## About The Pull Request
Adds the **portable power storage unit** (5 megacells and cable) and the
**power connector** (1 capacitor and cable), a two-part system for power
storage that, together, are functionally identical to a standard SMES
(with the ability to switch out the part that actually holds power).
It's on the same research node as the SMES itself.
Original idea and power connector sprite taken and slightly modified
from vgstation-coders/vgstation13#4555.
**The power connector is useless without the portable SMES and
vice-versa.**
<details><summary>How does it work?</summary>
The **power connector** (on the left) is set up like any other regular
SMES, but is functionally useless without a connected power unit. The
capacitor decides maximum power transfer rate.
The **portable power storage unit** (in the middle) is the part that
actually holds power, taking five megacells (power capacity scales
appropriate to cell capacity). It's functionally useless without a
connected port, as it can't interact with powernets in any way on its
own.
To actually use both of these, after wiring up the power connector
appropriately (as any other SMES), wrench the portable storage unit to
the connector; the connector acts like a regular SMES, charging and
discharging the portable unit in lieu of charging/discharging itself. If
necessary, you can disconnect the portable unit afterwards, and bring it
elsewhere with an assembled power connector.
Disconnecting the portable storage unit in the same way you connected it
(with a wrench) disables input and output on the connector, requiring
the user to re-enable the controls after connecting another portable
storage unit.
</details>
Also breaks up SMES attackby into different tool_acts.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I think it could be neat for things like Lavaland field bases or
player-built mini-stations; instead of building power generation
on-site, you could charge a portable SMES and bring it over. Or you
could set it up as a power reserve in the event engineering explodes.
Sure, you could argue that someone could just build and rebuild a SMES
or switch out the cells in it a bunch, but lugging around a whole thing
feels cooler.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Portable power storage units and power connectors! Under the same
research node as regular power storage units, and not mapped in
anywhere. Build a connector and portable unit, wire the connector like a
regular SMES, wrench the portable unit onto the connector, unwrench as
needed.
code: SMES attackby was broken up into several tool_acts instead of a
big attackby chain. If something stops working in regards to using tools
on SMESes, please file a bug report.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Hatterhat <Hatterhat@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ghom <42542238+Ghommie@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Adds an upgrade disk that gives the ability to remotely charge an APC
with the AIs backup power (the one that runs down when there is no power
in an APC). This tech disk is under advanced AI tech
Also added the ability to make new disks with the new object type
/obj/item/aiupgrade, and made it so not every AI module is malf, now
only subtypes of /datum/ai_module/malf show up on malf upgrade screens
## Why It's Good For The Game
Adds the ability for an AI to assist crewmembers who do not have power,
which is a pretty interesting interaction. Does chem not have power and
is trying to make some healing chems? you can provide power for them for
a bit, but they better hurry!
## Changelog
🆑
add: Added the remote power AI disk
code: made it possible to easily add new AI upgrade disks
/🆑
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## About The Pull Request
The idea was born from a small conversation about bepis nodes having low
visibility, which somehow degressed into the idea of announcing
researched nodes to the channels of the interested departments thru the
announcement system machine, which is what I'm doing here, while also
adding documentation, defines and purging some, not all, instances of
camel cases from announcement_system.dm.
Oh, by the by, like the arrival and new head arrival messages, it can be
customized or disabled by interacting with the announcement system.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I think it's helpful to let players know when the research of their dept
is researched, and I think it's kinda interesting to announce bepis tech
on common like it's some hot stuff while it actually isn't just because
it's often missed out and miscellaneous.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Automated announcement systems now announce researched nodes to
their respective departments. You can stop this by either disabling the
announcement systems or by using a multitool on the circuitboard of the
console you're researching nodes from.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
I've come to realize manually updating all fishing stuff on the very
much outdated wiki would be a colossal pain in the rear, so I've decided
to automate a few bits to generate autowiki lists containing information
about fish, fish traits, bait, hooks, reels, fishng rods, fish sources
and fish experiments.
Now tested.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Making a huge autowiki for a feature that's being constantly updated (by
me) but still has a particularly lame and outdated page on the wiki.
## Changelog
N/A
## About The Pull Request
This is a researchable upgrade for janitorial cyborgs. It gives them
slightly more than double the amount of lights, and it is researchable
in the same suite of upgrades.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I often found myself wanting more lights, or wanting to fix small broken
windows as a cyborg, and this PR adds a solution.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Add a capacity upgrade for janitorial cyborg light replacers
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
This PR adds a pair of fishing gloves that let you fish and work out at
once, and also a MODsuit module that lets you use MOD gloves to do the
same thing (without the workout, an external fishing rod has to be
inserted first). In both cases, you can equip or unequip bait, hook and
line by using the fishing rod interface which you can open by
right-clicking the gloves. To get both of them, you've to perform the
first fish scanning experiment.
I had to refactor the profound fisher component a bit to do this.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Interweaving a few different features with fishing. Fishing and
Athletics are both skills, so I thought it'd be nice if it were a way to
take advantage of both, and level them up accordingly. Also fishing
gloves with maxxed out athletics can make fishing a lot noticeably
easier at higher difficulty.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Added Athletic Fishing Gloves and Fishing Glove Module to the
advanced fishing tech node. Both can be used to fish without having to
hold a fishing rod. The athletic fishing gloves will also train your
athletics skill.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Sprites Update by ArcaneMusic:
Video:
https://youtu.be/JoFvwwFzVvA
Text:
Big manipulator is a new machine crafting from circuit board which can
be created on engi/rnd/cargo/service techfabs.
Big manipulator performs a simple function of take and drop item. You
can unsecre it with wrench left click and rotate manipulator hand with
rigth wrench click.
Big manipulator speed depends on the tier of servo part inside it:
2/1.4/0.8/0.2 Seconds from 1/2/3/4 servo tier.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Provides more logistics mechanics for conveyor belt designs and other
cargo transportation.
## Changelog
🆑 by Xackii, sprites by ArcaneMusic
add: Added big manipulators.
/🆑
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## About The Pull Request
I've refactored the FISH_SAFE_STORAGE trait into an element, mainly
because there were a few problems with how it worked: It wasn't stopping
hunger from raising, ditto with the breeding wait, and it offered no
healing whatsoever, which I find kind of a bummer. The new element will
keep the fish from getting any hungrier or ready to reproduce and will
heal them up to 65% of their base health.
Also, I've added a new bluespace fish case as a techweb design, found
along with other stuff in the advanced fishing node, though if you want
I can move it to a bluespace node. This should make it possible to
reasonably store and carry around larger fish.
