[MERGED PR] Cloning rack

[witchkit]

Maybe everyone should start off with a disk containing their DNA already in their inventory, similar to Sec?

current issue with this is that sec's roundstart disks read them as dead, probably cuz they lack a cloning implant to track the heartbeats from. but then if you give everyone a cloning implant at roundstart you might have conflicts with puritans and stuff? idk. not sure how that fix would work, but felt like it was worth mentioning w/rt your idea

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so ive been watching/playing a good few rounds with this and i have a few thoughts to share

for starters, i DO think its a very cool idea in concept and overall seems to be a good nerf to cloning. im glad we also got the recent update w/ two racks per tile (and 2 racks for roundstart). i think it would also be worth making more disks available at roundstart (maybe having another box or two available in the storage closet thats usually in cloning)

theres been a good few bugs that have been/im sure will be addressed and fixed. the thing with the changeling DNA was stated to be intentional, but i feel like it too easily gives away that there is a changeling and who it is. not sure how others feel about it, but i guess lings could also just not get a scan of their own and also be careful about eating people with scans

i think my main gripes with the PR overall is just the clunkiness of managing disks. the addition of a 2nd rack i think will help a lot with demand at roundstart, so im less worried about that, but the situation of running out of disks can still be pretty annoying. as mentioned previously, i'd say its probably worth providing another box or two of disks in cloning (in the locker). also, it might be worth making a full box printable from the medical fabricator. materials might still be a bit of a problem, but honestly, the disks only take metal and conductive so... not too hard to snag some from warehouses/storage (or wait until mining gets stuff in). some people have mentioned concerns about running out of materials too fast and whining towards mining to hurry up and get more in, but i honestly dont think the cost of printing more disks is too high that you run out too fast (assuming docs arent printing too many implants and tools). again, i think providing extra disks at roundstart would also help with these kinds of concerns.

any other issues i had mostly seem to be related to bugs that im sure will be worked on or have already been addressed like number of roundstart racks. id say the only other concern i have is just the fact that the racks take up precious space in an area that is often already pretty cramped. buuut i think the double racks on one tile thing should help a good amount.

one other thing i think someone else mentioned is that placing a rack in front of a light will block the bottom 1 or 2 disk's lights if they're flashing. idk if that can be changed so that the flash shows through the light or not. i figure its the kind of thing thats going to be ran into even aside from maps where the roundstart rack has been placed in such a spot, as ive seen extra racks placed in these spots, too. i'd suggest maybe still rethinking where to place the roundstart ones that are blocked, though (only one i know if atm is donut 2).