turn on/off turtle

[schmru]

Hello!

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to turn turtles (and computers) on with redstone signal or any other way without having to be next to them?

I need this because i'm creating a mobfarm and would be realy nice if i could turn on and off melle turtles and control computer on the farm.

Thanks for any help

 

[Peragore]

I think it is something like redstone.getInput("(side)"), with (side) being Left, Right, etc. You can then just do something like

while true do
if redstone.getInput("Back") do
turtle.attack()
end
end

 

[schmru]

i know that, but i would like to turn it on after it would be shut down, so that it wouldn't run all the time, only when i would need it

 

[Poppycocks]

I think it is something like redstone.getInput("(side)"), with (side) being Left, Right, etc. You can then just do something like

while true do
if redstone.getInput("Back") do
turtle.attack()
end
end

No you can't, you'll get a "too long without yealding" I think...


The commonly used method for waiting for a rs signal is

while true do
while true do
os.pullEvent("redstone")
if redstone.getInput("left") then break end
sleep(1)
end
turtle.attack()
end

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i know that, but i would like to turn it on after it would be shut down, so that it wouldn't run all the time, only when i would need it

No can't do.

You need a program that runs constantly, even after reloading the world, the common method is naming the program "startup". Then just make sure it actually does something after you give it the signal.

 

[ThemsAllTook]

You could have your script sleep and occasionally poll for redstone signal to resume its work. Better yet, use a modem and rednet.receive() to block until it gets a command to do something from a nearby computer.

 

[Peragore]

Yeah. Only problem is that is would still be running. I know of no way to actually tell it to turn on on command. Someone write a plugin!

 

[schmru]

No don't need a plugin, thanks any way, just want too use pure direwolf20 pack, will just make it to run all the time waiting for wireles signal or as i have it right now attacking constantly

Just hope it dosen't create to much work for server

 

[ThemsAllTook]

Sleeping or blocking on a call like rednet.receive() should theoretically use little to no CPU time on the server, though I don't know the implementation details of Computercraft. Attacking continuously would likely use more since it needs to check for entities in front of itself on every attack.

 

[schmru]

Thanks for that explanation