Vox Race #21275
Vox Race #21275
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What license were these sprites sourced from and how will the license be complied with (if necessary)? |
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@ynot01 these current sprites are newer polished sprites by @Alecksohs from Paradise, which is AGPL-3.0 |
From Paradise README.md
Please source the commit and/or pull request these originated from on Paradise |
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Whats the reasoning behind a bunch of their internal organs being robotic? |
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Okay I'm a big fan of new races, and of ye enthusiasm to make this PR despite some of the eyebrows raised on the discord. I'd say the most interesting thing they have going for them is the cybernetic stuff. Otherwise, They're really not that far gameplay-wise from being a lizard with augments. I'm not familiar with how interesting/different the races are on other servers, but I'm not sure if people would find this to be an interesting addition to the roster. |
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@ynot01 added to OP @Moltijoe the lore on servers is different, but something that they all have in common is that Vox are semi-synthetic and are somewhat "created" by a more intelligent species based on the DNA of an ancient race This code is somewhat from Oracle, which based their Vox on Paradise's one. On Para when you get EMPed as Vox you get stunned for a while, your movement gets screwed up like Ling Res Shriek, and other effects @AMyriad they used to have low pressure resistance, and a little tackle ability on Bay/Paradise before it was removed due to balance concerns This is still very much WIP. I'd like to get the barebones species/clothing/etc. sprites all in first and I don't mind adding any unique stuff from other servers or people's ideas |
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final commit name = pr name. you dont have to care about any other commit names |
ah, so basically preterni |
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@GenericDM look its your favorite race |
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why bird people.... we have fly-people & mothpeople. |
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an entirely new race to write lore for? delightful |
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I cannot condone adding these monstrosities when foxgirls (far better) weren't added. |
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Honestly, I think these guys might make a good donator species. |
Donator species cant have unique mechanics that could potentially be seen as an upside |
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ok fine they're growing on me |
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Nothing unique about them, its all just repurposed stuff from other races, even the lore.
good one. Low hanging fruit, wont bother.
Confusion as a downside is incredibly minimal, but at least its something I guess.
yeah they are lol. Good try though. Unique =/= good. snowflake stuff is usually really annoying to work with. In its current state it looks like we are going to have to re-sprite at least every form of shoe they can wear, and probably a lot of uniforms and hats too. That alone is one of my biggest concerns. Plus it makes it harder for new stuff to be made given same. |
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@MajManatee Already said this in discord but just putting it here too for the record vox already has more than hundreds of sprites from all baycode servers they are not repurposed from other races, the vox race was made in 2013 before most other races even existed its a very very popular race on paradise, /vg/, urist, aurora, so saying it will be unplayed is just assuming, because i guarantee you it will be played. some dude in this discord already said he cant wait to play it the vox culture is not low hanging fruit, people DO RP about the culture and lore. people mention the IC vox lore like the skipjack and shoal all the time on pretty much every server they're on and yes they are not a furry race. if vox are furry then are fishpeople furry? are lizards furry? are polysmorph furry? is anything that isnt synthetic or a modified human furry? and for your sprite concerns again you dont have to sprite something specifically for vox. you can just restrict them from wearing it in the code if you don't feel like spriting something. its no big deal its something that you have to accept if you play a uniquely shaped race |
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Hi, this was personally approved by me that we'd at least give him the time of day to test this on yogs. For all intents and purposes, barring lack of work or obvious programming issues this is going to be at least testmerged. Criticizing his idea or squandering his ability isn't going to get it closer to that goal, and is thus unneeded. |
honestly im just bored of animal x human. Be nice to have a different kind of race but w/e 3rd race with wings lets go |
It's surprisingly hard to think of any interesting races. |
I guess it also seems silly to do considering the current races are still getting patches to tweak their balance. We also had jelly race which was cool but was left to rot cause fuk that. Just saying a third race with wings isnt really that great. Rather we have golem race cause at least its minerals x humanoid. |
…t, robo satchel back sprite, renamed some icon states
mesonhealth by me maint loot, vox lang tweaks, limbgrower vox fixes, species box null list fix, undergarments species sprite fix
…sprites based on id instead of name, human footprint sprite considers species_id of legs, update_icons.dm more based on specific bodyparts
…medic, robotics, chief engineer | vox sprites by falcon2346
brig phys labcoat and mining medic labcoat by me
…missing vox hardsuits and new TG vox biosuits by paradise and me
…n glasses, mob can equip proc fix
… code in favor of added tg versions
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Why add another variable for this when we have TRAIT_HUSK?
