MO_oNyMan Posted May 13, 2018 Posted May 13, 2018 The feature adressed here will be newspapers (printed from the newscasters) and some thoughts on how to make them a bit better of a thing. Currently there's absolutely nothing signifying someone is reading a newspaper. Sprite doesn't change and it looks like you're holding it under your armpit regardless of whether you're reading it or not. Using it in your active hand opens a pop-up window with articles. So the suggestion is to implement an opened mode for newspapers with a new sprite. Using the newspaper in your hand would toggle between open mode and closed mode (each with separate sprite). In closed mode (holding the newspaper under your armpit) examining the newspaper returns a generic description of it. In opened mode (sprite with newspaper opened covering upper body and face) examining the newspaper would allow you to read it and turn pages. Moreover, newspapers in opened mode act like facewear, covering your identity and allowing antags to blend in with a fake id more easily. To somewhat offset the slight memery of the face cover feature i'd say it should work only on a 2+ tiles distance, allowing people standing right next to the newspaper infiltrator to look through his cunning disguise
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