## About The Pull Request
I didn't realize that default aggro range for mobs is 9, so tendrils
would try to attack you with their whips and spikes despite you being
completely out of their range, which looks pretty funny.
I've fixed this by separating out aggro ***grab*** range and aggro
sustain ranges, lowering latter to 5 for tendrils, and adding checks for
target distance for both abilities it has. The Thing also had a similar
behavior but used rather jank code for that (which I don't think even
worked), so I've modified it to use the new system as well.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Stationary mobs probably shouldn't try to attack mobs completely out of
their reach
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Tendrils no longer try to attack you when you're out of their reach
code: Cleaned up The Thing's aggro code
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
This Pull Request adds a new logging system that uses a timeline to
track and visualize important events for specific datums.
This is done via a new window in which you can select a datum for
tracking, which adds it to the timeline. If this datum implements the
EVLOGGING macros, it can track important events onto this timeline. As
an example, we can log whenever an AI is deciding to make a new path, if
it decides to generate a new decisionmaking plan, it finishes an action,
or it decides to target someone/something.
We can select these events to see more information, and optionally get a
snapshot of important variables at the time this event was logged (like
the blackboard and current plan for AI controllers).
You can also filter out specific events / track info, which is done via
categories. Each event / piece of track info is given a category and if
you disable a category all events / track info in that category is
hidden. This lets you filter out things you might not care about.
<img width="2346" height="1209" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0763077c-e349-4c7c-b017-23d29e1d089b"
/>
_whoever thinks we didnt need advanced cleanbot logging is a noob_
In the video below I showcase how this works;
https://file.house/7nsOiqdvmSTxlsk3fs-e8g==.mp4
A cleanbot is roaming the halls, I turn on the event logger, click the
"pick target" button and click on the datum I'd like to track (the
cleanbot). This results in the cleanbot now tracking its events. I spawn
some dirt and the cleanbot decides to clean it, and I go through the
events; You can see theres different events being listed, such as when
the cleanbot starts targetting the dirt, when it cleans plan, when it
makes it JPS path and every time it moves over it.
The macros I've currently implemented are as follows:
**EVLOG_TEXT(DATUM, CATEGORY, INFO)**
Only adds text to the event logger window, no world-visuals
EVLOG_LOCATION(DATUM, CATEGORY, INFO, TURF)
Adds text to the event logger and adds an image to where that turf is.
EVLOG_TURFS(DATUM, CATEGORY, INFO, TURFS)
Adds text to the event logger and adds an image to each turf in the
TURFS list
EVLOG_LINES(DATUM, CATEGORY, INFO, TURF_A, TURF_B)
Adds text to the event logger and adds a line from turf_a to turf_B
EVLOG_PATH(DATUM, CATEGORY, INFO, TURFS)
Adds text to the event logger and visualizes a path from A to B (same
way as the pathfinding debugger, of which I moved the visualization
before to SSPathfinder)
In terms of performance, the logger is a singleton, and events are ONLY
logged if
1. The logger is running
2. The datum has the DF_EVLOGGING flag.
This means most of the time, logging an event is a single var lookup
(Since the runner is off by default). The DF_EVLOGGING flag is off by
default as well and has to be enabled by the event logger, or set
temporarily by a dev in code.
This system can easily be extended with more event types / visualization
types as well. (I'm thinking of datumizing the ones I have now)
The TGUI is still a bit of a mess, I would love some pointers because
I'm not really good at react so I just kind of hit it with a hammer
until it did what I wanted 😎
Also, all of this is based on VisLogging from Unreal Engine, so it will
have some likeness https://unreal-garden.com/tutorials/visual-logger/
## Why It's Good For The Game
This system allows us to debug more complex systems (like basic AI) in
an understandable and clear way. While the implementation cases are not
super common right now, extending this system could make debugging these
systems much more comprehensible, and hopefully lets more developers
help us with improving these systems. (plus, we LOVE timelines)
## Changelog
🆑 CabinetOnFire
refactor: Implements "Event Logging" an improved way for programmers to
debug specific datums.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Lucy <lucy@absolucy.moe>
## About The Pull Request
Introduces a new targeting priority strategy system for basicmob AIs,
which allows controllers to decide which mob to prioritize over others.
Mining mobs will now focus on the NODE drone unless hit, and will pursue
the attacker for 25 seconds before dropping the aggro. They also get
increased aggro if you've attacked other mobs in their view recently,
and after a few hits will have enough aggro to swap to you from the NODE
drone. Ashwalkers get a reduction in aggro because they live there.
Legion broods and brimdemons will immediately target anyone who attacks
their allies rather than waiting for multiple hits. Broods also now
inherit their parent's targets and retaliation/reinforcements lists.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6baaba8a-8b3c-4b2f-ae8b-842f0b1f2b6d
#### This is a bounty for ArcaneMusic
## Why It's Good For The Game
Makes vent defense mob behavior more predictable and easier for players
to manipulate, allowing them to draw aggro from the NODE drone should
make vents more engaging and less of an AI rng fest
## Changelog
🆑
add: Mining mobs now use priority when choosing their target,
prioritizing NODE drones over miners who haven't attacked them or their
allies
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
this PR refactors beepskies and ED209s into basic mobs. ive also added a
few features for the ed209 because i cant keep my hands to myself:
ED bots can now wear hats! a few hats give them some new unique
dialogue. Putting a cowboy's hat on an ED will have it acting like a
town Sherrif
EDs are now rideable when emagged. theyll still be shooting people while
ridden. youll also have the ability to charge at people full throttle
running them over
ive also added a new Nukie variant, purchasable from the uplink. These
versions come fitted with an LMG and will patrol the station and shoot
all walks of life. If emagged, theyll blow up people with (weaker)
rockets (im still working on balancing this). they are rideable but i
highly suggest against it; youll be caught in the crossfire. (i
understand if ud prefer i atomize this feature)
## Why It's Good For The Game
gives some personality to EDs, as well as updating all these bots to the
cool new ai system
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: beepskies, and ed209s have been refactored. please report any
bugs
add: ed209s can now wear hats! some hats give them new dialogue
add: emagged ed209s are now rideable!
add: added evil versions of the ed209s to the syndie uplink
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
This PR adds 16 more wands to the game, try and guess what they all do!
