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Modding => Work In Progress => Topic started by: Fox105iwsp on February 19, 2014, 05:32:32 pm

Title: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Fox105iwsp on February 19, 2014, 05:32:32 pm
I'm putting together a mod set and I was wondering, can we allow medics to use the med-kit on themselves? You know, without handing it to someone else....
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Sharp on February 19, 2014, 05:40:46 pm
It's funny how they swapped this in Apocalypse, first time I played it I almost got an agent bled to death wondering why my other agent wasn't healing him.
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Solarius Scorch on February 20, 2014, 02:24:54 am
It's funny how they swapped this in Apocalypse, first time I played it I almost got an agent bled to death wondering why my other agent wasn't healing him.

Haha, same here.
I think it should be possible, but less efficient, HP-wise. In other words, exactly how they did it in the UNIMOD (https://ufogr.com/en/install/).
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Dioxine on February 20, 2014, 03:18:06 am
Seconded, there should be an (alternate) option to "use" the medicine on oneself, especially if the healing is some form of hypo-injection... winners say no to drugs, but what about when humanity's fate is at stake? :)
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Fox105iwsp on February 20, 2014, 08:25:51 am
What I had in mind wasn't drugs technically, but yeah, a second option to heal yourself  would solve a lot .
So it isn't possible currently? >_<
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Ran on April 07, 2014, 01:56:52 am
So, any chance we can have this implemented?
I guess it requires some work as you'd need to be able to choose if you use it on yourself or something else.
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: hszp on April 07, 2014, 02:48:45 pm
I guess it requires some work as you'd need to be able to choose if you use it on yourself or something else.

Not neccessarily. There is a soldier in front of the medic => that soldier is the target. No one is in front of the medic => the medic himself is the target. You need some private space for this kind of stuff you know, can't do it with people pushing your elbow.
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Fox105iwsp on April 07, 2014, 03:03:12 pm
You need some private space for this kind of stuff you know, can't do it with people pushing your elbow.

Pushing elbows? I gave up on the concept more than a month ago, as far as I'm concern, if I can't get results with the current set of rules & tools given, it means giving  up and moving on something that can actually work. >_<
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: hszp on April 07, 2014, 03:39:58 pm
Pushing elbows? I gave up on the concept more than a month ago, as far as I'm concern, if I can't get results with the current set of rules & tools given, it means giving  up and moving on something that can actually work. >_<

I think there has been a slight misunderstanding: I was just offering a lame explanation for the limitation of the most easily implementable solution (the limitation being that the medic would not be able to choose to heal himself as long as there is a soldier in front of him.)
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: kharille on April 07, 2014, 06:17:01 pm
Oh man, just mind controlled a muton to heal one of my soldiers with a medkit..  For some reason it can't recognize the guy..... 
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Solarius Scorch on April 07, 2014, 08:06:50 pm
Oh man, just mind controlled a muton to heal one of my soldiers with a medkit..  For some reason it can't recognize the guy.....

Sir, you are a twisted, sick person. :P
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: kharille on April 08, 2014, 03:02:48 pm
Game breaking yes...  but it would be nice to have it.  Maybe if there was a psi skill improvement system...  Maybe overpowering stuff should only be had when your psi skill reaches...  103 maybe...  I'm still in my first playthrough of OpenXcom and having fun with 250 soldiers....
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Ran on April 09, 2014, 04:43:04 am
Well I guess someone would need to change some code to enable this ::)
I still think it would be hilarious as it would enable to use different sort of food you could eat - with varying effects.
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Ran on April 14, 2014, 12:56:57 am
I have opened a Feature Request:
https://openxcom.org/bugs/openxcom/issues/523
Title: Re: Can Medics heal themselves?
Post by: Fox105iwsp on April 14, 2014, 08:20:34 am
Thanks for posting for help ^_^ but I'll proceed without it first