A walk-though of how to use GCS.

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Chris Normand

Chris Normand

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@kirkbrownridge
@kirkbrownridge 3 жыл бұрын
I've been using GCS almost since it came out, and I STILL learned something from this video. Good job!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
LOL, yup me too... Rich just told me about the keyboard shortcuts (that I never knew existed!). So I added them to the description. His software is amazing!
@SilntObsvr
@SilntObsvr 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand No question. I'd been using a similar software when I ran/played 3rd Ed., so when I (was) upgraded to 4th, the first thing I did was look for a character editor -- and the only free one was and is GCS. That's important, but also, it's better, and more up to date than the "official" GCA, and its support model is far better.
@booksbricksandboards783
@booksbricksandboards783 2 жыл бұрын
You confirmed my childhood suspicion that GURPS would scratch my min/maxing itch as well as any system. Really enjoy your videos and appreciate your dry delivery. Great stuff!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, creating the characters really allows me to min/max, so when we finally get around to playing, I don’t.
@Bladirus
@Bladirus 3 жыл бұрын
I absolutley love your videos. I am a beginner GM going to start a Fallout Homebrew in Gurps with Foundry VTT and your videos are a great help for me and my players who are all unfamiliar with GURPS.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! You are exactly who I was trying to reach. Good luck with your games, and if you ever have any GURPS questions, please, join the GURPS Discord... there are usually 1000+ people logged in every day, and any one of them would be happy to answer any questions... we are a really friendly group. discord.com/invite/hWHbuvF
@thekaxmax
@thekaxmax 2 жыл бұрын
a historical note: Fallout 1 was originally GURPS, but they changed that for the release
@fathill
@fathill 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to see I'm not the only one that will edit things in order get a very neat and orderly output!
@MikeHawkener69
@MikeHawkener69 3 жыл бұрын
Nose, thanks for all this. I wish I'd had these resources a few years ago when I was running a zombie apocalypse campaign with GURPS. The group all agreed that it is the most fun system we've used, but we ultimately gave it up due to complexity. After watching your videos, I think I might give it another go.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
I know, right?!? I think a lot more people would be playing GURPS if they understood that. I wish the “How to be a GURPS GM” book had been the preface to the original Basic Set.
@laurynasdvareckas7654
@laurynasdvareckas7654 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Love GURPS and this makes it even better. Soo much simpler. Even using Mook's sheet it was hard to keep track of everything and finding the right weapon or equipment took time. Thanks again ;)
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! It is comments like these that make my day!
@Dieter-Doeddel
@Dieter-Doeddel 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for showing GCS! Especially fo GURPS newcomers than me, this char creator is invaluable! Looking forward to see more GURPS tutorials from you.
@wade616
@wade616 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. I was just browsing and found your site. Amazing.
@acommunistdwarf
@acommunistdwarf 2 жыл бұрын
This was a great video, not only shows really well the process of character creation in GCS but also the general concept. Thanks!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I do feel now (after watching it a few times), that I may have rambled on and on... but I wanted to show people the process by which I went through to create a character.
@mariocioffi188
@mariocioffi188 2 жыл бұрын
I have been using the excellent GCS for a few years now, but still I found your guide useful and fun. Thank you so much! Hope you will decide to make more on this topic because the tool is huge and instructions and explanations are scarce!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Will do! Any particular areas of GCS?
@mariocioffi188
@mariocioffi188 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Cool! For me mainly personalization of the template and output. Also suggestions to find some quick ways to translate the whole thing 😂 (my friends struggle with English)... Thank you!
@vitorleite8449
@vitorleite8449 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I used to use GCA for building my sheets, but I've been having a hard time to work with it since I moved to linux. Now I can fully retire my VM!
@pigear6
@pigear6 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate these videos a lot! I hope you keep making more tutorials, as I am attempting to start my own GURPS campaign. I have only played 5e, but was introduced to this system by the classic Fallouts (which were originally going to be computer GURPS RPGs) and so far I have been very impressed by the system.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, I will. I am editing the next video (on building Advantages/Powers) and working on the script for the Magics video. Of course, I have to balance that with my development on the GURPS Game Aid for Foundry (in case you want to run GURPS online!). But trust me, I hope to make a lot more.
