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Observers should see through transparent blocks

Observers should have a mode, where they detect block updates up to 8 blocks in distance, if there is a clear line of sight. "Clear line of sight" means, air or transparent blocks (glass, leaves, water, etc). If there is a solid block, say at distance 5, the detection distance ends at this block, including it.

The farther away an update was detected, the weaker is the emitted signal.
It should not make redstone torches or other elements obsolete, therefore I'd suggest a speed penalty for the "distance" mode of 3 or 4 ticks.

Possible uses:

* wireless signals
* easy signal transportation in all directions
* measure distances
* simplify some farms (i.e. sugarcane)

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    This is a good idea, but it is impractical as it would result in a ton of lag.

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    Why would it cause more lag than the current solution: placing 8 observers next to each other?

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    This idea would destroy many existing usages of observer. Often, observers are used to monitor transparent blocks, like melon/pumpkin stems.

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    This would be an additional mode of the observer, the current behavior would remain. You would be able to switch between distant and local detection.