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Over at the discord, the moderators knows about this mod (Mathijs, a moderator, discussed about this recently (02/02/2021) and koala, another moderator helped someone through the installation process of this mod (27/02/2020) and Stranded, a moderator, guided a user in search of mods to Nexus mods, and recommended HEM to said user (01/06/2020)) and Liby (the mod creator (they are even a beta tester and a guide contributor if that means anything)) is able to post links and talk about their mod without risk, in fact, anybody can talk about this particular mod without consequence over on the Discord, just don't expect the Devs to help you out if you encounter problems with your save game.
I think times have changed when it comes to discussing modding. Back in 2018, the Devs started this 3D mark competition, which is why moderators think that this is 'cheating', but they since closed that competition and another one has sprouted up (which I see you frequent and, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that there is any real problems yet to arise with that one) and as long as the OP knows the consequences of modding (no support if you encounter any problems, no help if your saves corrupt), I think it's fine.
I see that you have shot down a lot of posts talking about modding.
I suggest that you loosen up a little, a lot of things have changed since the launch in 2018, the community has grown and more custom content is being created every day. Instead of saying that it's unsupported and it's cheating (come on, it's a single player game, they can do what they want) make them know about the consequences about this such as not being able to participate in the 3D Mark competition, no devs are going to help you, your save file is at risk (make a backup) etc.
Even though modding isn't officially supported, nowhere in the rules of Discord or the Steam discussions mentions anything about the ban of discussion of mods. Mods (supported or unsupported) can bring a lot of replay value to the game - You can only shove so many 3090's into different computers before it becomes repetitive. So far, I have added an extra 15 hours in this game after discovering that mod and I think I will add many more hours... Shoving different graphics cards into the same cases.
Dude I read those "posts" and most of them are a year if not more in age. All Aquafawks stated in this post was his ban from previous experience and that mods arent allowed. Which for the 3D Mark competition they arent. Otherwise what they dont know cant hurt em etc.
But telling him to "loosen up"...you trying to start an argument? He's not wrong when he says Mods arent supported and is cheating, (very few games ever support Mods and remove achievements when used because they view it as cheating. Even Steam does this). Also compared to his comments back in 2018 he has loosened up quite a bit...just saying.
And adding to the original post, I think it would be awesome to design an entire datacenter from the ground up
This is way off topic but since you brought it up you seem to be misinformed. I'll attempt to educate you about some of the rules of steam. Here's a link for you: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4045-USHJ-3810
This is the site-wide steam rules list for all steam forums, this game and other games. I'll go ahead and quote the section that relates specifically to this discussion for you:
There actually is a rule right there that says do not post anything about cheating or game exploits. It does not matter if it is a single player game or multiplayer game. All steam games are covered under those rules, along with their forums. And as I found out in the past: Steam moderators actually do consider modifying (any any form, via "mods" or any other method) any steam game (single player or multiplayer) to be "Cheating". I assure you they will issue bans under those rules if it's reported. It happened to me and it could happen to you. I'm only trying to look out for the other people on the forums and share my experience so others don't befall the same fate I did. I'm trying to be helpful here.
Now onto what you have highlighted to me. Is it a game exploit? No, you are not using bugs or glitches for your own advantage. It's a mod. Is it hacking? No. Now, is it cheating? No, I don't think so, you still have to progress through the game in career mode to unlock all the different parts and you still have to earn money to buy the parts like any other parts in the original game. It is just adding extra content to this game, which should add an incentive for players to return to this game.
This is what I originally said about it:
These modded parts are also included in three popular Steam guides, and I don't see these being taken down for including these modded parts or the discussion of it:
There are many mods over at Nexus, some of them are straight up cheating (RAM creator, GPU creator), but some of them are QOL improvements (Instant 3D Mark, No restart mod, faster move speed), are these QOL mods cheating or exploiting? If there was a mod to allow someone with a disability to play PCBS more easily by skipping some of the more finicky steps from the start or allowed them to play with one hand, would that count as cheating/exploiting the game. Not all mods bring bad things to this game.
Hardware expanded mod lives in an area outside of cheating. The mod adds hundreds of new parts based on it's real life counterparts (e.g. EPYC and xeons) with accurate specs. What it doesn't give you are 1 million gigahertz processors running at 1 degree (of course you can very easily find these). It adds content. It adds more 'stuff' for the person to do when they are bored waiting for new updates.
Hopefully we can shake hands on this and see eye to eye.