4 replies to this topic

[jaytea]

Hello everyone

i just got started with my own little computercraft project and got stuck with this problem.
I wrote a function that basically gets an ID over rednet, places a sign and writes the message on it. Code:

function placeSign()
local id = reqNewSignID()
if id == nil then
  return
end

print("got id "..tostring(id))
turtle.place(tostring(id))
end

reqNewSignID gets the message over rednet and returns the id among other things. The output I get from the turtle is as expected but the sign is placed empty.

The strange thing is that when I do this over the interactive lua shell everything works fine

id=1
turtle.place(tostring(id))

[Lyqyd]

What, exactly, does the print statement there display just before it places the sign?

[Bomb Bloke]

Does reloading the chunk (by eg restarting the game) reveal anything on the empty signs?

What version of ComputerCraft are you using?

[dan200]

Fixed in 1.63pr4. This should of been posted in bug reports, then i'd have seen it and fixed it

[jaytea]

oh, ok. I was not sure whether this was a bug or just me overlooking something.

Thanks so much for this fast response!