maptool to run in kioskmode ( view only )
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:14 am
Hello everyone!
I have been searching this forum to find a solution to run maptool in a kiosk-mode, so that it starts up, autoconnects to a specific Server and just displays a map presented by the Server.
The Main goal is to present a dungeon map on a large tvscreen to our RPG players instead oft drawing it on a paper.
So that means the DM has to control the movement of the players, and the maptool client just has to refresh its map every few seconds.
I'd like to set up maptool on a raspberry2 that we use with a different system so far.
( RPGMasterTool for Android/Tablet to serve the map, 'feh' as a viewer on Raspbian/raspberry to put the map to the tvscreen. Sound is manager by 'Ares -Aural RPG experience'. The soundplayer is running on Rasbian/raspberry, and the controller is running in Android/Tablet).
Well, it works, but there is no vision control, no zooming etc, and here I am looking for something new.
Because the raspberry works without keyboard or a mouse the connection parameters have to be given in a shell script or a makro that starts up first.
Has anyone of you tried something like this before vor can give me some advice?
Kind regards
Maehrus
I have been searching this forum to find a solution to run maptool in a kiosk-mode, so that it starts up, autoconnects to a specific Server and just displays a map presented by the Server.
The Main goal is to present a dungeon map on a large tvscreen to our RPG players instead oft drawing it on a paper.
So that means the DM has to control the movement of the players, and the maptool client just has to refresh its map every few seconds.
I'd like to set up maptool on a raspberry2 that we use with a different system so far.
( RPGMasterTool for Android/Tablet to serve the map, 'feh' as a viewer on Raspbian/raspberry to put the map to the tvscreen. Sound is manager by 'Ares -Aural RPG experience'. The soundplayer is running on Rasbian/raspberry, and the controller is running in Android/Tablet).
Well, it works, but there is no vision control, no zooming etc, and here I am looking for something new.
Because the raspberry works without keyboard or a mouse the connection parameters have to be given in a shell script or a makro that starts up first.
Has anyone of you tried something like this before vor can give me some advice?
Kind regards
Maehrus