Self-Replicating Turtle - Revisited

Inksaver, on 12 May 2014 - 09:52 PM said:

After all I am still a beginner!

Would it be presumptuous to post a tutorial for the whole script in the tutorials section?
(It looks like most of the tutorials there are by experts in LUA.)
I have learned a lot about classes, objects, functions etc. from the 8 months I have been working in this script, and would love to pass the knowledge on.

Inksaver, on 13 May 2014 - 03:02 PM said:

@TurtleHunter
post the seed of your world, along with the coordinates of the tree you are starting from, and the direction facing, and I will see if I can sort the problem

@flaghacker
Tutorial started

@theoriginalbit
Thanks very much for your constructive criticism. I have started to change the functions to local, and clear out some of the unused code.
Regards tutorials, the club I run is for 12 to 16 yrs, and I know exactly what you mean regarding attention span of that age group! I will post one soon to see how it goes down, and take it from there.

Inksaver, on 13 May 2014 - 04:12 PM said:

If you change anything manually, the script will not recognise what you have put in , so best not to interfere once it is running. I will re-run option 4 later, in case I missed something, or worse, created another problem by solving something else!

TurtleHunter, on 13 May 2014 - 09:16 PM said:

Also another bug: you cant put it on a dir cause it will crash when trying to copy itself to the floppy

Inksaver, on 13 May 2014 - 09:25 PM said:

TurtleHunter, on 13 May 2014 - 09:16 PM said:

Also another bug: you cant put it on a dir cause it will crash when trying to copy itself to the floppy

You DID change the config file:
"I:floppySpaceLimit=500000"
?

otherwise it will crash

startFile.writeLine('fs.copy("/disk/start.lua", "start.lua")')

Inksaver, on 13 May 2014 - 10:24 PM said:

The creation of a copy of start.lua to a floppy disk, then from there to new turtles has not caused any errors with the worlds I have used it on so far.
Now you have highlighted a problem, I will need to investigate it.
The line you are referring to is:

startFile.writeLine('fs.copy("/disk/start.lua", "start.lua")')

Could you use windows explorer to see what you have in there is similar to this:
0 is the original turtle Miner1
1 is Miner2
2 is Miner3
disk

disk contains:
0
which has:
minerList.txt
start.lua
startup

Bear in mind the line quoted above is not a line of code run by start.lua. It is a line of text written to a file called startup
So it is only when startup is run by either Miner2 or Miner3 when they are activated.

Inksaver, on 13 May 2014 - 03:02 PM said:

@theoriginalbit
Regards tutorials, the club I run is for 12 to 16 yrs, and I know exactly what you mean regarding attention span of that age group! I will post one soon to see how it goes down, and take it from there.

if disk.isPresent("bottom") then
  local filepath = shell.getRunningProgram()
  local filename = fs.getName(filepath)
  fs.copy(filepath, "/disk/"..filename)

  -- snip --

  startFile.writeLine('fs.copy("/disk/'..filename..'", "'..filename..'")')

  -- snip --
end

Line 614: dig.checkForItem: checkForItems = 'ironore','gravel','coal'
Line 615:		  slot.update: Slot 8 contains 1 item2 status = unknown

Line 620: dig.checkForItem: checkForItems = 'ironore','gravel','coal'
Line 621:		slot.update: Slot 9 contains 1 item3 status = unknown

dig.checkForItem: checkForItems = 'ironore','gravel','coal'

checkSandGravel: gravel or sand dropped, moving down
checkSandGravel: checking for gravel/sand - found gravel in slot 8
checkSandGravel: checking for gravel/sand - found gravel in slot 8
dig.newDig: sorting inventory after identifying new item
sortInventory: Sorting started, moveItems = true
sortInventory: resetting unknown items
sortInventory: debug log
		sortInventory: slot 1 slotCount = 9 of wood			 slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 2 slotCount = 1 of chests		   slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 3 slotCount = 52 of dirt			slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 4 slotCount = 2 of saplings		 slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 5 slotCount = 61 of cobble		  slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 6 slotCount = 3 of sand			 slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 7 slotCount = 2 of gravel		   slotState = known
		sortInventory: slot 8 slotCount = 1 of item1			slotState = unknown
		sortInventory: slot 9 slotCount = 3 of item2			slotState = unknown

harvestAllTrees: changing logFile Name
from logStart.txt to logHarvestRight1.txt END OF LOGFILE!
restoreTorches: started. side =
rightside colNo = 0
start.lua:10317: attempt to compare number with string expected, got number

Inksaver, on 19 May 2014 - 04:28 PM said:

I will upgrade to CC 1.6.3 later today and give it a test run.
Could you please post the seed of the world you are using, the coordinates of the tree, and the direction you are facing when placing the turtle.

turtle.select(slot.getItemSlot(slot, "planks"))

craft{craftItem = "planks", craftQuantity = numLogs * 4, sourceItem1 = "wood", destSlot = 0, doSort = false}

numLogs = turtle.getItemCount(slot:getItemSlot("wood")) - 1
if numLogs < 3 then
  saveToLog("firstTree: Only "..numLogs.." logs available. Not enough to continue. Re-start at a taller tree", true)
  error()
end
if numLogs > 4 then
  numLogs = 4
end
if craft{craftItem = "planks", craftQuantity = numLogs * 4, sourceItem1 = "wood", destSlot = 0, doSort = false} then
  turtle:select(slot.getItemSlot("planks"))
  turtle.refuel()
  slot.update{self = slot, item = "planks", delete = true}
else
  saveToLog("firstTree: Failed to craft planks. Check if more than 1 wood available", true)
  error()
end

if suggestion == "good idea" or suggestion == "makes sense" then
	os.run("execute suggestion")
end

turtle.select(slot.getItemSlot("planks"))

turtle.select(slot:getItemSlot("planks"))

Inksaver, on 22 May 2014 - 09:27 PM said:

Ah very sorry, that's what happens if you do things in a rush.

