Snakebittenn Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 Currently there's a very slight difference between personal and work modular computers. Pretty much all of them except the ones you might get from a laptop vendor are considered work computers. These cannot download programs, ever, even if Command is okay with that kind of thing (with the exception of the AI's computer, for some reason.) Personal computers /can/ download programs, with the caveat that most of them (except for games, the NTSL interpreter, the news browser, and I think a few others) do require job access to both download and run. There is extremely few ways to convert your work computer into a personal computer. I think the difference here is very arbitrary, and could (and probably will) hamper modular computer accessibility and ease of use later. Instead, it should be that all of them should be able to download things, with Command being able to track who's downloaded what, p2p transfers, and be able to disable both. They're all NanoTrasen programs anyway, it's not like we're downloading CS:Source at work or some shit.
Arrow768 Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 Voting for dismissal, as this change is not wanted. 6 minutes ago, ParadoxSpace said: Pretty much all of them except the ones you might get from a laptop vendor are considered work computers. You can acquire configurable devices from laptop vendors or via the loadout. These are full configurable. Devices that are already available in the departments are of course restricted to the setup of that department (as NT would want its employees to be productive). 2 minutes ago, ParadoxSpace said: They're all NanoTrasen programs anyway, it's not like we're downloading CS:Source at work or some shit. That is the point. Each work loadout is specialized for just the specific workplace. If you want to download games and customize the applications of your device, we have the private devices for that. It is the players choice if they want to provision a device as private device or as work device.
Kintsugi Posted April 26, 2020 Posted April 26, 2020 Private devices have absolutely minimal actual utility. I don't see the point of keeping the distinction in place: I just want to have sudoku alongside my work programs. Is that so much to ask? I really think it isn't.
nicemoreoften Posted April 26, 2020 Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) I support this suggestion as there is not much utility to anything the private devices have. It's pretty difficult to reconfigure something considering it requires someone to play a job that maybe one person actually plays with no real other purpose but to swipe laptops. Perhaps the separation would be warranted if private devices actually provided anything interesting, but they're pretty barebones, unless you e-mag them I guess. Plus, it's not like workplace productivity means anything in SS13. Edited April 26, 2020 by nicemoreoften
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