AoE Effects

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AoE Effects v1.1 is Here!

FREE on FG Forge — Released June 2026

Download v1.1 Now →

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We're excited to announce AoE Effects v1.1!

This major update brings powerful new visuals, expanded shape options, and a much smoother experience for handling area-of-effect spells and auras in Fantasy Grounds. Best of all, the popular “Auras Visualized” features are now fully integrated and improved inside AoE Effects itself!

What's New & Improved in v1.1

• Brand new animated visuals — webs, thorny vines, fog, spirits, bonfires, and more now look fantastic on the map!
• Major upgrades to advanced shapes with full control over 3drect, cylinder (with height & rings), and cone
• New GM options for visualization toggles, border colors, transparency, and global aura sizing
• Better performance, smarter conditional logic, and refined token overlap rules
• Completely refreshed and expanded User Documentation with tons of new examples and screenshots

Key Features Players Will Love

• Automatic effect application & removal based on token proximity
• Stunning built-in visuals that players can actually see on the battle map
• Full support for spheres, cubes, cylinders, cones, and flexible 3D rectangles
• Easy concentration tracking with the simple (C) modifier
• Powerful conditional logic using IF and IFT
• Works great with 3.5E, 4E, 5E, PFRPG, PFRPG2, SFRPG, and SFRPG2

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Quick Example

Code:

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Entangle; (C); IF: !DYING; AURA: 20 all,!self,cube,entangle; Restrained; SPEED: difficult

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Important Update
The old standalone “Auras Visualized” extension has been retired. Everything it did (and more) is now built into AoE Effects v1.1. Please remove the old extension to avoid conflicts.

Documentation & Community
The full guide with all the new syntax, visuals, and examples is here:

→ Download the AoE Effects v1.1 User Documentation (PDF)

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Looks good. Thanks

I cant' wait to use in the game, looks amazing!

Would there be a way to export the Aura settings from the options section?

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Originally Posted by nephranka

Would there be a way to export the Aura settings from the options section?

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There are two buttons in the Auras window bar at the top left that do this. Although, in a quick test of an export/import, it doesn't appear remember any linked assets. EDIT: It does bring the assets in as part of an import, they just aren't displayed in the Auras window until a restart - see post #47 below.

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

There are two buttons in the Auras window bar at the top left that do this. Although, in a quick test of an export/import, it doesn't appear remember any linked assets.

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As linked assets are drag and drop from the campaigns asset window, I do not believe these will export, much like exporting a character doesn't retain its image.

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Originally Posted by bwatford

As linked assets are drag and drop from the campaigns asset window, I do not believe these will export, much like exporting a character doesn't retain its image.

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The asset paths are exported into the JSON file:

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{
  "1": {
    "assetPath": "tokens/Nighthag Games/Orb-Black.png@The Sun Chamber Map Pack",
    "scale": 100,
    "name": "DarkPNG",
    "auraColor": "FF0C0067"
  },
  "2": {
    "assetPath": "tokens/Nighthag Games/Orb-Yellow.png@The Sun Chamber Map Pack",
    "scale": 150,
    "name": "LightPNG",
    "auraColor": "FF9FAE00"
  }
}

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And they appear in the FG database XML after an import:

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        <auras>
                <id-00003>
                        <assetPath type="string">tokens/Nighthag Games/Orb-Black.png@The Sun Chamber Map Pack</assetPath>
                        <auraColor type="string">FF0C0067</auraColor>
                        <name type="string">DarkPNG</name>
                        <scale type="number">100</scale>
                </id-00003>
                <id-00004>
                        <assetPath type="string">tokens/Nighthag Games/Orb-Yellow.png@The Sun Chamber Map Pack</assetPath>
                        <auraColor type="string">FF9FAE00</auraColor>
                        <name type="string">LightPNG</name>
                        <scale type="number">150</scale>
                </id-00004>
        </auras>

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Doing further testing, the aura asset will work if used in an effect after an import, even if the asset image isn't being shown. A restart of FG shows the asset graphic in the Auras window - so the issue is just displaying the graphic immediately after an import; I wonder if the controls could be refreshed after an import?

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

There are two buttons in the Auras window bar at the top left that do this. Although, in a quick test of an export/import, it doesn't appear remember any linked assets.

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Thanks!

I will look into refreshing those paths after an import is done.

I'm trying to get wall of fire to use my chosen aura token but am failing to get it to work. I'm using this for the wall of fire:
Wall of Fire Inner Line; AURA: 60 all,!self,3drect|10|0|20, point; AoE Wall of Fire Inner Line; SAVEA: (SDC) DEX (H)(M); SAVEE: (SDC) DEX (H)(M); SAVEDMG: 5d8 fire

The aura damage rolls normally, but there's no visual indication for this so looking for help with this.Attachment 67870

A couple of observations:

The aura coding above is working and placing the AURA correctly. If you are trying to use a custom visualization option or to show a border, the visualizer only works with 2D shapes, sphere and cube, it does not work with 3drect, or cone.

What you can do is add an additional AURA effect to trigger the border for the wall or a custom wall of fire graphic.

