Difference between revisions of "Turtle.getFuelLevel"

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(Clarifying what is fuel level, and adding a note about loosing fuel.)
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|desc=Returns how much [[fuel]] is inside the specific turtle. Turtles may be configured to ignore the need for fuel via [[ComputerCraft.cfg]], in which case this command will always return "unlimited". Turtles loose their fuel when destroyed, if they don't have a [[label]].<br><br>
 
|desc=Returns how much [[fuel]] is inside the specific turtle. Turtles may be configured to ignore the need for fuel via [[ComputerCraft.cfg]], in which case this command will always return "unlimited". Turtles loose their fuel when destroyed, if they don't have a [[label]].<br><br>
  
See also: [[Turtle.refuel|turtle.refuel()]], [[Turtle.getFuelLimit|turtle.getFuelLimit()]]
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Trivia: during the 1.4 beta, [[turtle.getFuelLevel]]() in softcore (that is now <var>turtleneedsfuel = 0</var>) returned 9000.
 
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==See also==
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*[[turtle.refuel()]]
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*[[turtle.getFuelLimit()]]
  
 
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Revision as of 23:28, 26 April 2015


Grid Redstone.png  Function turtle.getFuelLevel
Returns how much fuel is inside the specific turtle. Turtles may be configured to ignore the need for fuel via ComputerCraft.cfg, in which case this command will always return "unlimited". Turtles loose their fuel when destroyed, if they don't have a label.

Trivia: during the 1.4 beta, turtle.getFuelLevel() in softcore (that is now turtleneedsfuel = 0) returned 9000.
Syntax turtle.getFuelLevel()
Returns "unlimited" if fuel is disabled, otherwise the fuel level.
Part of ComputerCraft
API turtle

Examples

Grid paper.png  Example
Attempts to refuel the turtle if the fuel tank is empty.
Code
if turtle.getFuelLevel() ~= "unlimited" and turtle.getFuelLevel() < 1 then
	turtle.refuel()
end


See also