Application Launching Macro?
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 1:18 am
Hello everyone. This is actually my first time posting here, so please be gentle...
So I started using MapTools about a month ago for my Sci-Fi Pathfinder MOD that I have been creating over the past few months and it's been a blast. I use maptools mainly just for map creation. What I do is I create the campaign map in maptools and then start a lan server on my laptop. The party leader then connects to the server with his laptop and then plugs into a top down projector which then projects the map onto a large white surface that people can place their physical tokens on. I still create token layers in maptools using a picture of a players real life token to use as a place holder on the map when the map needs to be moved. Anyways, because of the way I have set things up, I really have had no use for macros, since we basically use maptools as an enhancement to our tabletop gaming.
However, I've recently created some power point presentations that I wanted to incorporate into my campaigns in order to add to the story progression. Kind of like a cut scene in a video game that is triggered when a player completes a goal. I was hoping if one of you fine people could inform me if it is possible to create a macro in maptools that would launch the power point presentation when a certain token/object layer is clicked on by a player. And if so, maybe also help me in creating the macro, as I don't have any previous experience in that?
Help a fellow maptooler out? Thanks for your time guys and gals!
EsteBeatDown
So I started using MapTools about a month ago for my Sci-Fi Pathfinder MOD that I have been creating over the past few months and it's been a blast. I use maptools mainly just for map creation. What I do is I create the campaign map in maptools and then start a lan server on my laptop. The party leader then connects to the server with his laptop and then plugs into a top down projector which then projects the map onto a large white surface that people can place their physical tokens on. I still create token layers in maptools using a picture of a players real life token to use as a place holder on the map when the map needs to be moved. Anyways, because of the way I have set things up, I really have had no use for macros, since we basically use maptools as an enhancement to our tabletop gaming.
However, I've recently created some power point presentations that I wanted to incorporate into my campaigns in order to add to the story progression. Kind of like a cut scene in a video game that is triggered when a player completes a goal. I was hoping if one of you fine people could inform me if it is possible to create a macro in maptools that would launch the power point presentation when a certain token/object layer is clicked on by a player. And if so, maybe also help me in creating the macro, as I don't have any previous experience in that?
Help a fellow maptooler out? Thanks for your time guys and gals!
EsteBeatDown