[ERROR] Unable to target token not linked to combat tracker entry.

[Sgt.Rock008]

[ERROR] Unable to target token not linked to combat tracker entry.

I have been getting the error shown above from time to time for months with all of my D&D 5e campaigns. I have made sure I'm setting up the combat tracker correctly and I still get this error sometimes. It happened again yesterday with a random encounter. Added the encounter to the combat tracker from the encounter window using the "add to combat tracker' button and I get the error when trying to target the PCs from the combat tracker. I tried it again this morning and found I could target using Ctrl+Click but it does not register in the combat tracker. Players were having the same issue yesterday. They could target using Ctrl+Click but it did not register in their combat tracker. You could usually tell the creature was targeted from the distance arrow but even that did not work sometimes. Targeting was registering properly in the GM combat tracker yesterday but this morning its not registering at all. I've attached an image where you can see the PC is targeted by the arrow but it is not registered in the combat tracker. GM Log also attached.

[LordEntrails]

Do you have any subfolders or unpacked files in your ruleset folder?
Can you replicate in a new campaign?
It does not look like any extensions you are using should cause this, but have you tried/replicated without any of the extensions or themes loaded?
Do you know if it happens to only certain types of encounters? Like those you created yourself, or ones from a specific module, or only ones you have modified to place on your own maps, or...?

[Zacchaeus]

Make sure that the little cross on the modifier box isn't selected.

[LordEntrails]

Make sure that the little cross on the modifier box isn't selected.
Doh! I always forget about that one :)

[Jiminimonka]

Make sure that the little cross on the modifier box isn't selected.

Which little cross? Had this happen last Monday and I deleted and re-placed the player tokens from the combat tracker to fix.

[LordEntrails]

Which little cross? Had this happen last Monday and I deleted and re-placed the player tokens from the combat tracker to fix.
In the roll modifier box (bottom left corner by default) is a small targeting reticle. Players can click this off and disable some modes of targeting.

[Jiminimonka]

Ah, that thing - never used it knowingly. If it happens again I will check that first. Thanks

[Trenloe]

I don't think the targeting toggle is the issue.

@Jiminimonka - does the error appear in the FG console? Or somewhere else?

If removing and replacing the PC token fixed the issue then there may be something happening with the PC token instance on the image/CT linking subsystem.

If it happens again, double-click on the token on the map - does it open the PC/NPC sheet? If not, then the link between the token and the combat tracker.

Another check is to add the token from the CT to the map again without removing the original token first. If the original token is still there then FG has lost the link between the token and the CT entry. This can happen if the PC was removed from the CT, but the token wasn't removed from the map (although I can't recreate the error doing this).

[Sgt.Rock008]

I don't think the targeting toggle is the issue.

@Jiminimonka - does the error appear in the FG console? Or somewhere else?

If removing and replacing the PC token fixed the issue then there may be something happening with the PC token instance on the image/CT linking subsystem.

If it happens again, double-click on the token on the map - does it open the PC/NPC sheet? If not, then the link between the token and the combat tracker.

Another check is to add the token from the CT to the map again without removing the original token first. If the original token is still there then FG has lost the link between the token and the CT entry. This can happen if the PC was removed from the CT, but the token wasn't removed from the map (although I can't recreate the error doing this).

Trenloe, yes I can confirm that the link between the token and combat tracker was broken. I moved the creature token from the combat tracker to the map without removing the original token and it remained on the map with the new token as well. I should also mention that the combat tracker and targeting was working fine during a previous encounter earlier in the game (same session). So this error appeared midgame.

I have seen this error appear with pre-made encounters (from purchased module) and modified or new encounters as well and with stock maps (from modules) and custom maps. This error has appeared with LoS and without.

Originally deleting the token and replacing did not fix the error. This morning I cleared the combat tracker of all combatants and then dragged them back in one by one and now it appears to function as it should. But mind you, this is without any players connect to the game.

LordEntrails, I do not have any subfolders or unpacked files in the "rulesets" folder. I do have several folders and subfolders in the "campaigns", "images", "portraits", and "tokens" folders.

This appears to be a bug to me and I hope this info will help to resolve it.

Thanks everyone for your input.

[Moon Wizard]

If you delete the PC entry from the CT, it does not remove the token from the map (like it does with NPCs). At that point, the token will not be linked to anything.

Other than that, any unlinked tokens (i.e. added to map from somewhere other than CT) will generate that message when you attack/damage/heal/etc.

I'm not sure what the bug is exactly. If you still think it's a bug, could you recreate the issue for me with specific steps, so I can make sure any issues are addressed?

Regards,
JPG

[Sgt.Rock008]

If you delete the PC entry from the CT, it does not remove the token from the map (like it does with NPCs). At that point, the token will not be linked to anything.

Other than that, any unlinked tokens (i.e. added to map from somewhere other than CT) will generate that message when you attack/damage/heal/etc.

I'm not sure what the bug is exactly. If you still think it's a bug, could you recreate the issue for me with specific steps, so I can make sure any issues are addressed?

Regards,
JPG

The reason I think it's a bug is because it seems to happen randomly during combat. It works fine at first and then the issue seems appears without any change to the map, tokens, PCs, or NPCs. I'll see if I can recreate the issue sometime this week.

Cheers.

[mikegraf]

This has also happened to me, though I am not sure why or how. The player character suddenly cannot target an NPC (does not appear on combat tracker that they have a target). Requires DM to set, for even if the DM clears their target, they seem to not be able to target anything new.

Did not consider removing them from tracker and adding back in, but if this re-occurs, will try that. Will also try some additional "testing" to see if I can recreate this more reliably.

[jaharmi]

I have a campaign where several things aren't working between the combat tracker and map — targeting, lighting effects, vision, and so on. I've come across this thread because it seems like the combat tracker link to map tokens for the affected characters is broken. I've tried deleting some from the CT and map, then re-adding them from the arty Sheet, but even that hasn't worked in each case.

[damned]

Dont add from Party Sheet.
Add them from the PC portraits on the top left of the GMs screen.

[jaharmi]

I ended up deleting the characters from the Party Sheet, Combat Tracker, and map. I then re-added them to the Party Sheet from the Character Selection window, opened each character sheet to drag the character to the Combat Tracker, and then dragged the PC from the Combat Tracker to the map.

After I did this, I can double-click on the PC tokens on the map to successfully open each character sheet. I can also click on each PC token on the map to see their LOS/lighting preview.

Before I did this, most/all of the PC tokens were unable to see anything with LOS/lighting enabled.

The players are not connected to the table, so they do not appear in the upper left of my DM screen. I wanted to fix this before the players' next session. Otherwise, they couldn't see anything on the map — at least not without me disabling all of the LOS that I added.