/mob/proc/can_emote(var/emote_type)
	return (stat == CONSCIOUS)

/mob/living/can_emote(var/emote_type)
	return (..() && !(silent && emote_type == AUDIBLE_MESSAGE))

/mob/proc/emote(var/act, var/m_type, var/message)
	set waitfor = FALSE
	// s-s-snowflake
	if(src.stat == DEAD && act != "deathgasp")
		return

	if(usr == src) //client-called emote
		if (client && (client.prefs.muted & MUTE_IC))
			to_chat(src, "<span class='warning'>You cannot send IC messages (muted).</span>")
			return

		if(act == "help")
			to_chat(src,"<b>Usable emotes:</b> [english_list(usable_emotes)].")
			return

		if(!can_emote(m_type))
			to_chat(src, SPAN_WARNING("You cannot currently [m_type == AUDIBLE_MESSAGE ? "audibly" : "visually"] emote!"))
			return

		if(act == "me")
			return custom_emote(m_type, message)

		if(act == "custom")
			if(!message)
				message = sanitize(input("Enter an emote to display.") as text|null)
			if(!message)
				return
			if (!m_type)
				if(alert(src, "Is this an audible emote?", "Emote", "Yes", "No") == "No")
					m_type = VISIBLE_MESSAGE
				else
					m_type = AUDIBLE_MESSAGE
			return custom_emote(m_type, message)

	var/splitpoint = findtext(act, " ")
	if(splitpoint > 0)
		var/tempstr = act
		act = copytext(tempstr,1,splitpoint)
		message = copytext(tempstr,splitpoint+1,0)

	var/decl/emote/use_emote = usable_emotes[act]
	if(!use_emote)
		to_chat(src, SPAN_WARNING("Unknown emote '[act]'. Type <b>say *help</b> for a list of usable emotes."))
		return

	if(m_type != use_emote.message_type && use_emote.conscious && stat != CONSCIOUS)
		return

	if(use_emote.message_type == AUDIBLE_MESSAGE && is_muzzled())
		audible_message("<b>\The [src]</b> [use_emote.emote_message_muffled || "makes a muffled sound."]")
		return
	else
		use_emote.do_emote(src, message)

	for (var/obj/item/weapon/implant/I in src)
		if (I.implanted)
			I.trigger(act, src)

/mob/proc/format_emote(var/emoter = null, var/message = null)
	var/pretext
	var/subtext
	var/nametext
	var/end_char
	var/start_char
	var/name_anchor

	if(!message || !emoter)
		return

	message = html_decode(message)

	name_anchor = findtext(message, "*")
	if(name_anchor > 0) // User supplied emote with visible_emote token (default ^)
		pretext = copytext(message, 1, name_anchor)
		subtext = copytext(message, name_anchor + 1, length(message) + 1)
	else
		// No token. Just the emote as usual.
		subtext = message

	// Oh shit, we got this far! Let's see... did the user attempt to use more than one token?
	if(findtext(subtext, "*"))
		// abort abort!
		to_chat(emoter, SPAN_WARNING("You may use only one \"["*"]\" symbol in your emote."))
		return

	if(pretext)
		// Add a space at the end if we didn't already supply one.
		end_char = copytext(pretext, length(pretext), length(pretext) + 1)
		if(end_char != " ")
			pretext += " "

	// Grab the last character of the emote message.
	end_char = copytext(subtext, length(subtext), length(subtext) + 1)
	if(!(end_char in list(".", "?", "!", "\"", "-", "~"))) // gotta include ~ for all you fucking weebs
		// No punctuation supplied. Tack a period on the end.
		subtext += "."

	// Add a space to the subtext, unless it begins with an apostrophe or comma.
	if(subtext != ".")
		// First, let's get rid of any existing space, to account for sloppy emoters ("X, ^ , Y")
		subtext = trim_left(subtext)
		start_char = copytext(subtext, 1, 2)
		if(start_char != "," && start_char != "'")
			subtext = " " + subtext

	pretext = capitalize(html_encode(pretext))
	nametext = html_encode(nametext)
	subtext = html_encode(subtext)
	// Store the player's name in a nice bold, naturalement
	nametext = "<B>[emoter]</B>"
	return pretext + nametext + subtext

/mob/proc/custom_emote(var/m_type = VISIBLE_MESSAGE, var/message, var/range = world.view)

	if((usr && stat) || (!use_me && usr == src))
		to_chat(src, "You are unable to emote.")
		return

	var/input
	if(!message)
		input = sanitize(input(src,"Choose an emote to display.") as text|null)
	else
		input = message

	if(input)
		message = format_emote(src, message)
	else
		return

	if(input)
		log_emote(message,src) //Log before we add junk
		message = "<span class='emote'><B>[src]</B> [input]</span>"
	else
		return

	if(message)
		message = encode_html_emphasis(message)

		// Hearing gasp and such every five seconds is not good emotes were not global for a reason.
		// Maybe some people are okay with that.
		var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
		if(!T) return
		var/list/in_range = get_mobs_and_objs_in_view_fast(T,range,2,remote_ghosts = client ? TRUE : FALSE)
		var/list/m_viewers = in_range["mobs"]
		var/list/o_viewers = in_range["objs"]

		for(var/mob in m_viewers)
			var/mob/M = mob
			spawn(0) // It's possible that it could be deleted in the meantime, or that it runtimes.
				if(M)
					if(isobserver(M))
						message = "<span class='emote'><B>[src]</B> ([ghost_follow_link(src, M)]) [input]</span>"
					M.show_message(message, m_type)

		for(var/obj in o_viewers)
			var/obj/O = obj
			spawn(0)
				if(O)
					O.see_emote(src, message, m_type)



// Specific mob type exceptions below.
/mob/living/silicon/ai/emote(var/act, var/type, var/message)
	var/obj/machinery/hologram/holopad/T = src.holo
	if(T && T.masters[src]) //Is the AI using a holopad?
		src.holopad_emote(message)
	else //Emote normally, then.
		..()