Environment Detector¶

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The Environment Detector provides current information from the environment like the current time, the current moon phase, the light level of the block and many more.

| Peripheral Name | Interfaces with | Has events | Introduced in | | ------------------- | --------------- | ---------- | ------------- | | environmentDetector | World | No | 0.1b |

Functions¶

getBiome¶

getBiome() -> string

Returns the current biome the block is in.

local detector = peripheral.find("environmentDetector")

-- e.g. prints "Biome: minecraft:plains"
print("Biome: " .. detector.getBiome())

getBlockLightLevel¶

getBlockLightLevel() -> number

Returns the block light level (0 to 15) at the detector block, this can be influenced by light sources

getDayLightLevel¶

getDayLightLevel() -> number

Returns the day light level of the current world from 0 to 15. This is uneffected by blocks covering the peripheral.

getSkyLightLevel¶

getSkyLightLevel() -> number

Returns the current sky light level from 0 to 15 (like a daylight sensor).

getDimension¶

getDimension() -> string

Returns the name of the current dimension (ex. overworld, the_nether or the_end).

local detector = peripheral.find("environmentDetector")

-- e.g. prints "Dimension: the_nether"
print("Dimension: " .. detector.getDimension())

getDimensionPaN¶

getDimensionPaN() -> string

Similar to getDimensionName it returns the name of the dimension prefixed with the provider name (ex. minecraft:overworld).

getDimensionProvider¶

getDimensionProvider() -> string

Returns the provider of the dimension (ex. minecraft).

getMoonId¶

getMoonId() -> number

Returns the current moon phase's id.

Info

There are 8 different moon phases, see below a list of their names and ids

0 = Full moon, 1 = Waning gibbous, 2 = Third quarter, 3 = Waning crescent, 4 = New moon, 5 = Waxing crescent, 6 = First quarter, 7 = Waxing gibbous

getMoonName¶

getMoonName() -> string

Returns the current moon phase's name.

getTime¶

getTime() -> number

WIP

Returns the daytime of the current world.

getRadiation¶

getRadiation() -> table

Added in version 0.6.1b

Requirement

Requires the Mekanism mod to be installed

Returns the current radiation level from the Mekanism mod with the radiation unit.

Properties¶

table	Description
radiation: `string`	The current radiation level as a string
unit: `string`	The radiation unit

getRadiationRaw¶

getRadiationRaw() -> number

Added in version 0.6.5b

Requirement

Requires the Mekanism mod to be installed

Returns the current raw radiation level in Sv/h.

isDimension¶

isDimension(dimension: string) -> boolean

Returns true if the current dimension matches the dimension parameter.

isMoon¶

isMoon(moonPhaseId: number) -> boolean

Returns true if the current moon phase matches the moonPhaseId parameter.

isRaining¶

isRaining() -> boolean

Returns true if it is raining.

isSunny¶

isSunny() -> boolean

Returns true if it is sunny.

isThunder¶

isThunder() -> boolean

Returns true if it is thundering.

isSlimeChunk¶

isSlimeChunk() -> boolean

Returns true if the current chunk is a slime chunk.

listDimensions¶

listDimensions() -> table

Returns a table with all of the registered dimensions for the current world, this includes modded dimensions.

Example

As an example listDimensions might return a table like so:

{"minecraft:overworld", "minecraft:the_nether", "minecraft:the_end", "twilightforest:twilight_forest"}

scanEntities¶

scanEntities(range: number) -> table

Returns a table with all entities in the given range Coordinates are relativ and not absolute