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Updating GCA to the Newest Version

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GCA can update a lot of the files it uses through the Package Manager in the Check for Updates system. It can even tell you that a new update for itself is available. Unfortunately, GCA can not update its primary program files through this system. To update GCA itself, you have to reinstall it from the setup program available on Warehouse23–the same way you originally installed GCA.

Here’s how you do that.

In the future, SJGames will no longer be updating the GCA available at the OLD store, but for the time being they have graciously updated that download to the current version. If you originally purchased GCA through the NEW store, however, you must download the updated GCA installer from there.

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Package Updates

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* GCA Prime Sheet (1.0.8)

Updated to include support for excluding traits that are in Transforms from being included in the general trait lists. This would result in them being shown only in the Transforms to which they belong. This may make keeping track of things easier when a character has many Transforms.

The option for this is with the options for Transforms, toward the bottom end of the options blocks. This is set to No by default.

Package Updates

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* Official Character Sheet (now 1.0.23)

Updated the printing of Languages to work more smoothly when bumped off the front page (for the portrait block), and to print them properly (using the language grid that’s normally used, not as an advantage) when printed in the Overflow section.

Version 5.0.209 Released

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GURPS Character Assistant 5.0.209.0 has been released. Get the updated installer from your Warehouse 23 downloads page. (If you purchased GCA at the new Shopify store, you may need to go to your downloads page there to get the updated ZIP with the installer.)

This update includes all the changes mentioned in Build Notes posts since the last Release.

Note: You get the updated installer by re-downloading GURPS_Character_Assistant.zip from your Warehouse 23 account, and running the gca5setup_5.0.209.release.exe program that it contains. There is no separate update-only installer, you have to download and reinstall the program. It will not overwrite your personal data, it will overwrite your installation of GCA with the new and updated version.

Package Updates

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* GCA Prime Sheet

Updated to allow users to customize the contents of the Attributes TopLine and the Attributes OCS Style blocks. In both cases, there are now options to allow the user to enter text in a specific way that tells GCA what attributes to display, and whether they should be in addition to, or instead of, the default items.

The Attributes OCS style options come in two chunks, one for the left half of the display area (ST, DX, etc.) and one for the right half of the display (HP, Per, etc.). The right half allows for an additional field to specify if there should be an extra box, such as is used for tracking the current value of the attribute.

Roll up a bit of text (b208)

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* Modes

New Mode function RollToText() as String will now return the ‘extra roll info’ text. This is a string like this: “Roll to [mode]: [charskillscore]”. This is the text normally displayed when the user turns on ‘extra roll info’. Having GCA generate this text instead of pushing it onto the sheets allows for customizing it more easily. You can access the function directly or as TagItem(“rolltotext”).

To customize the returned RollToText, there are now the RollTo() and RollToPhrase() tags. These allow you to replace the extra roll info of “Roll to” with something else. RollTo() simply replaces the “Roll to” text with the text specified. RollToPhrase() provides a way to fully replace the entire “Roll to [mode]: [charskillscore]” phrase with a new one you specify, with Text Function Support and two special variables: %mode% for the name of the mode, and %score% for the value of charskillscore; variable replacement is done before Text Functions. If RollToPhrase() exists it overrides any provided RollTo().

* GCA Prime Sheet

Updated to use RollToText() for modes if run on a newer version of GCA.

* GCA5.xsd

Added elements ‘rollto’ and ‘rolltophrase’ to GCAAttackMode block