Thread: 5E - Single Click Action
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August 29th, 2021, 13:20 #1
5E - Single Click Action
Update 2021-09-08: Version 4.1.6 disables double-click on all buttons so this extension is no longer needed.
Super tiny extension that prevents players from accidentally double-clicking on power action buttons and in doing so, casting a spell twice or doing damage or healing twice.
Why
Having to double-click on weapon attacks but single-click on spell attacks regularly causes mistakes and head-scratches from newer or infrequent players. Having to fix spell attack and damage rolls live also causes delays on my end during combat.
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Last edited by fxg42; September 8th, 2021 at 21:08.
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August 29th, 2021, 14:39 #2
Nice one.
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August 29th, 2021, 15:06 #3
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August 29th, 2021, 17:59 #4
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Very interesting. I like the simplicity of addressing the symptom without needing a re-design.
I might play around with this concept some more; though I have some other ideas on how to block without clock tracking. One of the things you mentioned was the dissonance between the weapons and spells for buttons/fields. I've thought about adding the buttons to weapons, but the PF/3.5E multi-attack always throws me off. Might just force limited buttons for those cases. I'm still considering whether blocking double clicks on buttons will be confusing to users that try to click multiple times, if I did add buttons (i.e. fighter multi-attack in 5E)
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August 29th, 2021, 18:53 #5
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August 30th, 2021, 05:10 #6
I think in situations where you need to make two attacks it would not be hard for us to get used to waiting 1s between attacks. I think most people that I have played with tend to let the first attack resolve before doing the second attack anyway. That is particularly important in the case where the first roll is a critical success and extra damage is auto calculated.
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August 30th, 2021, 12:57 #7
Thanks! As it stands, the extension makes it so that clicks that occurs within about 500ms of the last roll are ignored. This could probably be shorten to 300ms or maybe even 200ms. I tested the extension yesterday with a group where a player is notorious for double-clicking spell attacks -- haven't had a single issue all session
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August 30th, 2021, 13:08 #8
Last edited by bmos; August 30th, 2021 at 13:23.
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August 30th, 2021, 13:10 #9
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August 30th, 2021, 15:19 #10
Gonna hop on the praise wagon here, very nice job!
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