BUDGET DRONE ARMY... FOR FREE!!!

[PHOBOSS98 0]

So... I'm back...you know radars are expensive... that makes radar upgrades for each drone more expensive...which defeats the purpose of having a dispensable army. This is my attempt at fixing this issue:

Instead of having each of your drone fly around with equipment worth half of the US military budget, why not have a single radar and a computer to tell the swarm where to buzz around?.

Here's the new stuff that you need:

a Waypoint block named "yeet" -- or something else if you want, just don't forget to change it in the code

Radar block --from computronics

a computer-- preferably a server or something that can give you a portable interface to type in your commands

atleast a tier 2 drone --for the survivalists note: they run out of power fast if you dont give them the right upgrades tho... thats why I prefer creative cases

1 Navigation upgrade for each drone

and the code:

this goes into your computer:

1. local component = require("component")
2. local event = require("event")
3. local serialization= require("serialization")
4. local computer= require("computer")
5. local radar = component.radar
6. local modem = component.modem
7.  
8. modem.open(2412)
9. modem.broadcast(2412,"n= component.proxy(component.list('navigation')())")
10. modem.broadcast(2412,"d= component.proxy(component.list('drone')())")
11. modem.broadcast(2412,"rbt= component.proxy(component.list(‘robot’)())")
12. modem.broadcast(2412,"function sleep(timeout) checkArg(1, timeout, 'number', 'nil') local deadline = computer.uptime() + (timeout or 0) repeat computer.pullSignal(deadline - computer.uptime()) until computer.uptime() >= deadline end")
13.  
14. local function sleep(timeout) checkArg(1, timeout, "number", "nil") local deadline = computer.uptime() + (timeout or 0) repeatcomputer.pullSignal(deadline - computer.uptime()) until computer.uptime() >= deadline
15. end
16.  
17. while true do
18. local cmd=io.read()
19.  if not cmd then return
20.  end
21.  
22.  if cmd=="BZZ" then
23.    print("Target: ") tag=io.read()
24.    print("Drone No.: ") srm=io.read()
25.      repeat
26.       local cmd=select(1,event.pull(1))
27.  
28.   for k, v in ipairs(radar.getEntities()) do
29.     if v.name==tag then
30.         x= v.x  y=v.y  z=v.z
31.     end
32.     if v.y>0 then y=v.y+1
33.     end
34.   end  
35.   modem.broadcast(2412,"for k, v in ipairs (n.findWaypoints(100)) do if v.label=='yeet' and d.name()=='"..srm.."' then a=-v.position[1]-'"..x.."'+ math.random(-3,3) math.abs(a) if ( -v.position[1]>"..x..") then a=-a elseif(-v.position[1]<="..x..")then a=math.abs(a)  end b=-v.position[2]-'"..y.."'+ math.random(-3,3) math.abs(b) if ( -v.position[2]>"..y..") then b=-b elseif(-v.position[2]<="..y..")then b=math.abs(b)  end c=-v.position[3]-'"..z.."'+ math.random(-3,3) math.abs(c) if ( -v.position[3]>"..z..") then c=-c elseif(-v.position[3]<="..z..")then c=math.abs(c)  end  d.move(a,b,c) end end")
36.  
37. print (x,y,z)sleep(0.5)
38.  
39.     until cmd=="key_down"
40.   end
41.  
42.  if cmd=="SWARM" then
43.    print("Target: ") tag=io.read()
44.      repeat
45.       local cmd=select(1,event.pull(1))
46.  
47.   for k, v in ipairs(radar.getEntities()) do
48.     if v.name==tag then
49.         x= v.x  y=v.y  z=v.z
50.     end
51.     if v.y>0 then y=v.y+1
52.     end
53.   end  
54. modem.broadcast(2412,"for k, v in ipairs (n.findWaypoints(100)) do if v.label=='yeet' then a=-v.position[1]-'"..x.."'+ math.random(-3,3) math.abs(a) if ( -v.position[1]>"..x..") then a=-a elseif(-v.position[1]<="..x..")then a=math.abs(a)  end b=-v.position[2]-'"..y.."'+ math.random(-3,3) math.abs(b) if ( -v.position[2]>"..y..") then b=-b elseif(-v.position[2]<="..y..")then b=math.abs(b)  end c=-v.position[3]-'"..z.."'+ math.random(-3,3) math.abs(c) if ( -v.position[3]>"..z..") then c=-c elseif(-v.position[3]<="..z..")then c=math.abs(c)  end  d.move(a,b,c) end end")
55.  
56. print (x,y,z)sleep(0.5)
57.  
58.     until cmd=="key_down"
59.   end
60.  
61.  if cmd=="RETURN" then
62.    print("Target: ") tag=io.read()
63.      repeat
64.       local cmd=select(1,event.pull(1))
65.  
66.   for k, v in ipairs(radar.getEntities()) do
67.     if v.name==tag then
68.         x= v.x  y=v.y  z=v.z
69.     end
70.     if v.y>0 then y=v.y+1
71.     end
72.   end  
73. modem.broadcast(2412,"for k, v in ipairs (n.findWaypoints(100)) do if v.label=='yeet' then a=-v.position[1]-'"..x.."' math.abs(a) if ( -v.position[1]>"..x..") then a=-a elseif(-v.position[1]<="..x..")then a=math.abs(a)  end b=-v.position[2]-'"..y.."' math.abs(b) if ( -v.position[2]>"..y..") then b=-b elseif(-v.position[2]<="..y..")then b=math.abs(b)  end c=-v.position[3]-'"..z.."' math.abs(c) if ( -v.position[3]>"..z..") then c=-c elseif(-v.position[3]<="..z..")then c=math.abs(c)  end  d.move(a,b,c) end end")
74.  
75. print (x,y,z)sleep(0.5)
76.  
77.     until cmd=="key_down"
78.   end
79.  
80.   print(select(6, event.pull(3, "modem_message")))
81.  
82. end

