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copying game-- token actions ok, macro bar not so much

When I copied a game, I kept "Players and Player Settings (Including Macros)" checked on.  I promoted my friend to GM.  She noticed that all token macros (those checked as "Show as token action" in the macro editor) did copy over fine, but the macros where "show as token action" was not checked did not copy over.  We have some nifty macros for the GM on the bar at the bottom that we want anyone promoted to GM of this game to have.  What is happening here?
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UPDATE.. actually, now that I look at her "collection" tab, I see that one of the macros did copy over (but still must be checked to appear in the bar)  It is a simple macro /talktomyself.  The rest did not copy over.
Mitch, I was looking around.&nbsp; Looks like macros created in Collections do not copy, only macros created on character sheet:&nbsp; <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/6969336/player-macros-accessable-to-other-players-slash-gms" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/6969336/player-macros-accessable-to-other-players-slash-gms</a>. &nbsp; Maybe the /talktomyself was created on a sheet?&nbsp; Maybe the other macros were created as new macros from the Collection tab?
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keithcurtis
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This is correct. Macros in the Collections do not copy over. I highly recommend using a Macro Character Sheet , for this and many other reasons. It's a bit of work to set up initially, but saves much work in the long run.
Is there any plans to allow macros to be copied via the transmogrifier?
Thank you keithcurtis,.. I will give that a try.
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keithcurtis
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Entropomancer said: Is there any plans to allow macros to be copied via the transmogrifier? Not that I am aware of. I'd really suggest looking at the link I gave though. Even if I could Transmogrify macros, I'd still prefer to build them in a macro character sheet . The syntax is a lot more forgiving—almost no HTML replacements, and Ability control Buttons are dead simple. You can vault your entire macro set into a game in one action.
The macro character sheet is awesome and I have done that before (I usually include a character called "The GM" to handle this kind of stuff.)&nbsp; However, I am trying to include macros in my game's macro bar that will be seen by a GM when they purchase the game from the Marketplace.&nbsp; Is this possible?
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keithcurtis
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That would probably be a question best handled through email: <a href="mailto:team@roll20.net" rel="nofollow">team@roll20.net</a> . I have never prepared anything for the Marketplace. You might be able to do some preliminary testing by creating a dummy account and having it join your game as a GM, but since you are eventually going to be selling this to third parties, confirmation would be advised.
I did just such a test with some simple emote macros: &nbsp;Rick R. (GM) this one is from the collection &nbsp;Rick R: (GM) this one is from the collection and in the bar &nbsp;Rick R: (GM) this one is from collection and NOT in the bar &nbsp;Rick R: (GM) this one is an ability for the bar &nbsp;Rick R: (GM) this one is an ability NOT for bar The copied game got the token actions but, as expected, nothing from the Collection (except the checkbox for "Show macro quick bar") and nothing in the bar.&nbsp; It still doesn't answer the mystery about how our real game has a bunch of macros in the collection that migrate over when I copy a game.&nbsp; We started creating the game a few years ago.&nbsp; So, my best theory is that they changed the way this all works in the past few years. But I don't know..? keithcurtis said: That would probably be a question best handled through email: <a href="mailto:team@roll20.net" rel="nofollow">team@roll20.net</a> . I have never prepared anything for the Marketplace. You might be able to do some preliminary testing by creating a dummy account and having it join your game as a GM, but since you are eventually going to be selling this to third parties, confirmation would be advised.
This may or may not be helpful to you specifically, but if you have a Pro account (and thus API access), Aaron has a script for moving Macros between games.&nbsp; <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4606812/import-macros-between-campaigns/?pageforid=4607824#post-4607824" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4606812/import-macros-between-campaigns/?pageforid=4607824#post-4607824</a> &nbsp;
That looks like a nifty script.&nbsp; Great work! Michael B. said: This may or may not be helpful to you specifically, but if you have a Pro account (and thus API access), Aaron has a script for moving Macros between games.&nbsp; <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4606812/import-macros-between-campaigns/?pageforid=4607824#post-4607824" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4606812/import-macros-between-campaigns/?pageforid=4607824#post-4607824</a> &nbsp;