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Sterister 54963e5b42 One-command installer + guided setup: role detection, self-flying sign test v2

- install.lua: single entry point -- detects role from peripherals
  (flight sensors = autopilot, monitor = cockpit), installs, cleans
  legacy/removed files, then hands off straight into setup/standby.
  Ship state (sides/calib/target/settings) is never shipped; existing
  profiles can be kept or reset on re-install.
- Sign test v2: fully self-driving -- staircase power search (learns
  hover), closed-loop climb, both-direction verification with auto-
  escalating nudge, controlled descent. Never freefalls, also not on
  Ctrl+T or abort.
- Setup wizard (ap setup): wiring pulse-walk + sign test in one guided
  flow; offered automatically on first boot without a profile.
- New launcher 'ap' (stabilizeV2 kept as case-safe identical aliases;
  removes Windows-host case-collision recursion risk).
- build.sh: repo is source of truth; LC_ALL=C sorted manifests;
  optional --from-world/--to-world dev sync with exclude lists.
- Removed legacy v1 files and per-ship state from the repo/manifest
  (26 -> 17 files in the autopilot role).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-07-23 23:21:54 +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 — ONE command, both PCs

Run the same command on each CC computer:

wget run https://gt.zyon.no/Stian/airship-autopilot/raw/branch/main/install.lua

The installer detects which PC it is on (flight sensors → autopilot, monitor → cockpit), installs the right role, and continues straight into setup — no reboot, no role names to remember. Re-run the same command any time to update; it also cleans out files that no longer belong and asks whether to keep or reset the ship profile.

(Advanced: append autopilot or cockpit to override detection.)

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

First-time setup (per ship)

The installer ships code only — everything ship-specific (which redstone side drives which balloon, pitch sign, hover level) is measured on the ship by the setup wizard, which the install flow takes you straight into:

Wiring — the wizard pulses each free side; you say which burner fired.
Sign test — the ship lifts off by itself, finds its own lift power, pushes the front balloon, verifies the response in both directions (auto-escalating the push if the response is weak), then descends and holds hover. No config editing, no freefall. Takes 1–3 minutes.

After that the ship is ready: FLY from the menu or ENGAGE from the cockpit console. Pitch and altitude keep self-learning in flight. The wizard can be re-run any time: ap setup, press S in standby, or menu choice 1.

Balloon orientation does not need to match any particular side of the computer: sensors are found by type, wiring is mapped by the wizard, and the pitch sign is measured — the only physical requirement is both balloons on the fore/aft line (the axis the gimbal reports as pitch).

Roles

Role	Boots	Purpose
`autopilot`	`ap boot` → wizard/standby	v3 observer autopilot (13 modules in `autopilot/`)
`cockpit`	`cockpit`	pilot control console (monitor + modem)

Boot chain (autopilot): startup.lua → ap boot → autopilot/main.lua. Menu any time: Ctrl+T, then ap. (stabilizeV2 remains as an alias.)

Ship state lives on the computer only: sides.txt, calib.txt, target.txt, settings.txt. Reset it via menu p → R, or when re-running the installer.

Updating the code

The repo is the source of truth for the installer. After editing the Lua:

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

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

Syncing with the singleplayer dev world (optional):

./build.sh --from-world   # world -> files/  (code only; state/legacy filtered)
./build.sh --to-world     # files/ -> world  (code only; never touches state)

Default world path is the "Modda wii" save; pass a different computercraft/computer path as arg 2 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.

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