I finished coding this PR 6 weeks ago but it turns out I had to sprite
16 wands after that before I could PR it.
<details>
**Wand of Animation**- It's like the Staff of Animation but doesn't
recharge itself, obviously.
**Rod of Babel**- Grants victims a new random spoken language and then
removes all of their other languages.
**Shearing Rod**- It renders you bald. If you are covering your hair
with a helmet, it pops the helmet off (possibly its most useful effect).
If you're already bald, your bald head will shine brightly and blind
nearby people.
**Party Wand**- Fires projectiles that are incredibly alcoholic. Two of
them will destroy the livers of most targets and kill them (although it
gives them a good leadup time to get that fixed before dying of alcohol
toxicity), so try one at a time if you're just there to have fun.
**Wand of Ice**- Freezes people temporarily, making them really cold and
unable to move. It also spawns slippery ice on impacted tiles.
**Wand of Chaos**- Forces targets to hallucinate from a curated list of
hallucinations. It looks and is named sort of like the Staff of Chaos
just in the hopes that people are more likely to believe that the wizard
did actually just instantly kill them, set them on fire, or turn them
into a demon. Even if it doesn't, a lot of these cause you to stop
moving or be temporarily knocked down or in some other way disoriented.
**Lifting Rod**- Removes gravity from a target for two minutes, which
funcionally immobilises them if they're in the middle of a room or you
can use on yourself to cross big pits.
**Rod of Compassion**- Heals you and your target a little bit, and also
gives you both Pacifism for 30 seconds. This gives you time to talk out
your problems, or deliver a monologue.
**Wand of Snacking**- Turns things into pizza. If fired at a mob, will
put some pizza in their hands and force them to start eating it.
Unlikely to be deadly, but it might spawn mouldy pizza, a food they are
allergic to, ethereal battery acid pizza, or pizza which dismembers you.
**Pestilent Wand**- Confers a transmissible plague which causes you to
periodically cough out vermin of various degrees of danger and hostility
depending on disease level, treated via traditional methods of exorcism.
**Wand of Pratfalls**- Slips and pies the target as well as creating
small amounts of lube foam.
**Wand of Rebellion**- Removes a limb from the target, then animates
that limb. Stop hitting yourself.
**Rod of Repulsion**- Throws things you shoot away from you.
**Switching Rod**- Swap places with the hit atom, as with the spell
Swap.
**Restraining Rod**- Summons a tentacle from the ground to grasp the
target, immobilising them for 20 seconds or until someone helps them.
**Wand of Zapping**- Briefly locks up the target's nerves with lightning
(it's secretly a classic ss13 taser).
</details>
They are available to wizards via the new option "Wand Assortment
(Bargain Bin)" which only costs a single spellbook point, but gives you
an assortment of 6 wands picked at random from this list of new wands
and some of the existing ones.
If you buy two or more sets of wands (and are wearing the wand belt from
the first one) then instead of spawning wands in a belt it will spawn
them in a bandolier, which fits into your backpack or can be worn on a
suit slot.
Wand bandoliers in a suit slot will automatically replace an empty wand
you try to fire with a wand that still has ammo in it.
Several of these wands' projectiles are now also possibilities from
firing the Staff of Chaos (making it more chaotic) and some of them also
have their own Magicarp types.
Also I made it so that if you animate an animating weapon then it
focuses on animating more things instead of shooting its animating bolts
at mobs that are already animate. I could do this for more specialty
wands too at some point (door wand projectiles don't exactly hurt
anyone) but if I do that it'll probably be in a different PR.
## Why It's Good For The Game
A good number of these wands come from a downstream antagonist that's
essentially a lower-threat wizard. I thought these were all fun or funny
effects to have in the game upstream but also not ones that people would
typically want to buy as a dedicated spell (or alternately, that would
be pretty good as a dedicated spell but quite boring), so instead
they're limited use spells that you get in bulk for cheap.
I didn't think we'd really want to bulk up the spellbook with several
different kinds of themed bundle though (and frankly, they don't share
themes), so it's a blind box instead.
The bandolier was added to compensate people for buying random wands
multiple times, so they can have more of a wand-based playstyle.
Now you can spend all of your points on 60 wands (maybe more if you take
the gambling trait...) and be a sort of wizard cowboy, or split them
among your apprentices, or just leave them everywhere like candy and see
whether the crew fuck things up for themselves with their new power I
guess.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Adds 16 more wizard wands to the game, which wizards can buy
cheaply but randomly, or are available via Summon Magic.
add: If a wizard buys more than one set of wands they will receive a
"Wand Bandolier" holster which fits in the backpack or, if worn in the
suit slot, will automatically exchange an expended wand for a full one.
balance: Staffs (and wands) of animation that are animated will try to
animate other objects instead of firing at living mobs, which are
already animated.
balance: Animating a wand of nothing will turn it into a wand of
animation (and animate it).
balance: The staff of chaos can now do more things.
balance: Magicarp now additionally come in Babbling, Frigid, Quantum,
and Weightless varieties. Collect them all!
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
this refactors `GLOB.hostile_machines` into
`GLOB.hostile_machines_by_z`, which is a per-z list, and mobs targeting
hostile machines (mechas, turrets) will only check those on the same
Z-level.
## Why It's Good For The Game
better performance
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Refactored how mobs target turrets and mechs, which should
hopefully be more performant.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Two main things.
Multiple instances of use of a proc in AI controllers seemingly assuming
the default behaviour will work for them, but what ends up happening is
`search_tactic` gets redefined and redefined with no defaut search range
parameter, so nothing ends up passed to the `search_tactic` child procs,
so they all call `oview` with `null` and this... somehow doesn't
runtime? Has behaviour that works some of the time??? I hate this
fucking language. Anyway.
Stoat steal items behaviour was completely broken and apparently was not
tested once since it was merged in. I've made the corrections I can, but
I haven't figured out why stoat AI never enters idle, so we have a
behaviour that leads to the stoat running up to an item, grabbing it,
and then just staying there, unmoving. I've sunk too many hours into
this, I'm just going to call it fixed and let someone else figure out
what exciting additions there need to be to a behaviour that was never
functional in the first place.
## Why It's Good For The Game
i don't know man i just want the pain to stop
okay, generally speaking, when people write AI behaviours, they want
those AI behaviours to do something and not just silently fail for six
months or longer
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Stoats have a chance to try and grab items like they always should
have.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
ports https://github.com/DaedalusDock/daedalusdock/pull/1144
ports https://github.com/DaedalusDock/daedalusdock/pull/1147
full credit to @Kapu1178 for the juice
instead of `reacher.CanReach(target)` we now do
`target.CanBeReachedBy(reacher)`, this allows us to give special
behavior to atoms which we want to reach, which is exactly what I need
for a feature I'm working on.
## Why It's Good For The Game
allows us to be more flexible with reachability
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: refactored how reaching items works, report any oddities with
being unable to reach something you should be able to!
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Fixes#90767
This PR redesigns ice whelps somewhat
As before they have two fire breath attacks, one of which is a line and
one of which is a point blank AOE
Unlike before, the aspect of forecasting that the attack is coming is
now part of the ability and not a component only used by ice whelps (I
didn't like the component) and comes with visuals
Also unlike before, the line breath is longer and comes out faster
(because it's frankly pretty trivial to avoid) and the point blank
effect has been upgraded to effect every tile in a circular area within
3 spaces of the drake
The drake will now use the "every nearby tile" attack if you are close
by when its abilities come off cooldown, and the longer ranged one if
you're not
## Why It's Good For The Game
This fixes Ice Drakes using their breath attack literally once and never
again and might make them slightly more interesting to fight
Their slow speed and inaccurate targeting I think still means that
they're not very threatening on their own, but that'd need a more
substantial redesign to fix
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Ice Whelps now switch between their breath attacks depending on
the situation
fix: Ice Whelps will use their breath attacks more than once per
encounter
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
This PR removes the `basic_mob_attack_telegraph` component from all mobs
which were using it and instead implements an attack delay directly into
the basic melee AI behaviour.
This delay simulates "moving your mouse into position", human reaction
times, and the fact that the previous implentation of simple mobs would
only try to melee attack on a predictable timer you could "juke" around.
The way that this delay works is that it starts as soon as the mob
enters melee range and resets if you are ever out of the mob's reach, so
there will be no delay if you are foolish enough (or unfortunately
preventing from doing otherwise) to continue standing next to a mob but
there is enough of a one to duck in and out of melee range with a
goliath while using a crusher without getting hit, although trying to
run past one usually won't work.
This delay defaults to 0.3 seconds which in my testing experience was
roughly enough to dip in and out of range without getting hit but not
enough to run all the way past a mob without getting hit. It can be
overriden via the blackboard, although currently no mob does this.
I _was_ testing this locally with no latency though so I guess we'll
listen out to see if miners start yelling.
## Why It's Good For The Game
The visible attack broadcast is very cool but its visibility made melee
combat with any mob that had it significantly easier to such a degree
that any mob with it on could not really be expected to do melee damage
to any character that wasn't suffering some kind of immobilisation
effect which was never really the intention.
Removing it also removes any additional handicap that was applied to
sapient versions of these mobs, which was never really necessary or
intended in the first place.
I did not remove the component entirely from the game for two reasons:
- Out of the hope that there is some use for it somewhere, because I
think it's cool, but more importantly:
- Because it's still being used by simple mob megafauna as a workaround
for a bug we couldn't figure out.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Most mobs will now hesitate for a moment before attacking
rather than instantly hitting anything that enters melee range, to
better simulate human behaviour. Please report if this delay seems too
short, or too long.
balance: Most mobs which telegraphed their basic attacks on you now will
not do that
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Some kind of refactor to how AI behaviours work kind of messed this one
up, all of its return values that ended the proc and stopped the suicide
timer were relying on a return value... from a proc called in a timer
that could never possibly get sent as the return value for the relevant
proc.
I fixed it to just call `finish_behaviour` instead.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: AI-controlled ventcrawling mobs (botanical spiderlings and legioned
monkeys) can once more do so without killing themselves shortly
afterwards.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
<details>
<summary> expand to spoil the fun of exploring something for yourself
</summary>
firstly, the new ruin: outpost 31
its layout is vaguely based off an official map of the Outpost 31 from
the Thing movie but i ran out of space halfway
the boss drops a keycard for the storage room that you cant get in
otherwise, containing its own special item, and other stuff probably
useful for crew
crusher loot: trophy that heals you on each hit
the ruin is guarded by like 3 flesh blobs, very resilient (and slow)
masses of flesh that deal 3 brute damage, not harmful in melee but WILL
attempt to grab and devour/assimilate you which is FAR more lethal
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/542cc6d0-f4ee-4598-9677-a03170c6c1c3
Boss: The Thing (with creative liberties otherwise this thing would
instakill you if it was true to source material)
difficulty: medium apparently idk mining jesus beat it with 400ms or so
HP: 1800
It is a much higher ranking changeling than those infiltrating SS13
It has 3 phases, 600hp each. Depleting its phase health will turn it
invincible and it will heal back half in 10 seconds. In order to prevent
this, the two Molecular Accelerators must be overloaded by interacting
with them to blast the changeling with deadly scifi magic or whatever
they do, forcing it to shed its form further and go to the next phase.
Not necessary for phase 3 because it literally just dies then
it focuses mostly on meleeing you and making certain tiles impassable
for you with 1hp tendrils, all attacks are telegraphed so theres no dumb
instakills here
it alternates between aoe abilities and abilities
melee behavior:
- if too far, charge at target (charges twice on phase 3)
- too close, shriek (unavailable in phase 1) (technically AOE but its
more like a melee ability you know??)