@evilintheair7212
@evilintheair7212 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this! Being able to follow along step by step was very helpful. To anyone looking to learn this, I highly recommend going through the motions of making your own "witcher". There are slight differences in the UI that you'll be able to figure out as you go.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 11 ай бұрын
Agreed. I probably should make (yet another) "how to" video for GCS... Rich is constantly making changes ;-)
@duke2772
@duke2772 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great videos, really well done, got me real interested in playing/running GURPS, I'll probably see to doing that with some of the people i play with regularly (They mostly play 5e but i got some people to play 3.5e/pf1e ;))
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Understood... which is why I started the Intro to/Learning GURPS series. Good luck!
@JaniAndersson
@JaniAndersson 3 жыл бұрын
That was a really good video. I have never fully understood GCS but you explained it in a very good way Thank you!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
I am glad you liked it. I specifically wanted to create the video as a "walk through" so people could see how I make characters, and in the process, see how to use GCS to do so.
@Gaalification
@Gaalification 2 жыл бұрын
I might add a great feature it has, automatic conversions to metric system for thode who need it! (Me included)
@taijmohabeer4515
@taijmohabeer4515 Жыл бұрын
the convertion is reeeal bad tho (unless i messed something up) cuz it displays 6 ft as 2 meters
@fatboy158
@fatboy158 8 ай бұрын
​​@@taijmohabeer45151 yard is close enough to 1 meter for anything that doesn't need precision. It's within like 10%, so it's good enough for most people
@frog1405
@frog1405 4 ай бұрын
​@taijmohabeer4515 I mean, it's not going to be perfectly exact or else you'd have to deal with minute measures of length. So, sure, 2 meters is actually 6 foot 6 inches or so, for GURPS at least, the only part that would really be of use (for the most part) is 6 feet. You're gonna have to accept some level of inaccuracy just due to the nature of things. If the conversion being 100% exact is that important, you're probably just gonna have to accept doing the conversions on your own.
@ianmagee6651
@ianmagee6651 3 жыл бұрын
This is a great resource. I'd love to see a follow-up video covering how you define enchanted items and other custom equipment. It would also be great to expand this to cover templates, including the creation of custom templates.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
All good ideas! Maybe for the “Journeyman level” videos. I’m still trying to cover the “beginner level” items 🤓
@PatrioticGestalt
@PatrioticGestalt 2 жыл бұрын
Loved this tool. Gave him a monthly donation
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Rich deserves it!
@ixsportu2er
@ixsportu2er 2 ай бұрын
So, I'm new to GURPS and had a question about GCS that I've spent way too long on. I am using the default library that comes with GCS, it seems fine enough but I can't seem to find the magery/magic limitations found on page 23 of Thaumatology. If anyone could help, either with the location in the master library or a better library I would greatly appreciate it.
@FernLovebond
@FernLovebond 2 жыл бұрын
First, I have to say I've loved this whole playlist (13 videos at this time) that introduces players to GURPS: you do a fantastic job of making it so much more approachable. You make great content! Thank you! Now, let me get into some specifics. I see that the version of GCS currently available (5.0.1) is slightly different from the one in the video, but that most things are the same. That said, there are a few things that seem to function differently. For instance, the advice that you can always drag a trait (or whatever) into the lifting and encumbrance area (described around 4:00 in the video) seems to not to be true anymore. I try dragging things there and it doesn't work at all. Also, at about 3:35 you start to show how we can filter the library details so we can find particular entries for use. When I do this, it doesn't filter out most results; I'm left with *far* more unfiltered content than you seem to get on your screen. I presume this is something to do with the new version including results for the content instead of only the title/heading, but it makes finding what I want kind of hard--LOTS of scrolling. Do you know if there's a way to specify how "deep" the filter needs to look? Like, could I put in a switch (maybe like "/header term", or "term +headeronly") to turn off anything except titles/headers? (And no, those things do nothing, and I can't see info in the release notes about any of this so far.) Anyway, a fantastic series of videos, friend. I'm going to talk to some gamer friends about moving over to GURPS entirely. I'll be pointing them all to your playlist. Cheers.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'll work with Rich to see what is the best solution.
@batjutsu
@batjutsu 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another informative video 😀
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@christopherberger4458
@christopherberger4458 9 ай бұрын
Hey On the off chance someone sees this. I downloaded the GCS and it works, except that I don't have advantages. I've installed the 4.20 update its still not there. Forums aren't very helpful.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 9 ай бұрын
The Master Library v4.20? You can find them under Basic Set -> Basic Set Traits. Traits == Advantages/Disadvantages/Perks/Quirks.
@RikThunder33
@RikThunder33 4 ай бұрын
I learned something today! Thank you.
