Dog

Dog fetches ore, and like a good boy he brings it back.

Requirements

1. Block Scanner mounted on one of the turtle's sides.
2. Pickaxe mounted on the other side

Usage

1. Run wget run https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fatboychummy-CC/Dog/refresh/installer.lua
2. Confirm the installer's prompts.
3. Run dog.lua

Command-line arguments

dog [max_offset=8] [flags/options]

Positional arguments

max_offset

The maximum distance the turtle will travel horizontally from its starting position. Defaults to 8.

Flags

-h, --help

Prints help message and exits.

-v, --version

Prints version information and exits.

-f, --fuel

The turtle will attempt to refuel itself with any fuel items it has in its inventory while dumping items at the end of its run.

Options

--depth=<number>

The maximum depth the turtle is allowed to dig to. Defaults to 512.

--loglevel=<debug|info|warn|error|fatal>

The level of logging to use. Defaults to info.

--georange=<number>

The range to use for the geoscanner, if using a geoscanner. Defaults to 8.

-l, --level

Travel in a horizontal line at the current level. Useful for mining things like clay and other surface ores when used in tandem with include or only.

It is recommended to use this option with a low max_offset value, so the turtle doesn't run off into the distance.

Include/Exclude/Only

These options can be used together. The order they are parsed are as follows:

1. exclude
2. include
3. only

This way, if only is specified, it overrides both exclude and include.

Similarly, if include is specified, it will override exclusions.

Sample files can be found in the test_files directory. They are simply a lua table containing either a list of block names, or block name->true pairs.

{
  "minecraft:stone"
}

{
  ["minecraft:stone"] = true,
}

Both of these styles are valid.

--exclude=<file>

A file containing blocks to exclude from mining. Do note that this will not make the turtle fully avoid the blocks. If the turtle is mining towards something, it will still mine through the excluded blocks if they are in the way.

In future, I may add a --avoid option that will make the turtle avoid blocks, but that will require a simple pathfinding algorithm to be implemented, which seems out of scope for something as simple as Dog. If enough people want it though, I'll add it.

--include=<file>

A file containing blocks to include in mining.

--only=<file>

A file containing blocks that should be the only ones mined.