Farm computer, new item to be able to do that... why not combine?
Like an update disc for the current computer, maybe more discs in the future for other stuff.
These discs would be obtained from quests, making you work for it. Maybe a few years into the game, and not year 1,2 or 3.
I don't get the hate on automation, as you clearly can play without it.
I largely play for the relaxation and some thinking, as i make each farm(on each character) different, so i always find some other ways to play the game.
I'm even planning on making a character(maybe more) with limitations like not using anything that makes the game easier.
Would be much easier if mods could be bound to characters, so i could use that Fallout mod for one character only.
But i use what i want in game, and one is gonna be OP, which will be based on my late father, as i think he deserves a place in SDV, and want him to have a good life there, not too much trouble etc. but others will be having themes, like one based on prehistory, so lots of fossils to find, and putting prehistorical stuff on the farm and such.
I play with what i want, and if i could bind mods to each character, i'd do one with pretty small greenhouse, little cozy etc. while the rest is having some bigger ones.
We have an option to add monsters to our farm from the start, so some characters will have a harder mode by default. And i was planning on spawning items with the Item Spawning mod, to put slimes everywhere, with automated chests, to keep filling the Slime Presses with slimes, so i can early on face red and purple slimes, too.
I get that people want a regular farming life in the game, but one can refuse to use certain easy making things, like computer and such.
Sorry for the offtopic, was just giving my point of view on that part.
I hope my idea of discs is good for this thread.
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