Jackpoint, SR3 software suite Options

[craigpierce]

wow - my head was swimming yesterday. i had work to deal with plus i was tracking down the 'DBNull to String' error...

i believe i have fixed it now - i had only made one mistake...about 1500 times!

also, i realized this morning (now that my head is back in order) that the problem with the availibility check box was the same as with the limits check box when it wasn't allowing the 'bonus attribute point' to work properly. it was also a problem with the street index box and the spending box - you guys just hadn't bumped into those yet. it came about when i moved them from the 'Build!' screen to the 'edges/flaws' screen.

anyway, i'll keep watching for new bug reports while i go through my code-cleanup project, so keep sending them my way!

[craigpierce]

:eek: JP now sits at 35,159 lines

that is:

the software itself
the databases (stuff, spirits, ect)
the XSL character sheet

and i've already deleted at least 1000 lines since the weekend.

[craigpierce]

hey eidolon -

the problem that you have where edges get purchased at a cost of 0; does that happen all the time, or just some times?

i ask because i can't reproduce the problem.

[eidolon]

Only occasionally, but I know that Friction has had it happen too. No idea as to triggers right now. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Sorta bug:
The data locks are listed in the cyber section at their ratings, but when you buy one it makes you choose the rating separately.

Bug:

I tried to give a character "Filtration System, Ingested Toxin" and got the following:

[Calahart]

In the "I know you've got a bunch of bugs to fix and probably don't want a feature request right now" category, Will there eventually be a way to improve existing characters with Karma? 'Cause that'd rock!

Keep up the great work, man!

[craigpierce]

[eidolon]

Willco

[eidolon]

Occasionally, when I choose "Hermetic Mage" from the magical drop down box, it gives me 6 points as if I were an adept. It doesn't always do it, and usually I can correct it by just choosing "non-magical" and then re-selecting mage.

Also, I just tried to use the "initiate" button for the first time. It doesn't work correctly. (In fact, since there's no way to spend Karma at creation, you shouldn't be able to initiate at all.)

Initiation requires the expenditure of Karma, the total of which is based on the grade you're going for, whether you're alone or with a group, and other stuff, as mentioned in the dialog box. You don't spend spell points to initiate. This stuff is on page 57 of MiTS.

I assume the Initiate button was meant to tie into the updater?

[craigpierce]

[Calahart]

[Bullet Raven]

Nice suite of programs! Keep up the good work :D



(or else) :cyber:

[eidolon]

"gamemasters may allow"

Found it. Momentary idiocy on my part.

I suggest giving it a "Has your GM okayed this?" pop up or something to clearly define it as optional.

Cal: Cost is given. It merely allows you to use spell points rather than Karma, so the cost would just be however much you spent to initiate. Also, no worries about him realizing this. If somebody wanted to nerf themselves to start off with masking, more power to them. :)

[eidolon]

When adding a new vehicle, it seems that Speed is maxed out at 100. It auto-converts whatever I enter to 100. Also, the speed box can only display two digits.

[eidolon]

Something I just realized after adding my new mage to the GM Console and mucking around:

I can't change the mage's initiative to reflect the fact that he's running Increase Reaction and Increased Reflexes +3 spells. He's limited to 5 + 1d6, but with his spells locked into anchoring foci, he should be running at 11 + 4d6. :(

[eidolon]

Hey arch, you alive out there? :)

[craigpierce]

yep - i'm alive :)

i haven't worked on JP much this week - i was starting to feel burned out, so i figured i'd take a week off. plus i've had a full week personally - i started taking some programming classes that my new job is paying for, an old friend i haven't seen in 2 years is coming to town and wants to have dinner this weekend, i'm trying to track down some hard-to-get wine that i really want, the wife and i are buying a house, and i run a website for my friends band that i needed to do some work on anyway [shameless plug]www.ekphrasis.org[/shameless plug]

ekphrasis.org is actually what's keeping me from volunteering to update the homepage of this site...that would be just too many things going on at once.

anyways - i am still around and that's a good suggestion about initiative raising spells. i'll look into that.

[eidolon]

No sweat dude. :) My wife and I are trying to buy a house...3k miles away, so I know what you mean.

I checked out your friend's band's site. Do they have a CD for sale yet? What I heard seemed pretty cool.

Take care. We'll hold our breath for the next release. :oops:

:D

[craigpierce]

[eidolon]

PM'd you.

[eidolon]

Bug:

When you choose "Dependant(s)" as a flaw, it doesn't ask you to set the value. (It's variable, up to the GM.)

The Encephalon's rating gets added to the Task Pool, but it doesn't get added to the Hacking Pool. I checked the Math SPU, and it's getting added correctly.

[Calahart]

Hey, I just noticed that, as per SR3.297, accessories to Alphaware must also be Alpha. They use the example of Cybereyes. Jackpoint let me put standard thermographic vision mods into Alpha Cybereyes.

Now, I'm assuming that a generalized version of that rule would read "Any accessories installed into any other piece of cyberware must be of the same grade or better." Is this clarified somewhere?

I'll let you know of anything else as I find it.

[eidolon]

Bug:

I tried to buy a hand-held cyberware scanner and got the following error:

[craigpierce]

all added to the list!

thx!

[craigpierce]

ok - i hate that i've started to slack off on this project, but we close on our house next week and all of my free time for about a month will go into fixing it up the way we want it to be before we move in.

just know that i am very dedicated to JP and that i'll have another release out as soon as i can; hopfully with a version of the character updater like i said before.

till then, if any of you continue to use the current version and have any comments or questions, i'll be checking the boards often.

later!

[eidolon]

Woohoo! Congrats on the house closing. I know it's a hassle. Hope the fixing up goes well.

Don't worry, we'll be fine without a new release for a while.

No really. We'll be okay. It's not like I need it you know...I can quit anytime. I just use it to, you know, make characters, and stuff every once in a while. I can stop any time that I want to. It's not like I'm addicted to it.

I NEED IT !!!one one )(*&)#*&$#04398

;)