Guide to Circuits
Circuits are a way to automate different actions extensively and easily! You can make a circuit that opens a door when you say a secret code to it, or a circuit that follows anyone you want while yelling obscenities at them, or well, anything really! Before starting to code with circuits, you'll need a few things:
Necessary Items
Integrated Circuit
The integrated circuit is the foundation for all circuits. Your entire build will we based around this little guy. However, it can't work by itself.
First and foremost, it requires power, which you can provide to it via a 
Power Cell. Once you're sure that the power cell you're gonna use is charged, just 
Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим 
По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите 
его, или поможете 
ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.
is on or not.use it on the integrated circuit. If you ever want to change the power cell or take it out for charging, you may take out by using a 
Screwdriver on it.
is on or not.Power cells drain whenever a component activates. By clicking the little i on a component you can see how much power each activation uses. If you don't know what I'm talking about, keep reading.
Once you have a powercell you may place your integrated circuit into a 
Shell.
Shell
The shell will make it possible for you to add components to the integrated circuit, it'll let you access the circuitry, and it'll add input options so that you can interface with your circuit.
Depending on the shell, you might need to use a Screwdriver on it to assemble it before you're able to Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.
is on or not.use the 
Integrated Circuit on said shell to add it.
is on or not.If you ever want to remove the Integrated Circuit from it, just use a Screwdriver on it.
Different shells have varying size. Size represents how many components you're able to place inside a shell. There are four sizes:
- Small: Allows up to 25 components
- Medium: Allows up to 50 components
- Large: Allows up to 100 components
- Very large: Allows up to 500 components
There are many kinds of circuits, each with their special features: (If you're confused by what "output signals" or "entities" are, go down to Signal types)
| Name | Description | Size | Required Research | Requires assembly |
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| Compact Remote | The simplest handheld shell out there. Has one output signal that activates when you Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not. use it on your hand. |
Small | None | No |
| Bot | The simplest stationary shell. Has one output signal that activates when you Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not. use it. |
Large | Advanced Shell Research | Yes |
| Airlock | A circuit-controllable airlock. To insert an integrated circuit, Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not. Left click while on Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком.. Has many input signals that let you open it, close it, bolt it, and unbolt it. Also has output signals that notify you when said actions are performed, plus two output numbers that return 1 or 0 if they're closed/bolted depending on the output. |
Large | Advanced Shell Research | Yes |
| Controller | Another handheld shell like the Compact Remote, but unlike the Compact Remote this one has multiple buttons: Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not. Use it on your hand to activate the primary button (Known as "Signal" in the circuit), Alt-Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.Click it on your hand to activate the alternative button, and  Ordinary right-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not. Right click it on your hand to activate the extra button. |
Medium | Advanced Shell Research | No |
| Dispenser | A stationary shell that is able to take and dispense items. Its outputs signals tell you what Items it has in it as a list, what was the last Item that was added, and two triggers for when an item is added and removed. To dispense an item click the plus button on the top right of the window, you'll see a "Vend" window pop up, from there you can choose what entity you want to dispense, and when you trigger "Vend Item" the item will be dispensed. To put items inside it just Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.Click it with the item in your hand.
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Large | Advanced Shell Research | Yes |
| Gun | A handheld shell that's actually a GUN. Has infinite bullets, and returns both who shot the gun, what the bullet hit, and a trigger that triggers when the gun is shot. | Medium | Advanced Shell Research | No |
| Money Bot | Stationary like the Bot component, but allows taking and dispensing credits! Has output signals that tell you when money has been inserted, how much money has been inserted and how much money the machine has in general. | Large | Advanced Shell Research | Yes |
| Scanner Gate | Very simple shell that returns any entity that walks through it. | Large | Advanced Shell Research | Yes |
| Scanner | Another handheld shell. Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not. Use it on anything to output that thing as an entity. |
Large | Advanced Shell Research | No |
| Brain-Computer Interface | Circuits, but in your BRAIN! For more information on Brain-Computer Interfaces (Also known as BCI), go here | Small | Brain-Computer Interfaces | Yes |
| Drone | This little guy is able to move around just like you! Has many signal inputs, with each representing each direction in which it can go. | Large | Movable Shell Research | Yes |
| Server | Basically the same as the Bot shell, but bigger and better | Very large | Server Technology Research | Yes |
Once you have a shell with an integrated circuit in it, you may access the circuit in it by using a 
Multitool on it, and you may also begin to add 
Components to your circuit.
