UVTT maps work on Roll20! + Page Menu Redesign, Random Dungeons

Starting today, the Page Menu makes it easier for all GMs to create new campaign pages, whether you want a blank page, a template to start with, want to upload your own, or create one using map tools. You told us that the old "Create Page" button and separate "Build a Map" dropdowns were confusing, so they’re now a single dropdown, with every option available at a glance. Plus, there are two new options: Generate Random: Found on the Dungeon Scrawl side of the menu, one click opens a map created with the Random Dungeon tool in a new tab (connected to the VTT). This is perfect for when you need a usable map fast, or don't want to draw one from scratch. Plus: you can re-generate as many times as you want, and use any of the tools in the editor to edit, customize, and decorate the result. All changes made will reflect on your connected campaign page.  Upload Background lets you upload a background image placed automatically, without dragging and dropping from your library. AND, it accepts a new file type: UVTT! UVTT map uploads let the VTT automatically place your image on the Map layer and build out the walls, doors, windows, and lights on the Light layer for you. While a subscription is required to view and edit Dynamic Lighting, any user can upload a UVTT map; the data will still be built out and unlocked with any future upgrade. + Now, Plus subscribers can upload UVTT maps for the first time, without the complex workaround of Pro/Elite’s Mod Scripts.  More details can be found in our blog . Let us know what you think, or any questions you have!

I'm loving the timing! Let us know how it goes! Just in case this is helpful, we have an FAQ in our help center covering  the topic of what to do when "...walls or lights didn't come through correctly. What should I check?" There are a couple of additional tips to try, but perhaps trying to remove colors from overlapping lights on the Tabletop can help solve that for you? Ken S. said: OMG.  Like, mind blown. I was just planning to start experimenting with dynamic lighting, and this comes along. I did a quick test with an old map I'd made in Dungeon Alchemist, which had lights on the walls, and I got a map with doors, windows and lights (the lighting was more than a little weird, with concentric purple and blue areas from each light that made the map a technicolor mess, but that's probably the fault of the old DA map lighting).  I shall have to try building a new map with the current version of DA and see how it looks.

Plural said: What is a "background" ? What layer does it go on? How does it differ from a map image? Why isn't "background" in the help files? Do you have to make a page and THEN create a background? Congratulations for successfully creating new jargon to describe "a map." Unless, of course, it provides some other function... and you didn't document it. Because why would programmers document things? Or... if what you meant was "Upload UVTT image", then why not have the words "Upload UVTT image" ?  I know. Weird. Actually describing the purpose and function of a tool Is so 2020. Ken S. said: I agree 100% that it's poor terminology, given that the actual in-game name is "Map" layer.  And that used to be the only name. However, since the Foreground Layer was introduced, I've seen an increasing use of the phrase "Map and Background Layer" for the map layer (it's in several Help Center pages now), so perhaps it's the new, and apparently unanounced, name for the layer. Personally I prefer "Map". It's a nice, short, easy to type name. And for many games, it's what the layer is used for. But if Roll20 want's to call it the background layer, that's their call.  But I do wish they'd stop trying to be half-pregnant and commit to one name. Thanks Ken and Plural for the feedback. Feature updates like this that touch the Tabletop interface require changes across (sometimes dozens of) existing help pages, which we're working through now... I’ll make sure that by the time we’re wrapped up, we’re providing a step-by-step walkthrough of each page creation option so you and everyone else can see exactly what each does before choosing. To explicitly answer your question: the Upload Background option opens this dialogue: For further context, the term “background” was chosen intentionally for this menu based on our testing and community feedback, since Roll20 supports 1200+ game systems, and not all of them use “maps” the way that, say, a D&D group does. Pages can be used in-game for many non-map purposes like displaying scene-setting or transition images, serving as functional, interactive landing pages, and even as reference boards. Sticking only to the “map” name isn’t representative of how everyone uses the VTT.    That said, we can and will be clearer in our documentation. 

Chewy if you had trouble importing your file, we'd love to take a look at a copy to confirm the issue. If you wouldn't mind submitting a Help Center ticket with that information (a secure way of sharing your file) and sharing the number of that ticket, I will take a look directly! Chewy said: I prefer "Background" FWIW.  Being able to upload the background image AND DL info in one step and not having to worry about putting stuff on the wrong layer is much appreciated.  Speaking as a DM that's always putting the adventure together at the last minute, I appreciate the help.  When I exported a UVTT file that had animation in it from Dungeon Alchemist the file gave me errors on import to Roll20.  When I split the animated map and dynamic lighting into two separate imports it worked fine (just FYI).