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| ====== Sunny's Guide to Programming and Deckbuilding ====== | ====== Sunny's Guide to Programming and Deckbuilding ====== |
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| - Introduction (aka, I try to convince you just to pay someone else to do it) | |
| - The tools of the trade, explained. (Necessary equipment) | |
| - Are you ready to program? (An explanation of the skills necessary) | |
| - Are you ready to build a deck? (An explanation of the skills necessary) | |
| - Programs list | |
| - Parts list | |
| - OOC Notes | |
| ==== Introduction (aka, I try to convince you just to pay someone else to do it) ==== | ==== Introduction (aka, I try to convince you just to pay someone else to do it) ==== |
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| Had a lot of you asking me about how I program and the like. Programming is important if you do want to be the novahot matrix cowboy/cowgirl. That's true. And the benefit of investing in the skills and equipment to do your own programming and deckbuilding is that you will always be able to access what you need to jack into the matrix, without relying on others. Even an experienced decker can have their proggies shredded by IC, and having the ability to bounce back by just cooking some new chips can be what saves you from looking like an utter bakebrain in front of your team. | Had a lot of you asking me about how I program and the like. Programming is important if you do want to be the novahot matrix cowboy/cowgirl. That's true. And the benefit of investing in the skills and equipment to do your own programming and deckbuilding is that you will always be able to access what you need to jack into the matrix, without relying on others. Even an experienced decker can have their proggies shredded by IC, and having the ability to bounce back by just cooking some new chips can be what saves you from looking like an utter bakebrain in front of your team. |
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| However, a warning: __**Deckbuilding is time-consuming and expensive.**__ If you do not have a good computer to do the program and are inexperienced with deckbuilding, you can spend DAYS working on just one part. //((OOC: Using the starting computer to do my programming, it took me 12+ OOC hours to finish my first MCPC. Accordingly, I wouldn't recommend doing deckbuilding until you have better gear and stats.))// And as you will see, a custom deck is requiring many parts to function. In life, the saying "time is money" is so true. Depending on ones goals, it can be just as profitable to buy a storebought deck. And if you are having friends, reaching out to another netjockey to see if they have a hand me down can be a legit way to acquire a hot ASIST deck without building it yourself. | However, a warning: __**Deckbuilding is time-consuming and expensive.**__ If you do not have a good computer to do the program and are inexperienced with deckbuilding, you can spend DAYS working on just one part. //((OOC: Using the starting computer to do my programming, it took me 12+ OOC hours to finish my first MPCP. Accordingly, I wouldn't recommend doing deckbuilding until you have better gear and stats.))// And as you will see, a custom deck is requiring many parts to function. In life, the saying "time is money" is so true. Depending on ones goals, it can be just as profitable to buy a storebought deck. And if you are having friends, reaching out to another netjockey to see if they have a hand me down can be a legit way to acquire a hot ASIST deck without building it yourself. |
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| ...but if you're reading this, you're already thinking of sinking your time and money into this. So, choom. | ...but if you're reading this, you're already thinking of sinking your time and money into this. So, choom. |
| Program Design (Operational): All other programs not covered by the | Program Design (Operational): All other programs not covered by the |
| previous categories. | previous categories. |
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| | Don't confuse Program Design (Cyberterm) with Cyberterminal Design! The first helps you program the software, the second helps you build the part into your deck. |
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| ===The program phase=== | ===The program phase=== |
| Settle in, Omae. This is where the bulk of the work is. | Settle in, Omae. This is where the bulk of the work is. |
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| This uses your training in Computer B/R, and it can take days or even weeks for the bigger programs. | This uses your training in Computer skill, and it can take days or even weeks for the bigger programs. |
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| Creating or buying a **programming suite** from another programmer and installing it on your computer will speed this up, as will using a better computer... or being a better programmer - an easy prospect if you just use skillwires. | Creating or buying a **programming suite** from another programmer and installing it on your computer will speed this up, as will using a better computer... or being a better programmer. |
