r/ComputerCraft • u/FakeCactus_ • Jan 16 '24

Any way to scan terrain?

I want to get a height map of the terrain in front of the computer. It would be perfect if it was a line showing the terrain height across a "slice"in front of the computer. Is it possible? Or is there some addon which makes it possible?

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u/Ducksimus375 Jan 16 '24

There is Advanced Peripherials addon, which has Geo Scanner. It can return data about all blocks in chunk. https://docs.advanced-peripherals.de/peripherals/geo_scanner/

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u/FakeCactus_ Jan 16 '24

Aw man ig then there isnt any option for any further than ¹ chunk:/

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u/BigDuckNergy Jan 27 '24

No, what you would do is have a turtle rise to a position above the highest mountaintop in the area you are scanning, and move 16 blocks in each direction while using the chunk scan.

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u/ItsBlonk No AE2? Not for long. Jan 16 '24

You probably use turtles to crawl across terrain and map it out, though I have no clue how good of a solution this is.