Retool Infection Deaths

[Fickmacher]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Alter the coding so that marines who chestburst with Xenomorph preferences off (while no observers with preferences on are present,) don't have to play their chestbursted larva.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): People who don't want to play their chestbursted larva would no longer be forced into it.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): In order to ensure that the marines will die from the infection, alter the code so that one of two things happen:

1) When the infection timer runs out, the marines insta-death, no larva.
2) Make the spawned larva braindead, later given to a ghost with preferences on who joins later (if the larva is still alive.)

I'd rather have the second option, as it'd still allow for marines bursted in the alien hive to have a potential larva (who actually want to play one,) while allowing more clone-worthy marines (say ones who bursted on the surgery table on Sulaco) a chance at a second life.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Juninho said he'd work on coding it if this was approved.

[Felkvir]

If #2 can be coded somehow, then yes. +1.

[Dragon2323]

If #2 can be coded somehow, then yes. +1.

[UnknownMurder]

Eh. #2 sounds reasonable, please apply this to ghosted larvas too.

+1

[Juninho77]

I believe we could leave a braindead larva inside the dead body that:
a) periodically checks for ghosts and grabs one as soon as they're available.
b) Once the ghost takes control, they are allowed to choose when to chestburst.

[apophis775]

I think, this is making the current system, too complicated. We are good with what we have for now. Maybe, a method of populating ghosted aliums, but I'd rather not, cause if someone accidently DCs and comes back, they'd be filled, same with if admins aghost (that's why, we removed it).

[Fickmacher]

Well, even a prompt to remove force larva-ing would be nice, because I am forced into one when I die of infection more often than not.

[apophis775]

Then turn off Xeno PReferences?

[Fickmacher]

Then turn off Xeno PReferences?

They are off. It's due to the fact that no observers have preferences on, so when I get infected, I have to suicide or else I'm forced into a larva.

[apophis775]

You don't have to do either. If your preferences are off, it won't put you into a larva. Make sure, you re-toggle it once the game starts, turn it on and off again. However, you will still die, as the Larvas do permanent Brute damage while they are inside you.

[Fickmacher]

I haven't tried toggling, but just to make sure that we're on the same page, I'm referring to this issue: colonial-marines.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=2228

[Evilkyle24]

Not this shit again...

You realize how frustrating it is with you motherfuckers trying to play alien when you only get 5 because all those marines had Xeno Pref off, and there's 30 marines?

Option one makes me want to punch you because of how stupid that is. Seriously, that means that its better to just kill the marines since half the time they'll die anyway.

Option two has its own problems. Namely, it takes up hivemind space. And the larva can be killed.

[Juninho77]

Option two has its own problems. Namely, it takes up hivemind space. And the larva can be killed.

That's why you could spawn a larva inside the marine until someone takes control of it. Only then the larva would chestburst.

[UnknownMurder]

I'm getting a sense of borer déjà vu. Why not just keep it as it is?

[apophis775]

We are going to keep this, as-is.

Denied.