Navigat0r
November 26th, 2022, 10:13
Hi all. Today as part of FG Con I participated as a player in several FGU games. It was a lot of fun but I had several problems that came up. First of all, I was unable to see most of the images shared by the GM. This included battlemaps, handouts, portraits, etc. Nearly every image would appear as a red x with a question mark or just a "blank" page with nothing on it.
Additionally, after a while the chat "froze" (though I could send messages and make rolls without seeing the result). The party inventory and the comabt tracker also froze. At some points I was unable to view my character sheet. The other players and the GM would see me as having selected my character, but the character sheet would not appear for me.
Resetting fantasy grounds, restarting my computer, and updating fantasy grounds appeared to have no effect
Oddly enough, my second game was perfectly fine and the third game was alright at the beginning of the session (though the above mentioned problems soon returned).
Thankfully, everyone was very supportive and helpful and we found ways to work around the problems by screen sharing the maps and having the gm/other players move my token for me.
As an additional note, I have run several games on FG nearly a year now with nearly no issues like this happening. I have only had a couple instances of problems with sharing images with my players in the last few weeks or so (and usually only 1 image, the rest were fine) - but nothing like having players be unable to roll or view character sheets, or "freezes" that last over the course of a multi-hour session.
I have attached some pictures of the problems and have logs from a couple of the sessions if needed. Note the "frozen chat" picture was during combat. There were enemies in the CT and several rolls had just been made
Additionally, after a while the chat "froze" (though I could send messages and make rolls without seeing the result). The party inventory and the comabt tracker also froze. At some points I was unable to view my character sheet. The other players and the GM would see me as having selected my character, but the character sheet would not appear for me.
Resetting fantasy grounds, restarting my computer, and updating fantasy grounds appeared to have no effect
Oddly enough, my second game was perfectly fine and the third game was alright at the beginning of the session (though the above mentioned problems soon returned).
Thankfully, everyone was very supportive and helpful and we found ways to work around the problems by screen sharing the maps and having the gm/other players move my token for me.
As an additional note, I have run several games on FG nearly a year now with nearly no issues like this happening. I have only had a couple instances of problems with sharing images with my players in the last few weeks or so (and usually only 1 image, the rest were fine) - but nothing like having players be unable to roll or view character sheets, or "freezes" that last over the course of a multi-hour session.
I have attached some pictures of the problems and have logs from a couple of the sessions if needed. Note the "frozen chat" picture was during combat. There were enemies in the CT and several rolls had just been made