Alternate Borg Paintjobs

[Helios]

Spraypaint+borg lets you change its paintjob.
Drop down menu specific to each borg, as some may have more/less paintjobs available.
Including older models for real fun.

[Saegrimr]

That one I know for sure isn't in code, that's just a quick dmi I whipped up to varedit in. (Lacks hatch open/closed sprite, running lights, flashlights)

These are "currently" in the dmi unless they've been cleaned out in the last 4 weeks or so.

[PKPenguin321]

i think i'm mostly okay with this as long as the shape of the borg is relatively unchanged. carp engieborg is fine, a green mediborg is fine, but a secborg disguised as a robotic Ian is not fine
the obvious exception here is serviceborgs, they should be able to get all kinds of silly skins

[Zilenan91]

I think the only one that would actually work with alternate skins is service borgs. Every other borg actually has a very constructive use, so drowning out their aesthetic and making them harder to recognize with new skins wouldn't be too good.

[invisty]

Just let people put hats on cyborgs and call it a day.

[Saegrimr]

I think the only one that would actually work with alternate skins is service borgs. Every other borg actually has a very constructive use, so drowning out their aesthetic and making them harder to recognize with new skins wouldn't be too good.

Botanyborg skin is pretty nice, just green janiborg with a little squirter nozzle attachment. Unfortunately the scrubbers on it don't spin. I could probably fix that but it'd still see no use unless I was online hunting for janiborgs to varedit.

The treaded secborg/engiborg more or less keep the same looks for them, even if the treads look kinda shitty. /vg/ uses the bipedal borgs as selectable skins, plus some more that we don't have.

[onleavedontatme]

Bring back enginseer.

[Zilenan91]

Yeah I mean like totally different shaped borgs. Since most of those more or less look the same with minor color differences, those are fine.

[Incoming]

Bring back borg vanity plating (https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/pull/2392)

[rdght91]

NO MORE SNOWFLAKENESS.

Other than service bots. Service bots can be snowflakes.

[Luke Cox]

This could be really cool, as long as the paint job doesn't mess with the aesthetic. Things like riot sec borg, atmos engine Borg, etc

[Gun Hog]

These are great, so long as the borg's module is still obvious!

[DemonFiren]

It's blatantly obvious most of the time, by colour scheme alone.

It looks like a robot and wears purple and yellow? Miner.
Only yellow: engi; only purple: janitor.
Red and black? Security.
White and blue? Medical.
Anything else? Service.
(We better not have standard borg skins.)

[LiamLime]

Just let people put hats on cyborgs and call it a day.

Basically this. I think customization is cool.

The one thing I think is paramount is that you can easily differentiate between borgs and humans. I don't think it's of extreme importance to be able to quickly tell between a secborg and an engiborg though. It's similar to how a security guard can dress up as an engineer, and vice versa. I mean I wouldn't encourage it, but being able to change various panels and pimp your borg sounds cool to me.

[AnonymousNow]

I remember old cyborg humanoid skins.

I also remember paintable cyborg plating, where a colour variable could be added to specific parts of cyborgs' sprites somehow by in-game action to have all sorts of different colours for the different module shapes.

I'd like that, but in absentia, hats would be nice.