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 Mar 24 2009, 04:39 AM
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Neophyte Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706  |
Are Program Options selected when a piece of software is initially written, or are they loaded to a program?
My initial belief was that they were integrated into the program when it was coded. Reviewing the section, however, I am no longer certain, and am inclined to believe you can load them onto programs in a manner similar to autosofts. Edit: I am also unable to find the Shield program anywhere - is this Complex Form (Technomancer) only? |
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Mar 24 2009, 01:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 23-December 08 From: the Tampa Sprawl Member No.: 16,707 |
Shield is in the BBB.
Options are coded into programs, but it is a seperate programing test. You can't just take an option and plug it into any program, but have to have the programs source code. Then you program up the option based on that source code, combine them together, and compile. |
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Mar 24 2009, 05:27 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
Shield is not in the BBB (SR4 or SR4A). The only place I have been able to find it is the New Complex Forms section of Unwired. I just do not get why it would be a Complex Form & not a Program.
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Mar 24 2009, 06:17 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 29-February 08 From: Scotland Member No.: 15,722 |
QUOTE Unwired p136 Since Matrix damage always affects their living persona directly, technomancers rely on defensive measures more than normal Matrix users. That's why Shield is CF only. |
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Mar 24 2009, 07:09 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
Which only explains why Technomancers use Shield. It does not explain why Hackers do not.
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Mar 24 2009, 07:29 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 29-February 08 From: Scotland Member No.: 15,722 |
No it explains why the dev's thought that TM's needed an advantage over normal Hackers in the defences department.
I didn't say it was right or wrong, merely pointed out that it was there. |
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