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[JJRcop]

Uhh... Turtle?

[Tiin57]

Turtles cover all of this; the three computer-cart suggestions are rather pointless, as they just do a limited version of what turtles accomplish.

[JJRcop]

Except they go way faster, but you can transport them via chest minecarts and have another turtle place them.

[Jappards]

turtles are really slow and don`t really have a lot of inventory space, for me are turtles really awkward for mining. We also have to limit what a cart with this module can do without any programs.
we have to limit it to make the able to do......nothing without any programs.
and imagine the possibilities if there is a rednet upgrade for the computer module.
we are able to start a cycle from a monitor.
with the rednet and computer module we are able to make a modular cart dig a tunnel to your treefarm or making the computer bring stuff to your friend`s house and you would also be able to make the cart go to the copper layers if you need it and all with a single click on your monitor.

[ElvishJerricco]

For me, the purpose of these would be a control system for my train system. I've got locomotives running all over the place. I could have controllers at each intersection, and computers in the train that control the intersection for routing.

[Cloudy]

I'm not gonna add something that will obsolete turtles.

[Kilobyte]

The only reason i would see to implement computers on minecarts (and i actually already suggested that i think) would be to make the cart controllable by a computer. so you can basicly route it intelligently on your tracks. Otherwise it wouldn't really be what i want

[MudkipTheEpic]

Turtles dont have to travel on rails, though. Just saying.

[SuicidalSTDz]

Same things though. Turtles are computers that can move. A computer module on a cart would be pointless when we already have portable computers.

[Dlcruz129]

ElvishJerricco, on 08 April 2013 - 07:53 AM, said:

For me, the purpose of these would be a control system for my train system. I've got locomotives running all over the place. I could have controllers at each intersection, and computers in the train that control the intersection for routing.

I believe OpenCCSensors can track minecarts, but I'm not sure.

[ElvishJerricco]

Dlcruz129, on 08 April 2013 - 01:44 PM, said:

ElvishJerricco, on 08 April 2013 - 07:53 AM, said:

For me, the purpose of these would be a control system for my train system. I've got locomotives running all over the place. I could have controllers at each intersection, and computers in the train that control the intersection for routing.

I believe OpenCCSensors can track minecarts, but I'm not sure.

If I'm not mistaken, that can only detect carts and some basic info about them. A computer cart would be so that the train can make routing decisions on it's own. Instead of having to program an intersection to figure out what train is over it and where to make it go, the train could get to the intersection and set it to turn some direction.

[Cloudy]

Yeah, I doubt there'll be a computer cart.

[Jappards]

I only program turtles to do small tasks, but i don`t want to obsolete turtles, just making an alternative to them.
maybe that module doesn`t have to obsolete turtles, only making it an alternative to turtles maybe?
to make it not obsolete turtles we have to give both its own advantages and disadvantages.

advantage:
computer module: faster, being able to get more inventory space.
turtles: great for small tasks, quite usefull on its own.

disadvantage:
computer module:useless without any other modules on your cart, needs rails.
turltes: really slow, small inventory space.

[JJRcop]

Like I said, this would be nice in MiscPeripherals. But I do not expect it at all to be in the original mod.

[Jappards]

ok, but RichardG doesn`t want to respond, thought.

[Tiin57]

That's because this suggestion is useless.

[Jappards]

it isn`t useless, its quite usefull when its combined with other steve`s carts modules.
and its more usefull for mining than turtles and with some programming, you are able to make a system that you click on the advanced monitor to order the system you maked earlier, so if you need copper, you let the system you maked earlier, go to the copper layers, when you need diamond, the cart goes to the diamond layer.

[SuicidalSTDz]

We have turtles. We do NOT need another item for means of portable computers (execept PDA's) The devs have deemed this suggestion unfitting so let's just leave it at that shall we.

EDIT: Not to mention what you are saying about the mining thing is already possible using turtles and for loops.

[Jappards]

this computer module is already suggested on the user suggested feature page from steve`s carts, so i don`t actualy have to suggest it to vswe.

[Tjakka5]

This idea just popped into my head, and I tought it would be cool, sooo... Here it is:


Cart Turtle:
-A turtle capable of placing and removing carts.
-Can put a cart-able block in a cart (chest, furnace).
-Is able to see the chest and furnace carts as valid inventorys.
-When breaking a cart, both the cart and the block in the cart go in the inventory of the turtle.

Turtle Cart:
C'mon, being able to put a turtle in a cart would be somewhat helpfull when it for example needs to travel long ways.
Why spend all the fuel if you could just use some time and tracks to get it there.

Im sorry for the bad explanantion, I'm tired, and I should be in bed right now :/