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#1 Svish

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 06:33 AM

Could someone create or point me to a nice tutorial on how to get started with the GPS API? How to set everything up and a simple usage example. Would be nice if this was added to the wiki as well :)/>

#2 Luanub

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 06:35 AM

The GPS API is pretty small. It is on the wiki located in the API's section with the rest of the API's. http://computercraft...e=Gps_%28API%29

You will want a line in your code to get the coordinates. It should look something like
local x, y, z = gps.locate()

Make sure you have 4 host setup within range of the turtle you're trying to use GPS with.

You will want to run the GPS program on them. Type "help gps" from a terminal for information on launching your host.

More info on the wiki here... http://computercraft...s_%28program%29

#3 Pyrodogg

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 02:53 PM

Sort of Meta note: the forum search doesn't help this issue. "GPS" is too short a string to search on.

#4 Cranium

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 03:38 PM

Indeed. The forum should allow the search of certain acronyms, since they are wideley used. Perhaps a suggestion to the Moderators to fix this?

#5 Lyqyd

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 06:59 PM

"GPS " usually works fairly well. Try using that string.

#6 Cranium

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:02 PM

You mean adding a space after GPS?

#7 Lyqyd

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 11:59 PM

Yeah, that was the suggestion given by Cloudy a while ago. It seems to not work, though.





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