Hi everyone! I’m currently working on (near-finished with) a massive PR that replaces PDAs with Tablet PDAs! They use the NtOS system, with all the features of an old PDA ported over.
Here’s the PR on GitHub if you want to take a look, but I’ll break it down here as well.
Essentially, every trace of old PDAs and cartridges has been removed.
Instead, we now have a subtype of tablet that can accept “Job Disks” (cartridges), that come pre-installed with the programs for your job, as well as some additional things like viruses (detomatix, clown virus), spam/message-everyone capabilities, or the Mime’s emoji-mode.
I’ve also tweaked some stuff to make tablets more usable as PDAs and feel more personalized. There’s now a theming menu in the “Settings” app (previously “Hardware Configuration”)
We now have many themes, including “Thinktronic Classic”, which will make your PR look just like it used to! Complete with full background color customizability.
You can now “Imprint” an ID into a tablet - this is the same as “Update PDA Info”.
All roundstart tablets have been removed in favor of the PDAs.
FULL CHANGELOG
del: Removed PDAs.
del: Removed round-start backpack tablets.
refactor: Due to a buyout and massive restructuring of Thinktronic Systems, all crew now start with tablets containing pre-installed programs for messaging, and programs for tasks previously done by PDAs.
add: Added themes to tablets in the Settings app.
tweak: Renamed Hardware Configuration to Settings.
code: Improved tablet flashlight UI interaction with cyborg code.
admin: Added logging to PDA bombs.
tweak: Brig physician now starts with a cartridge.
add: Added a locator app for janitors to find mops, cleanbots, and janicarts with.
fix: Improved ModPC behavior with sechuds showing the wrong HUD.
qol: You can now use holochips directly on a PDA/tablet to insert credits to the ID inside.
tweak: Tablet flashlight now uses movable lighting instead of jumping around
tweak: Tablets can be used while inside lockers.
code: Changed tablet program access requirements to support lists.
code: Added an emoji entry TGUI interface. For use with the mime PDA.
add: Emagging things now pops up a console window briefly for flavor.
add: Emagging a modPC now opens a slower console window and sets the theme to syndicate.
qol: The Cyborg Monitor now has a feedback sound when sending a message.
fix: Fixes PDA sent photos opening an undersized window.
tweak: Cyborg integrated tablet now has a button background.
tweak: AI now has a small integrated tablet only for sending messages.
qol: Added an improved photo selection TGUI menu, mainly for use by silicons.
fix: Photos now describe their dimensions properly.
fix: Photo descriptions no longer randomly place periods around.
fix: Photos can no longer describe invisible things.
add: Nukie tablets now start with the Remote Airlock Control program, for remotely interfacing with the infiltrator's blast door.
tweak: Regular cargo techs no longer have the Ore Silo logs in their PDA Cartridge. It's now locked to the QM.
add: Added a Log Viewer program for viewing ore silo and NTChat logs on the filesystem.
fix: Modular computers now correctly show visible_messages to the user if they are holding it.
So, check out the GitHub PR - and reply to this thread or the PR with anything you think should be considered in this. Any thoughts, ideas?
I’d love it if using emojis as a mime could be done by just clicking an emoji to put it into a message instead of typing it out, kinda like the Windows emoji system
does emagging the PDA unlock the DDOS and self destruct programs? (also does the DDOS program cut out PDA functionality cause that would make it actually useful)
Good question, for the classic theme, can we change the color of our text too?
In the end being able to change the color of the theme regardless of which one would be preferable
