Implements https://hackmd.io/@tgstation/SkeUS7lSp , rewriting Dynamic
from the ground-up
- Dynamic configuration is now vastly streamlined, making it far far far
easier to understand and edit
- Threat is gone entirely; round chaos is now determined by dynamic
tiers
- There's 5 dynamic tiers, 0 to 4.
- 0 is a pure greenshift.
- Tiers are just picked via weight - "16% chance of getting a high chaos
round".
- Tiers have min pop ranges. "Tier 4 (high chaos) requires 25 pop to be
selected".
- Tier determines how much of every ruleset is picked. "Tier 4 (High
Chaos) will pick 3-4 roundstart[1], 1-2 light, 1-2 heavy, and 2-3
latejoins".
- The number of rulesets picked depends on how many people are in the
server - this is also configurable[2]. As an example, a tier that
demands "1-3" rulesets will not spawn 3 rulesets if population <= 40 and
will not spawn 2 rulesets if population <= 25.
- Tiers also determine time before light, heavy, and latejoin rulesets
are picked, as well as the cooldown range between spawns. More chaotic
tiers may send midrounds sooner or wait less time between sending them.
- On the ruleset side of things, "requirements", "scaling", and
"enemies" is gone.
- You can configure a ruleset's min pop and weight flat, or per tier.
- For example a ruleset like Obsession is weighted higher for tiers 1-2
and lower for tiers 3-4.
- Rather than scaling up, roundstart rulesets can just be selected
multiple times.
- Rulesets also have `min_antag_cap` and `max_antag_cap`.
`min_antag_cap` determines how many candidates are needed for it to run,
and `max_antag_cap` determines how many candidates are selected.
- Rulesets attempt to run every 2.5 minutes. [3]
- Light rulesets will ALWAYS be picked before heavy rulesets. [4]
- Light injection chance is no longer 100%, heavy injection chance
formula has been simplified.
- Chance simply scales based on number of dead players / total number
off players, with a flag 50% chance if no antags exist. [5]
[1] This does not guarantee you will actually GET 3-4 roundstart
rulesets. If a roundstart ruleset is picked, and it ends up being unable
to execute (such as "not enough candidates", that slot is effectively a
wash.) This might be revisited.
[2] Currently, this is a hard limit - below X pop, you WILL get a
quarter or a half of the rulesets. This might be revisited to just be
weighted - you are just MORE LIKELY to get a quarter or a half.
[3] Little worried about accidentally frontloading everything so we'll
see about this
[4] This may be revisited but in most contexts it seems sensible.
[5] This may also be revisited, I'm not 100% sure what the best / most
simple way to tackle midround chances is.
Other implementation details
- The process of making rulesets has been streamlined as well. Many
rulesets only amount to a definition and `assign_role`.
- Dynamic.json -> Dynamic.toml
- Dynamic event hijacked was ripped out entirely.
- Most midround antag random events are now dynamic rulesets. Fugitives,
Morphs, Slaughter Demons, etc.
- The 1 weight slaughter demon event is gone. RIP in peace.
- There is now a hidden midround event that simply adds +1 latejoin, +1
light, or +1 heavy ruleset.
- `mind.special_role` is dead. Minds have a lazylist of special roles
now but it's essentially only used for traitor panel.
- Revs refactored almost entirely. Revs can now exist without a dynamic
ruleset.
- Cult refactored a tiny bit.
- Antag datums cleaned up.
- Pre round setup is less centralized on Dynamic.
- Admins have a whole panel for interfacing with dynamic. It's pretty
slapdash I'm sure someone could make a nicer looking one.
- Maybe some other things.
See readme for more info.
Will you see a massive change in how rounds play out? My hunch says
rounds will spawn less rulesets on average, but it's ultimately to how
it's configured
🆑 Melbert
refactor: Dynamic rewritten entirely, report any strange rounds
config: Dynamic config reworked, it's now a TOML file
refactor: Refactored antag roles somewhat, report any oddities
refactor: Refactored Revolution entirely, report any oddities
del: Deleted most midround events that spawn antags - they use dynamic
rulesets now
add: Dynamic rulesets can now be false alarms
add: Adds a random event that gives dynamic the ability to run another
ruleset later
admin: Adds a panel for messing around with dynamic
admin: Adds a panel for chance for every dynamic ruleset to be selected
admin: You can spawn revs without using dynamic now
fix: Nuke team leaders get their fun title back
/🆑
(cherry picked from commit 4c277dc572)
* Midrounds With Minimum Pop Requirements Work Again & Other Fixes (#80856)
## About The Pull Request
Fixes#80851Fixes#73622
Thanks to iprice for bringing this to attention and Isratosh for
assistance on Sybil.
This PR removes some (hopefully) redundant
if(!SSticker.HasRoundStarted()) checks which prevented roundstart mobs
from getting added to the living players list and pre-roundstart
observers from being added to the observers list.
This affected the ability for midround antagonists with a minimum
population requirement to spawn when they should have been able to,
pre-roundstart observers could not get polled for ghost roles, and some
other silliness regarding antagonists which considered the living
station population.
Nobody is really sure why this check was here in the first place outside
of some sanity check with an unknown purpose. The only thing it would
impact at one point was regal rats, but you can't play as regal rats
pre-roundstart anymore, and even then they should be counted amongst the
living players of the round, no? Since players can spawn in before
roundstart only with admin goofiness now, hopefully removing these
checks won't break anything.
## Why It's Good For The Game
This was preventing pretty much any midround antagonist from being
picked to spawn outside of Sleeper Agents in most cases. Also,
pre-roundstart observers should have access to midround antags and other
observer-related activies.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Dynamic midround rolls will properly consider roundstart players as
part of the living population again, allowing antagonists with a minimum
population value to spawn when they should be able to.
fix: Players who observe before roundstart can be considered for
midround ghost roles again.
fix: Some antagonists which had elements that scale with living station
population now function properly again.
/🆑
* Midrounds With Minimum Pop Requirements Work Again & Other Fixes
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Co-authored-by: IndieanaJones <47086570+IndieanaJones@users.noreply.github.com>
* [TM Candidate] Overhauls orbit and POI code to fix part of issue #61508 where players could observe /mob/living/new_player on the lobby.
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* Missed merge
Co-authored-by: Timberpoes <silent_insomnia_pp@hotmail.co.uk>
Co-authored-by: Gandalf <jzo123@hotmail.com>
* Drastic Lag Mitigation Subsystem: SSlag_switch (#59717)
Requested by oranges and inspired by the upcoming event. A new subsyetem, non-processing (for now), aimed at providing some toggle switches that can be flipped as a last ditch effort to save some CPU cycles by sacrificing some non-critical mechanics. Below you can see each individual toggle.
Screenshot of the admin panel:
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Surely there are more opportunities for toggles I missed, but adding new ones is not very difficult at all.
Why It's Good For The Game
Better performance during extreme pop, I hope.
Changelog
cl
code: Introduces the Lag Switch subsystem for when a smoother experience is worth trading a few bells and whistles for. Performance enhancement measures can be togged by admins with the Show Lag Switches admin verb or enabled automatically at a pop amount set via config.
config: Added a new config var: number/auto_lag_switch_pop
* Drastic Lag Mitigation Subsystem: SSlag_switch
* mirrored the changes to the modular file
Co-authored-by: Wayland-Smithy <64715958+Wayland-Smithy@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Useroth <37159550+Useroth@users.noreply.github.com>
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