## About The Pull Request
This PR does a couple of minor things:
Makes the job debug logging a bit easier to follow.
Minorly brings some SSjob code up to code standards, converting proc
names to snake_case and doing some otherm is cleanup.
Refactored some stuff into different procs, updated some comments.
And some major things:
Changes the job assignment logic.
Old behaviour
> Assign dynamic priority roles
> Force one Head of Staff (if possible)
> Assign all AIs
> Assign overflow roles (bugged in 2 ways)
> Shuffle the available jobs list once, at the start of the random job
assignment loop
> Pick and assign random jobs for random players from High prefs down,
with a priority on Head of Staff roles
> Handle everyone that couldn't be assigned a random job
New behaviour
> Assign dynamic priority roles
> Assign all Head of Staff roles to players with High prefs
> If no Head of Staff was made in the above way, force one Head of Staff
(if possible)
> Assign all AIs
> Assign overflow roles (fixed)
> Prioritise and fill unfilled head roles at each job priority pref
level, from High prefs down.
> Build a list of all jobs that each unassigned player could be eligible
for at the above pref level.
> Pick a job from that list at random and assign it to the player.
> Handle everyone that couldn't be assigned a random job.
In reality there should be little impact on overall job assignment, the
code changes read more as semantics. For example, the priority check for
filling Head slots will have the same candidate pool in both old and new
versions, but in the new version we're more clearly saying that Heads
are important and we want to prioritise filling them for the sake of
round progression even though the outcome in new and old is the same.
A key change will lead to an increase in assistants - Overflow fixes.
Currently the code block to do early assignments to the Overflow role
doesn't work - or works but not as you'd expect. The idea was is that
because enabling the Overflow role in the prefs menu is an On/Off toggle
that sets the job to High priority when enabled and prevents any other
High priority pref, players that have the Overflow role enabled will
**always** get it. It's their highest priority job with infinite slots.
So we do a pass right at the start to give everyone with the Overflow
role enabled that role and save us wasting time later on in random job
code giving them that same role but with more work.
The problem is the code for this only assigns the Overflow role to
people with it set to Low priority in their prefs, resulting in log
readouts like:
```
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.469] DEBUG-JOB: DO, Running Overflow Check 1
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.469] DEBUG-JOB: Running FOC, Job: /datum/job/assistant, Level: Low Priority
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.472] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job enabled at wrong level, Player: Radioprague, TheirLevel: Medium Priority, ReqLevel: Low Priority
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.472] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job enabled at wrong level, Player: Caluan, TheirLevel: High Priority, ReqLevel: Low Priority
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.473] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job enabled at wrong level, Player: Caractaser, TheirLevel: High Priority, ReqLevel: Low Priority
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.473] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job enabled at wrong level, Player: Apsua, TheirLevel: High Priority, ReqLevel: Low Priority
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.475] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job enabled at wrong level, Player: Bebrus2, TheirLevel: Medium Priority, ReqLevel: Low Priority
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.475] DEBUG-JOB: AC1, Candidates: 0
```
Where nobody gets pre-assigned the overflow role because their prefs are
all set to the High priority from being toggled... Except wait a second,
some people have it at Medium priority when it should just be a No
Role/High Priority Role toggle?
And herein we meet a problem. My hypothesis is that traits and stuff
that change the overflow have allowed players to set the "ordinary"
overflow role of Assistant to Medium and/or Low priority.
This still shows as enabled in the prefs menu, but leads to an outcome
where a player with assistant enabled is assigned Cook instead.
```
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.775] DEBUG-JOB: DO, Running Overflow Check 1
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.775] DEBUG-JOB: Running FOC, Job: /datum/job/assistant, Level: Low Priority
...
[2024-07-27 09:49:43.475] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job enabled at wrong level, Player: Bebrus2, TheirLevel: Medium Priority, ReqLevel: Low Priority
...
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.987] DEBUG-JOB: Running AR, Player: Bebrus2, Job: /datum/job/cook, LateJoin: 0
```
So players with the Overflow job pref set to Low (an unexpected state,
should be disabled or High) would be guaranteed to get that role if none
of the higher priority Head of Staff/AI/Dynamic roles took over via the
bugged "force overflow for people with the pref enabled" proc.
Players with the Overflow job pref set to High would be guaranteed to
get that role if none of the higher priority Head of Staff/AI/Dynamic
roles took over via the random job assignment code giving them their
Highest priority role thanks to the infinite job slots of the Overflow.
And players with the Overflow job pref set to Medium (an unexpected
state, should be disabled or High) would get Assistant if the shuffle
step of the available jobs list put Assisstant before any of the other
jobs they had prefs enabled for at Medium that weren't already filled,
otherwise they'd get another random job.
This code is now changed to ignore the priority the player has set when
looking for people to fill the overflow role. As long as it **is**
enabled, the player will get it unless they're forced into a dynamic
ruleset role (AI when malf rolls) or a Head of Staff role due to their
other prefs (they have RD set to med or low, and no other player has a
Head of Staff at high so they get randomly picked and miss the overflow
role).
This will increase the number of assistants in shifts where their pref
state has Assisstant in the bugged Medium priority, but doesn't change
it for bugged Low and not-bugged High/On priority.
On the other side of the coin, we have how the random jobs are picked.
They're kinda not random, and I noticed this reading the logs then
reading the code.
The list of available jobs to pick from is randomly shuffled - but only
**once**. All players pull from a list of jobs in the same order. So you
end up with a log block like this:
```
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.985] DEBUG-JOB: DO pass, Player: Pierow, Level:3, Job:Botanist
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.985] DEBUG-JOB: Running AR, Player: Pierow, Job: /datum/job/botanist, LateJoin: 0
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.985] DEBUG-JOB: Player: Pierow is now Rank: Botanist, JCP:0, JPL:2
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.986] DEBUG-JOB: DO pass, Player: Daddos, Level:3, Job:Botanist
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.986] DEBUG-JOB: Running AR, Player: Daddos, Job: /datum/job/botanist, LateJoin: 0
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.986] DEBUG-JOB: Player: Daddos is now Rank: Botanist, JCP:1, JPL:2
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.986] DEBUG-JOB: FOC job filled and not overflow, Player: Bebrus2, Job: /datum/job/botanist, Current: 2, Limit: 2
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.987] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job not enabled, Player: Bebrus2
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.987] DEBUG-JOB: DO pass, Player: Bebrus2, Level:3, Job:Cook
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.987] DEBUG-JOB: Running AR, Player: Bebrus2, Job: /datum/job/cook, LateJoin: 0
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.988] DEBUG-JOB: Player: Bebrus2 is now Rank: Cook, JCP:0, JPL:1
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.988] DEBUG-JOB: FOC player job not enabled, Player: Redwizz
[2024-07-27 09:49:47.988] DEBUG-JOB: FOC job filled and not overflow, Player: Redwizz, Job: /datum/job/cook, Current: 1, Limit: 1
```
The list is shuffled into an order of something like `list("Scientist",
"Botanist", "Cook", "Sec Officer", ...)` then iterated over for each
player. So every random job selection goes:
> "Does Player1 have Scientist enabled and at the right priority? No?
Okay, Botanist? Yes? You get botanist."
> "Does Player2 have Scientist enabled and at the right priority? No?
Okay, Botanist? Yes? You get botanist."
> "Does Player3 have Scientist enabled and at the right priority? No?
Okay, Botanist has no slots left so we'll remove it from the list. Okay,
Cook? Yes? You get cook."
> "Does Player4 have Scientist enabled and at the right priority? No?
Okay, Cook has no slots left so we'll remove it from the list. Okay, Sec
Officer? ..."
This can lead to stacked individual departments if it gets randomly
rolled to the start of the list in the shuffle, and completely empty
departments if they end up at the end.
