Map mask not saving for clients

[Tyndareus]

This seems to be an issue I'm having ever since the updates.

When I put a map up with a mask on it and then reveal it to players, everyone sees the revealed spaces no problem.

The next day (or the next time they connect to the server) when I try to share that map with them again, they get a full mask (they don't see the reveal spaces unless I re-unmask them by drawing the unmask tool around the area that I show as already being revealed).

Any idea why this is happening?

EDIT: Also, one of my players no longer sees the portrait of another player (I did have him delete his cache in an attempt to resolve the mask issue)

[Leonal]

Hi,

I'm not sure why this is happening, but I have experienced it with some of my players previously. Typically it was fixed by having the player log back in with a different username (also requiring you to release their character so they can choose them again).

[Tyndareus]

Thanks Leonal. I'll try that on game night and see if that fixes it.

[Griogre]

Also if you are updating and re-exporting your module with the map in it it will reset the mask. I like to continually update adventure modules between sessions as my players go through them. To avoid losing map mask information I will copy large maps they are going to be on a while into the main campaign so the map data and use that map copy so their progress is preserved when I re-export the adventure module. When they finish the adventure I just go into the images of the main campaign and delete the map since I have a copy of it in the adventure.

[Tyndareus]

I'm not currently using the module system for my game. I just got FG2 and this is my first campaign I'm running.

Pretty much all the images and tokens and things that I'm using are in the campaigns/cliffcrest adventures folder in application data directory.

I understand and see the benefits of using the module system, but at this early stage of the game (we're basically doing introductory gaming in a tutorial style dungeon) I don't really have the content that would make modularizing it worth while, if that makes sense. Maybe I'm wrong and that's what's causing the problems? I would say I have about 30 or so images in the images folder and maybe 50 or 60 small tokens in the tokens folder of the campaign directory.

EDIT: I guess I should also note that I'm using the Labyrinth Lord ruleset (though house ruling it to adhere to the D&D Rules Cyclopedia). Would be really nice to have a D&D Rules Cyclopedia ruleset...hinthint.

[Moon Wizard]

Also, which updates are you referring to? What version are you running?

I'm going through a v2.8 testing cycle on the Test server right now, so I wanted to know if this was related or part of 2.7.6 or ruleset updates.

Thanks,
JPG

[Tyndareus]

Also, which updates are you referring to? What version are you running?

I'm going through a v2.8 testing cycle on the Test server right now, so I wanted to know if this was related or part of 2.7.6 or ruleset updates.

Thanks,
JPG

Sorry, I should have indicated that I was on the most recent patch. 2.7.6. We didn't play in the interim between 2.7.5 and 2.7.6 so I couldn't say if the behaviour started after one or the other.

I tested the name change fix and that seemed to have corrected the issue. I'll keep an eye on it and make a note of any change or happening that occurs before the symptom happens again.

I'm running Windows 7 x64 using a full license. Clients that had the problem were using lite licenses and running Windows XP and Windows 7.