Super Secret Sneak Preview of Lighting and Vision - Shhhh, don't tell Carl and John

[*Neuro*]

I don't understand in the vision range what is the Near / Far and Falloff.... and darkness toggle.

Somebody can help?

By the way I am impressed by the system, I really like it a lot!

[ColinBuckler]

I would say Half-Life 4 maybe launched first.....

Ok ... I'll eat my words. But just in case I will search for any news on HL4.... just in case.

It was a surprise the the new dynamic lighting was released last night - akin to a bolt out of the blue - I was expecting a day or two announcement, that way I could be ready for the games that I run.

However with the sudden release, about 30mins scrambling around sorting the characters out, learning the commands and setting up lighting we were up and running.

The game ran very well - no performance issues from the players - it ran very smoothly.

A+ for in my mind a successful release.

Only comment from me is regarding the players preview mode. I would prefer a toggle rather than holding the CTRL+P key down. i.e. switch it on/off. Even better if it could toggle/cycle through what the players see, what then NPC's see - maybe use the combat tracker grouping? (GM only).

The other thing would be to offer the toggle/cycle as a command so you can function key it.....

[Zacchaeus]

I don't understand in the vision range what is the Near / Far and Falloff.... and darkness toggle.

Somebody can help?

By the way I am impressed by the system, I really like it a lot!

See here https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...aps+and+Tokens

[Svandal]

I seem to remember that it was talk about implementing low light vision. And implementing a blinded condition that limits the player vision to 0.

Does anybody know/remember if this is being worked on?

[*Neuro*]

I seem to remember that it was talk about implementing low light vision. And implementing a blinded condition that limits the player vision to 0.

Does anybody know/remember if this is being worked on?

I think a "blinded" condition is already there but I don't know about the coding for the effect. Standard coding, no need to make a special coding for it?

If we need a coding, what should we write in the text of this code?

[Gwydion]

See here https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...aps+and+Tokens

Is this the correct link? Whenever I go to it it just asks me to create an account and when I do it asks me to create a site..... I’m sure I”m doing something wrong.

[ddavison]

Ok ... I'll eat my words. But just in case I will search for any news on HL4.... just in case.

It was a surprise the the new dynamic lighting was released last night - akin to a bolt out of the blue - I was expecting a day or two announcement, that way I could be ready for the games that I run.

However with the sudden release, about 30mins scrambling around sorting the characters out, learning the commands and setting up lighting we were up and running.

The game ran very well - no performance issues from the players - it ran very smoothly.

A+ for in my mind a successful release.

Only comment from me is regarding the players preview mode. I would prefer a toggle rather than holding the CTRL+P key down. i.e. switch it on/off. Even better if it could toggle/cycle through what the players see, what then NPC's see - maybe use the combat tracker grouping? (GM only).

The other thing would be to offer the toggle/cycle as a command so you can function key it.....

That sounds good. The Players Preview mode is actually a toggle on the play tab. CTRL+P will temporarily invert the toggle as long as you hold the key combo down. CTRL+L does that to raise the lighting levels temporarily for the GM.

[*Neuro*]

Is this the correct link? Whenever I go to it it just asks me to create an account and when I do it asks me to create a site..... I’m sure I”m doing something wrong.

link works

[Gwydion]

link works

It works on my computer trying it again, just not on my ipad (even if I'm logged into FG).

[The Decepticon]

Yeah, so ran a session last night, after scrambling around learning all the controls an hour before we began. We suddenly had a fight in the middle of the night around a campfire. The lighting was awesome, especially for those that did not have darkvision, it made everything more eerie as my players were asking, where the heck is the hill giant, I can hear him but can't see him. The flickering is a great effect as well.

Overall a great success and had zero issues that weren't fixable, due to a lack of understanding. It makes me even more glad I bought and invested in Fantasy Grounds vs other VTT.