On high pop shifts this is probably less of an issue. Player prefs add
noise to this and as departments at the front fill up, those at the back
pick up some of the lower pref players.
But have you ever had a shift where there's just like... No fucking sec
even though there's tons of players? The logging (before I made changes
in this PR) was a bit ass, but my hypothesis there is that sec officer
was shuffled right at the end of the random job list, so every other
department was filled up before sec officers were picked.
To mitigate this, I made the list shuffle every single time the game
picks a random available job for the player. This should lead to a more
balanced selection of available jobs by avoiding situations where the
code is biased towards packing some departments by accident.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Overflow fixes mean people who go to their prefs and see the Overflow
Role is On will all have the same experience - They will be the Overflow
role.
More random random job selection should prevent individual departments
having a jobs be stacked when it would have otherwise been possible for
a more balanced selection but the code unintentially biased random
departments to be overstaffed and understaffed each shift.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Having the Overflow Role set to On will properly ensure you get
that role at a High priority as intended by the game code.
fix: Job selection is now a little bit more random. Fixes an
unintentional bias in random job assignment that could lead to
feast-or-famine for roles where everyone is assigned one job and nobody
is assigned another job.
/🆑
---------
Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
More techweb feedback processing.
1. NT frontier app is much more useful and the partners give discounts
for big nodes. Now you can accelerate the research a lot if you focus on
NT frontier. Find [green text in the
tree](https://www.figma.com/board/IhOqYfG5XFBxcgaRSprWzK/Tech-New?node-id=0-1&t=uDMlvA6QcXgz6umU-1)
to see which nodes can have full discounts.
2. Roboticists now have access to ordnance to be able to work on gas
shells for faster mech weapon unlocks
3. BZ shell was rarely performed on LRP servers due to people not
knowing that you can easily make BZ in a portable pump, so it is no
longer a required experiment on the path to experimental tools and a
discount experiment for exp tools instead
4. Cytology experiment is a discount one to ease the path to Genetics
node
5. Cryostasis prerequisite got removed by accident in one of the techweb
tweaks
6. Atmos techs can download NT frontier and build compressor board in
engi imprinter
## Why It's Good For The Game
Balancing the tree out according to the player's behaviour.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: TechWeb: NT Frontier partners now give full discounts for many
high tier nodes, corresponding to the partner theme, instead of partial
discounts for random nodes
qol: Atmos techs can download NT frontier and build compressor board in
engi imprinter
balance: Roboticists now always have ordnance access for the discount
experiments they need
balance: TechWeb: BZ shell is now a discount experiment for experimental
tools instead of required exp for fusion
balance: TechWeb: Noblium shell is a discount experiment for RCD
upgrades instead of exp tools discount
balance: TechWeb: Vat-grown slime scan is a discount experiment instead
of required one
fix: TechWeb: Cryostasis node properly requires advanced medbay
equipment as it should
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Makes it so the default programs in the head PDAs actually works so all
5 do not need to be rewritten for each and every head of staff PDA
## Why It's Good For The Game
there were an unnecessary 5 lines of code per head (minus the captain),
this reduces it to just the special additions they get
## Proof of Testing
## Changelog
🆑
code: made it look a little cleaner for head PDAs
/🆑
## What's going on here
Kept you waitin huh!
This pr resprites most all walls, windows and other "wall adjacent"
things to a 3/4th perspective, technical term is "tall" walls (we are
very smart).
If you're trying to understand the technical details here, much of the
"rendering tech" is built off the idea of split-vis. Basically, split a
sprite up and render it on adjacent turfs, to prevent seeing "through"
walls/doors, and to support seeing "edges" without actually seeing the
atom itself.
Most of the rest of it is pipelining done to accommodate how icons are
cut.
## Path To Merge
Almost* all sprites and code is done at this point.
There are some things missing both on and off the bounty list, but that
will be the case forever unless we force upstream (you guys) to stop
adding new shit that doesn't fit the style.
I plan on accepting and integrating prs to the current working repo
<https://github.com/wall-nerds/wallening> up until a merge, to make
contribution simpler and allow things like bounties to close out more
easily
This pr is quite bulky, even stripping away map changes it's maybe 7000
LOC (We have a few maps that were modified with UpdatePaths, I am also
tentatively pring our test map, for future use.)
This may inhibit proper review, although that is part of why I am
willing to make it despite my perfectionism. Apologies in advance.
Due to the perspective shift, a lot of mapping work is going to need to
be done at some point. This comes in varying levels of priority. Many
wallmounts are offset by hand, some are stuck in the wall/basically
cannot be placed on the east/west/north edges of walls (posters), some
just don't look great good in their current position.
Tests are currently a minor bit yorked, I thought it was more important
to get this up then to clean them fully.
## What does it look like?
## Credits
<details>
<summary>Historical Mumbojumbo</summary>
I am gonna do my best to document how this project came to be. I am
operating off third party info and half remembered details, so if I'm
wrong please yell at me.
This project started sometime in late 2020, as a product of Rohesie
trying to integrate and make easier work from Mojave Sun (A recently
defunct fallout server) with /tg/.
Mojave Sun (Apparently this was LITERALLY JUST infrared baron, that man
is insane) was working with tall walls, IE walls that are 48px tall
instead of the normal 32. This was I THINK done based off a technical
prototype from aao7 proving A it was possible and B it didn't look like
dogwater.
This alongside oranges begging the art team for 3/4th walls (he meant
TGMC style) lead to Rohesie bringing on contributors from general /tg/,
including actionninja who would eventually take over as technical lead
and Kryson, who would define /tg/'s version of the artstyle. Much of the
formative aspects of this project are their work.
The project was coming along pretty well for a few months, but ran into
serious technical issues with `SIDE_MAP`, a byond map_format that allows
for simpler 3/4th rendering.
Due to BULLSHIT I will not detail here, the map format caused issues
both at random with flickering and heavily with multiz.
Concurrent with this, action stepped down after hacking out the
rendering tech and starting work on an icon cutter that would allow for
simpler icon generation, leaving ninjanomnom to manage the project.
Some time passed, and the project stalled out due to the technical
issues. Eventually I built a test case for the issues we had with
`SIDE_MAP` and convinced lummox jr (byond's developer) to explain how
the fuckin thing actually worked. This understanding made the project
theoretically possible, but did not resolve the problems with multi-z.
Resolving those required a full rework of how rendering like, worked. I
(alongside tattle) took over project development from ninjanomnom at
this time, and started work on Plane Cube (#69115), which when finished
would finally make the project technically feasible.
The time between then and now has been slow, progressive work. Many many
artists and technical folks have dumped their time into this (as you can
see from the credits). I will get into this more below but I would like
to explicitly thank (in no particular order) tattle, draco, arcanemusic,
actionninja, imaginos, viro and kylerace for keeping the project alive
in this time period. I would have curled up into a ball and died if I
had to do this all myself, your help has been indispensable.
</details>
<details>
<summary>Detailed Credits</summary>
Deep apologies if I have forgotten someone (I am sure I have, if someone
is you please contact me). I've done my best to collate from the git
log/my memory.
Thanks to (In no particular order):
Raccoff: Being funny to bully, creating threshold decals for airlocks
aa07: (I think) inspiring the project
ActionNinja: Laying the technical rock we build off, supporting me
despite byond trying to kill him, building the icon cutter that makes
this possible
ArcaneMusic: Artistic and technical work spanning from the project's
start to literally today, being a constant of motivation and positivity.
