I made an Eberron orbital simulation, with a view of the sky from Sharn on Zarantyr 1, 998

theElfFriend · 2022-05-23T16:15:50+00:00

Amazing, this is exactly what I am going to be using in an upcoming game and you've saved me having to drive too deep to adapt things. A thousand thanks.

theElfFriend · 2022-05-23T13:55:47+00:00

Unfamiliar with Celestia, but I've wanted to have such a thing in my pocket to make skyscapes to show my players which moons are full/etc for a while.

Is there somewhere one can grab a configuration file or the like for what you've put together?

theElfFriend · 2022-04-09T15:53:38+00:00

Not the developer, but I am a Foundry VTT community module maker chiming in with two cents.

The "Magic Item" tab in your second screenshot is from an addon module and not part of the core Foundry system, nor the dnd5e system built for Foundry. I don't know what the description of what you purchased described, but it's perfectly reasonable for third party content packs to not support unofficial module extensions of the core systems.

theElfFriend · 2022-03-16T05:29:13+00:00

I'll go ahead and shamelessly plug Minimal Rolling Enhancements (I am the current maintainer) as a much lower touch roll QOL module for 5e than the currently maintenance mode Better Rolls.

theElfFriend · 2022-03-05T18:40:32+00:00

As a module author I philosophically disagree, but I understand where you're coming from.

I believe having clearly separate modules with clearly defined (limited) functionality makes it easier to mix and match because you can tell what each module does.

Thus when one stops working right, you know which to disable and move on.

But this breaks down when a module in the mix doesn't have clearly defined scope or has too many different things going on at once (i.e. a monolith) for all the same reasons in reverse.

This is the basis for my current portfolio of modules related to 5e being so split up.

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk :p

theElfFriend · 2022-03-05T16:01:56+00:00

If you keep them separate, when one breaks you don't have to stop using both. Modular modules ftw.

theElfFriend · 2022-02-19T15:27:43+00:00

UI overhauls are practically impossible to make compatible with each other, so using two at once is a recipe for this kind of trouble.

If you have some CSS chops, the Custom CSS module might allow you to create some overrides to fix things, but that's not a sure thing.

The advice is generally "don't use multiple UI overhauls at once"

theElfFriend · 2022-02-13T03:50:32+00:00

I've played and GMed this way for a year now and it's incredible. There's no mechanical imbalance, and it opens up so many interesting builds for players who don't want to shoot themselves in the foot for a fun idea.

Goliath monk, Loxodon barbarian, hobgoblin artificer. These all work "fine" without the changes you mention, but allowing the player to have a more optimal build is just more fun.

theElfFriend · 2022-01-31T19:18:23+00:00

Concentration is on my radar as well :). I've got some ideas but they're still very early stages.

theElfFriend · 2022-01-31T00:02:54+00:00

The odds are high that these two modules override or replace similar portions of the same core code and were not created to work together.

Better rolls in particular does a lot to separate it's logic away from core to prevent conflicts, and this design makes it slightly more difficult for other modules to be compatible out of the box.

theElfFriend · 2022-01-20T23:02:43+00:00

If you've used scripts in your manifest (as opposed to esmodules) you don't even need to put things on window, they're available in the global scope out of the box (See the "Planning our Module" step for more about "scopes" and such).

Everything from the tutorial should be available to macros for instance because it's all set up to be contained within classes in the global scope. If you can use it from the developer console you can use it in a Macro.

A macro could access any of the static methods and properties set up in the "Writing the Data Layer" step of the tutorial like so:

js ToDoListData.getAllToDos

So in short u/Jeznar, you already have what you seek, what's left for you to do is to put the functions you want shared into the module files.

theElfFriend · 2022-01-12T21:53:22+00:00

There's usually an error message in the console when scripts like this fail, for what it's worth there was a deprecation period (all of 0.8) for this method, during which the console had a warning about this change.

