Introduction

• What is CraftOS-PC?
• Downloading & Installing
• Standalone Executables
• Getting Started
• Save Data Location
• Standards Mode
• Migrating from CCEmuX

New Features in CraftOS-PC

• Peripheral Emulation
• File System Mounting
• Screenshots & Recording
• Multiple Computers
• ComputerCraft Configuration
• Graphics Mode
• HTTP Server
• CC: Tweaked Features
• Auto-Updater
• Debugger
• Command-Line Flags
• Rendering Options
• Raw Mode
• Plugin System
• CraftOS-PC Accelerated

Other Information

• CraftOS-PC Online
• Error Messages
• Known Issues
• Program Compatibility
  • Submit a Program
• Report a Bug
• Privacy Policy
• Contact
• Changelog

API Reference

• CraftOS APIs (Official Wiki)
• CC: Tweaked Documentation
• CraftOS-PC APIs

API Reference

This file contains documentation for each new function in CraftOS-PC.

config

Changes ComputerCraft configuration variables in ComputerCraft.cfg.

Functions

• any get(string name): Returns the value of a configuration variable.
  • name: The name of the variable
  • Returns: The value of the variable
• void set(string name, any value): Sets the value of a configuration variable.
  • name: The name of the variable
  • value: The new value of the variable
• table list(): Returns a list of all configuration variable names.
• number getType(string name): Returns the type of a variable.
  • name: The name of the variable
  • Returns: 0 for boolean, 1 for string, 2 for number, 3 for table

debugger peripheral

Functions for interacting with the debugger from the target computer.

Methods

• nil stop(): Stops the computer and opens the debugger prompt.
• number setBreakpoint(string file, number line): Sets a breakpoint in a file at a line number.
  • file: The full file path to the script to stop on
  • line: The line number to set the breakpoint at
  • Returns: The ID of the new breakpoint
• nil print(any value): Prints a value on the debugger's console window.
  • value: The value to print

drive peripheral

Floppy drive emulator that supports loading mounts (see mounter API), floppy disks (by ID), and audio files. See disk API for other functions.

Methods

• nil insertDisk(string/number path): Replaces the loaded disk with the specified resource.
  • path: Either a disk ID or path to load
    • If number: Mounts the floppy disk (<save dir>/computer/disk/<id>) to /disk[n]
    • If path to directory: Mounts the real path specified to /disk[n]
    • If path to file: Loads the file as an audio disc (use disk.playAudio or the "dj" command)

http

HTTP server extension in the http API.

Functions

• handle|nil, string[, handle] {put|delete|patch|trace|head|options}(string url, string post[, table headers[, boolean binary]]): Convenience functions to send HTTP requests with different methods. Functions the same as http.post, but using the specified method.
• nil addListener(number port): Adds a listener on a port.
  • port: The port to listen on
• nil removeListener(number port): Frees a port to be listened on again later.
  • port: The port to stop listening on
• nil listen(number port, function callback): Starts a server on a port and calls a function when a request is made.
  • port: The port to listen on
  • callback(table req, table res): The callback to call
    • req: A read file handle to the request data, with the following extra functions:
      • getURL(): Returns the URI endpoint of the request
      • getMethod(): Returns the HTTP method of the request
      • getRequestHeaders(): Returns a table of headers sent by the client
    • res: A write file handle to the response data, with the following extra functions:
      • setStatusCode(number code): Sets the HTTP response code to send
      • setResponseHeader(string key, string value): Sets a header value to send
    • ALWAYS call res.close() before returning from the callback

Events

• http_request: Sent when an HTTP request is made.
  • number: The port the request was made on
  • table: The request table
  • table: The response table
• server_stop: Send this inside an http.listen() callback to stop the server

mounter

Mounts and unmounts real directories.

Functions

• boolean mount(string name, string path[, boolean readOnly]): Mounts a real directory to a ComputerCraft directory.
  • name: The local directory to mount to
  • path: The absolute directory to mount from
  • readOnly: Whether the mount should be read-only. The default value and whether this argument is available depend on the value of the mount_mode config option.
  • Returns: Whether the mount operation succeeded
• boolean unmount(string name): Unmounts a previously mounted directory.
  • name: The local directory to unmount
  • Returns: Whether the unmount operation succeeded
• table list(): Returns a key-value table of all current mounts on the system. Each value is a list of directories in a multi-mount (if not using multi-mounts, then only one value is in that list).
• boolean isReadOnly(string name): Returns whether a mount was mounted read-only.
  • name: The local directory of the mount
  • Returns: Whether the mount is read-only

os

Additional functions in the OS API.

