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3D Dice roller Issues and Requests

August 29 (12 years ago)
Would it be easier for the dev team to have all of these in one place or should we all post them separately? If it is better in one thread then here you all go. If separate than here are some things I have come across so far:

When using the 3D dice with the exploding Function (!! or !) Dice will not explode more than once. Ex. /roll 3d10!!k2 I roll 10, 4, 3. Program rolls another die to add to the 10, it comes out as a 10 also. Program does not roll another die to keep adding it just makes the results 20, 4, 3 with a total of 24. I play L5R and it deals with exploding dice a lot.

Another minor request would be to add a d100 to the roller, or instead of one d100 it could 2 d10 and use one for the ten place and one for the ones place denoting the tens place die with a 0 after the number. Example being it rolls 2 ten sided die as one d100 rolling 80 on one and 3 on the other giving a 83.

I would also like to request that the rolled die stay on the table until clicked away or something as the effect goes away rather quickly.

Still, great job on the dice. Nice work all!
August 29 (12 years ago)
seconding the "dice stay until action" suggestion
August 30 (12 years ago)
The dice could stay until the next set is rolled.
August 31 (12 years ago)
If they stayed until the next set is rolled than once someone rolls dice you could never not have dice on the screen.
August 31 (12 years ago)
Ravenknight
KS Backer
I love the dice but I also want them to stay a couple of seconds longer on the table. If not just to be able to gloat about that critical hit I just rolled. :)
August 31 (12 years ago)
Ken Bauer
KS Backer
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
I'll let the dev team know about the issues.

Currently, we're looking into a solution for the d100 or d%, but it's a little tougher to impliment (because a d100 would probably just keep rolling around the screen forever, and we'd need to figure out a way to pair a set of d10's which is tougher than it sounds)

The duration that the dice stay on the screen is another matter that might require some tweaking, since there's a pretty wide range of opinions about how long they should be there. We're open to suggestions though :)
August 31 (12 years ago)
Henry L.
KS Backer
since there's a pretty wide range of opinions about how long they should be there. We're open to suggestions though :)


They should stay until:

(a) 60 seconds have passed, OR
(b) another player throws dice, OR
(c) the player who threw them clicks somewhere in the map area, OR
(d) the player who threw them sends a chat message.

In addition, the local display of dice another player has thrown should go away when a player clicks somewhere in the map area.

Feature request: The player who threw the dice can drag&drop them around on the page. The new location is broadcast to the other players and the moved dice become permanent until that player deletes them. (So basically they become tokens when dragged.)
September 01 (12 years ago)
Chat message shouldn't get make dice go away. What if it is a player that has no voice ability and can only use text. If he asks a question about his roll after he rolled it then the dice go away.
September 01 (12 years ago)
my vote is for this order, highest precedence first:

1. GM clicks clear
2. Roller clicks clear
3. GM-set time of expiry passes.
September 02 (12 years ago)
Simple solution. Dice should stay until the GM types in /wipe dice

That way he can also make it a quick macro button as well.
September 02 (12 years ago)
Saul Wynne
Plus
Marketplace Creator
Simple solution. Dice should stay until the GM types in /wipe dice

That way he can also make it a quick macro button as well.


Great idea or... maybe a graphical button fades in below the final dice rolling destination, that only the GM and dice roller can see. that removes the Dice when clicked.
September 03 (12 years ago)
DH Cross
KS Backer
Also, could you add a few more fields to the advanced 3D dice rolls? Right now I can do something like 2D10+1, but I can't just put in, say, 1D10+1D6+1 for example (unless through the text window, which isn't the point).
September 07 (12 years ago)
Eric D.
KS Backer
The dice roller window will always be a compromise between ease of use and features. At this point I think we're happy with the dice roller window being a way to make simple rolls and macros/text to do more complex rolls.
September 07 (12 years ago)
Axel Castilla
KS Backer
For what is worth, I've talked with some people about Roll20's 3D dice, and they would like to be able to "pick the dice" (mouse click: drag) and "to shake them" by moving the mouse for throwing them (mouse button release: drop), instead they being "automatically" launched.

They say that this would provide to them a stronger "feel" of they actually making the dice rolls --even if the result is random anyway.
October 09 (12 years ago)
For me the 3d dice don't work at all, if I type a dice roll or use the dice roller window with 3d dice activated, nothing happens. In the error console I get this message:

L parseRollExpression: 1 dice from: /roll 1d4
app.js:31d4 - E doRolls
app.js:3Roll d4
app.js:31d4 - L doRolls
app.js:3executing group roll!
app.js:3creating scene!
app.js:3renderer already added
app.js:3done with mesh!
app.js:3heard external roll!
app.js:3Already rendering, can't show dice roll!
app.js:3shape is ready
physijs_worker.js:423TypeError: Type error

On the webgl site I see the spinning cube, so that is working. I am using Safari Version 5.1.7 (7534.57.2).
October 10 (12 years ago)
ditto on the d100 roll. Even if the dice were two different colors that would solve the problem, to be honest.
October 12 (12 years ago)
please implement a repeat function on rolling
January 18 (12 years ago)
I know this thread is a bit old, but I wanted to add a request regarding the 3D dice. Would it be possible to not show the little text box with the results of the roll attached to each die. It's a bit anticlimactic to watch the dice rolling when you can see there is already a result there.
January 18 (12 years ago)
Gid
Roll20 Team
Trigan, a bug report thread is not the proper place to propose feature changes/requests. That is what the suggestion forum is for.
January 19 (12 years ago)
Title of the thread: "3D Dice roller Issues and Requests"
I'm sorry, but I found this thread using the search feature and had no idea it was in the wrong forum.