I can't list all the stuff he's done
Armhulen: Key rendering work (he's the reason thindows render right), an
upbeat personality and a kick in the ass. Love you arm
Azlan: Damn cool sprites, consistently
Ben10Omintrix: You know ben showed up just to make basic mobs work, he's
just fuckin like that man
BigBimmer: A large amount of bounty work, alongside just like, throwing
shit around. An absolute joy to work with
Capsandi: Plaques, blastdoors, artistic work early on
CapybaraExtravagante: Rendering work on wall frames
Draco: SO MUCH STUFF. Much of the spritework done over the past two
years is his, constantly engaged and will take on anything. I would have
given up if not for you
Floyd: Early rendering work, so early I don't even know the details.
Enjoy freedom brother
Imaginos16: A guiding hand through the middle years, handled much of the
sprite review and contribution for a good bit there
Iamgoofball: A dedication to detail and aesthetic goals, spends a lot of
effort dissecting feedback with a focus on making things as good as they
can be at the jump
Infrared: Part of the impetus for the project, made all the xenomorph
stuff in the MS style
Jacquerel: A bunch of little upkeep/technical things, has done so much
sprite gruntwork (WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PAINTING TYPES)
Justice12354: Solved a bunch of error sprites (and worked out how to
actually make prs to the project) Thanks bro!
Kryson: Built the artstyle of the project, carrying on for years even
when it was technically dying, only stopping to casually beat cancer. So
much of our style and art is Kryson
KylerAce: Handled annoying technical stuff for me, built window frame
logic and fully got rid of grilles.
LemonInTheDark: Rendering dirtywork, project management and just so much
fucking time in dreammaker editing sprites
Meyhazah: Table buttons, brass windows and alll the old style doors
Mothblocks: Has provided constant support, gave me a deadline and
motivation, erased worries about "it not being done", gave just SO much
money to fill in the critical holes in sprites. Thanks moth
MTandi: Contributed art despite his own blackjack and hookers club
opening right down the road, I'm sorry I rolled over some of your
sprites man I wish we had finished earlier
Ninjanomnomnom: Consulted on gags issues, kept things alive through some
truly shit times
oranges: This is his fault
Rohesie: Organized the effort, did much of the initial like, proof of
concept stuff. I hope you're doin well whatever you're up to.
san7890: Consulting on mapper UX/design problems, being my pet mapper
Senefi: Offsetting items with a focus on detail/the more unused
canidates
SimplyLogan: Detailed map work and mapper feedback, personally very kind
even if we end up talking past each other sometimes. Thank you!
SpaceSmithers: Just like, random mapping support out of nowhere, and
bein a straight up cool dude
Tattle: A bunch of misc project management stuff, organizing the
discord, managing the test server, dealing with all the mapping bullshit
for me, being my backup in case of bus. I know you think you didn't do
much but your presence and work have been a great help
Thunder12345: Came out of nowhere and just so much of the random
bounties, I'm kind of upset about how much we paid him
Time-Green: I hooked him in by fucking with stuff he made and now he's
just doin shit, thanks for helping out man!
Twaticus: Provided artistic feedback and authority for my poor feeble
coder brain, believed in the project for YEARS, was a constant source of
❤️ and affirmation
unit0016: I have no god damn idea who she is, popped out of nowhere on
the github one day and dealt with a bunch of annoying
rendering/refactoring. Godspeed random furry thank you for all your
effort and issue reports
Viro: A bunch of detailed spriting moving towards 3/4ths, both on and
off the wallening fork. If anyone believed this project would be done,
it was viro
Wallem: Artistic review and consultation, was my go-to guy for a long
time when the other two spritetainers were inactive
Waltermeldon: Cracked out a bunch of rendering work, he's the reason
windows look like not dogwater. Alongside floyd and action spent a TON
of time speaking to lummox/unearthing how byond rendering worked trying
to make this thing happen
ZephyrTFA: Added directional airlock helpers, dealt with a big fuckin
bugaboo that was living in my brain like it was nothing. Love you
brother
And finally:
The Mojave Sun development team. They provided a testbed for the idea,
committed hundreds and hundreds of hours to the artstyle, and were a
large reason we caught issues early enough to meaningfully deal with
them. Your work is a testament to what longterm effort and deep detailed
care produce. I hope you're doing well whatever you're up to. Go out
with a bang!
</details>
## Changelog
🆑 Raccoff, aa07, ActionNinja, ArcaneMusic, Armhulen, Azlan,
Ben10Omintrix, BigBimmer, Capsandi, CapybaraExtravagante, Draco, Floyd,
Iamgoofball, Imaginos16, Infrared, Jacquerel, Justice12354, Kryson,
KylerAce, LemonInTheDark, Meyhazah, Mothblocks, MTandi, Ninjanomnom,
oranges, Rohesie, Runi-c, san7890, Senefi, SimplyLogan, SomeAngryMiner,
SpaceSmithers, Tattle, Thunder12345, Time-Green, Twaticus, unit0016,
Viro, Waltermeldon, ZephyrTFA with thanks to the Mojave Sun team!
add: Resprites or offsets almost all "tall" objects in the game to match
a 3/4ths perspective
add: Bunch of rendering mumbo jumbo to make said 3/4ths perspective work
/🆑
---------
Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
Co-authored-by: = <stewartareid@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Capsandi <dansullycc@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: ArcaneMusic <hero12290@aol.com>
Co-authored-by: tattle <66640614+dragomagol@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: SomeAngryMiner <53237389+SomeAngryMiner@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: KylerAce <kylerlumpkin1@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: ArcaneMusic <41715314+ArcaneMusic@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Time-Green <7501474+Time-Green@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: lessthanthree <83487515+lessthnthree@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ben10Omintrix <138636438+Ben10Omintrix@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Runi-c <5150427+Runi-c@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Roryl-c <5150427+Roryl-c@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: tattle <article.disaster@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Senefi <20830349+Peliex@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Justice <42555530+Justice12354@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: BluBerry016 <50649185+unit0016@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: SmArtKar <44720187+SmArtKar@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: SimplyLogan <47579821+loganuk@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Emmett Gaines <ninjanomnom@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Rob Bailey <github@criticalaction.net>
Co-authored-by: MMMiracles <lolaccount1@hotmail.com>
## About The Pull Request
Adding interactions between ID/PDA and money.
So, you can swipe it on cash and get it on your bank.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Now you don't have to constantly insert every coin into the card.
<details>
<summary>GIF and evidence that I tested</summary>
</details>
## Changelog
🆑
qol: Now IDs and PDAs have money-reader module for picking some cash
into your bank by swiping on money.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
it's - conjunction of "it" and "is"
its - possessive form of "it"
grammar is hard, and there were a lot of places where "it's" was used
where it shouldn't have been. i went and painstakingly searched the
entire repository for these instances, spending a few hours on it. i
completely ignored the changelog archive, and i may have missed some
outliers. most player-facing ones should be corrected, though
## Why It's Good For The Game
proper grammar is good
## Changelog
🆑
spellcheck: Numerous instances of "it's" have been properly replaced
with "its"
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
### EDITED, see spoiler for previous about section.
This pr adds the `TRAIT_SILICON_EMOTES_ALLOWED`, which is now used to
determine what can perform silicons emotes instead of typechecks.
We do this by adding a `trait_required` var to emotes, which if set is
checked for in `can_run_emote(...)` and means the mob must have that
trait to use the emote.
We then adds this trait to all of the mobs previously capable of using
silicon emotes and the beep emote, being:
All silicons, basic bots, simple bots, orbies, and brain mobs.
In addition, we add the trait to robotic voicebox users.
Finally, it makes beeping a silicon emote.
What this changes is that robotic voicebox users can beep and use other
silicon emotes, basic and simple bots can actually beep, sentient orbies
could use other silicon emotes, and brains can beep and use silicon
emotes.
Previously brains where on the allowed types list for beeping, but
living emotes also blocked brains generally, so they couldn't _actually_
beep.
