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bwochinski #1

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 09:12 PM

EDIT: Here is the playlist link for all ComputerCraft Challenge episodes. Of course, subscribing to my channel is the easiest way to be notified when I post a new episode!

http://www.youtube.c...WS2gcmS-1h4KdXO

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #01 - Quirks and Difficulties

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS6Isl_yRMM[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #02 - Hidey Holes are Hard

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoaCFAQv0o[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #03 - Coding a Mine

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX7FEeQ3Wpg[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #04 - Disappearing into the Depths

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bpk3QvNEFY[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #05 - Rednet Disaster!

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j03p_3Ilx_Q[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #06 - A Daring Rescue!

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SfWBJiXOGY[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #07 - Efficiency in Mining

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU8g8Y20FZM[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #08 - Clever Girl

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Ba4pKfbKY[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #09 - Walling In

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QurNSwjpNic[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #10 - Slightly Safer

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqfTRwUeCUk[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #11 - v1.46 and Rusty Coding

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEujai75elE[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #12 - Like a Noob

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQ2wyqV5kw[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #13 - Shermin the Smelter

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8OAWWqRXMc[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #14 - Simple Smelting

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wyf71eDxM4[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #15 - Rogue Sidekick!

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMkIMM22eO0[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #16 - More Automated

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_OroNfA2Q[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #17 - Satellite Plans

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL0MucZbdHo[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #18 - Configuring GPS

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRS7kKvkMU[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #19 - Another Rescue

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYidpsAK-sY[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #20 - Fixing Problems

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZpKp-B2Flk[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #21 - System Positioned

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdkszU3wU4E[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #22 - Clearing The Way

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU3xgMmgL4U[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #23 - Writing an API

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYsSagGUP_0[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #24 - At Last!

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CowWtxfvV_0[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #25 - Basic Turtle API

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amDXMBnKz94[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #26 - So Much Death

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8bYCzyCIo[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #27 - API Testing

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egslt8ZmVdc[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #28 - Tree Planning

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvzHXK5m2tA[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #29 - Clearcutting

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13QqjH69npU[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #30 - Coding with the Creepers

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DsxZhZfNsI[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #31 - Bugs and Repairs

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKfz3Iku7Gc[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #32 - Back on the Farm

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uz9ZiWOwqg[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #33 - Standard Tree Farm

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP-0VR9R6ZI[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #34 - Function Design

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmG8n12qzD4[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #35 - Finalizing the Farm

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64BFe1L_Yc[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #36 - Runaway Klaus

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rduq6H8GUqM[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #37 - Perpetual System

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQMBkXbsqAM[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #38 - Updates

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbKSODc0rY[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #39 - More Trees

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrKdpxTmrg[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #40 - Beginning Relays

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In40ACmzVAg[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #41 - Relay/Router Explained

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on0muOdr8us[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #42 - Return of the Turtles

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPdhSc5ZLI4[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #43 - Remote Control Turtles

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfF2Mdf61Rs[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #44 - The Code: Remote Control Turtles

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gwXEFlTu8[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #45 - GUI Development

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NkZP6T37hU[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #46 - Crazy Weird Debugging

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xa3p-s4i60[/media]

================ ORIGINAL POST ================

I just started a new series on my YouTube channel which I am calling The ComputerCraft Challenge. In this series I will be attempting to mine, build, and just plain survive without doing any of the work by hand, instead programming turtles to do everything from day one.

I just put up the first episode and I'd love any feedback people are willing to give. I'm no ComputerCraft guru, but I'll learn quickly or die!

Noodle #2

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 10:28 PM

You have a nice voice for let's plays (nohomo).
Its kinda like a tutorial.
I like it!

DarkSnake #3

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 11:29 PM

Interesting :D/>/>.
Question: Will you make your turtle into a crafty one? :P/>/>

bwochinski #4

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 12:02 AM

Noodle, on 25 September 2012 - 10:28 PM said:
You have a nice voice for let's plays (nohomo).
Its kinda like a tutorial.
I like it!

Thanks! I'm enjoying it so I'll be doing a few more episodes at least. :D/>/>

DarkSnake, on 25 September 2012 - 11:29 PM said:
Interesting :)/>/>.
Question: Will you make your turtle into a crafty one? :P/>/>

That's a good point, really I should have a crafty turtle instead of a crafting table shouldn't I?
I'll have to rectify that. Episode 2 is already recorded, but thereafter I'll do more through a crafty turtle.

