Group Howl Event

[Ohelig]

Short description

Adds an infrequent, calm random event that encourages all Vulpkanins, Proto-Vulpkanins, and dog-based animals to gather in a random location and howl together.

Why we need to add this

Vulp flavor, and mostly harmless. This event selects a random beacon on the station's main grid (so, excludes ATS) and sends a message to all Vulpkanins and Proto-Vulpkanins that they want to howl there. All vulps on the same map as the station's main grid will receive the message.

This is 100% vibe coded, but that doesn't mean untested.

Originally based on having the Vulpkanin/ProtoVulp species proto, but there was great demand to have it include Corgis, McGriff, etc. so I also gave the event to anyone with the DogEmotes tag. However, Borgis don't have that tag and if you give it to them, they lose a bunch of other emotes. Then I based it on the InventoryComponent Species, which basically catches all the dog-adjacent player-controllable entities, but is also not how that component is supposed to be used, so it might break in the future.

Suggestion thread: https://discord.com/channels/1272545509562777621/1533226265505562784

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🆑 Ohelig

• add: Added a random, vulpkanin-specific event.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds the FullMoonHowl station event. It configures eligible inventory species and howl audio, selects matching station recipients, resolves a beacon location, and sends localized radio text with the howl sound.

Changes

Full Moon Howl Event

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Event registration and configuration Content.Server/_Starlight/GameTicking/Rules/Components/FullMoonHowlRuleComponent.cs, Resources/Prototypes/_Starlight/GameRules/passiveevent.yml, Resources/Prototypes/GameRules/events.yml	Registers FullMoonHowlRuleComponent and adds FullMoonHowl to calm event selection with its timing, weight, occurrence, sound, and eligible species settings.
Station targeting and recipient selection Content.Server/_Starlight/GameTicking/Rules/FullMoonHowlRule.cs	Resolves a valid station and main grid, then selects attached entities on the station map whose inventory species is eligible.
Location announcement and howl delivery Content.Server/_Starlight/GameTicking/Rules/FullMoonHowlRule.cs, Resources/Locale/en-US/_Starlight/station-events/events/fullmoonhowl.ftl	Finds an enabled navigation beacon or uses the localized default location, then sends styled radio text and plays the configured howl sound for matching recipients.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FullMoonHowlRule
  participant StationData
  participant StationMapEntities
  participant NavigationBeacons
  participant MatchingRecipients
  FullMoonHowlRule->>StationData: resolve target station and main grid
  StationData-->>FullMoonHowlRule: return valid station data
  FullMoonHowlRule->>StationMapEntities: filter entities by station map and eligible species
  StationMapEntities-->>FullMoonHowlRule: return matching recipients
  FullMoonHowlRule->>NavigationBeacons: find enabled beacon location
  NavigationBeacons-->>FullMoonHowlRule: return beacon text or localized fallback
  FullMoonHowlRule->>MatchingRecipients: send announcement and howl sound

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 3

❌ Failed checks (3 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
No Magic Numbers	⚠️ Warning	The new system repeats the meaningful color value #ADD8E6 in the markup and Color.FromHex call without a named constant.	Define a clearly named color constant or field and reuse it for both the formatted markup and Color.FromHex argument.
Avoid Service Locator	⚠️ Warning	The rule correctly injects IChatManager and uses inherited injected random/audio services, but Loc.GetString hides ILocalizationManager at lines 96 and 98.	Inject ILocalizationManager into FullMoonHowlRule and replace both Loc.GetString calls with the injected instance. The dependency structure is otherwise clear and well implemented.

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change as a group howl event.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately explains the new calm event, eligible entities, location behavior, and player-facing effect.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
No Hardcoded Ecs Parameters	✅ Passed	FullMoonHowlRule reads HowlSound and EligibleInventorySpecies from FullMoonHowlRuleComponent, and passiveevent.yml supplies the species values; no sound or species constants remain in the system.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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Inline comments:
In `@Content.Server/_Starlight/GameTicking/Rules/FullMoonHowlRule.cs`:
- Around line 63-67: Move the eligible species out of the predicate in
FullMoonHowlRule and into a DataField collection on FullMoonHowlRuleComponent;
configure that collection with Vulpkanin and ProtoVulp in the FullMoonHowl
prototype, then have the rule check humanoid.Species against the
component-provided collection instead of hardcoded values.

In `@Resources/Locale/en-US/_Starlight/station-events/events/fullmoonhowl.ftl`:
- Line 2: Update the station-event-fullmoonhowl-default-location localization
fallback to use a location-neutral value such as “the station” instead of “Bar,”
ensuring recipients are not directed to a facility that may not exist.

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📒 Files selected for processing (5)

• Content.Server/_Starlight/GameTicking/Rules/Components/FullMoonHowlRuleComponent.cs
• Content.Server/_Starlight/GameTicking/Rules/FullMoonHowlRule.cs
• Resources/Locale/en-US/_Starlight/station-events/events/fullmoonhowl.ftl
• Resources/Prototypes/GameRules/events.yml
• Resources/Prototypes/_Starlight/GameRules/passiveevent.yml

[UnbrokenEclipse]

This is hella cute <3

[Sparlight]

as a corgi gamer I am requesting that MobCorgi and its descendants also get this :godo:

[salarua]

I agree, any sentient canine should also get this

[Ohelig]

works on corgis and dog pets now, but not Borgis since they get their emotes some other magical way. If I send this event to anyone that has a "howl" emote, that would also get every single protogen

[Ohelig]

Works for borgis, vulps, protovulps, corgis, dog-based pets.

It checks your InventoryComponent SpeciesID. if vulp, dog, or puppy, you get invited to the howl. This also includes xenoborgis which can't howl, unfortunately.

[Ohelig]

Decided to let ghosts hear it too, for observer and admin purposes. Admins would get the event notification but not its location.