Remain standing up if disconnected/SSD

[Desven]

If you've played Paradise, you probably know that there, people that are no longer in game remain in their place but with a zzz speech bubble. Being a huge, LRP server, this prevents the floors being full of people just appearing dead.

However, I think our setting would benefit from this a lot. Being disconnected is not something you plan, instead just something that occurs. In HRP, falling on your face, just suddenly asleep, is awkward and always has to be brushed up in the weirdest ways possible.

Sure, falling asleep on your feet isn't fancy or realistic either, but the zzz speech bubble serves as an AFK tag that isn't immersion breaking. You no longer have to run and pick up your narcoleptic friend to buckle them into a chair or something, you can just ignore that person while they rejoin the game.

[Carver]

I'd like this just for stopping dropping shit from a mild disconnect.

[Gem]

i'd support this if it instead was a grace period of 30 seconds to 1 minute before you fell over as normal.

[Desven]

1 hour ago, Gem said:

i'd support this if it instead was a grace period of 30 seconds to 1 minute before you fell over as normal.

Sure, there could be a grace period. I guess what really needs to happen is some kind of indicator that the player is disconnected, so you no longer interact with them until they come back. I'm thinking about all the dramatic conversations I've had with security and suddenly an officer falls face to the ground.  It ruins the mood and someone has to go get them a chair. Perhaps it's better to suggest only that the person is sleepy with a speech bubble, that way you could ICly say they were bored/distracted/falling asleep.

[greenjoe]

something like SSD floating over them would be a good thing, to sure 100% it is an OOC thing

[WickedCybs]

As long as there's an indicator. I can see sec or an antag getting lit up by people thinking they're active otherwise.

[greenjoe]

to add onto that, perhaps a marker for if someone's winded by staff, too, so people coming into the situation can see that

[Desven]

7 hours ago, greenjoe said:

to add onto that, perhaps a marker for if someone's winded by staff, too, so people coming into the situation can see that

This was a PR a while ago but it was considered too immersion breaking. I agree, having AFK appear on top you in the game screen is not fancy. That's why I suggested the zzz speech bubble. I haven't been able to log in to Paradise just to show an example of how it looks, but it's much more elegant and gets the point across.

[Owen]

I think this would be a really nice addition to have. I don't have a preference for what symbol/marker is used to indicate someone is DC'd, but just keeping people from randomly collapsing when they DC is a very nice idea. Agree with the other points mentioned about preventing the flow of events from having to stop whenever someone inevitably loses connection for a second. 

[KingOfThePing]

Wezzy is very humble so he didnt post in here, but he has a PR up already and has pretty much all you people requested:

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/15172

Edited November 28, 2022 by KingOfThePing

[Gem]

suggestion implemented.

locking and archiving.