Swarmer

Tiny machines made by an ancient civilization, they seek only to consume materials and replicate.

Tiny robots which, while not lethal, seek to destroy station components in order to recycle them into more swarmers. Sentient player swarmers spawn from a beacon spawned in maintenance and they can spawn melee swarmers to protect them. Swarmers have the following abilities:

• Can melee targets to deal stamina damage. Stuns cyborgs.
• Can teleport friend and foe alike away using ctrl + click. Applies binds to carbons, preventing them from immediate retaliation
• Can shoot lasers which deal stamina damage to carbons and direct damage to simple mobs
• Can self repair for free, completely healing themselves
• Can construct traps which stun targets, and walls which block non-swarmer entites and projectiles
• Can create swarmer drones, which lack the above abilities sans melee stunning targets. A swarmer can order its drones around by middle-clicking a tile.

Var Details

dronelist

List used for player swarmers to keep track of their drones

last_alert

Prevents alert spam

max_resources

Maximum amount of resources a swarmer can store

resources

Resource points, generated by consuming metal/glass

swarmer_flags

Bitflags to store boolean conditions, such as whether the light is on or off.

Proc Details

AttackingTarget

CTRL CLICK FOR SWARMERS AND SWARMER_ACT()'S

Fabricate

Called when a swarmer creates a structure or drone

Proc called whenever a swarmer creates a structure or drone Arguments:

• fabrication_object - The atom to create
• fabrication_cost - How many resources it costs for a swarmer to create the object

Integrate

Called when a swarmer attempts to consume an object

Proc which determines interaction between a swarmer and whatever it is attempting to consume Arguments:

• target - The material or object the swarmer is attempting to consume

contact_swarmers

Proc which is used for inputting a swarmer message

Proc which is used for a swarmer to input a message on a pop-up box, then attempt to send that message to the other swarmers

create_barricade

Called when a swarmer attempts to create a barricade

Proc used to allow a swarmer to create a barricade. Checks if a barricade is on the tile, then if the swarmer can afford it, and then will attempt to create a barricade after a second delay.

create_swarmer

Called when a swarmer attempts to create a drone

Proc used to allow a swarmer to create a drone. Checks if the swarmer can afford the drone, then creates it after 5 seconds, and also registers it to the creating swarmer so it can command it

create_trap

Called when a swarmer attempts to create a trap

Proc used to allow a swarmer to create a trap. Checks if a trap is on the tile, then if the swarmer can afford, and then places the trap.

dis_integrate

Called when a swarmer attempts to destroy a structure

Proc which determines interaction between a swarmer and a structure it is destroying Arguments:

• target - The material or object the swarmer is attempting to destroy

dismantle_machine

Called when a swarmer attempts to disassemble a machine

Proc called when a swarmer attempts to disassemble a machine. Destroys the machine, and gives the swarmer metal. Arguments:

• target - The machine the swarmer is attempting to disassemble

environment_check

/END CTRL CLICK FOR SWARMERS//// Checks whether a target atom is safe to deconstruct.

prepare_target

Called when a swarmer attempts to teleport a living entity away

Proc which finds a safe location to teleport a living entity to when a swarmer teleports it away. Also energy handcuffs carbons. Arguments:

• target - The entity the swarmer is trying to teleport away

remove_drone

Removes a drone from the swarmer's list.

Removes the drone from our list. Called specifically when a drone is about to be destroyed, so we don't have any null references. Arguments:

• mob/drone - The drone to be removed from the list.

repair_self

Called when a swarmer attempts to repair itself

Proc used to allow a swarmer self-repair. If the swarmer does not move after a period of time, then it will heal fully

swarmer_chat

Proc which is used for swarmer comms

Proc called which sends a message to all other swarmers. Arugments:

• msg - The message the swarmer is sending, gotten from ContactSwarmers()

swarmer_type_to_create

Used to determine what type of swarmer a swarmer should create

Returns the type of the swarmer to be created

toggle_light

Called when a swarmer toggles its light

Proc used to allow a swarmer to toggle its light on and off. If a swarmer has any drones, change their light settings to match their master's.