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[Leo Verto]

I like the idea of using a PDA to call turtles, maybe if you found a position you would like to mine at or a giant rubber tree for your Lumberjack turtles...

...or your enemies house, just ready the bomber turtles, give them the position via PDA and view them bombing that house. />

[Teraminer]

For the love of Balancing why could we just not being able to programs them alone, they would need a disk that has been coded from a computer and that way they only can have 1 program.

P.S. limiting the execution speed is a bad idea cause it would make this complitely worthless and it would be never impeled it the game.

[Xfel]

I recently took a look into the cc bytecode and saw that dan tried to seperate the core classes from the rest. These aren't dependeant on the minecraft base classes (exept for one font-related and for the nbttagcompond class), so it would be possible to create other computer types. This enables eg. to create emulators, but it also allows for third party mods to use the cc computer engine. Of course these work only if cc is installed as the classes can't be redistributed, but it would work.

[Cloudy]

Xfel, on 04 May 2012 - 09:59 AM, said:

I recently took a look into the cc bytecode and saw that dan tried to seperate the core classes from the rest. These aren't dependeant on the minecraft base classes (exept for one font-related and for the nbttagcompond class), so it would be possible to create other computer types. This enables eg. to create emulators, but it also allows for third party mods to use the cc computer engine. Of course these work only if cc is installed as the classes can't be redistributed, but it would work.

The main thing standing in the way of a handheld item is that the Computer class takes a TileEntity in its constructor parameters. Obviously that wouldn't work with an item. I should look into it again when I get the chance.

[Xfel]

there is a seperate core package with the classes Computer, ComputerThread, FileSystem, HTTPRequest and Terminal. And ther is an IComputerEnvironment Interface that replaces the tile entity. Multiplayer would be a problem though, as the network code seems to be dependant on tile entities.

[Cloudy]

Xfel, on 04 May 2012 - 07:21 PM, said:

there is a seperate core package with the classes Computer, ComputerThread, FileSystem, HTTPRequest and Terminal. And ther is an IComputerEnvironment Interface that replaces the tile entity. Multiplayer would be a problem though, as the network code seems to be dependant on tile entities.

Ah, that has changed since I last looked into it. Time to delve into it again and see if I can hack anything together />

[PixelToast]

instead of having the pda being the computer itself, why not just open up the gui of an existing computer

[Leo Verto]

abc, on 15 May 2012 - 04:49 PM, said:

instead of having the pda being the computer itself, why not just open up the gui of an existing computer

Interesting idea, but that's not how a PDA works, that's more kind of a mobile remote controller.

[PixelToast]

Leo Verto, on 15 May 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

abc, on 15 May 2012 - 04:49 PM, said:

instead of having the pda being the computer itself, why not just open up the gui of an existing computer

Interesting idea, but that's not how a PDA works, that's more kind of a mobile remote controller.

well you could have them running paralel on different displays

[coolblockj]

I like the ideas of it being very limited, however I think it should be able to like connect to the computer, so if you needed to you could download files to/from the PDA.

[djhackerr]

i'm thinking that it will be nice if we colud add new OS to PDA (specially designed) but PDA must be lack of options, except you can send txt-s etc...

[Teraminer]

Just a normal computer BUT to have code in it you put it in a diskdrive (we have no USB) and just edit dist/<name of program(s)>.

[Left4Cake]

My idea on the limitations.
Smaller Screen
Must keep it in your hand or at least on the toolbar to keep it turned on.
Limited battery that must get recharged by a computer with a disk drive (battery show on screen when in hand, toolbar. or inventory)
Can't use http api (but can still build programs to relay it from a computer)
Can't use peripherals directly (expiation may be that you have to craft the wireless into it)

[inventor2514]

In terms of balance, perhaps a PDA would have a smaller wireless range than a standard wireless modem. That way you would have to be fairly close to network in order to access it.

[Teraminer]

LeftForCake I think has got the best idea for it so far.

[craton]

i like the ideas of haveing to have a computer with a disk drive to edit it and haveing limited battery and have ing to charge it but mabey it should be able to kind of link with a disk drive so it can still access floppys

[Turtle]

I like, as some of you posters are arguing on using it as a remote, I thought up this:

A charging stand, that can handle the title-entity stuff, while the 'remote' / PDA will open the gui to the 'charging stand'.

if you hate, love, dislike, like the idea, let me know, so I can improve my future ideas.

EDIT:
How about a DOCK (Like a tablet dock), that can acces pheripherals, and stream data to modems, monitors, disk drives.

[Noodle]

Use diamonds to make it.. Turtles are the closest thing to moving (portable) so why not use the next upgrade from Iron (NOT GOLD, ITS BADD)?
D D D
D C D
D D D

D = Diamond
C = Computer.

[Teraminer]

Guys some one then make an addon request (CC + IC2/BC2/RP2 EE2/3?)
EMC battery /> ^^^^^^^^^

[Turtle]

Teraminer, on 23 July 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:

Guys some one then make an addon request (CC + IC2/BC2/RP2 EE2/3?)
EMC battery /> ^^^^^^^^^

Err, you mean klein star?