Integrated Dynamics¶

Integrated Dynamics is a mod that requires you to build networks for complex automation and system integration. It is a mix between bundled redstone, BuildCraft gates, and Applied Energistics-style networks.

Bidirectional communication with Integration Dynamics network¶

This type of communication allows you to connect to a computer via Machine Reader/Writer ID blocks. Each computer now has access to the new LuaAPI - integrated_dynamics, which contains three very easy-to-understand methods.

Extracting data from Integrated Dynamics¶

For this goal, you can use Variable Store from Integrated Dynamics. By default, this store serves as a generic inventory. Integration modifies generic inventory methods to take variables into account.

For example, if you run list(), you will receive enriched output

{
    id = 1,
    type = "nbt",
    isDynamic = false,
    label = "MyCuteVariable"
}

To get the actual variable value, you can use getItemDetail(slot: int) method, which will calculate and return information about the variable in the required slot

{
    id = 0,
    type = "nbt",
    isDynamic = false,
    label = "MyCuteVariable",
    value = {
        v = {
            ["test.lua"] = "THERE IS NO DATA HERER"
        }
    }
}

Sending data to Integrated Dynamics network¶

Integration also provides a specific aspect for Machine Reader, called "Directory inside computer". This output has an NBT type and will read data from any file inside "/integrateddynamics" folder in the target computer and return it to the ID network as an NBT. All files should be utf-8 encoded.

{
    "file_name_1": "file_content_1",
    "file_name_2": "file_content_2"
}