Turn your Light Sources (and flame images) On/Off

[Oryan77]

Here is a set up that I've had for several years that allows me to easily turn tokens with light sources on and off. Not only does it turn the light source on/off, it also switches the graphic of the token so that the graphic appears to be "burning" or not burning. This is done by having the opposite graphic within the token as a "handout". So the macro just switches back and forth between the handout image and the normal token image.

I am not sure if the token images can be shared since I forget where I got them. Also, I photoshopped a bunch of existing ones to remove the flames. So I'm not sure if they can be shared. Hopefully anyone interested in doing this can generate their own images.

It was just brought to my attention that I should share this. I always just assume people were already doing something like this which is why I never thought to mention it before.

Here are example pictures....

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Lights Off

Lights Off.jpg (446.35 KiB) Viewed 1078 times

Lights On

Lights On.jpg (447.11 KiB) Viewed 1078 times

Here are a few example macros (sconce, brazier, campfire)...

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[h: type = "D20"]
[h: light = "Sconce - 20'"]

[h: SelectedTokens=getSelected()]
[FOREACH(TokenID, SelectedTokens, " "), CODE:
 {[h: switchToken(TokenID)]
  [h: NewState=if(getLights(type)==light,0,1)]
  [h: setLight(type, light, NewState)]
  [h, if(NewState==1): setTokenImage(getTokenHandout()); setTokenImage(getTokenPortrait())]
 }
]
[H: abort(0)]

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[h: type = "D20"]
[h: light = "Brazier - 40'"]

[h: SelectedTokens=getSelected()]
[FOREACH(TokenID, SelectedTokens, " "), CODE:
 {[h: switchToken(TokenID)]
  [h: NewState=if(getLights(type)==light,0,1)]
  [h: setLight(type, light, NewState)]
  [h, if(NewState==1): setTokenImage(getTokenHandout()); setTokenImage(getTokenPortrait())]
 }
]
[H: abort(0)]

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[h: type = "D20"]
[h: light = "Campfire - 40'"]

[h: SelectedTokens=getSelected()]
[FOREACH(TokenID, SelectedTokens, " "), CODE:
 {[h: switchToken(TokenID)]
  [h: NewState=if(getLights(type)==light,0,1)]
  [h: setLight(type, light, NewState)]
  [h, if(NewState==1): setTokenImage(getTokenHandout()); setTokenImage(getTokenPortrait())]
 }
]
[H: abort(0)]

[Tanthos]

Sweet mother of luminescence, this is a brilliant idea!

[JamzTheMan]

Sometimes it is the small things that do so much to enhance the game. I like it.

If I get some time I'll see if I can do the auto switch on/off code...