- otherwise just try to melee
Shriek: if the player is too close emit a confusing shriek that makes
them confused and drop items
aoe behavior (phase 2, 3 only):
1: Puts 4 tendrils in a line cardinally
2: Puts tendrils around itself
3. Puts a patch of tendrils around and under the target, 3x3 in phase 3
4. Phase 3 only - spits patches of acid into the air that hurt when
stepped on
_(crusher is hard ok)_
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cbb98209-d3f0-470d-b0e8-4e310c5b709c
unique megafauna loot for this boss is like 1 AI-Uplink brain
its like a BORIS module but for humans i think you can figure out what
that means
while in a human shell they cannot roll non-malf midrounds and cannot be
converted, and cannot be mindswapped
the human MUST have all robotic organs (minus tongue because its not in
the exosuit fab and that kinda sucks to get)
will undeploy if polymorphed
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/abcc277a-995a-4fa7-b980-0549b6b7cf52
</details>
## Why It's Good For The Game
icebox is severely lacking in actual good ruins (fuck that one fountain
ruin)
i feel that the loot given by megafauna has been and still apparently is
exclusively to make the victor more powerful, which kinda sucks because
thats just powergaming???? the loot of this boss is more crewsided,
specifically aiding the AI in a VERY limited quantity (1), so its not
anything good for powergamers, good for crew if the AI is not rogue
## Changelog
🆑
add: outpost 31, the icebox ruin. Also its associated mobs, and
megafauna, and loot. Im not spoiling anything, find it yourself.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Ben10Omintrix <138636438+Ben10Omintrix@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
adds repairbots to the game!
this pr serves as a massive rework and buff to floorbots. i was a bit
sad that they dont get built much anymore so ive given them tons of more
utilities and uses.
Repairbots still inherit to place tiles and repair breaches. but they
can now rebuild walls, rebuild windows and repair structure and
machinery. Also Ive given them voicelines to add more character to them.
In short, they are very depressed with their job (however they express
their happy go lucky attitude when u emag them where they will start
deconstructing the station)
to demonstrate capabilities, here's a slightly sped up clip of some
repairbots patching up an area that was maxcapped 4 times:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bddac3b0-1984-4571-85d3-c5283dd7c0de
When repairbots feel threatened, they will retract into their little
toolbox which u can pick up and hold in ur hand, either to conveniently
carry and plop them down at breached sites, or to bash skull with it
U can build them using a toolbox, proximity sensor, cyborg arm and a
conveyor belt
## Why It's Good For The Game
refactors floorbots and makes them alot more useful tools for engineers
to use
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: floorbots have been refactored, please report any bugs
add: adds repairbots to the game!
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
penguins are now able to fish! they will drill water holes in ice using
their beaks and catch fish from there. also expands the fishing ai a bit
to make it a bit more customizable. animals will now fish only when
they're hungry, otherwise there will be a cooldown between every fishing
attempt, defaulted to 45 seconds but can be edited depending on the mob.
## Why It's Good For The Game
makes the fishing behavior alot more generic, before it was only
compatible with lobstrosities but this makes it so it can be applied to
any mob. also reduces lobstrosity fishing frequency by a tad bit as they
were too spammy before.
## Changelog
🆑
add: penguins will now fish from water holes
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
before, if u wanted to make ur animal hunt for food, u had to give them
the find food subtree, the attacking subtree, and had to edit their
targeting stratedgy to include items. this makes it so u only have to
give them just 1 subtree which will handle everything it needs to. also
makes it alot more customizable, u can now set a hunger cooldown for ur
animals, and cute emotes for them to play after eating food
## Why It's Good For The Game
makes it more convenient for future devs to include food hunting
behaviors to their animals, while also making it more customizable
## Changelog
🆑
code: animals' food hunting behavior has been refactored, please report
any bugs
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
refactors all behaviors to work through clicking. also removes some now
redundant behaviors. in the future ill try to generalize more of these
behaviors
## Why It's Good For The Game
makes AI controllers work through clicks which may help with swing
combat implementation
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: basic mob AI interactions has been refactored. please report
any bugs
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Ghom <42542238+Ghommie@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
deers now correctly emote with nearby friends
## Why It's Good For The Game
closes#86575
## Changelog
🆑
fix: deers now correctly emote with nearby friends
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Title. Adds two new maps:
- Grasslands Hunt (peaceful)
- Meta Central (easy)
These maps add a new basic revolutionary mob and significantly upgrades
the ai of basic deer.
This fixes an issue where modular maps were not correctly spawning mobs
or adding them to the "mutable candidates" for antagonists.
There's also some balance changes to bitrunning vendor prices, which are
generally now lower. This change is unrelated to the PR as a whole so
I'm okay with removing it if there's concern
### photos
<details>
<summary>expand</summary>
</details>
### todo
- [x] Fix the revolutionary death anim
- [x] Make deer run when injured
## Why It's Good For The Game
New maps as a general positive for bitrunning
Bug fixes
Makes vendor choices for bitrunning-exclusive items generally less of a
chore to get
## Changelog
jlsnow301, MMMiracles, KikoWen0, Ben10Omintrix
🆑
add: Added two new bitrunning maps: Grasslands Hunt and Meta Central.
add: Deer are now more complex animals, granting them enhanced ability
to run amok and chew your favorite plants.
balance: Reduced the cost of most BR vendor items.
fix: Fixes an issue where modular virtual domains spawned less mobs than
intended.
fix: These modular spawns are now valid mutation targets to become an
antagonist.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Ghom <42542238+Ghommie@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Carps, frogs and young lobstrosities now fear legendary anglers wearing
the legendary fishing hat and will flee. The item is skill-locked, so
only those that have maxxed out the skill can wear it.
