PDA

View Full Version : DM Unable to move tokens through walls/other movement blocking terrain



Larz
July 7th, 2021, 16:18
Our 5E game has been intermittent lately, so I'm not sure when this started, but recently I've found myself (the DM) unable to drag tokens (either PC or NPC) through walls or other movement blocking terrain (closed Windows and movement blocking pits).

To move the token I either have to go around or re-drag the token from the Combat Tracker onto the section of map where I want it (rather than just dragging over the two intervening walls like I used to). Or, to get the token out of the pit, I have to "close" the pit first, then move the token, then "open" the pit to put it back to how it was before.

Otherwise, the token just gets "stuck" about halfway through the terrain boundary. No amount of attempting to drag will get it through the wall, though I can easily move it back off into "open" map (i.e. it's not stuck to the boundary, just won't go through it).

This was occurring in my 5E game with several mods (none of which affect the map layers directly, that I'm aware of), but it also occurred in the 4E game I was building that had no mods active what-so-ever.

Obviously, there are work-arounds, but it was always very convenient to just move tokens wherever I need them to be regardless of the terrain in the way.

Sulimo
July 7th, 2021, 16:21
This change was a while back now (when lighting came out I think, or around that time).

Hold Shift when you are dragging a token, and you will be able to move it through the occluders. It also has the benefit of disabling LoS for players when you do this, that way you don't accidentally show them something.

Larz
July 7th, 2021, 16:30
Thanks! Never saw a note about this so didn't know what was going on. That should work great and be a lot less frustrating. :)

Sulimo
July 7th, 2021, 16:34
It's pretty easy to miss, especially now that that particular update is no longer at the top.

Check out the release notes (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/patchnotes_v4.html), the section for Version 4.1.0 (2021-05):


GM image token movement behavior changed block token movement based on line-of-sight to mirror player behavior. Use the Shift key to override movement limits, and disable vision/lighting updates.