Player-Controlled Monkeys:Very Exciting or Extremely Broken?

[crystalwarrior]

Have you ever been a monkey in SS13?

If you haven't, well, I can tell you for sure: It's extremely fun, but pretty broken, too.

I shall list the broken features of monkeys:

• Clicking on containers doesn't open up the inventory, instead, it transfers it to selected hand
• Invalid emote: Sneeze/snore/etc. when sick, can't use me command, can't use pick up command even though can use items.
• Y u no monkey jumpsuits.
• Lack of hat, ears and eyes equipment slots
• Some missing sprites for equipment and some broken in-hand item sprites.
• Temperature seems to be stuck when you got carp fever as a monkey. The same probably goes to other diseases.
• Can't operate computers, although maybe that's for the best.

Admins have fixed the monkeys being unable to use bruise packs and ointments, so it's a little more fair now.
I suggest there should be a new universal translation method that translates the monkey's speech either instantly or with a delay. I think it should be an encryption key for headsets craftable at the Research Division.

Also, monkey versions of jumpsuits should be able to be made. Scissors on jumpsuits? Wash a jumpsuit in a washing machine for too long to shrink it? Maybe both?

Discuss.

[DrunkenFlyingDemoman]

Drag and drop backpack on self

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Lack of hat, ears and eyes equipment slots
Can't operate computers, although maybe that's for the best.

Both intentional.

Jumpsuits would require every single jumpsuit on the server to be resprited for the monkey. Considering we have about over 70 different types of jumpsuit and we can't just resize or shrink them for the monkey we'd have to completely remake them individually.

[crystalwarrior]

I was thinking there would be only a few jumpsuits avaible for monkeys, like 6 standard ones (black, green, purle, grey, etc.)
The jumpsuits should allow pockets and ID, so you can have a monkey that is "Mr. Popo, Genetics Assistant".

EDIT: I made a jumpsuit sprite for it! Will post it in sprite topic and link it here Iguess.