Examining a fish will no longer give out readings on weight and size if
you haven't at least attempted fishing once (you can get to novice level
in less than a minute). While examining a fish with apprentice level or
higher will also give readings on the general conditions of the fish (is
it starving? drowning? has it lost a considerable chunk of health?). The
fishing skillchip also gives you these traits.
I've also converted two fish variables into traits, because fish have
waaaay too many variables. and gave some topdown shading to the
pre-existing fishbox sprite.
## Why It's Good For The Game
## Changelog
🆑
add: Added a bluespace fish case to the advanced fishing node.
balance: Fish cases will keep a fish from getting hungrier or ready to
reproduce, while also healing it up to 65% health.
balance: Examining a fish with zero fishing skill whatsoever won't give
a reading on its size and weight. Conversely, examining one with the
skill leveled two times will give general information on if it's
starving, sick, hungry, or dead.
/🆑
## 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
I got annoyed at not being able to plung vents when there's a clog. This
PR corrects that. I copied all of the cyborg mop attributes to make
this. This is my first PR on this server, but I did test it on a local
server, and it indeed, plungs.
## Why It's Good For The Game
More content for janitorial cyborg. They really should have a plunger,
to be honest. It just makes sense to me.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Added a cyborg plunger for janitorial modules
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Cyborg endoskeletons no longer require a research node to be made,
making them possible to create at roundstart.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I feel like placing these behind a node doesn't really do anything
that's worth having it there. There's very little to do at roundstart
other than making cyborgs or clean/medibots at roundstart, so most of
the beginning of a shift turns into "trying to get R&D to research the
thing you need to do arguably the most important part of your job". I
haven't been able to find a single benefit for doing this. Arguably,
it's like this to prevent people from "wasting resources on cyborgs that
never get built", but I can't say I've ever been on a round with more
than 30-40 people where I didn't build at least two borgs.
What actually ends up happening is one roboticist makes everything but
the endoskeleton while the other tries to get access to the R&D computer
to research cybernetics so they can finish making a cyborg. It was also
argued that augmentation is more often requested at roundstart than
borging, which I have seen maybe twice in the last three years.
## Changelog
🆑 Vekter
balance: Removes the research requirement from cyborg endoskeletons,
meaning they can be built at roundstart again.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Closes#85234
There was a check in place to ensure that no node gets reduced below 250
cost. It made sense when nodes costed up to 10000 points... but now the
maximum cost is 200. Into the recycler it goes.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Fixed NT Frontier discounts not applying
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Interaction with the queue didn't work for mobs of a type different from
`/mob/living/carbon/human`
Fixed this.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Fixes#85049
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Borgs and AI can now use research queue
/🆑
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### Cybernetic variant surgeries
Many of the surgeries able to be performed on organic limbs now have a
version for robotic limbs. This includes;
### NONE OF THESE ARE SELF SURGERY OPTIONS
- Organ repair surgeries
- Stomach Pumps
- Blood filtering
- Autopsies
- Lobotomies
- Pacification
- Lipoplasty
- Amputation
- Brainwashing (including the Sleeper Agent protocol)
- Nerve Splicing and Nerve Grounding
- Vein Threading and Vein Muscle Membrane
- Ligament Hook and Ligament Reinforcement
- Cortex Folding and Cortex Imprint
These utilize mechanical steps and unique versions of their special step
that uses mechanical tools. But many of these are able to be performed
using standard surgery tools.
In fact, I've improved the chances for doing surgery using standard
tools for mechanical steps, recognizing that medical is often going to
end up with synths in medbay whether we like it or not.
### NONE OF THESE ARE SELF SURGERY OPTIONS
### Organ Repair Surgeries correct EMP Failure Cascades
When you repair a synthetic organ using the organ repair surgery, it
reverses the effects of organ failure from an EMP. That is, the
permanent failure of an organ. This allows for an alternative method to
replacing that organ wholesale, which makes treating synths a lot easier
for medical and EMPs less of a RNG death knell for people with
cybernetic organs. However, it still needs the surgery to correct the
error, so this isn't removing the danger of being EMP'd.
### Health Scanners report EMP Failure Cascades
Scanning someone with a cybernetic organ now actually tells you that the
organ is failing. Wow, why wasn't this already the case?
## Why It's Good For The Game
#### Surgeries
With the new techweb changes, augmented crew are becoming a lot, lot
more common place, as are the implantation of cybernetics. These are
required for research to be able to progress both medical and robotics
technology. Therefore, those using these items are becoming a lot more
common place.
However, our medical system is quite blind to these people as of the
moment. A lot of surgeries that are critical to recovering the
injured/dead do not work on them outright, and medical can't resolve the
problems that come with cybernetic organs entirely.
This change hopefully modernizes our surgeries to account for these
synthetic/cybernetically-altered crew members that neither forces people
to choose between taking them to medical or robotics (they're often
going to end up in medical regardless), and letting either department to
function as a place for these crew to obtain medical services.
Also gives them some cooler flavour to their surgeries, which I think is
the most important part of this change. It actually feels like you're
more than human without getting too much in the way of gameplay loops
and over complicating things.
Edit: To provide a bit of extra clarity on 'Why allow the advanced
surgeries?'
You can actually have the benefits of the advanced surgeries as an
augmented humanoid. The problem is that it has to take place before you
are augmented. They're not mutually exclusive, just slow to apply. There
isn't much reason for there not to be a method to apply them to robotic
people, particularly since augmentations are expected earlier in the
round than advanced surgeries.
#### EMP Failure and Detection
This mechanic is probably what people hate the most about cybernetics.
It is largely invisible, and forces you to have to go through a tedious
process of organ replacement on what could be any one of your organs,
since it wasn't being broadcast to the user which one is failing until
you are possibly already doubling over.
Now, it is easier for medical staff to identify if they have a
cybernetically enhanced patient in the midst of a failure cascade, and
have the means to resolve the problem. Robotics and cyborgs can too,
since sometimes they'll have the means usually to do the same operations
and detection.
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🆑
add: Robotic variants of many of the standard and advanced humanoid
surgeries. You cannot perform self surgery with these surgeries.
balance: It is easier to do robotic surgeries with normal surgery tools.
qol: It is now possible to detect EMP organ failure cascades via health
scanners.
qol: EMP organ failure cascades can be reversed by doing organ repair
surgeries targeting the failing organ.
