Maintainer Meeting (16 July 2022)

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Any decisions taken in these notes may no longer be applicable.

Time: 16 July 2022 18:00 UTC

Attendees:

  • DrSmugleaf
  • ElectroSR
  • Silver
  • Vera
  • Ike709
  • ShadowCommander
  • PJB

Replace EffectSystem with client-side entities | Metalgearsloth

  • Effects don’t have animations
  • Can’t have layered effects nor do fancy animations
  • At the moment we mix the two
  • They do the same thing and are legacy
  • Conclusion: Yes

Labelling EntityUids as “should have a component” | PJB

  • Such as EntityUid<ToolComponent>
  • Wouldn’t really mean anything short of just being implicit cast to/from EntityUid when relevant, just a type hint kinda thing
  • Vast majority would expect TransformComponent, would make more sense to explicitly say it doesn’t require it
    • ship it
  • Generic struct that contains the entity uid and component, keeps it in a field
  • Conclusion: Ship it (When PJB Codes It)

Engine changelogs | Ike709

  • Do we want them: Yes
  • Who codes it: PJB
  • When: RN
  • With: MoMMI
  • Put the changelog in a markdown file

Replacing tags with tag components | Mirrorcult

  • They often break with prototype inheritance
  • Auto ignored comps are now a thing
  • The engine needs to be optimized for this (store tag components as a bit flag instead of full components)
  • Need proper ECS for this
  • Do it

Expanding the number of people allowed to merge PRs | Moony

  • Appoint more maintainers (easier now that master is protected)
  • Link docs automatically when a relevant file is changed.
    • Example: Link construction docs when a file relating to construction is changed.
  • Fix the GitHub workflow to auto-remove “needs review” when the PR gets one review, if more reviews are needed put the tag back on.
    • Have it add waiting for review tag as well.
  • Re-read and re-write if necessary the review/PR guidelines.
  • Show PR guidelines somewhere to the contributor when making a PR.

Making wide-attack based on click was a huge mistake | Remie

Early Access Roadmap

  • gamemodes/antags
    • dynamic | mirror
      • lings?
        • needs DNA
      • blob | Remie
      • revs
        • we want a generic antag overlay system
        • loyalty implant
        • faction system
  • EL BODY SYSTEM | mirror
    • some refactors were done by mirror, still some left
    • surgery died in the war of 1992
      • Mirror died in the war of 1993
    • limb damage…..
  • Salvage proc gen | moony
    • Cargo Commander
    • Coded on outer-rim, just needs porting to upstream
      • moony’s entirely rewriting it anyways so don’t do that
  • body system but again
  • body system
  • ENGINE EDITOR | PJB
    • could benefit from full state reload
  • movement refactor
    • Client side movement?
      • a smidgen
        • as a treat
        • acruid pls com bak
    • TILE MOVEMENT c#5551
  • Tutorial
    • In game guides
      • Yes
      • Waiting on pretty labels
      • books/ebooks in pda
        • ebooks preloaded on pda for selected job
        • when rich text gets merged
          • ![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/933790288860815380.webp =40x)
  • oldchat + ui refactor | Jezithyr, DrSmugleaf
    • we did it
    • lost in the canadian wilds
  • combat rework (needs to be bikeshedded)
    • https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/issues/3378
  • ghostrole bans
    • unify ghost roles prototype
  • Admin traitor/role menu
    • Assign people roles
    • Objectives UI
  • Job playtime requirements | metalgearsloth, Veritius c#9384
    • Playtime tracking
    • Per role playtime tracking
  • experimental science
    • artifacts??!?!?
    • “Science is still a piece of shit” - Vera 28/05/2022
  • action ui refactor, like ss13 maybe | Jezithyr
    • stuck in canada
  • any% maintainer | Jezithyr
    • Stuck in canada
      • soon tm
  • Prototype composition | Paul
    • https://github.com/space-wizards/RobustToolbox/pull/2678
    • https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/7403
    • paul still not done with his thesis
  • Server polls
  • Round Statistics
    • Log votes, which maps are played the most…
  • State mandated Xonotic matches | PJB
    • Please I have severe withdrawal symptoms
    • Replaced by private SS14 playtests
    • Man down
  • The game runs like shit how do people play this
    • still does | PJB 28/05/2022
      • “how do people play this game” (high pitched scream) | PJB 28/05/2022
    • Slightly better | PJB 11/06/2022
    • It’s better but still not as good as I’d like it to be | PJB 25/06/2022
    • I haven’t played the game since | PJB 16/07/2022

Crashes / Critical bugs: (when are we moving these to GitHub) => till next time

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