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Leland Kemble 3ff01320cc Language manuals correctly refer to the person using them up to viewers (#95070)
## About The Pull Request

Tells people viewing someone using up a language manual that the person
reading the manual drops it, not that the viewing themselves dropped it

## Why It's Good For The Game

closes #93364

## Changelog
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spellcheck: Language manuals correctly refer to the person using them up
to viewers

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2026-02-03 22:18:32 -05:00

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/obj/item/language_manual
icon = 'icons/obj/service/library.dmi'
icon_state = "book2"
/// Number of charges the book has, limits the number of times it can be used.
var/charges = 1
/// Path to a language datum that the book teaches.
var/datum/language/language = /datum/language/common
/// Flavour text to display when the language is successfully learned.
var/flavour_text = "suddenly your mind is filled with codewords and responses"
/obj/item/language_manual/attack_self(mob/living/user)
if(!isliving(user))
return
if(user.has_language(language))
to_chat(user, span_boldwarning("You start skimming through [src], but you already know [initial(language.name)]."))
return
to_chat(user, span_bolddanger("You start skimming through [src], and [flavour_text]."))
user.grant_language(language)
user.remove_blocked_language(language, source=LANGUAGE_ALL)
ADD_TRAIT(user.mind, TRAIT_TOWER_OF_BABEL, MAGIC_TRAIT) // this makes you immune to babel effects
use_charge(user)
/obj/item/language_manual/attack(mob/living/M, mob/living/user)
if(!istype(M) || !istype(user))
return
if(M == user)
attack_self(user)
return
playsound(loc, SFX_PUNCH, 25, TRUE, -1)
if(M.stat == DEAD)
M.visible_message(span_danger("[user] smacks [M]'s lifeless corpse with [src]."), span_userdanger("[user] smacks your lifeless corpse with [src]."), span_hear("You hear smacking."))
else if(M.has_language(language))
M.visible_message(span_danger("[user] beats [M] over the head with [src]!"), span_userdanger("[user] beats you over the head with [src]!"), span_hear("You hear smacking."))
else
M.visible_message(span_notice("[user] teaches [M] by beating [M.p_them()] over the head with [src]!"), span_boldnotice("As [user] hits you with [src], [flavour_text]."), span_hear("You hear smacking."))
M.grant_language(language, source = LANGUAGE_MIND)
use_charge(user)
/obj/item/language_manual/proc/use_charge(mob/user)
charges--
if(!charges)
user.visible_message(span_notice("The cover of [user]'s book start shifting and changing! It falls out of [user.p_their()] hands!"),
span_warning("The cover and contents of [src] start shifting and changing! It slips out of your hands!"))
new /obj/item/book/manual/random(get_turf(src))
qdel(src)
/obj/item/language_manual/codespeak_manual
name = "codespeak manual"
desc = "The book's cover reads: \"Codespeak(tm) - Secure your communication with metaphors so elaborate, they seem randomly generated!\""
language = /datum/language/codespeak
flavour_text = "suddenly your mind is filled with codewords and responses"
/obj/item/language_manual/codespeak_manual/unlimited
name = "deluxe codespeak manual"
charges = INFINITY
/obj/item/language_manual/roundstart_species
/obj/item/language_manual/roundstart_species/Initialize(mapload)
. = ..()
var/list/available_languages = length(GLOB.uncommon_roundstart_languages) ? GLOB.uncommon_roundstart_languages : list(/datum/language/common)
language = pick(available_languages)
name = "[initial(language.name)] manual"
desc = "The book's cover reads: \"[initial(language.name)] for Xenos - Learn common galactic tongues in seconds.\""
flavour_text = "you feel empowered with a mastery over [initial(language.name)]"
/obj/item/language_manual/roundstart_species/unlimited
charges = INFINITY
/obj/item/language_manual/roundstart_species/unlimited/Initialize(mapload)
. = ..()
name = "deluxe [initial(language.name)] manual"
/obj/item/language_manual/roundstart_species/five
charges = 5
/obj/item/language_manual/roundstart_species/five/Initialize(mapload)
. = ..()
name = "extended [initial(language.name)] manual"
/obj/item/language_manual/piratespeak
name = "\improper Captain Pete's Guide to Pirate Lingo"
icon_state = "book_pirate"
desc = "A book containing all the knowledge, jargon and buzzwords to speak like a true old salt."
language = /datum/language/piratespeak
flavour_text = "Blimey! I feel less of a landlubber now."
charges = 5
// So drones can teach borgs and AI dronespeak. For best effect, combine with mother drone lawset.
/obj/item/language_manual/dronespeak_manual
name = "dronespeak manual"
desc = "The book's cover reads: \"Understanding Dronespeak - An exercise in futility.\" The book is written entirely in binary, non-silicons probably won't understand it."
language = /datum/language/drone
flavour_text = "suddenly the drone chittering makes sense"
charges = INFINITY
/obj/item/language_manual/dronespeak_manual/attack(mob/living/M, mob/living/user)
// If they are not drone or silicon, we don't want them to learn this language.
if(!(isdrone(M) || issilicon(M)))
M.visible_message(span_danger("[user] beats [M] over the head with [src]!"), span_userdanger("[user] beats you over the head with [src]!"), span_hear("You hear smacking."))
return
return ..()
/obj/item/language_manual/dronespeak_manual/attack_self(mob/living/user)
if(!(isdrone(user) || issilicon(user)))
to_chat(user, span_danger("You beat yourself over the head with [src]!"))
return
return ..()