Combat Groups Extension (Fantasy Grounds Unity 5E Ruleset)

[JHale1966]

I keep hearing about this Fantasy Grounds Forge but not finding any specific info on it. Is it an extension to the regular store but only for extensions and such?

[SilentRuin]

I keep hearing about this Fantasy Grounds Forge but not finding any specific info on it. Is it an extension to the regular store but only for extensions and such?

It's being worked on not out yet - there is literally a link to what is known on page 1 of this thread.

[SilentRuin]

DMsG felt bad my extension was only one being disabled during this temp time period they have allowed extensions to continue - and have let it come back to LIFE temporarily. No idea how long - probably till FG Forge comes out.

So for all you who wanted it - its now available. Of course when TEST goes LIVE you'll have to immediately update it again like every one of my other extensions - just FYI.

Note if you have extensions that do not use the CombatManager.getSortedCombatantList or window.list.getWindows() or CombatManager.isCTHidden to get CT entries you will probably have them grab things that are not visible as that will not be using my additional group visibility things. Extensions = RISK - beware.

[adamdane]

Hey I'd absolutely like to buy this and set it up for me, but I play PF2 and not 5E on Fantasy Grounds and it's a safe assumption it won't work, right?

[SilentRuin]

Hey I'd absolutely like to buy this and set it up for me, but I play PF2 and not 5E on Fantasy Grounds and it's a safe assumption it won't work, right?

Correct. I only play 5E and I design these for my use and preferences. The issue is that a lot of rulesets diverge from CoreRPG base combat tracker and override a lot of stuff so I would need to look into each individual ruleset and override each of their ct_host.xml and ct_client.xml code in a way that did not harm them. Very doable, but I have no real experience with those rulesets. I tend to only put things in my extensions for what I use. If there was enough interest and this has been out there for a bit with more than just me and a couple of other people testing/using it then I might consider it. Just would require me to look into a ruleset I've never used.

[vaughnlannister]

Awesome Congrats that it has been re-activated purchased it yesterday , love how smooth it works and saves me time during a session, somehow on my Mac it takes about 10 seconds to add and remove an encounter to the combat tracker, which is quite laggy, this really helps me as a DM running the game more smooth ! By preloading them all beforehand in the combat tracker.

[SilentRuin]

Awesome Congrats that it has been re-activated purchased it yesterday , love how smooth it works and saves me time during a session, somehow on my Mac it takes about 10 seconds to add and remove an encounter to the combat tracker, which is quite laggy, this really helps me as a DM running the game more smooth ! By preloading them all beforehand in the combat tracker.

Just beware I abuse my combat tracker pre placing around 200 NPCs on about 10 different maps - meaning even with this extension it will take me 10 seconds to bring up CT initially. After that of course only one or two of those groups are displayed in CT so it’s much faster than normal. But remember they are all still in CT database unless you blow them all away by using the menu delete operations or remove them individually with the group delete button. Blanking (deleting) a group name will just add all the group members into active CT (like normal without a group). Make sure you take advantage of double clicking group text field twice and also the group token. Someday I plan to cover a battlefield with group tokens where each group has tokens in their own smaller battle map - then when party group token gets close bring up the group token they are approaching map and add party group tokens into it. Like most of my extensions use your imagination! Also PCs have to be manually added to a group - which I always do. Easier to build out other groups by turning them off.

[vaughnlannister]

Thanks for the handy tips !! Loving it so much !! I Look forward to your group small battle map addition, though I'm already really happy with it as it is now !!

[SilentRuin]

Thanks for the handy tips !! Loving it so much !! I Look forward to your group small battle map addition, though I'm already really happy with it as it is now !!

? No addition. That would be what I plan to do with it as it exist now. I just have not yet. So... you should do it first maybe?

[vaughnlannister]

Thats awesome I've figured out how to do it !!!
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