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 -- Dome and sphere builder.
 -- Copyright (C) 2012 Timothy Goddard
 --
 -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
 -- this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
 -- the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
 -- use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
 -- the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
 -- subject to the following conditions:
 --
 -- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 -- copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 --
 -- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 -- IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
 -- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
 -- COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
 -- IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 -- CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 --
--- usage: sdbuild <type> <radius> [-c]
+-- usage: sdbuild <radius> [-c] [-sz <start layer>] [-ez <end layer>]
--- type should be either dome or sphere
+-- to build a dome, call sdbuild <radius> -sz <radius>
 -- radius is distance from centre - total width is actually 2 * radius + 1
 -- the structure will be built with its lowest point on the level the turtle is at
 -- the block the turtle starts on will be the horizontal centre
 -- if -c is passed, will only calculate number of blocks required and not build
 
 local arg = { ... }
 
-type = arg[1]
+radius = tonumber(arg[1])
-radius = tonumber(arg[2])
+
 cost_only = false
 blocks = 0
 
-if arg[3] == "-c" then
+
-  cost_only = true
+
 -- this allows us to just give a destination point and have it go there
 
 positionx = radius
 positiony = radius
 facing = 0
 
 function turnRightTrack()
   turtle.turnRight()
   facing = facing + 1
   if facing >= 4 then
     facing = 0
   end
 end
 
 function turnLeftTrack()
   turtle.turnLeft()
   facing = facing - 1
   if facing < 0 then
     facing = 3
   end
 end
 
 function safeForward()
   success = false
   while not success do
     success = turtle.forward()
     if not success then
       print("Blocked attempting to move forward.")
       print("Please clear and press enter to continue.")
       io.read()
     end
   end
 end
 
 function safeBack()
   success = false
   while not success do
     success = turtle.back()
     if not success then
       print("Blocked attempting to move back.")
       print("Please clear and press enter to continue.")
       io.read()
     end
   end
 end
 
 function safeUp()
   success = false
   while not success do
     success = turtle.up()
     if not success then
       print("Blocked attempting to move up.")
       print("Please clear and press enter to continue.")
       io.read()
     end
   end
 end
 
 function moveY(targety)
   if targety == positiony then
     return
   end
 
   if (facing ~= 0 and facing ~= 2) then -- check axis
     turnRightTrack()
   end
 
   while targety > positiony do
     if facing == 0 then
       safeForward()
     else
       safeBack()
     end
     positiony = positiony + 1
   end
 
   while targety < positiony do
     if facing == 2 then
       safeForward()
     else
       safeBack()
     end
     positiony = positiony - 1
   end
 end
 
 function moveX(targetx)
   if targetx == positionx then
     return
   end
 
   if (facing ~= 1 and facing ~= 3) then -- check axis
     turnRightTrack()
   end
 
   while targetx > positionx do
     if facing == 1 then
       safeForward()
     else
       safeBack()
     end
     positionx = positionx + 1
   end
 
   while targetx < positionx do
     if facing == 3 then
       safeForward()
     else
       safeBack()
     end
     positionx = positionx - 1
   end
 end
 
 function navigateTo(targetx, targety)
   -- Cost calculation mode - don't move
   if cost_only then
     return
   end
 
   if facing == 0 or facing == 2 then -- Y axis
     moveY(targety)
     moveX(targetx)
   else
     moveX(targetx)
     moveY(targety)
   end
 end
 
 cslot = 1
 function placeBlock()
   -- Cost calculation mode - don't move
   blocks = blocks + 1
   if cost_only then
     return
   end
 
   if turtle.getItemCount(cslot) == 0 then
     foundSlot = false
     while not foundSlot do
       for i = 1,9 do
         if turtle.getItemCount(i) > 0 then
           foundSlot = i
           break
         end
       end
       if not foundSlot then
         -- No resources
         print("Out of building materials. Please refill and press enter to continue.")
         io.read()
       end
     end
     cslot = foundSlot
     turtle.select(foundSlot)
   end
 
