Comments for lighting:
Like sd_DAL (what we used to use), it changes the shading overlays of areas by splitting each type of area into sub-areas
by using the var/tag variable and moving turfs into the contents list of the correct sub-area.
Unlike sd_DAL however it uses a queueing system. Everytime we call a change to opacity or luminosity
(through SetOpacity() or SetLuminosity()) we are simply updating variables and scheduling certain lights/turfs for an
update. Actual updates are handled periodically by the lighting_controller. This carries additional overheads, however it
means that each thing is changed only once per lighting_controller.processing_interval ticks. Allowing for greater control
over how much priority we'd like lighting updates to have. It also makes it possible for us to simply delay updates by
setting lighting_controller.processing = 0 at say, the start of a large explosion, waiting for it to finish, and then
turning it back on with lighting_controller.processing = 1.
Unlike our old system there is a hardcoded maximum luminosity. This is to discourage coders using large luminosity values
for dynamic lighting, as the cost of lighting grows rapidly at large luminosity levels (especially when changing opacity
at runtime)
Also, in order for the queueing system to work, each light remembers the effect it casts on each turf. This is going to
have larger memory requirements than our previous system but hopefully it's worth the hassle for the greater control we
gain. Besides, there are far far worse uses of needless lists in the game, it'd be worth pruning some of them to offset
costs.
Known Issues/TODO:
admin-spawned turfs will have broken lumcounts. Not willing to fix it at this moment
mob luminosity will be lower than expected when one of multiple light sources is dropped after exceeding the maximum luminosity
Shuttles still do not have support for dynamic lighting (I hope to fix this at some point)
No directional lighting support. Fairly easy to add this and the code is ready.
When opening airlocks etc, lighting does not always update to account for the change in opacity.
Explosions now cause lighting to cease processing temporarily.
Moved controller datums to the code/controllers directory. I plan on standardising them.
"Master","Ticker","Lighting","Air","Jobs","Sun","Radio","Supply Shuttle","Emergency Shuttle","Configuration","pAI" controller datums can be accessed via the debug controller verb (used to be the debug master controller verb)
Supply shuttle now uses a controller datum. Shuttles tend to arrive up to 30 seconds late, this is not a bug.
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-Made telecomms look symmetrical again.
-Added the telecommunication blackout event to the RNG. Admins can trigger it and they have an option to alert the crew.
-AI can now properly use their multitool. (forgot to uncomment)
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-I've added some cameras to rooms that should have cameras but were previously depending on other camera's using their X-Ray vision in order to see into a room.
-AIs have a multitool in their contents that they can use to interact with the telecommunication machines.
-Added "Follow" for observers. Works the same as AI tracking without checking if they can track.
-Added a range to how far Cyborgs can interact with machines. This is to stop Cyborgs from interacting with machines through cameras, which could be used to easily disable the AI.
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-Changed the air assimilation for ReplaceWithFloor() and ReplaceWithPlating() so that it doesn't count non-floors/non-space turfs against the average.
-Commented them as well
Fixes Issue 851
-Standardized AIbots a bit, primarily with vars, attackby(), emag() and such (Mostly excludes M.U.L.E.'s though)
-AIbots now have a maintenece panel on them, which can be opened after unlocking the access panel by using a screwdriver
-The bots are now repaired by opening the maint panel and using a welder
-Emagging the access panel will unlock it permanatly, and emagging it with the maint panel open will trigger the emag behavior
-Floorbots will actually pull up tiles when emagged, 90% to just pull up the plating (And add it to the tile stock), and 10% to replace the floor with lattice
-When destroyed, floorbots will actually drop all the tiles they have stored, not just 1
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* Merged speech bubbles and pain flashing
* Merged Signaler Dead man switch.
* Merged give verb.
* Merged alien languages
* Merged stuttering, slurring.
* Merged Git Revision Info.
* Fixed mutantraces not having hair/eyes
* Fixed Soghun's not being able to change hair colour.
* Fixed savefiles not saving species.
* Shut up vending machines.
* Added colour to species talk.
-Gave back the miner borg stun arm to account for the smaller improvement for drills
-Fixed an issue where I accidentally made borg emag modules invisible
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-Added a proc for cyborg modules to 'rebuild', which makes it possible to remove items from the modules without clogging up the module menu
-Made the emag for minerborgs work better as a result
-Gave borgs their special radios back
-Fixed an apparently ancient bug where everything inside a borg will appear on the screen (MMI, cell, radio, etc...). It wasn't complex at all and I can't believe no one had fixed it yet.
