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| sunnys_guide_to_programming_and_deckbuilding [2025/04/26 15:01] – [The tools of the trade, explained.] Active memory, not storage, is what helps with programming tests khai | sunnys_guide_to_programming_and_deckbuilding [2026/05/15 10:44] (current) – [Ready. Set. Program? (An explanation of the skills necessary)] Editted Reality Filter entry eddited slightly, -1 MPCP isn't nerp anymore. bishi | ||
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| |Optical Chips| You need these for programming, | |Optical Chips| You need these for programming, | ||
| |Decking Parts| You need these for deckbuilding only. Buy at electronics stores. Legal.|Varies| | |Decking Parts| You need these for deckbuilding only. Buy at electronics stores. Legal.|Varies| | ||
| - | |Computers| You need a computer (laptop, desktop, datacenter, etc) to install your programming designs onto. The higher the rating, the faster you can program. While you can successfully write a program on a computer that has very little ACTIVE memory, you will find it EASIER and therefore FASTER if your computer' | + | |Computers| You need a computer (laptop, desktop, datacenter, etc) to install your programming designs onto. The higher the rating, the faster you can program. While you can successfully write a program on a computer that has very little ACTIVE memory, you will find it EASIER and therefore FASTER if your computer' |
| |Programming Suite| I am noting this here as something which is really mandatory if you are going to do any programming at all. You want as high a rating Programming Suite as will fit on your computer, while leaving enough room for you to create a program.. and then some extra. |Not for sale / this is not something you can get in stores.| | |Programming Suite| I am noting this here as something which is really mandatory if you are going to do any programming at all. You want as high a rating Programming Suite as will fit on your computer, while leaving enough room for you to create a program.. and then some extra. |Not for sale / this is not something you can get in stores.| | ||
| - | |Encoders|You need this to COOK your programs onto optical chips once you have finished programming them. Higher ratings cook your chips faster. Legal.|10,000-20,000 nuyen.| | + | |Encoders|You need this to COOK your programs onto optical chips once you have finished programming them. Higher ratings cook your chips faster. Legal.|500-45,000 nuyen.| |
| - | |Microtronics Workshop|Some parts of a cyberdeck can be made with a simple kit, but the most important parts cannot. Legal, but hard to acquire. Probably an 'ask a fixer' item.|30,000~nuyen.| | + | |Microtronics Workshop|Some parts of a cyberdeck can be made with a simple kit, but the most important parts cannot. Legal, but hard to acquire. Probably an 'ask a fixer' item.|15,000-45,000 nuyen.// |
| ====Ready. Set. Program? (An explanation of the skills necessary)==== | ====Ready. Set. Program? (An explanation of the skills necessary)==== | ||
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| |35|Icon Chip|Yes|(NERP)How good this determines how good you look in the matrix, Omae. Some deckers keep a library of icon chips, each designed for a different situation.| | |35|Icon Chip|Yes|(NERP)How good this determines how good you look in the matrix, Omae. Some deckers keep a library of icon chips, each designed for a different situation.| | ||
| |36|MPCP|Yes|The higher the better. No persona program may be higher than the rating of your MPCP. Further, the sum of all your persona programs cannot exceed 3 times the value of your MPCP. | | |36|MPCP|Yes|The higher the better. No persona program may be higher than the rating of your MPCP. Further, the sum of all your persona programs cannot exceed 3 times the value of your MPCP. | | ||
| - | |37|Reality Filter|Yes| Filters the matrix to conform to iconography and style as preferred by the user. This allows a decker to react faster. (OOC: Increased reaction and initiative. | + | |37|Reality Filter|Yes| Filters the matrix to conform to iconography and style as preferred by the user. This allows a decker to react faster. (OOC: Increased reaction and initiative. |
| |38|Response Increase|Yes| The matrix equivalent of wired reflexes. A deck can only support 3 points, and Response Increase cannot exceed MPCP divided by 4. __NB: Only usable in hot ASIST.__ | | |38|Response Increase|Yes| The matrix equivalent of wired reflexes. A deck can only support 3 points, and Response Increase cannot exceed MPCP divided by 4. __NB: Only usable in hot ASIST.__ | | ||