A few ideas. Inventory, parts list, job value.

[Kempy]

I cant help thinking this whole game would be a lot less frustrating if information was available easier.

When you build a PC you have no idea of what the total cost is adding up to so on the job sheet a parts used list should be created and tally up to a total so u can see how much its costing.
(i always keep stock so building and repairs are quicker as you will not always know from customer what needs replacing so when you build from your own stock you dont see retail prices)

Inventory can only be accessed by standing infront of a pc to install. When i am buying from shop i would like to see what i have in my stock at that time without messing around so an inventory app on the workstation pc would be useful.

Sorting list of new parts can only be done by relevance, or price. Why not performance? Its already on the app so why not as a list sort feature?

Test instruments so you can test power supplies etc without ripping it all apart which in the current state of case bugs can be frustrating with missing cables etc.

Just a few ideas...

[Jo2]

should be information about the client's computer specification before acceptance. We do not know what the costs of exchanging the processor will be.

[Chance]

Definitely a couple of solid ideas I'd definitely like to seee how much I spend on a build as well. I keep cases pre-built with psus, hdds, and case fans preinstalled and often stock up on a ton of parts at once (like 50k worth) and then just build and build until I run out and it would be nice to be able to see the profit I am making on each. I know I usually make anywhere from 1-3k per set of 3 computers I build but that's pretty vague and would be nice to know more info on.

Also multimeters and other tools would be awesome. Great ideas man :)

[Father Chaos]

You can press i to see your inventory.

[Monarch]

Well, not everytime a customer comes to you and knows what their parts are. They are already asking more specific than most customers in a PC Repair shop. E.g. they don't ask "Can you upgrade my PC to a 3dMark score of 5312" They mostly just say "Make my computer faster" or they don't ask you to give them a upgrade to 3TB of storage but leave the harddrive already in, what I hear often is just "Need more storage". Ofc that would break the flow of the gameplay. In my opinion the contract info's good as it is. The Perfomance List isn't there because that would make the ingame Ranking app obsulete, it's only purpose is to do that. With broken parts, first try the CPU, replace it (I always have the cheapes one for every socket in stock) if it still don't boots check the drive and then the Mobo, if it doesn't even turn on it's mostly the PSU or a broken GPU.

[SMK]

Yes! I'd also like to see a calendar accessible on the work pc, that way you dont have to run to the front door just to check when parts or client pcs are arriving or due.

Would also help if you could have expanding tooltips on part names in the calendar, when you order say three different gpus from the same manufacturer with different arrival times and you forget, you could hover over them and see the full part name rather than "Shean GTX ..."

[Kempy]

Originally posted by TheLordOfWarr:

Well, not everytime a customer comes to you and knows what their parts are. They are already asking more specific than most customers in a PC Repair shop. E.g. they don't ask "Can you upgrade my PC to a 3dMark score of 5312" They mostly just say "Make my computer faster" or they don't ask you to give them a upgrade to 3TB of storage but leave the harddrive already in, what I hear often is just "Need more storage". Ofc that would break the flow of the gameplay. In my opinion the contract info's good as it is. The Perfomance List isn't there because that would make the ingame Ranking app obsulete, it's only purpose is to do that. With broken parts, first try the CPU, replace it (I always have the cheapes one for every socket in stock) if it still don't boots check the drive and then the Mobo, if it doesn't even turn on it's mostly the PSU or a broken GPU.

An engineer repairs, a fitter changes parts until it works. Your suggesting that no one needs test instruments, just swap parts til its fixed? Sounds like the Kwik Fit of pc repairs. Maybe if we had the choice then its problem solved. No one said anything about changing the contract info? I think they already say too much. Like you i know they dont know what they want otherwise they would do it themselves. Its a great base game which i know will be improved but leaving things as they are is not the way forward.

[Chance]

Originally posted by Kempy:

Originally posted by TheLordOfWarr:

Well, not everytime a customer comes to you and knows what their parts are. They are already asking more specific than most customers in a PC Repair shop. E.g. they don't ask "Can you upgrade my PC to a 3dMark score of 5312" They mostly just say "Make my computer faster" or they don't ask you to give them a upgrade to 3TB of storage but leave the harddrive already in, what I hear often is just "Need more storage". Ofc that would break the flow of the gameplay. In my opinion the contract info's good as it is. The Perfomance List isn't there because that would make the ingame Ranking app obsulete, it's only purpose is to do that. With broken parts, first try the CPU, replace it (I always have the cheapes one for every socket in stock) if it still don't boots check the drive and then the Mobo, if it doesn't even turn on it's mostly the PSU or a broken GPU.

An engineer repairs, a fitter changes parts until it works. Your suggesting that no one needs test instruments, just swap parts til its fixed? Sounds like the Kwik Fit of pc repairs. Maybe if we had the choice then its problem solved. No one said anything about changing the contract info? I think they already say too much. Like you i know they dont know what they want otherwise they would do it themselves. Its a great base game which i know will be improved but leaving things as they are is not the way forward.

Think he may have been referring to the first reply Coorss just didn't quote him.

[Kempy]

Originally posted by Chance:

Originally posted by Kempy:

An engineer repairs, a fitter changes parts until it works. Your suggesting that no one needs test instruments, just swap parts til its fixed? Sounds like the Kwik Fit of pc repairs. Maybe if we had the choice then its problem solved. No one said anything about changing the contract info? I think they already say too much. Like you i know they dont know what they want otherwise they would do it themselves. Its a great base game which i know will be improved but leaving things as they are is not the way forward.

Think he may have been referring to the first reply Coorss just didn't quote him.

Fair point..
I just re read my reply, sounds a little harsh and it was not meant to.