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#define SCRAMBLE_CACHE_LEN 50 //maximum of 50 specific scrambled lines per language
/*
Datum based languages. Easily editable and modular.
*/
/datum/language
var/name = "an unknown language" // Fluff name of language if any.
var/desc = "A language." // Short description for 'Check Languages'.
var/speech_verb = "says" // 'says', 'hisses', 'farts'.
var/ask_verb = "asks" // Used when sentence ends in a ?
var/exclaim_verb = "exclaims" // Used when sentence ends in a !
var/whisper_verb = "whispers" // Optional. When not specified speech_verb + quietly/softly is used instead.
var/list/signlang_verb = list("signs", "gestures") // list of emotes that might be displayed if this language has NONVERBAL or SIGNLANG flags
var/key // Character used to speak in language
// If key is null, then the language isn't real or learnable.
var/flags // Various language flags.
var/list/syllables // Used when scrambling text for a non-speaker.
var/sentence_chance = 5 // Likelihood of making a new sentence after each syllable.
var/space_chance = 55 // Likelihood of getting a space in the random scramble string
var/list/spans = list()
var/list/scramble_cache = list()
var/default_priority = 0 // the language that an atom knows with the highest "default_priority" is selected by default.
// if you are seeing someone speak popcorn language, then something is wrong.
var/icon = 'icons/misc/language.dmi'
var/icon_state = "popcorn"
/datum/language/proc/display_icon(atom/movable/hearer)
var/understands = hearer.has_language(src.type)
if(flags & LANGUAGE_HIDE_ICON_IF_UNDERSTOOD && understands)
return FALSE
if(flags & LANGUAGE_HIDE_ICON_IF_NOT_UNDERSTOOD && !understands)
return FALSE
return TRUE
/datum/language/proc/get_icon()
return "[icon2html(icon, world, icon_state)]"
/datum/language/proc/get_random_name(gender, name_count=2, syllable_count=4, syllable_divisor=2)
if(!syllables || !syllables.len)
if(gender==FEMALE)
return capitalize(pick(GLOB.first_names_female)) + " " + capitalize(pick(GLOB.last_names))
else
return capitalize(pick(GLOB.first_names_male)) + " " + capitalize(pick(GLOB.last_names))
var/full_name = ""
var/new_name = ""
for(var/i in 0 to name_count)
new_name = ""
var/Y = rand(Floor(syllable_count/syllable_divisor), syllable_count)
for(var/x in Y to 0)
new_name += pick(syllables)
full_name += " [capitalize(lowertext(new_name))]"
return "[trim(full_name)]"
/datum/language/proc/check_cache(input)
var/lookup = scramble_cache[input]
if(lookup)
scramble_cache -= input
scramble_cache[input] = lookup
. = lookup
/datum/language/proc/add_to_cache(input, scrambled_text)
// Add it to cache, cutting old entries if the list is too long
scramble_cache[input] = scrambled_text
if(scramble_cache.len > SCRAMBLE_CACHE_LEN)
scramble_cache.Cut(1, scramble_cache.len-SCRAMBLE_CACHE_LEN-1)
/datum/language/proc/scramble(input)
if(!syllables || !syllables.len)
return stars(input)
// If the input is cached already, move it to the end of the cache and return it
var/lookup = check_cache(input)
if(lookup)
return lookup
var/input_size = length(input)
var/scrambled_text = ""
var/capitalize = TRUE
while(length(scrambled_text) < input_size)
var/next = pick(syllables)
if(capitalize)
next = capitalize(next)
capitalize = FALSE
scrambled_text += next
var/chance = rand(100)
if(chance <= sentence_chance)
scrambled_text += ". "
capitalize = TRUE
else if(chance > sentence_chance && chance <= space_chance)
scrambled_text += " "
scrambled_text = trim(scrambled_text)
var/ending = copytext(scrambled_text, length(scrambled_text))
if(ending == ".")
scrambled_text = copytext(scrambled_text,1,length(scrambled_text)-1)
var/input_ending = copytext(input, input_size)
if(input_ending in list("!","?","."))
scrambled_text += input_ending
add_to_cache(input, scrambled_text)
return scrambled_text
/datum/language/proc/get_spoken_verb(msg_end)
switch(msg_end)
if("!")
return exclaim_verb
if("?")
return ask_verb
return speech_verb
#undef SCRAMBLE_CACHE_LEN