DarkSnake #5

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 12:25 AM

Yes you should :P/>/>
Just need to craft them together and voila! =D

bwochinski #6

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 09:30 PM

Episode two is now uploaded! This was already recorded, but I'll incorporate some of your feedback going into episode 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoaCFAQv0o

jag #7

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 05:03 PM

bwochinski, on 27 September 2012 - 09:30 PM said:
Episode two is now uploaded! This was already recorded, but I'll incorporate some of your feedback going into episode 3.

Awesome!

stilldabomb #8

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Posted 29 September 2012 - 06:10 AM

This looks so fun!

bwochinski #9

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 01:36 AM

stilldabomb, on 29 September 2012 - 06:10 AM said:
This looks so fun!

It really is! I'm excited to be recording more soon.

rats3g #10

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 03:31 AM

Watched the first episode so far and definitely going to watch the next one. This seems like it could be a really interesting series and Noodle is right, your voice is great for a let's play.

bwochinski #11

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 04:57 AM

rats3g, on 30 September 2012 - 03:31 AM said:
Watched the first episode so far and definitely going to watch the next one. This seems like it could be a really interesting series and Noodle is right, your voice is great for a let's play.

Thanks very much! :)/>/>

stilldabomb #12

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 06:36 AM

I wanna join! D: Maybe we could get some people to do it on like turtle.dig() or something and we could do… ComputerCraft Challenge - SMP :)/>/>

bwochinski #13

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 11:55 AM

stilldabomb, on 30 September 2012 - 06:36 AM said:
I wanna join! D: Maybe we could get some people to do it on like turtle.dig() or something and we could do… ComputerCraft Challenge - SMP :)/>/>

An SMP version could be really fun, but I imagine less stressful, having more eyes and likely collaboration.

Another thing that would be cool is to have more people in the community try the CC challenge (in SSP) and post videos. To have it be like the old 404 challenge or things like that.

jag #14

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 02:56 PM

bwochinski, on 30 September 2012 - 11:55 AM said:
stilldabomb, on 30 September 2012 - 06:36 AM said:
I wanna join! D: Maybe we could get some people to do it on like turtle.dig() or something and we could do… ComputerCraft Challenge - SMP :)/>/>

An SMP version could be really fun, but I imagine less stressful, having more eyes and likely collaboration.

Another thing that would be cool is to have more people in the community try the CC challenge (in SSP) and post videos. To have it be like the old 404 challenge or things like that.

Hi, remember me from youtube? (my name there's jillheden)
I got a bukkit ready for a SMP version, with only ComputerCraft 1.4.1 (not tekkit!)
My only problem left is to ban every item/blocks except tools and CC related blocks, and to get a IP for the server (currently it's on my laptop :(/>/> )

EDIT: ⇈ Done! ⇈ Only thing left is to put the (bukkit) server on a server or just a stationary computer.

GopherAtl #15

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Posted 30 September 2012 - 03:00 PM

Decided to try it and wow, that didn't feel like an hour. Seemed like I spent a lot of time in manual control, which seems to defeat the point, but I was adding some more restrictions as I went along. I was doing it at first, but shortly in I decided I wouldn't directly manipulate the turtle's inventory, but use drop to make it give me stuff, and suck to pick up things I drop for it, which isn't something that can easily be generalized to a higher level than "suck to slot #". Also decided I was not going to break the turtle, which means either elaborate searching algorithms for things like finding the next tree - which would take too long to write for this context; writing single-use programs every time I need him to go somewhere; or just manually controlling him.

Can't upload it until I get home, out of town right now and with my current internet it'd take several days to upload this even in 240p.

For the next chapter, I might "cheat" a bit and load my turtlex api, which will give me a leg up on doing a lot of inventory-related automation.

bwochinski #16

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Posted 01 October 2012 - 08:38 PM

Its great to see so much interest in this!

I have uploaded episode 3 of my series and it should be live now!

EDIT: uploaded fixed version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX7FEeQ3Wpg

jag #17

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Posted 01 October 2012 - 08:41 PM

bwochinski, on 01 October 2012 - 08:38 PM said:
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Its great to see so much interest in this!

