- Refactors some code to more modern standards, fixes problem with PSUs not reacting to UI input.
- Adds cable coil recoloring using multitool (Bay went the path of having dedicated cable painter device but that really feels as too much of a hassle having to carry another device for this - lets just say the paint is electrically reactive in some way).
- Adds changelog
- Please fasten your seatbelts, this will be a long one as it joins few older Bay PRs into one.
1. Ports https://github.com/Baystation12/Baystation12/pull/12626
- SMES units may now be damaged and destroyed. Charged SMES units fail quite violently. Damage can be fixed by welding tool.
- PSUs completely refactored, ghetto variant no longer exists.
- Cell rack PSUs now can be considered a hybrid between large battery charger and a SMES. They actually use the cells to store power (so you can hot-swap the cells to get more juice simply via the UI without deconstructing the whole machine), but in comparison to SMES have poor throughput and capacity in general (cells are simply too small). They are also somewhat limited in configuration options (lacks the precision electronics of a SMES). Better matter bin lets you put in more cells, up to 9.
- Cell rack PSU also has a mode that allows charge-balancing all inserted batteries (moves energy around so each battery has the same charge %)
2. Ports https://github.com/Baystation12/Baystation12/pull/11977
- SMES units now have full load balancing capability, getting rid of that annoying "One SMES charges at full, other SMES gets nothing" problem. If insufficient power is available on input, all inputting SMESes will now charge at same percentage. If more SMESes power a single output, they will all output equal percentage of their setting.
- This appears to have a pleasant side effect of fixing the issue where SMESes could starve APCs of energy. SMESes are ALWAYS last to input power on a powernet.
- This also appears to have fixed weird values displayed in SMES output/input load readings in the UI. By weird values i mostly mean inputs/outputs actually higher than the SMES is set to have.
3. Ports https://github.com/Baystation12/Baystation12/pull/18137
- SMES units (and subtypes, therefore effectively also PSUs from previous entry) can now have more than one terminal. This effectively allows a setup where two (or more) sources feed a single SMES, which then feeds the output. SMESes can not exceed input setting even with multiple terminals.
- Typical example of use in practice would be SMES that runs something important (for example an AI, telecomms, pick whatever you want). It could have one input from the power grid, and second input from a PACMAN generator set up nearby as a backup. Before the generator would have to be wired into main grid, therefore main grid would siphon off power from it. Now the generator can be separate and dedicated for whatever use you want.
Basically, this stops an SMES unit from setting output to zero when it runs out of power, allowing an SMES unit to still output power so long as it is getting input. Especially useful for Solars.
Ported from Baystation PR #11973
Adds toolspeed var, which is a multiplier on how 'fast' the tool works. 0.5 means it goes twice as fast.
Adds usesound var, which determines what sound is used when a tool is being used.
Changes a lot of code to use those two vars instead.
Adds 'ayyy' tools, which are ported from /tg/'s abductor gamemode. They're currently admin only but I might make them obtainable by xenoarch later.
Adds powertools, also from /tg/. CE starts with them in a new toolbelt that spawns in their locker, ported from (you guessed it) /tg/.
Changes welder sprites to look nicer, ported yet again from /tg/. Modified the blue welder slightly so it can be the electric welder sprite.
Adds various sounds from /tg/, for tools and welders.
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.
Maps in a new Grid Checker machine, located in an expanded substation room in Engineering. When a grid check happens, Engineering can hack that machine to restore power sooner. Wearing insulated gloves is highly recommended.
Separates the 'count and assess everything' stuff to it's own datum, called the metric datum, which I plan to add on to in the future to make counting and metrics easier.
Makes decision process a bit more weight-based, will probably continue tweaking later.
Makes the admin debug UI have links to change settings easily.
Adds replacement for grid check event, which works similar to the old one, but is now based on a physical machine in the game world, that Engineering can hack to make the event end faster, if so desired. Note that the machine is not mapped in, and won't be mapped in until the event system is ready for launch.
Adds grid_check variables to SMESes and APCs to make them stop doing work without draining the battery.
Grid checks in the new system are caused by a "power spike" which originates from the engine and will cause bad things, should no grid checker machine be connected to the power-net. These power spikes occur when the GM decides that a grid check is a good event to have.
The grid checker can be built and deconstructed using the standard machine construction methods.
- Transition to using kilowatts and kilowatt hours
- Adds an input load bar with value
- SMES charge rate and coil capacities slightly adjusted for using
kilowatt units
However, ghosts can now also only view objects in range to ensure that the NanoUI window count is kept low.
Admins do not suffer this restriction and may also interact with these windows.
- Re-implements Destroy() for SMES units. This time moves relevant (de)construction code all the way up to obj/machinery/. This should fix any potential GC issues with deconstruction of component-based machines.
- Implements Destroy() for breaker boxes.
- Fixes SMES units lacking disconnect_terminal(), causing GC errors.
- Adds Red and Blue simple pipes for mapping use.
- Adds empty CO2 PH and N2O canisters for mapping use.
- Reworks asteroid outpost areas. Old areas kept in separate file for downstream compatibility
- Modifies engineering shuttle to work with next commit.
- SMESs no longer have to be charged above certain level (~5%?) to actually begin outputting power.
- Fixes SMES related bug caused by previous commit
