foxHunt

modem = peripheral.wrap("back")
sniffer = peripheral.wrap("top")

modem.open(2)
foxLoci = {}
function getFoxes()
  print("getting Foxes ...")
  b = fs.open("location","r")
  locus = b.readLine()
  b.close()
  nearest = textutils.serialise(sniffer.getNearbyPlayers())
  b = fs.open("infos","w")
  b.write(locus .. nearest .. "\n")
  modem.transmit(1,2,"foxHunt")
  foxLoci[1] = locus .. nearest
  sep = string.find(foxLoci[1],"{")
  myLocus = textutils.unserialise("{" .. string.sub(foxLoci[1],1,sep-1) .. "}")
  rest = string.sub(foxLoci[1],sep)

  print("Locus is ")
  print(myLocus)
  print(" and rest is " .. rest)
  j = textutils.unserialise(rest)
  print(type(j))
  print(#j)
  for i=1,3 do
    event, modemSide, senderChannel, replyChannel, message, senderDistance = os.pullEvent("modem_message")
    print("recieving message " .. message)
    foxLoci[i + 1] = message
    b.write(message .. "\n")
    b.flush()

  end
  b.close()
end

getFoxes()