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# THE BIG PLAN

I'm going to introduce these things slowly into the game (hopefully they get merged) in Phases, to see how people react and what needs to be done and adjusted (also because I can't really do everything just yet)

I've been told this is called Atomization, which is awesome.

## Phase 1

This Phase is meant to encorage players into engaging with the Modular PC system.

PDA nerfs, TABLET buffs, changes to the Vendor, etc, are made to ensure that engaging with this system is slightly rewarding and hopefully a bit interesting.

This Phase also introduces some exclusive items such as the No-Relay Network Card to see what people do with them. And to entice them to engage with the system (obviously)

Such items will in future Phases be converted to the Hacking system. Making them more difficult to attain. (But like a drug, hopefully people will be slightly interested in it by then)

None of these changes are exactly final, and most of it will change in future Phases as the system develops and becomes more involved.

### So for now, a to-do list for this Phase:

#### 1 - Reduce the Quality of PDA stock parts. **DONE**
*Right now some PDA components are by default the best that can be fitted. Battery doesn't have to be managed, Storage doesn't have to be managed. This changes that, making it rewarding to upgrade them.*

#### 2 - All standard PDA programs are now transferable and deletable. **DONE**
*This applies to Messeger, Crew Manifest, Notepad, and the Wiki App. Which means players can now transfer them to a disk drive (making them useful) and then onto a better hard drive. But this also means they can delete what they don't like or don't use, which is a bonus to freedom of choice.*

~~#### 3 - The Contractor Uplink is now transferable and deletable. **DONE**
*Crafty traitors can now use this to their advantage and hide their uplink in a less... conspicuous system. But this also means they can delete their uplink like a dumb ass but at that point, if you chose to press the red button that says **DELETE** its your prerogative.*~~
Okay turns out Antag status is baked DIRECTLY into the SSD that spawns with the Tablet. You can still get out the whole SSD and use it elsewhere, but for the time being, and untill I find a solution, the Uplink will remain undeletable.

#### 3 - Remove obsolete code from Modular Computers. **DONE**
*Obsolete code regarding sprites and powered/unpowered states has been removed. Which makes for future implementations to the Modular Computer system less confusing. This was also breaking colorizers and overlays so screw it.*



#### 4 - TABLETS now offer a tiny bit more light than PDAs, they can also fit parts meant for LAPTOPS. **DONE**
*Be MORE conspicuous! According to Adds on the station there is a new PDA system out there which sounds awesome! Shame you can't get it... NOT! It's the TABLET! TABLETS should be the standard for cool hacker kids, this makes them closer to that goal.*

#### 5 - Make PDA's rechargeable in Cell Chargers. **DONE**
*The uncool unhacker boomer won't know a thing about upgrading their PDA's battery, they'll just wonder why their battery is actually going down. Okay grandpa, just stick it in the charger you'll be fineeee. (Also this doesn't apply to TABLETS. If you're a cool hacker kid you should know better)*
(This is now back on the menu, hell yeah baby)

#### 6 - Adding a Camera Component. *ALMOST*
*Listen, you got your PDA, you can send photos, why the hell wouldn't you be able to TAKE THEM TOO, dummy.*

#### 7 - Adding TABLET colourizers and more TABLET skins. **DONE**
*Your cool hacked kid Tablet should be customizable to YOUR TASTE. Want cool black? Get cool black. Want boring brown. Get boring brown. It's THAT SIMPLE.*
Just fucking made the colorizers apply to all tablet subtypes, including PDAs. Yeah. Thats how crazy things are rn.

#### 8 - You can now buy almost all parts from the vendor. **DONE**
*"I'm sorry, tell me again why my PDA now comes with ass swamp parts and I can't upgrade them according to my bubdget?" Okay, simmer down Jonathan, now you CAN. Also, for the cool hacker people, you can now cool hack your vendor and get access to cool hacker parts. You're welcome.*

#### 9 - Micro SSDs (the default for PDAs) now come with all default PDA programs pre-installed. Even when bought from a vendor or printed. **DONE**
*Did you just delete messeger? Did a nightmare destroy your PDA and you had the GAUL to try to reassemble it yourself but couldn't find your previous SSD? Well have I got something for you.*

#### 10 - Retires the Lapvendor.
*The reason for all of this. We're hosting a funeral for the Lapvendor, which isn't even a vendor and can't even be dissassembled. Poor guy asks you for exhorbitant prices to do the job of assembling your custom computer FOR YOU. I want players to engage with this system, not feed them directly with a boring solution.*

##### Small Tiny Itsy Bitsy things.
- Inserting a component into a Modular Computer now plays a sound.
- Colorizers now have a delete_me variable and text to reflext how many charges they have left.
- Added a small warning on the Contractor Uplink Program regarding antag datum being baked into the hard drive component for future reference.
- Renamed the "Super Hard Disk Drive" to "Super-Advanced Hard Disk Drive" for obvious reasons.
- Added a box sprite for the box that holds the tablet colorizers
- Changed almost all prices on the Modularpc vendor to be more grounded in reality and less arbitrary.
- Added added items to the hacked Modularpc vendor.