I'm surprised I didn't fix that API necessity.

I would make a simple installer, but currently I am going to my final year of secondary schooling, and that means after today - the last day of holidays before the term begins - I will be in study mode.
Also my laptop I use is crummy but I expect a replacement under warranty sometime this week...
So sometime after November 21st, I might be able to work on CC.

LBPHacker, if by 'last' music format you mean the latest to be developed, I might own that title with the file format that the music is all converted to, FROM nbs and midi.
Buggy is not an unfamiliar word to me but I know my program parses the files correctly with how I've programmed it.

Glad to see people actually use some of my stuff.

willwac (NewCoolPC), on 01 October 2013 - 07:35 PM, said:

What seems to be the problem officer?

Hi hi

Curious, how many different timbres does it do? Please say more than one!
I could implement some of this mod into my music composition software.
Currently it only has a range of 2 octaves, because that's minecraft's range of noteblock sounds.

or "isOn" to shorten that

It looks like you aren't calling the function after you make it.
Use A() after you define it to actually call the function

To make Last1Here's comment more distinguished, I left out the giant quote, but basically I'm repeating what they said.

Feel the heart of the codes like a well oiled engine your program will run smoothly with enough TLC

You need to get rid of the sleeping between each monitor process.
Make a loop around your process that will sleep AFTER cycling through each monitor.
Try a similar code to this

for j = 1, X do
   for i = 1, #t do
	 t[i].setBackgroundColor(colors.red)
	 t[i].clear()
   end
   sleep(0.5)
   for i = 1, #t do
	 t[i].setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
	 t[i].clear()
   end
   sleep(0.5)
end

You could shorten this but for your understanding I've left in most of your original code.

Well, the criticism is that we can normally edit our code in something like notepad++
Not always I know, I know.

RatcheT2497, on 20 August 2013 - 04:08 PM, said:

^ This, lol

Forum server down? Maybe

He was showing you how to edit the TEXT colour.

mon.setTextColor()

oeed, on 18 August 2013 - 07:32 AM, said:

Yes I was just thinking that, making an edit now

PixelToast, on 18 August 2013 - 02:33 PM, said:

Thanks for those tipppss.
When I started writing the darn thing I didn't use localization, and I've been going through lately trying to fix up my mistakes.
as for hex - THANKS! I'm terrible at the whole knowing every function available to me thing. But I always find a way, normally an ugly one.
I think I used the paintutils, by memory. Edited it and inserted it in the code...
Notepad++? Well, whatever floats your boat!
If anybody else can point out something that can be made actually better, I'd REALLY appreciate it.

In my opinion,
making the OS as you've suggested it be done, would mean changing the ACTUAL files, not adding your own versions. My point with not using the functions was because of what they do, not taking into account what you might decide to change them into doing.

In my opinion,
I don't need to say in my opinion before I state an opinion. If I say "green is good" everybody knows that it's an opinion. The same goes for how I'm accustomed to using the word 'should'.
And another thing, why are you arguing about this so much!? Gosh, I'm trying to help, you're trying to help, and apparently we're trying to say the other is wrong, without even knowing who the OP is understanding.

It looks like it is doing exactly as you've told it to. Do you want the text to be a different colour, or do you want the background a different colour?
You don't change the text colour at all, so I assume you want to change the background colour.
It does change, it prints out a blue bar, then you tell it to change back to black before you write the (text) on lines 56-59

Code snippets would be the best help you can give us.

At the moment I might think you are incorrectly editing the colour, or you are running another program which for some reason, changes the colour back to white.

Valid with Minecraft 1.6.1

Recently Minecraft has updated to allow for a new type of command.
This command is

/playsound <sound> <player> [x y z] [volume] [velocity] [minimum volume]

Don't worry about all of the parameters just yet. Let's start at the VERY beginning.
You will want a command block, the id is 137. Use the command /give 'yourname' 137

Now you should have the command block, when you right click on the placed block you are able to enter the desired command.

Let's suppose you want to creep out one of your friends. As all good friends do.
We want to find a good creepy sound to play.
I've got an Idea! Why not use a creeper sound!
Good suggestion, lets go find that file.

Your sounds folder will be in your .minecraft/ directory under /assets/sounds/
From here you can see a folder called random which contains the sound we desire.
Lets use minecraft/assets/sounds/random/fuse which sounds like a creeper nearly exploding!

The <sound> parameter is filled with the file path separating directories with a period "."
Our parameter will be
random.fuse

To target your friend we will use the call of
@p[name=Reububble]
Reububble is the name of your friend!

To position the sound we will use the [x y z] coords of
~1 ~0 ~0
This will be 1 x coordinate away from Reububble's position! The ~ signs indicate relative position

We want the [Volume]to be LOUD so we set this value to the highest possible,
2
rather than the lowest value, 0 and not any number in between.

I like a creepy LOW sounding fuse, so we use the lowest pitch, and the slowest [velocity]
0
rather than the higher pitches ranging up to 2 maximum.

I don't mind what the [minimum volume] is, so I'll leave it.

