rscadd: "Added three new energy-based weapons, one designed purely for pest-control."
rscadd: "Added a new rare handpistol, based off of a proposed competitor to the NT Mk58."
rscadd: "Added a new pet for the Head of Security - the PTR-7 Tranquilizer Rifle."
rscadd: "Syndicate manhack delivery grenades are now available via the traitor uplink."
rscadd: "Manhacks will no longer attack anyone belonging to the 'syndicate' faction, including Heist pirates."
tweak: "Tweaked loadout customisation whitelists, generally making them more restrictive by role."
bugfix: "It is no longer possible to be older or younger than your species ought to be."
The research reliability requirements relied on numbers coming from the old broken code, so at a point it would become impossible to continue using the fixed code. This commit patches the overall requirement to be a few points lower to allow for the changes to work as expected.
The RPED now functions properly in more cases, including the destructive analyzer. It can also now intake beakers for rapid exchange on machines that use them.
rscadd: "Light Replacers can now be used on a box of lights to automatically refill them."
rscadd: "Added an Advanced Light Replacer, creatable at science. It sucks up broken bulbs into an internal storage, greatly expediting mass-light-fixing"
tweak: "Custodial cyborg module now comes with an advanced light replacer."
In this update:
Returning old e-rifles from old code.
Changing regular energy gun to energy carbine
Adding back the energy pistol
Buffing a bit the heavy asset protection suit, and fixing more loadout related issues with the nt and syndicate assault teams
Reworked a bit the syndicate commando and deathsquad loadouts
Returning shotgun boxes, that works like speed loaders, from old code, now with unique sprites
Stun batons now emit light
changes:
bugfix: "Newly protolathed/fabricated power cells now spawn with no charge."
rscdel: "Added entropy to all cell-charging operations."
tweak: "Most chargers are now faster. Cyborg charging stations are significantly slower."
bugfix: "Fixed newly spawned cells showing the incorrect charge state."
Welding tools can now be used to burn paper
The upgraded and experimental welding tools will now fit in a toolbelt. Upgraded renamed to advanced.
Fixed and implemented the Experimental Welding Tool, which has a regenerating fuel supply. Can be produced in R&D, requires 4 research in engineering and materials.
Both procs are now generalized, and accept a DBConnection object as an argument. Due to this generalization, all instances of `establish_db_connection()` must be renamed to `establish_db_connection(dbcon)`.
Also added variable `failed_connections` to the definition of DBConnection.
- Floodlight upgrade doubles cyborg's light intensity, but increases power usage from cyborg's power cell considerably.
- It may be obtained via exosuit fabricator as other upgrades do. Application requires a roboticist/research bot
- Construction module merged back into Engineering module.
- RCD is not available by default. It is now an upgrade, as is the jetpack for mining module, etc.
- Matter synth capacities adjusted a bit. Steel increased from 40 sheets to 60 sheets. Originally (before matter synths were introduced at all) engiborgs had approx. 100 sheets worth of materials. Plasteel increased from 10 sheets to 20 sheets since rwalls require 4 sheets, instead of 2 for quite some time now.
- Adds possibility to install a matter bin into cyborg. Matter bin multiplies cyborg's material capacity. Obviously this is most useful for engineering borgs. Default multiplier is 1, regular matter bin has 2, advanced matter bin 3 and super matter bin 4.
- NTNRC conversations are now rather matched by Unique ID that's assigned on New(), rather than name. This has a nice side effect of being able to have conversations that share names.
- Tweaks design datums a bit. Renames "processor unit" to "computer processor unit", etc. since i noticed telecomms machine already uses "processor unit" name. Also corrects duplicated ID.
- Modular computers now support multitasking.
- New hardware type added. Basic CPUs may be obtained when purchasing a laptop or tablet, Photonic CPUs can be printed at research at imprinter. This hardware piece determines how many programs can be on background.
- Programs can now have an icon that is rendered in main UI's header (along with the power icons, etc.) when the program is on background. As an example, these icons have been added to NTNRC client (Dark icon when no messages have been received, blinking when new message is waiting), Alarm monitor (Blinking red when an alarm is active, green otherwise) and downloader program (Animated arrow when downloading, stationary when finished.)
- Adds missing crew monitor icon to tablets. Fixes#11937
Corrects a number of places where New() did not call ..(), and implements similar changes to attempt to ensure New()/initialize() complete running before qdel() runs.
Cuts down on the number of created items during server start.
- NTNet Quantum Relays now have simple UI that allows users to manually toggle them on/off.
- Implements simplified Denial of Service handling for relays. This will be used by next commit that will add antagonist software.
- Relays can buffer and dissipate certain amount of DoS traffic. If this traffic exceeds certain level (configurable via varedit) the relay crashes temporarily.
- Relays may be manually reset by using specific button in the UI
- Relays are now buildable. They are relatively cheap (circuit board and some cables), but the board requires Data Theory 4 research.
