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Using fog of war in-person?

Okay, as a new user, the setup for my in-person game is pretty basic - just a single laptop using an extended display and hooked up to my TV. I used Roll20 for the first time yesterday to enhance our ongoing campaign, and it worked pretty well, primarily just displaying maps and images of NPCs and monsters. My players don't want to use Roll20 for combat as they want to physically move their pawns around. But I was hoping to better use Roll20 for exploration, revealing portions of an overall map as they progress through an area. I tried creating a dummy account running in a separate tab in the extended window, while I logged into my GM account on my laptop screen. I figured I could use fog of war to move a token representing the party through the map on my GM screen, with the appropriate portions being revealed on the extended screen. As you can probably surmise, it didn't work, as I can't be simultaneously logged into both my GM account and my dummy account. So Plan B simply involves using Draw Shape to conceal portions of the map, and then deleting them as the Party moves into the applicable area. Is there anything that might work better than this? I know this isn't the way Roll20 is supposed to work, so I won't be surprised if there isn't, and yes, I did review the Wiki page on Using Roll20 While Playing In-Person. Thanks in advance for any advice.
You can open your campaign in two different tabs and click login as a player on one of them.
Ahhhhh! I'll give that a try. Thanks for the speedy response!
You could also use a different browser or an incognito tab (chrome) and log in with your dummy account that way.
So after a quick test, logging into my account in a separate tab as a player seems to be just what I need. Simple and effective - thanks! I was thinking of fooling around with dynamic lighting, but it's probably not worth it as I'd have to move their token around the map anyway.
Seems said: So after a quick test, logging into my account in a separate tab as a player seems to be just what I need. Simple and effective - thanks! I was thinking of fooling around with dynamic lighting, but it's probably not worth it as I'd have to move their token around the map anyway. Dynamic lighting would be easier actually. You wouldn't need to swap tabs all the time.
Sky said: Seems said: So after a quick test, logging into my account in a separate tab as a player seems to be just what I need. Simple and effective - thanks! I was thinking of fooling around with dynamic lighting, but it's probably not worth it as I'd have to move their token around the map anyway. Dynamic lighting would be easier actually. You wouldn't need to swap tabs all the time. What I'd do is put the players tab on my Windows extended display, which is what the players would see on the TV. My main display on the laptop would have my GM tab, so the main map would be hidden. At least, that's how I hope it works....
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You might find this page in the Wiki of interest:&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Using_Roll20_while_Playing" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Using_Roll20_while_Playing</a>...
You will find issues during refresh if you're using the same browser. Ultimately, you'll want to use two different browsers (Chrome and Firefox) as they do not share cookies. I do this at my house, but the setup is a little more complex. I run the television off from an old laptop separate from the one I'm running the game on. To make operating the other machine easier, I use an application called multiplicity that allows me to use one keyboard and mouse, and treat the separate computer as though it's a different monitor (once the cursor moves to the other computer's desktop, control of the keyboard passes over there).
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The Aaron
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Using multiple profiles in Chrome gives you different collections of cookies (as does using incognito (though all incognito windows for the same profile share cookies)). &nbsp;This is what I do:
Thanks for all the good feedback - really appreciate it! I will give the multiple profiles a try, or just load up another browser.&nbsp;