LETTERS AND MORE!
There has always been a lack of ability to easily send messages and items from person to person in multi player, especially if they live rather far away or in different time zones without resorting to either randomly placed chests, signs or mail plugins.
Why not add a postal system?
Introduction
This idea implements a letterbox that you can use to post letters, books and parcels to other players. The idea can also be used as a cheaper, one-way ender chest storage option for single player.
Crafting
A letterbox is crafted with seven stained clay, a chest and a hopper like so:
The stained clay can be any colour but will always produce a red letterbox in the Default resource pack.
An quill and inkwell is crafted with a feather and an ink sac.
A parcel is crafted with four paper, a nametag and 4 string.
Writing, Sealing and Addressing
To send a letter, you first have to write your letter. With a quill and inkwell in your hot bar, right click a piece of paper. You will see a GUI not dissimilar to the one of a book and quill. You can write your message. If you need more pages, you can press an arrow at the bottom of the GUI which will go to the next piece of paper in that stack. If there are none left in the stack, then you cannot write any more.
To seal the letter, one simply clicks on the button that says Seal and Address. A screen similar to the book and quill naming screen appears and instead of naming your book, you write the name of the addressee.
Sending, Receiving and Reading
To send a letter, one places it in a postbox which is made when one stacks two letterboxes on top of each other. The letter will be then automatically sent to its recipient.
But wait; how do we know which letter box is his? The answer is that we don't. Instead, the letterboxes act like an ender chest; every letterbox the recipient opens will have his letters.
To read the letter, the recipient only needs to right click. This will turn the letter back into an opened letter which can then be read like a book.
To send blocks or items such as written books or maps, one can make use of a parcel. This can be used to send up to 5 stacks of items or blocks.
To do so, right click the parcel. This opens up a GUI similar to the hopper GUI which has 5 slots. Once you have finished, click Seal. Write your addressee. This turns it into a sealed parcel. The rest is the same as a letter; click done and post.
When one opens a parcel, they will turn it into an opened parcel which will be destroyed when one takes everything out of it.
Details and Numbers
The letterbox has the capacity of 12 letters or parcels. If a letter cannot be sent, it returns to the letterbox of the sender with the name, failed delivery. One can then resend it if they wish or wait for the recipient to clear out his letterbox.
This idea only uses 1 block ID; letterboxes; and 7 item IDs; parcels, sealed parcels, opened parcels, letters, sealed letters, opened letters and inkwells.
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