Lag with Snap to Grid

[wrathchild]

Hi All

If I'm seeing lag when moving tokens when Snap to Grid is on, but not when it's off, what would likely be the culprit?

First, there is lag to move the token, and then there's lag calculating and showing the path.

It does seem to matter that there a a lot of tokens with VBL on the map, most of them have used the "Generate VBL" function to make the VBL on the tokens. They are fairly straight lined, but there is some uneveness in the VBL.

There is no lag on maps in the same campaign file, that have no VBL-carrying tokens.

[aliasmask]

We experience lag in our FW because of vbl mostly and movement is handled by macros rather than the normal MT movement method. Are you using the 3.5/PF FW or the BoT? The final effect is you move the token then there is a long lag before it appears at target location. What others see is your token moving each square.

[Phergus]

It does seem to matter that there a a lot of tokens with VBL on the map, most of them have used the "Generate VBL" function to make the VBL on the tokens. They are fairly straight lined, but there is some uneveness in the VBL.

This is pretty much always a bad idea. The generated VBL will always produce way more complex VBL than drawing it.

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Note that the auto-generated is 45x more points than drawing a simple polygon and then transferring it from the map to the token.

[wrathchild]

My feeling is that the auto-genereret VBL is to blame. I think I'll redo one of the maps to draw-and-transfer tokens and see what happens. Thanks

[wrathchild]

That map has been updated, and it helped some. Not lag free, but not too bad/annoying now I think.

[wrathchild]

Just for the curious: maps have been redone with drawn and transferred token VBL, and this has largely solved the problems.

I'm wondering about the "generate VBL" function - it seems to be risky, but it may still be a good idea on tokens with only straight lines without shadows and such?

[Phergus]

IMO, you're always better off just drawing the desired VBL and transferring it to the token. For token's where the image is fairly regular without shadows or blending the auto-generate will work well enough to be usable.