Life Hacks/Mods Guide

This is a list of SOME OF the mods that are accessible in the story. Any mods that are mentioned in the story, or any that someone can think ought to be on the list somewhere, should go here for the sake of keeping people on the same page.

It is worth noting that the list of mods in the story is FAR longer than can easily be categorized in this manner. However, with some effort, it might be possible to turn this into something similar to what Xander might see in the story. For the sake of fellow writers or readers who might be curious, each adjustment should contain a write-up of what adjusting this feature would do. At minimum, every mod that is mentioned in the story should be on this list.

Selecting a Target

Most (but not all) interactions in mods are targeted. For these, you need to select a target. A target is individually selected by touching them, or even just make a motion like you are touching them from afar, while the UI is open. When they are selected they glow faintly. You can choose a group by putting the index fingers and thumbs of both hands together and drawing them out into a rectangle, which will select everyone in the field of view of the rectangle. "Touching" a selected target, selecting a new target, or group of targets will void a previous selection as will closing out the UI. If you want to modify a selection without changing the other targets that are selected, you hold one of your hands in a fist and "touch" the selected individual you want to add or remove from the selection with your other hand. You can select individuals that you have a relationship with in the relationships panel, even if they are not present in the location (note that doing this changes the selection from yourself to the new person, removing you as the target, and adding them, which will therefore change to their relationship panel and not yours. The relationship panel is entirely different when multiple people are selected).

Xander doesn't know any of this, and will have to experiment to discover these mechanisms, or be told by a player.

Memory Management

Most mods either alter the memories of lifies automatically, or give the player the option to modify the memories of the lifies to fit the new reality when making changes. This is a robust system, but it is not infallible. The edits to memories are just that. They do not change what actually happened. Luckily they also change "physical memories" like photographs, video, and written accounts like journals. Where ever possible any contradiction in memories is glossed over by the overwrite. For instance if a player changes their "parents" so that they are both the same sex, they will still acknowledge that they are the genetic parents of the player, but they will also know that two people of the same sex cannot reproduce together. If casually questioned about it they will respond with a non-committal reply like, "I'm not sure," or "I never thought about it," but the conflict will quickly pass from their mind. Similarly other lifies will not think to question them about the contradiction. If a player presses the issue, it can lead to a breakdown of the memory management system, usually leading to anything from a freak-out to realizing that something is not "right" about reality to a full mental breakdown. In this manner some lifies can become aware that their reality isn't quite what they thought that it was; and can even come to realize the true nature of the universe. Other lifies will see these people as mentally unstable if they try to convince others of their views.

Xander is unique as the modifications that Loki has done to his code makes the game Life treat him more like a player than a lifie; consequently he is ignored by the memory management system.

Life Controller

Lifie Mod(ule)

• Adjust Appearance
• Adjust Relationship
• Adjust Personality
• Adjust Attributes
• Adjust Skills
• Adjust Traits
• Adjust Rewards

World Mod(ule)

• Quick Settings

Infinity Pocket

The infinity pocket is a hack that lets you access an unlimited inventory "pocket dimension" from any opening. A pocket, a desk drawer, a crack in a wall, your mouth . . . basically anything that has the semblance of an opening. It uses the neural interface to ascertain what you want to pull out or put in so you don't have to rummage around to get what you want. It is memory managed automatically, so lifies will just ignore it's use whether one wants them to or not. There is no interface, settings, or options for this hack. It just is.