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This is a program for creating vehicles using the construction mechanics in Gurps Vehicles 2e.

Using a very intuitive interface, the program turns vehicle creation into a fast process that allows you to create simple vehicles in a couple of minutes, and more complex ones with a lot of customization in 20 minutes.

When you open the program, the left side of the screen is where you put the parts and subassemblies you want to have on your vehicle, and from the beginning all you have here is the body. On the right side are statistics and settings for the selected vehicle part. For example, you want to give your vehicle wings. First you go to a system of menus and submenus and chose wings with either double-clicking or drag-n-drop. Under Body you now have the subassembly Wings (presnted in a manner similar to the directory-structure presented in the Windows Explorer).

In the right hand column of the screen you get all the statistics for wings, and can alter the size, material, type etc of the wings.

Voila, after just a few clicks you have added your wings, customixed them, and the program calculates everything you need to now.

Another interesting detail in the program is the profile manager. If you have a vehicle with more than one means of propulsion, or one type of propulsion, but with different settings (example: I made a ship with two masts, and made one profile one sailing with sail, and one profile for sailing with sails on both masts). All done in less than a minute.

So, this program really succeeds in what it wants to do. According to the author, the only parts not included is the use of sidcars, hand-held weapons (but the mechanics for creating vehicle-mounted weapons are included) and crew escape pods. Other than that, it is complete. The easy of use is unparallelled by most programs I've seen, both commersial, shareware or freeware.

The program is shareware, and before you register for 25$ the save and export functions are disabled.

Style: 3 (Average)
Substance: 4 (Meaty)

GURPS Vehicle Designer
Author: Michael Joseph Category: Company/Publisher: Michael Joseph Line: GURPS Vehicles Cost: 25 $ Page count: n/a Capsule Review by Ulf Andersson on 09/23/99. Genre tags: Science_fiction Modern_day Historical Far_Future Space Espionage Generic	This is a program for creating vehicles using the construction mechanics in Gurps Vehicles 2e. Using a very intuitive interface, the program turns vehicle creation into a fast process that allows you to create simple vehicles in a couple of minutes, and more complex ones with a lot of customization in 20 minutes. When you open the program, the left side of the screen is where you put the parts and subassemblies you want to have on your vehicle, and from the beginning all you have here is the body. On the right side are statistics and settings for the selected vehicle part. For example, you want to give your vehicle wings. First you go to a system of menus and submenus and chose wings with either double-clicking or drag-n-drop. Under Body you now have the subassembly Wings (presnted in a manner similar to the directory-structure presented in the Windows Explorer). In the right hand column of the screen you get all the statistics for wings, and can alter the size, material, type etc of the wings. Voila, after just a few clicks you have added your wings, customixed them, and the program calculates everything you need to now. Another interesting detail in the program is the profile manager. If you have a vehicle with more than one means of propulsion, or one type of propulsion, but with different settings (example: I made a ship with two masts, and made one profile one sailing with sail, and one profile for sailing with sails on both masts). All done in less than a minute. So, this program really succeeds in what it wants to do. According to the author, the only parts not included is the use of sidcars, hand-held weapons (but the mechanics for creating vehicle-mounted weapons are included) and crew escape pods. Other than that, it is complete. The easy of use is unparallelled by most programs I've seen, both commersial, shareware or freeware. The program is shareware, and before you register for 25$ the save and export functions are disabled. Style: 3 (Average) Substance: 4 (Meaty)

GURPS Vehicle Designer