Change

turtle.select(slot.getItemSlot("planks"))

to

turtle.select(slot:getItemSlot("planks"))

on line 7170
Note colon instead of dot

local markerlogText = "placeStorage: placing marker "..storageName

saveToLog(markerLogText, true, false)

function saveToLog(text, toScreen, verbose)
  toScreen = toScreen or true
  verbose = verbose or false

  if toScreen then
	print(text)
  end
  if fso:getUseLog() then
	fso:appendLine(text, verbose)
  end
end

function saveToLog(text, toScreen, verbose)
  toScreen = toScreen or true
  verbose = verbose or false
  text = text or "Nil instead of text supplied, check your code!"

  if toScreen then
	print(text)
  end
  if fso:getUseLog() then
	fso:appendLine(text, verbose)
  end
end

Inksaver, on 25 May 2014 - 05:26 PM said:

It would not work with any modpacks, simply because of the large numbers of different blocks, and the difficulty identifying them.

Beeskee, on 03 July 2014 - 05:37 AM said:

world2
seed: -4093190322563353815
run1: x: 183, y: 65, z: 256, facing south 0
I started this one in single player creative mode first and the start spot is near spawn so it should be good. There's also a beacon.

This one has failed twice in 2 different ways. The first, it had too much wood and crashed. Turns out there's a generated mineshaft below. Oops. The second failure, it ran out of fuel in the bottom of the lake, thinking sand was wood.
The logs are in the world zips under computer #0's directory.

I was able to reproduce the error in a third run, and remembered to take a screenshot this time. I also got a look at what was going on with the flower and dirt, there's a 2-block dirt 'cliff' with a flower on top, it finds that and thinks it found something else. Logs are in the zip in world2\computer\0

Inksaver, on 12 May 2014 - 09:52 PM said:

After all I am still a beginner!

dropdead, on 17 November 2016 - 06:41 PM said:

-snip-

Lupus590, on 18 November 2016 - 12:32 PM said:

dropdead, on 17 November 2016 - 06:41 PM said:

-snip-

does the error give a line number?

Lupus590, on 18 November 2016 - 12:32 PM said:

dropdead, on 17 November 2016 - 06:41 PM said:

-snip-

does the error give a line number?

function craft(arg)
		-- code...
if arg.doSort == nil then
  arg.doSort = false
end
if arg.doSort then
  sortInventory(true)
end

if arg.sourceItem1 == nil then
  sourceSlot1 = 0
  sourceQuantity1 = 0
else
  sourceSlot1 = slot:getItemSlot(arg.sourceItem1)
  sourceQuantity1 = turtle.getItemCount(sourceSlot1) -- THIS IS LINE 2719!
end
	  
		-- code ...
end

print("About to use line 2718. arg.SourceItem1 = "..tostring(arg.SourceItem1))

366 -- go back and remove supplies
367 T:go("RRFF") -- diamonds
368 turtle.select(1)
369 turtle.suckDown()
370 itemSlot = T:getItemSlot("minecraft:diamond")
371 keepNum = numTurtles * 3
372 turtle.select(itemSlot)
373 if turtle.getItemCount(itemSlot) > keepNum then
374 turtle.dropDown(turtle.getItemCount(itemSlot) - keepNum)
375 end

Inksaver, on 09 December 2018 - 06:24 PM said:

I have now retired the original 12,000 lines to a new pastebin link: https://pastebin.com/JVD1RPfg
The link given in my original post has now been updated to a new version with less than half the line count which is far more reliable. Here it is again: https://pastebin.com/2Zf5an8H

It served its purpose well, and is still useful for those interested in the concept of machine learning / AI as the turtle had to learn by experiment what the various blocks are, but the huge difficulty of keeping track of all the items during a run session lasting up to 12 hours was a nightmare. I am amazed it ever worked at all.
…

dropdead, on 10 January 2019 - 05:42 PM said:

… Looks like I'm up for another test. …

Bomb Bloke, on 13 January 2019 - 12:55 PM said:

[the turtle] seemed quite happy to lug stacks of logs down into the mine with it (instead of leaving them in the surface chests) - it might get away with this in vanilla (maybe), but mod packs tend to add a lot of blocks

• 1. Create your world, place the reeds, and add the code to the turtle, either from pastebin get, or manually downloading the file and putting it in the correct place. Assume the world is called "Self Replicate" for this tutorial purpose.
• 2. Copy this world and rename it with a suffix , say "Self Replicate00". Do NOT run the program on this world! Even better move it to a different folder on your PC
• 3. Rename the copy world "Self Replicate01current" - this is the world you will be running the code in
• 4. Edit the code on the "Self Replicate01current" using Notepad++, Atom or similar to comment out code starting with "if status == 2 then" (currently line 4838) to the end of function main(). This will force the script to stop once all the necessary trees have been harvested, and it is ready to move on to digging the first vertical mineshaft.
• 5. Copy "Self Replicate01current" and rename the copy to "Self Replicate01". Move this copy elsewhere, (along with "Self Replicate00") to keep them safe.
• 6. Load and run "Self Replicate01current"
• 7. If all goes well

1. Edit the code in "Self Replicate01current" to un-comment the next process, starting with "if status == 3 then" (currently line 4844)
2. Rename the world to "Self Replicate02"
3. Copy "Self Replicate02".
4. Rename the copy to "Self Replicate02current"
5. Move "Self Replicate02" elsewhere
6. Load and run "Self Replicate02current"

1. Delete "Self Replicate01current".
2. Copy "Self Replicate01" back to the saves folder. It is now ready for debugging.
3. break (Stop here.)