Differently, adult lobstrosities and megacarps (and suicide frogs, which
are used nowhere) do not flee but will still prioritize them over the
rest.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I'm putting some emphasis on the "fish fear me" _(lobstrosities and
frogs aren't exactly fish but it'd been quite boring to only include
carps)_ and also making the hat a bit more than just some cosmetic
novelty.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Carps, frogs and young lobstrosities now fear people wearing
fishing hats! Adults and megacarp favour the 'fight' part of the fear
reflex however.
fix: The hat stabilizer module now inherits the clothing traits of the
attached hat.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Lobstrosities can now be raised from aquarium icemoon/lavaland chrabs.
First of all, you've to get a live chrab, an aquarium, and some fish
feed. Second, you place the chrab inside the aquarium and turn the
'allow breeding' settting on (should probably rename it to a more apt
name now). Keep the chrab well fed, and possibly with some friends and
props in the same aquarium until it develops into a hopefully calm
juveline lobstrosity and plops out of the aquarium (it can take some
time). From there you can tame it by feeding it its favorite food: arms
and lavaloop fish, and wait another dozen minutes for it to mature into
a fully grown lobstrosity.
Juveline lobstrosities are basically smaller and weaker lobstrosities,
if not slightly faster in some ways. Unlike their taller counterparts,
they can be tamed. Once done so, they'll retain their tamedness once
grown up. Regardless, tamed lobstrosities can be given the pet command
to fish for things by pointing at them. Thanks BenMatrix for the
profound fisher component, woo.
The chrab's weigth and size influence the growth speed of the first
stage faster, meaning bigger chrabs (may require crossbreeding) will
turn into juveline lobstrosities quickly. Amongst other things
influencing the resulting mob are fish traits:
Several traits have been given effects that apply to the mob, such as
nocturnal regeneration, being venomous or being able to fly akin space
carps. Also a new one that prevents the resulting lobstrosity from fully
developing
Now tested.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I'm building upon fishing and aquarium stuff, which has been an interest
of mine in a good while, though most of it doesn't have that many
practical uses, I'm slowly trying to make it cooler, and chasm chrabs
growing into lobstrosities is pretty much in line with the fluff texts
for the fish.
Eventually I'll have to add tips inside fishing toolboxes, otherwise
people won't know even half of it.
## Changelog
🆑
add: You can raise lobstrosities from chasm chrabs inside an aquarium
with the 'allow breeding' setting on. Keep the fish well fed, healthy
and not lonely if you don't want an hostile one.
add: Juveline lobstrosities (from chasms, plasma rivers, or aquariums,
xenobio too) can be tamed with arms and lavaloop fishes.
add: For lobstrosities grown from aquariums, they can have additional
effects based on the fish traits they had in the aquarium, like being
venomous or even flying.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
fixes#82964 , fixes#82866
## Why It's Good For The Game
fixes several problems with ai targetting. this pr resolves civil war
that was brewing between several mobs. also fixes a major problem where
mobs would only search for targets and not perform any other behaviors.
also fixes a small problem where mobs would constantly stop and start
while chasing targets
## Changelog
🆑
fix: mobs in the same faction will no longer be at odds against one
another
fix: mobs can now perform behaviors alongside searching for targets
fix: mobs will no longer be starting and stopping when chasing targets
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
i noticed almost all ai controllers were being hard deleted, its because
the controller itself was being addedto the behavior_cooldowns list
rather than the behavior itself
## Why It's Good For The Game
fixes hard deletes
## Changelog
🆑
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Nother bit ripped out of #79498
[Implements a get_cooldown() proc to get around dumb manual overrides
and empower me to optimize the findtarget
logic](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/7047d294dd2675b7e38db2424d6d79c52f21783a)
[Adds modify_cooldown, uses it to optimize find_potential_targets
further](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/4ebc8cedcefaa57a1c3d1afbbb485baa6fae0a4f)
No sense running the behavior if we're just waiting on its output, so
let's run it once a minute just in case, then push an update instantly
if we find something
[Optimizes connect_range and
promxity_monitors](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/bcf7d7c5b371e46c02aa9039d4ccd4715b999400)
We know what turfs exist before and after a move
We can use this information to prevent trying to update turfs we don't
care about.
This is important because post these changes mobs with fields will be
moving a lot more, so it's gotta be cheap
[Implements a special kind of field to handle ai
targeting](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/80b63b3445778eb2c75fc2f8f61aca07ed482b1f)
If we run targeting and don't like, find anything, we should setup a
field that listens for things coming near us and then handle those
things as we find them.
This incurs a slight startup cost but saves so much time on the churn of
constant costs
Note:
We should also work to figure out a way to avoid waking ais if none is
near them/they aren't doing anything interesting
We don't need to do that immediately this acts as somewhat of a stopgap
(and would be good regardless) but it is worth keeping in mind)
## IMPORTANT
I am unsure whether this is worth it anymore since #82539 was merged. As
I say it was done as a stopgap because ais didn't know how to idle.
If not I'll rip er out and we'll keep the other
refactoring/optimizations.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Cleaner basic ai code, maybe? faster basic ai code, for sure faster
proximity monitors (significantly)
## About The Pull Request
this pr buffs non-sentient minebots a bit to make them more helpful with
the new arcmining changes.
Minebots now have a better overall AI, they will maintain distance from
enemies and shoot while running. they will also plant landmines while
theyre running away from enemies. these landmines are carefully
programmed by the bot not to trigger when any of its miner friends step
on it. u no longer need to feed minebots an ore to get them to listen to
you, as they now automatically listen to any miners around.
minebots can now repair damaged node drones
they also have a new autodefend feature, which makes them automatically
attack any mob that attacks its miner friends or the drone. They also
have some new upgrades!
First is the regenerative shield, this shield allows minebots to tank a
limited amount of hits before breaking. minebots will then need to wait
sometime before the shield re-activates.
