Removing Ore Tag from Processed BS crystals #1091

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QuillTheCreature merged 7 commits from Balenar/Byrd:BluespaceCrystalsAreNotAnOre into master 2026-10-27 19:05:31 +00:00

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Balenar commented 2026-10-20 18:04:00 +00:00

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removing the ore tag from processed Bluespace Crystals so they can no longer fit into ore bags as well as a nerf to unprocessed Bluespace teleporting

Why we need to add this

A ore bag of holding of bluespace crystals can make it exceptionally difficult to chase a troublemaker and a competent salvage can get HUNDREDS. restricting them to their normal bag size limits but doesn't fully remove this shenanigan and it's inconsistent to have a processed ingot go into ore bags anyway, then unprocessed teleportation is made substantially weaker to avoid using unprocessed crystals for the same purpose

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🆑 Balenar

• tweak: Processed Bluespace Crystals can no longer go into ore bags
• tweak: Unprocessed Bluespace Crystal teleporting is weaker
• tweak: Bluespace Crystals now have a 3 second cooldown on use and make noise when being crushed

<!-- Link definitions, do not edit --> [guidelines]: https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/general-development/codebase-info/pull-request-guidelines.html [ruleset]: https://rules.byrdstation.space/#h.vigrxrnffwji ## Short description <!-- What do you propose to change with your PR? --> removing the ore tag from processed Bluespace Crystals so they can no longer fit into ore bags as well as a nerf to unprocessed Bluespace teleporting ## Why we need to add this <!-- What is the reason for adding these changes? Please post links to Discussions as well as Bug Reports here. Please describe how this will change the game balance. --> A ore bag of holding of bluespace crystals can make it exceptionally difficult to chase a troublemaker and a competent salvage can get HUNDREDS. restricting them to their normal bag size limits but doesn't fully remove this shenanigan and it's inconsistent to have a processed ingot go into ore bags anyway, then unprocessed teleportation is made substantially weaker to avoid using unprocessed crystals for the same purpose ## Checklist <!-- Check boxes for faster reviewing of your PR --> - [X] I do not require assistance to complete the PR. - [X] I have verified that the changes work before posting/requesting review of my PR. - [X] I have added screenshots/videos of the changes, or this PR does not change in-game mechanics. - [X] I have read the [Pull Request and Changelog Guidelines][guidelines] and [Byrd Station's Contributor Ruleset][ruleset]. ### Ingame Changelog <!--If you want the players to know about changes made in this PR, specify them using the template outside the comment. Short and informative.--> :cl: Balenar - tweak: Processed Bluespace Crystals can no longer go into ore bags - tweak: Unprocessed Bluespace Crystal teleporting is weaker - tweak: Bluespace Crystals now have a 3 second cooldown on use and make noise when being crushed

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Balenar added 4 commits 2026-10-20 18:04:01 +00:00

Moved Ore Tag to only be on UNPROCESSED BS crystals b6d0b30e37

Reduced unprocessed BS crystals to only move 1 tile, otherwise people would just leave them unprocessed to use as a bag of holding teleport 192ec04700

added comments 9b15d8697f

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/BluespaceCrystalsAreNotAnOre' into BluespaceCrystalsAreNotAnOre ... 9620ccf4ca

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QuillTheCreature commented 2026-10-22 17:08:17 +00:00

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--🆑 Balenar

Changelog line is messed up, please update it.

> --🆑 Balenar Changelog line is messed up, please update it.

QuillTheCreature approved these changes 2026-10-22 17:10:14 +00:00

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Looks good.

Looks good.

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Balenar commented 2026-10-23 02:36:42 +00:00

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@QuillTheCreature wrote in #1091 (comment):

--🆑 Balenar

Changelog line is messed up, please update it.

Fixed! forgor removing the -- from the comment

@QuillTheCreature wrote in https://git.byrdstation.space/Byrd-Station/Byrd/pulls/1091#issuecomment-9297: > > --:cl: Balenar > > Changelog line is messed up, please update it. Fixed! forgor removing the -- from the comment

QuillTheCreature commented 2026-10-23 15:10:08 +00:00

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Hey there!

Thank you for your contribution.

This passed staff vote, however please do two changes:

• Change the teleport to min 1, max 2 on the unprocessed crystal.
• Add a 5 3 second cooldown to both.

Hey there! Thank you for your contribution. This passed staff vote, however please do two changes: * Change the teleport to min 1, max 2 on the unprocessed crystal. * Add a ~~5~~ 3 second cooldown to both.

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Balenar commented 2026-10-23 15:26:31 +00:00

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@QuillTheCreature wrote in #1091 (comment):

Hey there!

Thank you for your contribution.

This passed staff vote, however please do two changes:

* Change the teleport to min 1, max 2 on the unprocessed crystal.

* Add a 5 second cooldown to both.

I am MORE than happy to see about nerfing the bluespace crystals further! haven't touched cooldowns yet though so will take a second!

@QuillTheCreature wrote in https://git.byrdstation.space/Byrd-Station/Byrd/pulls/1091#issuecomment-9580: > Hey there! > > Thank you for your contribution. > > This passed staff vote, however please do two changes: > > * Change the teleport to min 1, max 2 on the unprocessed crystal. > > * Add a 5 second cooldown to both. I am MORE than happy to see about nerfing the bluespace crystals further! haven't touched cooldowns yet though so will take a second!