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Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>
## About The Pull Request
Added dehydrator, a machine version of drying rack.
Replaced the second fryer with this rack on some maps to be available
roundstart.
Also changed the colors of Smart Fridge to be more in line with other
kitchen appliances.
## Why It's Good For The Game
We have plenty of recipes requiring dried items, and it's silly that the
chef has to break down a cafeteria table to build a rack for regular
recipes.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Dehydrator, a machine version of drying rack, with a circuit board
and available on some kitchens roundstart.
image: Updated the color palette of Smart Fridge
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
I talked with Fikou on discord about #84801, and he said that it would
be fine to make a standalone suit that is slowdown-free but also not
spaceproof. So yeah, that's what this is. The civilian skin for the
standard modsuit has been turned into a standalone model. It is similar
to the loader modsuit that cargo has, in that it has no slowdown while
active but doesn't protect you from space. It also has only a complexity
limit of 12 instead of the usual 15, and it has abysmal armor values. It
also doesn't protect you from pepper spray and the helmet doesn't allow
you to use internals or block you from eating.
I tweaked the sprites for it as well, removing the visor from the inhand
and mob overlay sprites, to better reflect it's lack of spaceproofing. I
also whipped up a quick sprite for the civilian mod plating, based off
of the medical mod plating since they have similar color schemes.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I'm going to just copy and paste what I said in the last PR, because all
of it still applies to this one. There are a lot of really cool modsuit
modules that are hampered by the other drawbacks that modsuits have.
These drawbacks exist for a good reason; space proof suits should have
tradeoffs, especially ones available at the start of the round like
modsuits are. But that doesn't really solve the problem with the
modules.
One of the biggest examples of this problem is the pepper shoulders
module that comes on security modsuits. It's a very cool module
conceptually, but it tends to have limited usefulness in practice. Out
in space, whoever you're fighting is likely wearing a spacesuit of their
own, which will make them completely immune to the pepper spray. On the
station, the person wearing the suit has to deal with the slowdown from
it, which will far outweigh any advantage granted by the pepper
shoulders module.
Another good example is the medical modules, like the surgical
processor, organ thrower/organizer, and thread ripper modules. All of
these are great for a medical player trying to perform surgery, but who
is going to be doing surgery in a depressurized room? All these modules
don't mesh well with the design of modsuits as special spacesuits, and
the new civilian model will hopefully give them more room to be used.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Added the civilian modsuit module as a standalone model. It offers
no slowdown while activated but does NOT protect you from the void of
space. You can print the plating from an exosuit fabricator and build it
like a normal modsuit.
del: Removed the civilian skin from the standard modsuit, as it is now a
standalone model.
image: Tweaked the sprites for the civilian modsuit head, both in-hand
and on the mob. Also added a civilian mod plating sprite.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Title
## Why It's Good For The Game
Fixing typos - Untility Cyborg Upgrades -> Utility Cyborg Upgrades
## Changelog
🆑
spellcheck: fixed a typo in borg research
/🆑
## 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
Adds the Herculean Gravitronic Spinal Implant. A personal gravity
dampener that affords the user improved physical performance without all
the effort of actually working out.
This implant improves the user's ability in a variety of minor but
useful ways Including;
1) Faster climbing speeds with climbing hooks and ladders. (Athletics
now also influences this time)
2) Slightly less damage from falling from a height.
3) Faster fireman lifting and placing onto tables.
4) An easier time working out and stronger in boxing.
5) Standing up just a bit faster.
6) Throwing things just a little further.
7) Tackle performance, including offense, defense and safety if you
miss.
You can improve the implant by using a gravity anomaly core on it,
transforming it into an Atlas implant. This implant has considerably
better bonuses compared to the baselines fairly minor even if numerous
benefits. It also forces personal gravity to normal values.
As a result, the total number of gravity anomaly cores is now 6.
Has some little floating rocks around your head while active.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I attempted to add something fairly similar in the past, but didn't
quite like simply making an entirely combat related implant. Instead,
I've changed the concept towards generally improving some minor physical
world interactions. Things that you may not really think about or
notice.
I really enjoy getting just slight tweaks to the small little gameplay
activities that come up every so often, and even if this won't appeal to
most players, I know someone will see this and think to find a way to
make the most of the implant in some way that I didn't even think about.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Adds the Herculean Gravitronic Spinal Implant; an implant that
makes you better at athletics. You can upgrade it into an Atlas implant
using a gravity anomaly core.
balance: Gravity anomaly cores have had their max number of cores
reduces from 8 to 6.
balance: Your athletic ability allows you to climb faster.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Moves XL beaker from Chemical Synthesis to Medbay Equipment
Removes Plumbing node and moves most items to Chemical synthesis node
Moves piercing syringe from Plumbing node to Advanced Medbay Equipment
## Why It's Good For The Game
Love the science rework, there's just a few things that need to be moved
around.
I've got two reasons for ya.
Bluespace beakers are often researched before metamaterial beakers due
to the different node paths and the value of bluespace research being
greater than plumbing research. It's a little weird that the higher
volume beaker is so often available sooner
XL-beakers are pretty simple and are already locked behind plastic, they
should probably be available to chemists at round start, just like they
were before the research rework.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Moves XL beaker from Chemical Synthesis to Medbay Equipment
balance: Removes Plumbing node and moves most items to Chemical
synthesis node
balance: Moves piercing syringe from Plumbing node to Advanced Medbay
Equipment
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
At some point, some of the techweb node descriptions were changed, so
that it referred to certain modsuits as exosuits. This just changes it
back.
## Why It's Good For The Game
The term "exosuit" is generally used for mechs, not modsuits. The
techweb descriptions should refer to modsuits as modsuits.
## Changelog
🆑
spellcheck: The techweb no longer erroneously refers to MODsuits as
exosuits.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
This PR does a few things but centrally it's all centered around
mechanically enforcing what items are and are-not considered contraband
in-game.
### What does something being contraband MEAN?
Contraband items are visually indistinguishable from non-contraband. If
an item is Contraband, it can only be detected in two ways:
* After being scanned by an N-Spect scanner, which is a standard item
security item, assuming it still has a charge to do so.
* Via a scanner gate, which can now be upgraded with an N-spect scanner
to allow for it to scan a person and all their contents for contraband.
### What items ARE contraband?
Contraband items are intended to be determined both logically and
through other relevant examine text. However, here's the short list of
items that are considered contraband, reserving the right to expand the
list.
<details>
<summary>In hindsight it's kind of a long list.</summary>
* Items that have "contraband" or "illegal" in the name or description.
