Things we still need to do for Bionic Limbs

[anoobindisguise]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

This is half planning for myself, half "hey does anyone else want to work on this too".
I've done a bit on bionic limbs with #70828 but there's still more work to be done.
This maybe belongs in Projects but i don't have those perms lol.

Solution you would like.

• There is no way to repair bionic limbs. Solutions include a dedicated NPC repair interface (tell the NPC how many repairs you want done, then they open a barter menu and charge you money according to how many HP points they're restoring - say $1 per hit point or something for the Exodii. In addition, the Repair Nanobots system could be modified to no longer repair organic parts, and take an input material to repair bionic parts automatically, although this is very sci fi (not that the bionic wasn't already)
• Bionic slots should probably be made a map of integers per bodypart for each bodypart instead of an integer for each bodypart. This way bionic arms could give extra slots etc. currently if you install a bionic right arm you can no longer install bionics because you no longer have human arm_r and hand_r slots.
• The ability to wear clothing on multiple types of limbs. Currently clothing only fits one limb each. Ideally we'd say "this hoodie can be worn on the torso and anything that's suitably arm like". I assume if you were some kind of 4-armed cyborg it should be able to handle choosing which 2 of your >2 arms to wear the sleeves on. As is you can only wear the specific integrated armor on your bionic limbs, but you can also equip items for free - for example the swag bag only encumbers the left arm and left hand, but the bionic left arm isn't an arm_l or hand_l, so you "phantom wear" the swag bag for free. This functionality is great for integrated skin armors but there needs to be a workaround for regular clothing which would fit a bionic limb.
• Sprites for the bionic limbs. We can probably just reuse the alloy platings for the standard bionic limbs, but I wanted to include some more weird bionic limbs like tank treads or Doc Ock arms that would need brand new sprites.
• We probably want a way to calculate strength based on the strength of bionic limbs in some way. For the regular bionic limbs they'd be strength limited if they were attached to a mostly human torso and head so it's not a massive issue but your musculature should probably stop mattering when you have robo arms and legs except for the purposes of shouting and other weird special cased strength stuff.
• This is out of scope for bionic limbs specifically but we do need to refine our mutation/bionic conflict system.

Describe alternatives you have considered.

If anyone else has things in mind that need to happen please comment them.

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[worm-girl]

I think it'd be neat if properly trained players could do their own repair work if the damage was above 50% or something, since that would mostly be just repairing surface damage and the less delicate mechanical parts. We could even have it as levels of a proficiency where each one unlocked a bit more. So level 1 is learnable from the exodii cyberdoc and lets you repair if HP is >75%, level 2 is >50%, level 3 is >25%. Beyond that you need a new arm or a visit to the Exodii factory (or Hub 01, should you side with them). I like the image of a guy welding his own arm back together while it's still attached.

[IdleSol]

I apologize for the quality of the text. Deepl translate is used.

Repair capsule = some amount of parts for the vehicle. Buy, find or assemble from blueprints. Install it on the vehicle.

The result is a place for a cyborg.

• a damage scanner to see if the bionics inside the body are damaged
• a slot count scanner if the bionics will occupy a fractional number of slots
• damage repair
• installation of bionics if you want to detach it from exodii and autodoc
• automatic recharging of batteries, without additional actions (activation of the cable and connection to the battery)
• finer customization, if there is ever a chance to customize
• sleeper / vehicle control seat

Consumables are required for the capsule. New components, new tools.

In the simplest example with nanorobots: making a nanomaterial. Suppose it's made of steel, titanium, and carbon. Need tools to pulverize it. Need tools or recipes to get the carbon. And so on.

Personal opinion. I don't like the idea of nanomaterial and nanorobots.

This is out of scope for bionic limbs specifically but we do need to refine our mutation/bionic conflict system.

Can the slots be adapted for this?
Something like:

• natural slots (100% human)
• artificial slots (bionic limbs)
• mutation slots (slots in a mutated limb / organism).

Is it possible to adapt limb replacement for mutations?
The mutation replaces a limb: arm_r -> arm_r_mut_N. N=1, 2, .. And already it has its own slots and restrictions on bionics.

