So I tried this mod and I ran into a few issues
1. I was not able to produce a game title that was already taken by another company or before there is an OS to develop it for (correct and logical according to the instructions and realism),
however the AI does not seem to play with the same rules and happily selects products before an OS is released and it can even produce and release the very same titles as your own
(see attached image below)
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One of the bigger problems with this mechanic is that the AI will instantly select a game and a title to develop before you are capable of selecting it yourself. The AI will auto-grab it on day 1 if it wants too and there's nothing you can do about it. My character started with fighting game expertise for example. No problem I thought, I'd start out making those however you cannot produce/select one until there's an OS to run it on, which is okay, but when there is an console, on the very same day the AI will instantly grab it and it is impossible for a player to pick a title before the AI does. Heck I've seen it pick titles before they can be picked at all ... (a 30 day buffer where the AI does not pick titles after an OS is launched would help the player actually grab one on time)
sidenote: The sales for a console are kinda hilarious when you realize they sell like hot cakes even when there's not a single game available for it for like half a year to 2 years after its launch ... Console quality should be much much more dependent on the apps availability. This holds true also for Computer OS's in the default game.
2. I developed Megaman 3 first (where's megaman 1 lol? It's not in the list, this is blasphemy!)
3. After I released Megaman 3, I had the exact same software firm develop a new game product, Asterix Operation Getafix but now I can't select Megaman 3 anymore as a product from this firm and it cannot get updates, nor can it be selected in a new software firm. It's in limbo so to speak. You only run into this problem if you assign a new product to a software firm but you apparently should never do this for video games because you will never be able to click the same product again.
4. I set up a computer store to sell my games and the name displayed in the firm purchasing/sales units are incorrect.
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5. The video game mod instructions page.
https://www.capitalismlab.com/digital-a ... -game-mod/
Mentions the ability to start with OS tech however this option is not available. What is the script command to enable it or how does one access it?
I've added my savegame for reference, all of these bugs are easily reproducible upon starting a new game, it's really easy to trigger them as well.
V6.5.17
Mod: ThumbCandy V1.1