There is a new update out this evening. The highlights:
Archiving
We've been trying to figure out for a while now the best way to help keep long campaigns organized. This is our first attempt at something that we think will help. Basically, you can now archive Characters, Handouts, and Pages. Doing so will remove them from the main listings (in the Journal tab and in the Page Settings bar) and place them into an "Archived" link. You can access them there and restore them from the archive any time you want. When archived, the items won't appear to players even if they would normally be able to see them. So it's a great way to keep your campaign clutter-free without needing to throw away something you may want to give your players access to later.
A quick note on this, though: when you can delete, do so! The larger your campaign gets the longer it takes to load and the harder it will make your computer work. So if you can delete an item, you should do that instead.
Grid Alignment Tool
One of the more annoying things to have to do is deal with a map that already has a grid drawn on it. You want to use the Roll20 grid because it gives you snap-to-grid for your tokens, but getting the pre-drawn grid matched up can be a huge pain. Today we're introducing a new feature which should help alleviate some of that difficulty. Here's a quick overview video on how it works:
Grid Alignment Video
It should be pretty straightforward to use -- let us know if it works well for you!
Other Fixes/Improvements:
- The shape tool has been overhauled, it should now be much faster to use especially if you are creating large shapes. In addition, you can now hold down the Shift key and the shapes (both rect and circle) will snap to the grid. The tool should work much better when zoomed in or out, as well.
- There are now player dots which show up for the GM in the Character and Handouts listings, indicating which players can view the handout/character. This is a good way to quickly glance and make sure that you gave the right permissions to your players.
- If you missed it, we also recently rolled out the ability to open Handouts in your player's view. Just open the Handout by clicking on it, then click the "Show to Players" button (next to the "Edit" button). All players who can see the handout will have it opened on their screen automatically.
- There is a new option under the Advanced right-click menu which allows you to Vertically and Horizontally flip any images (map tiles, tokens, etc.)
- Bars and status indicators now rotate when you rotate a token. We're experimenting with this to see if it makes more sense than the old way (where the bar was always to the "North" of the token no matter what way it was facing). We'd be interested to hear your feedback on this change. EDIT: After further testing/feedback the dead "X" status indicator now rotates with the token, bars and other status indicators now stay to the top of the token as before.
- If you try to use the Hide or Reveal tools on a map page where you haven't yet enabled the Fog of War setting, you'll now be prompted to enable that setting automatically.
Thanks!
