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Hiya
Similar to other cooldown icons, can we have a countdown icon for developing a Virus?
Unless I am missing something, there is no indicator of how much longer it is for the Virus to be completed. The only way that I am aware of is logging in to the PC and finding out that way.
Would be a useful addition to the sea of icons we all love.
Sure, yeah, especially with how important they are in certain OCs.
#chedging
Great idea Thia
Great idea!!
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great idea
Great idea.
This has been suggested and declined multiple times before.
Virus coding is not viewed as an important enough feature to warrant an icon dedicated to it, and is actually considered to be a gimmick that was planned to be either be removed, or replaced entirely. I went and found the responses from Chedburn for you.
There are probably more recent ones, but these are the ones I have ready access to right now from back when I kept a regular eye on this forum section.
[Edit: I decided to just do a search for the most recent.]
That last one seems pretty definitive. Although has since been bumped by someone asking if it's still insignificant despite the new OC system using them.
I would imagine that even if plans have changed, and virus coding will remain, it will still not be considered important enough to warrant an icon dedicated to it.
It's also something probably not worth raising until the crimes 2.0 system has finished releasing, as there is a possibility that virus coding becomes it's own crime, or is integrated into another one, removing the need for an icon entirely. (I appreciate the release timeframes on those are long, but that's just the reality of things).
I hope this information helps you make a decision on if you want to keep investing time and effort into this suggestion, and if you do, it would be wise to develop it to argue against the points Chedburn raises as to why he has rejected it before. (The angle of viruses becoming essential in the new OC system is probably the most effective one to take.)
Good luck!
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Thanks, Leafeh, for that comprehensive analysis and outline.
I did that research too before posting. Since the introduction of Crime 2.0 and the need for Viruses, I recognise that having this would be beneficial for both those preparing the virus for an OC, and those selling said virus on the market.
Since there is an indication from Chedders that they plan to "entirely remove it" and it is "insignificant" in the future (4 years ago), it seems counterintuitive and ambiguous. Viruses are required today for certain OCs. They even spent time developing new Education courses to accommodate doing certain Crimes.
The development of the icon is not insurmountable, as it is described. The ask is quite simple; It is based on existing code but tweaked. We have CD for Xanax; why not use that codebase for a counter for Viruses?
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Would be really useful
Agree with above post
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