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Further updates the rounds tips #57951

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There are many places around the station to hide contraband. A few for starters: linen boxes, toilet cisterns, body bags. Experiment to find more!
You can use a machine in the vault to deposit cash or rob Cargo's department funds.
When in doubt about technicial issues, clear your cache (byond launcher > cogwheel > preferences > game prefs), update your BYOND, and relog.
Most things have special interactions with your middle mouse button, alt, shift, and control click. Experiment!
You can screwdriver any non-chemical grenade to shorten fuses from 5 seconds, to 3 seconds, to 1 second, to instant boom! Nobody ever expects this.
Most things have special interactions with right, alt, shift, and control click. Experiment!
You can screwdriver any non-chemical grenade to shorten fuses from 5 seconds, to 3 seconds, to instant boom! Nobody ever expects this.
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are you sure this instant explosion is still a thing? last time i played i remember it only being 3 and 5

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Yes, for non-chem nades.

Chem nades only have 3 and 5 now

If you find yourself in a fistfight with another player, staying on the offensive is usually the smart move. Running away often won't accomplish much.
Different weapons have different strengths. Some weapons, such as spears, floor tiles, and throwing stars, deal more damage when thrown compared to when attacked normally.
A thrown glass of water can make a slippery tile, allowing you to slow down your pursuers in a pinch.
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As the Research Director, you can lock down cyborgs instead of blowing them up. Then you can have their laws reset or if that doesn't work, safely dismantled.
As a Scientist, you can use the mutation toxin obtained from green slimes to turn yourself into a jelly mutant. Each subspecies has unique features - for example telepathic powers, duplicating bodies or integrating slime extracts!
As a Scientist, you can maximize the number of uses you get out of a slime by feeding it slime steroid, created from purple slimes, while alive. You can then apply extract enhancer, created from cerulean slimes, on each extract.
As a Scientist, you can disable anomalies by scanning them with an analyzer, then send a signal on the frequency it gives you with a remote signaling device, or if researched, hit the anomaly an anomaly analyzer. This will leave behind an anomaly core, which can be used to construct a Phazon mech or reactive armors!
As a Scientist, you can disable anomalies by scanning them with an analyzer, then send a signal on the frequency it gives you with a remote signaling device, or if researched, hit the anomaly an anomaly analyzer. This will leave behind an anomaly core, which can be used to construct a Phazon mech, reactive armors, or various unique and powerful weapons!
As a Scientist, researchable stock parts can seriously improve the efficiency and speed of machines around the station. In some cases, it can even unlock new functions.
As a Scientist, you can generate research points by letting the tachyon-doppler array record increasingly large explosions.
As a Scientist, you can generate money for Science, and complete experiments by letting the tachyon-doppler array record increasingly large explosions.
As a Scientist, getting drunk just enough will speed up research. Skol!
As a Roboticist, keep an ear out for anomaly announcements. If you get your hands on a bluespace anomaly core, you can build a Phazon mech!
As a Roboticist, you can repair your cyborgs with a welding tool. If they have taken burn damage, you can remove their battery, expose the wiring with a screwdriver and replace their wires with a cable coil.
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As the Lawyer, try to negotiate with the Warden if sentences seem too high for the crime.
As the Lawyer, you can try to convince the Captain and Head of Security to hold trials for prisoners in the courtroom.
As the Head of Personnel, you are not higher ranking than other heads of staff, even though you are expected to take the Captain's place first should he go missing. If the situation seems too rough for you, consider allowing another head to become temporary Captain.
As the Head of Personnel, you are just as large a target as the Captain because of the potential power your ID and computer can hand out.
As the Mime, your invisible wall power blocks people as well as projectiles. You can use it in a pinch to delay your pursuer.
As the Mime, you can use :r and :l to speak through your ventriloquist dummy.
As the Mime, your oath of silence is your source of power. Breaking it robs you of your powers and of your honor.
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