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Balenar commented 2026-10-23 16:16:12 +00:00

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@QuillTheCreature wrote in #1091 (comment):

Hey there!

Thank you for your contribution.

This passed staff vote, however please do two changes:

* Change the teleport to min 1, max 2 on the unprocessed crystal.

* Add a ~5~ 3 second cooldown to both.

okay so, apparently "RandomTeleportOnUse" isn't the best coded and doesn't actually use the item for the purposes of UseDelay, so to get around that I'm also giving crushing the crystal a sound effect

@QuillTheCreature wrote in https://git.byrdstation.space/Byrd-Station/Byrd/pulls/1091#issuecomment-9580: > Hey there! > > Thank you for your contribution. > > This passed staff vote, however please do two changes: > > * Change the teleport to min 1, max 2 on the unprocessed crystal. > > * Add a ~5~ 3 second cooldown to both. okay so, apparently "RandomTeleportOnUse" isn't the best coded and doesn't actually use the item for the purposes of UseDelay, so to get around that I'm also giving crushing the crystal a sound effect

Balenar added 2 commits 2026-10-23 16:19:48 +00:00

Boosting the max teleport on unprocessed to 2 4613710c61

Adding a sound effect and cooldown to using a bluespace crystal 8b0bfeedad

QuillTheCreature commented 2026-10-27 19:05:22 +00:00

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There's a debug error getting thrown when interacting with crystals in both hands, but that's present on master too so it's unrelated to this PR.

[FATL] unhandled: Robust.Shared.Utility.DebugAssertException: Exception of type 'Robust.Shared.Utility.DebugAssertException' was thrown.
   at Robust.Shared.Utility.DebugTools.Assert(Boolean condition) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/RobustToolbox/Robust.Shared/Utility/DebugTools.cs:line 37
   at Content.Shared.Interaction.SharedInteractionSystem.UseInHandInteraction(EntityUid user, EntityUid used, Boolean checkCanUse, Boolean checkCanInteract, Boolean checkUseDelay) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/Content.Shared/Interaction/SharedInteractionSystem.cs:line 1247
   at Content.Shared.Hands.EntitySystems.SharedHandsSystem.TryUseItemInHand(EntityUid uid, Boolean altInteract, HandsComponent handsComp, String handName) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/Content.Shared/Hands/EntitySystems/SharedHandsSystem.Interactions.cs:line 204
   at Content.Shared.Hands.EntitySystems.SharedHandsSystem.HandleUseItem(ICommonSession session) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/Content.Shared/Hands/EntitySystems/SharedHandsSystem.Interactions.cs:line 50
   at Robust.Shared.Input.Binding.InputCmdHandler.StateInputCmdHandler.Enabled(ICommonSession session) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/RobustToolbox/Robust.Shared/Input/Binding/InputCmdHandler.cs:line 52
   at Robust.Shared.Input.Binding.InputCmdHandler.StateInputCmdHandler.HandleCmdMessage(IEntityManager entManager, ICommonSession session, IFullInputCmdMessage message) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/RobustToolbox/Robust.Shared/Input/Binding/InputCmdHandler.cs:line 68

There's a debug error getting thrown when interacting with crystals in both hands, but that's present on master too so it's unrelated to this PR. ``` [FATL] unhandled: Robust.Shared.Utility.DebugAssertException: Exception of type 'Robust.Shared.Utility.DebugAssertException' was thrown. at Robust.Shared.Utility.DebugTools.Assert(Boolean condition) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/RobustToolbox/Robust.Shared/Utility/DebugTools.cs:line 37 at Content.Shared.Interaction.SharedInteractionSystem.UseInHandInteraction(EntityUid user, EntityUid used, Boolean checkCanUse, Boolean checkCanInteract, Boolean checkUseDelay) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/Content.Shared/Interaction/SharedInteractionSystem.cs:line 1247 at Content.Shared.Hands.EntitySystems.SharedHandsSystem.TryUseItemInHand(EntityUid uid, Boolean altInteract, HandsComponent handsComp, String handName) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/Content.Shared/Hands/EntitySystems/SharedHandsSystem.Interactions.cs:line 204 at Content.Shared.Hands.EntitySystems.SharedHandsSystem.HandleUseItem(ICommonSession session) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/Content.Shared/Hands/EntitySystems/SharedHandsSystem.Interactions.cs:line 50 at Robust.Shared.Input.Binding.InputCmdHandler.StateInputCmdHandler.Enabled(ICommonSession session) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/RobustToolbox/Robust.Shared/Input/Binding/InputCmdHandler.cs:line 52 at Robust.Shared.Input.Binding.InputCmdHandler.StateInputCmdHandler.HandleCmdMessage(IEntityManager entManager, ICommonSession session, IFullInputCmdMessage message) in /home/quill/Documents/Workspace/quill/SpaceStation14/ByrdStation/RobustToolbox/Robust.Shared/Input/Binding/InputCmdHandler.cs:line 68 ```

QuillTheCreature merged commit 4207132d6c into master 2026-10-27 19:05:31 +00:00

QuillTheCreature referenced this pull request from a commit 2026-10-27 19:05:33 +00:00

Merge pull request 'Removing Ore Tag from Processed BS crystals' (#1091) from Balenar/Byrd:BluespaceCrystalsAreNotAnOre into master

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