[MIRROR] [MODULAR] Down By The River: Telepathy improvements & telepathic quirk #1930
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Original PR: NovaSector/NovaSector#603
About The Pull Request
Telepathy has kind of sucked for a while in terms of actually using it as a dedicated communication method. This PR includes a full rework of telepathy into a point-targeting ability (goodbye list targeting) with a right-click override for sending quick messages to the last target you spoke with, and an emote reply (*treply) so you can keybind replies to something that doesn't involve map clicks at all.
In addition, telepathy now shows a runechat message both above your head (the sender) and above the recipient's head, allowing telepathy chat to be read entirely via runechat. It comes from the recipient's head for them because the messages are in their mind.
And of course, the whole thing is autopunctuated. :)
There's now also a 0pt Telepathic quirk that either activates telepathy if it's in your roundstart genome or adds it as an unremovable, no cost mutation if it isn't. Espers rejoice!
How This Contributes To The Nova Sector Roleplay Experience
This makes playing roundstart psychics/psionicists and a whole slew of other concepts possible, and it also makes telepathy SIGNIFICANTLY less ass to actually use. Mind conversations for everyone!
Proof of Testing
Screenshots/Videos
Showcasing usability/point targeting improvements (both left click & right click) & emote reply:
dreamseeker_iELu0oEifz.mp4
Messaging from sender's perspective:
Messaging from recipient's perspective:
Changelog
🆑 yooriss
qol: The telepathy genetics mutation has had significant usability improvements: it is now point-targeting based, and right-clicking the power allows for quick resending to the same target, a feature mirrored by the new *treply emote. Telepathy now also shows runechat messages.
add: The Telepathic quirk has been added, allowing characters to start with an unremovable (or activated) telepathy mutation.
/:cl: