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Posted 29 December 2012 - 12:03 AM
Yup, that's right, I made a turtle which can completely replace an arboretum, in a far more efficient way, for 100% non-Sengir-approved OPness. :P/>
First off, I HIGHLY reccomend you fence in your turtle, like I did, just in case you don't set things up correctly, or if you find a bug. This also does not require any tools, all you need is a regular turtle.
Those who are interested in knowing more about how it works can go ahead and look at the code, and you can copy it to your heart's content. I will try to answer any questions, and fix any bugs, but don't be surprised if I don't visit this thread very often.
Now, as for how to use it,
First set up a 21x21 platform, like so:
(Note that, while the pillars are not necessary, they do add some nice aesthetics, in my opinion. :P/>)
Next, place another layer of cobble on top of the first one, but offset inward by one, with an at least 3-wide expansion of the original layer like I have shown in the picture, minus the gap: (This, while not absolutely necessary, will allow you to maximize tree planting area, while still collecting more or less 100% of the saplings.)
Next, place dirt on top of the platform with an overhang, so that it's a 21x21 square, but without a block underneath the edges. Then put water source blocks along the edges, so that they flow toward the center and beneath the overhang, but be careful that you put them at LEAST two blocks apart from each other at the corners.
Now, place the marker blocks. The fencing is optional, and you have some leeway in what blocks you can use, but you MUST set things up like this EXACTLY!
Some notes: I used oak wood planks to represent slot 2, jungle wood for slot 3, sand for slot 4, bricks for slot 5, and cobble for blocks in which material does not matter. Also, the thing with a dot on it is a charging station from Misc Peripherals. Sorry, but I'm not reprogramming this to work with charcoal, but anyone else who wishes to feel free.
EDIT: Also, the chest on the left is where you should pipe your saplings, while the chest on the right is where the turtle will place excess saplings.
Next is setting up charging station power generation, (I used windmills, but you can use any EU generation you wish. You could even hook this up to be self-sustaining, if you wish.) as well as turtle set-up;
Some notes: The only set-in-stone slots are the torches (you can use any light source, including glowstone and probably RP2's lamps), chests, and saplings, though the saplings don't HAVE to be filled up all the way. The other blocks can be modified as you wish, but it's important that you adjust your set-up accordingly.
And now, for the final steps of set-up, just place down your chosen light sources in whatever pattern you wish (the turtle will not care, and it should be noted that this is not the most efficient pattern)
And then, find the exact center of the dirt platform; start counting from one edge of it, up until you reach 11, and mark that location off with a block. Then do the same on the next side, and then just go straight into the middle with points until they intersect, and place your logger embedded into the above platform there.
Now just power your logger, set up some automated systems for use of the wood, and plop this program into your turtle's startup script, and you're good to go!
Pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/1FqrbwmY
For the flax farm, things up like this:
Notes: the planks can be any block, but make sure that your chests are on the slot 13 block's side.
And set up the turtle's inventory like so:
Now, just occasionally place charcoal into the top chest, and empty the other chest of string and flax seeds, and you're good to go!
(You can also, obviously, automate this process as well)
Also, you can make this farm as large as you want, as long as the turtle will visit the charcoal chest in less blocks then the fuel value of a bit more then a stack of charcoal, and the farm is a rectangle with the marker blocks in the correct places, you should be good.
And for the code: (Note: this code was done a lot more lazily then the other one, so expect things to not really be the most efficient)
Pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/EanaP50x
First off, I HIGHLY reccomend you fence in your turtle, like I did, just in case you don't set things up correctly, or if you find a bug. This also does not require any tools, all you need is a regular turtle.
Those who are interested in knowing more about how it works can go ahead and look at the code, and you can copy it to your heart's content. I will try to answer any questions, and fix any bugs, but don't be surprised if I don't visit this thread very often.
Now, as for how to use it,
First set up a 21x21 platform, like so:
Spoiler
Next, place another layer of cobble on top of the first one, but offset inward by one, with an at least 3-wide expansion of the original layer like I have shown in the picture, minus the gap: (This, while not absolutely necessary, will allow you to maximize tree planting area, while still collecting more or less 100% of the saplings.)
Spoiler
Next, place dirt on top of the platform with an overhang, so that it's a 21x21 square, but without a block underneath the edges. Then put water source blocks along the edges, so that they flow toward the center and beneath the overhang, but be careful that you put them at LEAST two blocks apart from each other at the corners.
Spoiler
Now, place the marker blocks. The fencing is optional, and you have some leeway in what blocks you can use, but you MUST set things up like this EXACTLY!
Some notes: I used oak wood planks to represent slot 2, jungle wood for slot 3, sand for slot 4, bricks for slot 5, and cobble for blocks in which material does not matter. Also, the thing with a dot on it is a charging station from Misc Peripherals. Sorry, but I'm not reprogramming this to work with charcoal, but anyone else who wishes to feel free.
EDIT: Also, the chest on the left is where you should pipe your saplings, while the chest on the right is where the turtle will place excess saplings.
Spoiler
Next is setting up charging station power generation, (I used windmills, but you can use any EU generation you wish. You could even hook this up to be self-sustaining, if you wish.) as well as turtle set-up;
Some notes: The only set-in-stone slots are the torches (you can use any light source, including glowstone and probably RP2's lamps), chests, and saplings, though the saplings don't HAVE to be filled up all the way. The other blocks can be modified as you wish, but it's important that you adjust your set-up accordingly.
Spoiler
And now, for the final steps of set-up, just place down your chosen light sources in whatever pattern you wish (the turtle will not care, and it should be noted that this is not the most efficient pattern)
Spoiler
And then, find the exact center of the dirt platform; start counting from one edge of it, up until you reach 11, and mark that location off with a block. Then do the same on the next side, and then just go straight into the middle with points until they intersect, and place your logger embedded into the above platform there.
