Negative Language Quirks

code/__DEFINES/~monkestation/quirk_costs.dm

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+	This desolate file is the start of an attempt to rebalance quirk costs to be more consistent.
+	n.b. decreasing the cost of negative quirks could cause several players to have one or more of their positive quirks automatically removed.
+*/
+
+#define QUIRK_COST_FOREIGNER -6
+
+#define QUIRK_COST_LISTENER -3
+#define QUIRK_HARDCORE_LISTENER 3
+
+#define QUIRK_COST_OUTSIDER -QUIRK_COST_BILINGUAL // Effectively allows players to choose their character's alt language
+
+#define QUIRK_COST_BILINGUAL 2

code/controllers/subsystem/processing/quirks.dm

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ PROCESSING_SUBSYSTEM_DEF(quirks)
 		list("Mute", "Soft-Spoken"),
 		list("Stormtrooper Aim", "Big Hands"),
 		//list("Bilingual", "Foreigner"), //monkestation edit, commented out
+		list("Listener", "Uncommon"), // monkestation addition
+		list("Outsider", "Uncommon"), // monkestation addition
+		list("Listener", "Mute"), // monkestation addition
+		list("Listener", "Deaf"), // monkestation addition
 		//might be fun to change this in the future. you can be a body purist but be forced to use implants regardless for medical reasons
 		list("Body Purist", "Hosed"),
 		list("Body Purist", "Neuralinked"),

code/datums/quirks/neutral_quirks/foreigner.dm

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 /datum/quirk/foreigner
 	name = "Foreigner"
-	desc = "You're not from around here. You don't know Galactic Common!"
+	// monkestation edit original: desc = "You're not from around here. You don't know Galactic Common!"
+	desc = "You don't understand Galactic Common. If you are human you have learned Galactic Uncommon instead."
 	icon = FA_ICON_LANGUAGE
-	value = -2 //Monkestation change 0->-2
+	value = QUIRK_COST_FOREIGNER //Monkestation change 0->QUIRK_COST_FOREIGNER
 	gain_text = span_notice("The words being spoken around you don't make any sense.")
 	lose_text = span_notice("You've developed fluency in Galactic Common.")
-	medical_record_text = "Patient does not speak Galactic Common and may require an interpreter."
+	// monkestation edit original: medical_record_text = "Patient does not speak Galactic Common and may require an interpreter."
+	medical_record_text = "Patient does not understand Galactic Common and may require an interpreter."
 	mail_goodies = list(/obj/item/taperecorder) // for translation
 
+// monkestation edit start
+/* original
 /datum/quirk/foreigner/add(client/client_source)
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human_holder = quirk_holder
 	human_holder.add_blocked_language(/datum/language/common)
@@ -19,3 +23,11 @@
 	human_holder.remove_blocked_language(/datum/language/common)
 	if(ishumanbasic(human_holder))
 		human_holder.remove_language(/datum/language/uncommon)
+*/
+/datum/quirk/foreigner/add_unique(client/client_source)
+	. = ..()
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human_holder = quirk_holder
+	quirk_holder.remove_language(/datum/language/common, TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ALL)
+	if(ishumanbasic(human_holder))
+		human_holder.grant_language(/datum/language/uncommon, understood = TRUE, spoken = TRUE, source = LANGUAGE_QUIRK)
+// monkestation edit end

code/datums/quirks/positive_quirks/bilingual.dm

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	name = "Bilingual"
 	desc = "Over the years you've picked up an extra language!"
 	icon = FA_ICON_GLOBE
-	value = 4
+	value = QUIRK_COST_BILINGUAL // monkestation edit 4 -> QUIRK_COST_BILINGUAL
 	gain_text = span_notice("Some of the words of the people around you certainly aren't common. Good thing you studied for this.")
 	lose_text = span_notice("You seem to have forgotten your second language.")
 	medical_record_text = "Patient speaks multiple languages."

code/game/say.dm

@@ -180,7 +180,13 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(freqtospan, list(
 ///	Modifies the message by comparing the languages of the speaker with the languages of the hearer. Called on the hearer.
 /atom/movable/proc/translate_language(atom/movable/speaker, datum/language/language, raw_message, list/spans, list/message_mods = list())
 	if(!language)
+		// monkestation edit start
+		/* original
 		return "makes a strange sound."
+		*/
+		var/datum/language/dialect = GLOB.language_datum_instances[/datum/language/common]
+		return dialect.scramble(raw_message)
+		// monkestation edit end
 
 	if(!has_language(language))
 		var/datum/language/dialect = GLOB.language_datum_instances[language]

monkestation/code/datums/quirks/negative_quirks/language_quirks.dm

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/datum/quirk/outsider
+	name = "Outsider"
+	desc = "You don't know your species' language. If you are human you know a random language instead of Galactic Common."
+	icon = FA_ICON_BAN
+	value = QUIRK_COST_OUTSIDER
+	gain_text = span_notice("You can't understand your species' language.")
+	lose_text = span_notice("You've remembered your species' language.")
+
+/datum/quirk/outsider/add_unique(client/client_source)
+	var/is_human = ishumanbasic(quirk_holder)
+	if (is_human)
+		quirk_holder.remove_language(/datum/language/common, TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ALL)
+	for (var/language in quirk_holder.language_holder.understood_languages)
+		if (language != /datum/language/common)
+			quirk_holder.remove_language(language, TRUE, FALSE, LANGUAGE_ALL)
+	for (var/language in quirk_holder.language_holder.spoken_languages)
+		if (language != /datum/language/common)
+			quirk_holder.remove_language(language, FALSE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ALL)
+	if (is_human)
+		quirk_holder.grant_language(pick(GLOB.roundstart_languages), TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_QUIRK)
+
+/datum/quirk/listener
+	name = "Listener"
+	desc = "You are unable to speak Galactic Common though you understand it just fine."
+	icon = FA_ICON_BELL_SLASH
+	value = QUIRK_COST_LISTENER
+	hardcore_value = QUIRK_HARDCORE_LISTENER
+	gain_text = span_notice("You don't know how to speak Galactic Common.")
+	lose_text = span_notice("You're able to speak Galactic Common.")
+	medical_record_text = "Patient does not speak Galactic Common and may require an interpreter."
+
+/datum/quirk/listener/add_unique(client/client_source)
+	quirk_holder.remove_language(/datum/language/common, FALSE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ATOM)
+	if (!iscarbon(quirk_holder))
+		return
+	var/mob/living/carbon/carbon_holder = quirk_holder
+	for (var/obj/item/clothing/mask/translator/translator in carbon_holder.get_all_gear())
+		carbon_holder.temporarilyRemoveItemFromInventory(translator, force = TRUE, idrop = FALSE)
+		qdel(translator)

tgstation.dme

@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@
 #include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\physics.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\power.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\projectiles.dm"
+#include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\quirk_costs.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\robots.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\skills.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\~monkestation\slimes.dm"
@@ -6023,6 +6024,7 @@
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\insanity.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\kakologophobia.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\kleptomaniac.dm"
+#include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\language_quirks.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\light_drinker.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\monophobia.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\quirks\negative_quirks\prosthetic_limb.dm"
@@ -6136,7 +6138,7 @@
 #include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\stickers.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\superglue.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\tactical_shields.dm"
-#include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\translation_hat.dm"
+#include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\translator.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\trash.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\turf_demolisher.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\game\objects\items\venom_knife.dm"