Components
Signal types
Every single thing in circuits revolves around these signal types. They send either information or triggers, which is the bases of circuits. There are 7 types of signals:
- Signal: Think of these as a pulse of electricity or a shockwave. They are NOT binary, when you activate one a chain reaction begins throughout the rest. Can easily be turned into numbers but you should only do so for checking whether its 0 or not, since the value itself makes no sense.
- Number: Any number your heart desires. Can also be used as a signal component, with any number above 0 activating a signal. You can also connect them to a string input.
- String: Any ascii character. If you try to write numbers in this, they will not be classified as numbers, so you can't do arithmetic equations with them.
- Entity: If you know DM, this is the equivalent to an atom. If you don't, then basically it can be any single item or living thing.
- List: Any of the above data types, joined into a single element. There different kinds of lists, each corresponding to each of the datatypes mentioned above. You access said data types by indexing the list. You cannot make a list of lists, that's what tables are for.
- Table: A list of lists, usually used in databases such as the security arrests one. If a component provides a Table, you'll usually be able to see what each entry in said table is by clicking the information icon in the component.
- Any: Usually used in inputs, signifies that it can take any of the signal types above.
- Options: Changes what the component does, or what inputs it takes in. Can be changed with a string signal type.
Available Components
You might need to research specific things to unlock some of these components.
| Name | Description |
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| Arithmetic | When triggered performs basic mathematical operations: Adding, substracting, multiplying, getting the minimum and getting the maximum. |
| Binary Conversion | Turns any number into a sequence of binary digits (which is a way of represent numbers with only two digits- 1 and 0). For example, the input "2" will output the following bits in the following order, from top to bottom: "01000000". Good for obfuscating information or for usage with AND, OR and XOR components. |
| Clock | When the input is any number above 0, it'll begin sending the output signal every 0.9 seconds. |
| Comparison | When triggered checks two of the inputs to see if they're equal, not equal, lesser than or bigger than the other. The Result output returns either 0 or 1 depending on if the comparison is true or not. |
| Concatenation | Combines up to four strings into one string. |
| Concatenate List | Turns a list into a string by adding a specified separator between the items. For example, we have a list that has two items, "Item1" and "Item2". If we set the separator as "," then we get "Item1,Item2". If we set the separator as " " (a space), we get "Item1 Item2". |
| Decimal Conversion | Converts a binary sequence into a decimal number. For example: The sequence of numbers "01000000" will return 2. Useful for translating stuff made with the Binary Conversion component back into a normal number. |
| Delay | When triggered, waits the specified amount of time in seconds, then triggers the output |
| Direction | When triggered, will output the direction towards the target entity from the point of view of the shell as either a string or a signal. |
| Filter List | Loops through each item on the list, and if the "Next Index" output signal connects to the "Accept Entry" input signal, then the value of that element of the list will be saved to the "Filtered List" output. The "Element" output string outputs the current element, "Index" outputs the index of said element, "Next Index" is triggered when it's time to check the next item in the list, "Filtered list" outputs the list with the filtered items, "On Finished" triggers when the component has gone through all the elements of the list and "On Failed" triggers when the component fails.
