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Rework disease outbreak event
What Does This PR Do
Splits the disease outbreak event into mundane, moderate and major versions. Removes the level 7 biohazard announcement Reworks the random advanced disease generation to make a disease with a severity that fits the event level. Makes the event infect a new arrival instead of a random person on the station level. That person becomes an infectious carrier, but unaffected by the disease itself. Fixes buggy random disease generation ( Fixes #13787 )
Why It's Good For The Game
Removal of the level 7 biohazard announcement provides plausible deniability for antagonist virologists. Makes mild diseases more common, making the virologists job a bit more important. Infecting a new arrival instead of a person on the station no longer has the potential to screw up a random antags run. And it is more realistic.
Testing
Tested locally. Works as intended as far as I can tell.
Notes
A test merge might be useful to test if the chosen values and diseases make sense
Changelog
:cl: uc_guy fix: Fixed randomly generated viruses showing incorrect cures and spread methods. del: Removed Level 7 Biohazard annoucement. tweak: The disease outbreak event now can appear in multiple severities. tweak: Disease outbreak event infects a new arrival instead of a random person. That person becomes an infectious carrier, but unaffected by the disease itself. /:cl:
I don't like the idea of infecting new arrivals instead of a random person. Not everyone is located close to this server. Sometimes it takes me a long time to connect and for everything to load. Giving new arrivals diseases such as brainrot is not good when they might have to reconnect and fix issues. If anything I think we should protect new arrivals more than antags. You shouldnt be screwed over the moment you connect to the server. I also dislike the idea of virologists setting up booths close to the arrivals shuttle to cure newly arrived people.
I do however love the idea of removing the level 7 announcement and making the event have different levels. This will make the viro role more interesting.
Yeah, connection issues are a valid issue. I'll see if I can work around that.
As for virologists setting up booths in arrivals. That is quite unlikely. What are they going to do, sit there for the most of the round on the off chance the disease outbreak event triggers?
Yeah, connection issues are a valid issue. I'll see if I can work around that.
As for virologists setting up booths in arrivals. That is quite unlikely. What are they going to do, sit there for the most of the round on the off chance the disease outbreak event triggers?
It's the new viro meta.
- Make sure your middlename is Norton
- Make virus
- Camp arrivals until virus spawn
Alright, I have fixed the new arrival problematic: Now the infected person becomes a carrier. Unaffected by the disease, but still able to spread it.
This way we still have the intended effect of introducing a new virus to the station without griefing new arrivals that might have connection issues.
Alright, I have fixed the new arrival problematic: Now the infected person becomes a carrier. Unaffected by the disease, but still able to spread it.
This way we still have the intended effect of introducing a new virus to the station without griefing new arrivals that might have connection issues.
I love this idea, but carriers can still infect other new arrivals that happen to connect at the same time. It's still a nice change imo.
I love this idea, but carriers can still infect other new arrivals that happen to connect at the same time. It's still a nice change imo.
At that point they're just unlucky imo. They could aswell have caught it from someone infected who happened to be walking through arrivals, or spawned in a breached shuttle.
