flimflamm Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Parrots can be really cool birds. Much more cool than cats and corgis. In order to better reflect this obvious reality please consider the following additions to poly: - Parrots parrot. If you take over poly and hear a ping, or a skrek, or a buzz, or combat boot sounds, tazer, lazer, and many other noises, poly should be able to replicate them, just like some parrots do. This would make poly cute and exciting, certainly not annoying... - Parrots have long been known to perch atop shoulders. Diona nymphs can do it, why not poly? It's blasphemy really. Poly would be so loveable. And just think of the pirate role play!!!!!!! -Insert your own suggestion here! Well, Yay or Neigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I would play Poly if I could perch on the CE's shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeletedUser Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Maybe Poly could "sit" on the free ear slot as the shoulder, but yeah it cant be very hard, because the code is half-done in the nymphs, it would maybe need a sprite or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanpd Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'd support this notion to add some flavour to Poly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streaky Haddock Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The ability to speak, pick up and drop items at will and move over tables would be nice. It would also be nice if you didn't automatically snatch things and roost in consoles but I'm aware that's a result of simple-mob coding. I suspect that making Poly more useful would require converting her into a more complex mob. That said, ear-perching can't be too hard. Also, Parrot should be a viable pAI sprite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flimflamm Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm 100% for poly being able to perch on shoulders or ear slots, similar to how diona do. It's a parrot essential. But being that poly already has some really potent features like being able to fly over tables, pick and drop items, and use some of them. There is even a steal from mob command that lets you straight up rob people. So for these reasons when it comes to poly actually talking i am not sure it would be fair to the other pets. If poly could record one line that he/she hears and then parrot it back that would be fun and harmless, or if poly could make sound effects it hears, as if it learned them, that would also be neat but not broken. I really do wish for perching though, poly is already my favorite pet which seems to be against the general consensus. Also on the subject of sprites, the poly perch position for consoles might work for left and right facing shoulder perch sprites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Pretty sure poly can scream a few things over the engineering radio and repeat stuff, but with our crappy saycode it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
improvedname Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Now pirate invasions are complete Captain blackbeard and his thief parrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plotron Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Pretty sure poly can scream a few things over the engineering radio and repeat stuff, but with our crappy saycode it doesn't work. It finally became a reality. Yeah, nice necro, poster above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidchan Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 +1 All pets could use a bit of TLC when it comes to coding. Runtime doesn't get goofy costumes or wearable items. E-N is a reskinned Ian that sparks, any hat you put on him changes his name back to Ian. Poly is just a thief who steals small items. Renault doesn't get anything that I'm aware of. I kinda wish we'd give pets vent crawling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
improvedname Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 +1 All pets could use a bit of TLC when it comes to coding. Runtime doesn't get goofy costumes or wearable items. E-N is a reskinned Ian that sparks, any hat you put on him changes his name back to Ian. Poly is just a thief who steals small items. Renault doesn't get anything that I'm aware of. I kinda wish we'd give pets vent crawling. In reality they would die from but the KPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidchan Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Oddly enough, pressure/content of pipes doesn't affect vent crawling mods. Spiders, who most certainly require the same oxygen and pressure as humans, vent crawl just fine. Diona nymphs aren't harmed (to my knowledge) despite there being no light. Hell I've even crawled through a scrubber pipe after a plasma fire as a xeno hunter to get away from the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigercat2000 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Unless it's broken, pressure/contents of pipes does affect ventcrawling mobs. Xenomorphs are pretty much immune to pressure. Try being a monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Is that a bug then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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