mob/living/Life() now handles regular status updates.

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/life.dm

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 	blinded = null
 
 	//Status updates, death etc.
-	handle_regular_status_updates()
 	update_icons()
 
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/handle_mutations_and_radiation()
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 	adjustToxLoss(-(rads))
 	return
 
-/mob/living/carbon/alien/proc/handle_regular_status_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/handle_regular_status_updates()
 
 	if(status_flags & GODMODE)	return 0
 

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/life.dm

@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/brain/handle_breathing()
 	return
 
-/mob/living/carbon/brain/Life()
-	set invisibility = 0
-	set background = 1
-	..()
-
-	//Apparently, the person who wrote this code designed it so that
-	//blinded get reset each cycle and then get activated later in the
-	//code. Very ugly. I dont care. Moving this stuff here so its easy
-	//to find it.
-	blinded = null
-
-	//Status updates, death etc.
-	handle_regular_status_updates()
-
 /mob/living/carbon/brain/handle_mutations_and_radiation()
 	if (radiation)
 		if (radiation > 100)
@@ -108,7 +94,7 @@
 
 	return //TODO: DEFERRED
 
-/mob/living/carbon/brain/proc/handle_regular_status_updates()	//TODO: comment out the unused bits >_>
+/mob/living/carbon/brain/handle_regular_status_updates()	//TODO: comment out the unused bits >_>
 	updatehealth()
 
 	if(stat == DEAD)	//DEAD. BROWN BREAD. SWIMMING WITH THE SPESS CARP

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm

@@ -87,17 +87,19 @@
 
 	handle_stasis_bag()
 
-	if(life_tick > 5 && timeofdeath && (timeofdeath < 5 || world.time - timeofdeath > 6000))	//We are long dead, or we're junk mobs spawned like the clowns on the clown shuttle
+	if(!handle_some_updates())
 		return											//We go ahead and process them 5 times for HUD images and other stuff though.
 
-	//Status updates, death etc.
-	handle_regular_status_updates()		//Optimized a bit
-
 	//Update our name based on whether our face is obscured/disfigured
 	name = get_visible_name()
 
 	pulse = handle_pulse()
 
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/handle_some_updates()
+	if(life_tick > 5 && timeofdeath && (timeofdeath < 5 || world.time - timeofdeath > 6000))	//We are long dead, or we're junk mobs spawned like the clowns on the clown shuttle
+		return 0
+	return 1
+
 /mob/living/carbon/human/breathe()
 	if(!in_stasis)
 		..()
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@
 	else
 		return ONE_ATMOSPHERE + pressure_difference
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/handle_disabilities()
+/mob/living/carbon/human/handle_disabilities()
 	if (disabilities & EPILEPSY)
 		if ((prob(1) && paralysis < 1))
 			src << "\red You have a seizure!"
@@ -911,7 +913,10 @@
 
 	return //TODO: DEFERRED
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/handle_regular_status_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/human/handle_regular_status_updates()
+	if(!handle_some_updates())
+		return 0
+
 	if(status_flags & GODMODE)	return 0
 
 	//SSD check, if a logged player is awake put them back to sleep!

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/life.dm

@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 					handle_AI()
 			handle_speech_and_mood()
 
-	regular_hud_updates()
-
-	handle_regular_status_updates() // Status updates, death etc.
-
 /mob/living/carbon/slime/handle_environment(datum/gas_mixture/environment)
 	if(!environment)
 		adjustToxLoss(rand(10,20))
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@
 
 	return //TODO: DEFERRED
 
-/mob/living/carbon/slime/proc/handle_regular_status_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/slime/handle_regular_status_updates()
 
 	src.blinded = null
 

code/modules/mob/living/life.dm

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 	for(var/obj/item/weapon/grab/G in src)
 		G.process()
 
+	if(handle_regular_status_updates()) // Status & health update, are we dead or alive etc.
+		handle_disabilities() // eye, ear, brain damages
+		handle_status_effects() //all special effects, stunned, weakened, jitteryness, hallucination, sleeping, etc
+
 	update_canmove()
 
 	if(client)
@@ -74,6 +78,49 @@
 		if(incapacitated())
 			stop_pulling()
 
+//This updates the health and status of the mob (conscious, unconscious, dead)
+/mob/living/proc/handle_regular_status_updates()
+	updatehealth()
+	if(stat != DEAD)
+		if(paralysis)
+			stat = UNCONSCIOUS
+		else if (status_flags & FAKEDEATH)
+			stat = UNCONSCIOUS
+		else
+			stat = CONSCIOUS
+		return 1
+
+//this updates all special effects: stunned, sleeping, weakened, druggy, stuttering, etc..
+/mob/living/proc/handle_status_effects()
+	if(paralysis)
+		paralysis = max(paralysis-1,0)
+	if(stunned)
+		stunned = max(stunned-1,0)
+		if(!stunned)
+			update_icons()
+
+	if(weakened)
+		weakened = max(weakened-1,0)
+		if(!weakened)
+			update_icons()
+
+/mob/living/proc/handle_disabilities()
+	//Eyes
+	if(disabilities & BLIND || stat)	//blindness from disability or unconsciousness doesn't get better on its own
+		eye_blind = max(eye_blind, 1)
+	else if(eye_blind)			//blindness, heals slowly over time
+		eye_blind = max(eye_blind-1,0)
+	else if(eye_blurry)			//blurry eyes heal slowly
+		eye_blurry = max(eye_blurry-1, 0)
+
+	//Ears
+	if(disabilities & DEAF)		//disabled-deaf, doesn't get better on its own
+		setEarDamage(-1, max(ear_deaf, 1))
+	else
+		// deafness heals slowly over time, unless ear_damage is over 100
+		if(ear_damage < 100)
+			adjustEarDamage(-0.05,-1)
+
 //this handles hud updates. Calls update_vision() and handle_hud_icons()
 /mob/living/proc/handle_regular_hud_updates()
 	if(!client)	return 0

code/modules/mob/living/living.dm

@@ -800,3 +800,15 @@ default behaviour is:
 				return
 
 	..()
+
+//damage/heal the mob ears and adjust the deaf amount
+/mob/living/adjustEarDamage(var/damage, var/deaf)
+	ear_damage = max(0, ear_damage + damage)
+	ear_deaf = max(0, ear_deaf + deaf)
+
+//pass a negative argument to skip one of the variable
+/mob/living/setEarDamage(var/damage, var/deaf)
+	if(damage >= 0)
+		ear_damage = damage
+	if(deaf >= 0)
+		ear_deaf = deaf

code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/life.dm

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 			lights_on = 0
 			set_light(0)
 
-/mob/living/silicon/robot/proc/handle_regular_status_updates()
+/mob/living/silicon/robot/handle_regular_status_updates()
 
 	if(src.camera && !scrambledcodes)
 		if(src.stat == 2 || wires.IsIndexCut(BORG_WIRE_CAMERA))

code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm

@@ -350,3 +350,9 @@
 
 /mob/living/silicon/proc/is_malf_or_traitor()
 	return is_traitor() || is_malf()
+
+/mob/living/silicon/adjustEarDamage()
+	return
+
+/mob/living/silicon/setEarDamage()
+	return

code/modules/mob/mob.dm

@@ -1027,3 +1027,9 @@ mob/proc/yank_out_object()
 /mob/verb/westfaceperm()
 	set hidden = 1
 	set_face_dir(WEST)
+
+/mob/proc/adjustEarDamage()
+	return
+
+/mob/proc/setEarDamage()
+	return