Upgrading computers!

[Moe ilia]

Does upgrading into a new computer generation help speed project development? or is it just for the looks?

Could be a trivial question by now, but the lack of information when selecting which computer is rather confusing.

[Yuuki]

If I remember correcly is does and it even shows you this on the info if you select a computer.
At the beginning of the game the first computers you can build are overpowered for their time.

Once the newer computers unlock they no longer are by default and get lowered even further if you do not have a large enough IT squad to keep them up there.

The newer computers are starting to be overpowered again until the next thing is releeased where their default state is then lowered again.

If you mean Servers its kinda obvious since newer servers and especially the server racks have considerably more power from the getgo.

[Moe ilia]

Originally posted by keyalha:

If I remember correcly is does and it even shows you this on the info if you select a computer.
At the beginning of the game the first computers you can build are overpowered for their time.

Once the newer computers unlock they no longer are by default and get lowered even further if you do not have a large enough IT squad to keep them up there.

The newer computers are starting to be overpowered again until the next thing is releeased where their default state is then lowered again.

If you mean Servers its kinda obvious since newer servers and especially the server racks have considerably more power from the getgo.

The overpowered is just another word for %100 efficiency!

My main question was if newer computers increase speed of development or are they just cosmetic!!?

[Yuuki]

That is exactly what I am saying basically what happens is that once newer computers are available the older ones get reduced efficiency so its an incentive to upgrade.

[Moe ilia]

Originally posted by keyalha:

That is exactly what I am saying basically what happens is that once newer computers are available the older ones get reduced efficiency so its an incentive to upgrade.

reduced efficiency...it is not that big of an incentive...
newer computer should help speed up development time bit a certain percentage! afterall you are upgrading to new speeds of functionality for your team, so it shoudl help with development speed!

[Angel]

Originally posted by moerappit:

My main question was if newer computers increase speed of development or are they just cosmetic!!?

Originally posted by keyalha:

That is exactly what I am saying basically what happens is that once newer computers are available the older ones get reduced efficiency so its an incentive to upgrade.

No, it isn't what you're saying. What moerappit is asking, is if newer computers speed up development. To do so, newer computers would have to be faster. That has nothing to do with older computers becoming slower. It does make sense that newer computers would be faster, and therefore speed up development. I'd also like to know if this is the case.

[Moe ilia]

Originally posted by angel:

Originally posted by moerappit:

My main question was if newer computers increase speed of development or are they just cosmetic!!?

Originally posted by keyalha:

That is exactly what I am saying basically what happens is that once newer computers are available the older ones get reduced efficiency so its an incentive to upgrade.

No, it isn't what you're saying. What moerappit is asking, is if newer computers speed up development. To do so, newer computers would have to be faster. That has nothing to do with older computers becoming slower. It does make sense that newer computers would be faster, and therefore speed up development. I'd also like to know if this is the case.

I really hope we get an answer from the developer

[Coredumping]

I genuinely thought newer computers were faster, but I seem to have forgotten to make it so, I'll get on it ASAP.

But the idea is the speed of computers will scale with the features needed for software, so an operating system will take longer to make in later years, since it becomes pretty much mandatory for them to have 3D for example, but computers become faster, to balance it out.

[Moe ilia]

Originally posted by Coredumping:

I genuinely thought newer computers were faster, but I seem to have forgotten to make it so, I'll get on it ASAP.

But the idea is the speed of computers will scale with the features needed for software, so an operating system will take longer to make in later years, since it becomes pretty much mandatory for them to have 3D for example, but computers become faster, to balance it out.

yes, that is a very good point regarding the 3D for example...
for still, for other projects that have much less features, it would be logical that newer computers should help speeding up the development process