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[LIMachi]

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To make a simple installer you can use things like
file = io.open("program you want to install name here", "w")
file:write([[
>
]])
file:close()

i'm not sure where i ave to put this code, and if i ave to change the ">".

[Cookiebal]

Put the code in place of the >

for example

file = io.open("program you want to install name here", "w")
file:write([[
while true do
event, par1 = os.pullEvent()
if event == "peripheral" and par1 == "back"
then
  peripheral.call("back", "turnOn")
end
end
]])
file:close()

[LIMachi]

yes but... i've no understand. ave i to spécifiate an id for the turtle?
can you give me an example, a part of your code? i'm better with examples...

[LIMachi]

if i ave understand, that function copy

while true do
event, par1 = os.pullEvent()
if event == "peripheral" and par1 == "back"
then
peripheral.call("back", "turnOn")
end
end
in the specified program

[Cookiebal]

Indeed. />

So you just have to make one of those blocks for each program you want to install.

It can then be used immediately with the standard shell.run function too.

[Cookiebal]

Internet in Minecraft, getting close.

Copy paste of the description:

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The base for an internet! It doesn't have real websites and browsers yet though, but this can be used to make them. Any computer/turtle in range of this and with the api can receive/send to any other computer connected to the network. The rednet messages are automatically repeated, but only once, so you won't get the same message spammed all the time (which would happen with simple repeaters).

The reason it's named skynet is because the network is supposed to be a network of turtles that run the repeater program somewhere at the max map height. So that you don't need to make towers or anything else. And it would allow you to easily set up a repeater turtle somewhere near your base to connect the rest of your computers to the big network.

[Espen]

Bravo, nice to see such an idea actually implemented.
I'm looking forward to see how you handle routing. I assume at the moment you're using static routing?

[Cookiebal]

If static routing means that every computer on the network knows the 'path' to the other computers, then not.

I could make a computer, put it down somewhere in range of the network, install the api and send messages to any other computer connected to the net immediately.

[Espen]

Cookiebal, on 29 February 2012 - 04:24 PM, said:

If static routing means that every computer on the network knows the 'path' to the other computers, then not. I could make a computer, put it down somewhere in range of the network, install the api and send messages to any other computer connected to the net immediately.

Do you mean that every turtle in the network keeps a list of all turtles in the network and/or a list with the route to every computer?

[Liraal]

He probably means that every turtle can access another using its ID by the use of API and network.

[Espen]

Liraal, on 29 February 2012 - 04:36 PM, said:

He probably means that every turtle can access another using its ID by the use of API and network.

That's not what I mean though.
If any turtle in the network receives a message that is meant for a specific computer, then the turtle has to know which turtle is the next in the route to that specific computer.
And I was curious what method he used to determine the path.

[Cookiebal]

Liraal, on 29 February 2012 - 04:36 PM, said:

He probably means that every turtle can access another using its ID by the use of API and network.

This.

If I use skynetsendmessage("rawr", 5) it will send a message around the network and the computer with id 5 will receive it. If there is no computer with id 5 connected then of course nothing will receive it, but the message will get send across the network.

There is no path, everyone will receive everything and check some tags added at the start of the message.

[Espen]

Oh, so you're essentially broadcasting messages then.
Sorry I misunderstood it to be sending messages to specific computers.

Last question then: Do the turtles make use of the rednet.broadcast function or the rednet.send function to send the message to all the other turtles around it?

Edited by Espen, 29 February 2012 - 04:47 PM.

[Cookiebal]

Yep, it's a giant broadcast basically.

Everything uses broadcast.

[Espen]

Hmm, ok that means any computer or turtle that connects to this network without using your protocol can read all messages.
Kind of like sniffing with the network adapter in promiscuous mode.^^
Ah well, I was just asking these routing questions because I'm a bit of a security nut, I hope you don't mind. />/>

[Cookiebal]

Yeah, security obviously wasn't really my priority />/>. But there are many encoders around the forum, so fun for them I guess!

[BouncyWolf102]

im getting an error pathfinding:191: attempt to compare __lt on nill and number please help btw i love this project!!! ty for putting out your hard work for the public to use XD

[Xtansia]

Cookiebal, on 29 February 2012 - 04:58 PM, said:

Yeah, security obviously wasn't really my priority />. But there are many encoders around the forum, so fun for them I guess!

I think all of them are mine? XD

[Cookiebal]

BouncyWolf102, on 04 March 2012 - 11:19 AM, said:

im getting an error pathfinding:191: attempt to compare __lt on nill and number please help btw i love this project!!! ty for putting out your hard work for the public to use XD

Check your perver/coordx and pervar/gotox txt files. One of them is probably empty.

tomass1996, on 04 March 2012 - 11:39 AM, said:

Cookiebal, on 29 February 2012 - 04:58 PM, said:

Yeah, security obviously wasn't really my priority />. But there are many encoders around the forum, so fun for them I guess!

I think all of them are mine? XD

I had yours in mind when making that post yeah />

[BouncyWolf102]

my files are all right and followed instructions but its still got the error