* Items that allow for the player to obtain other illegal items, that
are NOT particularly stealthy.
* This means that a syndicate uplink is NOT considered contraband, as
they're typically hidden on your person as something else.
* Stealth items under the syndicate uplink, the revolutionary flash, and
some mapped in dangerous items that can come from both syndicate and
company-aligned resources are not considered dangerous.
* Items that are purchased from cargo after emagging or switching to
extended cargo range.
* Items purchased FROM syndicate uplinks, the wizard knowledge scroll,
or other antagonist shops.
* Cursed artifacts/tools magically produced by cultists or heretics.
* Items purchased from the blackmarket.
* Items purchased from the contraband section of vending machines.
* Some drugs and overtly dangerous or criminal byproducts.
</details>
### How does this interact with the round?
Well, primarily, this is an aid for in-game enforcement of space law.
Based on the length of the above list, we have a LONG, LONG list of
items in-game that are technically considered, in one way or another,
illegal to have on the station, and yet without either metaknowledge of
what those items are, or how they're used, security officers lack some
of the certainty of how to deal with these kinds of encounters.
Additionally to the knowledge aspect of this trait, security officers
may now receive a new civilian bounty to collect items that are
considered contraband, also giving them an incentive to look for and
confiscate contraband that's been found across the station while
upholding space law.
### Other minor changes that I rolled into this
Security has a bounty for 3 different rechargers, and considering access
limitations, most security players aren't going to make this exchange,
so I've lowered the required amount down to 1.
Adjusted the N-spect scanner's description to match it's new
functionality.
The Civilian bounty TGUI now has an additional 1 point of padding to
make it feel less cramped.
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/41715314/c3cd4752-b03a-4e0b-959e-1252fcc2369d
**Updated as of 6/19/2024:**
Additionally, some storage items will block the presence of contraband
when going through a contraband aligned scanning gate. These items
include the infiltrator modsuit core, storage implant, void cloak, the
aptly named smuggler's satchel, and the chameleon kit's backpack.
**Updated as of 6/23/2024:**
N-spect scanner now has contextual screentips.
**Updated as of 6/29/2024:**
Scanner gates are now available in all lathes that have a feature
specific to how scanner gates function. So, includes cargo (contraband),
security (weapons), and medbay (diseases).
## Why It's Good For The Game
Originally, this started out as a way to be able to provide more
in-character and in-flavor bounties for security officers, because they
suck! Most security bounties as they exist right now do the worst
possible things from all respective bounties:
* They detract away from a job's actual responsibilities as opposed to
working with them.
* They're best completed while sitting next to your lathe and running
items back to the bounty pad.
* They exist with such esoteric rarity of high quantity of items that
it's miserable to fulfil.
As a result, I started work on this as a framework to allow security
officers to be further incentivized to collect contraband across the
station, either as a result of the gamemode or just through routine
patrols across the station.
Implementing it as a learning tool for security as well just happened to
work out as an additional bonus, and having a function in-game allowing
newer or less experienced players to know if an item is considered
dangerous or conspicuous also works as a particularly good way to
provide information where a player may not know what they're up against.
If nothing else, this might be interesting to try, and if not, I'll just
snip out the QOL changes from it and we'll see how it goes.
Going forward, I am a bit hesitant about the contraband scanner gate
mode, and as such, will try working with the admin team to determine if
that's a good feature to keep around for game health, while hoping to
give it a chance in the fullness of time.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Items spawned via traitor uplinks or are known illegal contraband
on the station can now be scanned and identified as such by the N-spect
scanners in security. These only applies to overt traitor or antagonist
items, and "stealth" items will not be seen as such.
add: Scanner gates can now be upgraded by using an N-spect scanner on it
to unlock "contraband scanning" mode.
add: Security officers can now be offered a bounty to turn in pieces of
contraband.
add: Some stealthy storage items like storage implants, smuggler's
satchels, void cloaks, the infiltrator modsuit, and the chameleon
backpack will block the presence of contraband on your person when
placed inside.
qol: N-spect scanner contextual screentips.
balance: Recharger security bounties ask for a quantity of 1, down from
3.
qol: security, cargo, and medbay have access to scanner gate boards.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
This changes the bluespace navigation gigabeacon to be unlocked with
Applied Bluespace Research (T2) research node, instead of
Telecommunications (T5).
## Why It's Good For The Game
Gigabeacon used to be its own node which nobody researched. #77223
changed that by tying it up with Telecommunications. After the techweb
tree update, Telecommunications has become a tier 5 research, meaning
that nobody researches gigabeacons again. This PR is meant to amend
that, making gigabeacons more accessible again.
I have to admit that putting this item unlock on Applied Bluespace node
is quite generous, since that node should be researched early on every
round. However, I don't believe that to be an issue, but if needed I can
move it to Bluespace Travel (prerequisite to t4 parts).
## Changelog
🆑
balance: bluespace navigation gigabeacons are now unlocked with Applied
Bluespace Research
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Jetpacks are now vulnerable to EMP, they get disabled for a few seconds
after getting hit by an EMP blast.
Sec modsuits now start with the jetpack module preinstalled instead of
the mirage module, and their starting powercell has been upgraded.
## Why It's Good For The Game
It's no secret that regular jetpacks and your run of the mill eva suit
see far more use than actual security issued equipment.
Having your best option available from the start of the shift is just
boring, and doesn't encourage the crew to even engage with Modsuits in
any way.
With this PR i'm introducing a weakness to jetties by having em turn of
for 4 seconds if you get hit by a pulse.
In exchange sec mods are now a bit more suited for their job, Mirage
module has been swapped with Jetpack module and they now spawn with a
better cell.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Jetpacks are now briefly disabled by EMP.
balance: Mirage module has been removed from Sec modsuits.
balance: Security modsuits now spawn with a better cell and the jetpack
module preinstalled.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Swaps 'advanced medbay equipment' and 'cryostasis' on the medbay tech
tree, adjusting the required experiments and prerequisites as necessary.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Items like health analyzers, pinpointers, defibs and medical beds are
lower tech, commonly used items and should come before advanced cryo
technology, not the other way around.
## Changelog
🆑 LT3
balance: Advanced Medbay Equipment research node lowered to tier 3
balance: Advanced Medbay Equipment now requires haloperidol scan
experiment
balance: Haloperidol and cryostylane experiments can be performed
roundstart
balance: Cryostasis research node raised to tier 4
balance: Cryostasis now has Fusion instead of Controlled Plasma as a
prerequisite
balance: Cryostasis cryostylane scan is now a discount experiment
balance: Crystallizer moved from Controlled Plasma to Fusion
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Renames the organ thrower to the 'organizer' and clears up its
description.