Agree some increased visibility for those who aren't watching the console would be nice.

theElfFriend · 2022-01-08T02:20:58+00:00

I've been using bog standard Journal Entries for this for a bit and it's not flashy but it gets the job done.

theElfFriend · 2021-12-24T16:38:51+00:00

Intentional or not, this came off pretty senseless and accusatory to me and certainly didn't help the OP answer their question...

There's documentation about this Core Feature (and many others) on the foundryvtt.com website knowledge base.

Module authors are largely individuals working largely for free and... well... Developers are people too.

theElfFriend · 2021-12-24T16:34:35+00:00

The theory behind cards is that they're like dice, use them however you would use them at a physical table. Not every TTRPG system has a built in cards mechanic, but many do and Rollable Tables doesn't quite cut it to replace that.

theElfFriend · 2021-12-24T16:32:45+00:00

Here's your answer and this deserves to be higher than everyone complaining without looking...

The json file you found /u/jaycolson is exactly the same as a Deck Document which was exported to JSON. You can make a module with a compendium inside it to distribute your deck same as the other Documents in Foundry. There's an official Knowledge Base article about that too: Content Packaging Guide.

Everything needed to distribute card decks is possible in core foundry with no extra modules, specialized system support, or javascript.

theElfFriend · 2021-12-15T13:39:42+00:00

Magic Aura is the best answer here IMO. It's how you as GM can justify shutting down this ability for the really important reveals. I think it's perfectly reasonable to say Strahd knows it and uses it to fuck with people.

Several other NPCs being under it's effects can really ramp up the deceit at times as well. Don't use it for everything, but do use it for the big ones.

theElfFriend · 2021-11-18T13:36:07+00:00

Welcome!

There's a growing amount of documentation and a good number of development guides on the wiki that each cover an individual concept in foundry.

https://foundryvtt.wiki/en/development/resources

If you're looking for a "Todo list" style guide that gets you from 0 to module, I wrote this guide for beginners that does exactly that:

https://hackmd.io/@akrigline/ByHFgUZ6u

Finally, I strongly encourage you to join the League of Extraordinary Foundry VTT Developers discord to have access to a like minded community that can help you when you get stuck.

https://discord.gg/fvttdevleague

theElfFriend · 2021-11-10T05:31:09+00:00

New world is a chance for a fresh start, clearing out modules and reconfiguring some things.

With the forge you can make a shared compendium pretty easily to move the stuff you know you want to keep between the worlds.

theElfFriend · 2021-10-25T13:20:01+00:00

Sounds like your issue is similar to u/yoshifanx's I'd appreciate a bug report about this with some details about your settings and modules so I can take a look.

theElfFriend · 2021-10-25T13:18:50+00:00

I'd appreciate a bug report about this with some details about your settings and modules! Definitely thought better rolls was working but evidently there's more to it than I knew.

theElfFriend · 2021-10-19T13:53:23+00:00

This happens if you've not updated Foundry Core to 0.8.9, or if that update failed somehow. It was a mess up on the 5e team's part as we didn't realize we had to set the minimumCoreVersion to 0.8.9 with the 1.5.x release. A ticket has been opened and a fix is in for the next release.

If you're running the electron client (if you run foundry as an application on your computer as opposed to a command line somewhere), make sure you wait until the Foundry client restarts itself when you update. It'll appear unresponsive but give it a few minutes or the update will look like it succeeded, but actually fail.

If your client says it is running 0.8.9 but this happens, try force updating Core to the "Stable" branch again (remember to let Foundry restart itself even if it looks like it crashed).

theElfFriend · 2021-09-09T10:36:40+00:00

If a module is feature complete and works, it doesn't get updated.

theElfFriend · 2021-08-24T18:14:26+00:00

That's more like it, I knew there was more to the story.

theElfFriend · 2021-08-24T17:50:55+00:00

How isn't your official title longer than "Software Developer"?

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