Sync Upgrade

What it is
This upgrade is used to guarantee that two or more routers run at the same time. The Sync Upgrade has a tuning value of 0 .. 19 (i.e. 1 less than the base router tick rate of 20). This tuning value can be set by right-clicking/$ the Sync Upgrade to open its GUI, or quickly set to a random value by sneak-right-clicking/$ the upgrade. Any routers with this upgrade installed, with same the tuning value, and with the same number of Speed Upgrades/$ installed, will always run on the same tick. The actual tuning value doesn't matter; only that the value is consistent across the routers you want to synchronise. This is particularly useful if you have a group of routers with Extruder Modules/$ installed, and want to ensure all modules extend/retract at exactly the same time. Advanced notes #1: the Sync Upgrade's tuning value actually specifies precisely when the router will run relative to its tick rate. E.g. routers tick every 20 server ticks by default; a Sync Upgrade with a tuning upgrade of 15 ensures the router always/$ runs 15 ticks after that, and that applies to all/$ routers with a 15-tuned Sync Upgrade. And a 16-tuned Sync Upgrade always runs 1 tick after a 15-tuned Sync Upgrade, at least for routers with the same number of Speed Upgrades/$ installed... Advanced notes #2: Because Speed Upgrades/$ make routers tick more frequently, they affect how Sync Upgrades work. A router with 9 Speed Upgrades ticks every 2 server ticks (instead of every 20). For Sync Upgrades in such a router, it only matters whether the tuning value is even or odd; 2 (or 4/6/8...) ticks later is effectively the same as 0 ticks later! General case: the tuning value is calculated modulo the router's actual tick rate after Speed Upgrades are accounted for.
What it takes
Everything you would have to gather
Tick what you already have.
What it is for
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