Negative Language Quirks

code/__DEFINES/~monkestation/quirk_costs.dm

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+	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_UNCOMMON -6
+
+#define QUIRK_COST_LISTENER -3
+#define QUIRK_HARDCORE_LISTENER 3
+
+#define QUIRK_COST_OUTSIDER -2

code/controllers/subsystem/processing/quirks.dm

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ 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
 		//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

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* monkestation removal - replaced with /datum/quirk/language_holder/uncommon
 /datum/quirk/foreigner
 	name = "Foreigner"
 	desc = "You're not from around here. You don't know Galactic Common!"
@@ -19,3 +20,4 @@
 	human_holder.remove_blocked_language(/datum/language/common)
 	if(ishumanbasic(human_holder))
 		human_holder.remove_language(/datum/language/uncommon)
+*/

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]

code/modules/language/language_holder.dm

@@ -62,6 +62,31 @@ Key procs
 		if(M.current)
 			update_atom_languages(M.current)
 
+	// monkestation edit start
+	var/mob/living/carbon/carbon_owner = owner
+	if (istype(carbon_owner))
+		var/uncommon = carbon_owner.has_quirk(/datum/quirk/language_holder/uncommon)
+		var/outsider = carbon_owner.has_quirk(/datum/quirk/language_holder/outsider)
+		var/is_human = istype(carbon_owner.dna.species, /datum/species/human)
+		var/outsider_human = outsider && is_human
+		if (uncommon || outsider_human)
+			remove_language(/datum/language/common, TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ATOM)
+			add_blocked_language(/datum/language/common, LANGUAGE_QUIRK)
+		if (outsider)
+			for (var/language in understood_languages)
+				if (language != /datum/language/common)
+					remove_language(language, TRUE, FALSE, LANGUAGE_ATOM)
+			for (var/language in spoken_languages)
+				if (language != /datum/language/common)
+					remove_language(language, FALSE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ATOM)
+		if (uncommon)
+			grant_language(/datum/language/uncommon, TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_QUIRK)
+		if (outsider_human)
+			grant_language(pick(GLOB.roundstart_languages), TRUE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_QUIRK)
+		if (carbon_owner.has_quirk(/datum/quirk/language_holder/listener))
+			remove_language(/datum/language/common, FALSE, TRUE, LANGUAGE_ATOM)
+	// monkestation edit end
+
 	// If we have an owner, we'll set a default selected language
 	if(owner)
 		get_selected_language()

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

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/datum/quirk/language_holder
+	abstract_parent_type = /datum/quirk/language_holder
+	mail_goodies = list(/obj/item/taperecorder) // for translation
+
+/datum/quirk/language_holder/proc/recreate_language_holder(client_source)
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human_holder = quirk_holder
+	human_holder.language_holder = new human_holder.language_holder.type(human_holder)
+	human_holder.update_atom_languages()
+	var/datum/quirk/bilingual/bilingual = human_holder.get_quirk(/datum/quirk/bilingual)
+	if (bilingual)
+		bilingual.add_unique(client_source)
+
+/datum/quirk/language_holder/add(client/client_source)
+	recreate_language_holder(client_source)
+
+/datum/quirk/language_holder/remove(client/client_source)
+	recreate_language_holder(client_source)
+
+/datum/quirk/language_holder/uncommon
+	name = "Uncommon"
+	desc = "You don't understand Galactic Common having learned Galactic Uncommon instead."
+	icon = FA_ICON_LANGUAGE
+	value = QUIRK_COST_UNCOMMON
+	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 understand Galactic Common and may require an interpreter."
+
+/datum/quirk/language_holder/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/language_holder/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."

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"