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[ShadowWalker]

When you create a new character and select ignore character creation rules the sorcery and tasking skill groups are greyed out as are the individual skills.
I figure if your going to ignore the creation rules they shouldn't be, but that's just me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[ShadowWalker]

Hey Nebular,

I had a quick question. I recently saw Udoshi's alternate technomancer houseruley stuff and like a lot of it. One of the real nifty changes was changing the cost of complex forms to 2 karma per level as opposed to karma = new level. I was curious if that is something that could be changed by a custom XML file? I'd like to see all of Udoshi's stuff in chummer as optional/house rules, but that's the big one for me. Looking at the karma cost options in chummer, it doesn't really seem like it'd be possible to change it within there. Also, while being a pain, would it be possible to utilize a custom xml file to do easy/simple stat increases for different races? What I mean by this is a Ork starts with 4 Bod and 3 Str. To increase their Bod costs the amount to increase the stat to 5. I'd like to see it cost raising it to 2 instead (since, technically, it's at a 1 for an orc).

Personally I'd like to see all of the BP costs and karma costs put in xml, along with any calculated stuff, such as (Intuition+Logic*3) and stuff like that.
As for the changes to races you can create a custom file and put in any race you want, or you can do an override file and put it there with it replacing the original race.

[taeksosin]

Personally I'd like to see all of the BP costs and karma costs put in xml, along with any calculated stuff, such as (Intuition+Logic*3) and stuff like that.
As for the changes to races you can create a custom file and put in any race you want, or you can do an override file and put it there with it replacing the original race.

This please, it if's at all possible Nebular? THAT would be awesome.

[Nebular]

I do want to include support for changing the BP of most things, but that's a fair bit of work. It's on my list, I just need to get around to it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The only thing it won't cover is changing the BP cost for Qualities. Those would need to be done manually by creating a Quality Override XML file where you set the desired BP.

[Nebular]

Build 289

• added support for <selectrestricted /> to the Improvement Manager which lets the character pick from a list of Restricted items they have or enter their own value (used for Fake Licenses)
• improved the way in which unsaved changes to characters are detected
• Power Point cost for Adept Powers are no longer rounded to 2 decimal places to ensure Adepts are not being cheated out of Power Points when using discounts
• added support for a weekly calendar to track weekly Tests, runs, when rent is due, etc.
• fixed an issue where adding Commlink Upgrades or Commlink Operating System Upgrades directly to the character's or a Vehicle's Gear instead of as a plugin would cause the save file to become unusable
• adding Improved Sensor Array Vehicle Mod to a Vehicle now automatically adjusts the current Sensor to the appropriate size
• Vehicles and Drones now have their Armor Ratings limited as per AR 132 unless Ignore Rules is turned on
• adding Cyberware plugins to a Vehicle Mod no longer causes an error to be thrown when attempting to print
• Specialization list for non-Exotic Active Skills is now disabled if the Skill is part of a Skill Group or its Rating is 0

New Strings

• Tab_Calendar
• Button_AddWeek
• Button_EditWeek
• String_WeekDisplay
• Title_CalendarStart
• Label_CalendarStart
• Label_Year
• Label_Month
• Label_Week

[ShadowWalker]

I do want to include support for changing the BP of most things, but that's a fair bit of work. It's on my list, I just need to get around to it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The only thing it won't cover is changing the BP cost for Qualities. Those would need to be done manually by creating a Quality Override XML file where you set the desired BP.

Awesome!!!

[ShadowWalker]

Build 289

• Power Point cost for Adept Powers are no longer rounded to 2 decimal places to ensure Adepts are not being cheated out of Power Points when using discounts

What does it do instead? No rounding at all?

[Nebular]

What does it do instead? No rounding at all?

That's right. The problem was if you had a Power that cost .25 points/level and discounted it with a Geas or Way, the previous build would round the cost to 0.19 instead of 0.1875. It's a fairly small difference but it does add up over larger amounts. If you had 6 Power Points and took only Powers that cost .25/level and applied one of the 25% cost discounts, the previous method (rounding to 0.19) would let you take 31.57 Ratings of Powers, whereas with the new way of doing it (using 0.1875), you get a full 32 Ratings of Powers. Since you can't have .5 of a Rating, this keeps you from being mathematically cheated out of one extra Rating in a Power. It is mathematically the same as the recommended method of handling Power discounts where you calculate the total value using the unmodified Power Point cost * Rating, then apply the discount. I'm just applying the discount to the base cost instead to make things nice and clear and show you exactly what it's costing per Rating.

