diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index 35f871f3344..6f4bdfa5a5f 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -539,20 +539,35 @@
 	set category = "Object"
 	set name = "Pick up"
 
-	if(!usr.canmove || usr.stat || usr.restrained() || !in_range(src, usr))
+	if(!(usr)) //BS12 EDIT
 		return
+	if((!istype(usr, /mob/living/carbon)) || (istype(usr, /mob/living/carbon/brain)))//Is humanoid, and is not a brain
+		usr << "\red You can't pick things up!"
+		return
+	if( usr.stat || usr.restrained() )//Is not asleep/dead and is not restrained
+		usr << "\red You can't pick things up!"
+		return
+	if(src.anchored) //Object isn't anchored
+		usr << "\red You can't pick that up!"
+		return
+	if(!usr.hand && usr.r_hand) //Right hand is not full
+		usr << "\red Your right hand is full."
+		return
+	if(usr.hand && usr.l_hand) //Left hand is not full
+		usr << "\red Your left hand is full."
+		return
+	if(!istype(src.loc, /turf)) //Object is on a turf
+		usr << "\red You can't pick that up!"
+		return
+	//All checks are done, time to pick it up!
+	if(istype(usr, /mob/living/carbon/human))
+		src.attack_hand(usr)
+	if(istype(usr, /mob/living/carbon/alien))
+		src.attack_alien(usr)
+	if(istype(usr, /mob/living/carbon/monkey))
+		src.attack_paw(usr)
+	return
 
-	if(ishuman(usr))
-		if(usr.get_active_hand() == null)
-			src.Click() // Let me know if this has any problems -Giacom
-		/*
-		if(usr.get_active_hand() == null)
-			src.attack_hand(usr)
-		else
-			usr << "\red You already have something in your hand."
-		*/
-	else
-		usr << "\red This mob type can't use this verb."
 
 //This proc is executed when someone clicks the on-screen UI button. To make the UI button show, set the 'icon_action_button' to the icon_state of the image of the button in screen1_action.dmi
 //The default action is attack_self().