Author: Thomas Richner
Maintainer: redinzane. Project page is updated and maintained by redinzane with permission of the original author.
License: GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPL-3.0)
Credit to redinzane for the configuration file handling.
This plugin adds buildable radio towers to the game, that broadcast messages to anyone with a radio who is in range. The radio is a standard compass (though a name can be set in the config, making it colored will make it unobtainable in survival).
This is best used in conjunction with a realistic chat plugin (you can just use mine) to provide some form of non-immersionbreaking long distance messages or just as a realistic (modern) way of making short, area limited broadcasts on servers with normal chat.
Copy the jar in your Bukkit-/Spigot-/Minecraftserver's /plugin folder, run it once to generate the plugin folder and config and customize the config.yml as you like.
To get an idea of what each option does, please look at the default config.yml.
# ^ # | iron fences -> # | # | height/antenna gain # | # | # | # v redstone torch -> \▓| <- wall sign with message ^ | obsidian block
The antenna (iron bars) must have a minimum height which is configurable. There is also a maximum height(configurable) and an antenna must not be bigger than the maximum heigth and must have a clear line to the sky. If you successfully built a radio tower, you will see a little effect around the obsidian block.
The antenna can be shut down with redstone power. As long as the redstone torch is lit, the antenna is sending, if you power the obsidian block, the antenna will stop broadcasting. An antenna has a distinct frequency, each 32x32x32 cube is assigned one frequency. So if you build an antenna in the same cube as before, it will have the same frequency (you can still listen to both though).
In order to reveive a signal, you must hold a radio in your hand. A radio is a named vanilla minecraft compass, the name depends on the plugin configuration. If the configuration is set to a colored name, you can not obtain it in vanilla survival mode. If it has no color, you can simply name it with an anvil.
Upon receiving a signal, your radio will display the sending frequency, the signal strenghth in dBm and the broadcasted message. Per right clicking in the air with the radio in hand, you can tune your radio to a specific tower. If the reception is good enough, the compass will direct you to the antenna.
