Get a Spray Bottle.
It will be your best friend for life.
Empty whatever is in it, weed b gone, or space cleaner
and refill that thing with water.

You have to use a glass, or beaker or other container to refill the bottle, Even a bucket works. The Weed-b-gone holds less then the space cleaner, but that also means you can get it ready to refill with water faster.

Once you have it filled you have the best offensive support weapons and one of the best defensive weapons in the entire game.

It makes people slip, and is near impossible to see. You can do up to 3 Squares in a spray, and on diagonals.

If you walk, you wont fall down yourself. I like to spray it behind me as I run away from someone. If you can get galoshes with this combo, you are a god king.

I love using this when I play the clown, I will put a few banana peels down, in a way that you could easily walk around the, but spray the empty walk around floor tiles.

The Water lasts about 30 Real seconds on the ground. Very worth it if you are The Clown.

Clown Protip: Use it sparingly and blame the Janitor.

Not sure if you can still do it, but after they moved the AI to the heart of the station I found the best way to keep that spying bastard off my back was to cut it off from the power grid. Means cutting off the bridge as well, but done right the AI won't know until it's too late. Both times that I did do it, everybody assumed that the AI had gone rogue and was trying to stop the crew from escaping.

It also means that once it's down you can safely break into the AI chamber.

>>14979089
You can hide sprayers in your pocket as well.

Fucking AWESOME.

I was just thinking I hadn't seen a tg station 13 thread in too long.

Get your own locker in the crew quarters..

Your own lockable locker, keyed to your ID.

The first one to swipe their ID on it gets it. I often use this as a place to stash my ill gotten clown loot.

>>14979129

Yes, After every spray put that fucker in your pocket in case you fall down yourself, which you WILL do from time to time.

The last game i played, I decided I wanted to cause a death. Indirectly of course. I also just happened to find a PDA on the ground. I picked it up, and sent a message to a random living player. It read:
"[The name of the guy I wanted dead]. That is all."
I dumped the PDA afterwards. Just a minute later I see in the chat one guy telling the other guy off for killing the guy i wanted him to kill. He responded by saying he got a tip that the dead guy was a traitor. Just a bit of random fun i guess. Simple but it worked.

If you are Security, get Maint Access EARLY.

You will need it to murde... arrest the clown or mime later.

When you are a Traitor with a kill objective and you pick the Detomax Cart for you PDA, I often like to buy 2.

Also Dont blow your Targets PDA right away.

Find your target and wait for someone else, to stand by them, Then blow that persons PDA, and Then your Targets PDA. I like to keep the PDA Blow Window open and expanded so I can see all the names, so I can be faster on the button when the time comes.

If you do this right, you will kill your target quickly.

>>14979213
I would add that engineers are the deadliest members of the crew thanks to those stun gloves. Never get into a fist fight with an engineer.

>>14979212
You should still be able to put the pda in your pocket or on your nametag and use it. There's nothing worse than having a PDA in your hand when other guys keep blowing up.

If you see a sec officer with his stun baton out doing nothing, put your intent to disarm and take his stun baton. If youre fast enough you can make him drop the baton, stun him, and run away. Or kill him if you feel like it. This also aplies to dumb captains that walk the hallways with their energy gun out. It's hilarious how many captains ive managed to kill by just disarming them and hten knocking them out with their won gun. You can also consider this a tip to not walk the hallways with a weapon in your hands unless youre going to use it.

>>14979213
To add to this, if you think you will draw your weapon too slow, stop being a pussy.
If you cant draw your weapon in time for the fight it wouldn't have made a difference if you had it out.
It means the other man was just faster, that small advantage would have given you nothing.

>Play as Security
>Notice the door to the Bridge has been e-magged.
>Poke my head inside
>Captain's quarters are suddenly e-magged, still can't see anybody
>Toss a flashbag and charge in flailing
>Nail the cloaked traitor
>Call for an engineer install new doors while I drag the traitor to the Brig
>Captain calls me back to the Bridge, wants to know where the fuck his spare ID, jumpsuit and laser pistol are
>Clown ports in out of no where, dumps a backpack with the missing items

>'Stole these 45 minutes ago.' *honk*

>>14979213

Indeed as a Sec officer I keep my weapons holstered unless I plan to shoot or beat something, Ive been randomly disarmed too many times.

