User:Obol/VT Thistle

Things to know

Full Sun: 8:10am - 3:50pm
Night: 5pm - 7am
Week's Voids: /info Twisted Thistle
Down Load VeggieTales (Make a note of where it is installed this will be referred to as VT_INSTALL)

Step 1

• Locate and edit the file config_thistle.txt in the VT_INSTALL folder.

1. 
   These settings should not need to be changed. VT will only use Dung (max_dung: Nit) Saltpeter (max_saltpeter: Pot), Water (H2O) and Air (Oxy) but if you are desperate for a recipe you can change this settings to attempt to get what you need. However, typically it's the voids that prevent success. Note: if you change these setting you will need a good amount of these ingredients in you pocket while running the macro. Without changing them you only need jugs of water.
2. 
   
   • This section is used for setting the voids
   • Ensure you start with all values set to 1
     
   • Type /info Twisted Thistle and ensure the voids are valid for the current day.
     
   • Set a void by changing the 1 to 0 for that Rule.
     • Example: 10 Car -> 5 Asc means to set rule_Car_Asc to 0.
3. 
   • This section is used for listing your silkworm farms requirements, you can change the text following the "label:" to anything you want.
   • Examples:
     • desired A-C~F+N+ = Low in Asc, Average in Car, High in Fol, High in Nia
   • In the example above I have 3 silkworm farms so I have listed all 3 of their requirements but I have commented out 2 of them. You can get recipes for all 3 in 1 run if the 2 were not commented but I like to run each requirement separately.
4. 
   • This section is used for listing the thistle you have in stock, you can change the text following the "label:" to anything you want.
   • VT will use this section to determine if you already have thistle in stock that matches the requirements. If you do not have any in stock then remove these lines. NOTE: I suggest you remove all but 1 of them and comment out the last one so you have one to use for syntax.

• Save and close the file.

Step 2

• Run VT NOTE: If this is the first time to run it there may be updates available, get them.
• Click the Thistle Mode button and let it run to completion. NOTE: I suggest you keep the command window active for better performance, this may take awhile on slower machines.

Step 3

• Go back to the VT_INSTALL folder and edit the file history.txt (just created by the run). NOTE: If your running several requirements separately rename this file to history1.txt and repeat Step 1 and Step 2 commenting the last run's requirement and uncommenting the next one, renaming the history file accordingly.
• Open the history.txt file and scroll to the bottom of the page.

1. 
   • Notice the label is what you typed in for the label in Step 1 Section 3
   • Notice the line that starts with "Best for" ends with (D). This indicates it is a day time recipe. Check the top of this page for the best time range for "Full Sun". If it is (*) it is a night recipe.
   • Also on the "Best for" line is the most promising recipe. Typically it is the list of actions just above this section of the file.
2. 
   • Copy the section (actions only) between the A-B-C~F+N+P-T~ and A-C~F+N+:19 actions in this example.

Step 4

1. Go to the VT_INSTALL\luaScripts folder and locate and edit the thistle_custom.lua file
2. 
   • The local expected_gardens = 10 is the number of Thistle gardens you plan to use (menus pinned)
   • The local last_sun = 33 indicates the current state the gardens are in (99 shade down, 33 shade up) NOTE: If your using more then 1 garden make sure all shades are in the same condition (all up or all down) If they are not all the same then "Plant a Crop" on that garden and set the shade up or down by clicking the Sun button and then "Abort the crop"
3. 
   • Replace the lines between instructions = { and the }; with the list of actions you copied from the history(n).txt file
   • In my examples it would look like this:
     
   • These line represent a time tick while the macro is running. For Example:0,0,1,2,33 would mean the macro would click 0 times on the Nit button, 0 times Pot button, 1 time on the H2O button, 2 times on the Oxy button and 1 time on the Sun button to close/open the shade.
   • Save and close the file. NOTE: I like to keep it open so I can see if the 33s and 99s match the shade position during the run. (33 is up and 99 is down)

Step 5

• You are now ready to run the macro to create the thistle.
• Pin the Thistle garden menus you want to use (make sure the local expected_gardens = ## matches the number pinned, also made sure shades match the local last_sun = ## (33 is up and 99 is down))
• Arrange the menus so they don't over lap (VT says you can but I get problems when I do, they have to be perfect)
• Make sure you have plenty of water jugs in your pocket, you can be overloaded. I like to have a rain barrel near the gardens and I also pin the barrel's menu so I can refill the jugs if needed, esp if I run more then 1 pass.
• Make sure you have enough Thistle seeds, the amount needed depends on how many upgrades are applied to the gardens.
• Run VT and click the Lua Scripts button
• Scroll down the list to the thistle_custom.lua script and click it
• Enter the number of passes you want to do. If this is your first time I suggest you do only 1 pass till you are comfortable using this script. NOTE: If your doing more then 1 pass and the actions list starts with say 33 and ends with 99 the macro will reset the shades back to 33 for you, but if u are doing seperate runs make sure you reset the number for the local last_sun variable
• Click OK to start the run

Happy Thistling