Otoscope & Mirror

Otoscope & Mirror

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#Tools The Otoscope is a visual diagnostic tool that examines a living entity for surface abnormalities like redness, lesions, secretion, and swelling. The Mirror allows you to use the Otoscope on yourself.

How to use it

Action	Result
Hold right‑click with Otoscope in main hand	Starts examining the entity you are looking at.
Hold right‑click with Mirror in off‑hand + Otoscope in main hand	Starts examining yourself instead of a target.
Keep holding for ~3 seconds	After a short delay, the otoscope activates and locks your view.
Move the selector (WASD / arrow keys)	Moves a crosshair over the examination area.
Hover over glowing particles	Tooltip shows the symptom type (Redness, Lesion, Secretion, Swelling).
Release right‑click	Stops the examination and closes the overlay.

• Requires at least 60 ticks (3 seconds) of holding before the overlay appears.
• The Mirror has no function on its own - only as an off‑hand companion to the Otoscope for self‑examination.

What it measures (visual symptoms)

Finding	What it indicates
Redness	Inflammation or infection
Lesions	Tissue damage or ulceration
Secretion	Discharge or exudate
Swelling	Oedema or mass effect

Each symptom has a severity value (0‑1) read from the target’s InfectionData (symptoms: OTOSCOPE_REDNESS, OTOSCOPE_LESIONS, OTOSCOPE_SECRETION, OTOSCOPE_SWELLING).

Visual feedback

• Overlay - The screen is darkened except for a circular viewing area (like a scope).
• Particles - Floating icons (redness, lesion, secretion, swelling) appear inside the circle. Their number and size reflect severity.
• Particle motion - Each particle moves organically (orbiting, bouncing, drifting) to feel alive.
• Selector crosshair - Use WASD/arrows to move a cyan crosshair over particles. Hovering shows a tooltip naming the symptom.
• Name label - Displays the target’s name above the scope.
• Tutorial panel - Bottom‑right corner shows basic controls (move, select, exit).
• Ring & vignette - A glowing scope ring pulses, and a reddish tint may overlay the view if redness is high.

Interaction with other systems

• Clipboard integration - If you have a patient assigned with the Clipboard, the otoscope automatically records all four visual findings after the overlay appears.
• Tags - Entities with the no_otoscope or no_diagnostics tag cannot be examined (e.g., skeletons, non‑living things).