newscaster

For all of the crew's news need. Includes reading, submitting and printing stories.

Includes a security variant which can be used to issue wanted notices, censor channels and stories. Allows full access when aghosting.

Vars
alert	Whether the newscaster has new stories or not.
is_printing	Whether the newscaster is currently printing a newspaper or not.
is_security	Whether the newscaster can be used to make wanted issues or not.
is_silent	Whether the unit is silent or not.
jobblacklist	Static list of jobs that shouldn't be advertised if a position is available.
last_views	Static, lazy list containing a user's last view time per channel.
paper_remaining	The amount of newspapers the newscaster can print.
photo	The currently attached photo.
scanned_user	The name of the mob currently using the newscaster.
screen	The current screen index in the UI.
temp_notice	The current temporary notice.
unit_number	The newcaster's index among all newscasters (GLOB.allNewscasters).
viewing_channel	The currently viewed channel.
Procs
AltClick	Ejects the currently loaded photo if there is one.
alert_news	Makes the newscaster say a message and change its icon state for a while.
alert_timer_finish	Called when the timer following a call to /obj/machinery/newscaster/proc/alert_news finishes.
can_scan	Returns whether the machine's /obj/machinery/newscaster/var/scanned_user should update on interact.
eject_photo	Ejects the photo currently held by the machine if there is one.
get_message_data	Returns a /datum/feed_message in a format that can be used as TGUI data.
get_scanned_user	Tries to obtain a mob's name and security access based on their ID.
print_newspaper	Tries to print a newspaper with all of the content so far.
print_newspaper_finish	Called when the timer following a call to /obj/machinery/newscaster/proc/print_newspaper finishes.
set_temp	Sets a temporary message to display to the user
ui_act_modal	Called in ui_act() to process modal actions

Var Details

var
alert
–

Whether the newscaster has new stories or not.

var
is_printing
–

Whether the newscaster is currently printing a newspaper or not.

var
is_security
–

Whether the newscaster can be used to make wanted issues or not.

var
is_silent
–

Whether the unit is silent or not.

var
jobblacklist
– /static/list

Static list of jobs that shouldn't be advertised if a position is available.

var
last_views
– /static

Static, lazy list containing a user's last view time per channel.

var
paper_remaining
–

The amount of newspapers the newscaster can print.

var
photo
– /obj/item/photo

The currently attached photo.

var
scanned_user
–

The name of the mob currently using the newscaster.

var
screen
–

The current screen index in the UI.

var
temp_notice
–

The current temporary notice.

var
unit_number
–

The newcaster's index among all newscasters (GLOB.allNewscasters).

var
viewing_channel
– /datum/feed_channel

The currently viewed channel.

Proc Details

AltClick
(/mob/user)

Ejects the currently loaded photo if there is one.

proc
alert_news
(announcement, wanted_notice)

Makes the newscaster say a message and change its icon state for a while.

Arguments:

announcement - The message to say
wanted_notice - Whether the alert is a wanted notice notification (overrides announcement)

proc
alert_timer_finish
()

Called when the timer following a call to /obj/machinery/newscaster/proc/alert_news finishes.

proc
can_scan
(/mob/user)

Returns whether the machine's /obj/machinery/newscaster/var/scanned_user should update on interact.

Arguments:

user - The user to check

proc
eject_photo
(/mob/user)

Ejects the photo currently held by the machine if there is one.

Arguments:

user - The user to try to give the photo to.

proc
get_message_data
(/datum/feed_message/FM, /mob/M)

Returns a /datum/feed_message in a format that can be used as TGUI data.

Arguments:

FM - The story to send
M - Optional. The user to send the story's photo to if it exists

proc
get_scanned_user
(/mob/user)

Tries to obtain a mob's name and security access based on their ID.

Arguments:

user - The user

proc
print_newspaper
()

Tries to print a newspaper with all of the content so far.

proc
print_newspaper_finish
()

Called when the timer following a call to /obj/machinery/newscaster/proc/print_newspaper finishes.

proc
set_temp
(text, style, update_now)

Sets a temporary message to display to the user

Arguments:

text - Text to display, null/empty to clear the message from the UI
style - The style of the message: (color name), info, success, warning, danger

proc
ui_act_modal
(action, /list/params)

Called in ui_act() to process modal actions

Arguments:

action - The action passed by tgui
params - The params passed by tgui

Newscaster /obj/machinery/newscaster

Vars

Procs

Var Details

var alert –

var is_printing –

var is_security –

var is_silent –

var jobblacklist – /static/list

var last_views – /static

var paper_remaining –

var photo – /obj/item/photo

var scanned_user –

var screen –

var temp_notice –

var unit_number –

var viewing_channel – /datum/feed_channel

Proc Details

AltClick(/mob/user)

proc alert_news(announcement, wanted_notice)

proc alert_timer_finish()

proc can_scan(/mob/user)

proc eject_photo(/mob/user)

proc get_message_data(/datum/feed_message/FM, /mob/M)

proc get_scanned_user(/mob/user)

proc print_newspaper()

proc print_newspaper_finish()

proc set_temp(text, style, update_now)

proc ui_act_modal(action, /list/params)

Newscaster
/obj/machinery/newscaster

var
alert
–

var
is_printing
–

var
is_security
–

var
is_silent
–

var
jobblacklist
– /static/list

var
last_views
– /static

var
paper_remaining
–

var
photo
– /obj/item/photo

var
scanned_user
–

var
screen
–

var
temp_notice
–

var
unit_number
–

var
viewing_channel
– /datum/feed_channel

AltClick
(/mob/user)

proc
alert_news
(announcement, wanted_notice)

proc
alert_timer_finish
()

proc
can_scan
(/mob/user)

proc
eject_photo
(/mob/user)

proc
get_message_data
(/datum/feed_message/FM, /mob/M)

proc
get_scanned_user
(/mob/user)

proc
print_newspaper
()

proc
print_newspaper_finish
()

proc
set_temp
(text, style, update_now)

proc
ui_act_modal
(action, /list/params)