Also, If you are Security, for the love of god, make sure you have more then 1 pair of cuffs on you. I always carry at least 2 sets, 1 in my pocket and another in 1 or 2 in my pack.

Also pick up your cuffs, dont leave them laying around, or I promise you, you will find yourself wearing a pair when the traitor picks them up.

>>14979231
Fucking clowns...

>>14979245
Clowns aren't annoying, they are stylish and successful.
You want a fucker? The AI.
They troll the entire crew, attempt to kill you the moment they can and hack every piece of shit on the station.
The clown is just trying to make you smile.

>>14979250
That is what they want you to think, but I swear that little bastard is out to get me.

Assistant MASTER RACE here.

You are all small time. Oh, and the captain's a condom.

>>14979259
I make it my habit to always trust a clown or mime unless i am a clown or mime.
I am more likely to hand out all access or open the door to a restricted area for one of them than an engineer.
A clown or mime is annoying certainly, but at the end of the day they usually are the only ones with even a hint of morality on the fucking station.
Everyone else will sell you to the traitors for insulated gloves, but a clown? He will drop his banana, pull the traitor over it and then stuff him down disposals.

TIPS and Tricks People, not just silly stories!

>>14979273
That neckbeard is getting EI NATH'd

From a bit of an oldhat:

Always close your fucking traitor-PDA. The number of retards who leave their PDA logged in and sit there claiming "I'm a victim of circumstance" till you check their PDA and see "Unspent Telecrystals"

Its ALWAYS better to stun, cuff, brig and search perps are security then it is to say "Nah I trust him." Even if its the damn captain. Make sure he is aware of what you are doing, and have another head come with you so he feels safe. I have found this many traitor captains by going "You know what I don't give a shit if you are the captain, that was a laser sword the AI saw you with."

Make sure if you are doing ANYTHING remotely dangerous the AI and Crew are aware. That way if shit happens people will at least MAYBE remember the last area you were in and retrieve your corpse.

Changling: When in doubt burn it to death or gibb it after taking a blood sample or backing up the DNA. Bit meta-y but better then crushing the clown into burgers only to find he wasn't the changling and the poor fuck can't play for another half hour.

That being said as Syndicates or Traitors fucking toss the corpse of your target deep into space, cermatorum or the gibber as soon as you can. Last thing you want is them coming back and being mad.

Walk when you think there is water. And keep that weapon in its holster.

Rogue borg? Use a flash on it.

Wanna be the most evil rogue AI ever? Learn to use the fucking magnets that is Atmo, flooding the station with NO2 or Plasma is a good way to keep keep areas human free or atleast buy you time while they try to stop their only havens burning to pieces.

If you think your AI is rogue. Cut the fucking cameras.

If I am in cargo, and I have a kill objective, I like to order a standard costume crate. Then Dress up as the Mime or clown, and take down my target. Then put back on my normal clothing and ID.

Sorry for pining you for for killing the captain and HoS Clown.

Did you know that as a Rev Leader, you can flash the AI, You have to hit the blue face with the flash.

If you're changeling: You can go to space naked. If have the chance get a stun baton and a jet pack. Then start stuning and dragging people to space and eating there. If people actually start coming to space to get you, start running next to them and spamming the sting button. Then just wait until there knocked out.

>>14979324

Space Changeling is most scary Changeling.

>>14979289
adding my own advice

you're a head? make sure you keep talking even if you are a traitor not doing so make it more likely that when you actually try to kill someone that was more active on the radio they'll believe you and not him. Also not keeping contact with the crew/your department as a head make you suspicious.

Chemist: Keep at least a tricordazine and a synaptizine pill on you at all time, use them as soon as you think there is trouble you can always make more once you survived and it will stack the odd in your favor. Leoprazine is another addition that can be useful to your arsenal, it will allow you to use space as an escape route, or break in normaly heavily fortified area.

>>14979324
I heard that that's a myth, or at least not true since an update long ago.

I know that the flashlight in the eyes test doesn't work.

