A Windows firearm designer has been available for a long time now.

Oh, you mean a Mac OS 9 version?

Actually, the upgrade to Pro (compile Mac/Windows version) is $299US, which I don't have.

I might consider accepting Paypal donations, but that sounds cheesy at the moment.

As for the 2.9% figure.... well, Windows users have had an edge in SR software for years. I'm just leveling the playing field a little for the Mac side. (nothing against PCs, I have a great PC! Along with one Mac Powerbook, and one Mac Tower).

Dude, this is Mac software, not Linux software

(Seriously, though, installed base is estimated at closer to 10%)

~J

But the rules conform to canon, making them useful.

The more important use, however, is that it's a design program for OSX. It's another step towards more such software, regardless of how much functionality this particular step provides.

~J

Since "Assault Rifle" is a rifle (technically), I believe it cannot take this option as well.

I will also be fixing the Mode Display, as it right now only shows SA, not matter what options are picked Spent too much time trying making sure only the proper firing modes could be selected for each weapon type, and not enough to make sure it showed in the stats box, and printing.

Thanks for the bug reports. I'll be making changes and posting a new version after the weekend.

As for Firearm Prices the Sensible way, you can always use the tables in conjunction with the program. I'd prefer to keep it as canon as possible. It's meant for people to be able to design and build a gun themselves following the rules, or have one built for them through a Gunsmith, paying *really* high premiums and availability. CC doesn't have any rules for purchasing custom designed weapons, which is why I added the extra street index and availability ratings.

As for why they're so high? (IMO) Weapons dealers are a dime a dozen. Lots of people can make custom modifications, but damn few can make weapons from scratch, as it requires a B/R skill for each weapon type (Light Pistol, Hold-Out, Shotgun, etc, etc.).

So custom made weapons probably have a signature craftsmanship style of the gunsmith that could be identified a lot more readily than who sold a particular Ceska Skorpion used to mow down that Lonestar Officer on the Seattle docks. The more custom it is, the easier it probably is to identify who might have made it.

Another thing about Firearm Prices the Sensible way, is the huge mess of legal red tape for a character to get all the licensing, federal permits etc, to build and manufacture weapons on a mass scale.

Most Shadowrunners really don't want to put their past in the blinding spotlight of federal and state scrutiny required for gun manufacturers & wholesale retailers.

But that's just my humble opinion.

Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it!

Cause they're probably carbines.

Having looked back over a bunch of things, I think the fine folks at Fasa left something out when working on the CC gun design, and that's recoil comp. (I'm sure some people think they left a lot of things out, but I'll try to stick to the topic at hand )

The reason to add a Rigid or Folding Stock to Pistol/SMG etc is to provide a point of Recoil Comp.

Shotguns, Assault Rifles, and Rifles already have a stock, whether folding or rigid, which *does not* provide recoil comp under CC Gun Design rules. Ideally, they should already have a point of built in recoil comp.

But this ain't an ideal world. Unfortunately, stocks don't provide RC under base frames for Shotguns, Assault Rifles, and Rifles, hence the reason you can't add stocks to them and get a bonus RC.

That being said, I don't see why those who don't like the rules can't bend them to suit their needs to replace a rigid stock with a folding stock for the extra price/fcu/DP.

Eventually I may add a preference option to allow this (choice of folding or rigid stock), and add the concealment of the folding stock to the weapon, but not the extra point of recoil comp a stock normally provides to the smaller weapons.

I'll post a new version of the Firearm Designer late tomorrow. For now, I'm concentrating on getting a Beta version of the GM Pocket Secretary ready soon.

Arguably, they already do. A rifle without a stock will certainly be harder to control than a pistol without a stock.

Where it breaks down isn't where rifles don't get stock recoil, it's where the few rifle-class weapons that do have folding stocks (SPAS-22) don't get recoil penalties for operating when folded and do get a bonus when deployed.

~J