BigReactor Control Rod Script Help

I am trying to make a script to actively set my control rod levels to the level of power currently in the reactor's internal buffer.

Here is what I have for now. It is currently producing an error "too long without yielding"

while true do

local reactor = peripheral.wrap("BigReactors-Reactor_0")
local power = ((reactor.getEnergyStored() / 10000000) * 100)

if reactor.getActive() == true
then
reactor.setAllControlRodLevels(power)
end

end

sleep(5)

I know this is not quite right. I had someone write a program that did the same thing once, but I cannot remember how he wrote it, and this is my first time really playing with computers myself.

Move your sleep(5) call into your while loop, just above that last "end", say.

You'll probably also want to set your rods to 100 - power.

Thanks, that worked. And I tried using "100 - power", but that just set the rods to 0% when the buffer is full. Quite the opposite of what I wanted.

I've gotta ask - why would you want the reactor producing energy flat-out when it's already full, but not at all when it's empty?

100% rod insertion entirely prevents energy production, as in real reactors.

Ah, I was assuming the function name referred to extension - silly me, I guess.

Pretty much, this sets the rod insertion % to match the % of the buffer. So, if my buffer is 80% full, the rods will be set to 80% insertion. The rods will be inserted less and less as the energy in the buffer gets lower.