Mobile Networks

Installed on both the server and every client, the mod disables vanilla chat and routes messages through phones instead. Players craft antennas in copper, iron or diamond, and a Server block manages the networks they form. Antennas made from better materials reach further and can share a network through mesh connections. Signal strength depends on distance from an antenna, the surrounding environment and the player's plan, which sets the coverage tiers from 2G up to 5G+. Outside normal coverage, the phone only reaches the mod's emergency SOS system.

Each player gets a unique nine-digit phone number, generated automatically and kept between sessions. A phone app lists online players with their names and numbers. Voice calls between two players include answer and decline controls, a call timer, a microphone mute and a hang-up button, and several calls can run at once, each heard only by its two participants. Incoming and outgoing ringtones, voicemail, missed-call notices and lost-signal messages cover the call lifecycle. The call view is semi-transparent and sits on the left side of the screen, so players can keep moving or building during a call.

Mobile Networks needs Simple Voice Chat on both sides. Just Enough Items (JEI) is optional. A Paper, Spigot or Bukkit plugin version also exists. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, with 4.0.3 for 1.21.1 as the latest file. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.