I have uploaded episode 3 of my series and it should be live now!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMGLbk3QlJ8[/media]

It would be better if you added the videos on the topic, instead of having each video in the comments…
Or, you know, have both…

bwochinski #18

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 02:02 PM

For any who watched episode 3 before and got the screen going black at 30:00, the fixed version is now up! Post above updated with new video. ^

jag #19

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 02:10 PM

bwochinski, on 02 October 2012 - 02:02 PM said:
For any who watched episode 3 before and got the screen going black at 30:00, the fixed version is now up! Post above updated with new video. ^

Great!

billysback #20

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 05:01 PM

I actually quite enjoy this series! I wish I could help get it a bit more noticed, but I don't really have any way to…

dan200 #21

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 06:36 PM

bwochinski, on 02 October 2012 - 02:02 PM said:
For any who watched episode 3 before and got the screen going black at 30:00, the fixed version is now up! Post above updated with new video. ^

Hey, I really like this series :D/>/>

Quick tip on the refuel function: turtle.refuel(number) will refuel with up to the number of items you specify, turtle.refuel() with no parameters will refuel with all the items in the slot if you can (and turtle.refuel(0) won't consume anything, just return whether the item is fuel or not). This is why the turtle gobbled up all your wood: as soon as it ran out of fuel, it gobbled up every single wooden block that it had in the slot.

It seems like the wiki wasn't up to date with this information, so i've gone ahead and updated them. In future it's a good idea to type "help turtle" (or any other API) to see the real parameters an API takes (I keep that 100% uptodate), then it's easier to spot when the wiki is wrong (and if you're feeling a really good netizen, update it yourself :(/>/>)

Also: Inspired by your first video, i'm going to make broken turtles store their fuel level in the next version.

jag #22

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 09:01 PM

dan200, on 02 October 2012 - 06:36 PM said:
I'm going to make broken turtles store their fuel level in the next version.

Cool! A new ability is coming!

bwochinski #23

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 10:49 PM

billysback, on 02 October 2012 - 05:01 PM said:
I actually quite enjoy this series! I wish I could help get it a bit more noticed, but I don't really have any way to…

Thanks, glad you're enjoying it! Even if all you can do is "like" the videos on YouTube that helps get it noticed!

bwochinski #24

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Posted 02 October 2012 - 11:20 PM

dan200, on 02 October 2012 - 06:36 PM said:
Hey, I really like this series :D/>/>

Quick tip on the refuel function: turtle.refuel(number) will refuel with up to the number of items you specify, turtle.refuel() with no parameters will refuel with all the items in the slot if you can (and turtle.refuel(0) won't consume anything, just return whether the item is fuel or not). This is why the turtle gobbled up all your wood: as soon as it ran out of fuel, it gobbled up every single wooden block that it had in the slot.

It seems like the wiki wasn't up to date with this information, so i've gone ahead and updated them. In future it's a good idea to type "help turtle" (or any other API) to see the real parameters an API takes (I keep that 100% uptodate), then it's easier to spot when the wiki is wrong (and if you're feeling a really good netizen, update it yourself :(/>/>)

Also: Inspired by your first video, i'm going to make broken turtles store their fuel level in the next version.

Glad you're enjoying it! And double thanks for adding fuel level retention! That will ease a lot of hassle with using fuel. B)/>/>

I did eventually figure out the deal with turtle.refuel(), that comes along in episode 4. Thanks for updating the wiki too, it was on my to-do list, but I'm sure you can imagine how that goes. :-P

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Posted 03 October 2012 - 03:27 AM

I like this series. You have a very enthusiastic demeanor, and are pretty fun to listen to. You're good with coding, but not so much that it's not entertaining to watch. If someone like dan200 or Cloudy did this, they would bang through without a problem, I can imagine dan200 can use his own mod. But with someone who doesn't code (almost) flawlessly, it's got suspense, like creepers and skeletons while you code. I might take this myself one day, but I can't film it.

I'm very much waiting for episode 4, and I hope for many more. :(/>/>

–Lettuce

bwochinski #26

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Posted 04 October 2012 - 10:18 PM

Glad everyone is enjoying!

The wait for episode 4 is now over!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bpk3QvNEFY

Lettuce #27

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Posted 04 October 2012 - 10:58 PM

Another good video! How about a pro-tip? This is just for minecraft, you can cook logs in a furnace to get charcoal, which is just like coal, but doesn't stack with it. You can use it for torches etc. or as fuel for furnaces, and most importantly: TURTLES! So you aren't hurting for fuel. So don't convert your logs to wooden planks, convert it to charcoal.

bwochinski #28

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Posted 05 October 2012 - 03:20 AM

Lettuce, on 04 October 2012 - 10:58 PM said:
Another good video! How about a pro-tip? This is just for minecraft, you can cook logs in a furnace to get charcoal, which is just like coal, but doesn't stack with it. You can use it for torches etc. or as fuel for furnaces, and most importantly: TURTLES! So you aren't hurting for fuel. So don't convert your logs to wooden planks, convert it to charcoal.

I actually did that to get the torches I currently have. I just didn't bother once I was doing the mining program since Sidekick should find more than enough coal now.

