Minor Suggestions

Miauw · Post by **Miauw** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:30 pm #102928

Bottom post of the previous page:

Marflow wrote:Additional virus icons
Currently the icon for being infected is always the same regardless of the virus. It would be nice if there were at least 3 versions of the icon to show clearly if the virus is going to melt your face off while you're honking in your own puddle of blood, mildly annoying cough or full on regenerative stimulant virus, something simple like red sadface, yellow neutral face and green/blue happy face. The icon would be determined by the most harmful symptom in the bunch, there'd be no point trying to make elaborate algorithm to determine if all 3 viruses are overall good/neutral/bad.

somebody tried this but it was denied i dont remember why

Gun Hog · Post by **Gun Hog** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:11 pm #102980

Miauw wrote:
Marflow wrote:Additional virus icons
Currently the icon for being infected is always the same regardless of the virus. It would be nice if there were at least 3 versions of the icon to show clearly if the virus is going to melt your face off while you're honking in your own puddle of blood, mildly annoying cough or full on regenerative stimulant virus, something simple like red sadface, yellow neutral face and green/blue happy face. The icon would be determined by the most harmful symptom in the bunch, there'd be no point trying to make elaborate algorithm to determine if all 3 viruses are overall good/neutral/bad.
somebody tried this but it was denied i dont remember why

https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/pull/1068

It seems that Giacom did not like the way it was coded, and closed it. It is certainly doable, though. We could try again with better code.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:30 pm #103012

Clowns should be a mutant race and require breathing N2O to live

Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:15 am

Malkevin wrote:Clowns should be a mutant race and require breathing N2O to live

Wrong thread

oneechan · Post by **oneechan** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:32 am #103349

Chemical like the acids we currently have, in that it melts clothes layers off, but doesn't do any damage ("Your <body part> feels warm and tingly").

Xhuis · Post by **Xhuis** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 3:07 pm #103435

oneechan wrote:Chemical like the acids we currently have, in that it melts clothes layers off, but doesn't do any damage ("Your <body part> feels warm and tingly").

erp is banned silly

Jacough · Post by **Jacough** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 3:12 pm #103437

Being on fire should cause your hair to burn off over time if you're not wearing fireproof gear. After a minute of being on fire you go completely bald and maybe get a bit of flavor text as well. Great for trolling people who prefer super kawaii long hair

oneechan · Post by **oneechan** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:25 pm #103477

Xhuis wrote:
oneechan wrote:Chemical like the acids we currently have, in that it melts clothes layers off, but doesn't do any damage ("Your <body part> feels warm and tingly").
erp is banned silly

This would be just in case ERP is unbanned

One Seven One · Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:21 am

Using a soul shard/wizard shard on a body should ping the owner that someone is attempting to steal their soul.

Emagging a cryo tube could open up a secret compartment for chemicals so they won't show up on the chemical list. It would only stay open for a few seconds and would have to be emagged again to get it out. Could be a bit broken if someone managed to get a bluespace beaker full of poly-acid in there.

newfren · Post by **newfren** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:17 am #103571

One Seven One wrote:Using a soul shard/wizard shard on a body should ping the owner that someone is attempting to steal their soul.

Emagging a cryo tube could open up a secret compartment for chemicals so they won't show up on the chemical list. It would only stay open for a few seconds and would have to be emagged again to get it out. Could be a bit broken if someone managed to get a bluespace beaker full of poly-acid in there.

You wouldn't need a bluespace beaker, a regular beaker would still take ages to empty out. If it's a large beaker it would probably last all round.

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:02 pm #103692

What do you guys think about giving changelings a mindswapesque ability?

Mindswap rounds are fun as fuck and don't happen nearly as often as they should imo

Incoming · Post by **Incoming** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:02 pm #103694

I could dig it, but it probably shouldn't be as clean as mindswap

Remie Richards · Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:11 pm

>Mindswapsting
>Incriminate guy
>Get them burned in your body
Rinse and repeat.

It should be something involved, it should require a grab but perhaps the ability should start them off with the grab, but essentially they have to keep the person in place to swap with them.
it should almost DEFINITELY be quicker than an absorb.

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:34 pm #103704

Ye, requiring at least a passive grab would make it harder to swap with security.

I'm mostly looking for a way to swap identities without having to fiddle with inventory on top of it.

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:49 pm #103712

I forget whether I've posted this already, but it'd be cool if the seeds in the garden were randomized

One Seven One · Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:05 pm

Oh, that would be horrible with even a few units of poison in that case. It'd probably be easier to get it out by deconstructing the entire cryopod.

