It would be nice if there were a Tesla coil that automatically treated anyone wearing any form of rechargeable armor as a friend and did not even try to zap them. If this is already the behavior; sorry I haven't had time to experiment.
Edit: oh yeah, tagging in the topic...
Wouldn't be very useful against intruder in SMP that way, would it?
I'm looking for a bug-zapper, not a kill any moving object turret gun.
I think we ought to revisit the *frequency* security system, where you could use a freq-trans to charge it with the value of a tesla coil (or the other way around rather, hopefully allowing customization of frequency, similar interface to the forcefield addon)
And anyone with the frequency transmitter that matched the tesla-coil would not get zapped, so distribute them to *friends* so as to allow them safe access (and tell them to be careful, and perhaps change codes periodically, so as to avoid theft resulting in unwanted visitors)
Haven't gotten tesla coils to work... too confusing but I find a wall with a little overhang (for spiders) will keep the bugs out... as for getting out yourself just make pits for them to fall into.
How about something even simpler: a Tesla coil that attacks anything that's not a player? I want to sprinkle them all over the inside of my base on a non-PVP server to get rid of those damned endermen that teleport in to escape the rain.
Yes, like I said 'bug zapper'. I actually build all the indoor parts of my bases 2 high now for this very reason. Makes me feel like I'm playing DOOM or Quake again.
Hmm... could be painfull if the charge of your armor depletes^^.
Basically I would like the tesla-coil to do something different. Some kind of lightning-fence. If you place a coil next to iron-fences they could get electrified and burn things that touch them (would work much like cacti, but with a little bit more pain). I guess this would destroy items dropped onto the fence, but you always have some drawbacks.