Lettuce #29

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Posted 05 October 2012 - 09:40 PM

Ah. I just re-watched episode 3. Forgive me, it was a 15 second part, and I saw you weren't using it as turtle fuel, so I assumed you didn't know.

–Lettuce

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Posted 05 October 2012 - 10:28 PM

Checkin out the series now

bwochinski #31

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Posted 06 October 2012 - 12:47 AM

FunshineX, on 05 October 2012 - 10:28 PM said:
Checkin out the series now

Cool thanks. :(/>/>

GopherAtl #32

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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:52 PM

Uploading part 1 of my own as I write this. 1h was just too much, even with some editing it was 45 minutes so I'm cutting the first ep into 2 parts, part 1 is 30m and uploading right now. I harvest some trees - that part feels a lot like bwochinski's, which is inevitable I think - then I hastily dig a hidey-hole to hide from night and write programs to dig a spiral staircase, make a furnace, and climb the stairs again. Part 2 is shorter, includes me throwing together a manual control program (I've added the restriction of not breaking the turtle, as well as interacting with it's inventory only through drop/suck, so a more efficient way of moving and positioning the turtle was absolutely required) and using it to lazily mine a vein of coal.

Next episode I think I'm going to focus on food, not that I need any yet but because it'll take a while to yield much and it will involve some interesting programs. Not sure where to go from there; normally I'd mine exactly like bwochinski did, vertical shafts in staggered rows, but…well, he did that already, and it seems pointless to write programs to do the exact same thing, and would be boring for people to watch, so I guess I'll be doing some sort of branch mining instead.

Will edit video into the post when it's done uploading…which will be an hour at least it seems. I get back home from the middle of nowhere with the incredibly bad 3g and find my cable internet here is still out, so I'm on proper-but-still-tethered-3g, which doesn't have the best up speed. :sigh:

:edit: forgive the delay, got caught up with additional filming.

Good news re: ep 2: wrote a handy little "mow" program, that follows the ground chopping any grass and flowers along the way, and with it collected 16 seeds mowing a 16x16 area.
Bad news: realised after doing this that I need to make another turtle, and give it a diamond hoe, before I can plow dirt to plant the seeds in. >.< So, will be off to the depths to mine after that.

Also, I got killed by skeles, and I wasn't even recording at the time, so that just sucked in every way.

Anyway, ep 1 part 1!

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[media]http://youtu.be/AQs-Y6ezAxs[/media]

bwochinski #33

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Posted 07 October 2012 - 11:12 PM

Hey Gopher, I checked out your first episode and you're looking pretty good! Sorry I took the easy mining style :D/>/>, but I'm sure you'll be able to do well with a turtle at diamond level!

Looking forward to the next video!

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 10:22 PM

Hi, your videos are great!
A useful tip you might want to know:
you actually can turn your turtle with the "go" program and even use "fd" for forward moving, "lt" for turning left, "rt" for turning right.

To the bug in video 5:
I bet depth is nil in the CheckWalls() function, because you declared it as local :D/>/>

bwochinski #35

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 11:32 PM

Lion4ever, on 08 October 2012 - 10:22 PM said:
Hi, your videos are great!
A useful tip you might want to know:
you actually can turn your turtle with the "go" program and even use "fd" for forward moving, "lt" for turning left, "rt" for turning right.

To the bug in video 5:
I bet depth is nil in the CheckWalls() function, because you declared it as local ;)/>/>

Hey thanks! Didn't know about the lt and rt parameters! About the bug, you could be right! We'll find out once I'm able to recover the turtle! :D/>/>

bwochinski #36

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Posted 09 October 2012 - 07:18 AM

Finally got around to tidying up the first post and adding all episodes there.

For those who missed it, episode 5 is up!

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Posted 10 October 2012 - 02:23 AM

Really been enjoying this series Ben. Make sure to check it out if you haven't guys. Also, if you're interested, I'm starting my own play of the computercraft challenge on twitch under rats3g tomorrow (Wednesday). See ya there.

Lettuce #38

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Posted 10 October 2012 - 03:24 AM

rats3g, on 10 October 2012 - 02:23 AM said:
Really been enjoying this series Ben. Make sure to check it out if you haven't guys. Also, if you're interested, I'm starting my own play of the computercraft challenge on twitch under rats3g tomorrow (Wednesday). See ya there.

There you go, bwochinski! You're an inspiration to us all! Keep at it. Now I'm wondering how you're going to get that turtle out of that hole without digging, and no diamonds… Rednet? I'm just as bad with it as you are, so don't feel embarrassed. I use turtles, dabble with actual computers, do some circuitry with 'em. That's it.

