10-21-2020, 11:28 AM | #11 |
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Re: Demo of how to GM TFT on roll20
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10-21-2020, 11:42 AM | #12 | |
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Re: Demo of how to GM TFT on roll20
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One thing to add, I've tried placing the megahexes as the party encounters them, exactly analogous to laying out megahex tiles in a f2f game, and compatible with the generative approach on the box lid. It is quick enough to work OK, although I enjoy making the maps in advance. |
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10-21-2020, 12:27 PM | #13 |
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Re: Demo of how to GM TFT on roll20
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10-21-2020, 12:27 PM | #14 |
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Re: Demo of how to GM TFT on roll20
I like to keep the tactical map compact so that the players don't have to zoom in and scroll around. Then flip back to the revealed operational map as they move to the next area.
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10-21-2020, 12:53 PM | #15 | |
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I use overlays to reveal secret areas. Upload two maps: one with the normal areas and the other a png (so it has transparency) with secret areas. Place the normal map above the secret area map until the secret is discovered. At that point, raise the secret area map to the top. This may not work too well on Roll20 if you have multiple secrets. The problem will be that the controls allow you to move a layer to the front or back, not to arbitrarily stack them. I do think your idea of moving hexes onto the grid is quite good. Are these hexes on the map level? Megahexes too? |
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10-21-2020, 01:15 PM | #16 | |
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10-21-2020, 06:07 PM | #17 | |
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Perhaps I'm missing something. Seems like it should be the case that one can upload an image that's already the right dimensions and place it, but instead roll20 always makes my map images quite small and I manually resize. This experience is why I asked how he places the megahexes or hexes on the map layer. I am assuming that they're already sized correctly. Hopefully, I can learn something. |
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10-22-2020, 05:40 AM | #18 | |
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Roll20 does allow a easy snap-to-grid scaling, which can be used to adjust image size. But this does not help when I'm laying out megahexes , because the megahexes need to fill their megahex, not simply fit within them. Hope that makes sense so far. So the first thing I do when making a map is drag a single megahex image onto the map, and carefully resize it so that it fills the megahex. This is usually my base white megahex with a boundary. I've got a little bit of technique for this resizing now, once I realised that what I'm really doing is adjust the sides of a square image! I can explain further if useful. Anyway, once I have the single, properly scaled megahex, it's a copy and paste paste paste operation. Sometimes but not usually the paste puts the megahex just where it should be. But with snap-to-grid on, it is easy to arrange the megahexes. I arrange as I go rather than paste ten times and then arrange 10 megahexes. |
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10-22-2020, 07:56 AM | #20 |
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Re: Demo of how to GM TFT on roll20
good idea -- I'll try to do a screen recording tonight
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