Now we have the command
/playsound random.fuse @p[name=Reububble] ~1 ~0 ~0 2 0

Attach the command block up to a trip-wire or other redstone wires, and let Reububble become freaked out by the invisible creeper!

------------------------------------------
CUSTOM SOUNDS
It is possible, all you need to do is have your sound in .ogg format, which is supported by many audio softwares such as audacity. So you can convert from mp3 using this software.
The tricky part is replacing the sounds which already exist, as this is the only way it can be implemented.
You need to create a resource pack or replace a current resource pack sound folder. The name you use in the replacement should be the same as the name of the sound you are replacing, and remember this means you cannot listen to that sound normally anymore, and whenever the sound would normally be heard, you will hear the new sound instead.
Watch a short youtube video explaining how this is achieved!



Thanks, please send me any questions, comments, concerns, theories, queries, or death threats you may have!

EDIT: this is good code

args = {...}
for i,side in ipairs(rs.getSides()) do
  if peripheral.getType(side) == 'command' then
	man=peripheral.wrap(side)
	break
  end
end
local params = ''
for i=1,#args do
  params = params..' '..args[i]
end
man.setCommand('/playsound'..params)
print('current command is : '..man.getCommand())
man.runCommand()

And those are the 3 functions available, along with the peripheral name. Make sure the command peripheral is enabled in config

Alright everyone's been asking for it then, I'll make something like a tutorial post about it.

Bubba are you following me?

I'll agree that the OS can be simple or advanced. I do not agree that my statement was "False". I simply said, and I purposely said, that the OS "should" be advanced. This cannot be proven, and exists as an opinion based on the wording I've used.
But still, my advice stands quite well. If the OP wants to not print on the top and bottom lines, then that is entirely up to the way that they code the program. The only reason the program would print in the top or bottom lines is because the OP scripted it to work that way.

It's like asking the checkout assistant to make sure you don't buy any cheese.
The only person who can make sure of that is yourself... Just, don't buy cheese.

I like the replacement of the function, but I know that there are more efficient ways to make sure you don't write the wrong code.

Maybe you should draw out how you want your OS to look, and label all the important locations with their coordinates.
I suggest you stay away from the print() function for this reason: it changes the y position. This can and will eventually result in the bottom line being written over.
I suggest you stay away from the clear() function for this reason: it colours the entire screen with the selected background colour. This can result in only the string you place over the line to be the correct colour.
I suggest you stay away from the scroll() function for this reason: it scrolls the entire screen. This can result in the bottom and top lines becoming distorted, as the function does not disclude them from the scroll.

Do not use the command term.setCursorPos(x,1) or term.setCursorPos(x,<height>) followed by term.write(<string>) and that's the main part.
I hear term.scroll(), print() and term.clear() are ones to stay away from also.
Either that or you'll have to ensure your clock prints over the top of anything else that prints there.

An OS should be an advanced program/s and will require you to really know how to do this.

I've read the FTB wiki and found that the turtle only needs to be present in the area. Am I getting this right?
Could you do a check to see if that is true?
The good news is the turtle only needs to be stationary. I would assume the turtle needs to be turned on too.

Bubba, on 17 August 2013 - 09:26 PM, said:

I read in forums that I should search for a topic before posting about it. That is what I have done and this is the page I found which covered my topic. I saw that the answer seems to no longer be correct so I decided I would prevent anybody else who follows the rules from being confused. If they come to this page they would get the wrong information. I didn't see my comment as much of an advertisement because the main idea was that you can play mp3s, and that's not what my program does. I added the second section, about my program, as help. If I was to direct them to the wiki page for the only existing program which will fulfill their task, it would not be considered advertising. I simply want people to know that the days of no music support is over now that the command block allows you to /playsound.
</rant>
It's not THAT old of a topic is it? Your comment is very hard to reply to without making another unrelated comment.

Hey

You want to play mp3 files?
Convert them to ogg files and run them through the command block via a 'disco' computer.

Want to play midi files?
Use my music program. http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/14793-command-block-music-composition/

HOLD THE PHONE

You can listen to .ogg files now.

/playsound <filepath>

mp3s can be converted to oggs. Thus mp3s can be effectively be played.
In minecraft without ComputerCraft even!

If you're interested in some good music programs in CC I have a list I'm making, here it is so far

Iron_NoteBlock_Sequencer
Command_Block_Music_Composition
NoteBlocks_MusicMaker
Snged-v10_MiscPeripherals
Iron_Noteblock_NBS_music
ModTrack_Music_Creator
CCTunes_&_NoteBlock-Hero
Aperture_Science_Jukebox
Iron_NoteBlock_API

The ONLY one which doesn't require any extension or a large scale piano structure, is mine, the 2nd from the top.

Nice work. It's fun and easy to use.
Does it support different lengths of sequences?

I'm thinking of collating a list of all the music functions people have made, I'll include this and my own as a start

http://www.computerc...ic-composition/

Feel free to mumbo jumbo if you feel like it and this page isn't closed