Light From Monitor/advanced Monitor

I think monitors and advanced monitors should emit a low level of light, similar to real monitors. It would make it realistic for when you use a computer at night, and it lights up the room.

Perhaps you could set a light level with a peripheral method. Might be kinda interesting.

Also I don't think monitors block light either. So you could put glow stone or lamps behind it, but that takes up space.

What about not letting it emit the same light level all the time but calculating the light level out of the number of pixels that are lit?(for example a screen with 50% pixels white and 50% pixels black would only emit half of the light that a completely white screen would emit) That would really add some realism to it.

Actually, I don't think this is so much of a bad idea.

I would like to see computer monitors output the same amount of light as a redstone torch, in a unidirectional way. The back wouldn't project light for instance, but everything in front of the monitor would.

I like this simple idea.

Cranium, on 14 October 2013 - 05:07 PM said:

Actually, I don't think this is so much of a bad idea.

I would like to see computer monitors output the same amount of light as a redstone torch, in a unidirectional way. The back wouldn't project light for instance, but everything in front of the monitor would.

I like this simple idea.

Did Dinnerbone(?)'s light rewrite make it into Minecraft yet?

immibis, on 16 October 2013 - 02:18 AM said:

Did Dinnerbone(?)'s light rewrite make it into Minecraft yet?

I think it came through with the latest snapshot #MayBeWrong

I wouldn't know actually. I don't follow the development that closely, I just pay attention to the major updates.

you could add a backlight to the monitor that would make it so the text would appear lighter base on the level you set it too. and the level you set it to would determine how much it illuminated.

That was mentioned in the very first reply to the topic. Please read the entire topic before posting.

ElvishJerricco, on 12 October 2013 - 02:39 PM said:

Perhaps you could set a light level with a peripheral method. Might be kinda interesting.

Lyqyd, on 18 November 2013 - 06:08 PM said:

That was mentioned in the very first reply to the topic. Please read the entire topic before posting.

the first reply said nothing about the text appearing brighter.

local mon = peripheral.wrap("monitor_0")
mon.setBacklight(true)

This way it could be toggleable - combined with a daylight sensor, you could have it turn on a backlight when it gets too dark. Maybe only advanced monitors have this functionality, and, just so it makes sense, a redstone lamp is included (possibly replacing the glass pane) in the recipe.

I really like this idea.

Cranium, on 14 October 2013 - 05:07 PM said:

Actually, I don't think this is so much of a bad idea.

I would like to see computer monitors output the same amount of light as a redstone torch, in a unidirectional way. The back wouldn't project light for instance, but everything in front of the monitor would.

I like this simple idea.

Totally agree.