Merge pull request #10005 from PsiOmegaDelta/150703-Uplinkery

Uplink Items - Part III

code/_helpers/icons.dm

@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ The _flatIcons list is a cache for generated icon files.
 */
 
 proc // Creates a single icon from a given /atom or /image.  Only the first argument is required.
-	getFlatIcon(image/A, defdir=2, deficon=null, defstate="", defblend=BLEND_DEFAULT)
+	getFlatIcon(image/A, defdir=2, deficon=null, defstate="", defblend=BLEND_DEFAULT, always_use_defdir = 0)
 		// We start with a blank canvas, otherwise some icon procs crash silently
 		var/icon/flat = icon('icons/effects/effects.dmi', "icon_state"="nothing") // Final flattened icon
 		if(!A)
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ proc // Creates a single icon from a given /atom or /image.  Only the first argu
 				noIcon = TRUE // Do not render this object.
 
 		var/curdir
-		if(A.dir != 2)
+		if(A.dir != 2 && !always_use_defdir)
 			curdir = A.dir
 		else
 			curdir = defdir

code/_helpers/lists.dm

@@ -604,10 +604,13 @@ datum/proc/dd_SortValue()
 /datum/alarm/dd_SortValue()
 	return "[sanitize_old(last_name)]"
 
+/proc/subtypes(prototype)
+	return (typesof(prototype) - prototype)
+
 //creates every subtype of prototype (excluding prototype) and adds it to list L.
 //if no list/L is provided, one is created.
 /proc/init_subtypes(prototype, list/L)
 	if(!istype(L))	L = list()
-	for(var/path in (typesof(prototype) - prototype))
+	for(var/path in subtypes(prototype))
 		L += new path()
 	return L

code/_helpers/text.dm

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	if(last_char_group == 1)
 		output = copytext(output,1,length(output))	//removes the last character (in this case a space)
 
-	for(var/bad_name in list("space","floor","wall","r-wall","monkey","unknown","inactive ai"))	//prevents these common metagamey names
+	for(var/bad_name in list("space","floor","wall","r-wall","monkey","unknown","inactive ai","plating"))	//prevents these common metagamey names
 		if(cmptext(output,bad_name))	return	//(not case sensitive)
 
 	return output