If so I have a few idea as to what needs change
the almayer is under a mapping freeze right now iirc, maptainers have decided it’s fine as it is
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oh real.
As it should.
I actually like the almayers layout the at moment. It’s quite simple with not a lot of ways to get lost. Unlike NSS farragus (which is a literal maze). It’s the perfect size and layout in my opinion though I will be honest, I have spent quite a bit of time remembering where the memorial is since I seem to always forget exactly where it is. (not anymore though)
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Medical frankly needs a complete do-over
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I think the entire ship needs a do-over. It’s plan is not really good as is. I think it needs more compartmentalization. More layers lets say to better divide the different departments and areas, and especially life pods who are seemingly placed wherever there was space left besides upper. I would do a layout myself but I cannot find proper software to paint on.
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Le necro.
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When i play on paradise it feel organised. There is signs showing where every department is. You literally cant get lost with the colours on ground and signs at every corner. It feel clean and sorted.
Shipside here is just stairs leading to where? Where is req?
I know the layout inside out but it feel overall messy a disorganised anywhy. Never really thought about it, but yeah. I have to agree.
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Put the brig between the medbay and brief again
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Fuck yes, you beated me to it. With the window facing the hallway
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This is said and done every… 8 months on average
Which is actually probably why the freeze is in place
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Lets be honest. It is less than that.
And yet… my ass has run past that SAME DUSTY room where the pipe vendor for disposals used to be for like a better part of a decade.
How is the chapel still EXACTLY the same boring waste of space… yet we remix squad prep every 5 seconds
Shit just unfreeze little sections of the almayer.
Lets hold a competition who can map the best replacement for that waste of space room above briefing that has like a fax machine in it.
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I’ve begun putting the framework on strongDMM for a new Almayer or a ship map anyway. I have just started the whole mapping thing so I’ve been putting walls down so far. Regardless here’s my vision more or less. There will be 3 floors instead of 2 with the top floor being from left to right, astronav, CIC, Command crew quarters and cryo, security checkpoints for command section (mapped with walls this far), brig, upper maintenance with 2 rooms on north and south side being upper engineering and access to the lower ones. Here’s what it looks like more or less.
The smaller rooms north and south of CIC are the armoury and the 3x3 next to them are pods. One thing I wanted to address in this new design is a sensible pods placement.
Can you name specific changes or PR’s?
I know we had 1 recent addition with the psyche ward (imo, not even medical, that’s just adding to the research area) - and another PR 20 months ago that shuffled things in medical around, but - what else besides that?
I mean, these strike me as very small QoL changes. An extra room; shuffling some rooms around.
I am talking about completely remapping medical:
That is not something I’ve seen done for what must be 3-4 years. Maybe longer than that. Certainly not every 8 months.
There was a PR up a short while ago to do a remap of Medical
Almayer mapping, new lower medical by LC4492 · Pull Request #7468 · cmss13-devs/cmss13 (github.com)
But, it was closed due to the freeze.
Nanu did have this to ssay.
Come next year in January, i do however plan to open up for Almayer changes for a limited time, wherein changes just for change will be accepted if it can be of a better design and aesthetic look.
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