This week brings a lot of new content. There are a bunch of new grenades available to both security officers and syndicate agents. Atmos has been rebalanced in various areas, such as destroying pipes, turning gas into a liquid, and removing the plasma gas miner. New DNA additions have created additional ways to uncover a crime scene, and many more additions, fixes, and quality of life improvements.

Patch Notes

Additions

- Added Poppy the Safety Opposum! - Chemistry now has vials, similar to bottles but are much more durable. - Added brother of cak - bread dog! 5 cognizine, sausage bread, animal heart, cooked spaceshrooms and 15 second in microwave = bread dog. - A variety of chemicals can now be decomposed via electrolysis or centrifugal force. - Added 9 new cargo bounties! - Lawyers, librarians and reporters now spawn with a luxury pen in their PDA. - Scientists can now fabricate faux grass planet and ice tiles with a tier 2 civilian services research! They're just as good as the real thing, while being removable. - Added tear gas grenades to the SecTech and security belts, use them to control riots. - Added smoke grenades to the syndicate uplink for 1 TC, they create a large smoke cloud to provide cover for your heinous activities. - Smaller explosions now make a distinct sound compared to larger ones. - You will now hear a reverbed explosion sound effect for explosions that are far away from you. - Explosion visuals now last slightly longer - Added 2 new artifact effect: attraction and repulsion - Added hypodart into uplink. It is capable of piercing armor and injecting up to 7u reagents. - Added the electrolysis unit and the centrifuge. These will be used for chemistry in the future. - Chaplains can smack their bible on water to create holy water. - Added Charges information to action tooltips for actions with charges - Added commands to upgrade actions. - Added the Action Upgrade System - used to upgrade specific actions! - Crusher Glaives can be made with the Salvage Weapons technology. - Discord bot Changelog now includes hyperlinks to the PRs. - Extended emergency nitrogen tanks can now be found on the station. - Added gas condensers. These machines are available at the circuit imprinter and can convert gases into liquids. Tasty! - Incendiary grenades, Shrapnel grenades, Cluster grenades and the Slipocalypse ClusterSoap are now available in the syndicate uplink, clowns also get a Clusterbanana in their uplink. - Stinger grenades and ClusterBangs are now available in sectech. - A new type of grenade has been developed, these grenades release a spray of bullets instead of exploding: Shrapnel grenade, Stinger grenade and Incendiary grenade. - Added a new "uneven" hair style. - Ninjas and Nukies now get new sprites for their pinpointers. - RD now has a custom-made lab coat. - Added the ability to toggle on and off the Discord Rich Presence. - Added a General settings tab, and moved a bunch of options into it. - You can drag items out of the inventory window to drop them on the ground. - CentCom has begun unceremoniously plucking Mothroaches out of Maintenance and selling them to nearby Space Stations after the discovery that they make decent pets. - Added the artifact crusher to research! Crush things today! - Added info to botany guidebook entry. - Familiar Garbs may now appear as maintenance loot. - Added yellow tinted jensen glasses that may show up in maints from time to time. - Beer goggles can now scan solutions. - Added cosmetic sunglasses to the clothesmate. - Arrivals is now stationed on a planet. - Added 4 new HUD themes: Plasmafire, Slimecore, Clockwork, and Retro. - Hardsuit helmets added to chameleon menu - Added black gloves to the clothesmate - Added two eye scar markings for humans and dwarves.

Tweaks

- Opossums have received some new sprites. Old sprites are still available to be spawned in by admins. - Everyone can toggle fire alarms now, not just atmos. - Resprited the Kammerer, Double-Barrel, and Enforcer shotguns using sprites courtesy of /tg/station. - Chefs get black pepper packets in their lockers. - Crayons boxes now hold a white crayon. - Chasms no longer spawn on lava expeditions. - Borgs can wear hats now. Time to get festive! - Cyborg jobs now start with a positronic brain. - Artistic toolboxes now have a filled variant that can be found in maintenance occasionally. - The flare gun now explodes, damages and stuns the player when used with wrong ammo - Open tanks will no longer make noise at very low release pressure. - Soap and rags can be used to clean evidence off of items, but leave evidence of their own.. - Melee weapons that deal blunt/slash/pierce damage transfer DNA - Implanters, syringes, hyposprays, medipens, and cigarettes transfer DNA. - Gibbed body parts contain their victim's DNA. - Reptilians no longer innately take 30% less heat damage. - Mercury poisoning now causes stuttering. - Acidifier now has a sprite effect. - Mothroach crates are now twice as expensive - Explosive banana peels are now more dangerous. - Plasma and tritium fires spread more slowly and are now more survivable. - Cybersun and centcom pens can now edit stamped paper. - Some jetpacks can be now worn in more slots. - Added fill visuals to Hot Chocolate - Pill canisters are slightly better than cig packs, go talk to the chemists. - Sec belt holds sidearms and sidearm ammo. - The syndie holster now holds the guns you always wanted it to. - Jar now fills. - Cig Cartons are slightly smaller. - Cigar cases can now hold Small items. - Pipes now have slightly bigger bowls! (30u) - Long guns are now actually long. - syndicate pens now come in suitably sized discarding boxes. - Mops are now larger! - Defibs are now larger! - Mayo Jar is bigger (50u) - Tritium and frezon can once again be sold for profit. - Removed Senior Researcher, Senior Engineer, Senior Physician, and Senior Officer. - Pumps, vents, scrubbers, and heaters now work faster. - Pacified players can no longer throw dangerous objects such as spears, bolas, and bottles. - Stations no longer produce limitless plasma. Plasma refills can now be ordered at cargo. - Removed the Handheld Electrical Propulsion technology and its associated item, tasers, from research. - Syndicate duffel bags heavily protect their items from explosions, and regular bags have minor protection. - Musician and Bartender now have cosmetic sunglasses. - The modernized HUD theme has been renamed to "Eris." - The default HUD theme is now Classic. The old default HUD theme still exists under the name - The kobold ear marking has received a new sprite. - Emergency light radius and energy is now much lower. - Emergency lights no longer make sound - Pipes now leak their contents when destroyed. Make sure to drain pipes before removing them.

Fixes

- Ejecting a tank from a canister will now try to put it in your hand first. - Fix map boundaries not pushing you back. - The guidebook now shows you if a chemical's recipe needs an alternative mixing method, such as a chaplain's blessing or electrolysis. - Fixed spray nozzle not getting ammo from the back pack tank. - A dying person's Last Words can no longer be sent to radio channels. - Fixed secret doors not requiring metal rods - Fix arrivals fog not actually blocking, no more free roaming. - Incapacitated mobs can no longer be shoved for a speed boost. [previewyoutube=Nj6DCHZjmos;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2023-12-18 12:46:21 CET ] [ Original post ]