[IdleSol]

offtopic

Why do most of my ideas come down to pockets?

Character:

• Head
  • ..
    • ..
• Torso (size_body_parts: N1+N2+N3, coverage: 100 x (N1+N2+N3) / sum_size_all_sub_body_parts)
  • torso_neck (size: N1, coverage: 100 x N1 / size_body_parts)
    • fur (layer 1, HP, coverage: 0, type: none, thickness: 0)
    • skin (layer 2, HP, coverage: 100, type: leather, thickness: 2)
    • muscles (layer 3, HP, coverage: 40, type: flesh, thickness: 0.1)
    • bones (layer 4, HP, coverage: 40, type: bone, thickness: 50)
    • larynx (layer 4, HP, coverage: 20, type: inner organs)
    • CBM_slot (layer 4, HP, coverage: .., type: inner organs)
  • torso_upper (size: N2)
    • fur (layer 1, HP, coverage: 0, type: none, thickness: 0)
    • skin (layer 2, HP, coverage: 100, type: leather, thickness: 2)
    • muscles (layer 3, HP, coverage: 100, type: flesh, thickness: 0.1)
    • bones (layer 4, HP, coverage: 100, type: bone, thickness: 50)
    • Right lung (layer 5, HP, coverage: .., type: inner organs)
    • Left lung (layer 5, HP, coverage: .., type: inner organs)
    • heart (layer 5, HP, coverage: .., type: inner organs)
    • ...
  • torso_lower (size: N3)
    • ...
• Right arm
• Left arm
• Right leg
• Left leg

Body size is calculated based on the size of sub-parts. Dynamic change in the percentage of body parts.

Example 1. The body consists of two parts. Each part contains two sub-parts. The size of all subparts is equal to 1.

• parts_A (size_body_parts: 2 coverage: 50 = 100 x 2 / (2+2) )
  • sub-parts_A1 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
  • sub-parts_A2 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
• parts_B (size_body_parts: 2 coverage: 50 = 100 x 2 / (2+2) )
  • sub-parts_B1 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
  • sub-parts_B2 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )

The mutation enlarges one of the body parts: sub-parts_A1 size: 1 -> 3

• parts_A (size_body_parts: 2 coverage: 66.7 = 100 x 4 / (4+2) )
  • sub-parts_A1 (size: 3, coverage: 75 = 100 x 3 / (3+1) )
  • sub-parts_A2 (size: 1, coverage: 25 = 100 x 1 / (3+1) )
• parts_B (size_body_parts: 2 coverage: 33.3 = 100 x 2 / (4+2) )
  • sub-parts_B1 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
  • sub-parts_B2 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )

The mutation adds a new limb

• parts_A (size_body_parts: 2 coverage: 40 = 100 x 2 / (2+2) )
  • sub-parts_A1 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
  • sub-parts_A2 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
• parts_B (size_body_parts: 2 coverage: 40 = 100 x 2 / (2+2+1) )
  • sub-parts_B1 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
  • sub-parts_B2 (size: 1, coverage: 50 = 100 x 1 / (1+1) )
• parts_С (size_body_parts: 1 coverage: 20 = 100 x 1 / (2+2+1) )
  • sub-parts_B1 (size: 1, coverage: 100 = 100 x 1 / 1 )

Each sub-part consists of its sub-subparts(?). They have their own health and defense parameters. Analogous to layers of clothing. Or not consisted of, if that's too much work.

The layers are needed to define the sequence. Level 1 and 2 are the outer levels available to the player. Levels 3 and higher, are the levels for internal damage. Not normally available to the player (can't see, can't heal directly).

Bionics or mutation can:

• replace a body part (torso, head)
• replace a sub-part (eyes, upper body)
• replace a sub-subpartst (upper torso skin)
• add a new sub-subparts (horns, battery)
• change subpart (or sub-subparts) parameters

Set a target for mutation or bionics. And it replaces the corresponding block according to the target. Adding or removing its attachments. And recalculating the relative sizes of the other parts.

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