Second is the rocket launcher remote control, this allows players to
direct minebots to fire anti-fauna missiles at their target
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/138636438/3ec3605e-8e11-4a31-acaa-1382bed98294
Also minebots are now highly customizable, you can rename them, change
their colors, or program their AI through their new user interface
## Why It's Good For The Game
Improves minebot AI a bit, and makes it a more viable option for mining
solo players
## Changelog
🆑
balance: minebots have been buffed and have recieved new upgrades
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
cultists can now convert pets on their side. when you convert a pet, it
will become much more dangerous and obedient to you, it will also gain a
new dangerous AI. cultist pets will look for fellow dead cultists, and
revive them by dragging them to nearby revival runes and activating it.
if there is no revival runes around them then they will create their own
and drag u to it. u can give them commands to follow, attack, or to
create revival runes. they will also go around to crit non cultists so
cultists can convert them
they will also now feed on organs and blood for healing
## Why It's Good For The Game
adds a extra layer to cult, u can now command non-sentient pets to aid
you
## Changelog
🆑
add: cultists can now convert pets to their side
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
fixes pokemon AI still being active while inside the pokeball closes
#81669
## Why It's Good For The Game
fixes pokemon AI still being active while inside the pokeball
## Changelog
🆑
fix: fixes pokemon ai still being active when inside the pokeball
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
fixes the flaky error that would happen in cleanbot controllers. i
discovered thru the profiler that a proc i was using to stop tracking
unreachable targets and caching them to a blacklist in selectbehavior
had a bit of a high real time cost, so if the mob got deleted midway
through for any reason would cause a runtime error. ive moved this proc
off selectbehavior and im instead letting the move loop cache this
target into the blacklist if it reaches the max pathing attempts
## Why It's Good For The Game
fixes a runtime that sometimes happens in ai controllers
## Changelog
🆑
fix: fixes a runtime that sometimes happens in ai controllers
/🆑
`find_potential_targets/perform` currently has a pretty bad self cost in
part due to it running a second "loop over everything in range" check to
find turrets and mechs. This doesn't drop it down by as much as I'd like
because it still needs `hearers`, it still shows up pretty high, but
this at least cuts out some unnecessary work.
Best case is likely to minimize work AIs need to do when there are no
players on their z-level, as there are a lot of calls from Lavaland.
## About The Pull Request
Consider this a continuation of
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/80202
~~It seems I missed a few.~~
Edit: Modified per request to handle this more broadly. If a pawn gets
`qdel`'d, the ai controller should be set to off and get removed from
the list of active controllers, and all their actions should be
canceled.
Also adds some qdeleted checks to `finish_action()`, which can still run
after the pawn gets qdeleted as part of the `CancelActions()` chain.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Less spurious CI failures.
## Changelog
Nothing player facing really.
## About The Pull Request
this pr refacotrs cleanbots into basic bots. also adds a new skillchip
for janitrs. this skillchip will allow janitors to communicate with
cleanbots and order them around, like pointing at something and telling
them to clean it. also now the cleanbot has an inbuilt mop which it will
use to smack mice and cockroaches
## Why It's Good For The Game
refactors cleanbots into basic bots and fixes them getting stuck
sometimes while patrolling. also janitors being able to order them
around can make them a bit more useful as tools for the janitor
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: cleanbots are refactored into basic bots. please report all
bugs
fix: fixes cleanbots getting stuck sometimes while patrolling
add: janitors get a new skillchip which allow them to communicate with
cleanbots
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Finishing what https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/79513/
started, removes 'targetted' typo from code. Also updates the basic mob
guide with the new updated var names.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Typos bad. Accurate guides good.
## Changelog
🆑
code: gets rid of the rest of the instances of 'targetted' typo from
code
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
[Implements the backend required to make targeting datums
global](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/6901ead12e419530b7f646ea21094d4432d7385e)
It's inconsistent with the rest of basic ai for these to have a high
degree of state, plus like, such a waste yaknow?
[Implements
GET_TARGETING_STRATEGY](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/d79c29134d03424a9f8bacd64c08cb41775fe8c0)
Regexes used:
new.*(/datum/targetting_datum[^,(]*)\(*\)* -> GET_TARGETING_STRATEGY($1)
Renamed all instances of targetting to targeting (also targetting datum
-> targeting strategy)
I've used GET_TARGETING_STRATEGY at the source where the keys are
actually used, rather then in the listing. This works out just fine.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Not a misspelled name through the whole codebase, very slightly less
memory load for basically no downside (slight cpu cost maybe but not a
significant one.
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Co-authored-by: John Willard <53777086+JohnFulpWillard@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
This PR converts the two trader mobs into basic mobs, these being the
basic debug trader that buys ectoplasm and sells ghost burgers, and Mr
Bones, who buys empty milk cartons and bones, and sells bone relate
paraphernalia.
Traders now use dynamic appearance generation. The old sprites still
exist as hallucinations, and as shop signs.
Trader UI is now summoned via `COMSIG_ATOM_ATTACK_HAND`, which properly
cancels the attack chain, so there is no longer need to put it on
Interact.
I kept most of the original behaviour, but moved them off into a
component. I have also cached all the images generated for the radials,
I hope I have not overengineered it. I have also created a new datum,
which stores the trader's wares, needs, and speech patterns.
Admins can put the component along with the trader data on any living
mobs with an AI controller, turning them into traders. Keep in mind that
most AI has random idle movement, meaning they have a chance to walk
off, closing your trader radial.
The trader AI consists of the following, first, when a trader sees
someone, they will deploy their shop, if one does not already exists.
The shop consists of a chair, and a holographic sign. If you attack
them, they will chase you with their weapons, and then return to their
chair when victorious. If the chair is somehow destroyed, they will
create a new shop when they see a new potential customer.
Mr Bones uses a variant of the AI, where they will run at you, and
deploy their shop when they reach you. I call this the jumpscare
variant. Below you can see me getting actually jumpscared because Mr
Bones has stepped on a yelling frog when I opened the maintenance door.
I have also made an element that toggles an ai controlled combat mode
when it gains a target, and when it loses it. I am using it to make
Traders unable to trade while they are trying to kill a robber. To aid
this, I a have made
`/datum/ai_controller/proc/sig_remove_from_blackboard` send the
`COMSIG_AI_BLACKBOARD_KEY_CLEARED` signal, in case the trader kills a
mob that deletes itself on death. This means I could remove a signup
`/datum/component/appearance_on_aggro` was doing towards Qdeleting.
