-Changed choking.

You have to stand still while lethally choking someone. It takes time to get into that lethal choke. When you are lethaling choking someone, they are still concious until the lack of oxygen knocks them out.

git-svn-id: http://tgstation13.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@4542 316c924e-a436-60f5-8080-3fe189b3f50e

code/modules/mob/mob_grab.dm

@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@
 	var/atom/movable/structure = null // if the grab is not grabbing a mob
 	var/mob/assailant = null
 	var/state = 1.0
-	var/killing = 0.0
+
+	var/killing = 0.0 // 1 = about to kill, 2 = killing
+	var/kill_loc = null
+
 	var/allow_upgrade = 1.0
 	var/last_suffocate = 1.0
+
 	layer = 21
 	abstract = 1.0
 	item_state = "nothing"
@@ -94,7 +98,6 @@
 			for(var/obj/item/weapon/grab/G in affecting.grabbed_by)
 				if (G.state == 2)
 					allow_upgrade = 0
-				//Foreach goto(341)
 		if (allow_upgrade)
 			hud1.icon_state = "reinforce"
 		else
@@ -102,9 +105,15 @@
 	else
 		if (!( affecting.buckled ))
 			affecting.loc = assailant.loc
-	if ((killing && state == 3))
-		affecting.Stun(5)
-		affecting.Paralyse(3)
+	if ((killing == 2 && state == 3))
+		if(assailant.loc != kill_loc)
+			for(var/mob/O in viewers(assailant, null))
+				O.show_message(text("\red [] lost his tightened grip on []'s neck!", assailant, affecting), 1)
+			killing = 0
+			hud1.icon_state = "disarm/kill"
+			return
+		affecting.Weaken(3)
+		affecting.Stun(3) // It will hamper your voice, being choked and all.
 		affecting.losebreath = min(affecting.losebreath + 2, 3)
 	return
 
@@ -112,6 +121,8 @@
 /obj/item/weapon/grab/proc/s_click(obj/screen/S as obj)
 	if (!affecting)
 		return
+	if(killing)
+		return
 	if (assailant.next_move > world.time)
 		return
 	if ((!( assailant.canmove ) || assailant.lying))
@@ -144,6 +155,9 @@
 	if ((!( assailant.canmove ) || assailant.lying))
 		del(src)
 		return
+	if(killing)
+		return
+
 	switch(S.id)
 		if(1.0)
 			if (state < 2)
@@ -196,9 +210,22 @@
 					hud1.icon_state = "disarm/kill"
 					hud1.name = "disarm/kill"
 				else
-					if (state >= 3)
-						killing = !( killing )
-						if (killing)
+					if (state >= 3 && !killing)
+						for(var/mob/O in viewers(assailant, null))
+							O.show_message(text("\red [] starts to tighten his grip on []'s neck!", assailant, affecting), 1)
+						hud1.icon_state = "disarm/kill1"
+						killing = 1
+						if(do_after(assailant, 50))
+							if(killing == 2)
+								return
+							if(!affecting)
+								del(src)
+								return
+							if ((!( assailant.canmove ) || assailant.lying))
+								del(src)
+								return
+							killing = 2
+							kill_loc = assailant.loc
 							for(var/mob/O in viewers(assailant, null))
 								O.show_message(text("\red [] has tightened his grip on []'s neck!", assailant, affecting), 1)
 							affecting.attack_log += text("\[[time_stamp()]\] <font color='orange'>Has been strangled (kill intent) by [assailant.name] ([assailant.ckey])</font>")
@@ -207,12 +234,11 @@
 
 							assailant.next_move = world.time + 10
 							affecting.losebreath += 1
-							hud1.icon_state = "disarm/kill1"
 						else
-							hud1.icon_state = "disarm/kill"
 							for(var/mob/O in viewers(assailant, null))
-								O.show_message(text("\red [] has loosened the grip on []'s neck!", assailant, affecting), 1)
-		else
+								O.show_message(text("\red [] was unable to tighten his grip on []'s neck!", assailant, affecting), 1)
+							killing = 0
+							hud1.icon_state = "disarm/kill"
 	return
 
 

html/changelog.html

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ should be listed in the changelog upon commit tho. Thanks. -->
 	<ul class="changes bgimages16">
 		<li class="experiment">AIs can now look around like a ghost with the exception that they cannot see what cameras cannot see. Meaning if you're in maintenance, and there's no cameras near you, the AI will not know what you are doing. This also means there's no X-Ray vision cameras anymore.</li>
 		<li class="tweak">AIs can add links to Telecommunication Machines. Added some cameras for areas that should have it but instead relied on cameras nearby for vision.</li>
+		<li class="tweak">Choking has been changed. You have to stand still while lethally choking someone. It takes time to get into that lethal choke. When you are lethaling choking someone, they are still concious until the lack of oxygen knocks them out.</li>
 	</ul>
 </div>