I would like to see changelings getting a different way to swap identities that could lead to chaos. A mindswap type of ability could be fun.
Imagine it, you have someone buckle cuffed and pull out your arm blade and swap minds with them. Instantly call for help and get them cremated.

What if lings could get some kind of implant ability? Think xenomorph chest burster but the signs would only show up when the ling that implanted them died.
If a ling implanted the corpse of their victim and it stays in the morgue, they could burst as one of those little ling creatures and burrow in to a nearby corpse or escape through the vents.

Zaffre · Post by **Zaffre** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:42 pm #103947

Make the freezer actually cold and if you stay in there too long without warm clothes,( ie: wintercoat / puff jacket which would be located either inside the freezer or hanging up by the sinsink,) you can freeze to death, get frostbite / hypothermia or something like cryosting would happen to you.

I try and do this every round I get atoms tech.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:00 pm #103956

It used to be cold, as did t-comms.

I think it got removed because it lagged the server.

Not-Dorsidarf · Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:46 pm

Seeing as the entirety of centcomm is now simulated for the whole round, the freezer being cold can probbably come back.
Also tcomms is still cold, I think. It is on meta, anyway.

Gun Hog · Post by **Gun Hog** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:38 am #104098

The Malfunction powers Upgrade Camera and Reactivate Camera should both affect the entire camera network, and have the costs somewhat increased to reflect that. Right now, upgrade camera is pretty much useless and Reactivate Camera is limited in its worth!

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:37 pm #104288

I was thinking Changelings could use their stings on empty containers to fill them up and re-purpose them in a more "deniable" way. Like filling up a container with a mix of mute, cryo and blind stings then harvesting the mixture with syringes and prepping a syringe gun for tacticool maintenance hunting. It would also give Lings a desire for the Rapid-Fire syringe gun that can be made in science.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:58 pm #104295

And then Xeno bio could hold captive lings to milk their extracts...

FUND IT!

Zaffre · Post by **Zaffre** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:00 pm #104354

Blood, vomit and other mess around the station should have a chance to make you slip, or if it's dried get stuck to your shoes to make you slower, giving a reason for the janitor not to suicide at round start. Also large pools of blood should be 100% chance of slip.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:06 pm #104356

Blood should have the lowest chance, oil the highest.

Reimoo · Post by **Reimoo** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:33 pm #104734

Being on fire or being near an explosion should produce an overlay effect on things, similar to how bloody items are.

One Seven One · Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:37 am

To go along with traitor's disguise items.

A 'Poster' that works like a C4.
Set the timer amd plaster it around in hopes that your target will walk near it or set the timer and have people wonder why everything is suddenly blowing up.

A pack of cigarettes that prevent you from tripping alarms, making break ins a little easier.

A single 'cigarette' that you can turn off or on, when on it'll prevent anyone from seeing you on the cameras.

What if we could throw a voice analyzer in to Beepsky and have him arrest anyone for saying certain words or phrases? Imagine that security actually interrogated traitors and managed to get their code words to throw in to beepsky. Maybe the captain has gone mad and is arresting anyone for saying the word "Condom." Maybe the HoS is arresting anyone reading Woody's Got Wood.

Not-Dorsidarf · Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:25 am

One Seven One wrote: A single 'cigarette' that you can turn off or on, when on it'll prevent anyone from seeing you on the cameras.

This is what Agent Cards should do, only the good coders are busy and I'm a bit shit at coding stuff like that.

Luke Cox · Post by **Luke Cox** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:29 am #105039

Make significant cult runes like summon narsie glow or something so cultists know to get the fuck around it

Gun Hog · Post by **Gun Hog** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:57 am #105066

Luke Cox wrote:Make significant cult runes like summon narsie glow or something so cultists know to get the fuck around it

Get me sprites!

Screemonster · Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:29 pm

Surgery needs a box of those dog cone things to put on everyone lizards and catpeople after surgery.

Not-Dorsidarf · Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:07 pm

ahahahahahahah

TheNightingale · Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:59 pm

You should be able to rename the agent ID card, and use a voice changer like the changeling's power (by typing in the name).

callanrockslol · Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:16 am

Make the huge scrubbers science has be able to be made or at least put more of them around, they are the shit

TheNightingale · Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:50 pm

We need an admin button that turns all Assistants (or anyone who spawned as an Assistant, at least) into drones.

