Would it be possible to add the ability to select what weapon a weapon focus is based off of?
That way it can display damage and the dice pool to use it.
Or is there some other way that's already there?

Look in the Tools-Options window under the Optional Rules tab.
Check "Use Alternate Complex Forms Cost" That will make them cost the same as spells.

Did that. Complex Forms still have ranks and can be increased, and in addition the dice pool is still 'skill + complex form rank' not 'attribute + skill'.

the rank thing is definately wrong, but you still have Skill + Attribute on the skills section.

From what I'm seeing, it's doing 'skill + program rank' still, rather than Skill + Logic.

Hey, just recently got back into SR, I've been using Chummer (awesome app BTW), and for the most part it's been great.

However, I recently created an Infected character, with the critter powers Essence Drain and Essence Loss, and I'm trying to puzzle out if there's a way to modify his current Essence based on recent feeds and time passed. I was hoping to be able to use the handy custom improvements tab, but it doesn't appear to allow ESS as one of the attributes which can be adjusted.

Also, is there a way to get natural weapons to display on the character sheet in the "melee weapons" tab?

Would it be possible to add the ability to select what weapon a weapon focus is based off of?
That way it can display damage and the dice pool to use it.
Or is there some other way that's already there?

after choosing the spell Increase Attribute and the particular attribute, e.g. BOD, the print sheet says Increase [Attibute] instead of Increase [Body]

Did that. Complex Forms still have ranks and can be increased, and in addition the dice pool is still 'skill + complex form rank' not 'attribute + skill'.

The Rating field for Complex Forms should be hidden when that option is enabled, though you need to close the character and re-open them if you enable the option while the character is open. They seem to be hidden properly when I have this optional rule turned on.

I'll add the alternate Matrix Attribute as an optional rule in the next update. I'm trying to figure out when it wouldn't be LOG + Skill though, as all of the Matrix-related Skills are LOG-based.

There are only a few Complex Forms that wouldn't be done that way, like armor or shield. some have no rolling at all like SimRig and Smartlink.

Okay, yes, you can't up the rating, but the complex forms themselves say things like 'Armour (Rating 1)'. Thanks for clarifying though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Looking forward to the alternate Matrix Attribute ruling.

How do you determine that then? Is there a list somewhere that I've missed or forgotten about?

It's all a question of how the Program/complex form is used. Unfortunately there is no list within the books.

Would it be possible to add the ability to select what weapon a weapon focus is based off of?
That way it can display damage and the dice pool to use it.
Or is there some other way that's already there?

Guess I'll just add a list that you can select the Attribute from then in case there are any weird scenarios that might come up and let the player choose which one to use. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Oh, in every case where an attribute is used it's going to be logic.
It's just that certain programs won't have logic used because of the way the program is used.
I would suggest just have them all display logic + skill instead of skill + program.

Looking at the list in programs.xml:

Encrypt, Armor, ECCM, Stealth, Smartlink, Simrig, Shield, and all other non-standard matrix program.

All of those won't use skill+attribute, and would just use their rating.

Well, that was my original plan but figured I'd put in a dropdown for Attributes for flexibility since it says "usually LOG" rather than "always LOG". I'll at least have it default to having LOG selected. If I don't do it as a list, I'm sure someone would ask for it soon enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

It seems like melee weapons no longer have STR/2 added to their damage as of this latest update. Also,"Quizzel Fairy Wings" from Attitude are still called "Quizzel Fair Wings".

Confirmed on a new download as well on an update.