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Stian 4cd2573f56 Airship autopilot: role-based wget installer for server

Mirrors the live CC autopilot (computer 0) and cockpit (computer 4) from the
Modda wii world. install.lua fetches each role's manifest over HTTP so the
system installs on any server regardless of computer id.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-07-23 12:53:41 +02:00

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Airship Autopilot (Create: Aeronautics + CC:Tweaked)

Altitude/pitch autopilot for a hot-air airship, delivered as an in-game installer so it runs on any Minecraft server regardless of the computer's id.

Install on a server

On the CC computer, run one command. Pick the role for that machine:

-- machine-room PC (full autopilot, boots to standby):
wget run https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sterister/airship-autopilot/main/install.lua autopilot

-- pilot-house PC (control console):
wget run https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sterister/airship-autopilot/main/install.lua cockpit

Omit the role to get a menu. Re-run any time to update to the latest code.

Requires HTTP enabled on the server (default on). If it is off, set [http] enabled = true in computercraft-server.toml and restart the server.

Roles

Role	Source PC	Boots	Purpose
`autopilot`	0	`stabilizeV2 standby`	v3 observer autopilot (13 modules in `autopilot/`)
`cockpit`	4	`cockpit`	pilot control console

Boot chain (autopilot): startup.lua -> stabilizeV2 -> autopilot/main.lua. Menu / wiring / sign-test: Ctrl+T then stabilizeV2 for the menu.

Updating the code

The files/ tree mirrors the live singleplayer world. After editing the Lua locally, regenerate the manifests and push:

./build.sh
git commit -am "sync autopilot"
git push

Then re-run the wget run command in-game to pull the update.

build.sh reads from the "Modda wii" world by default; pass a different computercraft/computer path as arg 1 if the world moves.

Notes

Design history, hardware facts, tuning lessons and the recommended control strategy are in AIRSHIP_AUTOPILOT_NOTES.md (in the modpack profile). The control loop never fully converged; pitch oscillation under climb is the open problem. Keep the altitude cascade simple and make pitch a slow trim.