Visible token but not controllable by players

Hello, Sheet - pathfinder official, if it's relevant in any way. Is there a way while using advanced fog of war and dynamic lighting to create a token that gives all of the players visibility, but they cannot control it? I created a token, put it in their journals, but didn't give them edit privileges. Then I gave it 20 foot light, set all players can see it, has sight, and gave it 20 foot fog of war clearing. But none of them can see it or what it sees so clearly this doesn't work. How can I do this? Thanks

I have not come up with a way to do this. They have to have control in order for the token to do what you want it to do. There are API script that can lock a token in place, but even they accomplish this by just immediately moving the token back where it was, giving them a glimpse of where they have moved it to. I suppose this could be accomplished by layering two locked tokens, the top one controlled by everyone but not giving sight. But again, that requires the API.

Thanks, guess I'll just be more strict with my players.

Have you tried using a transparent png image? That's what I use for situations like this. Because the token blends into the environment, players are less likely to interact with it.

The problem with that is finding the thing once you've placed it. If the players can't control it, fine, you can put an aura on it only you can see. But if they can control it, (necessary for vision), they can see the aura (the way auras work).

If you turn off "enforce line of sight' it will work. 

As a side note: That is a transparent token with aura 1 set to -2 (round).  using tokenmod Light-on macro !token-mod --on light_otherplayers !token-mod --on light_hassight !token-mod --set aura1_color|#ffff00 Light-off macro !token-mod --off light_otherplayers !token-mod --off light_hassight !token-mod --set aura1_color|#ff0000 Visible to the GM but not players as anything other than a lightsorce.