How to Customize Video Game Console Hardware
Console hardware in the Video Game MOD is organized into groups, and each group is a console franchise. This is where you replace the sample franchises with your own.
Defining your consoles
Open Product Customization
Open the Manufacturer’s Guide, select the product type Video Game Console, and click the Product Customization icon.
Review the sample consoles
The interface lists the sample consoles that ship with the MOD kit. Replace them with your own.
Open Group Settings
Click [Group Settings] at the top right. Each group is a console franchise; the sample content includes three.
Define the generations and the IP type
Within a group you define successive console generations. Group #3, for example, holds Ybox, Ybox 360 and Ybox One. Ybox 360 needs tech level 300 to unlock and Ybox One can be locked to 600 — the required tech level is what sets the order in which they reach the market.
Each group also carries an intellectual property setting, which decides who is allowed to manufacture it:
| IP type | Who can manufacture | Real-world parallel |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Any company. | Any manufacturer can produce Android phones. |
| Proprietary | Only the IP owner. | Only Apple can produce iPhones. |
| Selectable | The company that develops and owns the IP chooses, per game, between Open Source and Proprietary. | — |
Assign each console to a group
With the groups defined, set three values for every console:
- First row — the required tech level for this console.
- Second row — its group, set with the [+] and [−] buttons.
- Third row — the console’s name.
Test in game
With all of the above done, start a game and try your newly defined consoles.