@Raffinari
@Raffinari 3 жыл бұрын
You posted this literally an hour after I downloaded it after finding your channel and foundry app lol.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Serendipity at its best! Don't forget to join the GURPS Discord and visit the #vtt-foundry channel. A lot of our users hang out there, so if you have questions (about how to do stuff, especially On the Fly formulas) someone will answer. discord.gg/6xJBcYWyED
@Raffinari
@Raffinari 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Thanks I will! Also holy cow is GCS smooth. It works so much better than similar applications I've used for other systems. ex Chummer 5a or Hero Lab
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
@@Raffinari yeah, I used Herolab a few years ago and it worked, but it was clunky as hell. I love the WYSIWYG aspect of GCS. I know exactly how my character sheet will print out.
@johanwessborg2836
@johanwessborg2836 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, Any chance you be doing a video showing how to get your layout in GCA? Looks really nice and easy to use. Keep up the good work!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if there is a GCS-style layout for GCA. I am not a GCA user, but I understand that the “Phoenix” layout is extremely popular for GCA4. Unfortunately, I know nothing about GCA5’s layout mechanism.
@flowersinathens102
@flowersinathens102 3 жыл бұрын
Curious, why nose?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Ok, you asked for it... a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far... ok, back in college I used to go to a comedy club with my friends once a week. Up and coming comics would travel the college circuit playing these shows. One evening, my friend and I were in the audience, and the comic was bombing. So we tried to throw out some helpful suggestions ;-) We weren't heckling... we were honestly trying to give the comic something to riff on... and he seized the day. The comic told off my friend, and ended with "you and your friend dick-nose" (meaning me). So of course, my friends started calling me "dick-nose". A few days later, we were in a restaurant and a friend came in late, and called out to me across the restaurant, "Hey Dicknose"... and EVERYONE turned around. When he made it to the table, I mentioned that maybe, just maybe, we should shorten it to "Nose", so as to not cause such a commotion, and they agreed. So "Nose" or "The Nose" was born. The year was 1984. I've had this nickname for 38 years. I had to add the "66" at the end because of the advent of the internet... and the fact that a LOT of gamers go by "Nose"... so I became "Nose66"... although, in conversation, you can just call me "Nose".
@flowersinathens102
@flowersinathens102 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Haha thats a great story
@Shishnut
@Shishnut 3 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to ask this, hahah Thanks for asking, and, of course, thanks Chris for sharing the background story of your real character!
@fathill
@fathill 3 жыл бұрын
This looks like a great tool. I got sort of lost when you started building the Witcher's Blast but I'm sure it gets easier with experience.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Understood... building "powers" is one of the more complex things you can do in GURPS (and one I have a lot of fun with). I have (at least) 2 more videos planned... one on Magic (and how I prefer the "Magic as Powers" systems), and the other on Powers, and how to build them. Hopefully those will help (now I just have to write, record and edit them ;-) )
@fathill
@fathill 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Yes! I think that'll help tremendously. At the request of my players, I'd like to try an Avatar: The Last Airbender game in GURPS, but I don't yet understand how to build those "magical" powers (of elemental bending). Looking forward to learning more!
@Samuitsuki
@Samuitsuki 2 жыл бұрын
How do I change ref for books? If I go past Characters page 337, something like B420 which is in Champaigns opens Characters, as they're both set as B. Could I change that?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, GCS is expecting the combined Basic Set PDF. You can change the reference in GCS from "B420" to some other code like "BX420", and then map "BX" to the Campaigns book (with a -337 page offset). There shouldn't be a lot of references to the Campaigns book in the GCS libraries (but I grant you, there are some). To change a reference in a master library, you will need to open the library, and click the lock button near the top left. Now open the item, and you can edit the REF field. Once you are done, you can click the lock button again. NOTE: Any changes you make to the Master Library will be overwritten the next time the library updates, so you might want to copy that library file in to the User Library section... to keep you own personal copy.
@Samuitsuki
@Samuitsuki 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Once the things were on my character sheet I could change what book that was referenced to, and only needing a few things from Champaigns it was quick to set up.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
I asked in the GCS forum, and they said this tool might be used to join PDFs: pdfsam.org/pdfsam-basic/ But I have never using it myself.
@mrbrianparker
@mrbrianparker Жыл бұрын
I also had a page reference problem for the Campaigns pdf linking to BX references - it just opened to the first page of the pdf. I fiddled with the suggested offset finding that -335 hits the page reference for my pdf copy of the Campaigns book.