<details>
<summary>Previous About Section</summary>
All this really does is add a new trait, `TRAIT_SILICON_EMOTES_ALLOWED`,
which when given to a human allows them to use silicon emotes.
It does this by adding the `/mob/living/carbon/human` type to the
allowed types for these emotes, but then adding an additional check to
`can_run_emote(...)` for these emotes to block it for humans if they
don't have the trait.
We add it to the typecache because the base checks for
`can_run_emote(...)` would block if not for that, but we _do_ want the
other checks it runs.
</details>
## Why It's Good For The Game
I just think it'd be fun, really. Like, _I'd_ want to beep at people
when I'm going out of my way to augment the shit out of my character.
It's an item primarily accessible by roboticists and transhumanists,
both of which are encouraged/required to interact with silicons, so I
think this'd lead to fun interactions for those that do commit to
getting the silicon-speech tongue replacement.
Finally, I mean, it's a funky synthesizer that makes you sound like a
silicon. Why shouldn't it let you synthesize these sounds too? Hell,
even its attack verbs are beeping and booping already.
### EDITED, additional justification:
It's weird for basic/simple bots to be able to use all other silicon
emotes except beeping.
MMI'd brains/posibrains being able to beep looked intentional, just
broken. This fixes that.
I feel we might as well just allow them to use other silicon emotes
while we're at it.
## About The Pull Request
<img alt="2dZbpr8MK1"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/3625094/dd78feba-224a-41a1-8d4a-83af3a8b68df">
Added an ability to queue up to one node per player in a techweb for an
automatic research.
You can queue up a node only when all requirements are met, but there
are not enough points.
People can't research when there is something in the queue, only add
things to the queue. So a 40 points node can't be researched if someone
queued up a 200 points node ahead of it.
When a node is enqueued by RD, it is placed in front of the queue.
The research button is available when the queue is empty.
TODO:
- [x] Bypass queue when the node cost is zero
## Why It's Good For The Game
No need to stay at the console to wait for the points. No "Research"
button spamming.
## Changelog
🆑
qol: Research nodes can be queued, one per player. RDs can place their
node at the beginning of the queue.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Title. Makes heads' and captain's PDAs have 128 GQ of memory instead of
only 64.
## Why It's Good For The Game
RD and CE's PDAs are completely filled roundstart, and while its not
critical for CE, RD needs to delete at least two apps in order to be
able to submit gas shell experiments which is extremely annoying. Other
heads of staff PDAs have been upgraded for parity.
## Changelog
🆑
qol: Heads of staff PDAs start with twice as much disk space
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Zephyr <12817816+ZephyrTFA@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Move security level related data from switch-cases to security level
prototypes.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Nothing player facing.
Cleaner code for coders
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: move `status_display_bottom_text` and `fire_alarm_light_color`
to security level prototypes
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
There was a feedback that the new techweb made it harder to do science
on ghost roles, namely Charlie station crew.
This PR makes a few tweaks to oldstation to lower the bar on the
experiments:
- Added a pure N2O tank for easier BZ creation
- Added one diamond to the ai sat to create artificial BS crystal
- Added research console to ai sat with frontier app pre-installed
- Added a gas compressor to Beta station atmos area
Also moved the NTNet relay back to tcomms node as it requires tcomms
parts. And moved chem pack/blood pack from tier 1 to tier 0 per players`
request.
Also fixed the dissection experiments giving the old amount of bonus
points, before the recent point denomination.
Made a few other minor changes to the map.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Charlie is supposed to be friendly for the beginner players, yet the new
experiments are hard to do with the limited resources on Charlie.
## Changelog
🆑
qol: It is easier to do some required techweb experiments on Charlie
station now
fix: Fixed experimental dissection surgeries giving too many points
balance: Techweb: Moved NTNet relay back to tcomms node
balance: Techweb: Moved blood pack and chem pack to the starting node
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Since non-clothing items can also be worn on several slots, there's no
need for cigarettes/vapes to be subtypes of masks anymore, since that
comes with a few oddities like #82870.
## Why It's Good For The Game
This should fix#82870, with about no side-effect aside them no longer
being edible by moths 🤢.
## About The Pull Request
1. Fixes the modsuit pathfinder module's pathfinding for the second
time. This time AI idling broke it, we just make it not idle.
2. Changes the heuristic used by JPS nodes from Chebyshev distance to
Euclidean distance. I have no real logical explanation, it just appeared
to produce a more optimal path. CC @LemonInTheDark
3. Renames `get_dist_euclidian()` to `get_dist_euclidean()`.
Red line: Euclidean dist JPS path (roughly)
Green line: Chebyshev dist JPS path (roughly)
## Changelog
🆑
fix: MODsuit pathfinder module works. Again.
code: AI pathfinding should produce slightly better paths.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Adds a maintenance disk that makes your PDA turn your mouse cursor into
a cool sword when it's worn in your ID slot
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/51863163/ae5c50a1-e6fd-40bb-8957-4af2f6618cba
## Why It's Good For The Game
I saw a discord comment about this and it made me laugh.
## Changelog
🆑 Melberte
add: Cool Sword Cursor Maintenance App
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
As the title says. A standard power cell now only stores 10 KJ and
drains power similar to how it did before the refactor to all power
appliances.
The new standard megacell stock part stores 1 MJ (what cells store right
now). APCs and SMESs have had their power cells replaced with these
megacell stock parts instead. Megacells can only be used in APCs and
SMESs. It shouldn't be possible to use megacells in any typical
appliance.
This shouldn't change anything about how much 'use' you can get out of a
power cell in regular practice. Most should operate the same and you
should still get the same amount of shots out of a laser gun, and we can
look at expanding what can be switched over to megacells, e.g. if we
want mechs to require significantly more power than a typical appliance.
Thanks to Meyhazah for the megacell icon sprites.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Power cell consumption is way too high ever since the power appliance
refactor that converted most things to be in joules. It's a bit
ridiculous for most of our machinery to drain the station's power supply
this early on.
The reason it's like this is because regular appliances (laser guns,
borgs, lights) all have a cell type that is identical to the APC/SMES
cell type. And it means that if we want to provide an easy way to charge
these appliances without making it easy to charge APCs/SMESs through a
power bug exploit, we need to introduce a new cell type to differentiate
between what supplies power and regular appliances that use power. This
is primarily what the megacell stock part does.
This moves us back to what it was originally like before the power
refactor, where recharging power cells wouldn't drain an exorbitant
amount of energy. However, it maintains the goal of the original
refactor which was to prevent people from cheesing power generation to
produce an infinite amount of power, as the power that APCs and SMESs
operate at is drastically different from the power that a regular
appliance uses.
## Changelog
🆑 Watermelon, Mayhazah
balance: Drastically reduces the power consumption and max charge of
power cells
balance: Added a new stock part called the battery, used primarily in
the construction of APCs and SMESs.
add: Suiciding with a cell/battery will shock you and potentially dust
you/shock the people around you if the charge is great enough.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Watermelon914 <3052169-Watermelon914@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Pickle-Coding <58013024+Pickle-Coding@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Sooooooooo I was recently notified of an issue (#84185) that popped up
from me replacing the `attackby(...)` chain on id cards, where it's no
longer possible to put money into IDs inside of PDAs by slapping it
against the PDA.
As I expected, this is because modular computers both still use
`attackby(...)`, and would call `attackby(...)` on the ID they contained
if hit with cash.
24a23009e8/code/modules/modular_computers/computers/item/computer.dm (L799)
Now this could've been an easy one line no-gbp fix where I just replace
it with a direct call to `insert_money(...)` on the ID and call it a
day!
But hey. Might as well get rid of the `attackby(...)` altogether while
we're at it.
