1. A method associated with a simulated source object and with a simulated destination object operable in a computer simulation, the method comprising: providing a first distributed communications effects module (DCEM) associated with the simulated source object; receiving a simulated message with the first distributed communications effects module; applying simulated communications effects to the simulated message with the first distributed communications effects module; and transmitting the simulated message to a second distributed communications effects module (DCEM) associated with the simulated destination object.