Complete list of tips from splash text on load screen?

**Hector Trelane** · February 16th, 2015, 02:56

Hi all,
Is there a complete list somewhere of all the user tips that appear as splash text on the FG load screen?

The other day I noticed a very useful tip I didn't know. Of course I've completely forgotten what it was...

**Nickademus** · February 16th, 2015, 04:28

Also interested.

**Moon Wizard** · February 26th, 2015, 02:42

"When in doubt about what you can do, try right clicking to bring up a radial context menu.",
"Access multiple hot key banks using combinations of Shift, Alt and Ctrl.",
"Drag tokens onto the desktop and the hot key slots for quick access.",
"To pick up more dice of the type you're about to roll, right click while dragging.",
"Hold down Shift, Ctrl or Alt when pressing enter to send chat in different modes.",
"The GM can lock tokens on maps for his approval, such as during combat.",
"Use the scroll wheel to quickly adjust number field values (may need to hold Ctrl).",
"Each player can activate multiple characters.",
"To send a private whisper, use '/w [character name] [message]'; or '/w GM [message]'.",
"To make a quick chat comment while typing a longer one, switch lines using Ctrl-up/down.",
"As a GM, make shortcuts on maps by enabling shortcuts from the radial menu (or holding Ctrl key).",
"Quickly draw pointers on maps by holding both buttons (try Shift, Alt and Ctrl).",
"There's a link to the application data folder on the launcher screen.",
"Change the default dice position on the desktop using the desktop radial menu.",
"To roll different kinds of dice together, drop them onto a hot key slot.",
"There are several ways to activate hot keys: clicking, dragging and the function keys.",
"Hold down Ctrl to negate a number you're dragging. Convenient for healing.",
"Name a token on a map by dragging text from the chat line onto it.",
"Story pages, images/maps etc. can be grouped under category tabs.",
"Category tabs can be created or deleted by the right click radial menu.",
"Add a name to a category tab by dragging text from the chat box to the tab.",
"As a GM, scale all tokens on a map by zooming and locking the token scale from the menu.",
"The image to token ratio and other image settings can be set by using the context menu.",
"Tokens can be individually scaled by using the mouse wheel and holding the Ctrl key.",
"Tokens can be targeted by clicking on the desired target while holding the Ctrl key while .",
"Multiple tokens can be selected using Shift key while clicking (or selection mode button).",
"When multiple tokens selected, you can target or move them as a group.",
"When drawing/selecting/targeting, hold Shift key to freehand select (instead of box).",
"Links can be shared by GM by dropping them on the chat window."

**Moon Wizard** · February 26th, 2015, 02:43

Let me know if anyone has suggestions to update or add to these tips. I don't think they've been updated for years.

Cheers,
JPG

**damned** · February 26th, 2015, 02:58

A couple of quick ones off top of my head.

The GM can share an Image or Story with individual Characters by dragging it onto their Portrait.
When starting a new campaign check you have set all your Options in the Options Menu.
Use the Clear Targets button on your Map to quickly clear current targets.
Use Target Enemy Units or Target Friendly Units button(s) on your map for Area of Affect spells.
Once the Grid is enabled use the Grid Toolbar buttons to fine tune your grid settings.

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**Nylanfs** · February 26th, 2015, 14:09

Tell your friends about Fantasy Grounds!

**Hector Trelane** · February 26th, 2015, 17:29

Thanks for posting these. Some of these tips are entirely new to me.

Another wrinkle: load screens vary in length based on the system used. Often, the tip in the splash text goes by too fast (or at least for slower readers like me). Perhaps the tip could (optionally) appear in the Chat window along with other info about what version of the game and which extensions were booted?

**Moon Wizard** · February 27th, 2015, 00:36

I've actually thought recently about adding a capability to include a meta-tag in rulesets and extensions which would be published to the chat window on load. Currently, all notifications like that are all implemented as Lua and XML code.

Cheers,
JPG

**Griogre** · February 27th, 2015, 16:14

I'm not sure if this is a typo or a bad copy and paste but there is an extra "while" at the end:

Originally Posted by Moon Wizard

...
"Tokens can be targeted by clicking on the desired target while holding the Ctrl key while ."
...

**ddavison** · February 27th, 2015, 16:33

I think we just wanted to simulate an open world sandbox style RPG. You can fill in the blank with whatever you want there.

while holding the Ctrl key while...

making an omelet
drinking a beer
roaring like a dragon
dancing in your chair
staring ominously at your target on Skype video
laughing like a maniac

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