[Armin]

Please continue to use the normal GURPS Character Assistant forum here for issues or discussions about GCA4.

Some more info about the GCA5 Beta Preview Google Group:

If you want to report a bug, please check the existing threads first to see if someone has already reported the issue you are having. If so, please respond in that thread to let us know you also have that issue, and to provide additional information if you have it. Please also check inside the thread to see if we've responded that the bug has been verified or reproduced by us; if so, there's no need to post again as it will get fixed.

If there is no existing bug report, please make a new post. Please include "[Bug]" at the beginning of your title, and make the title as short and clear as possible. Please be sure your post includes the steps needed to reproduce the bug, if possible. It can be very difficult to track down bugs if we can't reproduce them.

Aside from bugs, if you love a new feature, miss an old feature, or otherwise want to discuss something else *directly* related to the GCA5 beta, then feel free to post about it. Off-topic posts are not welcome.

Some additional notes on GCA5:

* GCA5 requires Windows 8 or later, Windows 10 is recommended. (Technically you should be able to run it on Windows 7 or Windows Vista, also, but it hasn't been tested on those versions, and you'll have to find, download, and install the .Net Framework 4.X files for them.)

If Windows 10 blocks the installation "for your protection," this is because I haven't paid the extortionate amounts required to digitally sign my installers.

This article has a clear explanation of how to work around that problem: <https://www.isumsoft.com/windows-10/fix-app-has-been-blocked-your-protection-in-windows-10.html>, or you can search for something you like better. I believe if you're running as an administrator that avoids the issue, but I'm not positive.

* GCA5 can read GCA4 save files, but can not save back to the GCA4 save file format. GCA4 can not read GCA5 save files at all. Data files written for GCA4 should work fine with GCA5.

* Print and export sheets written for GCA4 are not compatible with GCA5. If you wrote them yourself, you may be able to update them to the new format, which uses .Net code instead of the previous VBScript. The sheets included with GCA are available in code form for your reference. (They are found in "C:\ProgramData\Steve Jackson Games\GURPS Character Assistant 5\plugins" by default, or look in your install directory's plugins folder if you installed 'just for me'.)

* The most significant data change that may affect you immediately is that Languages and Cultural Familiarities are now in their own lists, not included as Advantages. This required changing data files, and changing prefix tags from AD: to LA: or CU:. This will affect your characters because things like Language Talent may not work correctly any more for GCA4 characters loaded into GCA5. GCA5 automatically moves Languages and Cultural Familiarities into their new lists when loading a character saved from GCA4. Please Resynchronize everything on your newly loaded GCA4 characters to correct for data issues. Resynchronizing may create its own data issues if you aren't using a lot of standard traits, so please be on the lookout for that.