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.

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Peripheral Name	Interfaces with	Has events	Introduced in
environment_detector	World	No	0.1b

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Functions

getBiome

getBiome() -> string

Returns the current biome the block is in.

local detector = peripheral.find("environment_detector")

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

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getBlockLightLevel

getBlockLightLevel() -> number

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

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getSkyLightLevel

getSkyLightLevel() -> number

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

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getDayLightLevel

getDayLightLevel() -> number

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

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getTime

getTime() -> number

WIP

Returns the daytime of the current world.

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isSlimeChunk

isSlimeChunk() -> boolean

Returns true if the current chunk is a slime chunk.

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getDimension

getDimension() -> string

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

local detector = peripheral.find("environment_detector")

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

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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"}

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getMoon

getMoon() -> number, string

Returns the current moon phase's id and its name

Info

There are 8 different moon phases:

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

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isRaining

isRaining() -> boolean

Returns true if it is raining.

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isThunder

isThunder() -> boolean

Returns true if it is thundering.

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isSunny

isSunny() -> boolean

Returns true if it is sunny.

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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

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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.

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scanEntities

scanEntities(range: number, detailed: boolean | nil, filter: string | nil) -> table

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

filter may be an entity type ID, or an entity tag starts with #.

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scanShips

scanShips(range: number) -> table

Requirement

Requires Valkyrien Skies to be installed.

Returns a table with all ships in the given range.
Coordinates are relative and not absolute.

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Changelog/Trivia

0.8 Added vs2 integration scanShips.

0.6.5b
Added getRadiationRaw

0.6.1b
Added getRadiation

0.3.3b
Added many more functions to the environment detector. The environment detector was a useless block before this update.

0.1b
Added the block. It was the second feature of the mod.

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