[MoM] Feral telekinetics can't throw you with telekinesis if you have Inertial Barrier up and vice versa

[Standing-Storm]

Summary

Mods "[MoM] Feral telekinetics can't throw you with telekinesis if you have Inertial Barrier up and vice versa"

Purpose of change

One of the things about working on a mod is that you think "I should change [X]" and then it goes into a file in your brain and you forget about it for a while because there's so much else to work on. Specifically, the Inertial Barrier power is supposed to make you immune to telekinesis, so it should make you immune to being thrown with telekinesis. And the same for enemies whose armor comes from having an inertial barrier up (the feral mindhand and Dr. Brain).

Describe the solution

Make feral telekinetics' smash and pull attacks check whether the target has the TELEKIN_SHIELD flag and, if so, prevent it from being used. Add the TELEKIN_SHIELD to the shield belt as well. Add a new species, TELEKIN_PUSHPULL_NULL, designed to be added to monsters who shouldn't be able to be thrown by telekinesis, and apply it to the feral PKer, the feral mindhand, and Dr. Brain.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Testing

Tried to throw Dr. Brain, could not target him. Put on a telepathic dampener and a shield belt, and then again with Inertial Barrier and Telepathic Shield. In both cases, Dr. Brain flailed away ineffectually...until the shield belt wore off and then he threw me through the wall.

Additional context

Force Shove and Far Hand need an overhaul to deal with their current problems, like being able to throw a hulk as far as a lemming, but that's another PR.

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[Cupidatis]

Destroying corpses by force shove is also it's big problem.

[adamkad1]

Destroying corpses by force shove is also it's big problem.

I dunno whaddya mean but if corpses are destroyed by shoving them... Well the 'makes sense' factor would depend on force of shove, corpse size/type and surface it impacts.

[Cupidatis]

Destroying corpses by force shove is also it's big problem.

I dunno whaddya mean but if corpses are destroyed by shoving them... Well the 'makes sense' factor would depend on force of shove, corpse size/type and surface it impacts.

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