   turtle.placeDown()
 end
 
 -- Main dome and sphere building routine
 
 width = radius * 2 + 1
 sqrt3 = 3 ^ 0.5
 boundary_radius = radius + 1.0
 boundary2 = boundary_radius ^ 2
 
 zstart = 0
 zend = width - 1
 
 for argn=2,#arg do
-if type == "dome" then
+  if arg[argn] == "-c" then
-  zstart = radius
+    cost_only = true
-elseif type == "sphere" then
+  elseif arg[argn] == "-sz" then
-  zstart = 0
+    zstart = tonumber(arg[argn + 1]) - 1
-else
+    argn = argn + 1
-  print("Usage: sdbuild <shape> <radius> [-c]")
+  elseif arg[argn] == "-ez" then
-  os.exit(1)
+    zend = tonumber(arg[argn + 1]) - 1
     argn = argn + 1
   else
     print("Unrecognised argument: " .. arg[argn])
     print("Usage: sdbuild <radius> [-c] [-sz <start layer>] [-ez <end layer>]")
     os.exit(1)
   end
 end
 
 -- This loop is for each vertical layer through the sphere or dome.
 for z = zstart,zend do
   if not cost_only then
     safeUp()
   end
   print("Layer " .. z)
   cz2 = (radius - z) ^ 2
 
   limit_offset_y = (boundary2 - cz2) ^ 0.5
   max_offset_y = math.ceil(limit_offset_y)
 
   -- We do first the +x side, then the -x side to make movement efficient
   for side = 0,1 do
     -- On the right we go from small y to large y, on the left reversed
     -- This makes us travel clockwise around each layer
     if (side == 0) then
       ystart = radius - max_offset_y
       yend = radius + max_offset_y
       ystep = 1
     else
       ystart = radius + max_offset_y
       yend = radius - max_offset_y
       ystep = -1
     end
 
     for y = ystart,yend,ystep do
       cy2 = (radius - y) ^ 2
 
       remainder2 = (boundary2 - cz2 - cy2)
 
 
       if remainder2 >= 0 then
         -- This is the maximum difference in x from the centre we can be without definitely being outside the radius
         max_offset_x = math.ceil((boundary2 - cz2 - cy2) ^ 0.5)
 
         -- Only do either the +x or -x side
         if (side == 0) then
           -- +x side
           xstart = radius
           xend = radius + max_offset_x
         else
           -- -x side
           xstart = radius - max_offset_x
           xend = radius - 1
         end
 
         -- Reverse direction we traverse xs when in -y side
         if y > radius then
           temp = xstart
           xstart = xend
           xend = temp
           xstep = -1
         else
           xstep = 1
         end
 
         for x = xstart,xend,xstep do
           cx2 = (radius - x) ^ 2
           distance_to_centre = (cx2 + cy2 + cz2) ^ 0.5
           -- Only blocks within the radius but still within 1 3d-diagonal block of the edge are eligible
           if distance_to_centre < boundary_radius and distance_to_centre + sqrt3 >= boundary_radius then
             offsets = {{0, 1, 0}, {0, -1, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {-1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}, {0, 0, -1}}
             for i=1,6 do
               offset = offsets[i]
               dx = offset[1]
               dy = offset[2]
               dz = offset[3]
               if ((radius - (x + dx)) ^ 2 + (radius - (y + dy)) ^ 2 + (radius - (z + dz)) ^ 2) ^ 0.5 >= boundary_radius then
                 -- This is a point to use
                 navigateTo(x, y)
                 placeBlock()
                 break
               end
             end
           end
         end
       end
     end
   end
 end
 
 -- Return to where we started in x,y place and turn to face original direction
 -- Don't change vertical place though - should be solid under us!
 navigateTo(radius, radius)
 while (facing > 0) do
   turnLeftTrack()
 end
 
 print("Blocks used: " .. blocks)