Spoiler
Now just power your logger, set up some automated systems for use of the wood, and plop this program into your turtle's startup script, and you're good to go!
Pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/1FqrbwmY
Spoiler
--[[
Feel free to modify this comment.
7 = saplings
1 = torches
2 = oak planks
3 = birch planks
4 = soul sand
5 = cobblestone
6 = chest
]]--
emptySpaces = 0
spins = 0
while true do
recognised = false
continue = true
saplings = 7
turtle.select(saplings)
if not turtle.detectDown() and continue then
print("I've detected air")
recognised = true
emptySpaces = emptySpaces + 1
print(emptySpaces.." empty spaces so far")
if emptySpaces > 30 then
error()
end
if turtle.getItemCount(saplings) == 0 and saplings < 10 then
saplings = saplings + 1
turtle.select(saplings)
end
turtle.placeDown()
turtle.forward()
continue = false
end
turtle.select(1)
if turtle.compareDown() and continue then
print("I've detected a light")
emptySpaces = 0
turtle.forward()
continue = false
end
turtle.select(2)
if turtle.compareDown() and continue then
print("I've detected slot 2")
recognised = true
emptySpaces = 0
turtle.turnRight()
turtle.forward()
continue = false
end
turtle.select(3)
if turtle.compareDown() and continue then
print("I've detected slot 3")
recognised = true
emptySpaces = 0
turtle.turnLeft()
turtle.forward()
continue = false
end
turtle.select(4)
if turtle.compareDown() and continue then
print("I've detected slot 4")
recognised = true
emptySpaces = 0
while turtle.detect() do
turtle.turnLeft()
end
turtle.forward()
continue = false
end
turtle.select(5)
if turtle.compareDown() and continue then
print("I've detected detected slot 5")
recognised = true
emptySpaces = 0
while turtle.detect() do
turtle.turnLeft()
end
for i = 1, 22 do
turtle.forward()
end
continue = false
end
turtle.select(6)
if turtle.compare() then
print("I've detected a chest")
spins = 0
turtle.select(5)
while not turtle.compare() and spins <= 4 do
turtle.turnLeft()
spins = spins + 1
end
if spins > 4 then
print("I don't know what that is.")
error()
end
turtle.turnRight()
for i = 7, 16 do
turtle.select(i)
turtle.suck()
end
turtle.turnRight()
for i = 11, 16 do
turtle.select(i)
turtle.drop()
end
turtle.turnRight()
while turtle.getFuelLevel() < 2000 do
sleep(10)
print ("Fuel level is "..turtle.getFuelLevel())
end
turtle.forward()
end
if not recognised and continue then
print("I've detected something I don't recognise, I'll assume it's a sapling.")
turtle.forward()
end
end
For the flax farm, things up like this:
Notes: the planks can be any block, but make sure that your chests are on the slot 13 block's side.
And set up the turtle's inventory like so:
Now, just occasionally place charcoal into the top chest, and empty the other chest of string and flax seeds, and you're good to go!
(You can also, obviously, automate this process as well)
Also, you can make this farm as large as you want, as long as the turtle will visit the charcoal chest in less blocks then the fuel value of a bit more then a stack of charcoal, and the farm is a rectangle with the marker blocks in the correct places, you should be good.
And for the code: (Note: this code was done a lot more lazily then the other one, so expect things to not really be the most efficient)
Pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/EanaP50x
Spoiler
--[[
1-4 - flax seeds
5-11 - string
12 - cobble
13 - planks
14 - other planks
15 - chest
16 - charcoal
]]--
seedSlot = 1
coalSlot = 13
while true do
outOfSeeds = 0
refuel = 1
while turtle.getFuelLevel() <= 500 do
turtle.select(16)
drop = turtle.getItemCount(16)
drop = drop - 1
turtle.refuel(drop)
refuel = refuel + 1
if refuel >= 5 then
print("I am out of fuel")
error()
end
end
if turtle.detectDown()then
turtle.select(seedSlot)
while turtle.getItemCount(seedSlot) <= 1 do
seedSlot = seedSlot + 1
if seedSlot > 4 then
seedSlot = 1
end
turtle.select(seedSlot)
outOfSeeds = outOfSeeds + 1
if outOfSeeds >= 6 then
print("I am out of seeds")
error()
end
end
turtle.digDown()
turtle.down()
turtle.digDown()
turtle.suckDown()
turtle.placeDown()
turtle.up()
turtle.forward()
end
turtle.select(14)
if turtle.compare() then
turtle.turnLeft()
if not turtle.detect() then
turtle.forward()
end
turtle.turnLeft()
end
turtle.select(13)
if turtle.compare() then
turtle.turnRight()
if turtle.detect() then
turtle.turnLeft()
turtle.turnLeft()
while not turtle.detect() do
turtle.forward()
end
turtle.turnLeft()
else
turtle.forward()
turtle.turnRight()
end
end
turtle.select(15)
if turtle.compare() then
for slot = 5, 12 do
turtle.select(slot)
drop = turtle.getItemCount(slot)
drop = drop - 1
turtle.drop(drop)
end
for slot = 3, 4 do
turtle.select(slot)
drop = turtle.getItemCount(slot)
drop = drop - 1
turtle.drop(drop)
end
turtle.select(16)
if turtle.getItemCount(16) <= 1 then
turtle.suckUp()
end
turtle.turnRight()
turtle.forward()
turtle.turnRight()
end
turtle.select(12)
if turtle.compare() then
turtle.turnLeft()
end
if not turtle.detectDown() then
turtle.forward()
end
end
