It previously had to iterate over EVERY task in its list every time. With lots of queued tasks that is slow.
Instead we sort it by schedule time. That means when iterating thru list, if we get to a single task that is in the future, so are all remaining.
* Added "Display Initialize() Log" admin debug command so you can see it mid-round.
* Ported the core of the overlays management subsystem from /tg
- Added SSoverlays subsystem for compiling overlay lists and applying them to atoms in a controlled anti-lag subsystem.
- Added vars and procs to atom which should eventually replace all direct interaction with BYOND's /atom/overlays var outside the subsystem.
- Added OVERLAY_QUEUED flag to var/atom/flags bitfield.
- Added small framework for subsystem performance tracking. So far used only by SSoverlays
- Added admin debug command "Display overlay Log" to see performance stats mid-round.
* Fix runtime on universal pipe adaptor update_icons
* Workaround for appearance_bro not initialized
Unfortuantely BYOND's initialization order is strange, and the appearance_bro var is only half initialized when map starts to load, causing errors. We temporarily fix by moving it to be a global-scoped global.
* Convert fire alarms to use add_overlay() A good first test.
* Convert turfs to use add_overlays(), eliminating the turf_overlay_holder!
- Converted as much as I could find about turf overlays to use add_overlay().
- This should be enough to stop BYOND from crashing, so we can eliminate the turf_overlay_holder hack.
- This also lets us remove the anti-corruption hacks from walls and open space.
- ZAS gas overlays can use priority overlays, so this also fixes the gas-goes-away-when-crowbarring-plating issue.
- Stuff like that
* Convert turf overlay interactions to use add_overlay.
Note: This is a plain and simple conversion of existing code to use SSoverlays. However I look at the line changed, and note that that line likely never fully worked as intended, as it has no way of re-applying itself.
I would make it use a priority overlay, but there is no code present for *removing* said overlay from neighbors when it is no longer required. That code should be implemented by original author.
- Converted as much as I could find about turf overlays to use add_overlay().
- This should be enough to stop BYOND from crashing, so we can eliminate the turf_overlay_holder hack.
- This also lets us remove the anti-corruption hacks from walls and open space.
- ZAS gas overlays can use priority overlays, so this also fixes the gas-goes-away-when-crowbarring-plating issue.
- Stuff like that
Unfortuantely BYOND's initialization order is strange, and the appearance_bro var is only half initialized when map starts to load, causing errors. We temporarily fix by moving it to be a global-scoped global.
- Added SSoverlays subsystem for compiling overlay lists and applying them to atoms in a controlled anti-lag subsystem.
- Added vars and procs to atom which should eventually replace all direct interaction with BYOND's /atom/overlays var outside the subsystem.
- Added OVERLAY_QUEUED flag to var/atom/flags bitfield.
- Added small framework for subsystem performance tracking. So far used only by SSoverlays
- Added admin debug command "Display overlay Log" to see performance stats mid-round.
* POLARIS: Attack animations
* POLARIS: Overlay flick system
You can't do this in Byond, unfortunately, so here's some code from /tg/
* Make attack anims a preference
Uses the in-hand item when attacking to draw the icon, or for anything else (simple animals, etc) you can specify an icon to use (all SA default to a 'slashing' animation)
Changes how lighting is applied to the Surface.
The current method works by making every tile glow in a specific color and intensity. The issue is that when it is time to change the color/intensity, it can take the light controller a considerable amount of time for it to update every tile (estimated to be around 14,000 tiles), which can take a minute or two for the lighting controller to finish.
New method is to have a special light source for the surface, with different properties to the 'regular' light source that most things use for making light. The special version doesn't care about line of sight or lighting falloff. This special light source is applied to a series of invisible 'sun' objects that get generated as the planetary controller gets created. When the lights need to change, the lighting controller has to change a much smaller group of objects instead of literally every outdoor tile.