I find it interesting how there are actually are so many myths about changelings, which are supposed to be almost mythical creatures in game.

OK guys, I tried to play this yesterday and I was completely fucking lost as too what to do. Is there an FAQ or a beginner's guide? Because this game sounds really really awesome and I'm sad that I'm completely clueless as to what to do!

>>14979359
Well I've done this on the goon servers a few months back. Don't know if /tg/ server has space immune changelings.

>>14979361

http://tgstation13.servehttp.com/

http://tgstation13.servehttp.com/wiki/index.php/Starter_guide

Play an Assistant, and learn a job from someone else, ask questions in game.

>>14979374
>>14979361
Also, find and visit the Library, it has many useful books describing how to do various jobs.

And many not useful books at all. Most important locations like engineering, R&D, medical... have a "how to" book laying around near it.

>>14979349
I've survived in space with nothing but air, kelatine and being fat. The trick is to get overheated before you jump into space.

>>14979395
Lusty xeno maid is the best one.

The Sleepy Pen is best Pen.

And Refillable.

Anyone got any Wizard tips?

>>14979400

I agree.

Also depending on the server population your strategy will change. On high pop server stealth is the best option seeing as even if you are the robustest person in the world you'll still get swarmed. On a low population server like /tg/... let's just say some round start with no captain, security or AI.

>>14979409
Sure, always have the teleport window open, be fast and surprising. Don't teleport into populated areas.

I like:
Magic Missile for area suppression
Shocking Grasp for assassination
Teleport to get out.
Phasing/whatever its called to walk through walls.

If you're feeling balsy the mutation which gives you tk+hulk can be effective should you find thermals.

>>14979400
Ugh.

Don't remind me of the time there used to actually be a "Lusty Xeno" on board the station.

>>14979374
>>14979395
Looks like I have some reading to do. Thanks!

>>14979450

There are also a few Lets play videos online that will give you the basics too.

>>14979289
>Rogue borg? Use a flash on it.

So very very much easier said than done. Most people don't even have enough access to them to even think "if only I had a flash". Seriously, I don't think most people ever see them aside from heads, sec and roboticists. And of course rev heads, but that doesn't really count.

>Wanna be the most evil rogue AI ever? Learn to use the fucking magnets that is Atmo, flooding the station with NO2 or Plasma is a good way to keep keep areas human free or atleast buy you time while they try to stop their only havens burning to pieces.

I find it amazing how so few people understand atmos. I love playing as an atmos tech and have a pretty good grasp of how it works, though perhaps those facts are related in more than one way. On the other hand, the two times I tried being an AI I couldn't even figure out the interface.

Oh, also, CO2 is much, much subtler.

>>14979289
>If you think your AI is rogue. Cut the fucking cameras.

Back in October or November I ran into the most retarded sec officer ever. The AI was quite rogue. The Hostile Runtimes message had been given, the timer was counting down and people were going to the sat to kill it. I asked the captain over the radio if I should cut the cameras (this was not very long after I got into SS13) and he said yes over the radio. So I start cutting cameras and get arrested for it. I tell the officer that the AI is rogue and that the captain said to cut cameras, he responded that the law is still the law and brigged me. Cutting cameras isn't even listed in the wiki page on space law, and that thing lists possetion of narcotics as a crime, which I have never, ever seen anyone at all give a shit about.

>>14979289
>Its ALWAYS better to stun, cuff, brig and search perps are security then it is to say "Nah I trust him." Even if its the damn captain. Make sure he is aware of what you are doing, and have another head come with you so he feels safe. I have found this many traitor captains by going "You know what I don't give a shit if you are the captain, that was a laser sword the AI saw you with."

You know what's really hard to beat? A traitor HOS who plants evidence while searching his target on trumped up charges. Happened to me once. Though if I had been more robust, well, ok, robust at all I could have beaten him when he tried to kill me on the way to the prison station, since I was a telehulk by then(I was the librarian and had volunteered for genetics testing). The HOS "found" a cloaker, an e-crossbow and something else near the library. It was about as obvious to me as could be that he was a traitor assigned to kill me but there wasn't much I could do aside from killing him, which I'm really not much good at, especially back then(a few months ago). It was ironic because I actually was a traitor assigned to steal the AI, but I had done nothing incriminating except stealing an intellicard significantly after he started going after me. I hadn't even opened my uplink.

