GCA skills not pairing with attributes

[Shimmin Beg]

This will probably turn out to be a silly mistake on my part, but here we go.

The relationship between attributes and skills in my GCA doesn't seem to be consistent or correct.

For example:

• Administration is IQ/A, defaulting to IQ-5, costing 2 points for IQ+0.
• I have IQ 10. I put 2 points into Administration, giving Administration-10.
• I raise IQ to 14. My Administration still has 2 points in, and is now Admin-12.
• I raise IQ to 20. My 2-point Admin is now Admin-15, but should be 20.
• I remove my 2 points from Admin, and go to default. The default, which should be IQ-5 = Admin-15, is now Admin-10.
• I reduce my IQ to 14. My Admin, at default, is now Admin-7 (should be Admin-9).
• I put a point into Admin, which should take me to IQ-1 = Admin-13, but instead gives me Admin-11.
• I buy more IQ/A skills, Acting and Teaching. A point in each gives me Acting-11 and Teaching-11.

Unless I've completely lost the plot in the last couple of days, increasing an attribute by 1 should also increase its derived skills by 1? Recalculating or Resynchronizing doesn't change anything.

When I look at the skills acting this way, they have Stepoff of IQ/2.

It looks like there are some skills which are tagged with [0], [-1], [+1] and so on after them, and some which aren't. Those with these tags use the attribute/2 stepoff. For example, Bioengineering (Cloning) is IQ/H[-1] and gives a skill level of 10, while Bioengineering (Uplift) is IQ/H and gives a skill level of 12 (correct). Cloning has stepoff of IQ/2, while Uplift has just IQ.

Equally, with DX 14: Bicycling DX/E[+1] has Stepoff of DX/2 and gives Bicycling-12 for 1 point (should be 14), while Hydrosuit DX/A has Stepoff of DX and gives Hydrosuit-13 (correct).

I'm very confused about what's going on here. I don't remember it behaving like this previously, but it doesn't look like a simple glitch, and restarting etc. don't make any difference. Have I switched a setting somewhere?

[Armin]

It looks like you've loaded a Variant file. Look at the files loaded for the library your character is using and remove the variant.

Then, you'll have to Resynchronize your character, leave all the boxes on the right-side checked, and check Skills as well. Or you can resync, then remove and re-add all the skills with issues.

(I say this a lot: only include the Books you really need in each library.)

ETA: Ugh, that should have been "leave all the boxes on the left-side checked".

[Shimmin Beg]

Unsurprisingly, you've fixed it. Thanks so much!

(I was right; it was a silly mistake on my part. I must have selected an additional book by accident, and I just couldn't see it last night)

[Armin]

Originally Posted by Shimmin Beg

Unsurprisingly, you've fixed it. Thanks so much!

(I was right; it was a silly mistake on my part. I must have selected an additional book by accident, and I just couldn't see it last night)

Glad you're fixed!

Maybe I should see about adding a warning if a 'variant' file is in the list, just to be sure.