| From: | Andy Gardner <A.Gardner@******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: New VR Concepts |
| Date: | Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:46:03 +0000 |
> > Two ideas.
> > Firstly he could have a hook up like my (short-term) otaku character.
> > Have the cable connecting him to the matrix pass through a
> > cyber-deck. This deck just monitors the line and when it monitors a
> > set of commands on the line it starts / stops copying the data coming
> > down the line into storage memory. The data can then be downloaded
> > from the deck as per normal. It also disguises the char's otaku
> > status because he always seems to use a deck when running the 'trix.
>
> We've done that here, but we rule that the "Living Personas" abilities are
> limited then by the Cyberdeck's (I/O ratings and the like being the big pain
> here). However, running a "slave" isn't so bad an idea, like one of those
> "artist extra datajacks" mentioned a while back, and simply doing a
"Swap
> Memory" or "File Transfer" action of some form.
I don't agree that it would limit bod etc. Admittedly the download
of data would have to be slowed down to run at the decks I/O rate but
it effectively monitors the line in parallel with the otaku. It
doesn't limit the char but if the char wants it to be able to cope he
would have to d-load at a speed it is capable of reading at.
> > Secondly he could program a storage space complex form using the size
> > rating for the cyber-deck hardware. Once finished the complex form
> > can store data.
>
> This one I think is how we run it most of the time. The fun part here is if
> you create things this way, you can "create multiple storage sets", kind of
> reminding me of "Partitioning Memory" today.
You think this is how you run it ? If the character spends Karma
creating storage space then I'd have thought that's how he's doing
it. I can't remember if I posted it here or to somebody directly but
I think that otaku should be able to simulate most hardware through
complex forms, e.g. Satlink and (with a biomonitor) ICCM. Complex
form rating equal to char's MPCP currently in use.
I can't think of many advantages partitioning memory. The only
reasons it's done with hard-disks these days is to load different
OS's onto one drive or to reduce the storage overheads / wasted
space from cluster size. I don't really think that either of these
would apply to otaku's, especially the multiple OS's :)
> > The main problem is that IMO the matrix monitors downloads like
> > todays software. That means that if the receiving host does not
> > transmit data received signals the transmission terminates or repeats
> > the missing data. Therefore the otaku either downlaods the stuff
> > somehow or else just simulates the data received signals.
> > What would be the point of simulating the signals to proceed with a
> > download if you couldn't use the data afterwards ?
>
> That is what "Masking" for cyberdecks/personas is good for, hiding your
> actions on a sublime scale vs. the active "sneakiness" with Deception
and/or
> Sleaze.
OK, point taken. But the Detection Factor in VR 2.0 is an average of
Masking and Sleaze (I think). Therefore both methods play a part.
> > Apart from that you could try and talk the GM into letting you use
> > photographic memory and just review every download as it happens.
>
> GACK!!! Although it makes me come up with LOTS of other possibilities.
>
> Mnemonic Enhancer-
> Attribute changes from Cyber/Bio implantware-
> SPU (I/O); what exactly DOES it do in the VR2 rules anyway?
Otaku have adapted their brains through the deep resonance to allow
them to understand the matrix. Will they really allow anything which
affects their thought patters or the way their brain works to be
permanently attached or implanted ?
VR 2.0 is unclear as to what effect the transfer rate between decker
and deck has. That would be the only thing that the I/O SPU changes.
Maybe the decker should calculate bandwidth and ensure that that is
his connection rate to his deck, but why should things like running
program ratings affect the rate at which the decker communicates with
his deck ? Another gray area.
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