v-rob wrote:Finally! A computer that will be more than decoration!
You should make it look like an actual computer when you use the computer. Have a good desktop background with file folders and/or a taskbar that direct you to the accessories. In other words, you click on the program icon (like a picture of a notepad) and it directs you to whatever it is (the notepad).
The crafting guide should direct you to a search engine-like thing. You could type in the name of the node here. If you want to search for it like in an inventory type of thing, then you click on a button in the search engine-like thing to direct you there.
Add a help sort of thing similar to
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A file that appears specifically for explaining how the computer works that opens the moment you start the computer for the first time.
Add statistics of what you've dug like
this As a result of these being personalized to you only, you would have to sign into your account. Your account would be your server/multiplayer name. (Example: You sign in to the server by the name ExampleDigger, so your account is ExampleDigger. Single player games have the account singleplayer.) Your password would be set using a command like /set_password (your password goes here). Admins do not need passwords to sign in to accounts.
Multiple notepads could be saved. This would result in a notepad folder, where notepad files are stored. It does need a delete function and maybe a limit to the amount of documents. (You should also make sure that you can scroll down and up or have multiple pages in the folder and the document. Books can't do either, and it is annoying when typing something very big)
A printer. A written notepad document would have a print button. A printer would print a piece of paper with the text document title and content. Digging the paper would not make it lose this content. The printer would need to be next to the computer to print. If there is no printer next to the computer, an error message pops up on the computer screen.
Spreadsheet documents. Maybe ten to fifteen rows and columns at most. Also printable. Have some basic spreadsheet functions. They would have a folder like notepad documents.
A calculator. The more advanced, the better. If you make a full graphing calculator, then I have no complaints :-)
A clock telling Minetest time and a clock telling real time should always be present in one of the corners of the computer.
To email someone else, type in their server/multiplayer name in the Email search bar. They should pop up. Emails should have a delete function and a spam function. Marking people as spam makes it impossible to receive Emails from them. Unmarking them should also be allowed.
Music player. Make it highly customizable for players. Only the player that owns the computer can hear it, though. The song should repeat until player stops it or changes the song. Might have to use client side modding for this, so I don't expect it to happen.
Bank accounts. Players should be able to buy and sell things with money. Buying and selling online (not with other players) should exist as well as with other people. Online stores should change their prices within a set range periodically.
Trading/buying and selling with other players should have a chat function for bargaining. There needs to be a create trading post/store button in the trading interface. In the title, say exactly what you are selling and for what. A search bar will be used to find these trading posts/stores.
For buying and selling/trading, there should be three interfaces: One for online, one for player trades, and lastly one for buying and selling. All three would have a search bar and a set trading post/store.
Make a good mesh node that makes a nice slim computer. Add a texture for a computer that is on (probably only showing the desktop background). Make a monitor with the same functions (I like monitors better.). Lastly, add optional HD textures.
That's all that I have, but it's a lot more than I thought I would suggest, and it took me a long time :/
I think it was worth it though. This mod has huge potential.
