Token facing & tiled backgrounds

I just returned to Roll20 after 2 years away, and I'm saddened to see 2 of its biggest drawbacks (both with easy fixes) remain problematic. The first being the ability to set token facing. This would be easy to address. Even a set of token markers would help. Token facing is required for numerous systems that aren't D&D. Moreover, not having a facing mechanic forces GMs to use top-down tokens, which are harder to create. The 2nd is partially a dealbreaker that kept me away the past 2 years--the ability to set tiled textures as repeating backgrounds or an eye dropper function for textures. Without this feature, map making is drudgery.

Since it probably will be a very long time before they implement anything like this (if it ever happens), here are some possible workarounds you (or others) might find helpful.&nbsp; Since you mentioned token markers, note that you can also upload your own sets, such as directional arrows. Token border with directional arrow (for rotation) from rolladvantage.com/tokenstamp (I seem to have a lot of trouble with the image embedding on this forum so hopefully this works?) and a few guides to making easy map textures/tilesets, I agree it would be great to have better built-in tools, but these tricks do streamline it quite a bit: &nbsp; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLSfc714VV8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLSfc714VV8</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6CXaWZdYQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6CXaWZdYQ</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i9L0JxrUHQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i9L0JxrUHQ</a>

+1 for repeating backgrounds!

I agree 100% on this.&nbsp; Heck, it's part of why I made a suggestion for giving Players the option to flip tokens (allowing them to better represent their character's facing).&nbsp; Honestly, it's amazing how many times stuff like this has been brought up over the years.

The fact these issue remain unaddressed makes me suspect they are intentionally missing. Top-down tokens are harder to make, so users are more likely to buy them from the Roll20 Marketplace. The same goes for maps--if players could easily create textured map backgrounds, they would not buy so many maps.

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