nickelbink Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I'm a real n00b to computercraft. I tried something but when i run it it won't work here's my code and error code: turtle.dig turtle.forward end error: bios:337: [string "new"]:2: '=' expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirleader Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 try "turtle.dig()" and "turtle.forward()" as they are both functions and need the parentheses at the end to indicate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokiWartooth Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 yep functions need arguments even if they are null. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaktar Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 so to elaborate a bit i think what your trying to do is get it to dig once and move forward i think to do that you need to edit your code like this code: turtle.dig(1) turtle.forward(1) end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelbink Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Neither of the solutions worked, but now the error is al the same except for the '=' which is now '<eof>'. Please help me I'm really looking forward to the easy way of mining... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewfire Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Steve's Carts requires no programming...! More resource intensive thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaktar Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 its been a while since i did any lua you might want to head over to the computer craft forums they were very helpful to me last time i was playing with lua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirleader Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 just took a closer look and your 'end' is also a problem. you only need to 'end' if you're in a control loop, like a 'while' or 'if', etc. so just try: turtle.dig() turtle.forward() see if that does the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelbink Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Thnx weirleader without the 'end' it works fine, but the turtle won't go forward. EDIT: my turtle needed a refuel, like i said i am a n00b. Thanks for helping everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirleader Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Thnx weirleader without the 'end' it works fine, but the turtle won't go forward. EDIT: my turtle needed a refuel, like i said i am a n00b. Thanks for helping everyone since you say you're a n00b, allow me to give you some extra advice: * when mining, if you ever try to customize programs (as opposed to using the default 'tunnel' or 'excavate' programs), be sure to use something like the following to help deal with things like gravel, mobs, or even just empty space that doesn't require digging: local function TryFwd() if turtle.detect() then turtle.dig() end while not (turtle.forward()) do print('oops! bumped something') sleep(0.5) end end * if you haven't made use of it, something like tArg = {...} will gather command-line arguments so you can pass additional info to your program at runtime; just be sure to reference each argument (tArg[1], tArg[2], ...) like an array and you may even want error-handling; e.g., -- no length supplied; error out with message if #tArg ~= 1 then print("Usage: bridgeS <length>") print("must have length/9 blocks in inventory to function.") return end I'm sure there are many other tips out there, but the first bit took me the longest to figure out; I'd have turtles not moving quite the way they were supposed to and no idea why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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