AURA: 60, point, red

(You can replace "red" with whatever color you want to with a custom image name that you have created in the Aura's window.)

Okay thanks. I've used aura effects and aura visualizer for over a year and this is a great mod you've made here. I'm curious how I would orientate that second aura or is stuck in a single position

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Originally Posted by cds29

Okay thanks. I've used aura effects and aura visualizer for over a year and this is a great mod you've made here. I'm curious how I would orientate that second aura or is stuck in a single position

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Orientation is not yet supported by the visualizer, you can either use a circle (sphere), or a square (cube) that runs along the Aura radius or face.

We are looking to support 3drect in a future update, just trying to work out all the math in how to do so at this time without having to have hundreds of different shaped images as 3drect has limitless combinations.

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Originally Posted by nephranka

Would there be a way to export the Aura settings from the options section?

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@Trenloe

Just pushed v 1.1.3 to address this issue, now the Aura's window will refresh after importing to make sure the icons show correctly for the imported auras without a restart.

Please update and everything should be working correctly.

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Originally Posted by bwatford

@Trenloe

Just pushed v 1.1.3 to address this issue, now the Aura's window will refresh after importing to make sure the icons show correctly for the imported auras without a restart.

Please update and everything should be working correctly.

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Thanks! That looks great. Out of curiosity, which API function/s did you use to refresh the tokencontrol controls?

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Thanks! That looks great. Out of curiosity, which API function/s did you use to refresh the tokencontrol controls?

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We didn’t directly refresh tokencontrol controls.

The aura visuals are drawn as bitmap widgets directly on the token using addBitmapWidget / deleteWidget.

Main functions used:

• clearAura(ctNode) — removes existing aura widgets
• applyAura(ctNode) — clears + redraws auras on the token
• applyBitmapToToken() — creates the 2D/3D widgets via token.addBitmapWidget()
• updateAllAuras() — full map refresh using CombatManager.callForEachCombatant()

These are triggered by DB handlers on the auras table, effect changes, GM options, and token movement in manager_token_aura.lua.

We don’t modify or refresh the tokencontrol window at all.

Regarding the Import/Export refresh:

The simple wnd.update() / wnd.refresh() calls didn’t work because the preview icons are created inside the list rows. We had to force the window to fully rebuild by closing and reopening any open Auras list windows after import.

Thanks for the info. Very nice work.

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Originally Posted by bwatford

This has been removed from the Forge page as Aura's are silent by default now and a GM option was no longer needed.

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this doesn't seem to be true for me (see image)... whenever dinosaur moves in and out of the purple aura, feedback abounds in chat window.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=67907

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Originally Posted by tahl_liadon

this doesn't seem to be true for me (see image)... whenever dinosaur moves in and out of the purple aura, feedback abounds in chat window.

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Thanks for the report and the screenshot!

Those repeated messages ("Effect ['Aura of Courage*'] -> [ALREADY EXISTS] [on Ka'Ruun]") are not coming from the AoE Effects extension itself. They’re standard Fantasy Grounds Combat Tracker warnings that appear when something tries to apply an effect that’s already active on the target.

This usually happens when the aura effect isn’t being removed cleanly when a token leaves the aura’s range (or the movement detection is triggering multiple apply attempts).

To help me reproduce and fix this:

1. Combat Tracker screenshot — Could you show the effects list on the token that’s receiving the spam (Ka’Ruun or whichever character is affected)? I want to see whether “Aura of Courage*” (or similar) is still stuck on them after they leave the aura.

2. Exact aura setup — Please copy/paste the effect string or describe how the aura is defined on the dinosaur (or aura source). Are you using the built-in FG aura feature with AoE Effects, or a custom effect string?

3. Any other extensions loaded that touch effects, auras, or the Combat Tracker?

In the meantime, try manually removing the “Aura of Courage” effect from the affected token in the CT. Does the spam stop until they re-enter the aura?

Drop those details and I’ll see what the issue is.

Version 1.1.4 is now live on the Forge.

This update fixes a bug where the "clear" color was not reliably producing a fully transparent/invisible border.

Changes in this version:

- Custom auras now take priority over named color keywords.
Custom campaign auras and HARDCODED_AURAS will now always win in the event of a name collision (for example, if you have a custom aura literally named "clear" or "red"). Their defined auraColor — including alpha/transparency — is respected exactly.

- Special-cased "clear" handling.
When the named color "clear" is used and is not overridden by a custom aura, it will now correctly make the aura borders fully invisible.

AURA: 10 all,point,clear; AURA STUFF

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Originally Posted by bwatford

Those repeated messages ("Effect ['Aura of Courage*'] -> [ALREADY EXISTS] [on Ka'Ruun]") are not coming from the AoE Effects extension itself. They’re standard Fantasy Grounds Combat Tracker warnings that appear when something tries to apply an effect that’s already active on the target.

This usually happens when the aura effect isn’t being removed cleanly when a token leaves the aura’s range (or the movement detection is triggering multiple apply attempts).

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that clued me in...

when i manually removed effect (likely artifact from previous extension before update?) from ka-ruun, no more spammed feedback.

aura effect added / removed as usual when a target enter / exit aura.

thx