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by jfrazierjr
Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:41 am
Forum: Developer Notes
Topic: MapTool on Pi 4 (64 bit) success! But it's kinda slow
Replies: 1
Views: 6352

Re: MapTool on Pi 4 (64 bit) success! But it's kinda slow

I'm open to ideas on how to speed it up. Use an actual PC? Not trying to be an butt here, but most PI's just don't have enough ram in them. Consider that these devices are intended for light weight applications and a MapTool server is anything but a lightweight application. With that said, are you ...
by jfrazierjr
Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:08 pm
Forum: MapTool
Topic: Does a maptoolbox makes sense?
Replies: 7
Views: 892

Re: Does a maptoolbox makes sense?

While there is a goal to make things more interoperable, it's still going to be LARGELY on the original authors to ensure they don't do stupid stuff. For example, John makes a spell system with a property named level and Bill makes an elevation system with a property named level...BOOM stuff don't w...
by jfrazierjr
Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: MapTool
Topic: Tweak statsheet background/font sizes
Replies: 1
Views: 585

Re: Tweak statsheet background/font sizes

No, its hard coded in the source. Tje best you can do is build your own frame using macros and turn the stat sheet off.
by jfrazierjr
Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:48 pm
Forum: MapTool
Topic: Router won't forward ports, am I SOL?
Replies: 3
Views: 607

Re: Router won't forward ports, am I SOL?

Another drastic option that might be available, vote with your feet. Ie fire crappy customer service if possible
by jfrazierjr
Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:47 pm
Forum: DiceTool
Topic: Open sourcing DiceTool?
Replies: 3
Views: 11934

Re: Open sourcing DiceTool?

FYI, I am in the process of building Dicetool with JavaFX. The hold up is the java version of JavaFX and the build process.... IN theory that is going to be resolved by Java 14 in which case I will work with the other devs to figure out a build process for DiceTool, check that in and create a build....
by jfrazierjr
Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: Macros
Topic: Audio Streaming Capabilties
Replies: 15
Views: 19053

Re: Audio Streaming Capabilties

I have not tried it but it seems fairly easy. There are two critical things to know: 1) No sound is saved or transmitted in the campaign file(and likely never will be due to copyright concerns). If you want someone on a remote machine(typically when playing with people on the internet), then you mus...
by jfrazierjr
Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:19 pm
Forum: MapTool
Topic: Discuss feature request - I want a third type - PC/NPC/*TEAM*
Replies: 5
Views: 1097

Re: Discuss feature request - I want a third type - PC/NPC/*TEAM*

There have been some discussions about this for years around various features(some I understand and some I don't). One such request has to do with wanting to make NPC's(allies???) but not call them PC's and so some of the various vision related thinks that are locked to PC's for performance reasons ...
by jfrazierjr
Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vision only lets me see 10' no matter what my settings are.
Replies: 12
Views: 1118

Re: Vision only lets me see 10' no matter what my settings are.

For some reason in the LMoP campaign, in the Map Properties, Vision Distance was set to 12. Some people use squares since that's actually how much you move, or see, or whatever on a grid.... I really don't know why so many people get freaked out when D&D 4e converted from "you move x feet,...
by jfrazierjr
Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:01 pm
Forum: MapTool
Topic: [1.5.6] Won't Start
Replies: 30
Views: 3512

Re: [1.5.6] Won't Start

Good hint, Phergus! The log tells me that in trying AppUpdate it cant't reach api.github.com. Manually accessing the adress works fine, though. Then you have on your machine, your network(ie, router), or your ISP, something that is blocking access. Typically this is "helpful" security sof...
by jfrazierjr
Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:42 am
Forum: MapTool
Topic: Token updating
Replies: 11
Views: 1481

Re: Token updating

Can you explain that in another way? I am really not sure what you are trying to accomplish
by jfrazierjr
Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:49 pm
Forum: Macros
Topic: My First Macro! Next Step help, please
Replies: 6
Views: 1038

Re: My First Macro! Next Step help, please

I found what I needed for accessing fields within the tokens. getproperty is the ticket. Finding that command also lead to getspeech and a couple other things Maptools is so awesome Yes, yes it is... to be honest, i recognize your name from when I was doing a lot of coding on MT and that was 10 yea...
by jfrazierjr
Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: Macros
Topic: My First Macro! Next Step help, please
Replies: 6
Views: 1038

Re: My First Macro! Next Step help, please

Library tokens should be for things that apply to multiple tokens. One example would be "sleep"(as a generic term) that changes and updates multiple pc tokens in its code at once vs each player having to have their own "sleep" macro. They are also good for stopping common things...
by jfrazierjr
Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:45 pm
Forum: Macros
Topic: My First Macro! Next Step help, please
Replies: 6
Views: 1038

Re: My First Macro! Next Step help, please

Library tokens should be for things that apply to multiple tokens. One example would be "sleep"(as a generic term) that changes and updates multiple pc tokens in its code at once vs each player having to have their own "sleep" macro. They are also good for stopping common things ...
by jfrazierjr
Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:46 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: [1.5.4-rc.1] Optionally Expose FOW into VBL areas
Replies: 13
Views: 6992

Re: [1.5.4-rc.1] Optionally Expose FOW into VBL areas

I also don't have a ton of time to prep, and using premade maps I can block out the VBL on is a huge timesaver to me personally. I don't know how the VBL/Sight/FoW is calculated, but if the shape of the VBL is currently subtracted from the shape of the sight before exposing FoW then this new VBL (t...
by jfrazierjr
Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:18 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: [1.5.4-rc.1] Optionally Expose FOW into VBL areas
Replies: 13
Views: 6992

Re: [1.5.4-rc.1] Optionally Expose FOW into VBL areas

This pretty much encapsulates how I feel about the situation. In "my" opinion, it's the GM's responsibility to "set the stage", not the maps(I hope thats the point FB is trying to get across). For me, the walls are things that block movement in the game, not things that are like...

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