Surrealistik Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 Anyone who's played Engineer knows it is a total PITA to repair even relatively small amounts of damage to atmos and disposal infrastructure because you have to haul around the one (1) atmos/disposal piping dispenser that exists on the station. A better alternative would be to integrate the Rapid Piping Dispenser (RPD) functionality as advertised on TG and other servers with the RCD so that minor or small scale repairs can be made without having to retrieve that damn thing all the way from atmos (which you then have to return), which each pipe costing minimal material cartridge charge. For engineering holocausts such as the kind caused by max caps and blobs, you will appropriately need to drag around the dispenser.
Nikov Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 As a counter-proposal, remove the RCD entirely, because if you're so spoiled rotten as to carry around an RCD in your pocket to fix all your floor tiles that you want it to fix pipes as well, you frankly need to grow a set and being enabled by having an RCD is the core of your problem.
Surrealistik Posted March 4, 2017 Author Posted March 4, 2017 As a counter-proposal, remove the RCD entirely, because if you're so spoiled rotten as to carry around an RCD in your pocket to fix all your floor tiles that you want it to fix pipes as well, you frankly need to grow a set and being enabled by having an RCD is the core of your problem. RCD to fix floor tiles... what? And I think it definitely makes some degree of sense to have a portable solution for piping issues that aren't catastrophic. Seriously, having to drag around and return a giant pipe dispenser to fix like 1-3 pipes is retarded.
Surrealistik Posted March 4, 2017 Author Posted March 4, 2017 Also, an alternative for those concerned about Atmos being unemployed or having access to functionality they shouldn't, could be to retain a distinct Rapid Piping Device per TG, make it constructible via the autolathe, and accept matter cartridges like the RCD.
Scheveningen Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 There are already RPDs. You can unbolt it and carry it around. It has infinite resources. It's the job of atmos techs to repipe areas. This suggestion is unnecessary.
Surrealistik Posted March 4, 2017 Author Posted March 4, 2017 There are already RPDs. You can unbolt it and carry it around. It has infinite resources. It's the job of atmos techs to repipe areas. This suggestion is unnecessary. And it's a complete logistical pain in the ass relative to the size of a small repair, which is precisely the problem. Significant QoL improvements are rarely strictly necessary but they make things a whole lot more enjoyable and fun, or massively less tedious and are worth pursuing for that reason. Further, as stated, the RPD functionality can exist by itself for atmos to get from Cargo's autolathe (or among an existent supply they start with).
Ron Posted June 12, 2017 Posted June 12, 2017 I'm against adding this for the reasons stated by Scheveningen. There's already a tool that serves this purpose and if it's only a small repair then you should be able to carry the pipes on you, otherwise you can take the machine with you. For that reason I am voting for dismissal.
Alberyk Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 I also agree with ron's point here, not really needed, the machine already fills said purpose, and you can just carry pipes with you if you need to do something small.
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