New API Keys

That is awesome and very welcome news!

The token properties are now supported in TokenMod!  https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4225825/script-update-tokenmod-an-interface-to-adjusting-properties-of-a-token-from-a-macro-or-the-chat-area/?pageforid=10136003#post-10136003

Also of note, the setdefaulttokens() API function now preserves all the above settings.

Woot! looking forward to using this!

Looking forward to using the API scripts that make use of this (For starters, I make regular use of TokenMod to configure Monster Tokens and PC tokens according to my standard desired settings, being able to switch a whole group of monster tokens to Compact Bar, Underneath & Overlapping style, will be great.)

Thanks Roll20 & those who script Community API Scripts, snippits & the one-click.

Particularly excited about the bar location and style! Thank you!

Thank you! It looks like my suggestion can be closed!

Super :)

When do we get api access to the style/placement of the token bubbles? :)

Really, REALLY happy to see all of these but especially the light_sensitivity_multiplier! I have a neat lighting effect combining low light sensitivity and night vision that makes for great temporary obscured vision (like thick fog). Using between 1-10% sensitivity with 15/15 light sources gives them a minor halo effect (like it's piercing the fog) but the rest of the area stays obscured. It makes navigating easier for the player as they can keep a point of reference but can still blindly bump into walls and other obstacles.

I was going to have to either set this by hand each time for each token or keep a second set of player tokens ready on the gm layer and switch out, but now I can add this to the API command that makes all the other changes and finish it out. Thanks guys! Looking forward to using it in the next session this week!

That sounds like a cool project!  One thing to be aware of: light sensitivity is computed for the full view of a player, so if they have one token with 15% and one with 100%, the view will be as if all of them have 15%.  

Also, there's a minor bug right now where if you remove a token with a light sensitivity setting, it doesn't recalculate the sensitivity multiplier.  you need to either set it back to 100% before deleting it, refresh the page, or set a different value on another token (or set it and set it back).

Thanks for the heads up! I'll definitely keep that second one in mind.

But yeah, I've noticed a few quirks like that since I test with a dummy account that has vision through all the player's tokens. In practice though, each player only uses one each and I've been using force_lighting_refresh as a precaution for the time being. Hopefully that's enough to satisfy the pink kraken. :-)

The only thing left to complete the illusion would be the ability to change the page's darkness color, like you can the background. Shifting it to white or a light gray would sell the "fog" feeling much more. But I won't get greedy, and be happy with this. :-D

force_lighting_refresh doesn't actually do anything now, and probably will get removed as a property.  (Corey posted that somewhere, I think.  Edit: Here)

You could create a Path object and fill it with a transparent color like #ffffff99 to "white out" the scene.  Just put it on the map layer sized for the area to affect and pulled to the front.

You can display paths over "darkness"? The only trick I know for doing something like that is giving the player control over a token and granting it vision to trick Roll20 into rendering it over everything else but use with a 0deg range, so it can't actually see (actually I think you're the one that suggested that to me a while back, it helped a lot! :-D)

But then you have to use the object layer for vision to count and end up with the awkward situation where they can accidently select and move it. It works fine for temporary things that quickly get removed anyways (like message boxes or spell effects), but I learned not to use it for anything meant to be more permanent, like map decorations.

Edit: Also, holy crap! I never knew you could add alpha values to the colors. That... opens a lot of doors for me... :-D

updated the references on the wiki, where all the api keys are on a single page:

https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Objects

Andreas J. said:

updated the references on the wiki, where all the api keys are on a single page:

https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Objects

Thank you!

The token properties are now also supported in Fetch, making them available in the chat input line of any other script. Usage parameters here:
https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/10151776/

The Aaron said:

force_lighting_refresh doesn't actually do anything now, and probably will get removed as a property.  (Corey posted that somewhere, I think.  Edit: Here)

You could create a Path object and fill it with a transparent color like #ffffff99 to "white out" the scene.  Just put it on the map layer sized for the area to affect and pulled to the front.