First off, because the `attackby(...)` proc was getting quite bloated,
we split off all the specific item behaviours into `[X]_act(...)` type
procs to clean it up.
We then make those return item interaction flags, so we can call them on
`item_interaction(...)` after the right typecheck passes and immediately
return their results.
This also involves replacing the `application_attackby(...)` on
applications with an `application_item_interaction(...)`, and making it
return the item interaction flags too.
The code of each subsection isn't significantly different, though
reorganized a bit in some cases.
Like inserting a computer disks now tries to move it into the computer
_first_ before swapping out whichever disk is already in there, so it
doesn't swap out the disk if putting the new one in fails.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Fixes#84185.
Having more stuff be updated to the proper `item_interaction(...)`
system is cool and good.
## About The Pull Request
Made the NT Frontier app look for valid experiment files not only on the
local file system, but also on the data disk.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Less clicks.
## Changelog
🆑
qol: NT Frontier app now allows to select experiments from inserted data
disks
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Makes pda messages actually appear in the messenger UI, as was supposed
to be the case way back in #75820
Does the same for tcomm's message server monitor, making sure anyone
trying to view pda messages is actually able to get a cohesive idea of
what the message actually contained.
Also a couple of other small fixes, listed in the changelogs
Fixes#77856
## Why It's Good For The Game
Consistency, fix bugs
## Changelog
🆑 Fluffles
fix: emoji show up in the messenger UI
fix: emoji show up in the message server monitor UI
fix: you can adjust your pda ringtone in-game
fix: having an empty pAI in your pda doesn't break ringtones
fix: pdas specifically set to not consume power don't constantly switch
to messenger
fix: you can use the quick-reply button for messages while resting
fix: deadchat pda messages show the imprinted sender's name instead of
whoever is holding the pda
fix: emoji show up in deadchat pda messages
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
PR for collecting techweb feedback post merge and address valid issues
of #84024.
People seem to dislike the abundance of new experiments in the middle of
the tree, so reducing some requirements for those for now.
Also updated NT frontier app a bit, as people are confused with the
shell experiments.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Balancing out the new tree.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Added ordnance to extra access of geneticists and roboticists
balance: Reduced parts scanning tests' machine count to 4 from 8
balance: Reduced augmented organs scanning tests mob count to 1 from 2
balance: Reduced equipped mech scanning test count to 1 from 2
balance: Added polycrystal option to bluespace crystal scan test
fix: Allowed NTNet relay in away circuit imprinter for NT Frontier app
qol: NT Frontier app installed on RD and Scientists` PDAs by default
qol: Updated NT Frontier app to be more user-friendly
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Jeremiah <42397676+jlsnow301@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
This Pull makes a few minor improvements to the features I added with
vendor cargo (#81582).
Changes are as follows:
* Vending machines, when restocked with a refill pack and while
containing a number of credits, will play a cash register sound to alert
you that there's a payout associated with the action.
* The Vending Restock app now works on all modular computer platforms,
as opposed to just laptops and tablets.
* This is actually hilarious because I even made a screen icon for
modular consoles, and it's just been unused ever since merge.
* The "cargochat" cargo modular console now has the vendor refill app
pre-installed.
* Vending machines, when determining their missing inventory during the
associated station trait, now adds from 1-5 credits per missing item, up
from 0-1. The original number was far too low to feel like a strong
incentive based on feedback I'd received, and while still lower than
providing a flat percentage of the missing item specifically (we ran
some numbers on this a few months back), it should at least incentivize
players to keep the station better stocked during regular rounds.
Also, the UI now shows a difference between if all vending machines are
stocked or not.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Most of these are just interfacing and ease of use improvements, as
having the app pre-installed in a place where players can actually make
some use of it's contents should help to improve it's versatility with
regards to the restocking app.
Audio feedback is always good.
In terms of the balance tweak on the stored value on vending machines,
basically it's a way to better incentivize it as an option on the
station and to better encourage players to do these kinds of minor
upkeep tasks for the crew.
## Changelog
🆑
qol: Vending machines now give audio feedback when you restock a vending
refill and get a payout.
qol: The Restock tracker NTOS app for tracking vending machine contents
now works on all consoles, and comes pre-installed on the cargochat
cargo computers.
balance: Vending machines now offer a bit more credits when missing
contents at the start of a round after getting restocked.
/🆑
---------
Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jeremiah <42397676+jlsnow301@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Fixes a bug, what else do you need
fixes#83948
## Why It's Good For The Game
Bugs are bad for game health and crayons fitting in pdas aren't really a
major change.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Crayons now fit in pdas
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
I was looking at sounds (as you do) and I noticed this
These sounds don't exist
We have `portal_open_1`, not `portal_open1`.
This wasn't caught on compile because they used `""` and not `''`.
So I went through and audited a bunch of playsound uses that don't use
`''`. Only one error, fortunately
Likewise there was a ton of places running `get_sfx` pointlessly
(because `playsound` does it for you) so I clened that up.
However while auditing the portal stuff I noticed a few oddities, so I
cleaned it up a bit.
Also also I added the portal sounds to the wormholes event and gave it a
free ™️ optimization because it was an in-world loop
## Changelog
🆑 Melbert
sound: Portals made by portal guns now make sounds as expected
sound: Wormholes from the wormhole event now make sounds when formed
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Same idea as #82656 but for ctrl click & ctrl shift click cause why not
- Does your signal & `can_perform_action()` checks using
`interaction_flags_click` flags before delegating the event down to
`ctrl_click()` proc.
- The one new change now is that `ctrl_click()` proc is now blocking,
meaning returning `CLICK_ACTION_SUCCESS` or `CLICK_ACTION_BLOCKING` will
stop the object from getting grabbed/pulled. So remember to return these
values if you want to stop the grab action or return `NONE` if you want
to process the click but still want the object to get grabbed as well
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Ctrl click & Ctrl shift click has been refactored. Please
report bugs on GitHub
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Mouse drag & drop has been refactored into its own attack chain. The
flowchart below summarizes it
Brief summary of each proc is as follows
**1. `atom/MouseDrop()`**
- It is now non overridable. No subtype should ever touch this proc
because it performs 2 basic checks
a) Measures the time between mouse down & mouse release. If its less
than `LENIENCY_TIME`(0.1 seconds) then the operation is not considered a
drag but a simple click
b) Measures the distance squared between the drag start & end point. If
its less than `LENIENCY_DISTANCE`(16 pixels screen space) then the drag
is considered too small and is discarded
- These 2 sanity checks for drag & drop are applied across all
operations without fail
**2. `atom/base_mouse_drop_handler()`**
- This is where atoms handle mouse drag & drop inside the world. Ideally
it is non overridable in most cases because it also performs 2 checks
- Is the dragged object & the drop target adjacent to the player?.
Screen elements always return true for this case
- Additional checks can be enforced by `can_perform_action()` done only
on the dragged object. It uses the combined flags of
`interaction_flags_mouse_drop` for both the dragged object & drop target
to determine if the operation is feasible.
We do this only on the dragged object because if both the dragged object
& drop target are adjacent to the player then `can_perform_action()`
will return the same results when done on either object so it makes no
difference.
