Mapping holopads #33916
Labels
A: General Interactions
Area: General in-game interactions that don't relate to another area.
A: Mapping
Area: Maps, or tools used for mapping
A: Roleplay/Lore
Area: Roleplay aspects or content that primarily target the game's lore, rather than mechanics
D2: Medium
Difficulty: A good amount of codebase knowledge required.
P1: High
Priority: Higher priority than other items, but isn't an emergency.
S: Requires Content PR
Status: Requires a change to SS14, for which there is no open PR currently.
T: New Feature
Type: New feature or content, or extending existing content
T: Of Admin Interest
Type: Affects administration work a lot, and might require admins to weigh in on
With the merging of PR #32711, holopads are now available to be mapped
There are three prototype variants available for mapping: 'holopad', 'long-range holopad', and 'quantum entangling holopad'. The first can contact any holopad on the same map; this should be the most commonly used holopad on the station. The second can only contact other long-range holopads that are on another map; these are to be used for communication between ships and/or stations. The third has unlimited range and should be used very sparingly; it should be largely restricted to admemes and/or the nukie planet (so nukies can taunt the crew ahead of their arrival during war ops :P)
Holopads can be used by any person, though emergency broadcasts require command-level access to initiate; this restriction can be altered/removed through the access reader component on the holopad. Note that quantum entangling holopads do not have any access restrictions by default
When placing a holopad, make sure to rename it. The easiest way is to use a labeller, or through adding a label component. A label will automatically update the title of the holopad UI as well as its entry in the call list (see below for an example)
Mappers can add as many holopads as they see fit to a map. Note that holopads have a listening range of four tiles and that during emergency broadcasts all holopads in range will be activated by the broadcaster, so don't place holopads too close together or there could be a lot of message spamming in the player feeds
Maps which have been updated
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