Rednet Remote

I have seen a remote idea on the forum already but my idea is different. You make an item called a remote, and you shift-right click with it. It outputs a signal on rednet. Thats all it does. This would be very handy in some builds to just press a remote and have your computer or turtle do its thing. Say you press one remote and the turtle moves forward. press another remote and it goes backward. All the remotes would broadcast is their ID and Location, and maybe a message I don't know. Maybe if you shift right click you can configure what the remote broadcasts and if you right click it broadcasts. That is my idea. Thanks for reading this. :)/>

I'm not too sure how they (devs) would like this idea.

Here is something that would work nicely, and actually better as there is no range limit to the 'remote' and can even work over dimensions.

It requires Wireless Redstone chicken_bones Edition:

• Wireless Redstone's remote set to some frequency
• Wireless receiver hooked onto a computer with same frequency
• Have computer wait for the redstone signal and send rednet message when received

Alternatively you could also use MiscPeripherals wireless redstone turtle to do something to a similar effect, just no rednet would be able to be used.

TheOriginalBIT, on 28 January 2013 - 06:04 PM said:

I'm not too sure how they (devs) would like this idea.

Here is something that would work nicely, and actually better as there is no range limit to the 'remote' and can even work over dimensions.

It requires Wireless Redstone chicken_bones Edition:

• Wireless Redstone's remote set to some frequency
• Wireless receiver hooked onto a computer with same frequency
• Have computer wait for the redstone signal and send rednet message when received

Alternatively you could also use MiscPeripherals wireless redstone turtle to do something to a similar effect, just no rednet would be able to be used.

Your idea there is good but I want it bundled into one mod. Also you may not have enough time to set that whole system up. You may only have time to put down your turtle and use the remotes right away. Also the remote could be told to do specific things, like I said a specific message or ID to send to. It would be more quick and easy.

well you could make a peripheral. this is most likely the best way, the devs are doing a tablet/laptop so I don't see them doing something like this, but this is my opinion and in no way reflects theirs.

but then I'm assuming you would want its range to be unlimited. wouldn't you? because rednet default range is not large. so imo having a remote in such a small range is pointless.

PDA's should handle that.

And PDA's I'm ever so anxious for!
Fill me in Cloudy, Will they be touchable? I would spend my entire chest of diamonds just to have touchable PDA's!

Edit: Please don't make them cost an entire diamond chest of diamonds :P/>