Chummer Character Generator, Thread #2 Options

[IridiosDZ]

Would it be possible to add a print preview allowing to decide without printing to paper where to put page breaks?

Install a PDF printer to your machine. Before you print to paper you can print to PDF and check the page breaks there. It is a bit of a kludge, but it works.

[ShadowWalker]

Install a PDF printer to your machine. Before you print to paper you can print to PDF and check the page breaks there. It is a bit of a kludge, but it works.

Hadn't thought of that, I have one installed.

[Nebular]

Trying to mark a character as ready and it gives me 2 errors. For one, it tells me that an item is over capacity. Can you make it so it tells me which item is over capacity?

Second issue is with the monocle. It has backscatter x-ray and vision magnification for a total Avail of 19. I did take restricted gear (3 times, twice for the rifle and once for this monocle), but it says the monocle requres 2 restricted gear? The base monocle shouldn't require one...just the entire monocle by itself. Can you take a look at that?

As of build 303, it should tell you which items are over your character's Avail limit when you try to move to Career Mode.

I'll have the plugins that add to their parent's Avail being checked on their own for Avail rules fixed in the next update.

[Nebular]

I have an SCK Model 100 submachine gun loaded with stick-n-shock rounds. When I click Fire either 1 or 3 rounds I get an Exception.

What I was wondering is if it's possible to do a print preview, not sure if dot net has that. Something that shows what it will look like on the printer before actually printing it.
or may be selecting page numbers to print if that's possible. A Print window with page selection, etc.

Took a look at the save file you sent me. I can't see to get it to throw an error. Firing the SCK Model 100 with its stick-n-shock ammo seems to work using the latest build on my machine. I've tried reloading it a number of times, selecting different random junk and firing it again to see if having something else selected on other tabs might be causing it but cannot get it to actually break... Is it still happening to you with the latest build?

[ShadowWalker]

Took a look at the save file you sent me. I can't see to get it to throw an error. Firing the SCK Model 100 with its stick-n-shock ammo seems to work using the latest build on my machine. I've tried reloading it a number of times, selecting different random junk and firing it again to see if having something else selected on other tabs might be causing it but cannot get it to actually break... Is it still happening to you with the latest build?

Last night, I opened Chummer. Updated it to the latest version. Opened the character to play for the evening. Added the ammo as they were gotten during play. Loaded the ammo. Tried to fire and got the error.
Now that I have reopened Chummer, and the character, when I try firing it works fine. So no clue what the problem was last night.
Just tried changing ammo and reloading, and still working. just weird.

[ShadowWalker]

When bonding a foci could you put the karma cost as well as some description of which item is being bonded in the message?
Would be nice if the karma cost was mentioned in other messages, like skills as well.

I was looking at the wiki to try and find notes on the how to create an override file and noticed that there is no mention of custom files or override files.
Even if it's just something mentioning how to name them. That would be good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Edit: Never mind about the wiki, I guess there just isn't a link in the "How To" section, but I found a link in the FAQ.

[SpellBinder]

Last night, I opened Chummer. Updated it to the latest version. Opened the character to play for the evening. Added the ammo as they were gotten during play. Loaded the ammo. Tried to fire and got the error.
Now that I have reopened Chummer, and the character, when I try firing it works fine. So no clue what the problem was last night.
Just tried changing ammo and reloading, and still working. just weird.

Maybe something that got stuck in the RAM? I remember years ago (as in DOS 6.2 & Windows 3.1 years ago) a quirk of a game that I had to reboot the computer to get the sound to work on it properly. Seemed to me that the audio drivers didn't unload on the reboot, and the game could then use them.

[KarmaInferno]

Is there a way to set software so it DOESN'T come auto-equipped with Copy Protection and Registration?

Missions has a houserule where acquired programs are assumed to have been hacked already to remove those options, and it would be nice not to have to delete them in Chummer over and over and over.

Thanks!



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[ChatNoir]

I'm not sure what you're asking. For Matrix programs you just have to check the "hacked" box and you won't have the protection and registration. Plus the price will be cut to 10%.
Because the way I see it, but if you want the standard program, without those two options, I see a problem. One of the main differences between a hacked program and a classic one is that there is support. Bugfixes, adaptation for new countermeasures, whatever help you stay SOTA.
I don't see that happenning on a program without Copy protection and Registration.

