Operating Questions

[ronin]

I'm running my first session with FG tonight but I have a few questions.

1. Is there a way to make it so the "pins" don't show on the player's maps?

2. Can the distance a PC is moving be given as the movement happens?

3. Is there a ruler to measure distances?

Thanks in advance for the assistance!

[Trenloe]

1) By default they don't show to the players.

For the next two, distance will only be shown if a FG grid has been added to the map:

2) If you lock tokens then the players indicate their movement and distance is shown. https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Tokens#Movement

3) Draw a pointer (line) on the map and the distance will be shown. See "Add quick pointer" here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Images#Pointers

If you want to see what FG looks like from the player side, start a second instance on the same computer as the GM instance and "Join Game" with a servername of localhost - this is invaluable in learning what the players see compared to the GM side.

[deer_buster]

You should really take the GM courses on Fantasy Grounds College...