airship-autopilot/README.md

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

-- pilot-house PC (control console):
wget run https://gt.zyon.no/Stian/airship-autopilot/raw/branch/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.