GM token change with the embodiment of npcs?

[Trenloe]

More information on accessing portrait files in the API entry here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/refdo...rtraitFileList

And info on the PC portrait here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/refdo...entityPortrait

[celestian]

More information on accessing portrait files in the API entry here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/refdo...rtraitFileList

And info on the PC portrait here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/refdo...entityPortrait

For what I was thinking I'd need to generate a portrait on the fly using a bitmap (token) to do so. I don't think that's possible. msg.icon needs to be set to a portrait "name" from my research to make his idea a reality.

[Moon Wizard]

Portraits need to be assigned to a PC ID before they become icons/tokens dynamically. It's not set up for on the fly assignment as a general tool.

Regards,
JPG

[Bidmaron]

That assignment has to be through the interface too, right? You could not, for example, programmatically create a bogus character, assign it a portrait to generate an icon, and then use that icon elsewhere....

[LordEntrails]

That assignment has to be through the interface too, right? You could not, for example, programmatically create a bogus character, assign it a portrait to generate an icon, and then use that icon elsewhere....

Like a bunch of bogus NPCs with portraits and then use the GM ability to speak as an NPC...?

[Bidmaron]

Why not?

[LordEntrails]

Why not?

Don't ask me! I can barely follow all of you when you start talking in this secret language you refer to as LUA *G* Just was checking if that's what was being discussed or not. You know, in layman's terms *G*

[Blackfoot]

This whole concept relates to something I've been fiddling with as well where a superhero character (or any character for that matter) might have 2 identities.. Clark Kent and Superman for example... one portrait for Clark and the other for Superman.. he clicks a button on his sheet and his name changes as does his portrait. The interface would be intended to make identity switching easy.. rather than having to go and find a new portrait each time you swap IDs. The name change part was easy enough.. but I've been running into all of this on the portrait side.

I was also looking at the portraits for NPCs piece as well... where the GM could adopt the chat window image of the NPC they are speaking as and the NPCs would use similar portrait/token code as PCs. There is utility and functionality here... if a work around can be found/created.