@fathill
@fathill 3 жыл бұрын
What are the advantages of GCS over the "official" GCA product (other than price)?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
That is a good question, and my answer is purely subjective, but it comes down to these issues: 1. Look and Feel. GCS is WYSIWYG, so you know what will appear on the character sheet, because you see it on the screen. 2. Flexibility. GCS has been constantly developed for the past 21 years... so it has a huge amount of customization to allow you to model your characters how you like. For example, it has support for different Strength progression lists, SW vs Thr calculations, Unlinking IQ from Will/PER, Character "pools" (so you can add new attributes like quintesence), etc. 3. Usability... compared to GCA4, it is no contest, GCS is much easier to use. I have not have a chance to use GCA5 yet. 4. Integration with other 3rd party utilities. There is a direct connect between GCS and GCALC (GURPS Calculator), and our GURPS Game Aid for Foundry VTT can read GCS files directly (where as GCA4 and GCA5 requires an "export"). 5. And yeah, it costs nothing and runs on PCs, Macs and Linux... but I've already said that a million times ;-) I hope that helps.
@Soberhamster11001100
@Soberhamster11001100 2 жыл бұрын
An absolutely indispensable video! Have a like :)
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Rich's work has singlehandedly keep GURPS afloat, IMHO. And since I got into the habit of making KZbin videos, I thought it could use a "walk through". Some people just learn better by seeing.
@hawkname1234
@hawkname1234 5 ай бұрын
Man, GCS has change A LOT since the last time I looked at it.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 4 ай бұрын
Yeah, Rich is constantly working on it. Always adding new support for cool new features. One of the reasons that GURPS still thrives, IMHO.
@ThroughYourWindow
@ThroughYourWindow 2 ай бұрын
Hi Chris, I've got the 3rd Edition Basic Set, can GCS be used with that?
@azzimiundaygaze4083
@azzimiundaygaze4083 2 ай бұрын
hey, in gurps character sheets, has an way to invest points to upgrade only the basic thrust and basic swing damage?
@wichhouse
@wichhouse 5 ай бұрын
Great tutorial video! My version of GCS doesn't have a locked icon on my master library items. Where did that button/option go? Also, there's no longer a "+" icon on things like adding a custom modifier to a trait when in edit mode. Am I missing something? Why was this option removed?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 5 ай бұрын
This original video was for GCS v4. Rich completely rewrote the system and created version 5. Which looks similar, and works about the same, but there are minor changes. Still, it gives a pretty decent over how to use GCS, if you’ve never used it before. Maybe someday in the future, I will remake this video for the most recent version
@wichhouse
@wichhouse 5 ай бұрын
@@chrisnormand Thanks for the reply. I figured out how to add custom traits/modifiers/skills by right-clicking in the field. Is there a way you know to still lock the master library so you don't accidently edit items in it?
@BenjaminMarra
@BenjaminMarra 2 жыл бұрын
I recently installed GCS on my mac, but the Master Library is *completely empty* so I'm not able to add any Traits or Skills to my character sheet. Am I missing something? Or is there a way to import the libraries somehow, and if so where can I find those libraries?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
It should definitely work. Rich (the author) is a Mac user. Check out gurpscharactersheet.com for the Discord or forum links and you can ask there.
@BenjaminMarra
@BenjaminMarra 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Hey Chis, will do. Thanks for the quick response!
@BenjaminMarra
@BenjaminMarra 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Just needed to "update" to the new version! Psyched to use this app now! Thanks for all the helpful videos!
@Shishnut
@Shishnut 3 жыл бұрын
One question: I am guessing this "condition" area that showed up with the modifiers for the Combat Reflexes advantage is a new thing...? My players' sheets don't have this, and I'm guessing because it's a new addition and I probably have to "redrag" the advantages/disadvantages maybe to get that. Because that is really useful stuff.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Condition modifiers are a “new” thing for GCS (and by “new” I mean in the past 12 months ☺️). However, I need to check to see if we import them correctly in Foundry.
@Shishnut
@Shishnut 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand 12 months?? That's weird... I started this campain about 4-5 months ago. Also I deleted one of the characters' Combat Reflexes advantage and replaced it for a new one, but that box didn't show up. I thought that it might have been because I was using the version with some enhancements and limitations as per Action 1, but I got the same result when I added the advantage from the Basic Module. Weird... Anyway, this is a GCS issue and you're not their customer service expert, haha. So I guess I'll have to figure this out on my own. If I can't find a solution I'll say something on the GCS discord channel.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
I checked Foundry, and we do present the Conditional Modifiers just like GCS does. So yeah, that must be something in GCS. Good luck!