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| ===Cooking your completed program=== | ===Cooking your completed program=== |
| |9 |BattleTac|No.|(NERP)Use your comlink program to assist each other in the matrix!(NERP)| | |9 |BattleTac|No.|(NERP)Use your comlink program to assist each other in the matrix!(NERP)| |
| |10|Compressor|No.|(NERP)Potentially compresses files, making them load/download faster. (NERP)| | |10|Compressor|No.|(NERP)Potentially compresses files, making them load/download faster. (NERP)| |
| |11|Analyze|No.|Allows **ANALYZE** actions (host, security, subsystem, paydata, file, icon ) to succeed. **LOCATE** IC and uses the Analyze utility! (NERP: Locate Slave, which is used to find security cameras and other slaved devices uses the Analyze utility) | | |11|Analyze|No.|Allows **ANALYZE** actions (host, security, subsystem, paydata, file, icon ) to succeed. **LOCATE** IC uses the Analyze utility! (NERP: Locate Slave, which is used to find security cameras and other slaved devices uses the Analyze utility) | |
| |12|Decrypt|No.|**DECRYPT** access, files, slaved subsystems.| | |12|Decrypt|No.|**DECRYPT** access, files, slaved subsystems.| |
| |13|Deception|No.|Crucial for **LOGON** and graceful **LOGOFF**.| | |13|Deception|No.|Crucial for **LOGON** and graceful **LOGOFF**.| |
| - If you haven't yet, CREATE your cyberdeck. Name it. Decorate the chassis. | - If you haven't yet, CREATE your cyberdeck. Name it. Decorate the chassis. |
| - SIT down because you're going to be at this for a while, Chummer. | - SIT down because you're going to be at this for a while, Chummer. |
| - CREATE your first part. (OOC: create part) For this example, the MCPC. | - CREATE your first part. (OOC: create part) For this example, the MPCP. |
| - As you create the first plan for your part, you will be able to see how much it will cost in parts and chips.//((1) Name: Test MPCP, Software Needed: YES,2) Type: MPCP,3) MPCP Designed For: 6, q) Save and Quit, Parts Cost: 1260 nuyen, Chips Cost: 144 nuyen | - As you create the first plan for your part, you will be able to see how much it will cost in parts and chips.//((1) Name: Test MPCP, Software Needed: YES,2) Type: MPCP,3) MPCP Designed For: 6, q) Save and Quit, Parts Cost: 1260 nuyen, Chips Cost: 144 nuyen |
| ))// | ))// |
| - Once you are happy, **q**uit planning and start doing! | - Once you are happy, **q**uit planning and start doing! |
| - Some parts MAY require you to design, but others may not. The MCPC requires a design. //((OOC: design <part name>))// | - Some parts MAY require you to design (Cyberterminal Design!), but others may not. The MPCP requires a design. //((OOC: design <part name>))// |
| - The MCPC also requires software. Follow the programming steps (see above) to CREATE, DESIGN, PROGRAM, and then COOK a MCPC chip that is the same rating as your plan. | - The MPCP also requires software. Follow the programming steps (see above) to CREATE, DESIGN (Program Design (Cyberterm)!), PROGRAM, and then COOK a MPCP chip that is the same rating as your plan. |
| - Once you have the COOKed program and the completed DESIGN plan of the part (MCPC in this case), you can BUILD <part> <deck>. | - Once you have the COOKed program and the completed DESIGN plan of the part (MPCP in this case), you can BUILD <part> <deck>. |
| - In order to have a a working deck, repeat this process with all of the parts noted as 'required' as per below. You will also likely want some optional parts, but the minimum for a deck that will turn on are the parts listed as 'required' being built into the deck. | - In order to have a a working deck, repeat this process with all of the parts noted as 'required' as per below. You will also likely want some optional parts, but the minimum for a deck that will turn on are the parts listed as 'required' being built into the deck. |
| - If you realise that I wasn't joking and that this is a massive undertaking for someone new to decking, don't be afraid to shelve your project and come back to it when you have a better grasp of programming, a better computer that can have a higher rating programming suite, or turning to the more experienced deckers within the community for help. | - If you realise that I wasn't joking and that this is a massive undertaking for someone new to decking, don't be afraid to shelve your project and come back to it when you have a better grasp of programming, a better computer that can have a higher rating programming suite, or turning to the more experienced deckers within the community for help. |
| |7 |Required|Icon Chip |Yes|Your mind is represented by your persona icon, which can have any appearance you wish, Omae.|Make it a wiz one, yeah?| | |7 |Required|Icon Chip |Yes|Your mind is represented by your persona icon, which can have any appearance you wish, Omae.|Make it a wiz one, yeah?| |