Below you can see Mr Bones shooting me with candy corn.
Traders actually only shoot you until you are conscious, so I survived
here in crit. Most mobs don't have crit state, so they just die, so I am
sticking by this voice line.
Thank you @CoiledLamb for help with the sale sign!
## Why It's Good For The Game
Two more mobs off the list. The AI and Componentized behaviours allows
us to set up new kind of traders.
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Traders are basic mobs now. Please alert us of any strange
behaviours!
code: If there is only one option, radial lists will autopick it. This
behaviour can be turned off via a new argument.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Converts wraith constructs to basic mobs. The last of the "mainline"
constructs, though there's still one to go after this.
Wraiths are pretty much the same as they've always been - speedy
constructs that pack a bit of a punch, built around doing hit-and-run
tactics with their ability to ethereal jaunt. Notably, I've converted
their ability to recharge their jaunts with attacks into a new
component, `recharging_attacks`. This can be placed on any basic mob to
let them recharge a cooldown action by landing hits, which could
possibly be useful in the future.
NPC wraiths are pretty straightforward, with a twist - they will always
chase down and beat to death the lowest-hp mob they can see. Happening
upon one of these while wounded will end very badly! While I originally
wanted them to be more flighty and use hit-and-run tactics, I couldn't
figure out a way to do this that didn't look kind of silly and make them
less effective overall.
In addition to the wraiths, I've done some much-needed cleanup to basic
constructs as a whole, improving some things and covering some things I
missed along the way.
- Ectoplasm drop types from constructs is now properly based on their
theme. I _believe_ I've done this in a way that will pass unit tests
this time, but we'll see if my local tests were being honest with me.
- Player-controlled constructs now attack faster. I didn't realize that
being basic mobs capped them to attacking once every 2 seconds, which is
a gigantic nerf over the simple animal version. I cut this to just 1
second, which should be much closer to how it originally was.
- Artificers actually seek out and heal the most damaged ally they can
find, instead of the least damaged. Turns out the sort was doing the
exact opposite order from what I thought, which became much more obvious
when using the same targeting behavior on wraiths.
- I put the PR number in the juggernaut update script, which I somehow
missed on that one.
- Removed the extraneous "noncult" construct subtypes that didn't do
anything. The Artificer one, which does something, is still around.
## Why It's Good For The Game
For the same reasons as the previous three. 5 more simple animals gone,
and only one construct to go until I can nuke simple constructs from the
codebase entirely. Other than that, the new component could possibly
come in handy in future designs, and the NPC behavior should hopefully
be a little scary - even if just a little.
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Wraith constructs have been converted to the basic mob
framework. NPC wraiths are now extra cruel and will attack the
lowest-health mob they can see at any given time. Make sure this isn't
you! Please report any bugs.
fix: Artificers and juggernauts no longer attack significantly more
slowly than intended.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Really getting into the meat of the constructs now. Artificers have
become basic mobs.
On the whole, this was a pretty rote conversion, with no significant
gameplay changes other than the switch to using healing hands rather
than a unique heal ability. The player experience as an artificer is
more or less identical.
The _interesting_ part comes with the AI for the seldom-used "hostile"
variant. Hostile artificers, being squishy and laughably weak, are now a
dedicated "medic" role for constructs. They will perform triage, always
seeking the most wounded construct (or shade!) to give healing to. They
will not attack at all, but they _will_ flee with great speed if
attacked and not busy healing. If they are healing another construct,
they will remain even if they are beaten to death.
I've added some more AI functionality that may come in handy in the
future, and done some refactoring to keep things from getting out of
hand:
- A planning subtree for finding targets that will always select the
most heavily wounded living target that the mob can see (or rather, the
one with the least health). Useful again for medical triage, or for
making a particularly cruel mob that always attacks whoever is easiest
to kill. I plan to use this for NPC wraith constructs when I convert
them.
- Targeting datums can now check a blackboard key to see if they should
only target wounded mobs. This is particularly useful for "medic" type
mobs such as this one.
- I've refactored the "minimum stat" behavior of targeting datums to be
stored in a blackboard key. This removes the need to have unique
subtypes for each different minimum stat we might want. Which... for the
most part, weren't even used, leading to proliferation of several
completely identical targeting datums in a bunch of different files.
Hopefully this change will make things cleaner.
In addition, this PR fixes a pair of bugs from #78807 that I didn't
catch:
- Healing constructs can now actually heal shades. Turns out I forgot to
add the correct biotype.
- Healing hands, when set to print the target's remaining health, no
longer does so as a visible message.
The one thing I didn't do that I kind of wanted to is make NPC
artificers heal themselves when wounded and not busy doing something
else, but it ended up being kind of annoying to make a mob willingly
target itself. NPC artificers never had this behavior before, so I
consider it okay, but maybe I'll circle back to it later.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Another basic conversion, another 5 items off the checklist. Very little
should change in-game, though I think the new NPC AI could make for
interesting challenges in ruins or bitrunning or something.
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Artificer constructs have been converted to the basic mob
framework. This should change very little about them, but please report
any bugs. NPC artificers are now smarter, and will focus on healing
nearby wounded constructs - if you see them, take them out first!
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
this adds a new item for traitor botanists they can buy for 4 tc. it
releases smoke which hypnotizes bees to follow ur every command, it can
be used on a single bee or it can be used on a hive to hypnotize all the
bees who live there. u can command the bees to enter or exit their
beehive, and u can also command them to spiral around u where they will
follow u and swirl around u to confuse whichever opponent u are
fighting, and u can also command them to attack people. the bee smoker
comes with some fuel but u can recharge it by putting cannabis into it.
the stronger the weed the more fuel it will provide
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/138636438/18c9a350-8e24-4c49-abfa-dffb7622502f
## Why It's Good For The Game
adds a traitor item which gives a new gameplay alternative for botanist
and pacifist players. also i noticed the pet targetting datum was using
some copy paste code so i made it a subtpye of the basic targetting
datum
## Changelog
🆑
add: added a new syndicate item - the bee smoker
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
This PR does three things:
- Fixes fleeing, I broke it in a recent PR so mobs would walk to a
location then sort of stand there doing nothing. This is due to using
`>=` instead of `>`.
