Door hacking Nerf

[Boxta]

While we're messing with door hacking, can we add a small progress bar to opening up the door maintenance panel? Just a short 1-3 second progress bar so it's not instant along with an accompanying noise.

But I do like the idea of changing the wire order per door/door type.

Is Pali's suggestion, previous page.

I need to be clear that if going down Pali's route, then I wouldn't like the random wire positioning in combination with that. My reasoning is that it'd be just far too much a change that I think players would hate it. So it'd be one or the other (but the Command / Sec thing could absolutely still be implemented).

I like the alert wire but is a PDA alert too strong? I suppose not considering the doors are covering high value areas.

I don't know if two types of door wiring is enough. You do one command door and you know the other wire. With how things work now you could probably randomise the wires in every secure door without it being too much of a chore, although it would be a lot more punishing for anyone who doesn't have insulated gloves.

Really is there anything wrong with random wires in every command door? You might have to go through a maximum of 2-3 to get where you want. Heads offices are usually 1 command door. If someone is breaking into the bridge or captains room do we mind if they have to fully wire 2-3 doors?

PDA alert might be too strong, yes. Ideally, an alert wire would notify the hacker too, so perhaps instead of PDA alert, a "WEEWOO" siren pitch shifted so it's not mistaken for a segway could work instead.

Also the idea is it's not two types, it's three: Civilian, Command and Security.

Keep in mind that the meta is if you are without gloves, your try out on a shitty random door to figure out the test light. If command is on a seperate wire network, then that meta is out the window, so you'll be exposing yourself to getting caught or getting shocked.

... and I think that enough of a change currently to spice it up. I'd prefer to take baby steps when rebalancing something than to dive right in. If it goes well, then we could consider making command and/or security even stronger by making each door unique.

I really like the idea of a PDA alert, however i stand by the fact that packets like that pda one sent out should be able to be stopped before they reach the intended target. So when breaking into secure places (ie armory), then you should have another mindslave helper stoping the alerts from going out