–Lettuce

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 01:01 AM

rats3g, on 10 October 2012 - 02:23 AM said:
Really been enjoying this series Ben. Make sure to check it out if you haven't guys. Also, if you're interested, I'm starting my own play of the computercraft challenge on twitch under rats3g tomorrow (Wednesday). See ya there.

What time are you going live? I should be able to stop on, though I'll be on my iPhone.

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 01:26 AM

Had some unexpected stuff come up so I wasn't able to start today but I'm hoping to get rolling with the cc challenge next Wednesday around 7:00 pm EST maybe a little earlier. Other days I'll probably just be streaming normal tech mods.

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 08:05 PM

Episode #06 - "A Daring Rescue!" is up!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SfWBJiXOGY[/media]

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 08:38 PM

Yey, fianly something to watch instead of reading a stupid book in homework, when i goto bed. :P/>/>!

/todo Bring ipod when going to bed and find vid:)

Loving this series so far ;)/>/>
Keep up all the good work

jag #43

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 08:46 PM

sjele, on 11 October 2012 - 08:38 PM said:
Yey, fianly something to watch instead of reading a stupid book in homework, when i goto bed. ;)/>/>!

Lol so true :P/>/>

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 08:54 PM

I love all your vids I have subscribed to this post and your YouTube hope to get bandicam/fraps soon to make a series of my own soon you(and rondouglas on YouTube) have really inspired me to become a programmer(btw I am programming using CC now) when I am grown(I'm 12 ) and I really enjoy watching you , If you read this I am so happy( it would feel,like talking to a celebrity) and thanks , bye.

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 10:33 PM

i would have just went down there and recoded it if you have it constantly go upwards you have time to jump

bwochinski #46

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:04 AM

Dusty_Rebel, on 11 October 2012 - 08:54 PM said:
I love all your vids I have subscribed to this post and your YouTube hope to get bandicam/fraps soon to make a series of my own soon you(and rondouglas on YouTube) have really inspired me to become a programmer(btw I am programming using CC now) when I am grown(I'm 12 ) and I really enjoy watching you , If you read this I am so happy( it would feel,like talking to a celebrity) and thanks , bye.

Always glad to hear someone's been inspired! That's great you're programming and if you have video, or screenshots, or just blog posts, be sure to share!

Also so glad you like the videos, I'm gonna keep making more as long as I can! :P/>/>

bwochinski #47

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:06 AM

PixelToast, on 11 October 2012 - 10:33 PM said:
i would have just went down there and recoded it if you have it constantly go upwards you have time to jump

Since recording this episode I've thought of at least 4 ways I could have gotten Sidekick out of there without "cheating". :P/>/>

Hindsight, ya know?

Lettuce #48

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 01:28 AM

-and yes, I know that ComputerCraft one point whoa! I was laughing for like two minutes.

You can resolve that rednet limit by making a satellite, like you said, or changing the config file.

Hepcat2299 #49

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 10:45 AM

Just a quick FYI and I'll start by saying I am enjoying this series and hope to see more soon. Your rednet problem was caused, atleast at first, by that raging storm you had outside your hidey hole. Signals get all wet and soggy :)/>/>. Keep it up!

Sebra #50

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 07:30 PM

Rednet range shortened to 16 in tunderstorm.
You got experience for cooking.
Good luck.

PixelToast #51

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Posted 14 October 2012 - 09:19 AM

sad toaster is sad in thunderstorm :)/>/>

bwochinski #52

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Posted 15 October 2012 - 08:50 PM

Episode #07 - Efficiency in Mining

A lot of coding in this episode!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU8g8Y20FZM[/media]

GopherAtl #53

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Posted 15 October 2012 - 10:56 PM

Finally back home, uploaded part 2 of episode 1, which is just another 15 minutes in which I hack out an arrow-based manual control program and use it to mine some coal..

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd2R6pssGp4[/media]

..and episode 2, in which I clear out a large space, make a couple of chests, and do… some other things I'm probably forgetting.

Spoiler

[media]http://youtu.be/C9eODO65bmg[/media]

ep 2 could probably have stood some editing, but I've got the flu and can't be bothered. enjoy, I'm going to go sit in my recliner under a blanket and nap while blowing my nose and feeling sorry for myself.

Lettuce #54

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 01:24 AM

Oh, now I gotta see how your code goes. When's episode 8? And will we see your epic clash with the spider?

bwochinski #55

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 03:15 AM

GopherAtl, on 15 October 2012 - 10:56 PM said:
Finally back home, uploaded part 2 of episode 1, which is just another 15 minutes in which I hack out an arrow-based manual control program and use it to mine some coal..

