From 58dfd19e07e8a30ada667f897ffec74b5c038303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Atlas Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:28:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Severely nerfs binoculars in viewsize and time to use. (#21226) Binoculars are an excessively centralizing item that has essentially zero downsides (!) while giving you near omniscience of three screens' worth of information. This is particularly broken when used in the hands of ship crew, who have access to up to 3 at roundstart (including warehouse spawns). They are now far less strong. A 1.5 seconds windup has been added to using them, and their viewsize is down to 7 from **14 (!!!!!!!)** for the standard binocs, and 8 for the high power binocs. Standard binocs example: image --------- Co-authored-by: Matt Atlas --- code/game/objects/items/devices/binoculars.dm | 8 ++- .../augment/augments/enhanced_vision.dm | 2 +- code/modules/organs/subtypes/autakh.dm | 2 +- html/changelogs/mattatlas-binodeath.yml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 html/changelogs/mattatlas-binodeath.yml diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/binoculars.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/binoculars.dm index ccb6960e6f0..cc3295982a6 100644 --- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/binoculars.dm +++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/binoculars.dm @@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ throw_range = 15 throw_speed = 3 - var/tileoffset = 14 + var/tileoffset = 7 var/viewsize = 7 /obj/item/device/binoculars/attack_self(mob/user) - zoom(user,tileoffset,viewsize, show_zoom_message = FALSE) + if(do_after(user, 1.5 SECONDS)) + user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("[user] looks into the binoculars."), SPAN_NOTICE("You look through the binoculars.")) + zoom(user, tileoffset, viewsize, show_zoom_message = FALSE) /obj/item/device/binoculars/high_power name = "high power binoculars" desc = "A pair of high power binoculars." icon_state = "binoculars_high" - tileoffset = 14*3 + tileoffset = 8 diff --git a/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/enhanced_vision.dm b/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/enhanced_vision.dm index 18da499cdfa..345e611b96f 100644 --- a/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/enhanced_vision.dm +++ b/code/modules/organs/subtypes/augment/augments/enhanced_vision.dm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if(!.) return FALSE - zoom(owner, 7, 7, FALSE, FALSE) + zoom(owner, 6, 7, FALSE, FALSE) owner.visible_message( zoom ? "[owner]'s pupils narrow..." : "[owner]'s pupils return to normal.", range = 3 diff --git a/code/modules/organs/subtypes/autakh.dm b/code/modules/organs/subtypes/autakh.dm index 30f593bbdbb..573657ece5e 100644 --- a/code/modules/organs/subtypes/autakh.dm +++ b/code/modules/organs/subtypes/autakh.dm @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ return owner.visible_message("[user]'s eyes clicks loudly as they focus ahead.", range = 3) - zoom(owner, 7, 7, FALSE, FALSE) + zoom(owner, 6, 7, FALSE, FALSE) /obj/item/organ/internal/augment/eye_flashlight name = "eye flashlight" diff --git a/html/changelogs/mattatlas-binodeath.yml b/html/changelogs/mattatlas-binodeath.yml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..286a9011cad --- /dev/null +++ b/html/changelogs/mattatlas-binodeath.yml @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +################################ +# Example Changelog File +# +# Note: This file, and files beginning with ".", and files that don't end in ".yml" will not be read. If you change this file, you will look really dumb. +# +# Your changelog will be merged with a master changelog. (New stuff added only, and only on the date entry for the day it was merged.) +# When it is, any changes listed below will disappear. +# +# Valid Prefixes: +# bugfix +# - (fixes bugs) +# wip +# - (work in progress) +# qol +# - (quality of life) +# soundadd +# - (adds a sound) +# sounddel +# - (removes a sound) +# rscadd +# - (adds a feature) +# rscdel +# - (removes a feature) +# imageadd +# - (adds an image or sprite) +# imagedel +# - (removes an image or sprite) +# spellcheck +# - (fixes spelling or grammar) +# experiment +# - (experimental change) +# balance +# - (balance changes) +# code_imp +# - (misc internal code change) +# refactor +# - (refactors code) +# config +# - (makes a change to the config files) +# admin +# - (makes changes to administrator tools) +# server +# - (miscellaneous changes to server) +################################# + +# Your name. +author: MattAtlas + +# Optional: Remove this file after generating master changelog. Useful for PR changelogs that won't get used again. +delete-after: True + +# Any changes you've made. See valid prefix list above. +# INDENT WITH TWO SPACES. NOT TABS. SPACES. +# SCREW THIS UP AND IT WON'T WORK. +# Also, this gets changed to [] after reading. Just remove the brackets when you add new shit. +# Please surround your changes in double quotes ("). It works without them, but if you use certain characters it screws up compiling. The quotes will not show up in the changelog. +changes: + - balance: "Binoculars have been severely nerfed in view offset." + - balance: "Zeng-Hu and Aut'akh zoom augments have been nerfed to match." + - balance: "Binoculars now have a 1.5 second windup."