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Is there a way to move (n)pc tokens (quickly) between different maps within one campaign?

I know you can save a token and then drag it into the next map.
For my next game however I've created three maps containing three levels of one building. In my former maps I did the three levels in one map, but as an experiment (MT is new to me) I did this one in three. However (n)pc's will be running around and there stats very likely will change. In this case, saving and dragging is not quite ideal.

Copy and Paste works (crtl+C, ctrl+V). But if its something more complicated you need you'll have to wait for someone that knows Map Tool better than I.

You might find Lindsay's Generic Tools (Whisper, Move Tokens, Handouts) by lmarkus001 interesting.

copy paste is indeed a good point, I actually used that when building maps, so I could hav thought about it. It is however not what Im looking for (its copying not moving and it can potentially create confusion).

The Lindsay's Generic Tools is exactly what I was looking for!! thank you very much!

Well, you could always use cut/paste instead of copy/paste. But it sounds like you have a solution that works for you.

I've got a slightly different solution to Lindsay's in my Call Of Cthulhu framework. I have a GM token which I move to whichever map I want the players to move to, in the general area where they'll start. I then have the following SummonPlayers macro on the GM token.



This sends a macrolink to the chat window for players to click. If they select their tokens and click it, it launches the Summoned macro on the Lib:GM token, which actually moves them..



This has them appear scattered over a random area near the GM token on the destination map. Once the players all confirm they've moved their tokens, I can Force Players To Current Map/View to get them to view the right area.

This avoids the whole problem of tokens being lost in transit when a player Cuts but can't paste for whatever reason, or having duplicate tokens appearing when players Copy instead of Cut. And it's very quick and easy to use in play without requiring any setting up in advance.

I like it! One of the benefits of your approach is it alleviates the issue of two people modifying a token at the same time. With yours, the player moves their token so there will be no conflict. I think I might nab that and implement a change or two (like prompting the DM to select which players should get the move link).

Just today I had put in a scatter element to my Move macro, I use the destination point as the center of a 3x3 grid and fill in.

EDIT: Ok I have made it so it handles moving on the same map, and limits who gets the message.

Would you mind if I were to include this in my handy utilities package for folks to use?

Here are my updates:

Macro on target token
SummonPlayers

Macro in Library - Be sure to uncheck Auto Execute
TeleportPad

Hey, Lindsay!

Would you mind using Wiki: assert() instead of Wiki: abort()? It'd be nice to see an error message that says, "You're not the GM so this isn't a valid macro for you." instead of no output at all.

Thanks.

(I actually did a global S&R to make that change when I grabbed your b59 version.)

that solution is sooooo simple and effective it must be too good to be true...

The 'send macro' version is also great... hmm choices choices.... anyway my compliments and gratitude to this community that even keeps sending alternative solutions after a problem has been resolved!

By the way, where is this 'Utilities Package' to be found??

@Azhrei

But the code up there says (oh the power of edit ):


@wolph42

Check out the link in my signature...

Heh-heh. Y'know, I can revoke that power if I choose. (j/k)

We'll just need to work out the fee and licensing terms......

Nah I'm kidding. By all means go ahead. I'm only going to go ahead and steal your refinements right back so it all evens out in the end

Dr V