Awesome, can't wait to watch. And writing a script for arrow based control like that is a genius idea!

bwochinski #56

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Posted 16 October 2012 - 03:18 AM

Lettuce, on 16 October 2012 - 01:24 AM said:
Oh, now I gotta see how your code goes. When's episode 8? And will we see your epic clash with the spider?

Episode 8 will be out Thursday. And don't worry, when I have to split an episode like that I always overlap them by about 20 seconds, nothing is cut!

sjele #57

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Posted 18 October 2012 - 05:21 PM

Can't wait for ep 8 :P/>/>

bwochinski #58

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Posted 18 October 2012 - 09:59 PM

sjele, on 18 October 2012 - 05:21 PM said:
Can't wait for ep 8 :P/>/>

It's uploading now! Progress shows about 45 minutes left? I'll post again after it's live!

bwochinski #59

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Posted 18 October 2012 - 10:42 PM

Episode 8 up!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Ba4pKfbKY[/media]

sjele #60

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 08:50 PM

Awesome episode :)/>/>

bwochinski #61

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 04:37 AM

Newest episode was up as of this afternoon. Making progress on living above ground!

For those who are just watching on the forums here you go.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QurNSwjpNic[/media]

sjele #62

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 06:05 PM

Can't wait to watch this. Will later tonight ^_^/>/>

Lettuce #63

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Posted 24 October 2012 - 12:11 AM

Ah… debugging. The best part of programming. Figuring out what the heck the computer thinks you wanted it to do.

bwochinski #64

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Posted 26 October 2012 - 02:53 PM

For those who missed it yesterday, we've made it to episode #10!!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqfTRwUeCUk[/media]

sjele #65

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Posted 26 October 2012 - 02:58 PM

Yey, Can't wait to watch this

jag #66

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 08:49 AM

Our CC:Challenge server is up!
[Forum link]

GopherAtl #67

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 12:41 PM

episode 3 of my "response" series is up. I teach my turtle to mow the lawn.

Spoiler

[media]http://youtu.be/SNuIMfYMbZQ[/media]

bwochinski #68

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Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:14 PM

Just updating the thread with the episodes from last week.

Either this week or the next I will likely be featuring the ComputerCraft Challenge Server as mentioned a couple posts up!

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #11 - v1.46 and Rusty Coding

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEujai75elE[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #12 - Like a Noob

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQ2wyqV5kw[/media]

GopherAtl #69

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Posted 07 November 2012 - 05:06 AM

aaand episode 4, in which I write a program to mine veins of materials that don't drop ore, in this case applied to coal, without a silk touch-collected sample.

watch on youtube

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n8EkzLELm8[/media]

bwochinski #70

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 03:28 AM

I'm still going! Just haven't been posting for every upload lately due to a lot of demands on my time! :)/>/>

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #13 - Shermin the Smelter

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8OAWWqRXMc[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #14 - Simple Smelting

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wyf71eDxM4[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #15 - Rogue Sidekick!

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMkIMM22eO0[/media]

GopherAtl #71

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 06:51 PM

Sorry for long delay, here's episode 5! I go iron mining,make a modified version of the vein mining program from last time to mine veins of ore, where compare() is useful, and find a long-term solution to the fuel crisis.

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDDSBbck4g&feature=vmdshb[/media]

Next episode, things are gonna get awesome. I'm coding up something special I thought of while finishing up epsiode 5, doing most of the coding off-camera because it's gonna be several hours worth of work and I can't imagine anyone wants to watch me do nothing but write code for 3 hours, so I'm just gonna record a few bits of of the coding and debugging to edit together. I don't wanna spoil it, but suffice to say it's going to drasticly change the way I play in my cc challenge world.

Dusty_Rebel #72

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 04:40 PM

Dusty_Rebel, on 11 October 2012 - 08:54 PM said:
I love all your vids I have subscribed to this post and your YouTube hope to get bandicam/fraps soon to make a series of my own soon you(and rondouglas on YouTube) have really inspired me to become a programmer(btw I am programming using CC now) when I am grown(I'm 12 ) and I really enjoy watching you , If you read this I am so happy( it would feel,like talking to a celebrity) and thanks , bye.

Guess what? ive got my first headset and i have bandicam so expect a vid soon

bwochinski #73

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Posted 20 November 2012 - 06:13 AM

Dusty_Rebel, on 19 November 2012 - 04:40 PM said:
Guess what? ive got my first headset and i have bandicam so expect a vid soon

Awesome! Will be looking forward to seeing your play! :(/>/>

Tiin57 #74

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Posted 20 November 2012 - 04:20 PM

You seem to be pretty damn awesome. Good work. :(/>/>

Cruor #75

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Posted 20 November 2012 - 11:52 PM

.-. now i want to do this to XD

bwochinski #76

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Posted 22 November 2012 - 07:44 AM

Thanks tiin and Cruor! Glad you're enjoying, and inspired!

