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Turtles equip/unequip tools

Started by Cranium, 14 November 2012 - 06:51 AM
Cranium #1
Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:51 AM
I think it would be neat if turtles could be able to equip/unequip tools so that a single turtle could be more versatile. I don't really like having one turtle for each tool that I need.
If turtles ever get to use different tools other than diamond level tools, this would be a good way to manage the tools on the turtle. Tool durability would also be needed inorder to make this work as suggested.
It would be nice if we could either craft them with another tool or just break them down in the crafting bench to remove the pickaxe or axe or whatever.
It would be even better if you could give the turtle a command to equip/unequip items using a function.

turtle.equip(slot)
turtle.unequip()
This would allow on the fly automatic switching when a turtle detects a different type of block ahead of it. That way, you are not trying to use a pickaxe on a tree, or a shovel on obsidian.
Cloudy #2
Posted 14 November 2012 - 08:38 AM
Not a fan of this idea, sorry. Turtles being crafted with one tool and keeping it is an intended gameplay mechanic.