Console Hardware Outdated

[Pizza Hot]

I revised my tech8 handheld to tech 9 after the last tech unlocked in 2034, but 2 years after it says hardware is outdated. How its outdated? Its the max tech available. Is there a time limit on consoles even after the latest tech?

[Kyouko Tsukino]

Yes. continuing to play past that point is the player's choice, as the game's content is done, but all mechanics will continue to work as usual - except for the review stats requirement increase, which seems to stop around 2020.

So if you choose to continue that save, you'll have to launch a new Tech 9 every few years.

[Huckelbubi]

With the last tech level it is not possible to bring an update version of the console or the handheld, it is clear that you have to make a new build there.

But how does modernization work in general? The timer is reset when the console is considered outdated, I've noticed that. But is it calculated per part or is it a simple total time? I only updated one part of a console as a test and it brought me about 100 weeks of additional sales.

[Kyouko Tsukino]

I think it just takes "actualized" as a flag to keep the console going. Meaning it doesn't matter what you actualize of your console, any bit of it will do. But yes, once you're at the maximum level, the only way to be able to actualize would be to release an outdated console first, which is a bad idea. Just release a new console every five years or so. Player-made console lifetime varies with difficulty, and may or may not be affected by starting/sandbox options. Haven't done a lot with consoles for months, myself, and when I do, I have twelve tech tiers and they run up to 2050 (modding, yay...)

[iChoro]

Originally posted by Haven't done a lot with consoles for months, myself, and when I do, I have twelve tech tiers and they run up to 2050 (modding, yay...):

What mods do you use? I've only used the realism mod so far and there's only 10 gens I believe?

[Kyouko Tsukino]

A merged mod, self-made. But I tend to say "a" mod when in reality, and thanks to making things modular, I switch between several different file sets (even vanilla, at times.)
I don't use the Realism Mod because some of the changes it does I consider to be unneeded.

[iChoro]

that's pretty cool. Hope u consider putting it out there someday