Checks if a machine has no research before connecting techweb (#72944)
## About The Pull Request
Currently all machines, if the config to not have a techweb link is on,
will set their node to science even if they were meant to be connected
to another (like through subtypes). This fixes that by checking to
ensure they don't have a techweb connected already before giving them a
new one.
Also as a minor fix, RD consoles will now properly add themselves to the
list of accessing RD consoles if they aren't linking to the default.
This list currently does nothing but I can see good uses of it in the
future.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Fixes an error that was found on a downstream, it's a worthwhile fix
that thankfully was caught this early.
## Changelog
Nothing player-facing.
Co-authored-by: John Willard <53777086+JohnFulpWillard@users.noreply.github.com>
* Adds support for non-science techwebs (+Config) (#71070)
## About The Pull Request
This is an expanding of
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/69708
Adds a config to not connect machines to a techweb at the start of a
round
Adds the ability to multitool a server to get its techweb in its buffer,
which can then be used on machines to sync them.
Adds support for some machines to not cry when they don't have a techweb
linked to it, in case they actually don't.
If the config to not have machines connected to the science server is
enabled, research servers will make their own techwebs instead. This is
barebones though and would need more work if this option is used.
For misc stuff:
- I replaced checking ``GLOB.machines`` for research servers, to instead
check ``SSresearch.servers``, where we can use ``as anything``.
- Removed unused vars on the RD server control
- I renamed the operating computer's .dm file to remove the capitalized
letter from it. It's now operating_computer instead of Operations.
## Why It's Good For The Game
This is adding support for 2 different cases that can be used in the
future:
1. Off-station roles, we can make roles like Oldstation have their own
techweb so they don't ruin science's efforts, or use their advanced
research to get things we don't want, or even possibly have some
blacklist webs for ghost roles (like teleporters) so that way we don't
need to have this dance where we have to give them a very specific
amount of materials for them to do things while not being able to get a
teleporter and leaving. I heard discussions that people wanted this a
while back, and one of the main things preventing this from happening is
the lack of support. Hopefully this is encouragement to make it a
reality, because I think it would be a really cool expansion of ghost
roles and a good way to prevent them from messing with the round in
progress.
2. Downstreams who want to do different things with Science. Personally
I made this PR with voidcrew(shiptest) in mind and think this would make
their lives easier. I didn't expand too much on this because I'm leaving
up mostly to the downstreams to figure out what they want to do with
these systems.
## Changelog
This generally isn't really player facing, since most of the changes
would only come into effect if the config is enabled??
🆑
fix: Research servers now only show servers connected to their techweb.
/🆑
* Adds support for non-science techwebs (+Config)
Co-authored-by: John Willard <53777086+JohnFulpWillard@users.noreply.github.com>
* Merges ordnance data disks (#68376)
JohnFulpWillard
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JohnFulpWillard commented 23 days ago
About The Pull Request
Merges ordnance data disk and frontier data disk, since the ordnance data disk's description says it is for ordnance-related stuff, yet doesnt have the main app people need to do Ordnance, which I found weird.
I additionally moved the NT Frontier app to the rest of the programs folder, and renamed it Frontier so it is easier to find.
Why It's Good For The Game
This allows the semi-public ordnance data disk (as they are found in vending machines) to actually contain the ordnance app it claims it provides, making it easier for an Atmospherics Technician (or anyone, really) to get the app needed to upload gasses they make, as experiments for their nodes.
This makes it easier for Engineering to do Engineering-related experiments to get Engineering-related tech nodes, much like Medical can by doing Dissection surgeries, while also giving more use to the Frontier's ability to put authors, since now Science and Atmospherics can see eachother completing experiments and maybe even try to outdo the other.
Changelog
cl
balance: Ordnance data disks now have the Frontier app on them, and has entirely replaced Frontier data disks.
/cl
* Merges ordnance data disks
Co-authored-by: John Willard <53777086+JohnFulpWillard@users.noreply.github.com>