Example: I have a list that has the following values: "Item","Item","Clown","Item". I want to remove the "Clown" value from the list while keeping the list format, so I use the Filter List component. I set my string as the "List Input" value, and I connect the "Element" output into a comparison component and I change the comparison option to "=", and I type "Item" into the second input. I connect the "Next Index" output into the "Compare" input, and the "True" output into the "Accept Entry" input, then I trigger the "Trigger" input in the Filter component. The component will then grab the first element in the list, it being the word "Item", then send the "Next Index" component, basically saying "I wanna go to the next item". Before it can move to the next item, however, whatever's connected to "Next Index" must finish, so the comparison input must do the comparison. We check whether if the element is "Item", and yes, it is. So we send a "True" signal, which connects to the "Accept Entry" signal input, which adds the Element into the final Filtered List, then goes to the next element, it being "Item" again, so the same thing will happen. When it gets to "Clown", the Comparison component will return False, and because there's nothing connected to the "False" output, the component ends there, which means that "Accept Entry" is never triggered, so "Clown" is not added to our final list. After all that we can check our output list, and we'll see that it's "Item", "Item", "Item". |
| For Each | Same as Filter List, but it does not output a list. Useful for checking if a value is in a list if you do not know at what index that value will be in. |
| Get Column | Gets the column of a table and returns it as a list. |
| GPS | When triggered, outputs the current position of the shell the Integrated Circuit is in |
| Health | When triggered, gets the health and damage amounts of the entity input. |
| Voice Activator | Triggers itself whenever it can hear a message, may this message be oral or through a radio. Returns information about said message and the speaker. If the message comes from a radio, you wont be able to get who said the original message. |
| Index | When triggered, indexes a list to get the value of an item in it. For example, let's say you have a list with the following items: Item1, Item2, Item3 and Item4. If you index the list by 1, you'll get "Item1" as the output. |
| Index Associative List | TBA |
| Length | When triggered, gets the length of an input. If the input is a list or table, gets how many items it has. If it's a string, gets how many characters it has. If it's a number, retunrs 0. |
| Light | Emits light. The "On" input will make the light turn on if the number is anything above 0, and it'll turn off if it is 0. |
| List Literal | Basically, let's you create lists. Press the plus icon to add an item to the list, and the minus icon to remove the last one in the list. When triggered, joins the inputs into a list. |
| Logic | When triggered, checks whether if: its inputs are all true (AND), one of its inputs is true (OR), ONLY one of its inputs is true (XOR) |
| MMI | Let's you add an MMI to the Integrated Circuit. The "Message" and "Send Message" inputs let you send the MMI inside the shell a message that only it can hear. The outputs correspond to the keys in the player controlling the MMI's brain's keyboard: North is Up/W, East is Right/D, South is Down/S, West is Left/A, Attack is Left click and Secondary Attack is Right click. |
| Module | If you know programming, this is basically the equivalent of a function. If you don't know programmming, think of it as an integrated circuit inside an integrated circuit. Useful for making circuits look way less messy. You can duplicate these using the Module Duplicator. |
| Multiplexer | When triggered, checks to see if the number input is a number from 1 to 4, and if so, chooses the respective input of that number. For example, If I type "Test1" in the "Input 1" Input, and "Test2" in the "Input 2" Input, then change the value in the Input selector to 2, it'll return "Test2". It's as confusing as it sounds. |
| Not | If it receives anything other than 0, outputs 0. If it receives exactly 0, outputs 1. |
| NTNet Transmitter | Transmits any kind of data through the NTNet network, if Tcomms is destroyed then tough luck. Data can only be recieved by the NTNet Receiver. |
| NTNet Receiver | Recieves data sent through the NTNet network, if Tcomms is destroyed then tough luck. |
| Proximity Pinpointer | Returns the X, Y and Z co-ordinates of the entity input, but only if it's in view of the shell. |
| Pressure Sensor | When triggered, outputs the sensor of the exact tile in which the shell is at that time. |
| Printer | Prints a given string into a paper. It doesn't dispense the paper, and it triggers once the input string is received. Once it has been received you can get your paper by triggering the "Eject" input signal.waw |
| Radio | Sends and receives frequencies from radios or other radio components. |
| Random | When triggered, outputs a random number between the minimum and maximum numbers you set as inputs. |
| Router | TBA |
