Habalabam Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 When I enter a round in progress. I would like to play as facehugger or borer if they are available, but checking for this by observing and then pressing "join as NPC" forfeits my chance to enter round as a regular player. Of course, facehuggers/borers can't just pop up in the join dialog alongside available work positions as the presence of either is a massive spoiler if they were options in the join menu. But if the join options (or preferences) had a "join as facehugger if available" check box would address all of the above concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoholTar Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) I believe you can be automatically selected when observing. I've found myself being a blob, a facehugger and a wizard while not doing anything else than observing. There is also the ERT or DS that you can apply to. Also, admins sometimes let you play with them in the admin room. You can also be a pAI and a cyborg with a positronic brain. There are several things to do when observing. Edited April 7, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 ERT..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoholTar Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Whoops my bad, hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habalabam Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Sorry about the delay. Back from easter holiday. You are talking about when I am observing. I am talking about when I am JOINING a round. If there are xenos or borers, I would like to join as those. But putting those options on the join screen would be a huge spoiler. I was suggesting a user preference option that caused me to automatically join as xeno if xeno was available regardless of what profession I chose at the join screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qinetix Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 You don't have to necessarily be a observer to spawn as a facehugger or something else, you can be one after you die and do not do something that will prevent you from respawning, besides sometimes really funny things happen via observing. As for the automatically join as xeno/cortical/etc that would sometimes get in the way and be annoying rather than help, but it may be a idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habalabam Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 I don't see why it would be annoying. It would be up to me to opt in on it, like any antag options in the game preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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