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #16 - More Automated

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_OroNfA2Q[/media]

jag #77

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Posted 22 November 2012 - 06:05 PM

I'm still watchin :3

Mikeemoo #78

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Posted 22 November 2012 - 10:41 PM

I set up a basic CC challenge server in case anyone wishes to give it a go without cheating!

Connect to mischiefcollective.com

You need the latest FTB to run it, but no additional mods required.

In theory you can't interact with anything except turtles and computers. (although I understand there's a couple of bugs I still need to iron out)

There should be a bunch of turtles around spawn. Don't take them all!

;)/>/>

jag #79

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Posted 23 November 2012 - 02:19 AM

Mikeemoo, on 22 November 2012 - 10:41 PM said:
I set up a basic CC challenge server in case anyone wishes to give it a go without cheating!

Connect to mischiefcollective.com

You need the latest FTB to run it, but no additional mods required.

In theory you can't interact with anything except turtles and computers. (although I understand there's a couple of bugs I still need to iron out)

There should be a bunch of turtles around spawn. Don't take them all!

;)/>/>

Is it bukkit? Or did you make a mod? Or is it just "thrust" that you are going on?

And BTW I got a CC challenge server too! Click the banner ↓

Mikeemoo #80

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Posted 23 November 2012 - 04:14 AM

I made a forge mod.

GopherAtl #81

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:18 AM

Another new episode in my response series. Mostly me showing off (and fixing/working around a couple of bugs in) my new ctrl script, which takes the manual control program I've been using a lot and adds location memory, pathfinding, and queued commands. It's a work in progress, but I'm already pretty pleased with the results!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ewnqYrViX8[/media]

Expenox #82

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:33 AM

Awesome series!

bwochinski #83

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 08:30 PM

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #17 - Satellite Plans

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL0MucZbdHo[/media]

bwochinski #84

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Posted 16 December 2012 - 03:43 AM

Been busy and barely having time to get episodes up, so here's catching up the ones I hadn't posted here yet…

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #18 - Configuring GPS

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRS7kKvkMU[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #19 - Another Rescue

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYidpsAK-sY[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #20 - Fixing Problems

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZpKp-B2Flk[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #21 - System Positioned

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdkszU3wU4E[/media]

Dusty_Rebel #85

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Posted 21 December 2012 - 04:34 AM

Hey, I'm sorry I haven't posted any videos yet My family and I have been getting settled in to our new house, hopefully soon I will be making atleast 1 video…….. And i thought I'd ask if you could post the shermin the smelter program on turtlescripts or something..
thx for listening,
Dusty_rebel

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Posted 01 January 2013 - 04:30 AM

Hi Ben, thanks for the inspiration, I joined you on the challenge, here is my first night.

[media]http://youtu.be/3P8Js9Pl-VI[\media]

Dusty_Rebel #87

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Posted 06 January 2013 - 01:41 PM

Is Bwochinski Not Getting On Here Anymore??

jag #88

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:30 AM

Donno

CastleMan2000 #89

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 10:40 AM

At episode 3, while you were fixing log and programming mine I was getting angry because A. log's checkFuel() didn't go back to slot 1 after refueling, B. mine's logic for going back up didn't check for fuel and the while loop for going down doesn't seem to end, and C. none of your functions are local. Good series though, I'm still enjoying it :)/>

bwochinski #90

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 05:31 PM

Hey guys sorry I haven't checked in for a while! Holidays and family have kept me busy so I didn't have as much time to keep up with everything I'd like.
At any rate, my ComputerCraft Challenge has been continuing, having just hit episode #30!

I've really liked seeing other people take on the challenge.

@CastleMan2000 - I'm hardly an expert scripter, but I'd like to think I've gotten better as the series goes on. :)/>

I wont post the 10 episodes that have gone up since I last updated this thread, but everything is on the playlist!

Dusty_Rebel #91

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 06:09 AM

bwochinski, on 16 January 2013 - 05:31 PM said:
Hey guys sorry I haven't checked in for a while! Holidays and family have kept me busy so I didn't have as much time to keep up with everything I'd like.
At any rate, my ComputerCraft Challenge has been continuing, having just hit episode #30!

I've really liked seeing other people take on the challenge.

