NPC Generator

[batmagoo]

Does an NPC generator exist for CT?
The chargen programs I have work well enough, but, they rely too much on user input for my tastes(maybe I'm too lazy).
Ideally, I would like to see a program that asks, something like:
How many NPC's:
Race:
Service:
Terms 1-6:
Skill cap 1-4:
....tap enter, and ta-da, 15 Marines!
No pesky survival rolls, or mustering out!
Seems this is something that alot of people could use.

Chuck

 

[Jame]

*Yells into room and gets back echoes like from cave*

Hello, anybody, I'd like one of these too!

 

[far-trader]

Hmm, you know I think there is one. I recall an old fan fold printout, you know from the days of tractor fed 9 pin dot matrix printers, with page after page of random npc's in CT format, for the six basic careers iirc. It might have been from the laborious typing in of many lines of code from the JTAS article "Using your 2bis" (or something like that).

So, if you can find that article, and have access to an ancient Mac, er Apple, like a IIc or IIGS, or emulator (I saw a couple a while back), and don't mind typing a little boring Basic (an old programming language, I think it was in Basic) code and then proofing it, well there you go

More seriously, I'll poke around a little and see what I can find and get back here if I find anything.

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

I've got some Perl code that does that. It's not really "friendly" but I could make it so with relative ease. Would you feel comfortable installing Perl and using the command line to run the program?

 

[Jame]

My first response is "how," so maybe not...

 

[robject]

FlightCommander:

Why don't you wrap a CGI script around it and post it on Downport (or somewhere else which has perl)?

Rob

 

[far-trader]

Had a minute for a quick and dirty google, thought I recalled some on Freelance Traveller and there are. Check here:

http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/winprogs.html

There is a spreadsheet one for CT at the very bottom, and a couple MT near the top. No idea if the links still work.

AceDog also has a copy of the MT one on his site here:

http://www.ace-dog.com/downloads/downloads.htm

Again, I didn't check the link.

 

[Jame]

The links work. Not really what I'm looking for, though - I'm with GChuck, something that generates the NPC quickly.

 

[flykiller]

Does an NPC generator exist for CT?

if not, I can try and dash one off during the weekend. if you like.

 

[jappel]

Loof at the Classic CT Utility in the fLibrary section here. It includes NPC generation functions (Books 1-3 + Supplement 4).

You can find it other places I believe, but I use the version found on CotI.

John

 

[jaymin]

Dashed one off myself. I had all the routines in the TTG stuff.
It may not be as comprehensive as you like, but it may get you over your hump. If you would like more features, let me know. Or if you have fun writing your own, have at it!
Cheers,
Jo
http://111george.com/jaymin/software/ttg

 

[Jame]

Originally posted by Jo Grant:
http://111george.com/jaymin/software/ttg

My problem with it is that it won't let me copy and take to notepad...

 

[jaymin]

Hmm. I didn't turn on the request for security permissions because I didn't think it needed those for the clipboard, and it worked on my own machine. But maybe it does need them.
So I've turned on the security request stuff. If you run it now it may warn you about giving it permissions, but if you accept, it should work.
Alternatively, you can download the jar file from here:
http://111george.com/jaymin/software/ttg/lib/ttg_npc.jar
And run it directly either by doing
java -jar ttg_npc.jar
or
java -cp ttg_npc.jar ttg.view.npc.NPC
For the curious, the source files are in the jar.
Let me know if you have any problems.
Cheers,
Jo

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

As mentioned in this thread, I've just created a new Traveller website that focuses on Classic Traveller.

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Included in the site is a character generator that incorporates all Book 1 and Supp 4 careers. Give it a shot and let me know what you think!

It does pretty much everything by the books, although there are numerous small issues that you may or may not notice. The noble class is a particular problem: you need to have Soc A+ for a noble (obviously), but I currently ignore that because I wasn't sure how best to generate Soc scores randomly (ie, what curve).

Also, skills that require a choice are essentially left to the player or referee; for example, an NPC might end up with Blade Cbt-3, which needs to be specified as Foil-3 or Dagger-1 and Foil-2 or whatever.

Any ideas you have for improvements, to the software or the site, will be considered and incorporated as time permits.

Enjoy!

PS There's a subsector generator as well.

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

Jiminy Cricket, I thought I had that worked in but you're right ... they just get one skill per term after the first. I'll fix that real soon now! Thanks for finding that.