Links many map-specific details such as the station name, z-level information, and allowed jobs from global vars to map datum vars, which should help us maintain multiple maps at once in the future, which will be needed for the future Southern Cross.
Note that a config change will be needed to change GENERATE_ASTEROID to GENERATE_MAP, otherwise no changes should be required to continue normal map usage.
To change to a different map, it's suggested to tick the file that ticks all the other needed files, which for the Northern Star is called northern_star.dm.
Ghosts should be able to hear things once more.
The big bold NEW NEWS notice should remember if one has already seen the news, as the hash was not actually being saved. It's being saved now.
Adds ability for admins with R_SERVER perms to be able to set a persistant 'news' announcement that works similarly to admin memos, but for the public. This is ideal for telling the public things such as when an event is scheduled, directing people to a forum thread, new lore changes, new policies, etc.
The news window allows to define a title, and the body of the text, using an admin verb. The author and date are added automatically.
Any players can read the news window in the lobby. The button will bold itself, and display (NEW!), if the player has not seen the news before. This is done by comparing a hash of the body that the client remembers verses a hash the current news body.
Allows an admin to fabricate radio messages, like the arrivals announcements, but with arbitrary sender and message content, as well as being on any channel.
Adds what I hope to be able to make a sort of intelligent system that in the future will be able to decide what event would be the best to choose at any given moment. A lot of this will probably get rewritten later.
You can use the new debug verb Show GM Status to have it show some data about itself, such as player activity across the whole server.
Currently, the system cannot actually run any events, as they don't exist and it's been disabled. The plan is to have the events themselves do most of the heavy lifting for stuff like set-up and weights.
When the overarching system is more refined, a lot of new events will be madem and most of our old ones will be ported, and improved upon too.
For now, adding this lets me see what the system thinks about a round that has people playing on it and not just me on a test server.
The short naming of central command has been really inconsistent across
the game's files. This has always annoyed the shit out of me.
CentComm and Centcomm and Centcom are now all CentCom, specifically with
that capitalization. Why one M instead of two M's? Because Comm with two
'M's = Communications. Hence, Telecomms, NOT Telecoms. Telecoms is
incorrect. CentCom was also chosen because CentCom with one M and this
casing is most found throughout the game's files.
Speaking of Telecomms, I corrected one instance in the game where it's
Telecom. Like I said, this is not correct. There was only one
inconsistency.
Likewise, Nanotrasen has been changed to NanoTrasen. Nanotrasen only
appears 20 times, where NanoTrasen appears 62. NanoTrasen is clearly the
preferred, correct naming.
Relocates them to the datum itself rather than it being an admin topic for maximum self-containment.
Also adds 'adminplayerobservefollow', making it possible for admins to not only jump to mobs but also follow them with a single click.
Misc tweaks from Paradise.
