[Script...Idea?] Image change based on rotation.

So, I know that because of how the tabletop is rendered that animated tokens is nigh impossible. But I was thinking, is there a way to make specific tokens change their image based on rotation? Like, say a simple sprite sheet or a series of images that when the rotation is one of the 90 degree points changes to face that particular direction. As opposed to just a top down token. Does something like this need to be whipped up, or does it already exist?

Kerberos said: Does something like this need to be whipped up, or does it already exist? This does sound similar to Rollable Table Tokens .

This could be done with a script, but suffers from the limitation that it will only work with images in a user library. Silvyre is right with the rollable table thought, that would probably be the easiest way to organize it. You would need a separate image for each direction.

Alright, that's awesome to know that there is already essentially a foundation for this. After some momentary checking the info on a Multi-Sided token, there appears to be a currentSide variable that references which "side" of the token is selected. I figure if you make rollable tables in a similar pattern, you could make an api to change the currentSide in reference to one of the 90 degree directions. Or 45 if you have a token with that many faces. My only catch is that I don't know how to look for the update triggers relevant to choosing a side and updating the token. I'm using something like, if ( token.rotation == 90 ) { token.set("currentSide", 1) }; But the token won't update to the new side. Anybody know the update trigger?

This should give you some ideas: on('change:token:rotation',function(obj,prev){ log('Rotation was: '+prev.rotation+ ' now: '+obj.get('rotation')+ ' new face 90: '+Math.floor(obj.get('rotation')/90)+ ' new face 45: '+Math.floor(obj.get('rotation')/45) }); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;See events:&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Events" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Events</a>