## Why It's Good For The Game
The organ thrower is a very silly module, and i do like it, but did you
know that it instantly replaces organs? As in, the organ is removed and
swapped instantly? And it can store multiple, making organ manipulation
surgeries eerily instant?
The description is funny, but it forsakes accuracy for amusement's sake.
I did my best to keep it both funny and accurate, accurately describing
its actual function now.
I also changed the name, because similarly, it wasn't very descriptive.
Jacquerel suggested 'organizer' which is a hilarious pun and I'm all for
it, even if it does also lack some accuracy which was supposed to be the
intention of the PR.
## Changelog
🆑
spellcheck: Renamed the organ thrower module to the 'organizer'
spellcheck: Made its description more accurate. Did you know it
instantly replaces up to 5 organs in active surgery?
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
More QoL tweaks and rebalance towards easier unlocking of high tier
nodes by doing discount experiments.
## Why It's Good For The Game
More ways to unlock desired nodes.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Techweb: High yield explosive is now a discount experiment for
Exotic Ammo node, giving more free points
balance: Techweb: Replaced the botany/xenobio discount experiments with
a new mutant scan experiment for the Gene Engineering node
balance: Techweb: Damaged mech scan is a discount experiment for tier 4
Mech Energy Guns node, giving twice more free points
balance: Techweb: Added a new anomaly scan experiment that gives full
discount for the Advanced Anomaly Shells, also moving the node to tier 5
balance: Techweb: Moved mech RCD to the Experimental Tools node
balance: Techweb: Moved handcuffs to T2 security node, leaving only
zipties in T1
balance: Techweb: Non-human Autopsy is a discount experiment instead of
a required one now
balance: Techweb: Parts scan experiments require 6 machines instead of 4
del: Techweb: Removed the New Toys node moving contents to sec and
medbay trees
qol: Made air horn craftable from a spraycan and a bikehorn
qol: Techweb: Better wording on the slime scan experiment
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Makes Growing Vat work as a normal machine akin hydrotray.
Doesn't need plunger to clear reagents, doesn't need plumbing to input
reagents.
Still has the plumbing port, but can be used without it.
Also made the examine text a bit more compact.
Removed science plumbing RCD from the game.
Removed plumbing tools from cytology equipment, and added a protein
powder jug instead.
Automatically fixes#84573
## Why It's Good For The Game
Plumbing was an unnecessary complication for Cytology.
Growing vat is a relatively simple machine that shouldn't require
plumbing knowledge.
Now it works more like hydrotray, and you can pour reagents directly,
and clear them out with a right click.
## Changelog
🆑
refactor: Vat grower is a normal machine now that doesn't need plumbing
qol: Cytology petri dish smartfridge starts with 3 random samples
add: Added protein powder condiment bottle, available in the cytology
supplies locker and the cargo pack
del: Removed science variant of plumbing RCD
fix: Fixed a bug when machines without stock parts didn't spawn frames
on deconstruction
fix: Fixed vat grower not growing
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Made portable atmospheric machines buildable as any other machines.
## Why It's Good For The Game
These are simple machines that are limited by the map spawn amounts and
cargo orders for no good reason. While much more complex machinery can
be built.
Also allows for the construction of pipe scrubber introduced in #84187
## Changelog
🆑
qol: portable scubber, pump and pipe scrubber are buildable as any other
machines
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Adds new mech that can be created from emaged fabricator. To craft this
mech you need:
1. Emag Fabricator to recive Justice disgine(done this, fabricator will
emit a text and sound signal that can reveal you).
2. You need to craft it like any other mech but you also need 8
telecrystals to finish constraction.
3. To board a mech you need syndicate access (traitor can get it by
purchasing an agent card).
About Mech:
Video:
https://youtu.be/QwJfO_lbLK0
Text:
Health 200
Damage 60
Only melee attacks(can't attach range weapons(can't attach anything in
his arms at all))
Block chanse 60
Speed - in safty mode 2.5 in combat mode 4.5
Attack effects:
In addition to damage, it has a 50 percent chance of cutting off an arm
or leg (does not put you to sleep or give a knockdown
effect when hit like regular combat mechs do).
If a target in crit or stun makes a finishing attack instead of a
regular attack, the mech says an epic phrase and after a second cuts off
the target's head by dashing through the target.
Special actions(can't be used if mech in safty mode):
Invisability - Makes the mech invisible for 20 seconds. If the mech is
pushed or collides with someone or if the pilot presses the invisibility
button again, the mech will no longer be invisible and will go into a 5
second cooldown (the same will happen after 20 seconds). If you attack
in invisibility, then instead of a normal attack the mech will make an
AoE 3x3 attack 1 second after pressing (the attack will be accompanied
by a sound and visual effect and for a second the mech will not be able
to move, which gives enemies time to run away from the attack). Upon
completion AoE attack, everyone( except peoples in crit and in stunned
condition) in a 3x3 radius will receive 35 damage and a 25 chance of
having one of their limbs cut off.
Charge Attack - Mech makes a dash towards the cursor at a distance of up
to 7 cells, breaking all obstacles in its path. If the obstacle is a
living person (and he is not in crit and is not stunned) then he will
receive 35 damage and a 25 chance of cutting off a limb. Cooldown 5
Seconds.
P.S.
Also added emag_act on fabricator so you can put any new secret traitor
mechs on it.
Also made the sounds of mech melee attacks to vars so that it would be
more convenient to change them.
Also fix a runtime error where if you set something in the mech's
max_equip_by_category to 0, the mech UI panel doesn't load.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Adds a traitor mech with fun and interesting mechanics. This is a new
mech with new unique abilities that turns the battle with you into a
boss fight.
## Changelog
🆑
add: New traitor mech: Justice. Emag fabricator to get it.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>
## About The Pull Request
This PR adds a new gunkit to the **Illumination Applications** tech node
acquired via BEPIS techs. For years, this funny little tech node has
been one of the lamer results from the BEPIS tech pool, only offering
constructable unique hardhats and access to a micro RLD. Well, lets just
say, badda bing
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/41715314/bd869d7f-449a-4563-871a-b90f550e0bda
The photon cannon is craftable via a lathed gunkit obtained from the
security lathe, which fires 4 shots per recharge. Each shot, on direct
contact with a mob, acts like a severity 3 flash. The shot also
distinctly slows down after traveling, so you can more effectively gauge
where it's going to stop moving, as when it reaches it's travel
distance, it will perform a weaker AOE severity 1 flash. Direct hits
will effect silicons, while the AOE flash will not. Direct hits only
deal 5 ***STAMINA* damage.
