ComputerCraft Railway System Status and Announcement System (CRSSAS)

Description

CRSSAS is a ComputerCraft-based system designed to manage and display railway system status and announcements.

Features

• Server: Manages the railway system status and broadcasts updates.
• Client: Displays the status and announcements on a 2x3 monitor.
• Announcements: Supports large announcements and custom messages.
• Status Updates: Displays the line status.

Requirements

• Server: Requires a wireless modem and must be chunk-loaded.
• Client: Requires a 2x3 monitor and a wireless modem (preferably wireless).

Installation

Server

1. Place the server.lua and basalt.lua script on a ComputerCraft computer.
2. Provide it with Poster Files which consist of an image(see format below)
3. Ensure the computer has a wireless modem attached.
4. Run the script on the server computer.

Client

1. Place the client.lua script on a ComputerCraft computer.
2. Attach a 2x3 monitor and a wireless modem to the computer.
3. Run the script on the client computers.

Usage

Server

1. Start the server: Run the server.lua script on the server computer.
2. I recomend adding startup.lua to the computer to automaticlly run the code
3. Configure GUI: Use the GUI to add lines and customize.
4. Broadcast updates: Press Send to update the information on all clients.

Client

1. Start the client: Run the client.lua script on the client computer.
2. I recomend adding startup.lua to the computer to automaticlly run the code
3. Display status: The client will receive updates from the server.
4. View announcements: Large announcements can be displayed on a separate screen.

Current Limitations:

The status screen

The status screen uses the "Poster1" file for the background and static texts but the status information are currently hardcoded int place so i recomend using the same poster image as provided in the repo.

Poster Image and text file format

Poster Image: The poster image file must be 18x19 pixels. You can use this tool to achieve the desired file format.

Text File Format: The text file associated with the poster image should follow this format:

|xPosition|yPosition|The text|text color|background color|

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Authors:

Stacode

For more details, refer to the source code comments in server.lua and client.lua or make an issue.