Checks can be bypassed via the `IGNORE_MOUSE_DROP_CHECKS` which is used
by huds & screen elements or in case you want to implement your own
unique checks
**3. `atom/mouse_drop_dragged()`**
- Called on the object that is being dragged, drop target passed here as
well, subtypes do their stuff here
- `COMSIG_MOUSEDROP_ONTO` is sent afterwards. It does not require
subtypes to call their parent proc
**4. `atom/mouse_drop_receive()`**
- Called on the drop target that is receiving the dragged object,
subtypes do their stuff here
- `COMSIG_MOUSEDROPPED_ONTO` is sent afterwards. It does not require
subtypes to call their parent proc
## Why It's Good For The Game
Implements basic sanity checks across all drag & drop operations. Allows
us to reduce code like this
8c8311e624/code/game/machinery/dna_scanner.dm (L144-L145)
Into this
```
if(!iscarbon(target))
return
```
I'm tired of seeing this code pattern `!Adjacent(user) ||
!user.Adjacent(target)` copy pasted all over the place. Let's just write
that at the atom level & be done with it
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Mouse drag & drop attack chain has been refactored. Report any
bugs on GitHub
fix: You cannot close the cryo tube on yourself with Alt click like
before
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Bloop <13398309+vinylspiders@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
This PR makes the computer console's print feature work on a signal
instead of wasting paper every string update, changes the flashlight
color change to do the same, fixes the on/off signal not turning the
console on, and fixes the signal for the console turning off not
functioning.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Besides the bug fixes, this makes the console components more consistent
with every other circuit component. The refactor is to prevent worrying
about nulls for colors or errors because of early returns.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: computers with no lights can now turn on using the on/off signal
fix: RGB lights on PDA circuits now use a signal
fix: the is_off signal now works on consoles
fix: printing text on a console component now uses a signal
refactor: each input signal in console circuits now have their own proc
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
In my effort to make the /icons/ folder cleaner and more intuitive
instead of having to rely on recalling names of stuff and looking them
up in code to find them for poor sods such as myself, plus in spurt of
complusion to organize stuff, here goes. I've tracked all changes in
commit descriptions. A lot still to be done, but I know these waves go
over dozens of files making things slow, so went lighter on it.
Destroyed useless impostor files taking up space and cleaned a stray
pixel on my way.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Cleaner /icons/ file means saner spriters, less time spent. Stray pixels
and impostor files (ones which are copies of actually used ones
elsewhere) are not good.
## Changelog
🆑
image: Cleaned a single stray pixel in a single frame of a bite
telegraphing accidentaly found while re-organizing the files.
/🆑
While we try to have the datetimes of all vms synced to within 100ms of
eachother, via a cluster of time servers and intercepting all ntp
traffic in the vm lan towards the cluster, this isn't perfect and so
things putting time onto the database server should use the time at the
database server as much as it can.
To avoid confusion, i have renamed `SQLtime()` to `ISOtime()` to avoid
the likely hood its cargo culted onto database code again. ISOtime is
still a bad name, but there isn't a good name for this kind of time
format, like ISO8601, but human readable (so no `T` between date and
time and less other nonsense), with an assumption of GMT, thats not
SQLtime(), and SQLtime(). Suggestions welcome.
also byond's time procs can bug out because of how cursed they operate,
case in point, this year 2054 item that got inserted into the legacy
population table:
## About The Pull Request
1. Removes code duplication
2. Fully documents `sortTim()`
3. Makes a define with default sortTim behavior, straight and to the
point for 95% of cases
4. Migrates other sorts into the same file
5. Removes some redundancy where they're reassigning a variable using an
in place sorter
For the record, we only use timSort
## Why It's Good For The Game
More documentation, easier to read, uses `length` over `len`, etc
Should be no gameplay effect at all
## About The Pull Request
This adds a span notice on examine to PDAs containing a power cell that
the cell can be removed by right clicking
Discussed this morning in coder general:
* Lots of functions have been moved to PDAs, but their batteries deplete
obnoxiously quickly
* Dedicated PDA chargers are not wanted per Mothblocks, and would be map
clutter
* Existing rechargers cannot be made more available because they
recharge guns, but are the only 'obvious' way to recharge PDAs.
* PDA batteries can actually be removed and externally recharged - but
there is nothing in game telling players this.
* There is also nothing on the wiki telling players this.
* Left click w/ screwdriver = nothing, but right click removes cell is
completely non-intuitive and inconsistent with all other tool use.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Actually telling players about an interaction is good and the
description of this PR is already longer than the code change.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: On examine PDAs will now inform players that the power cell can be
removed for recharging or replacement, and how to do so.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Rewrites how alt click works.
Based heavily on #82625. What a cool concept, it flows nicely with
#82533.
Fixes#81242
(tm bugs fixed)
Fixes#82668
<details><summary>More info for devs</summary>
Handy regex used for alt click s&r:
`AltClick\((.*).*\)(\n\t.*\.\.\(\))?`
`click_alt($1)` (yes I am aware this only copies the first arg. there
are no other args!)
### Obj reskins
No reason for obj reskin to check on every single alt click for every
object. It applies to only a few items.
- Moved to obj/item
- Made into signal
- Added screentips
### Ventcrawling
Every single atmospherics machine checked for ventcrawling capability on
alt click despite only 3 objects needing that functionality. This has
been moved down to those individual items.
</details>
## Why It's Good For The Game
For players:
- Alt clicking should work more logically, not causing double actions
like eject disk and open item window
- Added context menus for reskinnable items
- Removed adjacency restriction on loot panel
For devs:
- Makes alt click interactions easier to work with, no more click chain
nonsense and redundant guard clauses.
- OOP hell reduced
- Pascal Case reduced
- Glorious snake case
## Changelog
🆑
add: The lootpanel now works at range.
add: Screentips for reskinnable items.
fix: Alt click interactions have been refactored, which may lead to
unintentional changes to gameplay. Report any issues, please.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Fixes#82440
This PR just creates a new macro, `LOWER_TEXT()` (yes the irony is not
lost on me) to wrap around all calls of `lowertext()` and ensure that
whatever we input into that proc will be stringified using the `"[]"`
(or `tostring()` for the nerds) operator. very simple.
I also added a linter to enforce this (and prevent all forms of
regression) because I think that machines should do the menial work and
we shouldn't expect maintainers to remember this, let me know if you
disagree. if there is a time when it should be opted out for some
reason, the linter does respect it if you wrap your input with the
`UNLINT()` function.
## About The Pull Request
I've seen a few cases in the past where LateInitialize is done cause of
the init return value being set to do so for no real reason, I thought I
should try to avoid that by ensuring LateInitialize isn't ever called
without overriding.
This fixes a ton of machine's LateInitialize not calling parent
(mechpad, door buttons, message monitor, a lot of tram machines,
abductor console, holodeck computer & disposal bin), avoiding having to
set itself up to be connected to power. If they were intended to not
connect to power, they should be using ``NO_POWER_USE`` instead.
Also removes a ton of returns to LateInit when it's already getting it
from parent regardless (many cases of that in machine code).
## Why It's Good For The Game
I think this is better for coding standard reasons as well as just
making sure we're not calling this proc on things that does absolutely
nothing with them. A machine not using power can be seen evidently not
using power with ``NO_POWER_USE``, not so much if it's LateInitialize
not calling parent.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Mech pads, door buttons, message monitors, tram machines, abductor
consoles & holodeck computers now use power.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Fixes#81052Fixes#58008
Setting weight class of items is now done via `update_weight_class`.
I updated as many occurrences of manually setting `w_class` as I could
find but I may have missed some. Let me know if you know of any I
missed.
This is done to allow datums to react to an item having its weight class
changed.
Humans and atom storage are two such datums which now react to having an
item in its contents change weight class, to allow it to expel items
that grow to a weight class beyond what is normally allowed.
## Changelog
🆑 Melbert
fix: You can't fit items which are normally too large for a storage by
fitting it in the storage when it is small, then growing it to a larger
size.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
When it comes to deconstructing an object we have `proc/deconstruct()` &
`NO_DECONSTRUCT`
Lets talk about the flag first.
