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Dynamic Lighting still not functional

I wanted to place some torches in my dungeon, the light visible for all Players. So I gave the torch "Emits Bright Light" and used a distance of 25 ft. After doing that, I rejoined as Player and... well... I saw nothing! No light, no torch. Nothing! What do I need to set as Options that all Players can see the Light of the Torch? (Dynamic Lighting is of course enabled and works as far as Nightvision goes fine)
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Each token has its own "Vision" setting.  If a token doesn't have vision, it will not see anything regardless of light sources on the map (such as torches.) edit:  Other things to check as well: When you rejoin as a player, you will only see something if you are in control of one or more tokens.  Make sure you have a token assigned to you and make sure that token is on the screen near the torch before rejoining as a player. Make sure that the torch that is emitting light is not on the GM layer otherwise players will not see it. -Adam
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So you are saying that if I place a torch I need to give all players access to that torch and enable Vision setting? What sense does the "Emits Bright Light" Option have then? IF I place a torch I want it to emit light any player can see. And I do NOT see, why that token itself needs Vision. The only thing it should do is EMIT Light...^^ EDIT: Emit Bright Light works, BUT ONLY if all Players have access to the token, which is not that ideal for a torch I want to place on a wall! Would be nice if this would get changed because placing torches is otherwise not possible!
TheMarkus1204 said: So you are saying that if I place a torch I need to give all players access to that torch and enable Vision setting? What sense does the "Emits Bright Light" Option have then? IF I place a torch I want it to emit light any player can see. And I do NOT see, why that token itself needs Vision. The only thing it should do is EMIT Light...^^ EDIT: Emit Bright Light works, BUT ONLY if all Players have access to the token, which is not that ideal for a torch I want to place on a wall! No - I am saying that each token controlled by a player has its own vision settings.  A player token does not see automatically - it has to have its vision turned on.  So you don't need to give all players access to the torch token, but the player's token must have its own vision turned to on. -Adam
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Adam Caramon said: TheMarkus1204 said: So you are saying that if I place a torch I need to give all players access to that torch and enable Vision setting? What sense does the "Emits Bright Light" Option have then? IF I place a torch I want it to emit light any player can see. And I do NOT see, why that token itself needs Vision. The only thing it should do is EMIT Light...^^ EDIT: Emit Bright Light works, BUT ONLY if all Players have access to the token, which is not that ideal for a torch I want to place on a wall! No - I am saying that each token controlled by a player has its own vision settings.  A player token does not see automatically - it has to have its vision turned on.  So you don't need to give all players access to the torch token, but the player's token must have its own vision turned to on. -Adam I tested exactly that and what should I say? It does not work! I placed a Torch which emits Light an a Radius and well... Nope. Does NOT work. Enabled - just for fun - Daylight Mode. Works the same way as Night Vision for a certain distance, BUT at least, it works! EDIT: It is kinda strange, but it works!
TheMarkus1204 said: Adam Caramon said: TheMarkus1204 said: So you are saying that if I place a torch I need to give all players access to that torch and enable Vision setting? What sense does the "Emits Bright Light" Option have then? IF I place a torch I want it to emit light any player can see. And I do NOT see, why that token itself needs Vision. The only thing it should do is EMIT Light...^^ EDIT: Emit Bright Light works, BUT ONLY if all Players have access to the token, which is not that ideal for a torch I want to place on a wall! No - I am saying that each token controlled by a player has its own vision settings.&nbsp; A player token does not see automatically - it has to have its vision turned on.&nbsp; So you don't need to give all players access to the torch token, but the player's token must have its own vision turned to on. -Adam I tested exactly that and what should I say? It does not work! I placed a Torch which emits Light an a Radius and well... Nope. Does NOT work. Enabled - just for fun - Daylight Mode. Works the same way as Night Vision for a certain distance, BUT at least, it works! That is very strange.&nbsp; Only thing I can suggest is checking all of your settings to confirm everything is set appropriately.&nbsp; I put together a brief screen recording walking through the steps that you may find helpful:&nbsp; <a href="https://youtu.be/LXyPGKkM5sA" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/LXyPGKkM5sA</a> -Adam
Thanks for the Video! It helped. Can be closed :)