Bone White Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) So, recently I've come across the realisation that 90% of the work involved in most atmos alterations/repairs, is that you have to deconstruct a wall or a machine to place a pipe underneath it. So my proposal is to have an item that will squeeze pipes under walls/objects, without having to deconstruct them first. This should be easier for straight pipes (waste and atmos), though if I can get it working it should be able to be extended to electrical cable too. I haven't even begun to look at the code for it, but I wondered how useful you Engineers / Atmosians would find this? EDIT - renamed title to better reflect how it works. Edited August 3, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habalabam Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Very. Nothing like having to cause a breach by the busy bridge hallway in order to get at the wiring in the bridge window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 HAHA! YES! Repairing pipes...well...lets just say its something I never even attempt. While yer at it, could you up the range and allow for several different blink settings on the T-ray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone White Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 HAHA! YES! Repairing pipes...well...lets just say its something I never even attempt. While yer at it, could you up the range and allow for several different blink settings on the T-ray? I could make an advanced T-Ray scanner, which has a greater range. Maybe make it a R&D or limited stock item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZD Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 This would certainly be useful, because by the time I start fixing piping after an explosion, engineers have usually gone ahead and just built walls everywhere without replacing the pipes. It's difficult enough not having a real reference to where pipes were before without that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Having a PDA map of the stations pipe layout would be very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadApple797 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Nothing makes me mad like when you fix an entire bomb site and there is a pipe broken under some immobile, indestructible(nearly) object. Also non-painted pipes showing up on tray would help alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone White Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 I have a working version for walls and reinforced walls. It'll be added when ponies makes a new build. If it works as expected in live testing I'll add the same functionality to putting pipes under machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Great! Now we just need a sprite for it, the old airlock painter maybe? Also, found a few awesome relief valve textures, will we ever get them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone White Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 It's more of a WIP, it doesn't use an object, you simply use the pipe on the wall, and it pops the pipe on the wall tile for you after a delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habalabam Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Maybe you should have to remove the floor tile you are standing on to do this, just to indicate that you are working at the sub level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone White Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 The point is, you're not, the pipe is not going under the wall, it's going through the wall. I may add the option to do it under later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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