[Gwynfallan]

Is there a way to set software so it DOESN'T come auto-equipped with Copy Protection and Registration?

Under Tools > Options > General, about half way down the list are two lines to "Automatically add" Copy Protections and Registrations. Uncheck the boxes and future programs won't add these ratings. It won't erase the already listed Copy Protections and Registrations from existing items (you'll have to delete those manually), but it will stop them from being posted to future programs.

Using hacked programs gives you (hacked) in brackets after the program name and does not include the two features, but I've found removing the two features on legal programs I'll likely never tweak with saves a lot of space on my character sheet.

[KarmaInferno]

Under Tools > Options > General, about half way down the list are two lines to "Automatically add" Copy Protections and Registrations. Uncheck the boxes and future programs won't add these ratings. It won't erase the already listed Copy Protections and Registrations from existing items (you'll have to delete those manually), but it will stop them from being posted to future programs.

Using hacked programs gives you (hacked) in brackets after the program name and does not include the two features, but I've found removing the two features on legal programs I'll likely never tweak with saves a lot of space on my character sheet.

Ah, thanks. I was looking at the house rules and optional rules tabs.

ChatNoir, to clarify, in Shadowrun Missions, the houserule is that programs are purchased at full price, do not degrade, and are assumed to have had their Registration option removed. On double checking, the Copy Protection is NOT removed, and in fact cannot be removed, meaning that if you want multiple copies of a program you have to buy them.

As an aside, I notice that normally if you attach programs to an Agent, those programs can be modified as normal with options. However, if you add the Agent first to a Commlink, instead of as a standalone bit of gear, you cannot add options to attached programs. Similarly, if I attach a program to a camera that's installed inside a sensor package, that program can't have options either.



-k

[Gwynfallan]

As an aside, I notice that normally if you attach programs to an Agent, those programs can be modified as normal with options. However, if you add the Agent first to a Commlink, instead of as a standalone bit of gear, you cannot add options to attached programs. Similarly, if I attach a program to a camera that's installed inside a sensor package, that program can't have options either.

Chummer seems to have a limit of four tiers (for example Select Gear > Commlink > Commlink OS > One Last Tier). If you move your agent up a tier, you should be able to fit the programs and program options onto the agent. Same thing goes with sensors and anything else. My way around it is to run programs from my commlink rather than my OS if I want to have agents or options, or from Select Gear rather than my commlink if I want an agent to run programs with options.

Of course, as I type this, I'm realizing adding an additional tier or two to gear could be a potentially easy fix for Nebular.

[Nebular]

Chummer seems to have a limit of four tiers (for example Select Gear > Commlink > Commlink OS > One Last Tier). If you move your agent up a tier, you should be able to fit the programs and program options onto the agent. Same thing goes with sensors and anything else. My way around it is to run programs from my commlink rather than my OS if I want to have agents or options, or from Select Gear rather than my commlink if I want an agent to run programs with options.

Of course, as I type this, I'm realizing adding an additional tier or two to gear could be a potentially easy fix for Nebular.

I'm very slowly trying to move away from that limitation. It's not quite as easy as it might sound. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[b0bd3n4rd]

Hey there! I'm new to this board but have been using Chummer for a few months and what can I say, I'm hooked! Amazing tool that is actually adding to the whole experience of Shadowrun...
Close to perfect imho short of a few bugs. One that irritates me at the moment is that upgraded Autopilot software isn't taken into account when calculating the Pilot rating of a vehicle (it actually is in Chummer but not on the vehicle sheet). Same thing when you buy a maneuver software for instance, it appears in the list of Gears but doesn't impact the Maneuver rating.

Otherwise it's running smoothly. I just got the new iPad and have been tweaking a character sheet to use with it, and it's coming along pretty sweet.

Keep up the good work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Nebular]

Hey there! I'm new to this board but have been using Chummer for a few months and what can I say, I'm hooked! Amazing tool that is actually adding to the whole experience of Shadowrun...
Close to perfect imho short of a few bugs. One that irritates me at the moment is that upgraded Autopilot software isn't taken into account when calculating the Pilot rating of a vehicle (it actually is in Chummer but not on the vehicle sheet). Same thing when you buy a maneuver software for instance, it appears in the list of Gears but doesn't impact the Maneuver rating.

