/obj/item/emergency_beacon name = "personal emergency beacon" desc = "The hardy PersonaL Emergency Beacon, or PLEB, is a simple device that, once activated, sends out a wideband distress signal that can punch through almost all forms of interference. They are commonly issued to miners and remote exploration teams who may find themselves in need of means to call for assistance whilst being out of conventional communications range." icon = 'icons/obj/device.dmi' icon_state = "e_beacon_off" var/beacon_active = FALSE var/list/levels_for_distress var/obj/item/gps/gps = null pickup_sound = 'sound/items/pickup/device.ogg' drop_sound = 'sound/items/drop/device.ogg' /obj/item/emergency_beacon/Initialize(mapload) gps = new/obj/item/gps/emergency_beacon(src) for(var/i in 1 to length(levels_for_distress)) var/current = levels_for_distress[i] if(isnum(current)) continue levels_for_distress[i] = GLOB.map_templates_loaded[current] if(!levels_for_distress) levels_for_distress = list(1) return ..() /obj/item/gps/emergency_beacon gps_tag = "EMERGENCY BEACON" /obj/item/emergency_beacon/attack_self(mob/user) . = ..(user) if(.) return TRUE var/T = user.loc if(!beacon_active) if(!isturf(T)) to_chat(user,span_warning("You cannot activate the beacon when you are not on a turf!")) return else if(isnonsolidturf(T)) to_chat(user,span_warning("You cannot activate the beacon when you are not on sufficiently solid ground!")) return else var/answer = tgui_alert(user, "Would you like to activate this personal emergency beacon?","\The [src]", list("Yes", "No")) if(answer != "Yes") return else if(do_after(user, 3 SECONDS, target = src)) //short delay, so they can still abort if they want to user.visible_message(span_warning("[user] activates \the [src]!"),span_warning("You activate \the [src], spiking it into the ground!")) beacon_active = TRUE icon_state = "e_beacon_active" user.drop_item() anchored = TRUE gps.tracking = TRUE admin_chat_message(message = "'[user?.ckey || "Unknown"]' activated a personal emergency beacon", color = "#FF2222") var/message = "This is an automated distress signal from a MIL-DTL-93352-compliant personal emergency beacon transmitting on [PUB_FREQ*0.1]kHz. \ This beacon was activated in '\the [get_area(src)]' at X[src.loc.x], Y[src.loc.y]. Due to the limited signal strength, no further information can be provided at this time. \ Per the Interplanetary Convention on Space SAR, those receiving this message must attempt rescue, \ or relay the message to those who can." for(var/zlevel in levels_for_distress) GLOB.priority_announcement.Announce(message, new_title = "Automated Personal Distress Signal", new_sound = 'sound/AI/sos.ogg', zlevel = zlevel) else to_chat(user,"\The [src] is already active, or is otherwise malfunctioning. There's nothing you can do but wait. And possibly pray.") /obj/item/emergency_beacon/attack_hand(mob/user) if(beacon_active) to_chat(user,span_warning("The beacon is already active and cannot be moved!")) return . = ..() /obj/item/emergency_beacon/attackby(obj/item/W, mob/user) if(W.is_wrench() && beacon_active) gps.tracking = FALSE user.visible_message("[user] disassembles \the [src].") qdel(src)