Synthetics can no longer magically print color images on a black-and-white photocopier.
No longer possible for organics to acquire a synth-image by un-attaching it from a newscaster.
News articles now come with a timestamp and photo captions, if anything was penned on an attached photo.
Reception-checks no longer unconditionally sleeps the thread. Was causing havoc with NanoUI.
Misc. code refactoring.
Alters the event controller based on http://baystation12.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10706.
Exception is that there is always some start time variance to prevent metagaming.
Mundane, moderate, and major events run on their own timers and start and run independantly of each other.
Multiple events of the same severity degree can run at the same time. However, currently only one instance of the same event can be active at a time.
One can one access and view newsfeeds from the comfort of one's PDA.
Possible to change and disable the newsmessage beep.
Known issues:
Unlike browse() NanoUI does not appear to wait for browse_rsc(), the method which to transfers image to the client's cache, to finish.
This often results in newsfeeds not always displaying their images the first time they are viewed.
Turns announcements into a datum based system to allow a variety of configurations.
Current configuration options include:
Admin logging
Which sound that should play when announced, if any
If the announcement should be stored as a newscast
Request console/standard announcements currently match priority announcements, but have a smaller style/footprint.
Player announcements now include the assignment and name of the person (or the id rather) who made it.
Have currently only updated the request console and all announcements which previously used captain_announce().
Affected automated announcements, such as shuttle messages, should be exactly the same as before.
-ATMs no longer spawn spacecash when you Withdraw funds from them. Instead they spawn a charge card with the funds asked.
-You can swipe a charge card at an EFTPOS instead of your ID. The funds will be substracted from the charge card and won't ask for any PIN.
(ID card swiping is still available, of course)
-You can insert a change card in a vending machine. You can retrieve multiple products from the machine as long as the change card has enough funds to pay for them.
-Also, the EFTPOS instructions are rewritten into a simpler text. The text is not final.
Needed:
-A better name than "change card"? Also, until a name is set, variables are keeping the name "ewallet".
-An icon for the change card. For now it's using the 1000$ cash icon as placeholder.
