************************************************************************* * * * M A T R I X G E N E R A T O R * * * * WRITTEN BY * * * * Thomas Reinhardt * * * * * ************************************************************************* Introduction ------------ MatrixGenerator is a program to create a matrixsystem for Shadowrun II. The rules are taken of Shadowrun V2.01D. Some new rules are taken of `Germany in the Shadows (?)'. All options could be excluded or included. ShadowRun - Cyberpunk-Roleplay V2.01D FANTASY PRODUCTIONS Licence FASA Corporation Programoptions -------------- You can specify options, which influences the program. possible options are: -a Number of nodes in the system, between 5 and 100. if you want to get larger systems, you have to create 2 systems and connect it by SAN. -b Option to include blue nodes. in a blue node you canīt find information, datavalue or IC. -c Rules of Virtual Reality, the lowest securelevel is the have of the maximum and the securecode is two levels below the highest, z.B. red-8 -> the lowest ist green-4. -d save the internal datastructure. The size is about 6K, its the whole info of the system. -f put the status into a file -g option for `Germany in the Shadows' (?) purple and black nodes! -h Shadow undes the nodes, looks good! -i Maximal number of the information -l Other output-language. standard is english. implemented : g (german) -m Maximal number of SAN -n no money into datastore -r standardlevel for all nodes. they can be one higher or one lower. Values: 2 - blue 3 - green 4 - orange 5 - red With option -g : 6 - purple 7 - black -s standardpath for all files. -t outputfiles (Text) in LaTeX -u special information in datastore always with Scramble-IC -v datavalues in datastore protected by an IC -x no IC in nodes -z randomfunction, values in datastores +/- 10 percent, size +/- 5Mp. -p use prefsfile MatrixGen.pre -o load a with option -d save structure of a matrix The PrefsFile ------------- NODES 5..100 option -a BLUENODES YES or NO YES = option -b STATUSFILE YES or NO YES = option -f GERMAN YES or NO YES = option -g SHADOW YES or NO YES = option -h IMPORTANT 0..NODES option -i LANGUAGE ENGLISH or DEUTSCH option -l MAXSAN 1..10 option -m NOMONEY YES or NO YES = option -n STANDARDUSE YES or NO YES = option -r STANDARDLEVEL 2..5(7) Parameter of option -r STANDARDFILE RAM:Matrix option -s OUTPUT ASCII or TeX option -t (TeX) RANDOM YES or NO YES = option -z DATAFIELD YES or NO YES = option -d NOIC YES or NO YES = option -x ALWAYSIC YES or NO YES = option -u ALWAYSDS YES or NO YES = option -v The last entry must be [END], or the program donīt terminate. Output-Files ------------ *.TeX Textdescription LaTeX-Format *.DOC Textdescription ASCII-Format *.IFF Graphic-Format, the number is the number of the special types of node, the figure stands for an IC. *.STAT StatusFile *.SRC Internal datastructure to save a matrixsytem in compressed form Import-Files ------------ The programm will create a standard file, it is used to create a description file of the matrixsystem. The standard files are grouped into: ASC-*.e Files Textdescription ASCII-Format, Language English ASC-*.g Files Textdescription LaTeX-Format, Language German TeX-*.e Files Textdescription ASCII-Format, Language English TeX-*.g Files Textdescription LaTeX-Format, Language German The structure of the files are simply. Codewords are included in [], end of line are charcterized by \n. Specialities of the program --------------------------- While creating the matrixsystem, this option are automatically used: - at least one I/O-Port - Randomly inserted connections between nodes - nodes with rating one didnīt exists (target number >= 2) - In blue nodes neither datavalues nor information - nodes connected over `big' distance Requirements ------------ MatrixGen should work on all Amiga machines with all Workbench and Kickstarts. tested on Amiga 2000 (GVP 68040) mit HD und 1MB Chip und 8MB Fast Amiga 2000 (68000) mit Floppy und 1MB Chip Amiga 2000 (68030) mit Floppy und 1MB Chip Amiga 500 (68000) mit HD und 512MB Chip, 1MB Chip Amiga 500 (68030) mit Floppy, 1MB Chip, 4MB Fast Amiga 500 (68030) mit HD, 1MB Chip, 2MB Fast History ------- The program was written in C, compiled with GnuC++. v1.0 Only a graphik was created. Every node has its ratings. v1.1 Including datastores (informationen and value) v2.0 new options Options: -a, -b, -g, -i, -m, -s, -r, -n, -z V2.01 more new options Options: -h v2.1 option Prefs-File Options: -p, -f v2.2 Output LaTeX-Format, IC-functs Options: -t, -l, -x v2.3 new dataoptions Options: -d, -o, -u, -v v2.4 correcting small mistakes Author ------ Thomas Reinhardt Lehnerzer Str. 31 36039 Fulda-Lehnerz Tel. (0661)-63945 oder (noch) LengfelderStr. 29 97078 Wprzburg Tel. (0931)-28862 Internet : cyber@aruba.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de