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What mental gymnastics? What working weirdly? Can anybody hear me? Hello?

Bodycams are cool. It makes sense to have them. They can be used as an RP prop. They can be used by investigators who aren’t looking to make friends in their department. They shouldn’t be added without thought, because Odyssey isn’t in effect right now. It doesn’t take much. It really doesn’t take any more thought than we’re collectively giving it.

Keep them from making stuff unfun, and roll on with this new fun thing. In its ideal form, it adds fun. Don’t just give up on it, why would you do that?

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I'm here to revive bodycam discussion because I think the inherent value they give to roleplay far surpasses any detraction they may bring, especially if given enough (reasonable) restrictions. IMO if they're only accessible on higher alerts, and only by warden or HoS, that's going to be able to be abused by antagonists (positively). Adding a glow to the item to signify when a camera is active will also be good.

 

And here's one more idea: vision cones. Not for the seccies, but if we restrict the body camera to only seeing what's in front of the officer, then it, at least in my mind, has some really juicy opportunities for antagonists to get involved. Imagine taking an officer hostage and using the bodycam to interact with the rest of security.

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We have several times used body-cams in canon lore articles, when we want to either present an ""unbiased""(we would never write bias in, or have videos be edited) view on events. I think they could expand roleplay opportunities if added as an item in game, especially given the new standards around mentioning player characters in articles and similar. I'm not really in tune with the balance/development side of the game right now as I have little opportunity to play, so I'll that discussion for those who are; however I think a good compromise could just be to have a bodycam not be transmitting anything and just recording everything within itself - that way the RP value is still there, but there's no risk of antags being unable to do anything because every officer is a walking camera.

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30 minutes ago, Triogenix said:

(we would never write bias in, or have videos be edited)

Wonder if there would be some kinda IC expanation for how the camera footage is un-doctor-able

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