>>14979490
superheated air. Invisible and exceedingly deadly. Yes atmos can whip it up.

>>14979499
One round I was traitor roboticist and had just finished building a normal robot, doing my job as a cover. In runs security and kills me on the spot because my name was mentioned in the centcom report. This was the days when tgstation had a crusher and I ended up in that.

Dont Waste Telecrystals as a traitor, or have unused items on your person.

As a Traitor I try to use as few items as possible, then ditch the items in question as soon as my objective is compleat, and by ditch the items, I mean leave them in public hallways for people to find and spread chaos with.

Once I was an Engineer and my traitor objective was Steal a Rig suit..... DONE

Now what to do.... I made as many Emags as I could and just left them laying around the station, 10 minutes later the shuttle was called because of the chaos. I also had enough time to help out one of my Triatorbros.


ALSO USE YOUR CODE PHRASES AS A TRAITOR.

Your TraitorBros can help you with your objectives, and you theirs. Share equipment, intel all kinds of stuff... of course you could be his kill objective, but its worth the risk

>>14979525

Fuck that Shitsecurity.
Seriously, most of the time the reports are flat out wrong..

This is why I almost ALWAYS wait to enter in my Traitor PDA code, at least 10 mins or so if I think I have time.

>>14979558
>code phrases
Is this new? On goonstation you could see other traitors with sunglasses, didn't know tgstation had anything.

>>14979597
Yes. It's new enough that I've never gotten a chance to use it and don't actually know how it works. I do, however, usually not sign up to be a traitor but I have at least a couple times since they were implemented.

>>14979597

Yes in the last 2 weeks or so. You get a Set of Code Phrases, and Counter Phrases to use to ID other Traitors.

Being able to see others is too meta.

So my Code Phrases may be "Long Island Ice Tea, Bored, Maid, Plasma"
Reply Phrases: "Metal Sheets, Wrench, ID, Fire Extinguisher"

As a twist some times as a traitor you don't get the reply phrases. This is ok, as most people use the main phrases and reply phrases interchangeably.

Speaking of traitors working together, in a few tgstation games I've seen:
Traitor 1 Objective: Steal captain's jumpsuit
Traitor 2 Objective: Kill traitor 1; Steal captain's jumpsuit
Traitor 3 Objective: Kill traitor 1; Kill traitor 2

I kid you not. The captains laser was a fricking ruse for syndicorp to pink slip some associates.

>>14979641

LOL, Ive Seen Similar! : D

>>14979654
That X-COM agent is infected with the black oil.

>>14979668
It had a name, too. Or a callsign, for a better word. The oil was called Purity. This was foreshadowed in a much earlier episode where our intrepid agents, while being in places they shouldn't be, encountered a room labeled "Purity Control".

When Im captain one of the first things I do, is give my monkey, the Nuke Disc.

Don't want to sound stupid, but how do you edit text on paper? Cus you only seem to be able to add on the end...I mean like how do you fill in forms.

For that matter, how do you make a form?

>>14979668
... those eyes. Mind control?

>>14979735
Works until atmos gets fucked.

>Fire in toxins
>Atmos sucks it up
>somebody in atmos played with the dials
>hot gas coming out of the vents.

>>14979740

I dont think you can erase text. Its Pen not a pencil.

You click on paper with the pen to write. If you click on the pen itself, you open up Font Size, Color, Bold, etc.

Speaking of Messages.

More people need to use the message consoles around the station, you can replay ano info heads, the AI and many more.

Its a great way to speak to the AI secretly.

>>14979816
I get that, but on the wiki it talks about filling out forms when ordering things as/from the QM...and I don't get how you would fill in or make a form beyond an unstructured series of sentences...

sage for shitstain 13

>>14979843
Pretty sure html works.

>>14979850

HONK,
he thinks Saging does something.
HONK

>>14979843
You can get a request form from the requests console.
>>14979861
html gets stripped due to abuse.

>>14979908

SHARE DEM FUKKEN TIPS!

Could someone explain quickchoking? All I know about it is that it's supposed to be very effective.