[Tashiro]

I'm curious - where would I find spell quickens? We've a few people who have augmented attributes through spell quickens, and nowhere to note this down.

[Nebular]

I'm curious - where would I find spell quickens? We've a few people who have augmented attributes through spell quickens, and nowhere to note this down.

You'd need to go to the Karma tab and click the Karma Spent button. Just enter the amount of Karma the character must spend to quicken the Spell and enter the description, such as "Quickend Spell X" and you're set. It's there to cover the wide range of weird situations where additional Karma expenditures are required such as this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Tashiro]

You'd need to go to the Karma tab and click the Karma Spent button. Just enter the amount of Karma the character must spend to quicken the Spell and enter the description, such as "Quickend Spell X" and you're set. It's there to cover the wide range of weird situations where additional Karma expenditures are required such as this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And how does this handle the increase in attribute?

[Nebular]

And how does this handle the increase in attribute?

I'm not following... Quickened Spells don't increase an Attribute. Or are you asking how does the application handle the Karma costs of increasing an Attribute as part of character improvement?

[ShadowWalker]

I'm not following... Quickened Spells don't increase an Attribute. Or are you asking how does the application handle the Karma costs of increasing an Attribute as part of character improvement?

I think he's talking about quicken a spell that increases an attribute. How do you get that to show up on the character sheet?

[Nebular]

I think he's talking about quicken a spell that increases an attribute. How do you get that to show up on the character sheet?

Ah, if that's the case, then this is one of those times where the bonus doesn't appear since it's conditional (ie. you only have it when under the Spell's effect). This is something that would be handled once I figure out how to include support for creating your own Improvements and toggling them on and off. It would also cover various other situational modifiers like turning Adept Powers on and off, being affected by another character's Spell, etc. It's planned, but allowing players to go mucking about with one of the core components that drives the entire application is just a bit of a challenge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Getting the Improvements in there is actually a snap, it's providing a window that lets you actually build them easily that's the big problem since there are so many possibilities.

[ShadowWalker]

Ah, if that's the case, then this is one of those times where the bonus doesn't appear since it's conditional (ie. you only have it when under the Spell's effect). This is something that would be handled once I figure out how to include support for creating your own Improvements and toggling them on and off. It would also cover various other situational modifiers like turning Adept Powers on and off, being affected by another character's Spell, etc. It's planned, but allowing players to go mucking about with one of the core components that drives the entire application is just a bit of a challenge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Getting the Improvements in there is actually a snap, it's providing a window that lets you actually build them easily that's the big problem since there are so many possibilities.

you could do something similar to armour and have a check box that says, include, or in effect.

[Nebular]

you could do something similar to armour and have a check box that says, include, or in effect.

That's the easy part (and Improvements code itself has supported that for a while now in preparation for eventually doing it). It's the showing the list of the 72 different Improvement types, providing space to enter a value when it's needed and making sure that you've entered something acceptable that's the bulk of the challenge. Some don't accept values which is easy. Some require only 1, some require 1 of X, and some require X of Y. Some instead require an attribute. I basically need to convert the Improvements Wiki page into a single window that people can make sense of. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

[Sengir]

[*]adding Improved Sensor Array Vehicle Mod to a Vehicle now automatically adjusts the current Sensor to the appropriate size

Much appreciated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I have to follow it up with the next vehicle problem right away, though: The printout XML does not contain a vehicle's Matrix stats, would be nice if we got the same tags there as for commlinks.


(Once that is implemented you might also want to put the stats or at least Device Rating on the standard char sheets, I'm sure people would find it helpful)

[McDougle]

I like the calender feature! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

It would be useful to be able to delete an entry though... I just made a test entry and can´t delete it...

