Additions to Medborg/Tweaks to Medborg

[Fortport]

[1]Even if you're a medical cyborg, you can't label beakers despite having a chemistry grabber, because a hand labeler won't work on them. We need pens.

[2]You cannot hook up IVs with blood bags, despite being able to move large beakers and so on.

[3]Cyborgs have trouble doing the very most basic things. Can't there be a little more leniency? I want to set boxes on tables, or use the right click "toggle open" verb!

[4]Medical cyborgs cannot open pill bottles, let alone take a pill out of them.

[5]Medborgs cannot open roller beds. Doctors use rollerbeds all the time.

[6]Medborgs cannot pick up anesthetic tanks, despite being expected to perform surgery. They also cannot pick up breath masks.

[7]Medborgs cannot open and remove objects from first-aid kits.

Balance aside, at least some of these issues are inconsistent with what they're expected to do. Some of them could be implemented, if not all.

Edited May 30, 2018 by Guest

[Lady Fowl]

Would it be possible to just code cyborgs to be able to use there hand instead of the gripper item?

[ben10083]

Would it be possible to just code cyborgs to be able to use there hand instead of the gripper item?

cyborgs have no hands, they have modules which sprout out of them (at least how I see it).

Overall, I agree with these changes, perhaps make a "medical gripper" for breathing masks, tanks, etc.

[Pratepresidenten]

[1]Even if you're a medical cyborg, you can't label beakers despite having a chemistry grabber, because a hand labeler won't work on them. We need pens.

[2]You cannot hook up IVs with blood bags, despite being able to move large beakers and so on.

[3]Cyborgs have trouble doing the very most basic things. Can't there be a little more leniency? I want to set boxes on tables, or use the right click "toggle open" verb!

[4]Medical cyborgs cannot open pill bottles, let alone take a pill out of them.

[5]Medborgs cannot open roller beds. Doctors use rollerbeds all the time.

[6]Medborgs cannot pick up anesthetic tanks, despite being expected to perform surgery. They also cannot pick up breath masks.

[7]Medborgs cannot open and remove objects from first-aid kits.

Balance aside, at least some of these issues are inconsistent with what they're expected to do. Some of them could be implemented, if not all.

 

A few clearer-uppers to some of your pointers.

1: Im not sure why you would ever need to label a beaker, unless its for labeling a virology antitode, but it would be a welcome addition I suppose.

2: This needs to be a thing. Make the chemgripper capable of picking up bloodbags.

3: Pretty sure borgs have the toggle open verb? For lockers, right? If not, then I dont think they would ever be able to get an open container dealio due to... Code?

4: Click the pillbottle box with an active chemgripper, it will pick one up from the box. It used to be take a pill from the bottle only, now its the opposite. Dont think they can do both due to code restrictions.

5: If you want to run with rollerbeds, you gotta pick the rescue module. A good borg makes due with what they got (Alternately ask someone!)

6: Would also be a welcome addition, I suppose? Although not needed due to your readily available dispenser of Tramadol and soporific from sleeperpods.

7: You already have a fix-all on you though. It aint a burnkit, but again, make do with what you've got (Tricord!)

Some of these would be a godsend though, bloodbag handling in particular!

[MrGodZilla]

Some of these seem like fair suggestions, though there's an issue with exactly how lenient you can be on borgs. On one hand, playing a medborg might be frustrating since you can't pick up certain things and operate without assistance, on the other, no borg is meant to have the capability to do every job in a department, and if they do, it's usually with some help.

Some of these seem pretty minuscule, if handling pill bottles is an issue, just make the chemical yourself in a bottle and store it in a syringe. As for roller beds, if the inability to open one is that bad, ask someone to open it for you, or just use rescue module. Anesthetics are an annoyance, but again, just ask the person to put them on themselves, or, if they can't, get someone else to help you, should all of that fail, pray that medical isn't a skeleton department next round.

A lot of these issues can be circumvented by getting others to help you, the only one I see that sounds okay is medborgs with pens, since labeling beakers is simple enough for anyone to be able to do.