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Square Dynamic Lighting?

First off, excellent work here. I've been able to grok most of the things I want to do with minimum trial and error/google-fu. The last thing I'm trying to figure out, is if there is a native way to make the light generated from the dynamic lighting system into a 4e style square shape, instead of the normal circle look? Thanks in advance!
Heey, kudos for the use of 'grok'. May you never thirst! But, no. Far as I know, the lighting has to be circular; it's just how it works. -Phnord
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
API Scripter
Seconded on both counts. :)
Thanks friends, I will look for the proper place to suggest such a feature for future Users!
That would be the suggestions section inthe Forums. Can I ask a dumb question? Light doesn't really radiate in squares, can'y you just border it with an LOS line, or am I confused about the physics somehow?
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Gold
Forum Champion
... but you can make a Square Aura on a token, if there's any way you can use that at least to indicate the area that's 'supposed' to be lit.
Al: Can I attach the LoS border line TO the token generating light, so that it could move WITH the token? Wouldn't the LoS line interfere with EVERYONE'S vision, and not simply limit that light to it's "appropriate" (if impossibly fantastic and simplified) 4e square shape? Gold: I have been using one aura, personal sized, to mark green or red for ally or enemy, respectively. I use the other one for in game auras, leaving me many characters that need to generate light with no aura slot left open. Plus, the dynamic lighting is so cool and functional! It's a blast to use and really makes my players think about what they're doing when they might accidentally metagame without it. I'd love to see it work in this functionality, which means others might appreciate the suggestion, I hope :)