Drone Designators (#12302)

code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/drone.dm

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone
 	// Look and feel
-	name = "drone"
-	real_name = "drone"
+	name = "maintenance drone"
 	desc_info = "Drones are player-controlled synthetics which are lawed to maintain the station and not \
 	interact with anyone else, except for other drones.  They hold a wide array of tools to build, repair, maintain, and clean. \
 	They fuction similarly to other synthetics, in that they require recharging regularly, have laws, and are resilient to many hazards, \
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/construction
 	// Look and feel
+	name = "construction drone"
 	icon_state = "constructiondrone"
 
 	// Components
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/construction/matriarch/request_player()
 	SSghostroles.add_spawn_atom("matriarchmaintdrone", src)
 
-/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/construction/matriarch/updatename()
-	return
-
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/Initialize()
 	. = ..()
 
@@ -215,8 +212,7 @@
 	name = real_name
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/updatename()
-	real_name = "maintenance drone ([rand(100,999)])"
-	name = real_name
+	return
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/setup_icon_cache()
 	cached_eye_overlays = list(
@@ -516,10 +512,6 @@
 	to_chat(src, SPAN_NOTICE("Use <b>:d</b> to talk to other drones and <b>say</b> to speak silently to your nearby fellows."))
 	to_chat(src, SPAN_NOTICE("<b>You do not follow orders from anyone; not the AI, not humans, and not other synthetics.</b>."))
 
-/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/construction/updatename()
-	real_name = "construction drone ([rand(100,999)])"
-	name = real_name
-
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/construction/process_level_restrictions()
 	//Abort if they should not get blown
 	if(lock_charge || scrambled_codes || emagged)

code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/drone_manufacturer.dm

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	if(produce_drones && drone_progress >= 100 && istype(user,/mob/abstract) && config.allow_drone_spawn && count_drones() < config.max_maint_drones)
 		to_chat(user, SPAN_NOTICE("<B>A drone is prepared. use 'Ghost Spawner' from the Ghost tab to spawn as a maintenance drone.</B>"))
 
-/obj/machinery/drone_fabricator/proc/create_drone(var/client/player)
+/obj/machinery/drone_fabricator/proc/create_drone(var/client/player, var/drone_tag)
 	if(stat & NOPOWER)
 		return
 	if(!produce_drones || !config.allow_drone_spawn || count_drones() >= config.max_maint_drones)
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@
 	if(player.mob?.mind)
 		player.mob.mind.reset()
 
+	if(!drone_tag)
+		drone_tag = "MT"
+
 	var/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/new_drone = new drone_type(get_turf(src))
+	new_drone.set_name("[initial(new_drone.name)] ([drone_tag]-[rand(100,999)])")
 	new_drone.transfer_personality(player)
 	new_drone.master_fabricator = src