Expand Crew Manifest to include Alive/Dead state

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moff_lockwood
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Expand Crew Manifest to include Alive/Dead state

Post by moff_lockwood » 03 Sep 2016, 08:48

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
Add a column to Crew Manifest for Status: Alive/Dead/SSD/Gibs

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Easier to see who is still alive at a glance for command/medical staff, people joining, and ghosts.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
I am not sure if inactive means ssd (afk/dc'd) or already put in cryosleep and the body totally gone from the round now, but definitely Alive/Dead should be displayed. Gibs would be a placeholder term for having the character head destroyed, so absolutely impossible to clone.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):
Basically copy the code for the existing Activity: inactive/active column, and (in pseduo code) change it from "is_active() then print active else print inactive" to "is_alive() then print alive, else print dead." Where is_alive() is just a true/false process to check the alive state of the character, reading from whatever data structure the game already stores that state.

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Re: Expand Crew Manifest to include Alive/Dead state

Post by KingKire » 03 Sep 2016, 09:53

+1 by a big margin. I was gonna write up this real soon, its important to command to know who they have available to work with, and having to call up mutiple times to try and find who the heck is still alive makes command really inept at knowing whats happening. Lore wise, its also a big point. Im not sure if this information is available else where though, ill have to check.
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Re: Expand Crew Manifest to include Alive/Dead state

Post by Sarah_U. » 03 Sep 2016, 15:21

Heavy -1, it gives too much information if people know about dead and gibbed people as it'd allow for players to know which side is winning to a degree. If half the standards (or more) are dead and the player log in, it's like aliens shouting "Last larva (me)" when they take up the control of it. They'd suddently know the numbers for each side and it'd encourage meta.

Okay, I know I said HEAVY -1, but I'll still add this bit saying I like the idea if the following would be implemented: It only shows SSDs and/or crew monitors were actually a common occurance. These two would lean my vote the other way around since SSDs are just an hindrance to people trying to get (example) doctor and CE.
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Re: Expand Crew Manifest to include Alive/Dead state

Post by forwardslashN » 08 Sep 2016, 18:02

The overwatch consoles serve this role, not the crew manifest (that everyone can see). I'm going to deny this.
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