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November 13th, 2018, 05:01 #51
Revealing the whole map means the players will always have that info front and center. They will not be able to not see it. Letting the players know the exploit exists and you hope they don't use it, is pretty much the same as exists everyday with every adventures regardless of format. After all, if a player want to 'cheat' or look ahead at the maps or modules, they can do that anyway, either by purchasing the module themselves, or stealing it from an illegal online source.
Cheaters will cheat, don't force the honest players to have info their characters don't have, keep the map masked and in general it helps set the tone and those that are honest will honor that.
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November 13th, 2018, 05:45 #52
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Even with the “cheat”; it’s not a fully detailed map they see; just rough outlines. Just don’t mention it to the others; and ask the player to keep on the down low.
I may have a possible fix to be included with next release; but it still needs to go through a few weeks of beta testing with the community.
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November 13th, 2018, 06:58 #53
There is another way to handle this.. I will probably be getting a nice stake and associated fire for mentioning this, but it's just temporary, right?
- Use a second VTT to run the map with fog of war. (I use two VTTs all the time, FG on one monitor for campaign management/GM screen and another VTT for the issues FG doesn't handle well, e.g. maps, dice rolling, video/audio chat, music streaming, connectivity)***.
*** For my games at any rate.
(Disclaimer: I support FG and it really has many nice features. Not advocating for other VTTs, just a suggestion to improve your game for the time being)
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November 13th, 2018, 07:23 #54
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November 13th, 2018, 08:16 #55
Steak sounds good as(s) long as it isn't mine
Well, yeah, to each his own. For me, I need to have it my way and so I've spent a ridiculous amount of time getting things just so-and-so. (Example: Gwydion helped me for the longest time with the streaming music bit - I just couldn't enjoy the game without the music... My way. I mean, I tinkered and I tinkered for months. And if OP wants to show the maps the way they should be shown, his way
..)
Hence the 'YMMV' above It isn't much hassle though, not compared to trying to use maps in FG.
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November 13th, 2018, 21:33 #56
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Thanks guys. Some good suggestions and feedback here. I have some options to consider. And Moon Wizard, that would be awesome. Hope that gets worked out in the release.
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November 13th, 2018, 21:56 #57
I've modified the mask color extension that is floating around the forums and it seems to help if you're using the default 5e theme (faux leather). I didn't see the problem with the official 5e theme since it is already white, which is what gave me the idea . Hope this helps in the short term until there is a fix.
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November 13th, 2018, 22:05 #58
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I will try this out, thank you!
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November 17th, 2018, 22:15 #59
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Awesome! Thanks so much, this works!
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