turtle parent

local slices = 9
local enterPathing = {"south", "goto", 2, 0, 0, "drop-off", "right", "forward", "up", "forward", "eatme"}
local exitPathing = {"fuel", "forward"}
gps.CHANNEL_GPS = 5033
local stationReturn = {
    x = 2,
    y = 0,
    z = -2
}
local modem = peripheral.wrap("left")
local firstSquare = true
modem.open(5037)

lineProgress = 0
width = 1
middleSquare = {x = 0, y = 0}
newSquare = {x = 0, y = -1}

-- gets the turtle going!
function startTurtle(coords, parentLocation)
    sendData = {
        destination = {
            x = coords.x,
            y = coords.y,
            z = coords.z,
            direction = coords.direction
        },
        returnPoint = {
            x = stationReturn.x + parentLocation[1],
            y = stationReturn.y + parentLocation[2],
            z = stationReturn.z + parentLocation[3]
        },
        exitPath = exitPathing,
        enterPath = enterPathing,
        parentLocation = parentLocation
    }
    placing = true
    s = 1
    while placing do
        turtle.select(s)
        turtle.place()
        local babyTurtle = peripheral.wrap("front")
        if babyTurtle then
            babyTurtle.turnOn()
            placing = false
            break
        end
        if s == 16 then
            s = 1
        else
            s = s+1
        end
    end
    creating = true
    while creating do
        print("back to top")
        message = {os.pullEvent("modem_message")}
        data = message[5]
        if data == "created" then
            print("created!!!")
            modem.transmit(message[4], message[3], sendData)
            sleep(2)
            return true
        end
    end
end
-- passes all the in-game coordinates into the "startTurtle" function
function createSquare(x, y, squareSide, parentLocation)
    print(x .." " ..y)
    for slice = 1, slices do
        worldCoords = {x = ((parentLocation[1]) + (x * 15)), y = (((slice - 1) * 3) + 3), z = ((parentLocation[3]) + (y * 15)), direction = squareSide}
        print(textutils.serialize(worldCoords))
        startTurtle(worldCoords, parentLocation)
    end
    sleep(10)
    if(firstSquare) then
        sleep(600)
    end
    return true
end

multishell.launch({}, "mine2")

location = {gps.locate()}
for part = 1, #location do
    location[part] = math.floor(location[part]+0.5)
end

createSquare(0, 0, 1, location)
while true  do
    print("debug")
    lineNumber = 1
    for line = 1, 4, 1 do
        if lineNumber == 1 then
            lineProgress = 0
            startOfLine = {x = newSquare.x - 1, y = newSquare.y + 2}
            for square=0, width, 1 do
                newSquare = {x = startOfLine.x + square, y = startOfLine.y}
                createSquare(newSquare.x, newSquare.y, lineNumber, location)
                lineProgress = lineProgress + 1
            end
            lineNumber = 2
        elseif lineNumber == 2 then
            lineProgress = 0
            startOfLine = {x = newSquare.x + 1, y = newSquare.y}
            for square=0, width, 1 do
                newSquare = {x = startOfLine.x, y = startOfLine.y - square}
                createSquare(newSquare.x, newSquare.y, lineNumber, location)
                lineProgress = lineProgress + 1
            end
            lineNumber = 3
        elseif lineNumber == 3 then
            lineProgress = 0
            startOfLine = {x = newSquare.x, y = newSquare.y - 1}
            for square=0, width, 1 do
                newSquare = {x = startOfLine.x - square, y = startOfLine.y}
                createSquare(newSquare.x, newSquare.y, lineNumber, location)
                lineProgress = lineProgress + 1
            end
            lineNumber = 4
        elseif lineNumber == 4 then
            lineProgress = 0
            startOfLine = {x = newSquare.x - 1, y = newSquare.y}
            for square=0, width, 1 do
                newSquare = {x = startOfLine.x, y = startOfLine.y + square}
                createSquare(newSquare.x, newSquare.y, lineNumber, location)
                lineProgress = lineProgress + 1
            end
            lineProgress = 1
            width = width+2
            sleep(10)
        end
    end



end