ai_laws

Vars
hacked	Hacked laws Can be supplied by a law rack, or can be added naturally Their priority is always pushed above inherent laws
id	The ID of this lawset, pretty much only used to tell if we're default or not
inherent	Core Laws These laws are usually applied by an ai lawset, or a law rack
name	The name of the lawset
protected_zeroth	If TRUE, the zeroth law of this AI is protected and cannot be removed by players under normal circumstances.
supplied	Supplied laws These laws are usually applied by adminbus or niche circumstances In the case of AIs, they will always stick around, law rack or no
zeroth	Zeroth law A lawset can only have 1 zeroth law, it's the top dog. Removed by things that remove core/inherent laws, but only if protected_zeroth is false. Otherwise, cannot be removed except by admins
zeroth_borg	Zeroth borg law It's just a zeroth law but specially themed for cyborgs ("follow your master" vs "accomplish your objectives")
Procs
add_hacked_law	Adds the passed law as an hacked law.
add_inherent_law	Adds the passed law as an inherent law. Can optionally be supplied an index to insert the law at. No duplicate laws allowed.
ai_to_cyborg	Applies all laws from this lawset to the passed lawset, treating it as if it was a cyborg lawset
clear_hacked_laws	Clears all hacked laws.
clear_inherent_laws	Clears all inherent laws from this lawset.
clear_supplied_laws	Clears all supplied laws.
clear_zeroth_law	Unsets the zeroth (and zeroth borg) law from this lawset
copy_lawset	Makes a copy of the lawset and returns a new law datum.
get_law_list	Generates a list of all laws on this datum, including rendered HTML tags if required
remove_hacked_law	Removes the passed law from the hacked law list.
remove_inherent_law	Removes the passed law from the inherent law list.
set_zeroth_law	Sets this lawset's zeroth law to the passed law

Var Details

var
hacked
– /list

Hacked laws Can be supplied by a law rack, or can be added naturally Their priority is always pushed above inherent laws

var
id

The ID of this lawset, pretty much only used to tell if we're default or not

var
inherent
– /list

Core Laws These laws are usually applied by an ai lawset, or a law rack

var
name

The name of the lawset

var
protected_zeroth

If TRUE, the zeroth law of this AI is protected and cannot be removed by players under normal circumstances.

var
supplied
– /list

Supplied laws These laws are usually applied by adminbus or niche circumstances In the case of AIs, they will always stick around, law rack or no

var
zeroth

Zeroth law A lawset can only have 1 zeroth law, it's the top dog. Removed by things that remove core/inherent laws, but only if protected_zeroth is false. Otherwise, cannot be removed except by admins

var
zeroth_borg

Zeroth borg law It's just a zeroth law but specially themed for cyborgs ("follow your master" vs "accomplish your objectives")

Proc Details

proc
add_hacked_law
(law)

Adds the passed law as an hacked law.

proc
add_inherent_law
(law, index)

Adds the passed law as an inherent law. Can optionally be supplied an index to insert the law at. No duplicate laws allowed.

proc
ai_to_cyborg
(/datum/ai_laws/cyborg_laws)

Applies all laws from this lawset to the passed lawset, treating it as if it was a cyborg lawset

proc
clear_hacked_laws
()

Clears all hacked laws.

proc
clear_inherent_laws
()

Clears all inherent laws from this lawset.

proc
clear_supplied_laws
()

Clears all supplied laws.

proc
clear_zeroth_law
(force)

Unsets the zeroth (and zeroth borg) law from this lawset

This will NOT unset a malfunctioning AI's zero law if force is not true

Returns TRUE on success, or false otherwise

proc
copy_lawset
()

Makes a copy of the lawset and returns a new law datum.

proc
get_law_list
(include_zeroth, show_numbers, render_html)

Generates a list of all laws on this datum, including rendered HTML tags if required

Arguments:

include_zeroth - Operator that controls if law 0 or law 666 is returned in the set
show_numbers - Operator that controls if law numbers are prepended to the returned laws
render_html - Operator controlling if HTML tags are rendered on the returned laws

proc
remove_hacked_law
(law)

Removes the passed law from the hacked law list.

proc
remove_inherent_law
(law)

Removes the passed law from the inherent law list.

proc
set_zeroth_law
(law, law_borg, force)

Sets this lawset's zeroth law to the passed law

Also can set the zeroth borg law, if this lawset is for master AIs. The zeroth borg law allows for AIs with zeroth laws to give a differing zeroth law to their child cyborgs

ai_laws /datum/ai_laws

Vars

Procs

Var Details

var hacked – /list

var id

var inherent – /list

var name

var protected_zeroth

var supplied – /list

var zeroth

var zeroth_borg

Proc Details

proc add_hacked_law(law)

proc add_inherent_law(law, index)

proc ai_to_cyborg(/datum/ai_laws/cyborg_laws)

proc clear_hacked_laws()

proc clear_inherent_laws()

proc clear_supplied_laws()

proc clear_zeroth_law(force)

proc copy_lawset()

proc get_law_list(include_zeroth, show_numbers, render_html)

proc remove_hacked_law(law)

proc remove_inherent_law(law)

proc set_zeroth_law(law, law_borg, force)