Paperspace as a Virtual Machine for Running FG

[Gwydion]

PowerVTT / Astral is another contender for the subscription web VTT space, there's more than Roll20 now. FG's core strength is standalone, and interface control for the modding aspect, if your machine is struggling to run it then you may need to change gears rather than putting a dolphin in a motorized fishtank.

Just to clarify for anyone reading this thread about why I started it. I just like to tinker/try new things to see if I can start some discussion with folks on potential new ways to use FG or perhaps start people much smarter than me in finding uses of software/products that might unlock some new, exciting way to game, stream, use FG, etc.. My machine is actually great. Works fine. I do worry given how much I tax it with FG, Syrinscape, OBS, Ableton live, StreamElements, midi controller for sounds, etc. that at some point I will hit my wall with it, but thankfully so far that hasn't happened.

I stumbled across paperspace and though it might be an interesting concept as I've never tried any rent on demand server (other than the office where we do rent some VM's through AWS). I thought it might be interesting to try. I especially find it intriguing that it appears I could pretty easily run FG through a chromebook or any laptop with minimal specs if I want by connecting to the VM. I actually played around with launching FG on the VM by connecting from my iPad and, although I certainly wouldn't recommend it, I thought it was pretty cool that I could even connect to it, launch maps, pull up the CT, etc..! It sounds like paperspace is working on more tablet support, so I might keep poking around with this just to mess around.

Twistedtechmike - I will test this out more in a group setting sometime but I had Rob2e connect to me and I connected using a different FG license I have. So, I was tapped into the VM and running it as the DM, Rob connected as a player and I separately connected as a player. I had rob open virtually all of his modules and I shared some maps and it all seemed to run smoothly with no slowdown from his end that was noticeable. Still not a perfect test, but I will keep you posted.

Happy gaming all!

[twistedtechmike]

Thanks for the update! Ive already started looking at options to test myself!

[Gwydion]

Thanks for the update! Ive already started looking at options to test myself!

Awesome! Let us know what you find as well.

[sirkerry]

Just to clarify for anyone reading this thread about why I started it. I just like to tinker/try new things to see if I can start some discussion with folks on potential new ways to use FG or perhaps start people much smarter than me in finding uses of software/products that might unlock some new, exciting way to game, stream, use FG, etc.. My machine is actually great. Works fine. I do worry given how much I tax it with FG, Syrinscape, OBS, Ableton live, StreamElements, midi controller for sounds, etc. that at some point I will hit my wall with it, but thankfully so far that hasn't happened.

I for one and very glad you did. I'm going to set myself up an account there and see what I can do with. Wonder if Voice Meeter Banana will run on it?

[Gwydion]

I for one and very glad you did. I'm going to set myself up an account there and see what I can do with. Wonder if Voice Meeter Banana will run on it?

I think it should. No reason why it shouldn't. My understanding is that you should be able to load and run most any software. There is also USB forwarding which I don't completely understand, but I think it means, as one example, if I loaded a DAW like Ableton Live Lite and wanted to control it with a midi-controller like novation launchpad, I could load the software on the VM, connect novation to a usb port on my computer, and use the launchpad just like it was connected to the VM. That might not be a novel concept, but it seemed interesting to me!

Oh... and I can't wait until Voicemeeter Potato launches... Beta supposed to come as soon as next week. As I understand it, it will more hardware and virtual inputs and outputs. Can't wait!

[Gwydion]

I for one and very glad you did. I'm going to set myself up an account there and see what I can do with. Wonder if Voice Meeter Banana will run on it?

Oh... when you set up your account, you might want to do a google search for coupon/referral codes for Paperspace. I quickly and easily found a $10 code that I used. So, I will play with it for a couple months before I decide if its something I want to keep.