snupy
May 13th, 2024, 20:00
I noticed the problem with the Rise of the Runelords module (all chapters), not sure which other modules are affected.
Most NPCs/monsters have an associated image, usually under the notes tab. In the RoTRL modules, possibly because of the recent changes in handling the identified/unidentified status of records, the unidentified image name has the same value as the identified name. I don't remember noticing the problem before - perhaps with the change whenever the unidentified name was not explicitly set it was defaulted to the identified name? Not sure.
This is a bit of a problem: I usually want to show players the image so they know what they are looking at, but they should not know its name. Of course it is something which could be fixed manually each time, but it is one extra thing to think about and easy to forget while playing, and should not be necessary for a purchased module.
Most NPCs/monsters have an associated image, usually under the notes tab. In the RoTRL modules, possibly because of the recent changes in handling the identified/unidentified status of records, the unidentified image name has the same value as the identified name. I don't remember noticing the problem before - perhaps with the change whenever the unidentified name was not explicitly set it was defaulted to the identified name? Not sure.
This is a bit of a problem: I usually want to show players the image so they know what they are looking at, but they should not know its name. Of course it is something which could be fixed manually each time, but it is one extra thing to think about and easy to forget while playing, and should not be necessary for a purchased module.