| Select Query | For use with USB cables. Gets you the table that matches the column name and comparison input you provide it. For example: You connect it to the security arrests console, and from the arrests database you want to get the info of your friend, Mops-The-Floors. On the Input value, you connect the database output. On the Column Name you type "Name", and on the comparison input you type "Mops-The-Floors". It'll get you the table who's "Name" value matches "Mops-The-Floors". From there you can index it and get its arrest status, its crimes, etc. |
| Self | Returns the current shell as an entity. |
| Sound emitter | Emits a sound. You can choose what sound to emit from the options menu, and you can change both frequency and volume |
| Get species | When triggered, returns the species of the entity input as a string. |
| Speech | When triggered, says what you inputted in the string input out loud. |
| Split | Splits a string by its separator, turning it into a list. For example, you have a string that "Looks like this". By setting the string input to that string, and its separator to a space (" "), you'll get a list that "Looks", "like", "this" |
| String Contains | When triggered, checks whether the string you set in the "needle" input is in the string you set in the "haystack" input. For example, if you put "in" as the needle, and "You are in my room" as the haystack, it'll return true, since "in" is in the sentence "You are in my room". |
| Temperature Sensor | When triggered, returns the current temperature in the tile the shell currently is in. |
| Textcase | When triggered, makes it so that its string input is either all in lowercase or all in UPPERCASE. |
| Timepiece | Outputs the current station time. "Time Format" will output the time as XX:XX:XX, "Unit of Time" outputs time as specified in the "Unit of time" input. For example, if the station time is 00:10:08, and you set the unit of time input as "Minutes", then "Unit of Time"'s output will be "10". |
| To Number | When triggered, converts a string that's only numbers into a number signal. |
| To String | When triggered, converts its output into a string component. If it's output is an entity, it'll return the name of the entity. If the output is a list or table, it'll return "/list". For actually turning a list into a string, look at Concatenate List. |
| Trigonometry | A component that has many trigonometric functions. That's as in-depth as I'll go since I hate math with a passion. |
| Typecast | If the input value is the Signal type you set in the options, returns the input value. If not, returns nothing. |
| Typecheck | When triggered, returns what Signal type the inputted signal is. |
| Pathfinder | When triggered, will calculate a path towards the X and Y coordinates you set as inputs. Once calculated, will return a "step" (aka where it has to go next to continue said path). If triggered again when the shell arrived at the step, will output the next step, and so on and so forth. If used with the Direction component, can be used to make a Drone that moves by itself. |
| Pull component | When triggered, will start pulling the entity input if its right besides it. Only works on Drone shells. |
Machines and Items
Machines
Circuit Fabricator
Found on the Circuit Lab. Used for printing out Components, Integrated Circuits, Shells, USB-Cables, Circuit multitools and BCI Manipulation Chambers. If you Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.
is on or not.Attack the component printer with an integrated circuit, then you'll be able to directly add components to that integrated circuit by just pressing the "+" button on the top-left of your screen. Just drag and drop the components into your circuit.
Module duplicator
Duplicates both Module components and Integrated Circuits. Just name them (open the circuit/module, and on the top left you should see a "Name" input field), then Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.
is on or not.Attack the duplicator with either of those in your hand. After that click on the printer with an empty hand, and you'll be able to print the circuit/module.
Brain-Computer Interface Manipulation Chamber
Check here.
Items
Circuit Multitool
Let's you mark entities, which can later be uploaded to entity inputs by clicking the arrow pointing up when you have a circuit multitool in your hand. Can also be used to see circuits by double clicking them with it, but a normal Multitool should do fine.
USB Cables
Let's you connect a shell to a technological device. To do this, while you're grabbing the usb cable, click on the shell, then on the device you want to connect with. When you do this, you should get a new component on your shell. To disconnect, click the little "x" on the top right of the new component. You can only interface with a few select devices:
| Name | Description | Inputs | Outputs |
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| Lightswitch | Let's you turn the lights of the area on and off. That's it. Very simple. 0 is off, and any number above 0 is on. |
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| Security Records Console | Lets you see the current legal status of every crewmember, and even let's you change them. Notable for having two components within it: Security Records Data (Which will return the entire security database) and Security Records Set Status, which let you set the status of the individual who's table you set as the input.
