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Message no. 1
From: pgrosse@********.com (Paul Grosse)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:33:09 -0500
So what has ever come of the cross-platform char gen that was being
worked on a few months ago?

Paul "Yes that Paul" Grosse
PCGen OGL Gibbon
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AO: Nylan
Various forums: Nylan (or Nylanfs)

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to keep all it's eggs in." - Robert Heinlein
Message no. 2
From: cmd_jackryan@***.net (Phillip Gawlowski)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:17:13 +0200
Am Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:33:09 -0500 hat Paul Grosse <pgrosse@********.com>
geschrieben:

> So what has ever come of the cross-platform char gen that was being
> worked on a few months ago?

Sorry, still not ready yet. Not even really begun by now.
I'm goign to start programming the Linux version as soon as I have moved
into a new room.

--
Phillip Gawlowski
Bastard GameMaster From Hell and General Idiot
Message no. 3
From: shadowrun@********.demon.co.uk (Andrew Norman)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:57:13 +0100
The mailing list for it has gone dead and I cannot get any response on it ...
the prelimary rough design overview was figured out and some good ideas for
the overall structure ... but then everything went silent.

-Andrew

On Friday 17 October 2003 15:33, Paul Grosse wrote:
> So what has ever come of the cross-platform char gen that was being
> worked on a few months ago?
>
> Paul "Yes that Paul" Grosse
> PCGen OGL Gibbon
> ICQ: 14397299
> AO: Nylan
> Various forums: Nylan (or Nylanfs)
>
> "The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race
> to keep all it's eggs in." - Robert Heinlein
Message no. 4
From: adamj@*********.com (Adam Jury)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:04:31 -0400
At 03:57 10/20/2003, Andrew Norman wrote:
>The mailing list for it has gone dead and I cannot get any response on it
...
>the prelimary rough design overview was figured out and some good ideas for
>the overall structure ... but then everything went silent.

Where would this mailing list be at? In theory, I'll have a shiny new
PowerBook in a few days, so cross-platform utilities are that much more
interesting to me now...

For that matter, what other cross-platform utilities exist for Shadowrun?

Adam
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Message no. 5
From: joe_dark@****.randomcreation.com (Joe Dark)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:42:17 -0800
Adam Jury wrote:

> At 03:57 10/20/2003, Andrew Norman wrote:
> >The mailing list for it has gone dead and I cannot get any response
> on it ...
> >the prelimary rough design overview was figured out and some good
> ideas for
> >the overall structure ... but then everything went silent.
>
> Where would this mailing list be at? In theory, I'll have a shiny new
> PowerBook in a few days, so cross-platform utilities are that much
> more interesting to me now...
>
> For that matter, what other cross-platform utilities exist for Shadowrun?
>
> Adam
> --
> | Editor, The Shadowrun Supplemental: http://tss.dumpshock.com |
> | adamj@*********.com | http://www.talkinabout.com | UIN: 2350330 |

Slightly off topic, but I have put a bit of work into a random
NPC/Matrix system generator for Palm OS. It's not at a workable stage
yet, but if anyone besides myself might use something like this I'd
think about finishing it up.

Matt
Message no. 6
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:11:25 +0200
According to Adam Jury, on Thursday 23 October 2003 06:04 the word on the
street was...

> For that matter, what other cross-platform utilities exist for
> Shadowrun?

There's my cyberdeck calculator that I posted last year (I think). It's
written in Python, so it should run on pretty much anything (provided
there's a Python interpreter for it, of course).

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Message no. 7
From: cmd_jackryan@***.net (Phillip Gawlowski)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:31:26 +0200
Am Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:04:31 -0400 hat Adam Jury <adamj@*********.com>
geschrieben:

> Where would this mailing list be at? In theory, I'll have a shiny new
> PowerBook in a few days, so cross-platform utilities are that much more
> interesting to me now...

http://lsrcg.sourceforge.net/
The link to the project page should work, while the one to mine doesn't.

> For that matter, what other cross-platform utilities exist for Shadowrun?

As far as I know, none, but I think the NSRCG at
matrix.dumpshock.com/mcmackie works with WINE for Linux. Dunno about
MacOS, though.

--
Phillip Gawlowski
Bastard GameMaster From Hell and General Idiot
Message no. 8
From: anders@**********.com (Anders Swenson)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:21:51 -0700
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:42:17 -0800
Joe Dark <joe_dark@****.randomcreation.com> wrote:
> Adam Jury wrote:
>
> > At 03:57 10/20/2003, Andrew Norman wrote:
> >
> Slightly off topic, but I have put a bit of work into a random NPC/Matrix
> system generator for Palm OS. It's not at a workable stage yet, but if
> anyone besides myself might use something like this I'd think about
> finishing it up.
>
> Matt
>
That would be fun to have. A Palm is much more usible during a game than a
laptop or desktop.
--Anders
Message no. 9
From: scott@**********.com (Scott Harrison)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:33:20 +0200
On Thursday, Oct 23, 2003, at 17:21 Europe/Paris, Anders Swenson wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:42:17 -0800
> Joe Dark <joe_dark@****.randomcreation.com> wrote:
>> Adam Jury wrote:
>>
>>> At 03:57 10/20/2003, Andrew Norman wrote:
>>>
>> Slightly off topic, but I have put a bit of work into a random
>> NPC/Matrix
>> system generator for Palm OS. It's not at a workable stage yet, but if
>> anyone besides myself might use something like this I'd think about
>> finishing it up.
>>
>> Matt
>>
> That would be fun to have. A Palm is much more usible during a game
> than a
> laptop or desktop.
> --Anders
>
>
Unless of course you have your character sheets, gaming notes, mood
music, etc. all available on your laptop as well. And humorously
enough the last gaming session we had had both the Palm users run out
of batteries and not be able to use them to roll dice. :-)

--
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Message no. 10
From: baishen@**********.com (Bai Shen)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:15:38 -0400
> At 03:57 10/20/2003, Andrew Norman wrote:
> >The mailing list for it has gone dead and I cannot get any response
> on it ...
> >the prelimary rough design overview was figured out and some good
> ideas for
> >the overall structure ... but then everything went silent.
>
> Where would this mailing list be at? In theory, I'll have a shiny new
> PowerBook in a few days, so cross-platform utilities are that much
> more interesting to me now...
>
> For that matter, what other cross-platform utilities exist for Shadowrun?


I'd like to know of this list as well. I've been tossing ideas around
in my head for a char gen prog, an' since I code in Java, it'd be cross
platform by nature.

Bai Shen
Message no. 11
From: lists@*******.com (Lester Ward)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 00:46:19 -0400
On Thursday, Oct 23, 2003, at 00:04 America/New_York, Adam Jury wrote:

> For that matter, what other cross-platform utilities exist for
> Shadowrun?

I hope to have Omnihedron (http://www.divnull.com/omnihedron/) cross
platform by the end of the year.

Wordman
Message no. 12
From: cmd_jackryan@***.net (Phillip Gawlowski)
Subject: Cross platform Char gen?
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:17:38 +0100
Am Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:21:51 -0700 hat Anders Swenson
<anders@**********.com> geschrieben:

> That would be fun to have. A Palm is much more usible during a game than
> a
> laptop or desktop.
> --Anders

I agree with the desktop, but disagree with the laptop.
Unless you have one of these cinemascope-screen buggers.
The bigger screen and bigger storage space help GM'ing a lot, especially
the screen. And of course, players cannot take a look at the adventure you
are running, provided you have all you need as a file on the laptop.

And having a power outlet nearby doesn't hurt, either. :)


--
Phillip Gawlowski
Bastard GameMaster From Hell and General Idiot

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