- Makes lobstrosities stop running and charge at you more responsively
(when they detect they can charge).
- Inverts the `BB_BASIC_MOB_FLEEING` blackboard key to
`BB_BASIC_MOB_STOP_FLEEING` so that the default behaviour is "to perform
the behaviour that you put on the mob" instead of to not do that.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Makes commonly used behaviour work properly.
Removes footgun we hand to ai developers.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Cowardly mobs will consistently run away from you instead of
getting tired and just sort of standing there after an initial burst of
movement.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Raw Prophet and Armsy had fun stuff going on and merited their own PRs,
but the rest of these guys are basically just statblocks with abilities
so I converted them all at once.
Rust Walkers are present in a ruin and so have new AI which will
actually use their abilities. They rust the area around where they spawn
and throw their rust blast at people.
I also gave Flesh Stalkers AI even though nobody has put them in a map
because I thought it would be cool. This adds an AI behaviour where if
they're not doing anything else they will turn into an animal and chill
until someone's been around them for a bit, before attacking. They will
also use EMP almost immediately upon performing their ambush, which
kills the lights in that room. Spooky!
To support this I needed to make some changes to let AI continue
processing and targetting correctly while shapeshifted.
I didn't give Maids or Ash Spirits AI because they'd be really boring.
Other changes:
I made the maid in the mirror flicker when it takes examine damage
because the `visible_message` says it does but despite having the power,
nobody made it actually flicker...
## Why It's Good For The Game
No more simple mob heretic summons.
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Rust Walkers, Ash Spirits, Flesh Stalkers, and The Maid in the
Mirror now use the basic mob framework. Please report any unusual
behaviour.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
I remembered today that blob code is ass, especially blob spores.
There's still a lot to improve but I cleaned up _some_ of it by
converting these mobs.
Now they use a newer framework and more signal handling as compared to
circular references.
I _expect_ the behaviour here to largely be the same as it was or
similar. I haven't added anything fancy or new.
This is a reasonably big PR but at least all of the files are small?
Everything here touched every other thing enough that it didnt make
sense to split up sorry.
Other things I did in code:
- Experimented with replacing the `mob/blob` subtype with a component.
Don't know if this is genius or stupid.
- AI subtree which just walks somewhere. We've used this behaviour a lot
but never given it its own subtree.
- Blob Spores and Zombies are two different mobs now instead of being
one mob which just changes every single one of its properties.
- Made a few living defence procs call super, because the only thing
super does was send a signal and we weren't doing that for no reason.
Also added a couple extra signals for intercepts we did not have.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Blob spores will respond to rallies more reliably (it won't runtime
every time they try and pathfind).
fix: Blobbernaut pain animation overlays should align with the direction
the mob is facing instead of always facing South
refactor: Blob spores, zombies, and blobbernauts now all use the basic
mob framework. They should work the same, but please report any issues.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
basic mobs can check for friends in the way before firing a attack. if
they find someone in the way they will try to adjust their position so
their friends dont get hit by the projectiles
## Why It's Good For The Game
nice optional feature people can put on the monsters they create
## Changelog
🆑
add: added ranged attack friendly fire checks for basic mobs. minebots
and hivebots will now try to avoid shooting their friends
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Fixes#71330
The brimdemon was basically already perfect (well, it has a novel means
of attacking) so I didn't get too fancy with this one, it's _largely_
just a straightforward conversion.
Following this change it's a little slower to back off, but better at
lining up with people in order to blast them. Additionally, its beam is
now a mob ability so you can give it to other mobs if you so desire.
Because I can't help doing a _little_ tinkering, Brimdemons now explode
2.5 seconds after they die, after a brief warning animation.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Simple mobs must die
## Changelog
🆑
add: Brimdemon corpses release an explosion shortly after death, just to
keep you on your toes.
refactor: Brimdemons now use the basic mob framework which (should)
improve their pathfinding somewhat. Please bug report any unusual
behaviour.
admin: The brimdemon's beam ability can be given to any mob, for your
Binding of Isaac event
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
I like for things that mobs do to be consistent regardless of whether
they are controlled by a player or by the AI.
One big offender of this is the melee behaviour cooldown. Basic mobs
piloted by AI have arbitrary melee attack cooldowns which are not
reflected when they are controlled by players who can generally attack
much faster (but in _two_ instances, slower).
To remedy this I added `melee_attack_cooldown` as a var on
`living/basic` (sinful) and the ai now uses NextMove to not click too
often, meaning that players can only bite things as often as the AI can
and also that if you VV the cooldown it can speed the AI up (or slow it
down) as well as a player.
This also gets rid of a lot of subtypes of that datum, as we mostly made
them to change the cooldown.
I also hunted down a few places where there was behaviour placed inside
an AI behaviour which wasn't easily replicable by a player piloting the
same mob, preferably a player should be able to do everything that the
AI can.
Fixing this was largely a simple case of moving code from
`ai_behaviour/melee_attack/perform` to `basic/mob_subtype/melee_attack`
and also adding an element for one thing shared by three different mobs.
Strictly speaking I didn't need the element that much because a player
is perfectly capable of clicking on something they attack to drag it,
but it's nice for it to be automatic?
## Why It's Good For The Game
If you see a mob do something then you should also be able to do it.
Mobs shouldn't have significantly different capabilities when controlled
by a player (aside from usually being smarter).
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Player-controlled basic mobs attack as fast as those mobs can
when controlled by the AI
balance: Player-controlled Faithless can paralyse people they attack,
like the AI does
balance: Player-controlled Star Gazers (if an admin felt like making
one) apply the star mark on attack and deal damage to everything around
them, like the AI does
/🆑
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