@bailycaw845
@bailycaw845 Жыл бұрын
I cant seem to find a video of you explaining talents which I might of not found the right video yet but what are the differences between all the talents (large , medium, small) and how do I add the skill I want in the talents? Or just how to I use talents in gcs
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand Жыл бұрын
A talent is an advantage that just gives you bonuses to skill levels. Large, medium and small just indicate how many skills are affected (and the cost). You should be able to the find the "outdoorsman" talent. If you look at what it does (in GCS), you will see that it gives +1 to the skill level of about 10 different skills. You can copy that talent and completely rename it, and change all of the bonus skills to make you own talent.
@alanramiresbr
@alanramiresbr 2 жыл бұрын
hope you can done a series of GCS videos: Building complex characters and vehicles - an elf paladin with a horse and a lance or a dragonborn Wizard with fire innate attatck. Or even brings to our reality building a jet pilot and a combat jet figther plane such as a F-14, its missiles and its dodges abilities. Maybe Alien vs Predator? so many possibilities would be cool to explore the fullest of the GCS.
@roberturquiza3013
@roberturquiza3013 2 ай бұрын
Hey not sure if your still reaponding to comments but im a little confused about something, recently my group and i tryed put gurps and one of them wanted to play a boxer. They had strength 15, striking power 3, and boxing 15, with a dex of 12. Now i am confused cause o. The character sheet is said d+3 damage, when we thought itd be d+4 damage, since respetive stength should be 18 and boxing would give a plus 2 to each dice damage. But we are all knee and everyone always sings this programs praises, so can you please tell me if we made a mistake or maybe the sheet has some issues with unarmed damage?
@teepcarrington6950
@teepcarrington6950 2 жыл бұрын
Great video; thanks for all your efforts! I havent played GURPS for a decade and need all the help I can get, so your videos are very much appreciated. Quick question: where do I find things like 'appearance' or 'status' on the GCS templates?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
They are advantages... so if you open the Basic Set Advantages library, you can search there for "Appearance" and "status".
@Excelsior96
@Excelsior96 3 жыл бұрын
I cant find any Limitation Modifier library in my latest version of GCS? There is also no cog-wheel for setting for the character sheet?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
The latest version of GCS is 4.37.1 (as of the recording of this video). gurpscharactersheet.com/ Also, you may need to update your master library (which can update separately from the program). The Master Library version is 3.10
@kiroasmr3746
@kiroasmr3746 2 жыл бұрын
I'm having trouble adding a limitation modifier to the spells on my character, I can only add them to advantages for some reason. am I doing something wrong?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
If you are using a "Spells as Skills" spell (from the basic set or the DFRPG), these are not "Advantages", and cannot be modified with enhancements and limitations. The spell is set in stone, so to speak, and cannot be changed.
@kiroasmr3746
@kiroasmr3746 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand ah ok, thanks! makes sense. (last question, I promise) Is there anything stopping a player from putting 1 point in shape fire, 1 point in create fire, 1 point in ignite fire and 8 points in fireball just to be able to use fireball?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, as far as I know, you can do that... but notice, the Fireball spell only allows you to put in FP equal to your Magery level. So if you only have Magery 1, you can only cast 1d burn spells (which can last for up to 3 seconds, costing 1 FP per second, doing 1d burn each second).
@FromIdeologytoUnity
@FromIdeologytoUnity 2 жыл бұрын
Why isn't magery one of the basic set skills on the list? How do I select Magery?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Magery is an Advantage. It is in the Basic Set Advantages folder.
@milesmatheson1142
@milesmatheson1142 Жыл бұрын
I've just downloaded GCS, and will be using it to help my group build their characters- they prefer analog character sheets. GCS seems to have the entire GURPS library available, do I even need to purchase the books at this point? EDIT: One of my characters is intent on playing a pure Mage. When I tried creating an example Mage character for my own understanding, I bumped into the issue of every spell require at least two other spells as prerequisites. Is there an easy way of filtering for low-level beginner spells that I'm just not seeing?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand Жыл бұрын
Sorry, this is too in depth for a simple comment. I highly recommend checking out the GCS Discord, or the GURPS Discord in the GCS channel. There are tons of people there that can help.