and for the drone (nothing really changed):

1. local m=component.proxy(component.list("modem")())
2. local d=component.proxy(component.list("drone")())
3. d.setLightColor(0x00FFE8)               -- the first character 's' of the method should have been in lower case
4. d.setStatusText(d.name())                -- same here... my bad
5. m.open(2412)
6. m.setWakeMessage("RISE")
7. local function respond(...)
8.   local args=table.pack(...)
9.   pcall(function() m.broadcast(2412, table.unpack(args)) end)
10. end
11. local function receive()
12.   while true do
13.     local evt,_,_,_,_,cmd=computer.pullSignal()
14.     if evt=="modem_message" then return load(cmd) end
15.   end
16. end
17. while true do
18.   local result,reason=pcall(function()
19.     local result,reason=receive()
20.     if not result then return respond(reason) end
21.     respond(result())
22.   end)
23.   if not result then respond(reason) end
24. end

Back in the days where everything was simple, like when I made the original code, each drone had a Radar upgrade that tells it where everybody is relative to the drone itself... this had to change...

The drones have to rely on a reference point to know where they are in space. With the waypoint block pointed to the radar block the drones can know their relative distance from the radar. (It should work wherever you place it, just have the side with the particle effects touch the radar block)

With the radar knowing where entities are in space relative to the itself the computer can tell the drones where an entity is from the radars perspective. With some quick maths the drones know where an entity is relative to themselves.... and thats how science works...

COMMANDS SO FAR:

BZZ -- call a drone to fly randomly around you or another entity note: energy drains really fast when you let it fly around too long...

SWARM -- calls the whole swarm to do the same thing

RETURN -- calls the whole swarm to your feet. Much easier than going on a scavenger hunt for your lost drones

have F.U.N.

PS: the drones should all be powered on before running the program