xeltul
April 15th, 2025, 16:16
Hi everyone,
I have a unique perspective as I don't use FGU as a VTT but as a campaign manger. I know that it is designed to be a VTT and that is the focus of the team but I think some of these things would be useful for VTT GMs as well.
Window Docking/Tiling windows: The windows in FGU(at least for me) tend to get pretty jumbled up. Being able to dock them to parts of the screen like you can in Windows 10 and 11 would be useful I think and it would make it easier to better utilize the limited space.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Window%20Docking/Tiling%20windows
Tabs: If the windows could have tabs that would allow me to quickly switch between story entries, for example that would be great. Obviously this would not be needed for all windows but especially on the Story entry window it would be super handy.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=[Pending]%20Tabs%20for%20Story%20Entries%20Windows
Back Button: When in the book viewer if I click on a link that takes me to another part of the book, there is not an easy way to get back. I have to go find where I was in the chapter list. This was especially frustrating when adapting a module from pdf as I was constantly going back a forth between chapter to set up links.
[Edit]Someone else already requested this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Reference%20Manual %20(Books)%20Remember%20Last%20Page
In text links: The links in FGU are kind of clunky, having them more like a webpage where you can click on an NPC's name in a story entry and it bring up that NPC would be great.
[Edit]Someone else already requested this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Inline%20Links
[Edit]Here is another one: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Inline%20Text%20Hy perlinks
Autocomplete: This one goes along with the previous one. When you start typing an NPC's name or an item name or whatever having and autocomplete and auto-link pop up would speed up campaign prep immensely.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Autocomplete/Autolink
Play local music: I know this has been discussed before and that Unity has limitations when it comes to streaming music over the network. I would just like to be able to play music and sound effects in app locally on my machine for my players as we are all in the same room. This one is much less useful as a VTT, although if you are using it as a VTT on a screen in person it would still be useful.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Local%20Music%20an d%20Sound%20Player
I love FGU and I have yet to find a better system to manage my campaigns. But these things would be amazing to have and these are the kinds of things I think of when people say the interface is "dated" or "clunky". And I think these features would lessen the relatively high learning curve of FGU and make it more intuitive. I tried switching over to Obsidian for a while, and even though it has most of these features it lacks many other features specific to TTRPGs that I love about FGU.
I have been using FG for years and it has come a long way and I am excited to see what comes next. I love the new look that came out a while back, it's beautiful.
I have some programming experience so I have thought about learning to do add-ons, or scripts or something to see if I can implement some of these but I am afraid that these kinds of UI changes may not be possible with an add-on.
[Edit] As per LordEntrails suggestion I have gone through the feature requests here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests and linked the request I could find and created new requests for the ones I could not find. Please vote for the features you would like to see.
I have a unique perspective as I don't use FGU as a VTT but as a campaign manger. I know that it is designed to be a VTT and that is the focus of the team but I think some of these things would be useful for VTT GMs as well.
Window Docking/Tiling windows: The windows in FGU(at least for me) tend to get pretty jumbled up. Being able to dock them to parts of the screen like you can in Windows 10 and 11 would be useful I think and it would make it easier to better utilize the limited space.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Window%20Docking/Tiling%20windows
Tabs: If the windows could have tabs that would allow me to quickly switch between story entries, for example that would be great. Obviously this would not be needed for all windows but especially on the Story entry window it would be super handy.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=[Pending]%20Tabs%20for%20Story%20Entries%20Windows
Back Button: When in the book viewer if I click on a link that takes me to another part of the book, there is not an easy way to get back. I have to go find where I was in the chapter list. This was especially frustrating when adapting a module from pdf as I was constantly going back a forth between chapter to set up links.
[Edit]Someone else already requested this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Reference%20Manual %20(Books)%20Remember%20Last%20Page
In text links: The links in FGU are kind of clunky, having them more like a webpage where you can click on an NPC's name in a story entry and it bring up that NPC would be great.
[Edit]Someone else already requested this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Inline%20Links
[Edit]Here is another one: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Inline%20Text%20Hy perlinks
Autocomplete: This one goes along with the previous one. When you start typing an NPC's name or an item name or whatever having and autocomplete and auto-link pop up would speed up campaign prep immensely.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Autocomplete/Autolink
Play local music: I know this has been discussed before and that Unity has limitations when it comes to streaming music over the network. I would just like to be able to play music and sound effects in app locally on my machine for my players as we are all in the same room. This one is much less useful as a VTT, although if you are using it as a VTT on a screen in person it would still be useful.
[Edit]I created a feature request for this, vote for it here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php?titlesearch=Local%20Music%20an d%20Sound%20Player
I love FGU and I have yet to find a better system to manage my campaigns. But these things would be amazing to have and these are the kinds of things I think of when people say the interface is "dated" or "clunky". And I think these features would lessen the relatively high learning curve of FGU and make it more intuitive. I tried switching over to Obsidian for a while, and even though it has most of these features it lacks many other features specific to TTRPGs that I love about FGU.
I have been using FG for years and it has come a long way and I am excited to see what comes next. I love the new look that came out a while back, it's beautiful.
I have some programming experience so I have thought about learning to do add-ons, or scripts or something to see if I can implement some of these but I am afraid that these kinds of UI changes may not be possible with an add-on.
[Edit] As per LordEntrails suggestion I have gone through the feature requests here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests and linked the request I could find and created new requests for the ones I could not find. Please vote for the features you would like to see.