep(1)
print("—-")
sleep(1)
print("System Files Loaded Please Wait 5 Seconds")
sleep(5)
print("Done")

or if you know the command to slow print text then use



This was mt first custome boot Please no bad comments i am just 10 :)/>/>

Scrap this one is Crap i making a new one

thesbros, on 02 May 2012 - 01:57 AM said:

This is improved code:

local firmwareName = "FIRMWARE NAME HERE" -- Change whats in the "s to your Firmware name
local name = "yourusername" -- Change whats in the "s to who made the firmware
local version = "0.1" -- Change whats in the "s to the version of the firmware
print("Welcome to "..firmwareName.."..version.." made by: "..name)
sleep(1)
print("Please wait while the firmware loads...")
for ijkl=1,4 do
local loadingBar = {"|","-","--","---","----"}
local x = ijkl+1
sleep(1)
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
print("Welcome to "..firmwareName.."..version.." made by: "..name)
print("Please wait while the firmware loads...")
print(loadingBar[1]..loadingBar[x]..loadingBar[1])
end
print("System files have been loaded... System initializing, please wait about 3 seconds.")
sleep(3)
print("Done loading!")

Making a Better One

a quick tip, add clear as the first line, so you wont get the craftOS v xxx thing.

The best option is to modify CraftOS and make it your own! I'd like to see that. You wont be able to make firmware using the startup script. Take a look around in ~/.minecraft/mods/ComputerCraft/ and the CraftOS files should be in there somewhere! HAVE FUN! x

I want a basic program that when a player turns on the computer, a list of my server rules pops up automatically. Can anyone help [programming noob]

Just going to offer the opinion that adding an artificial time waste is pointless and annoying. If you're consciously wasting the user's time, you're doing something wrong.

Code tagz please.

KlassifiedKiller, on 27 February 2013 - 02:47 AM said:

I want a basic program that when a player turns on the computer, a list of my server rules pops up automatically. Can anyone help [programming noob]

This is unforgivable thread necromancy from a year ago. There is a place for new members such as yourself to post. I suggest reading the stickies more often. LOCKED.