The Gunkit requires a flux anomaly core to be crafted, completing with
the tesla gun in this respect.
## Why It's Good For The Game
There's been some discussion about how we've hoping to offer higher
power features and options to the game at large using anomaly cores, and
flux anomalies are currently only used for guns, which is rather
unfortunate. The bigger issue, I'd suppose, is that every gun that flux
anomalies can produce are considered lethal, with the event horizon gun
and tesla gun. And honestly, by comparison, the tesla is not lethal
enough to use to any real effect, or practical enough to bother science
enough for the core.
The photon cannon, however, works as a rather effective crowd control
weapon for breaching and incapacitating crewmates, making it ideal for
wardens dealing with large tides of crewmates, officers breaking into
bases, or ~~the captain trying to burn down your library dnd game,
DOUGLAS~~
Overall, it's still a fairly low power weapon, and sits in a niche place
somewhere between a dragNET, flashbang-loaded grenade launcher, the
flash, and the ion-cannon, with it's versatility coming from core rarity
and requiring a BEPIS tech.
**I have since updated this PR so that this gun deals stamina damage
instead of energy damage, and contact with the energy ball deals a short
period of confusion.**
## Changelog
🆑
add: The Illumination Applications technode now includes a gunkit for a
new gun, the Photon Cannon.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Provides an alternative way to get the 200 points for the final
augmentation node.
Also reduced the tier of the prior tech node, it was put to tier 4 by
mistake
## Why It's Good For The Game
More options to get the desired node.
## Changelog
🆑
fix: Techweb: Moved upgraded cyber organs to tier 3 from tier 4
qol: Techweb: Added fully augmented android scan discount experiment for
Advanced Cybernetic Organs techweb node
/🆑
## 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
There were some tiles and wallframes in lathe designs, while most of
these are already in the crafting menu. Moved all of them into the
crafting menu to avoid confusion, when you can't find some wallframe in
the menu because it must be built in lathe.
Made the light tile craftable in menu, instead of slap-crafting, and
made the circuit tiles use similar recipe (since they both are emissive
tiles). And the circuit tiles can now be cycled in-hand:
## Why It's Good For The Game
Centralized place for tiles and wallframes.
## Changelog
🆑
qol: Made light tiles available in the crafting menu
qol: Circuit tile variants can be cycled in-hand
add: Moved loose tiles and wall frames from lathe designs to other tiles
and frames in the crafting menu
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Fikou <23585223+Fikou@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Introduces the first anomalocked organ, a heart that makes you immune to
shocks and emps, while granting you the tenacity trait when you fall
into crit.
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/102721711/b602dbb0-52ae-4b18-b3bc-9d19258ec3f8
## Why It's Good For The Game
You can find my player_dev_project on the tg discord.
https://discord.com/channels/326822144233439242/1249735775734468619
Essentially, this exists as an item to justify a heavy investment into
cybernetics and augmentations.
EMP is far too common to justify using them in a combat scenario, nukies
have lessened this issue with their shield module, and the crew can now
do so through late tech anomaly research.
*Features*
- locked behind anomaly tech (duh), you need a refined flux core
combined with the shell.
- Can be manually installed, it will however fuck you up if you do so.
- provides total immunity to shocks and emps.
- Increases your passive blood regeneration.
- Recharges any electrical devices on your person (stabilized yellow
slime).
- If you fall into crit, grants the tenacity (you can keep fighting
while you are in crit basically) and no damage slowdown trait for 30
seconds, you will also keep on regenerating health, it won't heal past
crit treshold however, (5 minutes cooldown).
- If removed through surgery or evisceration, it gets vaporized while
releasing a Tesla shock.
## Changelog
🆑
add: A new Anomaly organ has been introduced, The Voltaic Combat
Cyberheart!
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
1. Techweb strings are now defined in
`code/__DEFINES/research/techweb_nodes.dm` many thanks to @ShizCalev
2. All places that used those strings have been updated with the
definitions as well.
3. `code/modules/research/ordnance/scipaper_partner.dm` had some old
boosted ids, they have been updated as well along
with their values.
## Why It's Good For The Game
fixes#84153
- I found this through a runtime, but basically the boosted nodes missed
unit test checks. Having them defined should in future ensure that any
changes to them alert the maintainers. This will help in furthur
modularizing the code.
- As for the nodes themselves, I have put the exact nodes as much as
possible so they dont differ much from previous gameplay and how they
worked. Researched nodes that used to give points to those experiments,
will continue to do so, but albeit at a slower rate. This is because the
research point generation rate overall now has been increased.
## Changelog
🆑 ShizCalev, SpaceLove
refactor: Techweb strings are defined now so to maintain modularity
balance: Research papers will have less overall point generation.
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: ShizCalev <ShizCalev@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
The Event Horizon Anti-Existential Beam Rifle now requires Unregulated
Bluespace Research, which itself requires both Bluespace Parts and
Illegal Tech. This puts it in the same tier as the Desynchronizer.
## Why It's Good For The Game
The original intent for the weapon was for it to be an extremely
late-game option as the end-all, be-all gun where only one really could
exist at a time. This thing is an absolute _monster_ in that it has very
little cooldown, can hit things multiple screens away, and gibs whoever
it hits. I'm down for it - it's fun and stupid and goofy and something I
would love to see _sometimes_.
I saw it in like 4 rounds in a row earlier today. Fuck.
I feel like it's either "make it harder to get" or "nerf it into
obscurity" and I really don't want what we replaced the meme rifle with
to end up being as shitty as the meme rifle was.
Worth noting that a lot of people were recommending a change that would
make the rifle require only a single vortex core, but would require and
consume a vortex core when it fires, meaning it can only be fired a
total of like 4-5 times in a round. That sounds great but I don't know
how to go about coding it and I feel like a change needs to be made
sooner rather than later, so we're doing this for now. If someone comes
back and implements that instead before this gets merged, I'll close
this PR.
Also @optimumtact told me to ping him when I post this.
## Changelog
🆑 Vekter
balance: The Event Horizon Anti-Existential Beam Rifle now requires
Unregulated Bluespace Research to be constructed.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Right now research points sometimes bug out and get additional .000...1
added to them due to a floating point error. I just added rounding to
only keep one digit after the point.
