Differentiating Foes, Allies, and NPCs

[Duniagdra DaaMyour]

Is there a way to indicate Foes Effectively in MT? In the token properties>>config you can select PC and NPC and the token name that is visible on the map will show up in two separate colors/shades. Can we change the colors of these and get a third option, Foes, that can be red? Something that makes them stand out?

[mfrizzell]

You could put halos around all of your tokens with different colors denoting their status.

[wolph42]

I'm inclined to ask: why?!? anyway the answer is yes but not how you suggested it. The two basic options I can imagine are:
1. when creating the token just use another color outer ring (or square) e.g. red.
2. create a small aura e.g. range 0.7 with a red color and turn it on for all the 'foes'

argh. ninja'd. well sort of. Indeed halo is also a possibility, come to think of it, you can also create a state and apply that.

[Duniagdra DaaMyour]

Thanks. The Halo Effect works very well. It effects vision, but I can get past that.

[dorpond]

Thanks. The Halo Effect works very well. It effects vision, but I can get past that.

Effects vision?

[CoveredInFish]

Okay we have here

1) halo
2) aura
3) graphic on the token itself

and (and thats missing yet)

4) a state.

Probably you could also count

5) label (a text line shown below the name)

[wolph42]

nope I had state already down.

[CoveredInFish]

You're right, sorry. I missed it since it came after your ninja'd-claim...

[aliasmask]

Here's some actual code I use for a friend or foe system I'm using. This sets one of two states (Friend / Foe). It assumes all PCs are friends. It sets the state once so there's no unnecessary network traffic, so if you want to reset the initial state you have to set the states manually or change the PC/NPC type and use Wiki: resetProperty().

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*sheet.fof:[H, if(isNPC()): setState("Foe",!state.Friend); setState("Friend",1) + setState("Foe",0)][r: sheet.fof = ""]

I set both friend and foe because there are other tokens that are neither and using Wiki: getTokens() to find by state makes things easier. I usually use a transparent pixel for states with no images.

I haven't gotten this far, but I was going to set all the visible foes with a red aura that shows the threatened area and a green aura around current token trying to move.

[Duniagdra DaaMyour]

Thanks. The Halo Effect works very well. It effects vision, but I can get past that.

Effects vision?

Yeah, it's weird. When you hover over the token and you see that token's line of sight and visible distance, the area is shaded green. Let me get a screen capture. Okay give me a sec, I need to open maptool.

Look at me talking like you're here. LOL

Sorry if the images come up too big for you.

[aliasmask]

There's a checkbox that sets vision color to halo color. Turn that off.

[Duniagdra DaaMyour]

There's a checkbox that sets vision color to halo color. Turn that off.

Ah. I found it. Thanks for all the help peoples!
DD

[Mathemagician]

Late to the party, but I use the following conventions in my game:

Circle token = Enemy (usually :> )
Square token = PC / Ally
Hex Token = PC summon / other things like this