Autohiss can now be set to Full/Basic/None from the character menu, and by default, it is assumed Full. It will respect save/load and client connect/disconnect, meaning you no longer have to constantly toggle autohiss.
Preferred Language can now be set. This allows a default spoken language other than Common to be set from spawn, allowing characters to simply join with the language they'd prefer speaking, rather than having to fiddle with "Set Default Language" every time they spawn.
Server rules do still apply, ofc. You must be able to speak Common or at least +understand+ it capably enough to do your job.
See Preferred Language Setting here;

Menu for it here:

See Autohiss Settings here:

Yes, Autohiss is set underneath Egg Type. I wanted to use some of the space there. I can move it up under the Size/etc panels and speech verbs if requested.
Looks like the despawn persistence settings have a tendency to hit that save_character button after the victim has already disconnected, which would lead into complications right here because the language whitelist check will automatically fail when fed a null in the client's place.
- Enhanced TextArea components to support autoFocus
- Added component and datum for accepting text, mesage, num input
- Added supporting procs to open the component with signature matching the byond input() proc
- Converted a few cases in character setup to use the new procs as a demo of capability.
Fixes synthetic var not getting cleared when loading character slots. Due to the char setup mannequin's nature of being a single same mob just getting its properties loaded from save slots, loading/making a synth character would permanently mess up the var for all non-synth chars on the roster and cause issues with synth-related settings because there was nothing in the code to clear the var.