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Turn dynamic lighting off for one player?

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keithcurtis
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Is there a way to turn dynamic lighting off for a single player? I record our game sessions with a second user log in called "Camera", so that the recordings don't show the GM layer. My current solution is to sprinkle several tokens around the board for the Camera character, each with excellent vision, but it is a bit messy and kludgy trying to get all the tokens situated where they don't have any significant blackout areas, not to mention accidentally selecting them during a game. I'd like a way to have the players affected by Dynamic Lighting, but the camera player to be able to see the entire map. It would make setting up for a recording a lot simpler.
You could try joining the game on a separate browser and disabling Javascript.
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Scott C.
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Do you want the stream to show everything? or just to be able to have the stream show all the players's visions? For the second, I'd just add your "camera" player as an additional controlling player on all the PC tokens. For the first, the only thing better than what you are doing right now is to maybe make a script to somehow do it automatically, but I have no clue what that script would even look like. One potential streamlining of your current method would be to make sure you are using transparent tokens with gm-only visible auras on them (so you can find them). That way the camera isn't showing a bunch of random tokens scattered around. You may already be doing this, in which case I've got nothing for you, sorry. Scott EDIT: Gah, and that is why Silvyre is the master. --So simple, but I always think of that as a problem with DL, rather than a potentially useful thing.
Yeah, wish there was a way to have dynamic lighting that can't be turned off that way or via editing the css/html in the dev console. =/
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keithcurtis
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Silvyre said: You could try joining the game on a separate browser and disabling Javascript. What else would I lose on the Camera player by disabling Javascript? I'd like it to show the video feeds of the players, although the audio is fine since it is recorded elsewhere.
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The Aaron
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(Keith, I sent you a PM to discuss some options.)
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keithcurtis
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Thanks all, especially The Aaron. Great suggestions all round!