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title: Misc. Mapping Props Concepts
tags: [Work-In-Progress, Design]

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On request from Thgvr, this document will be compiling a list of ideas for low/no-utility mapping props for use in decorating maps, similar to items like the red telephone or potted plants.

## Misc. Props

* One of these
![image alt](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rJBzXT4K2.png "title" =300x300)
    * "Emergency Captain Orientation Sign" 
    * "Use only in dire situations. Remember - port and left both have four letters!"
* Destroyed/Damaged/Remains of walls
    * Broken railings
* Dumpsters/skips
* Wrecked vehicles
    * Motorcycles, ambulances, small rovers, vans?
* Bus stops ![imagen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/H1z5JilkJg.png "bus" =128x70)
* Prop consoles (i.e. sensor arrays, salvagable?)
* Wireless modem
* Generic signs (essentially just a sign with a lack of text that a mapper can repurpose)
* Pre-made tables that don't occupy entire tiles ![imagen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SyYD1sekkg.png "table" =128x70)
    * Coffee tables
    * Patio tables?
    * Nightstands
* Cleanable trash greebles (stuff on the floor like crushed cans, discarded papers and wrappers, plastic bags, etc) 
![imagen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Sk6_eoxyJe.png "trash" =70x70)
![imagen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HJ3kBsgy1e.png "trash2" =70x70)
* Non-turf Rugs
    * Towels
    * Bathroom rugs
* Wall graffiti
    * factional markings, jokes, signatures, hobosign
* Industrial mailboxes ![imagen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Sy7lNig1Jg.png "mailbox" =150x122)
 


## Civilian/Living Space Props

* Ashtrays
* Hat/Coat racks
* Directional bookshelves/cabinets
* Wall, standing and desk fans
* Alarm clocks (maybe with functionality similar to timers?)
    * Wall clocks
* Medicine cabinets (some form of wall closet that can have items like toothbrushes you can make into shivs, toothpaste you can grind for fluorine, mild painkillers, etc.)
* Custom mugs and cups (#1 Captain mug, for example)
* Benches! Or at least benches that aren't just pews
    * Park benches
    * awful, terrible, industrial metal benches please
* Metal folding chairs
* Broken/non-functional appliances
    * Microwaves
    * Ovens
    * Washing Machines
    * Fridges (that aren't lockers)
* Corkboard
* Wall and table calendars 
* Two tile posters ![imagen](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HJYBxsx11x.png)
* Blackout shutters

## Med/Sci Props

* Disk rack (some kind of container that can be placed on tables that essentially holds items like design disks in a nice retro style, think the floppy disk racks of the late 20th century)
* Prop stretchers
* More laboratory glassware
    * Sample tubes
    * Volumetric flasks
    * Petri dishes?
    * Racks to hold all of the former
* Bunsen burner (stationary heat source for ghettochem?)

## Military/Security Props

* More flags for associated factions
    * Banners placeable over coffins and walls
    * Stationary flagpoles
* Terrain-specific graves
* Directional sandbags
* Destroyed ordenance
    * Undetonated bombs
    * Torn barriers and sandbags
    * Prop machine guns, mortars, destroyed guns
    * Wrecked helmets, vests, or other equipment
* Recharger banks – basically just two rechargers in one machine for a more clean look
* Military stationary radios
* More reskins of the gun locker
    * Vertical gun racks (think the ones in CM-PVE)

## Engineering/Cargo Props

* Piles of industrial materials
    * pipes, logs, I-beams, etc
* Pallets
* Gas cans
* Containers that don't actually work as storage
    * Cargo containers
    * Cardboard boxes
    * Wooden crates
    * Oil drums
    * Water barrels
* Forklift?
* Electrical boxes/transformers (salvagable?)
* Shelving?
* Concrete barriers
* Caution tape (think baystation's police and caution tape)