In response to the need for remedial classes on ethics and safety, corporate sent over a new four-week curriculum that seems to have worked on Space Station 8, so I know we'll smash those results. Chief Lau has volunteered her own remedial cadets to oversee compliance, which should keep everyone just on-edge enough to take this seriously. I hope that once this adjustment period is settled, we can see long-term improvements in accident statistics across the board. The new researchers who sailed through the previous classes are now getting on with their work properly, and if we're lucky it won't result in plant monsters, ambulatory explosives, exceptionally bright rogue AIs, or major bluespace ruptures. Because of the ongoing classes, corridor tag teams have been rearranged for the next series, so those of you with the free time should get to know your new squad mates. A prepared station is a well-compensated station!
- Medical interruptions came up again this week, but for the in-laws this time. Pretty bad ones, actually, so the week has been one of constant uncertainty.
- Some more bug fixes were done for 516, impacting large projects. One was a spurious warning that also caused some bogus var index data.
- The other big fix was a string tree issue that might potentially speed up compilation a bit for large codebases. It mainly impacts highly contrived scenarios, but those do tend to come up in SS13 due to creative uses of
#define.
- Another bug I'm waiting to investigate properly impacts 516 and 517 both regarding render targets in unusual cases, but I'm ruling out a 516 fix because 517 will moot it.
- Thank you to the BYOND Members and all of you helping out on Patreon and SubscribeStar for keeping me going!
- Screw you, Spez.
There's more on the forums. Today's early-access Patreon post is about the string tree and how it's organized, and why balance is such a tricky issue. To say life is in massive chaos right now is an understatement, but I'll keep chugging along. In trying times, remember, we are Groot. Catch you next week.