## Why It's Good For The Game
No more annoying numbers in the RND console
## Changelog
🆑
fix: RND console now properly rounds research points
/🆑
## 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
Adds boards for the book binder and scanner. The scanner requires one
scanning module while the binder requires one servo to make. Research
for the board was added to the computer tech research node as that's
where the other book related research was. Boards are available to print
at the service techfab.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Being able to (re)make the library is good. Irreparable machine is bad.
Writing down your work and being unable to scan it into the archive is
not good. Also allows the machine to be moved if needed.
## About The Pull Request
Made tecweb mark autopsy experiments as completed while the node with
the experiments is not yet unlocked.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Oversight in my tech tree update.
## 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 sets up an alternative to the DRAGnet snares using the teleporter
to determine the destination of their snare teleport -- The DRAGnet
beacon.
Rather than using a convoluted system that routes via the teleporter,
DRAGnets can now by synced with a DRAGnet beacon. When snare rounds are
fired and successfully teleport a target, they will instead be sent to
the synced beacon. Syncing can be done by either pressing the gun to the
beacon or vice-versa.
These beacons can be wrenched into place, then swiped with a security ID
to block them from being unwrenched. An emag will unlock and unwrench
the beacon, and fry its access control.
To facilitate this change, roundstart DRAGnet armory spawns are now done
through spawners (like the other weapons), which includes a single
beacon to be used by the two guns. You can print more with basic sec
tech, and one is included in the DRAGnet crate from cargo.
The teleport is also slightly more accurate, to make it more consistent.
As usual, if not synced to a beacon, DRAGnets will just teleport your
target willy-nilly.
## Why It's Good For The Game
The current system is both clunky and prone to mishaps, dissuading
players from engaging with it. The "active" teleporter concept has
always been a bit of a mystery to players, and when a system for
properly using the DRAGnet teleport is set up, it's incredibly easy to
break even on accident. Every time you teleport a prisoner you have to
pray that no bumbling space explorer decided to reroute the teleporter
to the abandoned satellite.
This system is much more clear and reliable. It's also more versatile,
allowing for multiple teleport networks to be set up simultaneously.
Security is starved for creativity at times. They deserve to be able to
do some wacky dynamic stuff with their tools.
## Changelog
🆑 Rhials
balance: DRAGnets now come with a beacon they can be synced to, which
will set the destination for the snare round's teleport ability.
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
Reshuffles the tech tree nodes, adding reagent purity and cybernetic
organ scan experiments. The total point requirements barely changed.
Made the discount experiments unlock nodes for free, instead of
providing partial discounts, to provide more incentive to actually do
them.
Also devided all points by the amount generated per second, for
convenience. Now points correspond to seconds.
<details>
<summary>New tech tree</summary>
<img width="4320" alt="Tech New"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/3625094/77afdec7-9df3-47b7-8df0-5b9261e9e0d6">
</details>
## Why It's Good For The Game
- Breaks bloated general nodes into more specialized nodes, making the
tree more balanced
- Combines scattered nodes dedicated to a single design into specialized
nodes, reducing the number of nodes
- Reshuffles the unlocks within specialized tree to adjust progression
on some trees to follow the idead: Cheap nodes first, then nodes that
require experiments or nodes of neighbouring trees, then expensive nodes
with end-game tech.
- You no longer need a dissection experiment to unlock a microwave,
every experiment is relevant to the tree unlocked by it
- With specialized nodes, it is easier to pick a node for the new things
that people add
- Better foundation for potential per-department point system. It will
be easier to put it on top of a cleaner tree
- The nodes are separated in tiers, with progressively increasing costs,
so that early tech is cheap and easy to research with just points, but
later tech is more expensive, making the discount experiments for those
more likely to be performed.
## Changelog
🆑
balance: Reshuffled tech tree, making nodes more specialized
qol: Research points devided by the amount generated per second, so now
research points correspond to seconds
add: Introduced reagent purity scan experiments (required for Cryostasis
node)
add: Introduced synthetic organ scan experiment (required for top tier
cyber organs)
add: Added a variant of machinery scan experiment that accepts any
machines with upgraded parts (required for tier 3 parts)
del: Removed material scanning experiments from the tech tree
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
adds the flatpacker, it flatpacks machines
it is unlocked at industrial engineering
the default print time is 4.5 seconds, reduced by the servo tier divided
by 2
matter bins increase material capacity
better servos decrease material cost, and the flatpacker cannot print a
machine if it contains parts that are of a tier larger than the servos
tier
explained in this vid
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/70376633/c26e4379-f49b-4b1d-a70c-61f1ba96a9e0
## Why It's Good For The Game
machine construction sucks, this should be more convenient, this does
not replace machine construction at all
compared to machine frames while this is faster and more convenient, it
is significantly more costly in materials, and a better servo is needed
to use higher tier parts, and the printed machines are always the lowest
required tier
## Changelog
🆑
add: the flatpacker, a machine unlocked at industrial engineering
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: SyncIt21 <110812394+SyncIt21@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Adds a new positronic brain variant to bepis tech
To save materials we took the corners off but now they can roll
It can roll around, knock items over and push other posibrains away
You can also kick it across the room and it's a lot cheaper because you
cut the corners off
https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/7501474/e4f913e8-cf2f-455a-b2eb-1654468df708
## Why It's Good For The Game
A chorus of whining posibrains is like heroine to the ears, now they can
aggresively shit around the robotics lab while whining for their DURAND
or cyborg shell, but the robo can also punt them into the disposal bin
## Changelog
🆑
add: Adds a positronic sphere to bepis tech and roboticist mail goodies.
It can now wreack havoc across the robotics lab while whining for a
DURAND body, but you can also punt it!
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: carlarctg <53100513+carlarctg@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jacquerel <hnevard@gmail.com>
## About The Pull Request
This PR introduces a limited set of camera components that can be used
by surveillance security consoles and the PDA/laptop camera app.
<img width="366" alt="components"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/0e628863-9998-46d6-8822-e0a44543b4c2">
There is four camera components, each limited to a specified shell
circuit type.
Additionally, drone circuit shells can now use the recharge stations
too, much like how mobs with BCIs can recharge.
### New Components
<img width="136" alt="drone camera"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/fd045871-56bf-44a6-bb4f-ebe895d56d3d">
* Drone Camera
This camera component captures the surrounding area. It has an option to
set the camera range (near 5x5/far 14x14).