**Problems with `NO_DECONSTRUCTION`**
I know what the comment says on what it should do
b5593bc693/code/__DEFINES/obj_flags.dm (L18)
But everywhere people have decided to give their own meaning/definition
to this flag. Here are some examples on how this flag is used
**1. Make the object just disappear(not drop anything) when
deconstructed**
This is by far the largest use case everywhere. If an object is
deconstructed(either via tools or smashed apart) then if it has this
flag it should not drop any of its contents but just disappear. You have
seen this code pattern used everywhere
b5593bc693/code/game/machinery/constructable_frame.dm (L26-L31)
This behaviour is then leveraged by 2 important components.
When an object is frozen, if it is deconstructed it should just
disappear without leaving any traces behind
b5593bc693/code/datums/elements/frozen.dm (L66-L67)
By hologram objects. Obviously if you destroy an hologram nothing real
should drop out
b5593bc693/code/modules/holodeck/computer.dm (L301-L304)
And there are other use cases as well but we won't go into them as they
aren't as significant as these.
**2. To stop an object from being wrenched ??**
Yeah this one is weird. Like why? I understand in some instances (chair,
table, rack etc) a wrench can be used to deconstruct a object so using
the flag there to stop it from happening makes sense but why can't we
even anchor an object just because of this flag?
b5593bc693/code/game/objects/objs.dm (L368-L369)
This is one of those instances where somebody just decided this
behaviour for their own convenience just like the above example with no
explanation as to why
**3. To stop using tools to deconstruct the object**
This was the original intent of the flag but it is enforced in few
places far & between. One example is when deconstructing the a machine
via crowbar.
b5593bc693/code/game/machinery/_machinery.dm (L811)
But machines are a special dual use case for this flag. Because if you
look at its deconstruct proc the flag also prevents the machine from
spawning a frame.
b5593bc693/code/game/machinery/_machinery.dm (L820-L822)
How can 1 flag serve 2 purposes within the same type?
**4. Simply forget to check for this flag altogether**
Yup if you find this flag not doing its job for some objects don't be
surprised. People & sometimes even maintainers just forget that it even
exists
b5593bc693/code/game/objects/items/piggy_bank.dm (L66-L67)
**Solution**
These are the main examples i found. As you can see the same flag can
perform 2 different functions within the same type and do something else
in a different object & in some instances don't even work cause people
just forget, etc.
In order to bring consistency to this flag we need to move it to the
atom level where it means the same thing everywhere. Where in the atom
you may ask? .Well, I'll just post what MrMelbert said in
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/81656#discussion_r1503086862
> ...Ideally the .deconstruct call would handle NO_DECONSTRUCTION
handling as it wants,
Yup that's the ideal case now. This flag is checked directly in
`deconstruct()`. Now like i said we want to give a universal definition
to this flag and as you have seen from my examples it is used in 3 cases
1) Make an object disappear(doesn't dropping anything) when
deconstructed
2) Stop it from being wrenched
3) Stop it from being deconstructed via tools
We can't enforce points 2 & 3 inside `deconstruct()` which leaves us
with only case 1) i.e. make the object disappear. And that's what i have
done. Therefore after more than a decade or since this flag got
introduced `NO_DECONSTRUCT` now has a new definition as of 2024
_"Make an object disappear(don't dropping anything) when deconstructed
either via tools or forcefully smashed apart"_
Now i very well understand this will open up bugs in places where cases
2 & 3 are required but its worth it. In fact they could even be qol
changes for all we know so who knows it might even benefit us but for
now we need to give a universal definition to this flag to bring some
consistency & that's what this PR does.
**Problem with deconstruct()**
This proc actually sends out a signal which is currently used by the
material container but could be used by other objects later on.
3e84c3e6da/code/game/objects/obj_defense.dm (L160)
So objects that override this proc should call its parent. Sadly that
isn't the case in many instances like such
3e84c3e6da/code/game/machinery/deployable.dm (L20-L23)
Instead of `return ..()` which would delete the object & send the signal
it deletes the object directly thus the signal never gets sent.
**Solution**
Make this proc non overridable. For objects to add their own custom
deconstruction behaviour a new proc has been introduced
`atom_deconstruct()` Subtypes should now override this proc to handle
object deconstruction.
If objects have certain important stuff inside them (like mobs in
machines for example) they want to drop by handling `NO_DECONSTRUCT`
flag in a more carefully customized way they can do this by overriding
`handle_deconstruct()` which by default delegates to
`atom_deconstruct()` if the `NO_DECONSTRUCT` flag is absent. This proc
will allow you to handle the flag in a more customized way if you ever
need to.
## Why It's Good For The Game
1) I'm goanna post the full comment from MrMelbert
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/81656#discussion_r1503086862
> ...Ideally the .deconstruct call would handle NO_DECONSTRUCTION
handling as it wants, but there's a shocking lack of consistency around
NO_DECONSTRUCTION, where some objects treat it as "allow deconstruction,
but make it drop no parts" and others simply "disallow deconstruction at
all"
This PR now makes `NO_DECONSTRUCTION` handled by `deconstruct()` & gives
this flag the consistency it deserves. Not to mention as shown in case 4
there are objects that simply forgot to check for this flag. Now it
applies for those missing instances as well.
2) No more copying pasting the most overused code pattern in this code
base history `if(obj_flags & NO_DECONSTRUCTION)`. Just makes code
cleaner everywhere
3) All objects now send the `COMSIG_OBJ_DECONSTRUCT` signal on object
deconstruction which is now available for use should you need it
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: refactors how objects are deconstructed in relation to the
`NO_DECONSTRUCTION` flag. Certain objects & machinery may display
different tool interactions & behaviours when destroyed/deconstructed.
Report these changes if you feel like they are bugs
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
- Departmental orders are now an NTOS app
- To download, they require `ACCESS_COMMAND`.
- To use, they require one access from the department.
- This means you cannot order things from not-your-department unless you
have an ID.
- When newly downloading the app, it will prompt a head of staff to
insert an ID, to determine which department to be linked to.
- Changes chat room overlay from the kind that AI uploads use to a new
icon.
- Minor refactors to department order in general.
## Why It's Good For The Game
These two computers are surprising waste spacers for two things which
are tied together.
So why not combine them?
The lesser used cargobus chat is still there, and departmental orders
are front and center.
This gives mappers a ton more leeway when mapping departments out and is
overall less clutter.
## Changelog
🆑 Melbert
qol: Cargobus chat console and Departmental Order console are now
combined into one.
qol: Mod PCs active on the "chat client" apps no longer look like AI
uploads (and now have their own sprite)
refactor: Departmental order consoles were refactored a bit, report any
oddities.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Removes the camera assembly structure middleman between the camera
wallframe and camera machine. All its behavior has been instead moved to
the camera, and I've tried to keep as much of the behavior the same as
before.
This also fixes the issue that camera assemblies had where, upon the
construction being finished, it would move itself into the newly
finished camera machine, therefore taking itself off a wall, therefore
deconstructing itself. This resulted in 2 piece of iron being in each
camera machine (except roundstart ones), and because camera machines
rely on the assembly inside of them for upgrades and such, upgrading
didn't work at all.
I've also made camera nets use defines (not in map) so it's easier to
find a list of them all, and tried to add autodoc comments to nearly
every var in camera code.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Removes copy paste and spaghetti code between structure and machine
camera, thus making it easier to work around with.
Closes https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/issues/79019
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Cameras built in-round can be upgraded again.
fix: Deconstructing cameras now more consistently return to you the
upgrades inside of the camera.
fix: RD's telescreen can now properly see Ordnance cameras again.
fix: [Deltastation] Library art gallery no longer has an invisible
camera.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
`check_access` expects an item, such as an ID card, to... check access.
Not a mob.
We can circumvent this entirely by using `allowed`.
But this has an averse effect in that `allowed` will only check the
user's ID, not the ID in the mod PC.
So we need to run a separate check of `check_access` for the computer ID
card.
