- Added a rudimentary transformation section to the options panel (show player panel verb). This allows rudimentary mob type changes to any mob. These are however generic and non-mob-specific, as they only copy over some of the most needed variables, such as the three name variables, dna and mind. They do not, for instance, create a MMI for cyborgs. A note of this is also added to the player panel.

- Once you click one of the links a popup will appear asking you whether you'd like to delete the old mob of the player (yes or no) or cancel this transformation.

Screenshot: http://www.kamletos.si/options%20panel%20rudamentary%20transformation.PNG

git-svn-id: http://tgstation13.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3534 316c924e-a436-60f5-8080-3fe189b3f50e

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 		if(facehugger.stat == CONSCIOUS)
 			var/image/activeIndicator = image('alien.dmi', loc = facehugger, icon_state = "facehugger_active")
 			activeIndicator.override = 1
-			client.images += activeIndicator
+			if(client)
+				client.images += activeIndicator
 
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/IsAdvancedToolUser()
 	return has_fine_manipulation

code/modules/mob/mob_transformation_simple.dm

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+//This proc is the most basic of the procs. All it does is make a new mob on the same tile and transfer over a few variables.
+//Returns the new mob
+//Note that this proc does NOT do MMI related stuff!
+/mob/proc/change_mob_type(var/new_type = null, var/turf/location = null, var/new_name = null as text, var/delete_old_mob = 0 as num)
+
+	if(istype(src,/mob/new_player))
+		usr << "\red cannot convert players who have not entered yet."
+		return
+
+	if(!new_type)
+		new_type = input("Mob type path:", "Mob type") as text|null
+
+	if(istext(new_type))
+		new_type = text2path(new_type)
+
+	if( !ispath(new_type) )
+		usr << "Invalid type path (new_type = [new_type]) in change_mob_type(). Contact a coder."
+		return
+
+	if( new_type == /mob/new_player )
+		usr << "\red cannot convert into a new_player mob type."
+		return
+
+	var/mob/M = null
+	if( !isnull(location) && isturf(location))
+		M = new new_type( location )
+	else
+		M = new new_type( src.loc )
+
+	if(!M || !ismob(M))
+		usr << "Type path is not a mob (new_type = [new_type]) in change_mob_type(). Contact a coder."
+		return
+
+	if( istext(new_name) )
+		M.name = new_name
+		M.original_name = new_name
+		M.real_name = new_name
+	else
+		M.name = src.name
+		M.original_name = src.original_name
+		M.real_name = src.real_name
+
+	M.dna = src.dna
+
+	M.ckey = src.ckey
+	if(mind)
+		mind.transfer_to(M)
+
+	if(delete_old_mob)
+		spawn(1)
+			del(src)
+	return M