>>14980046
Tips? I dunno. Switch your captains' armor with the HoS. Raises your survivabilty by a lot.

>>14980177

The HoS armour is no different from the normal armour, the only thing about it is that it makes your sprite bigger (And thus easier to click in combat).

Plus the Captain's armour doubles as a spacesuit, you're much better off sticking with it.

>>14980046
sabbat came and played on our servers

we chased him away because he was too cool for us

>>14980177
no what is wrong with you the captain's armor is a spess suit IF YOU ARE GETTING ROBUSTED TOO HARD JUST GO INTO SPACE AND LAUGH AT YOUR STATION BOUND FOE

>>14980528
Actually, having never heard of him before, I was impressed by how much of a jerk he was both IC and OOC.

>>14980439
>>14980528
People want to robust the captain more than the HoS. You stick out less.

>>14980046
Using a piece of paper on a camera shows it to the AI in a popup. Use it to give the AI commands anonymously, and the worst they can do is report that they got a suspicious order.

If you really want to burn down toxins?

Unwrench the pressure meter on those huge tanks.

It will never stop burning.

If you're the CMO or a chemist, make chloral hydrate and put it in your hypospray/syringe gun.

The recipe is 30 units chlorine, 10 water, 10 ethanol to make 10 units. It's an almost instant knockout, lasts a while, and leaves the victim otherwise unharmed, and is incredibly useful when someone is trying to robust you in melee.

>>14981158
Over 15 units is lethal though

Soon it is summer and I can return to SS13 after a 9 month absence. What has changed overall? Is there an updated map of the /tg/ server?

>>14980817
AIs get the message along the lines of "-foo- shows up a piece of paper to camera" so you're not anonymous.

>>14981936
tgstation wiki is your friend, friend

>>14981957
You don't have to wear your ID.

This is a little complicated but it is worth causing some havoc.

1. Get empty lightbulbs/lighttubes and a syringe
2. Get access to APCS
3.Get Liquid plasma from chemist.

Use syringe to inject plasma into light tubes.

Cut power to the room

Replace the room's lights with these plasma tubes

Leave room.

Ask AI what's wrong with the power and see if he can fix it.

AI BLOWS UP THE ENTIRE ROOM BY RESETTING POWER

If you're into antics and have access to welding supplies, making secret doors into just about anywhere is really damn easy. Just weld the wall, crowbar the girders and put the metal back on. Great mime/clown trick. I have no clue how many times a well placed secret door has helped me escape some overzealous shitcurity.

just jumped into a game, first time ever. Get aa job from a sec guy, go with him, he kills me and puts me in a closet...... great.

>>14982929
Welcome to the Game.

Number one tip:
If you see a Xeno with a name, stay away because it's someone's ERP toy and if you harm it you get banned.

>>14982990

BS.

>first time playing
>on a manhunt for a Rev
>accidentally chase him into the Captain's office, he breaks shit and leaves, locking me in
>Wait a bit, can't do anything, talk to others over headset about what happened
>CAPTAIN, HOS AND LIKE SIX GUYS BURST IN
>LAZORS AND TAZORS ERRYWHERE
>I SURRENDER
>in prison
>stripped, headset taken away, prison outfit
>cell left unlocked, don't know why
>wait two minutes (about 12 mins in now), check outside
>HOS is dead, a Sec is dead, prisoner on the floor, another prisoner doing CPR on her, bloodstains everywhere
>NOPE
>fumble with interface to attempt to revive HOS, fail
>doctor arrives, pronounces HOS and Sec dead
>Prisoner wakes up, walks up to me and flashes me
>YOU ARE NOW A REV
>"Go, minions! Kill them all!"
>I obey
>Pick up light tube, beat the first dude I see to death with it
>Get disarmed, run, pick up fire extinguisher, beat second guy to death with it
>Go around in a roving gang of prisoners beating people to death
>AI is laughing at everyone (rogue AI, too)
>We kill them all
>REVS WIN

I think I like this game.

>>14983132

:D

I gave you your kill command! ^_^

That worked out well!

Did you start as a Rev or get converted?

