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Posted 22 October 2012 - 08:06 PM
Okay let me preface this by saying I'm a computer science major and I'm intensively trying to push the limits of ComputerCraft to do O(n) maze generation. I work with odd numbered square mazes, I managed to make a 9x9 maze randomly generated that only takes 10 seconds to make, but that's childs play and only used 81 turtles. Now I'm using the same algorithm on a 25x25 maze with 625 turtles all running the same program on startup. I have a function that makes them all mine up while they detect a block above them in order to create their x&y positions. (I'm using white wool for x and black wool for y so when they mine up they store it in their inventory so when they get a function call they can check if it's for them or not with their x/y positions).
When I run the mine up function on all 625 turtles they all start mining up, then a random number of them just stop even though there is a block above them and the rest successfully finish mining.
Here is the code they all run on startup:
Then I open rednet on a computer terminal and send "setMaze" and they all start mining up and about half of them stop after one block, (They're never the same turtles though)
Can rednet only go so far? The turtles closest to the terminal usually work, so does rednet have a range, or can only so many turtles run the same program at once without issues?
Any help would be appreciated, I spent ~12 hours straight yesterday doing cool shit in computercraft and I really want this to work.
When I run the mine up function on all 625 turtles they all start mining up, then a random number of them just stop even though there is a block above them and the rest successfully finish mining.
Here is the code they all run on startup:
function set()
x=0
while turtle.detectUp() do
print(tostring(x))
turtle.digUp()
turtle.up()
sleep(1)
x=x+1
end
for i=1, x do
turtle.down()
end
turtle.placeUp()
end
function reset ()
turtle.digUp()
turtle.up()
turtle.digUp()
turtle.up()
turtle.digUp()
turtle.down()
turtle.down()
turtle.placeUp()
end
function wall(a)
id,msg=rednet.recieve
if tonumber(msg)==(turtle.getItemCount(3)+(turtle.getItemCount(4)*a)) then
turtle.digUp()
turtle.up()
turtle.digUp()
turtle.up()
turtle.select(2)
turtle.placeUp()
turtle.down()
turtle.placeUp()
turtle.down()
turtle.select(1)
turtle.placeUp()
end
end
function getmod ()
id,msg=rednet.recieve()
return tonumber(msg)
end
rednet.open("right")
mdf=0
while true do
id,msg = rednet.receive()
if msg == "setMaze" then
set()
end
if msg == "resetMaze" then
reset()
end
if msg == "wallMaze" then
wall(mdf)
end
if msg == "modifyMaze" then
mdf = getmod()
end
end
Then I open rednet on a computer terminal and send "setMaze" and they all start mining up and about half of them stop after one block, (They're never the same turtles though)
Can rednet only go so far? The turtles closest to the terminal usually work, so does rednet have a range, or can only so many turtles run the same program at once without issues?
Any help would be appreciated, I spent ~12 hours straight yesterday doing cool shit in computercraft and I really want this to work.