One Seven One · Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:11 am

New Wizard spells

Fortify
Give you a shield that absorbs 20 damage. Can stack up to 60 or 100.

Raise dead
All corpses in an EMP radius come back as NPC zombies.

Summon Skeleton
Spawns two NPC skeletons near you.

Grease
Greases (Lubes) tiles in front of you in a 3x3 radius

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:20 pm #107200

Raise bread

All tortillas in an EMP range turn to bread slices

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:38 pm #107217

Traitor Uplinks should have a self-destruct function that produces a small explosion when used. Simply unlock it, set the self-destruct timer and explosion size (from smaller than C4-sized all the way to just a bit larger than C4-sized) at the top of the menu and get rid of it before it blows up. The countdown can be stopped and keeps counting down even if re-locked.
Possible uses would include: Using it as a last-chance grenade, placing it on a body to gib them if you're willing to lose your PDA or as a possible break out measure ahead of time if you've been brigged or perma'd (but would come with the consequence of destroying your stuff in the locker).

One Seven One · Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:17 am

Wizard scroll case:
Maybe it could be a re-skinned dufflebag?

The scroll case has a few one time use scroll that destroy themselves when used but have stronger variants of spells.

Lighting bolt Scroll: Fires three lightning bolts instead of one.
Disable Technology Scroll: Disabled tech explodes
Mind Swap Scroll: Swaps the minds of everyone in range
Blind Scroll: Something like a stronger flashbang
Repulse scroll: Flings enemies and items away while making a forcewall barrier around the wizard
Animation scroll: All items in a short radius come alive

Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:33 am

give lings an ability that costs 2 genomes that causes chems to regenerate even faster, and it stacks with chem glands

EndgamerAzari · Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:11 pm

A researchable bola-launcher. Trips those hit by it and applies (relatively) easy-to-remove shackles.

Screemonster · Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:07 am

EndgamerAzari wrote:A researchable bola-launcher. Trips those hit by it and applies (relatively) easy-to-remove shackles.

Go the 70's BSG route and make LASER BOLAS.

Gun Hog · Post by **Gun Hog** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:09 pm #108661

Give the AI the same reticule that advanced camera consoles and blob overminds have. It is wonderful having a centered reference point so the user knows exactly where the camera mob is.

EasX · Post by **EasX** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:18 pm #108676

Gun Hog wrote:Give the AI the same reticule that advanced camera consoles and blob overminds have. It is wonderful having a centered reference point so the user knows exactly where the camera mob is.

Hell yes to this.

+1

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:06 pm #109037

Please make the shoulder holster able to hold shotgun shells. As bartender i like to saw off my shotgun and keep it in there for maximum tacticool, and being able to use the other two slots for a full load of ammo would be nice

invisty · Post by **invisty** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 4:57 am #109241

Emag idea: Let us put it in the ID slot so we can slaughter airlocks.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:04 am #109272

Really?? You want to make the emag even more powerful? Are you dumb?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:16 am #109285

I like it, if only because it pisses off a security player

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:06 pm #109751

How about being able to combine body armour with certain other exosuits like firesuits, biosuits and winter coats (except Security coats as they already have protection I believe) via table-crafting. Body armour is not very common and if you're a non-antag you can ask cargo to order a crate and have security hand a few out to departments that might need them. Like doctors running as paramedics, who might need the extra protection, or scientists working the EXPERIMENTER (for god knows what reason). Radsuits should be doable too which could make them viable protection against Abductors since their default weapon is radiation-based while still giving you protection if they steal e-guns from the armoury. It's a minor thing and it should be obvious on examining and on people's sprites that their exosuit is modified.

As a bonus, you could make it combinable with bulletproof armour, but not the other specialised armours. Riot armour is already an extensive exosuit and Ablative looks too advanced to mess around with without breaking it.

TrustyGun · Post by **TrustyGun** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:28 pm #109766

A balloon item you can get from arcade machines, you can click on it to fill it up with air, or you can fill it up with reagents, and when thrown act like a mini smoke bomb that covers 2x2 tiles.

Cheimon · Post by **Cheimon** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:43 am #109864

TrustyGun wrote:A balloon item you can get from arcade machines, you can click on it to fill it up with air, or you can fill it up with reagents, and when thrown act like a mini smoke bomb that covers 2x2 tiles.

The day balloons become a dangerous weapon is the day people start arresting those with balloons.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:51 am #109867

Cheimon wrote:The day balloons become a dangerous weapon is the day people start arresting those with balloons.

You mean Security doesn't already arrest you for having a Syndie balloon?