Programming Mindustry processors was always hard. But I have the solution - MPPL - Mindustry Processor Programming
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Here You can see the MPPL syntax:
## Comments start with ##
## Multiline comments are surrounded with #* and *#
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## Declare variables ##
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## A constant variable of type NUMBER
const NUMBER a = a() + 8 + 3 angle-diff 9
## Multiple mutable variables of type STRING
STRING b = "hello world", c = '*multiline*'
## The color syntax is intuitive
COLOR d = 0caabbccdd
## Wrong colors get highlighted
COLOR e = 0cabc
## Now the pointer hell: this is a pointer to an ITEM
*ITEM ptr = @titanium ## itemPointer 'called' at compilation
## Dereference the pointer to an item
ITEM item = &ptr
## Create a reference to the item once again
*ITEM backPtr = itemPointer(item)
## Get the arguments of a block
NUMBER size = @size of 8
## A more English approach
NUMBER items = @items in 8
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## Other functionality ##
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## Declare functions
function ahoj(NUMBER param1, param2; STRING err){
if (param1 < 5) raiseToDefineMethod(err)
return 69 * param1 + param2
}
## Call functions like so:
init(arg1, 8, true, arg4)
## Switch statement
switch (a) {
case 0:
print("Got 0")
case 1:
print("Got 1")
default:
print("Got something else")
}
## This while loop
NUMBER a = 0
while (a < 8) {
doSomething()
a = a + 1
}
## Is the equivalent of this one
NUMBER a = 0
do {
doSomething()
a = a + 1
} while (a < 8)
## Which can be further simplified to this:
for (NUMBER a = 0; a < 8; a = a + 1){
doSomething()
}
## Some iteration manipulation
NUMBER a = 0
while (true) {
if (a >= 8) break
else if (a == 3) continue
doSomething()
a = a + 1
}
## As you have seen, flow control is simple
if (a > 2) a = 2
else if (a < 0 - 2) a = 0 - 2
else a = rand a