newscaster

Vars
active_request	The station request datum being affected by UI actions.
alert	Is there currently an alert on this newscaster that hasn't been seen yet?
bounty_text	Text of the currently written bounty
bounty_value	Value of the currently bounty input
channel_desc	What is the current, in-creation channel's description going to be?
channel_name	What is the current, in-creation channel's name going to be?
comment_text	What is the current, in-creation comment's body going to be?
creating_channel	Is the current user creating a new channel at the moment?
creating_comment	Is the current user creating a new comment at the moment?
crime_description	What is the user submitted, crime description for the new wanted issue?
criminal_name	What is the user submitted, criminal name for the new wanted issue?
current_channel	What newscaster channel is currently being viewed by the player?
current_image	The current image that will be submitted with the newscaster story.
current_message	What newscaster feed_message is currently having a comment written for it?
current_user	Reference to the currently logged in user.
feed_channel_message	The message that's currently being written for a feed story.
paper_remaining	How much paper is contained within the newscaster?
viewing_wanted	Is the current user editing or viewing a new wanted issue at the moment?
Procs
apply_to_bounty	This sorts through the current list of bounties, and confirms that the intended request found is correct. Then, adds the current user to the list of applicants to that bounty.
attach_photo	This takes a held photograph, and updates the current_image variable with that of the held photograph's image. *user: The mob who is being checked for a held photo object.
create_bounty	This creates a new bounty to the global list of bounty requests, alongisde the provided value of the request, and the owner of the request. For more info, see datum/station_request.
create_channel	Performs a series of sanity checks before giving the user confirmation to create a new feed_channel using channel_name, and channel_desc. *channel_locked: This variable determines if other users than the author can make comments and new feed_stories on this channel.
create_comment	Constructs a comment to attach to the currently selected feed_message of choice, assuming that a user can be found and that a message body has been written.
create_story	Creates a new feed story to the global newscaster network. Verifies that the message is being written to a real feed_channel, then provides a text input for the feed story to be written into. Finally, it submits the message to the network, is logged globally, and clears all message-specific variables from the machine.
delete_bounty_request	This proc removes a station_request from the global list of requests, after checking that the owner of that request is the one who is trying to remove it.
news_alert	When a new feed message is made that will alert all newscasters, this causes the newscasters to sent out a spoken message as well as create a sound.
pay_applicant	This pays out the current request_target the amount held by the active request's assigned value, and then clears the active request from the global list.
print_paper	This takes all current feed stories and messages, and prints them onto a newspaper, after checking that the newscaster has been loaded with paper. The newscaster then prints the paper to the floor.
remove_alert	This clears alerts on the newscaster from a new message being published and updates the newscaster's appearance.
send_photo_data	Sends photo data to build the newscaster article.
start_create_channel	This proc performs checks before enabling the creating_channel var on the newscaster, such as preventing a user from having multiple channels, preventing an un-ID'd user from making a channel, and preventing censored authors from making a channel. Otherwise, sets creating_channel to TRUE.
toggle_photo	Selects a currently held photo from the user's hand and makes it the current_image held by the newscaster. If a photo is still held in the newscaster, it will otherwise clear it from the machine.

Var Details

var
active_request
– /datum/station_request

The station request datum being affected by UI actions.

var
alert
–

Is there currently an alert on this newscaster that hasn't been seen yet?

var
bounty_text
–

Text of the currently written bounty

var
bounty_value
–

Value of the currently bounty input

var
channel_desc
–

What is the current, in-creation channel's description going to be?

var
channel_name
–

What is the current, in-creation channel's name going to be?

var
comment_text
–

What is the current, in-creation comment's body going to be?

var
creating_channel
–

Is the current user creating a new channel at the moment?

var
creating_comment
–

Is the current user creating a new comment at the moment?

var
crime_description
–

What is the user submitted, crime description for the new wanted issue?

var
criminal_name
–

What is the user submitted, criminal name for the new wanted issue?

var
current_channel
– /datum/feed_channel

What newscaster channel is currently being viewed by the player?

var
current_image
– /datum/picture

The current image that will be submitted with the newscaster story.

var
current_message
– /datum/feed_message

What newscaster feed_message is currently having a comment written for it?

var
current_user
– /datum/bank_account

Reference to the currently logged in user.

var
feed_channel_message
–

The message that's currently being written for a feed story.

var
paper_remaining
–

How much paper is contained within the newscaster?

var
viewing_wanted
–

Is the current user editing or viewing a new wanted issue at the moment?

Proc Details

proc
apply_to_bounty
()

This sorts through the current list of bounties, and confirms that the intended request found is correct. Then, adds the current user to the list of applicants to that bounty.

proc
attach_photo
(/mob/user)

This takes a held photograph, and updates the current_image variable with that of the held photograph's image. *user: The mob who is being checked for a held photo object.

proc
create_bounty
()

This creates a new bounty to the global list of bounty requests, alongisde the provided value of the request, and the owner of the request. For more info, see datum/station_request.

proc
create_channel
(channel_locked)

Performs a series of sanity checks before giving the user confirmation to create a new feed_channel using channel_name, and channel_desc. *channel_locked: This variable determines if other users than the author can make comments and new feed_stories on this channel.

proc
create_comment
()

Constructs a comment to attach to the currently selected feed_message of choice, assuming that a user can be found and that a message body has been written.

proc
create_story
(channel_name)

Creates a new feed story to the global newscaster network. Verifies that the message is being written to a real feed_channel, then provides a text input for the feed story to be written into. Finally, it submits the message to the network, is logged globally, and clears all message-specific variables from the machine.

proc
delete_bounty_request
()

This proc removes a station_request from the global list of requests, after checking that the owner of that request is the one who is trying to remove it.

proc
news_alert
(channel, update_alert)

When a new feed message is made that will alert all newscasters, this causes the newscasters to sent out a spoken message as well as create a sound.

proc
pay_applicant
(/datum/bank_account/payment_target)

This pays out the current request_target the amount held by the active request's assigned value, and then clears the active request from the global list.

proc
print_paper
()

This takes all current feed stories and messages, and prints them onto a newspaper, after checking that the newscaster has been loaded with paper. The newscaster then prints the paper to the floor.

proc
remove_alert
()

This clears alerts on the newscaster from a new message being published and updates the newscaster's appearance.

proc
send_photo_data
()

Sends photo data to build the newscaster article.

proc
start_create_channel
()

This proc performs checks before enabling the creating_channel var on the newscaster, such as preventing a user from having multiple channels, preventing an un-ID'd user from making a channel, and preventing censored authors from making a channel. Otherwise, sets creating_channel to TRUE.

proc
toggle_photo
()

Selects a currently held photo from the user's hand and makes it the current_image held by the newscaster. If a photo is still held in the newscaster, it will otherwise clear it from the machine.

newscaster /obj/machinery/newscaster

Vars

Procs

Var Details

var active_request – /datum/station_request

var alert –

var bounty_text –

var bounty_value –

var channel_desc –

var channel_name –

var comment_text –

var creating_channel –

var creating_comment –

var crime_description –

var criminal_name –

var current_channel – /datum/feed_channel

var current_image – /datum/picture

var current_message – /datum/feed_message

var current_user – /datum/bank_account

var feed_channel_message –

var paper_remaining –

var viewing_wanted –