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[Blitzsy]

While I was writing my own custom api to detect if a list of features is present ona computer, I noticed that there really isn't a good way to detect what a turtle currently has equipped to the left and right side unless you unequip it, check it, and then reequip it. I was wondering if it would be possible to add 2 slots to the turtle where it could keep the left and right equipped items that could be accessed through getEquippedLeft and getEquippedRight.

[Lupus590]

What the turtle has equipped are normal peripherals, there is a function in the peripheral API which shows the names of the equipped/attched peripherals.

[Blitzsy]

 Lupus590, on 07 January 2016 - 08:13 AM, said:

What the turtle has equipped are normal peripherals, there is a function in the peripheral API which shows the names of the equipped/attched peripherals.

This doesn't account for things like tools, it only really works on a few upgrades, It would be nice if everything attached would show up there.

Edited by Blitzsy, 07 January 2016 - 11:36 AM.

[Lupus590]

I guess they are not quite normal peripherals then, perhaps the peripheral API should be updated to provide this.

[HPWebcamAble]

Bump

It's a major flaw, since picks, axes, ect must be unequipped to get their name, but this requires a free slot

[Lyqyd]

IIRC, having a tool equipped on a side means that you cannot use a peripheral on that side, so it would seem logical for the peripheral getType call to return a string provided by the tool.