[McDougle]

Oh, and a seperator between skill groups and active skills would be great!
(maybe that way people with lower resolution screens can display two rows of active skills side by side)

[Nebular]

That's the easy part (and Improvements code itself has supported that for a while now in preparation for eventually doing it). It's the showing the list of the 72 different Improvement types, providing space to enter a value when it's needed and making sure that you've entered something acceptable that's the bulk of the challenge. Some don't accept values which is easy. Some require only 1, some require 1 of X, and some require X of Y. Some instead require an attribute. I basically need to convert the Improvements Wiki page into a single window that people can make sense of. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

Ended up figuring it all out last night and it will be part of the next update (hopefully this evening). You can see the Creating Custom Improvements page on the Chummer Wiki for an idea as to how it'll work.

This is only available in Career Mode. Only a certain subset of the possible Improvements will be available since some only apply to character creation, some are keyed to or are only relevant to certain Qualities/items, and some just shouldn't be poked at in general. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Here's what you will be allowed to create Custom Improvements for (46 items in all):

• Armor, Ballistic
• Armor, Impact
• Armor Encumbrance Penalty
• Attributes
• Basic Bioware Essence Cost
• Bioware Essence Cost
• Composure
• Concealability
• Condition Monitor, Physical
• Condition Monitor, Stun
• Condition Monitor, Threshold
• Condition Monitor, Threshold Offset
• Cyberware Essence Cost
• Damage Resistance
• Drain Resistance
• Fading Resistance
• Fly Percent
• Fly Speed
• Genetech Cost
• Initiative
• Initiative Passes
• Judge Intentions
• Lifestyle Cost
• Lift and Carry
• Living Persona, Biofeedback Filter
• Living Persona, Firewall
• Living Persona, Response
• Living Persona, Signal
• Living Persona, System
• Matrix Initiative
• Matrix Initiative Passes
• Memory
• Movement Percent
• Power Points, Adept
• Power Points, Free Spirit
• Reach
• Skills
• Skills in Category
• Skills in Group
• Skills linked to Attribute
• Swim Percent
• Transgenics Cost
• Unarmed AP
• Unarmed DV
• Unarmed DV Physical
• Weapon Category DV

Each item will have help text that describes what it does and how values affect it. Both the names and help text will support translations through the [language]_data.xml file in the same way as the other data files. <translate> will translate the item name, <altpage> will translate the help text.

The XML file that drives this will not include support for Custom or Override files (the application actively ignores them).

[Tashiro]

Let me be the first to say, 'you're awesome'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I'm curious - how will this work in Chummer? Do you have to go edit the file, or will this be a button or something attached to the trait which can be modified?

[Nebular]

Let me be the first to say, 'you're awesome'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I'm curious - how will this work in Chummer? Do you have to go edit the file, or will this be a button or something attached to the trait which can be modified?

There will be a separate Improvements tab where you can create all of the Custom Improvements you need. Click the button, select an option and the modifier number and off you go! You can give them a meaningful name to make them easy to identify and toggle them on and off as needed.

[Tashiro]

There will be a separate Improvements tab where you can create all of the Custom Improvements you need. Click the button, select an option and the modifier number and off you go! You can give them a meaningful name to make them easy to identify and toggle them on and off as needed.

Brilliant. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[deurk]

Sounds wonderful Nebular!
Thanks for your efforts.

[Nebular]

Build 291

• buttons on the Calendar tab now reposition themselves based on string lengths
• Note tooltips now show the item's Notes, removing the need to open the window to read them
• added an Improvements tab (see below)

New Strings

• Button_AddImproevment
• Title_SelectSkillCategory
• Title_CreateImprovement
• Label_ImprovementType
• Label_CreateImprovementValue
• Label_CreateImprovementMinimum
• Label_CreateImprovementMaximum
• Label_CreateImprovementAugmented
• Label_CreateImprovementSelectedValue
• Button_ChangeSelection
• Message_SelectItem
• MessageTitle_SelectItem
• Message_ImprovementName
• MessageTitle_ImprovementName
• Checkbox_Active
• Message_DeleteImprovement
• Tip_Improvement_EditNotes

Improvements Tab

The Improvements tab allows players to create Custom Improvements to their character that can be turned on and off as needed. This finally adds support for conditional/situational modifiers! For example, if your character has the Attribute Boost (STR) Adept Power at Rating 3, you can now create a Custom Improvement that will allow you to boost your STR when the Power is active, then set it back when you've deactivated it. See the Creating Custom Improvements page on the Chummer Wiki for more information.