Most items in the codebase have a slowdown multiplier of one, when slowdown is handled species-side in multiples of 0.5. This makes the effect of species slowdown almost non-existant when item slowdown is involved, and makes species that have item slowdown reduction (such as Unathi) unnaturally fast.
Do note that I also went through and removed odd slowdown numbers as well, as, due to the way slowdown is tied to tickrate, it should be done in intervals of 0.5.
I tried to view things on a case by case scenario but there will probably be changes that will need to be double checked.
Some items will be handled differently, I will list the exceptions below.
Boots of Speed: Kept at -1, it is boots of speed after all.
Chemistry Bag: Increased to 3. This should not really be toted around outside of chemistry.
Hybrid Tools: They already have a lot of other disadvantages, and are kind of hard to get, and 0.1 is a weird number for slowdown.
Site Manager's armor: Already 1.5
Unathi Breacher modules: These things are overpowered and Unathi already have a racial trait to virtually remove slowdown.
Voidsuits: Already done in intervals of 0.5, no change.
RHR Accellerator: This thing probably has appropriate slowdown values for what it is.
Utility suits: Already done in intervals of 0.5
Clothing/suits/armor: Already done in intervals of 0.5
* Creating new objects is cheap, in fact comparable to the cost of getting it out of the pool, so it doesn't help there.
* Placing items in the pool is far more expensive than letting them garbage collect due to the resetting of vars and such.
A lot of new defines are now in inventory_sizes.dm, which contains;
All the size identifiers (the thing that tells the game if something is bulky, or w/e).
Storage costs for all the sizes, which are exponents of two, as previously.
A few constants for inventory size.
Also changes all storage item's capacity definitions by basing it off of how many 'normal slots' exist for it. This allows one to change the definition for all of the defines in the file, and everything will follow along without needing to change 500 files. In testing, I made all ITEMSIZE_COST_* defines doubled, and nothing had broke.
The benefit of doing all of this is that it makes adding new weight classes in the future much simpler, and makes knowing how much space a container has easier, as seeing ITEMSIZE_COST_NORMAL * 7 means it can hold seven normal items.
Cost for various spells and equipment adjusted greatly. In general, things are cheaper, and everything should now be in multiples of 25, so no points are wasted.
The default jumpsuit for Technomancers is now heavily insulated, protecting them from tasers, batons, and perhaps unfortunate lightning strikes.
Instability between 31 and 50 made less harsh.
Wards made with a scepter of enhancement will break the cloak of anyone invisible that it can see.
Fire aura buffed, increased rate of heating as well as temperature cap for both non-scepter and scepter effects.
Reflect spell made more forgiving for the Technomancer, lasting longer before expiring.
Projectile spells should be able to hit people more reliably.
Adds cores and other belongings to the tracking list for Track.
Cores worn or held by nontechnomancers cause instability buildup.
Frost Aura glow is now blue and not red.
Illusions can now do emotes as well as talk.
Illusion talking shouldn't be ruined due to double sanitize.
Phase Shift should work properly now.
Freedom and explosive implants can be bought in the catalog.
Moves spell HUD so it doesn't cover instability warning.
Makes Instability radiate out towards other humans at sufficently high amounts. People radiating instability will glow purple light. It is adviced to keep your distance or you will get instability as well.
Mark can no longer be cast on the admin z-level.
Adds Gambit, a spell which will randomly give you (almost) any spell that exists.
Shield now causes a bit of instability when blocking.
Recall will bring anyone who is grabbed along for the ride when cast.
Disposable Teleporters now function correctly.
Instability decays faster.
Adds two new spells;
Track: which functions similarly to a pinpointer for technomancer objects and apprentices. With a scepter, it will be able to track anyone as well.
Targeting Matrix: which assists in targeting with whatever is in your off-hand, for a price in instability and energy per shot.
Adds Gloves of Regeneration, which passively trades healing for hunger, as well as stabbing your hands with needles. They also insulate your hands.
Adds Boots of Speed, which act as no-slips and make the wearer run slightly faster than normal.
Adds the new gun sounds to Audible Deception.
