The Wifi range on modem is the BANE of my existence, so i was wondering would it perhaps be a alternative to make a simple satellite computer? Now when i say this, what i mean is ,hypothetically saying, that its basically a floating Computer in space (the sky) that has an advanced antenna.
Which has a limited (maybe limitless) range for broadcasting RedNet but on a larger scale than the Modems.
So what could happen is the player gets the necessary materials together to make, code and launch a simple satellite to handle small (this might be an understatement) tasks like redirecting Rednet traffic to a server farm ,or even just being the host for the GPS api.
I'm not exactly too sure of an idea as to how the satellite will look before a simple launch such as a rocket or whatever but once the satellite is actually launched once can perhaps save a lil CPU processing and maybe just add a tiny, tiny red light on the night skybox, which would indicate a satellite high above.
Personally I'd make the satellite an relatively expensive piece of tech to gather materials for />
Now one can try balance the Satellite so that people don't spam the living heck out of the heavens by :
- Making the computers have very little memory
- Or make the computers capable of only the simplest programs and API's
- Make the materials needed a bit rare (eg. Emeralds for antenna pieces)
Anyway /> this is my first suggestion so go easy on me
Thanks