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FOW

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by savatagecm, Feb 5, 2016.

  1. savatagecm

    savatagecm New Member

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    I hooked up my laptop to my TV and did an extend display and pushed the map to the TV. I want to do FOW but the easy mode you can still see the map.. How do I get the map to be hidden to them until I reveal a section? Do i need to have another instance of D20pro open as a GM and one as a guest? I plan on using this for my group who will all be at the game, not virtual. I want the players to only see what i reveal as they see it...
     
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    Yes, please open a second instance of D20PRO and point to 127.0.0.1.

    Use the first instance as GM/Judge/Host and view on your laptop's display.
    Use the second instance as Player and push that to your TV (second display).
     
    #2 edwardcd, Feb 6, 2016
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    Cool, TY. I did it another way but starting it as GM on my desktop and then joining as guest on laptop to mp desktop IP. I'll try your suggestion soon. It worked my way just so I can see how the FOW works and was really impressed. I do have another question.... I want to do the FOW with the removable roofs? I have a map I imported but they don't have roofs so do I need to make them? How would I do that? Or do I need the maps to have roofs on them?
     
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    Yes, using two computers would also be a good way to control what's seen by the players. It's actually easier to setup that way if you have access to the GM/Host desktop computer and the players have access to the Player laptop computer. :)

    You can always make your own roof using an image found via google "roof pattern" then shape it a little to add shadows and perspective warp so it looks good then import the image and place it on the map over the section you wish to cover. Or, if you something quicker, you can always look for nice roofs on maps then extract just the roof using your graphic editing software and place that on the map, then size it correctly.

    Here's what I found at deviantart, using a google image search:
    [​IMG]

    Another roof I found on dundjinni.com forums, using a google image search:
    [​IMG]

    Now of course, we should change the JPG to PNG so we can select the white background and delete it so it turns transparent using your graphic editing software. Then import the image in Manage Tiles, and place it, then size it appropriately, rotate if needed.

    Then the roofs become your Fog of War for. You can see an example of this:
    [youtube]T-SplTr_CPk[/youtube]
     
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    OK, I'll give it a try thanks..
     
    #5 savatagecm, Feb 6, 2016
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    OK, I got the roof imported but not sure how to place it and rotate it correctly, when i place it it only fills one square? Not sure how I would make it a layer in the FOW screen..
     
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    Using the Manage Tiles function we can control+click to place a tile, then we can select that tile and use either the context-menu (right-click) or the dimensions in the Manage Tiles window to change the dimensions. Or you can use quick keys to make the selected tile grow longer (control+right arrow key) or taller (control+down arrow key). Rotate ( left square bracket "[" or right square bracket "]" to rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise or clockwise respectfully).
     
    #7 edwardcd, Feb 7, 2016
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    Awesome, thanks.. Will give it a try tonight... So far I'm liking the software. I really just want to use it for the maps display function. We want to get a 50" TV and build it into our current or make a new table for our group to use it for maps. After 30 years of drawing maps I'm getting tired of it and would love to just display them...
     
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    OK, that worked great thanks.
     
    #9 savatagecm, Feb 8, 2016
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    Now that I got that down, I've been reading a lot about animated GIFS but all the links I click on are dead. How is this done? Would love to put animated gifs on the map to show where AOE lingering spells are.
     
    #10 savatagecm, Feb 10, 2016
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