Goonhub
05-08-2019, 07:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2019, 07:28 AM by Haprenti. Edited 3 times in total.)
Got an idea to do it that may require its own thread
Give security a contraband computer to which you can feed a picture of an item that you can then set as contraband.
Give security a security camera monitor wall that works basically like regular security monitors except it can :
- take pictures of things you're looking at
- zoom in just enough to examine (and take pictures of) what is in a crewmember's hands (could be limited to items that have an in-hand sprite, for size consideration)
- take picture of in-hand item
You can then feed the item picture to contraband computer to set this type of item as contraband.
pros :
- Give a good new use to security monitors that make them more worth spending some time on
- Lets you set unique items as contrabands without requiring to catch or almost catch the culprit in the first place
- A lazy security officer can just stay comfortably seated at security to assist their hard working teammates, while keeping an eye on the security department.
- ?
cons :
- Requires a staffed security as someone looking at cameras isn't patrolling or actively trying to apprehend a culprit
- Maybe unfair to the culprit ?
- ?
Cons are mediated by the fact that if security take some time to use it and coordinate well enough for it to bear fruits (as you still need to find the culprit, follow them with the camera and take a picture of the culprit with its weapon out, and actually catch the culprit thanks to that addition later), they kind of earned it.
Also, how should it work for different items that have the same sprite (not in-hand sprite) ? And could it be reasonably done ?
Give security a contraband computer to which you can feed a picture of an item that you can then set as contraband.
Give security a security camera monitor wall that works basically like regular security monitors except it can :
- take pictures of things you're looking at
- zoom in just enough to examine (and take pictures of) what is in a crewmember's hands (could be limited to items that have an in-hand sprite, for size consideration)
- take picture of in-hand item
You can then feed the item picture to contraband computer to set this type of item as contraband.
pros :
- Give a good new use to security monitors that make them more worth spending some time on
- Lets you set unique items as contrabands without requiring to catch or almost catch the culprit in the first place
- A lazy security officer can just stay comfortably seated at security to assist their hard working teammates, while keeping an eye on the security department.
- ?
cons :
- Requires a staffed security as someone looking at cameras isn't patrolling or actively trying to apprehend a culprit
- Maybe unfair to the culprit ?
- ?
Cons are mediated by the fact that if security take some time to use it and coordinate well enough for it to bear fruits (as you still need to find the culprit, follow them with the camera and take a picture of the culprit with its weapon out, and actually catch the culprit thanks to that addition later), they kind of earned it.
Also, how should it work for different items that have the same sprite (not in-hand sprite) ? And could it be reasonably done ?