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Magnimost
May 3rd, 2020, 23:36
I recently ran a bloody encounter in CoC HotOE converted to Achtung! Cthulhu which was very close to a TPK. The PCs missed a booby trap which alerted the WWI veterans guarding a research facility. Later a missed Spot Hidden resulted in a PC death, but luck was turned when another made two back-to-back crits.

It's been a bit of a bummer that dead enemies (and PCs) disappear from the map when I remove from the combat tracker. So I started adding corpse tokens from Wyldfurr's Germans token pack into the map.

I'd like to make this a habit. Are there other token packs with corpses other than Wyldfurr's Germans and Yanks?

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LordEntrails
May 4th, 2020, 06:47
You may also be interested in the a couple of extensions. I forget their name at the moment, but there is one for 5E that leaves Blood Spatters / Grave markers where an NPC dies. Might be called "Blood Spatter"?
Magnimost
May 4th, 2020, 15:50
You may also be interested in the a couple of extensions. I forget their name at the moment, but there is one for 5E that leaves Blood Spatters / Grave markers where an NPC dies. Might be called "Blood Spatter"?

Oh, I'll take a look, thanks.
LordEntrails
May 4th, 2020, 16:17
I remembered their name, Death Indicator and Death Indicator 2.0
WinterSoldier7
June 22nd, 2020, 20:29
I remembered their name, Death Indicator and Death Indicator 2.0

Don't suppose you could help a noob understand how extensions work and how I can go about adding this?
LordEntrails
June 22nd, 2020, 20:38
See the section on Extensions here; https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Data_Files_Overview

More discussion here; https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?19436-How-do-I-install-modules-and-extensions

If you prefer videos, there are two here;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYXywiNMFv0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtjgdqcqlM

If those don't answer your questions, let us know.
WinterSoldier7
June 23rd, 2020, 09:11
Thank you very much!

Are these always stable? Can I add as many as I please?
damned
June 23rd, 2020, 09:59
Thank you very much!

Are these always stable? Can I add as many as I please?

I wouldnt...
WinterSoldier7
June 23rd, 2020, 11:56
I wouldnt...

Oh, you wouldn't add any or do you mean you wouldn't go crazy adding loads? I've been looking and there are a few that take my fancy, including the ones above, but I worry about stability.
LordEntrails
June 23rd, 2020, 16:32
Extensions are changes to the code. Since they are developed outside of SmiteWorks and by different community members, they will often break each other. More is not better. Just use the ones that your game needs. Admittedly some people use dozens, but most of us who have been around only use a handful or less. Right now in my FGU games I'm using none. When I was running FGC games I usually used 3.
WinterSoldier7
June 23rd, 2020, 16:49
Fair. I've found about 4 that I would like to install and would look to try them one at a time in-case there is trouble.

Can I ask, though; if I use any and come across a problem, are they simple to just unload and remove? I guess I'm more worried about breaking my campaign for good.
LordEntrails
June 23rd, 2020, 16:55
Just exit your campaign and then from the start screen just unselect the circle for the extension you want to unload. Only a very few extensions (like Player Agency) actually modify the database itself, all the others just effect the run-time code and make no permanent changes.
WinterSoldier7
June 23rd, 2020, 16:58
Brill, that's reassuring. Appreciate the help