## Changelog
🆑 Melbert
fix: Robocontrol should work better.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
## About The Pull Request
`slipper` can and will be `null` if not worn, so this runtimed. broken
for who-knows-how long, probably a year or so.
## Changelog
🆑 Melbert
fix: Clown PDAs slip people when not worn
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: John Willard <53777086+JohnFulpWillard@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Removes all arbitrary energy and power units in the codebase. Everything
is replaced with the joule and watt, with 1 = 1 joule, or 1 watt if you
are going to multiply by time. This is a visible change, where all
arbitrary energy units you see in the game will get proper prefixed
units of energy.
With power cells being converted to the joule, charging one joule of a
power cell will require one joule of energy.
The grid will now store energy, instead of power. When an energy usage
is described as using the watt, a power to energy conversion based on
the relevant subsystem's timing (usually multiplying by seconds_per_tick
or applying power_to_energy()) is needed before adding or removing from
the grid. Power usages that are described as the watt is really anything
you would scale by time before applying the load. If it's described as a
joule, no time conversion is needed. Players will still read the grid as
power, having no visible change.
Machines that dynamically use power with the use_power() proc will
directly drain from the grid (and apc cell if there isn't enough)
instead of just tallying it up on the dynamic power usages for the area.
This should be more robust at conserving energy as the surplus is
updated on the go, preventing charging cells from nothing.
APCs no longer consume power for the dynamic power usage channels. APCs
will consume power for static power usages. Because static power usages
are added up without checking surplus, static power consumption will be
applied before any machine processes. This will give a more truthful
surplus for dynamic power consumers.
APCs will display how much power it is using for charging the cell. APC
cell charging applies power in its own channel, which gets added up to
the total. This will prevent invisible power usage you see when looking
at the power monitoring console.
After testing in MetaStation, I found roundstart power consumption to be
around 406kW after all APCs get fully charged. During the roundstart APC
charge rush, the power consumption can get as high as over 2MW (up to
25kW per roundstart APC charging) as long as there's that much
available.
Because of the absurd potential power consumption of charging APCs near
roundstart, I have changed how APCs decide to charge. APCs will now
charge only after all other machines have processed in the machines
processing subsystem. This will make sure APC charging won't disrupt
machines taking from the grid, and should stop APCs getting their power
drained due to others demanding too much power while charging. I have
removed the delays for APC charging too, so they start charging
immediately whenever there's excess power. It also stops them turning
red when a small amount of cell gets drained (airlocks opening and shit
during APC charge rush), as they immediately become fully charged
(unless too much energy got drained somehow) before changing icon.
Engineering SMES now start at 100% charge instead of 75%. I noticed
cells were draining earlier than usual after these changes, so I am
making them start maxed to try and combat that.
These changes will fix all conservation of energy issues relating to
charging powercells.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Closes#73438Closes#75789Closes#80634Closes#82031
Makes it much easier to interface with the power system in the codebase.
It's more intuitive. Removes a bunch of conservation of energy issues,
making energy and power much more meaningful. It will help the
simulation remain immersive as players won't encounter energy
duplication so easily. Arbitrary energy units getting replaced with the
joule will also tell people more meaningful information when reading it.
APC charging will feel more snappy.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Fixes conservation of energy issues relating to charging
powercells.
qol: APCs will display how much power they are using to charge their
cell. This is accounted for in the power monitoring console.
qol: All arbitrary power cell energy units you see are replaced with
prefixed joules.
balance: As a consequence of the conservation of energy issues getting
fixed, the power consumption for charging cells is now very significant.
balance: APCs only use surplus power from the grid after every machine
processes when charging, preventing APCs from causing others to
discharge while charging.
balance: Engineering SMES start at max charge to combat the increased
energy loss due to conservation of energy fixes.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: SyncIt21 <110812394+SyncIt21@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ghom <42542238+Ghommie@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Refactors a lot of the unused defines.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Refactors a lot of the unused defines.
## Changelog
Nothing player facing
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Co-authored-by: san7890 <the@san7890.com>
fixes#81949
usr is almost always null here so this will almost always runtime the
inner proc which triggers a large enough amount of error logging to soft
lock the server since this happens in a proc called by a loop in a proc
called multiple times a second by a high priority mc subsystem.
Atm opening the budgetordering computer has the risk of causing high
enough time dilation to disrupt or kill the round so this should be fast
tracked to a merge
## About The Pull Request
This PR does many things, I'll try to explain the basic/background stuff
to the main thing first:
1. Adds a new remote that allows a human to function like an AI. It
controls a fly that will fly around the station slowly, and when it
reaches a machine then the person can interact with it as if they were
an AI. This required changing a lot of silicon/AI checks with one that
also checks for this remote, and some messing with shared ui state.
2. Moves req_access from the obj and bot to ``/atom/movable`` which lets
it be shared between the two, no more copy-paste and one side lacking
features/checks/signals the other has.
3. Adds a check for AI config for AI-related station traits, which was
lacking prior
Now for the good part...
Adds a new station trait that replaces the AI with a Human.
This person is equipped with an AI headset (including Binary), an
advanced camera console, an omni door wand, the machine controller, and
their laws.
They are immune to the SAT's turrets (even if set to target borgs) and
are slow outside of the SAT, mimicing the actions of the AI.
They interact with the world through their advanced camera console,
which allows them to do most AI stuff needed, and the holopad they can
connect to without having to ring first (like Command can).
They are given a paper with the laws they must follow, but since they
are human they are able to bend it. Cyborgs that run the default lawset
are "slaved" to them via an unremovable law 0, so the Human AI can bend
the laws if they really need to (for their own survival n such), and
make the cyborgs obey their commands above laws, but in general this
shouldn't be a frequent occurrence. This does take into account the
unique AI trait, so it's not guaranteed Asimov.
When this station trait rolls, all Intellicards, AI uploads, and AI core
boards are destroyed and are unresearchable. They can be spawned by
admins in-game if necessary. Maybe in the future we can also exclude
Oldstation from this but I haven't really decided.
Extra perks:
Human AI spawns with a Robotic voicebox (unless they are a body purist)
and teleport blocking implant, so they can't use teleporters to bypass
their on-station slowdown.
They also have an infinite laser pointer that can be used to blind
through their camera console. This is unfortunately nerfed from the
recent borg balance PR that removed its stun. This was meant to be the
alternative to no longer being able to permanently lock borgs down like
AIs can (or more than one, for that matter).
They aren't affected by Roburgers, Acid, and Fuel's toxicity.
Bots salute them like they do Beepsky (which is now a trait)
They spawn with SyndEye to replace the AI's tracking ability
They do not have a bank account
### The machine remote
The machine remote has a little fly in it that flies to the machines it
is pointed to, working as the arms and legs of the Human AI. It scans
the machine and punches in the action the AI does, and is how the AI
accesses basically anything. This fly slowly moves from one machine to
the next, and can be recalled with Alt Click.
It works on machines and bots.
### Video (Low quality to fit Github)
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/53777086/e16509f8-8bed-42b5-9fbf-7e37165a11e8
## Why It's Good For The Game
I've seen a funny screenshot one day of a person replacing the AI by
using a bunch of door remotes, camera console, crew monitoring console,
and a few other things. I've been thinking about that for a few years
and really wanted to make it official if not easier to make possible,
because it is an incredibly funny interaction.
This makes it a reality, and while they aren't as powerful as regular
AIs, I think it makes for better and funnier in-game moments. With the
same weight as Cargorilla (1), I hope this wouldn't be rolling too often
and ruin rounds, but instead show off the different capabilities that
Humans and AIs can do, to do the job of an AI. You win some you lose
some.
## Changelog
🆑 JohnFulpWillard, Tattax
add: Adds a new station trait job: The Human AI.
/🆑
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