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turtle detect and modem message

Started by Taryon, 26 March 2014 - 10:10 PM

Taryon #1

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7 posts

Posted 26 March 2014 - 11:10 PM

Hi
How could I get my turtle detecting and digging while wait a modem message?

CometWolf #2

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Posted 27 March 2014 - 07:41 AM

Use the parallel API
http://computercraft.info/wiki/Parallel_(API)


parallel.waitForAny(
  function()
    while true do
      rednet.receive()
    end
  end,
  function()
    while true do
      turtle.detect()
    end
  end
)

You get the idea.