(Any) - Add Party to Map In Formation

[seansps]

Yeah, I tried it with a few different images, making sure that I only had one open and still no cigar.

Shoot- sorry about that! I’ll try to recreate the bug later and see if I can fix it once I figure it out!

[emeraldincognito]

No need to be sorry! This extension looks awesome and I can't wait to use it. Thanks.

[damned]

Well done seansps

[JohnD]

Really nice work... a great addition to FG.

[Sterno]

Just tried this out in the 2E ruleset and was initially disappointed... the party entered the map in formation, but considerably offset from where I dragged to.

Played around with it a bit and realized it works perfectly if the UI scale is 100%, but not when I'm running at /scaleui 125 or 150. (which I usually am).

So looks like it may need to account for UI scale when you're calculating the position to drop them.

The other problem I can forsee is the need to rotate them as you drop them. If you set them up on the party sheet with a North/South formation but drag them into a hallway heading east/west, it's not really going to do anything useful for you. Not sure what the solution there would be short of extra buttons (or a hotkey like alt/shift/control you hold while dragging) for like 90 degree rotation, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees

[seansps]

Just tried this out in the 2E ruleset and was initially disappointed... the party entered the map in formation, but considerably offset from where I dragged to.

Played around with it a bit and realized it works perfectly if the UI scale is 100%, but not when I'm running at /scaleui 125 or 150. (which I usually am).

So looks like it may need to account for UI scale when you're calculating the position to drop them.

The other problem I can forsee is the need to rotate them as you drop them. If you set them up on the party sheet with a North/South formation but drag them into a hallway heading east/west, it's not really going to do anything useful for you. Not sure what the solution there would be short of extra buttons (or a hotkey like alt/shift/control you hold while dragging) for like 90 degree rotation, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees

Thank you for testing! I hadn’t realized UI Scale would need to be factored in. I’ll see if I can fix that.

I like your idea of other buttons, maybe that would work! “Add Party North-facing”, “East-facing” etc?

Edit: I think I’ll label the other buttons “Add Party 90°”, “Add Party 180°” and “Add Party 270°”

[EllivasKram]

Can you snap into the green icon in CT to change its behaviour or maybe right click menu for compass facing ?

[seansps]

Can you snap into the green icon in CT to change its behaviour or maybe right click menu for compass facing ?

I can look into a right click menu for facing!

I almost have a fix for the UI Scaling issue. Just need to figure out where to factor in the UI Scale properly with my calculation

[seansps]

Hi everyone, I just uploaded a v1.3 that fixes the issue with UI Scaling.

You should now be able to drop the party on any map gridsize w/ any UI Scale set. I tested in both 5e and CoreRPG, so it should be working in other rulesets, too.

I haven't been able to reproduce the reported issue where it actually drops them on a New Map (I suspect that has to do w/ conflicting extensions still, not sure.)

Next, I will try to add a Right Click Menu to change the facing.

[seansps]

Just tried this out in the 2E ruleset and was initially disappointed... the party entered the map in formation, but considerably offset from where I dragged to.

Played around with it a bit and realized it works perfectly if the UI scale is 100%, but not when I'm running at /scaleui 125 or 150. (which I usually am).

So looks like it may need to account for UI scale when you're calculating the position to drop them.

The other problem I can forsee is the need to rotate them as you drop them. If you set them up on the party sheet with a North/South formation but drag them into a hallway heading east/west, it's not really going to do anything useful for you. Not sure what the solution there would be short of extra buttons (or a hotkey like alt/shift/control you hold while dragging) for like 90 degree rotation, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees

Okay, so it was actually pretty easy to get all this fixed!

The latest version I just uploaded (v1.5) should address all the issues with the UI Scale AND adds a right-click menu to change the facing:

- Right click the button to Set Direction
- Select North,South,East,or West
- The button text will update w/ the new direction
- Click and drag, and it should place the characters in formation with the chosen heading

Edit: I am also trying something in this new version that might fix the "New Image" bug previously reported