thanks! fixing it up will be fine (it's in good condition as it is) - it'll just be a lot of work (as any house is).

i hope you guys find a good one yourselves!

Any news?

on jackpoint? nope. sorry. though my mind has been leaning that way lately...and i'll have my own computer setup again when we move into the new house.

when i left off, i was working on the beginnings of the character updater. that's going to be a much bigger project than i first thought. so i'm not sure exactly what direction i'm going to go in when i get started back up...i'll just have to look through the code and my notes and pick my battles from there.

house news: we closed on the house and got straight to work. ripped out the carpet and painted everything. we cut up the ceiling above the dining room to fix some leaks in the bathrooms above. that's all patched up now. carpet comes this week. i've been doing some side projects: rewiring some of the light switches (we still need to replace a few fixtures), ripping up some of the deck, etc.

it's been a lot of work, but it'll've been well worth it.

Cool beans. On a random note, I've been messing with the game Alternity. There's a really nifty character generator and GM tool thing for it HERE.

While the GM's "tool" isn't nearly as good as JP's, and Alternity certainly doesn't have nearly the level of complexity that SR has, its updater feature might be worth a look.

Then again, I have no idea if the programming is even remotely similar, so it might be worthless to you.

Good to hear that the house is going well. Take care.

Any new news?

New "bug", if not news really.

When purchasing skills, if you try to give a Specialization with a name that's already used for an Active or a Knowledge skill, it won't let you.

For example, I'm building a decker. If I try to specialize in Etiquette (Matrix) I get an error message, because there's a Knowledge skill named Matrix.

Suggest not having the program "look" for a name overlap if you have the drop down set on "Specialization".

I haven't fully looked through the program yet, but what I have seen is very nice. It'll be a big help during my game. Good job.

This is a terrific tool, and thanks a ton for it. I'm just wondering if there will be continued development on it even with the release of 4th edition?

I ask because I just don't have to resources to blow $50+ on game books anymore, so I'll be sticking with 3rd edition for awhile. Becoming an adult does that I guess.

awww...rudy huxtable is all growed up

Awww, stay tuned? But I want it now!

what's the matter? can't handle a little antici...



















...pation?

small update:

jackpoint's new home on the web is:

jackpoint.standalonesites.com

this is my new site, so i can stop using my friend's band's site as my own personal dumping ground

Got an error on the download link in both IE and Firefox. Something about not having permission...

me too, the error reads "accessing content by IP address is not allowed. Please type domain name instead"

the link on the page is http://jackpoint.ekphrasis.org/Jackpoint%2...dux%20Setup.zip

is this correct

ok, i've worked it out the link should be:

http://jackpoint.standalonesites.com/Jackp...dux%20Setup.zip

you're right - my bad!

it's changed.

Thanks, TH.

ok, so, i've gotten Jackpoint to the point at which i feel i can release the first real version; however, i am going to take a couple of days to just run it - create some characters, put them into the GM console, play with the extras (like the new grid map)...just overall battle test it.

so, heads up - about the middle of the week you'll see Jackpoint One.

thanks everybody for the support - One won't be perfect or complete, but what 1.x program is perfect?

Is there a version that doesn't need the .NET architecture to install and run? For some strange reason, .NET won't work right on my computer.

.NET is just the framework he chose to use, which means that unless he (or if he lets someone else) translates it to another language, then you'll need .NET.

archimagus: Good to know v1.x is coming out. Looking forward to it (and testing the hell out of it)!

AWESOME!!

Can't wait can't wait can't wait.

Don't worry. Month long road trip or no, I'll see if I can find time to try and break it.

Is it safe to assume that 1.x will have the functional updater included?

Oh well. Just means we have to hold you over the coals for v2.

sorry guys - i wanted to get this out by tonight, but i keep running into these weird little bugs...looks like it'll be the weekend for this release.

and now i'm seriously thinking about rewriting this to be cross-platform...the more bugs i run into, the more i realize that this software would really benefit from a rewrite - i've tried to do a clean-up once already, but starting over using what i know now i could really get this thing to run smooth. and everyone could use it, which would be great.

for now, i'll work on all the bugs in this version - but i may not be adding any new features till i decide what to do.

