From b04ed3ce50bb93c5ee994aaf2fc6fe37e44d3b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:29:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Decals will fall downwards (#90772)

## About The Pull Request

Decals which attempt to spawn on an openspace turf will drop to the
level below until they hit a solid turf.

Here I demonstrate it with an average spaceman activity, spraying flour
aimlessly out of a spray bottle:

![dreamseeker_2e37UCLtuY](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a282ecdf-8a59-4418-a86e-2e7ceb675c9d)

## Why It's Good For The Game

The other day I watched a drunken miner flying around the upper levels
of Catwalkstation and once he became blackout drunk his drunken
personality decided to spin rapidly until he vomited.
The vomit hovered in the air. This will not stand.

## Changelog

:cl:
fix: You can now bleed or vomit onto people below you rather than
creating puddles of substance hovering in mid-air.
/:cl:
---
 code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm         | 11 +++++++++--
 code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm             |  2 ++
 .../reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm
index 752d4b784ab..15b8ca546af 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@
 /// Use this if your decal is one of one, and thus we should not spawn it if it's there already
 /// Returns either the existing cleanable, the one we created, or null if we can't spawn on that turf
 /turf/proc/spawn_unique_cleanable(obj/effect/decal/cleanable/cleanable_type)
+	var/turf/checkturf = src
+	while (isgroundlessturf(checkturf) && checkturf.zPassOut(DOWN))
+		var/turf/below = GET_TURF_BELOW(checkturf)
+		if (!below || !below.zPassIn(DOWN))
+			break
+		checkturf = below
+
 	// There is no need to spam unique cleanables, they don't stack and it just chews cpu
-	var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/existing = locate(cleanable_type) in src
+	var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/existing = locate(cleanable_type) in checkturf
 	if(existing)
 		return existing
-	return new cleanable_type(src)
+	return new cleanable_type(checkturf)
 
 /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/Initialize(mapload, list/datum/disease/diseases)
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
index 646713a21d7..e5fce2731fb 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 	var/static/list/loc_connections = list(
 		COMSIG_TURF_CHANGE = PROC_REF(on_decal_move),
 	)
+	while(isopenspaceturf(loc) && can_z_move(DOWN, z_move_flags = ZMOVE_ALLOW_ANCHORED))
+		zMove(DOWN, z_move_flags = ZMOVE_ALLOW_ANCHORED)
 	AddElement(/datum/element/connect_loc, loc_connections)
 
 /obj/effect/decal/blob_act(obj/structure/blob/B)
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
index ef5dd8d0a85..404840175a5 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@
 
 /datum/reagent/ants/expose_turf(turf/exposed_turf, reac_volume)
 	. = ..()
-	if(!istype(exposed_turf) || isspaceturf(exposed_turf)) // Is the turf valid
+	if(!istype(exposed_turf)) // Is the turf valid
 		return
 	if((reac_volume <= 10)) // Makes sure people don't duplicate ants.
 		return