How do I set up my game so every time I drag tokens onto the map, they automatically show their name to all players?

I play a lot of 5e-based games, and my players get into lots and lots and LOTS of fights. Frequently going through 2-3 fights within 3 hours. That means lots and lots of dragging tokens onto the map, and every single time, I have to manually go into each and every token's settings and click "show nameplate" and then "all players can see." PLEASE tell me there is a way to automate this. It seems very obvious, that there should be an option to just automatically  show token names to players, but for the life of me I cannot find it :(

Have your read Linking tokens to Journals ? It talks about setting up the default tokens with everything you want then assigning it to a character sheet so everytime you drag and drop, it appears with everything you want it to have. Pay attention to the mook section (it talks about not linking the hp stat).

There is also the TokenMod script that should be able to bulk set all your tokens to show their nameplate to the players also.

You can set this on the Game Settings page of your campaign. There's an easy-to-miss flip-down menu called Game Default Settings. Toggling that will cause a two-column listing of default settings to appear. Show name to players is in the right hand column. Toggle that to on, and save. Open you game and go to the settings tab. At the bottom, under "Experimental Features" you will see an option to Apply Default Settings. Click that and it will change all deployed tokens to show their nameplates. It will not change default tokens already saved in your game, but it should apply to any new creatures you create or drag in from the compendium. Also, as a pro user, you can use the API script "token-mod" to quickly change any number of tokens you select. Example, select all tokens and run the command:  !token-mod --set showplayers_name|yes showname|yes

TokenMod is a Must Have for all, I believe. I’m also a big TokenNameNumber fan.

Andrew R. said: TokenMod is a Must Have for all, I believe. I’m also a big TokenNameNumber fan. I've tried using TokenNameNumber, but never got it to work for whatever reason. I think it's because of some extension I have installed (I've noticed a few features of roll20 stop working based on various Chrome extensions, and often have to toggle different extensions on/off as I play)

keithcurtis said: You can set this on the Game Settings page of your campaign. There's an easy-to-miss flip-down menu called Game Default Settings. Toggling that will cause a two-column listing of default settings to appear. Show name to players is in the right hand column. Toggle that to on, and save. Open you game and go to the settings tab. At the bottom, under "Experimental Features" you will see an option to Apply Default Settings. Click that and it will change all deployed tokens to show their nameplates. It will not change default tokens already saved in your game, but it should apply to any new creatures you create or drag in from the compendium. Also, as a pro user, you can use the API script "token-mod" to quickly change any number of tokens you select. Example, select all tokens and run the command:  !token-mod --set showplayers_name|yes showname|yes It appears this worked, thank you!