on second thought, let's not try to half ass fancy ideas.

code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm

@@ -492,14 +492,6 @@ Turf and target are separate in case you want to teleport some distance from a t
 			assembled += A
 	return assembled
 
-//Return a list of atoms in a location of a given type. Can be refined to look for pixel-shift.
-/proc/get_atoms_of_type(var/atom/here, var/type, var/check_shift, var/shift_x = 0, var/shift_y = 0)
-	. = list()
-	if(here)
-		for(var/atom/thing in here)
-			if(istype(thing, type) && (check_shift && thing.pixel_x == shift_x && thing.pixel_y == shift_y))
-				. += thing
-
 //Step-towards method of determining whether one atom can see another. Similar to viewers()
 /proc/can_see(atom/source, atom/target, length=5) // I couldnt be arsed to do actual raycasting :I This is horribly inaccurate.
 	var/turf/current = get_turf(source)
@@ -764,30 +756,6 @@ Turf and target are separate in case you want to teleport some distance from a t
 		loc = loc.loc
 	return null
 
-/proc/pixel_shift_dir(var/dir, var/amount_x = 32, var/amount_y = 32) //Returns a list with pixel_shift values that will shift an object's icon one tile in the direction passed.
-	amount_x = min(max(0, amount_x), 32) //No less than 0, no greater than 32.
-	amount_y = min(max(0, amount_x), 32)
-	var/list/shift = list("x" = 0, "y" = 0)
-	switch(dir)
-		if(NORTH)
-			shift["y"] = amount_y
-		if(SOUTH)
-			shift["y"] = -amount_y
-		if(EAST)
-			shift["x"] = amount_x
-		if(WEST)
-			shift["x"] = -amount_x
-		if(NORTHEAST)
-			shift = list("x" = amount_x, "y" = amount_y)
-		if(NORTHWEST)
-			shift = list("x" = -amount_x, "y" = amount_y)
-		if(SOUTHEAST)
-			shift = list("x" = amount_x, "y" = -amount_y)
-		if(SOUTHWEST)
-			shift = list("x" = -amount_x, "y" = -amount_y)
-
-	return shift
-
 //For objects that should embed, but make no sense being is_sharp or is_pointed()
 //e.g: rods
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(can_embed_types, typecacheof(list(