FGU conflicting with Discord Bot

[Trenloe]

As it turns out, the problem was actually the Discord bot. Now that it's removed from my system and I'm streaming audio to the players from a different machine, I have absolutely zero issues at all.

That's fantastic news! So glad you found the issue, and also very glad you engaged the community to discuss your issues.

Is it a specific Discord bot that was causing the problem? It might be good to know so we can warn others.

[moostik]

That's fantastic news! So glad you found the issue, and also very glad you engaged the community to discuss your issues.

Is it a specific Discord bot that was causing the problem? It might be good to know so we can warn others.

I needed something that could stream any audio from my desktop directly to a premade discord bot that could join channels on my server. It is likely not in widespread use, as it takes some fiddling to set up including installing a virtual audio cable and using the discord developer portal to set up a bot, as well as run a java app on your desktop to stream sound to the bot.

This is what I'm using: https://github.com/BinkanSalaryman/D...dio-Stream-Bot

It was the last thing I suspected could be the cause, because I have been using it for a couple of years now with a bunch of other programs including MapTool.

[LordEntrails]

Discord uses Unity right? Didn't we (the community) run into another Unity application that had a conflict with FG at one time? It was taking over mouse control/clicking or something if I remember?

[Zacchaeus]

This is jolly good news. Happy gaming!

[moostik]

Discord uses Unity right? Didn't we (the community) run into another Unity application that had a conflict with FG at one time? It was taking over mouse control/clicking or something if I remember?

Discord clientside is javascript, I don't think it uses any Unity

[Sulimo]

Discord uses Unity right? Didn't we (the community) run into another Unity application that had a conflict with FG at one time? It was taking over mouse control/clicking or something if I remember?

I seem to recall something like that being mentioned at some point, but I cannot recall the details.

The Windows Discord app appears to use Electron, iOS/Android seem to use React Native.

[Zarestia]

I needed something that could stream any audio from my desktop directly to a premade discord bot that could join channels on my server. It is likely not in widespread use, as it takes some fiddling to set up including installing a virtual audio cable and using the discord developer portal to set up a bot, as well as run a java app on your desktop to stream sound to the bot.

This is what I'm using: https://github.com/BinkanSalaryman/D...dio-Stream-Bot

It was the last thing I suspected could be the cause, because I have been using it for a couple of years now with a bunch of other programs including MapTool.

I can recommend this, works with every soruce which is playing locally through VBcable: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ord-Audio-Pipe

Direct Link: https://github.com/QiCuiHub/discord-audio-pipe/releases

[JohnD]

Nice to hear this has been resolved.

[celestian]

Hi all,

As it turns out, the problem was actually the Discord bot. Now that it's removed from my system and I'm streaming audio to the players from a different machine, I have absolutely zero issues at all.
We ran a 4 hour session in a dungeon with a fair bit of LOS, some dynamic lights, different vision variants for the tokens, individual fog of war, and up to about 25 combatants in the combat tracker.
Not a single freeze. Not even one slight delay. In other words it ran as well as I would expect on a system like mine.

This is one reason I keep asking for native sound support in FGU. I don't want to depend on 5 other apps to manage sound for my games ;(

Glad you were able to work out your issue!

[esmdev]

Hi all,

As it turns out, the problem was actually the Discord bot. Now that it's removed from my system and I'm streaming audio to the players from a different machine, I have absolutely zero issues at all.
We ran a 4 hour session in a dungeon with a fair bit of LOS, some dynamic lights, different vision variants for the tokens, individual fog of war, and up to about 25 combatants in the combat tracker.
Not a single freeze. Not even one slight delay. In other words it ran as well as I would expect on a system like mine.

Thank you for all your tips, I've implemented most of the fixes you have been suggesting (including @JohnD's VISIMAX tip), and I'm assuming all of it also helps the game session run very smoothly, because we all noticed how responsive everything now was.

For those who are a bit fed up with the title of the thread, fear no more - this issue is now RESOLVED

-M

So glad to hear that your situation was resolved! Hopefully the information gathered might help others avoid a similar situation in the future.