If you want to, for example, set a person named John Doe to arrest, grab a Select Query component, set the input as the security records, the Column Name as "name" and the Comparison Input as "John Doe", it'll return John Doe's table, which you can then input into the Security Records Set Status component, set the option to "Arrest", then trigger it. Each Person has their on table, by setting the "Column Name" value to "name" and the "Comparison Input" value to "John Doe", you're basically saying "Get me the table of the person who's value in the name field is John Doe." To see what Column Names are available, click the little "i" icon on the top right of the Security Records Data component. |
Security Records Data
Security Records Set Status
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| Crew Monitoring Console | Lets you see the current health status of every crewmember that has turned on their suit sensors.
Click on the little "i" button on the top right to see what values the table has. Use in conjunction with the "Select Query" component. |
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| Teleporter Control Console | Lets you set, update and see the currently available teleporter targets. |
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| Bluespace Launchpad Console | Lets you set a Bluespace Launchpad's offset, and lets you trigger its sending and retrieving capabilities. |
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| Air Alarms | Lets you change the air alarm's min and max gas, pressure and temperature values. Also lets you check the current pressure, temperature, and amount of a certain gas in the area the alarm is in. |
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| Quantum Pad | Lets you set the target pad and notifies you when the teleportation failed. |
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| Tram Controls | Let's you set the Tram's destination, and let's you send the tram to said destination. Also returns 1 or 0 if its travelling or not. |
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| Digital Valves | Let's you know whether its open or not, and let's you open and close it yourself. |
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| Binary Atmospheric Pump | Lets you set and get the pressure, lets you get the temperature, and lets you check whether if the pump is turned on or off and if it's active. |
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| Conveyor Switch | Let's you turn the conveyor on or off, and let's you see what direction it's going. |
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Brain-Computer Interfaces
Ever wanted to have a computer in your head? Sure hope the answer is yes, because Brain-Computer Interfaces (Henceforth referred to as "BCI's") are here for that! To get working with BCI's you need two things: A Brain-Computer Interface Shell (Info about which you can see above, in the Shells section) and a Brain-Computer Interface Manipulation Chamber, which is a machine. Both the shell and the machine circuit can be printed from the Component Printer.
How To Build
You build the Brain-Computer Interface Manipulation Chamber like any other machine, and you build the BCI shell by using a screwdriver on it, It already has an Integrated Circuit in it. It is recommended that you start coding when the BCI isn't on your brain yet, aka this exact moment. When the BCI is on your brain, you can no longer add components to it, you can still change connections and remove them though.
Components
BCI's are compatible with every single component, but it also has a bunch of exclusive components that only work with it. You can see these components on the "BCI Components" section of the Component Printer. These components are:
| Name | Description | Inputs | Outputs |
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| Bar Overlay | Shows a progress bar ontop of the entity object you set as its input. |
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| BCI Action | When the BCI shell is in your brain, shows a button in the top left of your screen. When you click on it, it triggers the Signal output. The icon input lets you change the icon. |
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| BCI Target Interceptor | When activated, the next time you click an entity, the output signal will be triggered and that entity will be set as the output. |
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| Counter Overlay | Shows a three digit number on top of you. You can change the position of it by using the axis shift inputs, but it'll always follow you. You might even need to shift it since it doesn't show correctly when its on top of you for some reason. |
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| Object Overlay | Creates or deletes a sprite on top of the target entity. You can change what sprite it uses, and you can even shift its location by changing the axis shift options. |
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How to put it in your head
Grab your BCI shell and just Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.
is on or not. ''use'' it on the BCI Manipulation Chamber. After that just open it up by, again, Ordinary left-click. It doesn't matter if Боевой режим По умолчанию включается на клавишу 4 или F. Если режим включён, нажав пустой рукой по персоне, вы ударите его, или поможете ему, если режим выключен. Не позволяет вам менятся местами или быть подвинутым другим игроком. is on or not.using it and close the door once you're inside. Wait for a bit, and you should see an animation play out, once that animation is done, congrats! You're ready to do freaky brain stuff.
If you ever wanna remove a BCI Shell from your head, just walk back into a Manipulation Chamber and wait for a bit again. You'll see the animation play, and after its done you can just Right Click the manipulation chamber to get your shell back.
However, if all you want to do is recharge the power cell inside your BCI shell, you can just walk into a cyborg recharger.