Functions

• string about(): Returns an about message with the version, license, and special thanks.

periphemu

Creates and removes peripherals from the registry.

Functions

• boolean create(string side, string type[, string path]): Creates a new peripheral.
  • side: The side of the new peripheral
  • type: One of computer, drive, modem, monitor, printer
  • path: If creating a printer, the local path to the output file
  • Returns: true on success, false on failure (already exists)
• boolean remove(string side): Removes a peripheral.
  • side: The side to remove
  • Returns: true on success, false on failure (already removed)
• table names(): Returns a list of available peripheral types.

speaker peripheral

Extra convenience extensions for playing local sounds.

Functions

• table listSounds(): Returns a hierarchical list of all sounds available to playSound.
• nil playLocalMusic(string path[, number volume]): Plays a local music file.
  • path: The path to the music file
  • volume: The volume of the music, from 0.0 to 3.0.
• nil setSoundFont(string path): Sets the path to the active soundfont, if supported. (Experimental)
  • path: The path to the SF2 file

term

Graphics mode extension in the term API.

Functions

• number, number getSize([number/boolean mode]): Returns the size of the specified mode. (Override)
  • mode: 0 or false for text mode. true or a positive number for graphics mode.
  • Returns: The text dimensions of the screen by default, or the pixel dimensions of the specified graphics mode otherwise.
  • Note: You can use this function regardless of which graphics mode you are currently in. As of v2.5.1, all pixel graphics modes are guaranteed to be 6 times the width and 9 times the height of text mode, but this may change in the future and may even change now if the terminal is redirected.
• nil setGraphicsMode(number/boolean mode): Sets whether the terminal is in pixel-graphics mode
  • mode: 2 for 256-color graphics mode, true or 1 for 16-color graphics mode, false or 0 for text mode
• boolean getGraphicsMode(): Returns the current graphics mode setting (false for text mode, number for graphics mode).
• nil setPixel(number x, number y, color color): Sets a pixel at a location.
  • x: The X coordinate of the pixel
  • y: The Y coordinate of the pixel
  • color: The color of the pixel
    • In mode 1, this should be a color in colors
    • In mode 2, this should be an index from 0-255
• color getPixel(number x, number y): Returns the color of a pixel at a location.
  • x: The X coordinate of the pixel
  • y: The Y coordinate of the pixel
  • Returns: The color of the pixel
• table getPixels(number x, number y, number w, number h[, boolean strings]): Returns the colors of every pixel in a region. Off-screen pixels will be -1.
  • x: The X coordinate of the region
  • y: The Y coordinate of the region
  • w: The width of the region
  • h: The height of the region
  • strings: false by default. If true, returns a table of strings rather than a table of tables.
• nil drawPixels(number startX, number startY, table/number fill[, number width, number height]): Draws multiple pixels to the screen at once.
  • startX: The starting X coordinate of the bitmap
  • startY: The starting Y coordinate of the bitmap
  • fill: Either a list of lines to draw on the screen (where each line may be a table with color values to draw (as in setPixel), or a string where each byte is one pixel (the colors will be 0-255 even in 16-color mode)), or a single color to fill a region with. If a color is specified, width and height become required.
  • width: The width of the table (missing columns will not be drawn), defaults to the width of each row
  • height: The height of the table (missing rows will not be drawn), defaults to the length of pixels
• nil clear(): Clears the text or graphics screen, depending on the mode. (Override)
  • Note: If graphics mode is enabled, the text screen will not be cleared, and vice versa. This is also true for the window API - the text buffers will not be cleared in graphics mode.
• nil setPaletteColor(number color, number r[, number g, number b]): Sets the RGB values for a color. (Override)
  • color: The color to change
    • In mode 1, this should be a color in colors
    • In mode 2, this should be an index from 0-255
  • r: Either the red value from 0.0 to 1.0, or an RGB hex value
  • g: The green value from 0.0 to 1.0
  • b: The blue value from 0.0 to 1.0
• number, number, number getPaletteColor(number color): Returns the RGB values for a color. (Override)
  • color: The color to change
    • In mode 1, this should be a color in colors
    • In mode 2, this should be an index from 0-255
  • Returns: The RGB values for the color, each from 0.0 to 1.0
• nil screenshot(): Takes a screenshot. This function is rate-limited to prevent spam.
• nil showMouse(boolean mouse): Toggles whether to show the mouse cursor over the window.
• nil setFrozen(boolean frozen): Sets whether the terminal is currently frozen.
  • Note: While the terminal is frozen, updates will not be displayed until it is unfrozen.
• boolean getFrozen(): Gets whether the terminal is currently frozen.