| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | Some matrix queries |
| Date: | Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:58:27 +0200 |
> 1) When designing a frame, is the memory size of the programmes it packs
> included in its memory size? eg. my rating 8 smart frame takes up 384MP
> (what with having a multiplier of 6). It includes an Armor 3 programme,
> Medic 3 and Attack-S 5 which take up 27MP, 36MP and 100MP respectively. Is
> the size of the programme 384MP or 547MP?
It says in the Programming chapter of The Matrix that "The actual size of a
frame or agent is the actual size of the frame core plus the actual size of
all the programs and options loaded on it." (Sorry, no page reference as I
still don't have an actual book :) That should answer that question -- your
frame would be 384 Mp, plus 163 Mp for the utilities, making a total of 547
Mp.
> 2) The price of programmes is listed in SR3 as being Size x (cost based on
> rating), does this refer to memory size? Because if it does in rating 7-9
> programmes you are paying 500¥ per MP!
It's the program's actual size (including options) in Mp, so yes, that gets
expensive. A rating 7 utility with a size multiplier of 4 and no options
would cost 7^2 x 4 x 500 = 98,000 nuyen, for example.
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