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-TCommsat machines no longer use their Z level to check if they can receive the signal or not. Instead, they use listening_level. It defaults to 0 for machines that don't change the value. If it is 0 when the telecomms machine's New() is called it will set itself to it's Z level.
-This allows you to manually change the value to other Z levels. I call this an off-site relay. I've added an off-site relay on the satelitte for the station and removed the one in the communications room.
-Players can create an offsite relay with two receivers, two broadcasters and, if necessary, a relay. Why two receivers and broadcasters? Otherwise any player can go to the Ruskie/Mining relays and turn them into off-site relays for the station! It would harm the TCommsat's usefulness. Instead, you will have to setup another broadcaster and receiver if you want to do that. Though it may be pointless, if someone sabotages the Commsat they would have destroyed/depowered the other machines there too.
-About the option to have an offsite relay, there is only a single Z level that you can lock onto at the moment and that's the station. Gameplay wise, the TCommsat is orbiting the station and if we do get the away missions then it would not make sense for the TCommsat's broadcaster/receiver signal to be able to pickup there. More sense if the Receivers and Broadcasters from there
are sent here... maybe. I don't know, seems more fun this way.
-Fixed an issue that doesn't let the Engineer Borg (or Borgs with multitools) be able to link machines with their multitool module.
-All-In-Ones do not have a Z level restriction. They can pick up ALL signals and send ALL signals (to Z levels 1-10)
-Fixed an issue with the player being unable to remove frequencies from the filter.
-Added support for additional interaction options for certain machines. To use it, create a new Options_Menu() and Options_Topic(href, href_list) for your machine.
-Added EMP_ACT to Telecommunication Machines. I've also added an event called "telecommunications_blackout()", it will loop through all telecomm machines, in telecomms_list, and EMP_ACT them. The EMP will last 2 minutes. Currently only admins can use it.
-Fixed issue 831
-Changed the map. The station no longer has the station relay, it is now on the Satellite. There's an empty room now, it should be used for something after the feature freeze.
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The singularity can no longer stunlock dead or unconscious people.
tgstation.dme updated since one of the files were removed
Changelog updated to put the 'have a bug to report?' bit to a spot just above where coders put their changes.
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I've cleared out most of the .dm files in code/game/objects/ and put it into appropriate files/folders. The stuff I've left is stuff I believe may conflict with carn's work and some code for stuff that does not have a home yet.
TODO:
- Files that were left in code/game/objects that may conflict with carns work
- Go through all the files in all the subfolders of code/game/objects.
- Move all the defines from /defines/ to their proper spots
Not much right?
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Removed some pointless, unused objects. (i'm looking at you, rubber chicken without a sprite)
Added a few new "features"- lighting cigs with igniters, and toggle-able bedsheets.
Slightly improved the cow gib sprite because if I don't commit it now I'll revert it.
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Committing this early to allow pete to commit something involving the .dme file which would probably conflict otherwise.
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There are many files, folders and chunks of code in areas that make absolutely no sense and thanks to the defines being located mostly in a completely separate file, it can be damn-near impossible to find something. Before moving defines to where the rest of their code is located; I'm going to move some code around into places that actually make sense to begin with. I'll mainly be focusing on the code/game/objects folder.
This commit mainly lays the groundwork for the work I'll be doing by adding in the effects, structures, decals and turfs folders. I'll slowly be moving appropriate files and code into these folders. I may end up moving machinery into 'objects' and mech stuff into its own module folder but I'll ask for some opinions on coderbus before doing that.
I've also gotten rid of the /magic/ folder. I've moved the library stuff into its own folder in modules/library, the cult stuff is now in gamemode/cult with the rest of it and musician.dm is now in objects/structures since the piano is a structure apparently.
I think I've got the hang of how DM and SVN handles folders and files but it's quite possible that something will break simply by svn committing it oddly. Please let me know if that's the case!
Remember to clean compile.
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Items equipped with the 'equip' button now update the player's hands. Unfortunately since the procs it uses forces an update_icons() call, using the equip button will now call it twice.
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