Otherwise it's running smoothly. I just got the new iPad and have been tweaking a character sheet to use with it, and it's coming along pretty sweet.

Keep up the good work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I'll have the Pilot bit fixed in the next update. It's currently using its base Rating instead of its total Rating. I'll also add <maneuver /> to the Vehicle's printout XML which while make getting its Maneuver Autosoft Rating easier.

[b0bd3n4rd]

Great news, thanks for your quick reply! Actually I just checked, it's not just Maneuver, any soft you buy shows up in the Gear section but the list of programs on the left side of the table never updates.

[Nebular]

Great news, thanks for your quick reply! Actually I just checked, it's not just Maneuver, any soft you buy shows up in the Gear section but the list of programs on the left side of the table never updates.

I'm not sure what you're referring to here... when I add any of the listed Matrix Programs (such as Exploit) to a Vehicle and print the sheet again, the sheet shows the Rating of the appropriate Program. I believe the software needs to be added directly to the Vehicle though instead of to another device attached to the Vehicle.

[b0bd3n4rd]

My bad, it works when I use the program in English, it must be a French translation problem.

[Nebular]

My bad, it works when I use the program in English, it must be a French translation problem.

Ah, that would do it. KeyMasterOfGoezer designed the Vehicle sheet and has it looking for the English program names since it needs to find those exact programs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (The idea being if you're looking at the entire sheet with its English labels, you'd likely be using English as your language) It should be pretty simple for someone who knows the language to make the few changes to get it to work in French. The modified sheet can be placed in the sheets\fr directory which is where language-specific ones can be put without fear of them being overwritten by English ones later by the update window.

[Nebular]

Build 350

• plugins that add to their parent's Avail are no longer considered as being outside of the character's Avail when attempting to move the character to Career Mode, resulting in 2 items over Avail instead of 1
• confirm Karma Expense messages are now more verbose and include what the item's new Rating will be and the amount of Karma that needs to be spent
• added support for Roommates to both Standard and Advanced Lifestyles
• Standard Lifestyles can now be edited to change their % to Pay and number of Roommates
• Vehicles now write their total Pilot Rating instead of base Pilot Rating in the printout XML
• added <maneuver /> tag to Vehicles in the printout XML to make getting a Vehicle's Maneuver Autosoft Rating easier
• added support for <childcostmultiplier /> and <childavailmodifier /> to Gear which multiplies the Cost and increases the Avail of all plugins attached to it respectively
• added Spare Clip (HK Urban Fighter) to Gear which properly handles the increased Cost and Avail for Ammo for the HK Urban Fighter

Changed Strings

• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpense
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseSpecialization
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseEnemy
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseSpend
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseRemove
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseComplexFormOption
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseFocus
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseJoinGroup
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseLeaveGroup
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseJoinNetwork
• Message_ConfirmKarmaExpenseLeaveNetwork

New Strings

• Label_SelectLifestyle_Roommates
• Menu_EditLifestyle

[Nebular]

The Critters file has been updated to add the missing Contagion, Carnage, and Smog Spirits from Street Magic. Traditions and Streams data files have been updated to make all Sprits/Sprites named consistently and match the names of the Critters found in the Critters file.

[Nebular]

"animal availability and cost chart" P 34 from Running Wild.

If I buy a Wolf for example :

Wolf 12R 1,000¥ Middle/250¥

It cost 1000¥ to buy and require a middle lifestyle (modified with advances lifestyle options) +250¥ per month.

It's not very important to deal with all parameters but i don't find how to buy a critter for a character.



It's in "Runner's Guide P.159" chapter "Roommates"

I've update the Gear data file to include the purchasable animals from Running Wild.

[Nebular]

Regarding that Nebular, here's the thread that I'm pulling values from.

Udoshi's Technomancer Houserules: http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=36511

Some gratuitous copy-pasta, I know, but I at least cut it into slightly bite sized chunks. If these things are feasible, fantastic. If not, I'll just make my TM loving player make his characters by hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I've taken some time to read through these. They stay too much from the standard rules to make implementing them feasible.

[taeksosin]

No problem. Thanks for taking a look for me.

[ShadowWalker]

When taking a Technomancer to Submersion Grade 5 the confirmation window is saying the cost would be 16 Karma.
I have both Network and Task checked. 3 * 5 + 10 - 40% = 15.