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Kelrugem
April 8th, 2023, 10:38
Hi :)

Ruleset: 3.5E :)

1. As in the title, I currently play with isometric grids and maps, and I know that isometric tokens are not really supported as reported here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?54319-Isometric-token-positioning-diagonal-distance-calculation-problems-and-pointers

But I think I found something new regarding the measuring: The newer height label is not really taken into account when calculating the distance (see the screenshot); the distance is changed sometimes when changing the height, but if I change further then it may take a lot of height until the distance is updated (and then the shown distance is much too low) :)

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56995&stc=1&d=1680946065

2. As a side effect, the distance arrow is not properly drawn between the borders of the occupied spaces :)

3. The raw distance measure is also not properly working, I think. I think it is "raw" in sense of "no code adjustments", but it is not raw in sense of being "Euclidean measure where the two axes are viewed as x- and y-axis" (so, in the sense of that going parallel along the axes gives for example proper values of multiples of 5 feet, which does not happen right now). I hope you know what I mean :) But I honestly do not expect that you fix that and try to do that calculation. Just for completeness I mention it :)

I also know that isometric stuff is not so highly supported because of the lack of demand, but I just want to throw in that the demand may just not be as high because of the lack of support; people do not expect it to work well, so they do not try it out (also combined with the lack of assets e.g. in the art subscription) :) But a better support may change that :D *rolls persuasion* I hope that fixing the height is at least not so difficult :)Thank you :)

Kel

Kelrugem
April 22nd, 2023, 06:21
Hi :)

I wanted to ask whether my post got read, so will be there a fix for the height label for isometric grids, or should I not hope for it so soon? :) I can understand that priorities lie somewhere else of course :) I just wonder whether I write an extension adjusting certain isometric grid thingies like the height adjustment of distance measures :)

Best

Kel

Moon Wizard
April 22nd, 2023, 07:22
I did read it, but I haven't had a chance to investigate the issue yet. It might be a couple weeks yet before I can investigate, and any fix would come after that. I'm looking at a very small client update mid next week; but that is probably not enough time (though I'll try to at least see what the issue is, and fix if something quick).

I do know that ISO distance calculations do not do all the large creature calculations (only single unit calculations), so that may not be something I can fix quickly if that's the issue (i.e. large tokens).

Regards,
JPG

Kelrugem
April 22nd, 2023, 07:29
I did read it, but I haven't had a chance to investigate the issue yet. It might be a couple weeks yet before I can investigate, and any fix would come after that. I'm looking at a very small client update mid next week; but that is probably not enough time (though I'll try to at least see what the issue is, and fix if something quick).

I do know that ISO distance calculations do not do all the large creature calculations (only single unit calculations), so that may not be something I can fix quickly if that's the issue (i.e. large tokens).

Regards,
JPG

Thanks for the answer :) I appreciate any fix, but I can understand of course if it takes longer :)

I think the height label issue is not related to large tokens, but I can test again later :)

Moon Wizard
May 30th, 2023, 04:27
The latest beta Test version fixes the height calculation issue. The arrow length and raw distance is something I need to escalate to Carl who is working on other projects (i.e. webm/webp and others); so I've filed tickets for now.

Regards,
JPG

Kelrugem
May 30th, 2023, 12:04
The latest beta Test version fixes the height calculation issue. The arrow length and raw distance is something I need to escalate to Carl who is working on other projects (i.e. webm/webp and others); so I've filed tickets for now.

Regards,
JPG

nice, thank you very much :) I will take a look once I can :)