@Leverquin
@Leverquin 2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait new video :D
@nowhere3600
@nowhere3600 Жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, something of a silly question here I'm afraid. I recently looked into porting a GCS sheet into Roll20 (waiting till my active subscription runs out before moving over to Foundry) and found a thread in which some people were saying GCS uses GURPS 3e instead of 4e and is thus obsolete. This doesn't seem to be the case for me based on the differences I've educated myself on between 3e and 4e respectively, but thought I'd ask your opinion on it?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late response, but GCS is definitely based on GURPS 4e. Rich is constantly updating it... so there is NO WAY that it is based on 3e.
@nowhere3600
@nowhere3600 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Not a problem, thanks for the clarification.
@Aladius
@Aladius Жыл бұрын
Help. Advantages and disavantages don't appear to me.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand Жыл бұрын
Whoa. That’s odd. Hard to diagnose over KZbin comments. You might consider joining the GURPS or GCS discords. You will get almost instant responses.
@migiri6036
@migiri6036 2 жыл бұрын
Have any of your players ever made a character who’s whole thing is that almost all their points were put into 1 ability that would essentially nuke anything it hit but costed max fatigue
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't done it, but if you search, you can find SJG Forum posts where people put their most extreme Power build. I remember once reading a 300 pt power that could eradicate all living beings in our Universe. Obviously, they stretched the rules to their limits.
@randallshaw9609
@randallshaw9609 Жыл бұрын
So, just guessing here: this wonderful tool won't be available for Chrome?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand Жыл бұрын
As in the Chrome OS? Or the Chrome browser? SJG really dislikes web based programs, and won't sanction them. As for Chrome OS, you might want to ask Rich gurpscharactersheet.com/ on his forum. The current version is written in GO, so theoretically, it might work.
@randallshaw9609
@randallshaw9609 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand I use a Chromebook so Chrome OS. I've gotten used to so much great stuff not working on my platform that I've become quite pessimistic. I'll ask Rich on his forum. Thanks much for the link!
@Adamthegeek70
@Adamthegeek70 Жыл бұрын
Any idea what to do when GCS.exe won't start?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand Жыл бұрын
Reach out to Rich, either on the Google forums (link on the GCS page) or in any of the GURPS related discords... someone will answer.
@zombietotseater3894
@zombietotseater3894 2 жыл бұрын
How do you add race ?
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Basically, I would create an Attribute Container, and give it the name of the race, e.g. Dwarf. And then in that container, you add in all of the advantages specific to that race. GCS has some example race templates in the Basic Set library.
@migiri6036
@migiri6036 2 жыл бұрын
Does this work on mobile or is it computer exclusive
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry. Computer exclusive (PCs, Mac, Linux). Steve Jackson Games has a problem with mobile based applications.
@KamisamanoOtaku
@KamisamanoOtaku 2 жыл бұрын
So, you've been very persuasive about using GCS but when I downloaded the version for Windows and tried to install it, Windows yelled at me and wouldn't open it. I eventually forced Windows to open and... it already had my name as the player on the sheet, so it pulled it from somewhere on my computer. Which made me panic and uninstall ASAP. As you can tell, I know just enough about computers to know I know next-to-nothing about computers so... is that how the program is supposed to behave? ^^'
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
Rich cannot afford to pay Microsoft to “sign” the application, since he charges $0 for it 😀 And as for the name, he makes an API call to get the name of the user (a standard function available to any Windows program). It is perfectly safe to use.
@KamisamanoOtaku
@KamisamanoOtaku 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisnormand Thanks. :)
@Leverquin
@Leverquin 2 жыл бұрын
Am I only one that new version of GCS looks weird. But I like that you don't need to install it just .exe and go.
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 2 жыл бұрын
After using version, four for years, yeah, version five looks slightly different, so it was a bit off putting. But I do like the fact that all of the colors are configurable. So I have been slowly tweaking mine.
@rodrigokatsuro2471
@rodrigokatsuro2471 6 ай бұрын
Good afternoon my friend makes these books available there to put on gcs here lol
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 6 ай бұрын
?
@azathothwakesup
@azathothwakesup 9 ай бұрын
HOW THE F DO INSTALL THIS POS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 9 ай бұрын
Actually, there is no install for v5.x. You just download the ZIP and run the executable.
@mitchcowan1446
@mitchcowan1446 3 жыл бұрын
Make a SUPERS character next plz :) 1k pts
@chrisnormand
@chrisnormand 3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... that would be a tall order, and maybe I shall do it one day. Until then, check this out, The GURPS Unofficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe: dagwood.sandwich.net/marvel/
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