I have a partially working version of just such a thing... 

https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/9631549/slug%7D

Can the turn tracker window be given the option of being moved as an independent window - outside the map window?

Not to my knowledge, though you can double click on the header to minimize it.

The Sept. 8th changelog mentions:

• Added Pro API support for removed cards.

Is this a new function or a bugfix to existing stuff?

Was the documentation update? I see several API pages where edited Sept.1st...

That's nice thanks.

September 1, 2021

• You can now change the the brightness of Dynamic Lighting Daylight Mode 
• Adjust Dynamic Lighting Daylight Mode brightness with the Pro API

What's the key & values for this?

daylightModeOpacity, with a value from 0 to 1.

per this thread.

lol missed that I've already added it to the docs

Thank you, that's amazing :D

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Hey, hi everybody ! \o
Someone can tell me how long PowerCards will stay OFF plz?

This is a thread about new API keys being added to the API library. PowerCard questions should be posted in the PowerCards Feedback thread. Note: You may be interested in investigating ScriptCards, its "spiritual successor".

Thanks Corey!

How long before Tokenmod gets this is the real question!

The Aaron added it today. You can grab it at his git for a manual install, or wait till next Tuesday for the weekly merge. Details are in the Great Big TokenMod Thread.

Corey J. said:

Hi Scripters,

Moments ago we added a new key to give you the ability to lock a Graphic object in place. The feature can be found in the context menu when selecting a token/map on the VTT.

Key	Value
lockMovement	Boolean

Warm Regards,
Corey J

This is a great addition! Thank you!

If I could make another suggestion - this would be a great action to have as a hotkey, and my suggestion would be for it to be tied to the '.' key (as in period), so for the regular hotkey it would toggle on a ' Ctrl/Cmd+. ', and for the advanced hotkey it would be ' l . '

DM Eddie said:

How long before Tokenmod gets this is the real question!

And of course, it's added before anyone even asks about it. Aaron works fast!

Jarren said:

Corey J. said:

Hi Scripters,

Moments ago we added a new key to give you the ability to lock a Graphic object in place. The feature can be found in the context menu when selecting a token/map on the VTT.

Key	Value
lockMovement	Boolean

Warm Regards,
Corey J

This is a great addition! Thank you!

If I could make another suggestion - this would be a great action to have as a hotkey, and my suggestion would be for it to be tied to the '.' key (as in period), so for the regular hotkey it would toggle on a ' Ctrl/Cmd+. ', and for the advanced hotkey it would be ' l . '

I agree, I've had quite a few problems lately with nudging things out of alignment and it is a feature that should be very accessible IMO.

Nice!

God I wish I was smart enough to do this stuff! 

The Kingsley said:

God I wish I was smart enough to do this stuff! 

What would you write if you had the time and requisite knowledge already?

1) Most immediately I would write a script to lookup in a lookup table an image and then show it to the players. When the image is clicked on it would then post some text to chat. Specifically I would like to do a 5e Deck Of Many Things. When the table is rolled on it would show the graphic and when the graphic is clicked on it would show the text as per the DMG in the chat. I have tried to get the text into the tool-tip portion of a card deck but it won't take all of the text for some of the cards, (you, the Aaron, have touched on this in a recent Post).

2) Another script I would like is to somehow have a macro attached to a language in the skills section of the character sheet. The macro would whisper to all players that understand the given language language.

3) I would like to figure out how to send images directly to chat in a format that is large enough to see. Right now if I use a roll table with images in it they do show up in chat but they are so tiny I cant see really them.

Ooo That'd be nice. bar locations can be a pain and a setting, if i'm reading this correctly, would be very nice.

3) I would like to figure out how to send images directly to chat in a format that is large enough to see. Right now if I use a roll table with images in it they do show up in chat but they are so tiny I cant see really them.

Actually, I make images in the library that I show the players... but It'd be nice to be able to display it to just one player.. the person who drew it and then the other players would have to venture a guess as to what happened to the player.lol... 

But otherwise, I would lvove to see your suggestion too. :)

Did this do something with token actions? because I don't see the token actions when I click on any of the tokens in any of my games now.