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reason for this was TG parity, in their current implementation, body parts have this var/is_husked and most husk rendering logic works off that
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| draw_color = mutation_color || species_color || (skin_tone && skintone2hex(skin_tone)) | ||
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Why not check if the limb's owner is husked directly instead of needing a new variable for it? You can't de-husk individual limbs anyway.
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IIRC the reason for this was so that surgically removed/gibbed husk limbs retain the husk coloration
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IIRC the reason for this was so that surgically removed/gibbed husk limbs retain the husk coloration
Attaching it to any other body will revert it back to normal anyway, retaining the husk coloration after dismemberment would imply that it doesn't which would be confusing.
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only worthwhile if we port tg's bodyparty and organ refactor
and as of yet i don't see a benefit
more checks before doing husk coloration
added dark pixels (rgb edge + #080808) to vox eye sockets to prevent transparency weirdness such as seeing turfs through head sprite commented some vars and procs, removed redundant parts_to_husk list
Special Thanks
Falcon2346 from /vg/station for spriting a lot of Vox specific clothing, such as the artist, mining medic, clerk, rsecurity, robotics, paramedic, engineer, atmos, chief engieer uniforms; the labcoat and chem labcoat, the winterhood
Adds the famous Vox race (originally from Baystation, added in ~2013), and found on many servers like Shiptest or Paradise or /vg/
Vox are a race of nitrogen-breathing aliens. Originally a tight-knit species who lived aboard arkships, they now find themselves working on Nanotrasen space stations.
Why is this good for the game?
This is a classic and well-loved race, and the original v1 Vox are only available on Baycode servers [and Daedalus Dock]
This is the FIRST TIME (apart from DD) where this epic race is on TG code
And this is the most feature complete Vox port. While the older TG ports are fine, they always forget to port clothing, don't add support for customization, or don't add the little things like the Vox plushie.
They have a unique alien shape and culture, leading to more engaging and fun RP.
They are NOT a furry race, the race was made before people started SS13 furry servers like skyrat and citadel, and there are absolutely no furry/sexual features.
Feel free to suggest features or general neat stuff to add to the race
Code-wise, need to make it modular (does it need to be?), and clean up the code a little
Pics
What about Vox Raiders?
The Vox Raiders spacesuits are in, I am kind of burnt out just by adding the race though. I definitely want to add in Vox Raiders as a subcategory of Pirates, with their special weapons like the Spike Thrower and their Skipjack ship. Maybe the Vox Armalis too? But most other servers don't have a functional Vox Raiders yet so you're not missing out (yet).
Oak's words echoed; "There's a time and place for everything, but not now!"
Changelog
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add: The Head of Personnel has received job applications from the Vox Shoal
add: Check out the cool flags in the Gift Vendor!
add: Mimes FINALLY get their own hugbox!
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Credits
Zuhayr from Bay for creating the race, /vg/ and Paradise for maintaining it, Oracle devs for porting it to TGcode first,
JuptyrKat and Kapu1178 for porting it to more recent TGcode
New Vox sprites from ParadiseSS13/Paradise#23502
Edited by me because there were a LOT of sprite errors in there, (good quality art though, just incomplete cropping)
Vox signaltech uniform done by me
Special Thanks
Falcon2346 from /vg/station for spriting a lot of Vox specific clothing, such as the artist, mining medic, clerk, rsecurity, robotics, paramedic, engineer, atmos, chief engieer uniforms; the labcoat and chem labcoat, the winterhood