Weak Automata¶

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Weak automata is a turtle with a Weak Mechanic Soul upgrade. It has several different abilities:
• Digging blocks with tools
• Interact with blocks with an item or empty hand
• Collect all or specific nearby items
• Detect nearby items
• Detect blocks and entities in front of the turtle
• Charge the turtle with an energy cell in the turtle's inventory

Peripheral Name	Interfaces with	Has events	Introduced in
weakAutomata	World	No	0.7r

Functions¶

getFuelLevel¶

getFuelLevel() -> number

Returns the number of fuel points stored in the turtle.

getFuelMaxLevel¶

getFuelMaxLevel() -> number

Returns the maximum amount of fuel points that the turtle can store.

getFuelConsumptionRate¶

getFuelConsumptionRate() -> number

Returns the turtle's current fuel consumption rate.

setFuelConsumptionRate¶

setFuelConsumptionRate(rate: number) -> true | nil, string

Allows you to control the fuel consumption rate of the turtle. See Cooldowns and Fuel consumption to learn about how fuel consumption affects fuel cost and operation cooldowns.

Returns true if the consumption rate was successfully set, or nil and an error message.

getDigCooldown¶

getDigCooldown() -> number

Returns the current cooldown for dig operations.

getSuckCooldown¶

getSuckCooldown() -> number

Returns the current cooldown for item collection operations.

getUseOnBlockCooldown¶

getUseOnBlockCooldown() -> number

Returns the current cooldown for block interaction operations.

getConfiguration¶

getConfiguration() -> table

Returns the configuration values for this automata.

lookAtBlock¶

lookAtBlock() -> table | nil, string

Returns a table containing information about the block infront of the turtle or if the operation fails it will return nil and an error message.

lookAtEntity¶

lookAtEntity() -> table | nil, string

Returns a table containing information about the entity infront of the turtle or if the operation fails it will return nil and an error message.

digBlock¶

digBlock() -> true | nil, string

Tries to dig the block that the turtle is looking at with the current item. It returns true if it successfully mines the block or nil and an error message.

useOnBlock¶

useOnBlock() -> true | nil, string

Tries to interact with the block that the turtle is looking at with the current item. It returns true if it successfully interacts with the block or nil and an error message.

scanItems¶

scanItems() -> table | nil, string

Returns a list of items that are around the turtle or nil and an error message if it fails.

collectItems¶

collectItems([count: number]) -> true | nil, string

Tries to collect all items or a specific amount if count is given around the turtle.
Returns true if it successfully collects items or nil and an error message.

collectSpecificItem¶

collectSpecificItem(item: string[, count: number]) -> true | nil, string

Tries to collect all items or a specific amount if count is given of the given item type that are around the turtle.
Returns true if it successfully collects items or nil and an error message.

feedSoul¶

feedSoul() -> (true | nil), string

Tries to feed the entity that is in front of the turtle to the mechanic soul upgrade in the the turtle's selected slot.
Returns true and the interaction result as a string or if it fails nil and an error message.

chargeTurtle¶

chargeTurtle([fuel: number]) -> number | nil, string

Tries to fuel the turtle using an energy cell in the turtle's inventory. The fuel argument limits the amount of fuel it will try to gain.
Returns the amount of fuel points gained or nil and an error message.

Changelog/Trivia¶

0.7r
Added the Weak Automata