I am working on a very complex random character generator in python at the moment and can only recommend the language. Especially as it is platform independend.

ok, Jackpoint 1.0 is still having some issues - i'm down to the build and it compiles fine, but when i actually install it i get errors (due to the new GUI, i believe).

but here are a few notes that i want to get down 'on paper' before i release:

again, characters will not be compatible with the new version - if you've created characters in the Beta that you would like to bring into this release, send them to me and i'd be happy to make the necessary changes.

many items have been revised - the random person generator for example has had a major overhaul...and i know will need major work to spit out people who make sense 100% of the time (right now, sometimes you get weird combinations of things, like a corporate exec who skateboards...not that that's not possible, just unlikely). so if you know that an item could work better, please tell me how - just because it's not broken per se doesn't mean it doesn't need work.

as always, please feel free to provide any and all feedback - good, bad and ugly. i want to hear it.

i don't know how long it'll take to debug this installation file - hopefully not too long

well, it wasn't long!

Jackpoint One is now out.

damn - and i thought i had the market cornered on that app! though, mine is just for creating members of the general public, not actual NPCs with stats and guns; so we're not overlapping too much :)

i started out doing it much more manually than i am now...now i'm trying to do it more like you are, with lists. it's not pretty so far - my lists suck.

if you need names, here's the 1990 US census list:

list of common names from US 1990 census

My whole stuff is SR4 and the content mostly German anyways .. .

Archimagus,

Thanks so much for an invaluable tool. It's helping quite a bit to get my campaign prepared, and it includes all of the features I would implement if I knew how to program. But since I don't I turn to you

My one note about it would be that in the grid system, I find that I can add either a line OR a rectangle, OR a line, OR a circle instead of a line AND a circle AND a rectangle. That would help immensely for setting up combat situations with multiple buildings, telephone booths, etc. Or am I just not using it right? You tell me.

Wonderful stuff with wonderful functionality, and you did it for free, man. Much appreciated!

RudyHuxtable

Gah! You changed your name!

Tanka no like early morning surprises. (And it is early. It's nearly 1 AM. Why the hell I'm still awake, I've no idea.)

I've been out in the sticks for a few days now and I still don't have my computer.

Need to get on with trying 1.0.

You. Are. Delicious.

Yessir, and I'm using the GM notes feature to plan my campaign, and creating some NPC chars too. This makes it so much easier to stay organized. Back in the day you had to have a notebook full of notes, or a craptastic spreadsheet/word doc. So 1990s...

ok, so our company has had it's development team in this .NET class all week and today has been a lite day for us, so i uninstalled the school's .NET 2.0 and installed MONO.

long story short, Jackpoint doesn't work under MONO, at least on a Windoze machine.

i'm going to do some more research to see if maybe i just need to include something in my code to make it point to MONO. if i can make it work, i'll include a separate download file on the site for MONO users. that should at least hold over the 2 people who may actually want to run JP on a non-windows machine until i get it rewritten in something cross-platform. (note: i'm one of those 2 - i just don't have a mac to run it on at the moment)

that reminds me - what ever happened to ShadowGhost's SR3 app? i think that was his name...or maybe that was the apps name? was that even on dumpshock, or did i find that somewhere else?

time to do some searching...

*EDIT* ok, i wasn't crazy, ShadowGhost exists and had the Pocket Sec and Firearm Builder apps for Mac written in RealBasic.

and i read a post by him that said that the pro version of RealBasic compiles for Win, Mac and Linux!

i checked it out (downloaded the trial version to the schools PC :) and it doesn't seem as 'open' or 'free-flowing' as VB.NET in Visual Studio is, but with a small learning curve i think i could get JP fully running in it - so i've added this to my list of cross-compatibility solutions.

*OT Rant - while i'm at it* i'm learning that the developer community considers VB to be bloated code - but i don't think i really care...(A) i already know VB (B) Jackpoint is already written in VB...i just needed a way to push it to other platforms, which is what RB does (C i could still rewrite the code as i ported it over to RB, to clean up the logic even if the code stays 'bloated' *End Rant*

anyway, i'll let you guys know when i've started working towards getting this thing reworked...for now, expect JP Two to be a total rewrite including a few new features, but mostly consentrating on making the logic behind all of the current features better. (and on getting it to other platforms, of course)