@CastleMan2000 - I'm hardly an expert scripter, but I'd like to think I've gotten better as the series goes on. :)/>

I wont post the 10 episodes that have gone up since I last updated this thread, but everything is on the playlist!

Yay You're Back On :D/>

bwochinski #92

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Posted 19 February 2013 - 06:57 PM

I really meant to be keeping up with posting these…. ;-)

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #38 - Updates

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbKSODc0rY[/media]

bwochinski #93

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Posted 23 February 2013 - 03:20 AM

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #39 - More Trees

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrKdpxTmrg[/media]

termhn #94

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Posted 24 February 2013 - 03:52 PM

Hey ben, just wanted to suggest a (I think) different method of recording…
http://forums.statio...plit-obs.80232/

scroll down to the Open Broadcasting Software section… instead of choosing the game video source just do a software capture source and set it to the whole screen. I've just started using it for mine and it's great. Keeps file sizes down, hardly any impact on performance (for me, though my rig is pretty beastly), and pretty good quality. Anyway, awesome series!

Buho #95

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Posted 25 February 2013 - 03:27 PM

Bwochinski, just wanted to say I stumbled across your series and that got me into ComputerCraft. I love how your sidekick goes down into a hole and "magically" comes back with ores!

You inspired me to write my own from scratch. I call mine drillfield. You specify a width and length of the field to drill holes in and it figures out where to position the holes and mines everything in that field. Further, if there's more than 3 slots empty, it doesn't bother returning to the output chest but continues to dive, saving travel time and fuel. This is the automation others are probably telling you you need to add to sidekick. My program takes about 6 days solid running to clean out a 160x160 field, 4X as fast if I start at level 16, but I've added in extra parameters to divvy up this field with multiple turtles. 8 turtles can do the job overnight, yielding about 2 stacks of diamonds and more iron and redstone than I know what to do with.

I'm looking forward to additional episodes!

bwochinski #96

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Posted 15 March 2013 - 08:40 AM

These episodes are starting to get into the development of my wireless turtle network. I expect episodes will be more spread from this point on, as I have to do more complex design and debugging.

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #40 - Beginning Relays

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In40ACmzVAg[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #41 - Relay/Router Explained

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on0muOdr8us[/media]

That sounds aweosme Buho, I hope to have a system very similar to that in the end!

jag #97

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Posted 16 March 2013 - 01:38 PM

Aww man, Ben, you should get a server. And make it whitelist for only those who watch your series! :D/>

AndreWalia #98

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 12:29 PM

Great series man!
I did this on my own and I made a program that lets you control the turtles more easily.
you can find it here

jag #99

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 05:26 AM

Mr.Coder, on 19 March 2013 - 12:29 PM said:
Great series man!
I did this on my own and I made a program that lets you control the turtles more easily.
you can find it here

Idk man, doe your is simpler it is not as practical. A nice improvement for your code would be to give the functionality to manovre the turtle via a console or similar.

EDIT: I've looked closer to your code, and it's got some major flaws. The biggest one is that you cannot select slot 10-16. I remade your code for more finess; take a look at it: 9weNSjGW

Mr. Fang #100

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 09:35 AM

jag_e_nummer_ett, on 16 March 2013 - 01:38 PM said:
Aww man, Ben, you should get a server. And make it whitelist for only those who watch your series! :D/>

I watch your series :S or do I?

bwochinski #101

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Posted 15 June 2013 - 10:19 PM

Had a few more episodes go up since I updated this thread, including a big one showcasing my turtle network! I'm still developing more parts of the system so I hope to have big update videos continuing from time to time.

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #42 - Return of the Turtles

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPdhSc5ZLI4[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #43 - Remote Control Turtles

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfF2Mdf61Rs[/media]

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #44 - The Code: Remote Control Turtles

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gwXEFlTu8[/media]

bwochinski #102

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Posted 15 July 2013 - 05:58 PM

After (another) long hiatus I'm back hacking away at a graphical interface for my Remote Control Turtle system. I might be a little too clever for my own good though, and debugging becomes a pain…

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #45 - GUI Development

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NkZP6T37hU[/media]

bwochinski #103

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Posted 19 July 2013 - 06:05 PM

Some of the weirdest bugs I've encountered dealing with events. Admittedly I ended up with some really weird flow control…

The ComputerCraft Challenge - #46 - Crazy Weird Debugging

Spoiler

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xa3p-s4i60[/media]

Buho #104

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Posted 27 November 2013 - 10:02 PM

Hey Ben. Fantastic work on your 51st episode! I loved the sped-up survey of the turtle's work. I'm excited to see more!

Edited on 27 November 2013 - 09:03 PM