Farmer API

Looking into making a possible API for farmer turtles.

Works like this
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turtle.use("DIRECTION")

That's really it..

You can already do this with the current turtle (or with every function in Lua that uses String indices).
turtle.forward() really is just the function 'forward' inside the table 'turtle' and thus can also be called like this:

turtle["forward"]()

Therefore if you want to use a variable for movement then you can do something like:
local moveVar = "forward"

turtle.[moveVar]()

– Now some code happens where moveVar changes to 'back'
moveVar = "back"

turtle.[moveVar]()

I'd suggest you take a look at how tables work in Lua, because that is THE most central data structure in Lua (the only one really).
Almost everything in Lua is using tables. :mellow:/>/>

Nonono.. I meant use like right clicking with a tool equipped by a turtle.

Ah, sorry. I misunderstood you then.
Thought the "use" part was meant like: "use this direction".

But about your initial idea: you can't make a turtle do that, at least not with Lua.
Or how exactly did you plan on doing that? I mean, you must've had a plan before creating this thread? :mellow:/>/>

Yes, yes I did. Working with some help from my clan. I'm actually making a .class file for it. Can't do it with lua so if I added a new function to a class file and added it, it should be able to do that.

Wouldnt it be, faster, easier, and more efficient to setup a flooder that washes your harvest to a Buildcraft obsidian pipe and pipe the harvest directly into chest? You can even sort the seeds from the harvest.

Turtles to plant with would be bomb, but there is already better ways to harvest.

Yes.. but I get bored and I like to challenge myself. This would also be simpler and all the time.