Ive been having a long think about this. I ripped an old laser quest set apart that i had from when i was younger and did a bit of research into how they worked and IR does seem to give a deffinet bonus! it would give me a very big advantage witha few dissadvantages.... i reckon i could get 150 feet range with it possibly...? then you still ge tthe issue of not knowing exactly where your pointing the thing and i still have to build all transmitters

Then reading the last post over again i got thinking and do i really need the data transfer?

Lasers are quite available esspecially in MIL SIM situations, I could just use the LDR and use some form of comparision if i can get a large enough increase from the pointer... The only issue then is the circuit could be activated by anyone... opens up a few more questions