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Seems
July 14th, 2025, 21:36
I have a PC using a custom character, and I cannot seem to get darkvision working for their token. On the character sheet I have "Darkvision 60 ft." under Senses, but the token does not have any visibility when I switch to Player Vision Preview Mode. When I place other tokens in the same area their darkvision works fine. Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks!

P.S. - no, I do not have any extensions running!

LordEntrails
July 14th, 2025, 21:42
Ruleset? Extensions? IS the token on map dragged from the Combat Tracker? Have you tried re-adding the token from the CT? Can you show some screenshots?

Seems
July 14th, 2025, 21:47
5e SRD ruleset, no extensions. I was dragging the token from the character sheet, not the combat tracker. So, I went back and tried that and now it seems to be working! Is that a best practice for adding tokens?

Thanks!

LordEntrails
July 14th, 2025, 21:55
Yep, I think dragging from the sheet is supposed to work, but from the combat tracker has been the original way and is always how I do it.

Hopefully someone else can come by and let us know if dragging from the sheet is supposed to be working.

Seems
July 14th, 2025, 21:59
No prob, thanks for responding. It's been about 3 years since I've used Fantasy Grounds and I'm having to relearn more than I expected.

Zacchaeus
July 14th, 2025, 22:11
I can confirm that dragging a token either directly from the character sheet or from the character selection window onto a map does also place the character onto the combat tracker. I can also confirm that if the character has darkvision in senses then that also works via this method. You do need to select the token on the map in order to see the darkvision working but otherwise it should be working as you describe in your original post.

Seems
July 14th, 2025, 23:01
I had Darkvison under senses and the token selected, but it still wasn't working in the masked interior, although it could see "outside" (see below). But maybe I hadn't given it enough time, as it worked both inside and outside when I deleted and readded the token from the combat tracker. Anyway, all seems good for now.

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Laerun
July 15th, 2025, 00:50
I had Darkvison under senses and the token selected, but it still wasn't working in the masked interior, although it could see "outside" (see below). But maybe I hadn't given it enough time, as it worked both inside and outside when I deleted and readded the token from the combat tracker. Anyway, all seems good for now.

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How did you mask the interior?

claedawg
July 15th, 2025, 03:12
It looks like there is no space between Darkvision and 60 ft.

Could that be the issue? Been a long time since I played or ran 5E.

MrDDT
July 15th, 2025, 03:40
I had Darkvison under senses and the token selected, but it still wasn't working in the masked interior, although it could see "outside" (see below). But maybe I hadn't given it enough time, as it worked both inside and outside when I deleted and readded the token from the combat tracker. Anyway, all seems good for now.

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Clearly has a mask on the map, try another map that doesn't have a mask, or goto the mask mode and remove the mask.


It looks like there is no space between Darkvision and 60 ft.

Could that be the issue? Been a long time since I played or ran 5E.

It has a space in the image.