QDTTS

Quick and Dirty Turtle Task System

A hacked together project to get my feet wet with ComputerCraft, Lua, and to get some ideas for Hive.

Server

server.lua

• Runs a continuous loop listening for RedNet messages and responding to them
• Maintains a list of all registered turtles
• Maintains a list of tasks
• Assigns pending tasks to idle turtles

Turtle States

• idle
• assigned
• running

Task states

• pending
• assigned
• running
• incomplete
• complete

Turtle object

qturtle.lua Encapsulated in qTurtle object that the individual turtles can instantiate

• Registers with the server
• Provides move commands that handle fuel level monitoring and refueling
• Notifies server if out of fuel, if no longer out of fuel

Turtle instance

Instance of a turtle object dean.lua

• Instantiates qTurtle object
• Registers with server
• Demonstrates movement methods

Control Console

client.lua Command line interface between the player and the server. Provides the following facilities:

• Add a task
• List tasks and turtles
• Query the status of a turtle
• Shutdown the server