Set Status on PDA

[Fortport]

Just like the title says. There are a lot of times I wish I could set a status on my PDA so that people know if I'm currently working, on my lunch break, or in some project. You see the status of the person from the crew manifest and also if you're messaging them, and can set your status at the messaging menu. Optionally this could be visible at the crew monitoring station, where health is displayed alongside their status in parentheses.

This gives a more reliable method of letting everyone in your department know what you're doing, if you bother with it. Don't have to shout out over the radio, where the log will only remain for a few seconds. You could even set 'away' to let people know you're AFK temporarily.

Edited March 9, 2019 by Fortport

[ComradeCorbyn]

I agree. I'd like to see more features like this on the PDA, especially those relating to what has been proposed. +1

[Hendricks]

Making an IC AFK option is a good idea, just that little edge over screaming in OOC, overall sounds like a cool idea for sure.

[Arrow768]

The biggest issue I see with that is that (if I remember it correctly from the last time) PDA code is an abomination.

So while I think that is an interesting idea, I dont think it is doable without a substantial amount of work

[Carver]

An interesting idea if PDAs ever get an overhaul in the future. Could also be applied to the chat relay programs on computers/laptops.

[Conspiir]

An interesting work-around I've seen people use is by labelling their PDA. If you get a hand labeler label the PDA (on lunch), then that will show up on the messaging tab when anyone wants to send a message. It'll be like "Urist McSec (Security Cadet) (on lunch)". When you're done, you remove the label.

 

So if you can manage to snag one, that can work for what you might want to accomplish personally.