<img width="136" alt="bci camera"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/16bf2dd1-823b-4d66-8249-5d0f1bb1b779">
* BCI Camera
This camera component uses the active user's eyes as a camera function.
If the user's sights are damaged, the range will be forced to the near
setting. If the user is unconscious/dead/blinded or has no eyes, the
stream will be cut off.
It has an option to set the camera range (near 5x5/far 14x14).
<img width="136" alt="polaroid camera"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/7c4d53df-b4af-4f7c-8942-a63842510720">
* Polaroid Camera Add-On
This camera component streams to a camera network. The camera range is
hardcoded to the near setting (5x5).
<img width="136" alt="airlock camera"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/5d9e9d55-49fc-45a7-99c8-aaf1ae08f6d1">
* Airlock Camera
This camera component streams to a camera network. The camera range is
hardcoded to the near setting (5x5).
### Features
* The cameras can be EMP'd and will be disabled for 90 seconds if
successful
* When the cameras are active, they will actively drain the cell's power
per second (near range uses 3kJ & far range uses 8kJ)
* Advance camera console/AIs can use these cameras, however the camera
light is disabled (they will be useless in dark areas)
### Screenshots In Action
<details>
This is the drone camera viewed on a security camera console<br>
<img width="425" alt="near"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/e5247828-0fee-4552-9e70-5e5ee897c117"><br>
This is the same drone, now set to the far range setting<br>
<img width="425" alt="far"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/e58e3e85-aa90-4f1a-9dff-957c65764b77"><br>
</details>
## Why It's Good For The Game
This promotes emergent gameplay and improves the overall usefulness for
drones as they can be 100% used remotely.
## Changelog
🆑
add: Added new circuit camera components
qol: Circuit drones can now recharge at recharge stations
/🆑
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Co-authored-by: Watermelon914 <37270891+Watermelon914@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
### New fish
#### anxious zipzap
An incredibly anxiety-ridden and electroreceptive fish. Worried about
the walls of its tank closing in constantly. Both literally and as a
general metaphorical unease about life's direction.
It produces electricity, and HATES being with any other fish. One other
zipzap is allowed at most.
#### monocloning jumpercable
A surprisingly useful if nasty looking creation from the syndicate fish
labs. Drop one in a tank, and watch it self-feed and multiply. Generates
more and more power as a growing swarm!
A far better option for power generation than the zipzap, but it's a
syndicate fish. Get an emag or get very lucky!
Working spacebase example
### Aquarium type
Bioelectricity Generator! It boosts the power of electroreceptive fish
to very dangerous levels! But, uh, you put a tesla coil, and voila! Free
power! ...Free power if you keep the fish fed! More fish, more power!
You can convert an aquarium into a bioelectricity generator by
researching the new node, "Marine Utility", from bio processing. Then
you build the biogen upgrade kit and apply it to an already existing
aquarium.
### Fish Traits
#### Electrogenesis
Trait turns the fish into a shock weapon while it's alive, and every
time it feeds, it releases a weak tesla bolt to anyone close to the
tank.
#### Anxiety
anxious fish die when any other fish are in the tank. Please keep them
alone :[
## Why It's Good For The Game
Fish are great, but fish don't have anything to give back to the
station, right? Well, there's some small stuff, but I wanted to add a
bit of functionality towards being able to benefit from having fish.
The anxiety trait with the zipzap gives spessmen a bit of a challenge.
You can settle for one fish generating power per tank and do a
multi-tank generation setup, or you can do some crossbreeding to make a
fish WITH electroreceptive but WITHOUT anxiety. Neat!
## Changelog
🆑
add: New fish, the anxious zipzap
add: New syndicate fish, the monocloning jumpercable
add: New aquarium, the bioelectricity generator
fix: Mixotrophic fish now properly lack food requirements
/🆑
## About The Pull Request
This PR introduces a number of minor quality of life improvements to
already existing circuit components, and adds three new components.
<img width="600" alt="preview"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/85d39b6d-b055-430e-8996-0da088616887">
## Why It's Good For The Game
This improves the overall experience for circuits.
### UI changes
<img width="550" alt="grid aligned"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/cc7b43b5-292f-4643-beab-e01ae675fb19">
Grid align is now an option for circuit designers. It will round objects
to the nearest 10px units internally, and can be toggled on/off by the
new additional button beside the component menu button. This makes
circuits easier on the eyes as things are pixel perfect aligned.
<img width="814" alt="tooltips"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/0d31c98f-3be9-46e0-ab37-20bac3799112">
All three buttons have been given tool tips.
### Tweaked Components
<img width="136" alt="voice activator"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/21dd0f65-cb98-4bd5-aeb0-63315e842cb6">
* Adds a on/off flag to the voice activator component
-- This saves power for circuits as you're not forced to use a compare
flag check to turn off voice activation
<img width="136" alt="speech"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/9137b76c-3077-4597-8411-2d9694b39e9e">
* Adds a quiet mode flag to speech component
-- This is ideal when you want a device to speak, but don't want other
people to hear. A good example would be a handheld translator that you
only want to hear yourself.
### New Components
<img width="136" alt="ntnet list literal"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/657c851b-d442-4a63-8650-410cb8e76089">
* An NTNet Send component that allows everything to be input much like
the list literal component
-- This makes sending stuff over NTNet easier for the user, and use less
power as it won't require an additional list literal component
<img width="136" alt="compare health state"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/0bed076c-3aa1-4931-af90-2b9eb8e1ae9a">
* A health comparison component that checks the entity's health state,
and can return true or false depending if the entity is alive, sleeping,
unconscious, critical or dead
-- This could be achieved by using a health sensor and a compare
component, however it lacks the ability to know when a entity is
unconscious or sleeping
<img width="136" alt="toggle"
src="https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/80724828/7017b6bf-937a-42ad-87f3-4f1134853ac3">
* A quick toggle component to allow the switching between a true and
false state
-- This could be achieved by using a logic component and self linking,
however this makes it far easier for newcomers to make something as
simple as an on/off switch (such as a handheld translator which uses the
front button to turn on/off)
## Changelog
🆑
qol: Add tooltips to circuit editor buttons
qol: Add grid alignment mode to circuit editor
add: Added new compare health state component
add: Added new NTNet send list literal component
add: Added new toggle component
qol: Added activity toggle to voice activator component
qol: Added quiet mode to speech component
qol: NTNet send component will not use power/trigger if NTNet is offline
/🆑