>>14983183

I was a Rev leader, with massive lag, I only lived because of massive Luck

>>14983219
Welp, thanks for converting me. I got to slam a fire extinguisher repeatedly into an unconsious guy's head whilst screaming "DIE!" over and over.

Haven't done that (with a good excuse) in an RP in a long time.

Anywho, I'm off to watch FLCL. Later, Revbro.

>be fledgling geneticist, can't figure shit out very well yet
>manage to isolate blindness shortly before shuttle arrives
>make injector labeled GODMODE INITIATED and drop it outside escape
>laugh as someone complains in the shuttle about being blind and the other person saying "So you shot up a syringe that was randomly on the ground? What the hell?"

something little used but fun is attaching signalers to doors.

if you know the electrification wire you can attach a signaler in 2 seconds. If you manage to connect them to a set of 3 main doors you can assassinate people with the press of a button and have the AI be blamed

Any of you folks know some useful chemistry recipes not listed on the wiki?
Chemist seems like a fun job

>>14984272
Go to goon wiki, chemist page.
Then check the history and select the page that is the largest. Goon and tgstation do have some minor differences.

>Or alternately
Tgstation is open source, look at the source directly. Don't remember the exact file, but its pretty easy to find.

Here's one I like to use to talk to the AI in secret. If you write on paper, you can hold it up to a security camera and the AI will get the message.

>>14984618

You can also spam this to annoy the shit out of the AI

HONK

>>14984657
>be AI
>get spammed with HONK messages from the clown
>VENDETTA!

The very best law:

Only clowns are human.

(for tg source code servers only, no goonstation)

step 1: be HoS, HoP, or Captain

step 2: go make robot heads from robotics

step 3: take to kitchen, microwave with 1 flour

step 4: blend resultant roburger

step 5: get beaker of nanomachines (from blending)

step 6: get empty syringe

step 7: go to sec armory, get box of chemical implants

step 8: inject nanomachines into chem implants

step 9: implant into prisoner

Congratulations! You can now borg a misbehaving prisoner at the touch of a button! It's like a robotics control console, but for humans!

To the novice chemists:
In order to make a grenade, you will need several things
a. a grenade casing
b. a timer
c. an igniter
d. a screwdriver
e. One or two beakers of what you want the grenade to use
Steps:
1. Use screwdriver on Igniter
2. Use Igniter on Timer
3. Use Igniter/Timer on Grenade Casing
4. Use beaker(s) on Unsecured Grenade
5. Use screwdriver on Unsecured Grenade
6. Cover the place in Space Lube/Space Cleaner/Polytrinic Acid/Whatever the hell you put in the grenade

>>14987686
My favourite is poly acid smoke, but I haven't played recently. This nanomachine stuff work with grenades?

>Be Captain
>Steal Thermals
>Spot Cultist trying to plant some markings within 5 minutes
>Chase them down and KO them and bring them to prison station
>Run around hallways looking through walls
>Find other two cult leaders and beat them to death
>Go to prison station and kill other leader
>Win round
>Get perma banned by butthurt badmins because I didnt the entire round myself and that bastard Curwen whined to them because of his special treatment
>Other servers full of worse players and shit tier station layouts
>Quit playing

I gotta say, no way are the Admins impartial. So much admin buddies getting away with shit it aint funny.

>Ziggy played his guitar
>He played it left hand
>Arrives on station as engineer
>AI Malf round, all heads dead at Sat
>No space suits or Jet packs left
>Teleporter Broken
>Fix teleporter
>Real men into space with only firesuits, fire extinguishers and Ointment
>Reach AI sat
>Beat AI to death with extinguisher
>Greatest Hero to ever live

>>14988186

lol Ziggy was great before he was Perma banned for Trolling. I think the only reason he was not banned sooner were the rounds where they saved the day hardcore. Same goes for Cuban Pete.

>>14979125
A decent AI will call you out for that though. Every time I play as AI, my first priority is watching the power grid, in all places. After that, I switch comms panels to my private station, so that people that think they're safe discussing things in private, really aren't.

I hear less cyber sex than you'd think.

>>14988295
M.O.T.H.E.R. is that you?

Can someone give a /tg/station how-to on atmos controls? Preferably wkth images.

Bamp for more advice.