| |8 |Required|I/O Speed | |Input and Output, baby. |I/O's are like those old modems that connected terminals and computers back in the dark ages. All uploads and downloads are always at the full I/O speed of your deck.| | |8 |Required|I/O Speed | |Input and Output, baby. |I/O's are like those old modems that connected terminals and computers back in the dark ages. All uploads and downloads are always at the full I/O speed of your deck.| |
| |9 |Required|MCPC |Yes|The Master Persona Control Program, the master operating system of a cyberdeck. The Cyberdeck's OS. The MPCP Rating is the central value for cyberdecks. The MPCP Rating multiplied by 3 equals the maximum total of the deck’s persona programs. No single Persona Rating may exceed the MPCP Rating, and the maximum value for utility programs is equal to the MPCP Rating|You want as high an MCPC score as possible, Omae.| | |9 |Required|MPCP |Yes|The Master Persona Control Program, the master operating system of a cyberdeck. The Cyberdeck's OS. The MPCP Rating is the central value for cyberdecks. The MPCP Rating multiplied by 3 equals the maximum total of the deck’s persona programs. No single Persona Rating may exceed the MPCP Rating, and the maximum value for utility programs is equal to the MPCP Rating|You want as high an MPCP score as possible, Omae.| |
| |10|Required|Bod Chip |Yes|Bod is the decker's resistance to damage and is used primarily in combat to prevent damage to the deckers **icon** from White and Grey IC. Bod **does not** prevent against damage to the Decker.|For use in Custom Decks only. Different to the store bought version, can't use store bought in custom decks. You need to build in a bod chip.| | |10|Required|Bod Chip |Yes|Bod is the decker's resistance to damage and is used primarily in combat to prevent damage to the deckers **icon** from White and Grey IC. Bod **does not** prevent against damage to the Decker.|For use in Custom Decks only. Different to the store bought version, can't use store bought in custom decks. You need to build in a bod chip.| |
| |11|Required|Sensors Chip |Yes|Sensors are used to detect icon movement within a host. It is the decker's eyes and ears when he is logged on. High sensors can help detect IC before they attack, giving you the opportunity to maneuver yourself to a better position.|For use in Custom Decks only.Different to the store bought version, can't use store bought in custom decks. You need to build in a sensors chip.| | |11|Required|Sensors Chip |Yes|Sensors are used to detect icon movement within a host. It is the decker's eyes and ears when he is logged on. High sensors can help detect IC before they attack, giving you the opportunity to maneuver yourself to a better position.|For use in Custom Decks only.Different to the store bought version, can't use store bought in custom decks. You need to build in a sensors chip.| |
| |14|NERP |Ports (FUPS) |No |Allows you to plug in speakers, battery packs, cameras, chip and or credstick readers, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, and so on and so forth. |A deck can have up to two times MPCP rating accessories plugged in.| | |14|NERP |Ports (FUPS) |No |Allows you to plug in speakers, battery packs, cameras, chip and or credstick readers, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, and so on and so forth. |A deck can have up to two times MPCP rating accessories plugged in.| |
| |15|Optional*|RAS Override | |Stops a decker from flailing about in meat space. While a deck will turn on without the RAS Override, you will want one. As decking is so much harder because you are constantly distracted by meatspace. |(OOC: Massive TN penalties for decks without RAS override) | | |15|Optional*|RAS Override | |Stops a decker from flailing about in meat space. While a deck will turn on without the RAS Override, you will want one. As decking is so much harder because you are constantly distracted by meatspace. |(OOC: Massive TN penalties for decks without RAS override) | |
| |16|Optional|Reality Filters |Yes| Increases reflexes in the matrix by filtering all the iconography so that the display is standardised for the user. |(OOC: there is no -1 MCPC downside) | | |16|Optional|Reality Filters |Yes| Increases reflexes in the matrix by filtering all the iconography so that the display is standardised for the user. |(OOC: there is no -1 MPCP downside) | |
| |17|Optional|Response Increase |No |Helps your reflexes in the matrix. Like wired reflexes, only in the matrix! You MUST be running in hot ASIST mode to utilise this.| | | |17|Optional|Response Increase |No |Helps your reflexes in the matrix. Like wired reflexes, only in the matrix! You MUST be running in hot ASIST mode to utilise this.| | |
| |18|Required|Matrix Interface |No |Allows you to interface with the world data network, the matrix, via a datacable connecting your central nervous system to a jackpoint.| A wired interface. | | |18|Required|Matrix Interface |No |Allows you to interface with the world data network, the matrix, via a datacable connecting your central nervous system to a jackpoint.| A wired interface. | |
