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Atermonera 4d8c43f106 What was supposed to be another straightforward major system overhaul that once again spiraled out of control (#8220)
* get_tool_quality has numerical meaning

* Basic tools set tool quality

* Toolspeed is replaced by tool quality checks

* Addresses assorted results from live test

* Extra cleanup
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Datum Component System (DCS)

Concept

Loosely adapted from /vg/. This is an entity component system for adding behaviours to datums when inheritance doesn't quite cut it. By using signals and events instead of direct inheritance, you can inject behaviours without hacky overloads. It requires a different method of thinking, but is not hard to use correctly. If a behaviour can have application across more than one thing. Make it generic, make it a component. Atom/mob/obj event? Give it a signal, and forward it's arguments with a SendSignal() call. Now every component that want's to can also know about this happening.

See this thread for an introduction to the system as a whole.

See/Define signals and their arguments in __DEFINES\dcs\signals.dm