Goonhub
01-05-2025, 03:42 PM
This was a cool idea in discussion and this implementation looks pretty sensible. This is something you could replicate just by keeping a notepad open and copying it all over, just in-game and a little more smooth, which are both an immersion bonus and a suggestion this isn't going to create some horrid balance issue.
How is it assigning prints to people? Is it directly using SECMATE data to do that or is it being manually entered by the person collecting evidence? Both are fine, but might have interesting interactions with someone fudging/deleting secmate records later on. If it's automatically updating the sudden change of names tied to evidence might be a big hint. I don't think this is a bad thing, you could frankly do the same right now with your personal notes/notepad when you cross-reference it. I'm more asking out of curiosity.
The safe combo thing, is that currently a thing anywhere else? If not, it seems a little odd to include. I appreciate it has some fun forensic flavour to it but reducing the safe cracker game to three characters over four might want to be watched during its implementation. It might not make any kind of crazy difference at all, but I'm just trying to scrutinize things here.
Bottom line is though making forensics a simpler and more engaging tool for security is a win for me as an antag. I like leaving evidence trails (and fudging them) so making more use of it is a bonus. Looks great.
How is it assigning prints to people? Is it directly using SECMATE data to do that or is it being manually entered by the person collecting evidence? Both are fine, but might have interesting interactions with someone fudging/deleting secmate records later on. If it's automatically updating the sudden change of names tied to evidence might be a big hint. I don't think this is a bad thing, you could frankly do the same right now with your personal notes/notepad when you cross-reference it. I'm more asking out of curiosity.
The safe combo thing, is that currently a thing anywhere else? If not, it seems a little odd to include. I appreciate it has some fun forensic flavour to it but reducing the safe cracker game to three characters over four might want to be watched during its implementation. It might not make any kind of crazy difference at all, but I'm just trying to scrutinize things here.
Bottom line is though making forensics a simpler and more engaging tool for security is a win for me as an antag. I like leaving evidence trails (and fudging them) so making more use of it is a bonus. Looks great.