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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.

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

Functions

getBiome

getBiome() -> string

Returns the current biome the block is in.

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local detector = peripheral.find("environment_detector")

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

getBlockLightLevel

getBlockLightLevel() -> number

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

getSkyLightLevel

getSkyLightLevel() -> number

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

getDayLightLevel

getDayLightLevel() -> number

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

getTime

getTime() -> number

WIP

Returns the daytime of the current world.

isSlimeChunk

isSlimeChunk() -> boolean

Returns true if the current chunk is a slime chunk.

getDimension

getDimension() -> string

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

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local detector = peripheral.find("environment_detector")

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

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"}

getMoon

getMoon() -> number, string

Returns the current moon phase's id and its name

Info

There are 8 different moon phases, see below a list of their names and ids

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

isRaining

isRaining() -> boolean

Returns true if it is raining.

isThunder

isThunder() -> boolean

Returns true if it is thundering.

isSunny

isSunny() -> boolean

Returns true if it is sunny.

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

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.

scanEntities

scanEntities(range: number) -> table

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

Example

// TODO: update this example Example output for an entity: 

{
  {
    canFreeze = true,
    uuid = "380df991-f603-344c-a090-369bad2a924a",
    tags = {},
    id = 158,
    y = 0.99835407917146,
    x = 2.3657836835311,
    name = "Dev",
    isGlowing = false,
    z = 1.2416321248782,
    isInWall = false,
    maxHealth = 20,
    health = 20,
  },
}

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.

Changelog/Trivia

0.8 Added vs2 integration scanShips, scanShipCost.

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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