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Create Custom Sets of Status Icons for Tokens

May 06 (9 years ago)
Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
May 22 (9 years ago)
Michael H
Sheet Author
+1

The current icons are pretty non-sensical, and not very appropriate for either of the games I've run on Roll20. It would be east for me to make some that were, however.
+1 for this, only a handful of the icons are useful at all, and I'd like to be able to add my own.
May 27 (9 years ago)
Allen
Sheet Author
+1 I would also like them to be meaningful, tied to effects that can modify the sheet through temporary modifiers for example. This could be handled with a section of the character sheets much like roll templates are.
This would be nice, plus I would like the ability to add a tooltip so you can mouse over it or tap the icon and you can see why it stands for.
+1
July 28 (9 years ago)
Riley D.
Roll20 Team
I think that this is an excellent candidate for a future "power user" feature, which is exactly the type of things we're looking to do for the next major update.
July 28 (9 years ago)
Woot. To re-iterate... here's what I would love to see:
  • User definable list of icons for a campaign including:
    • image
    • name
    • api access
    • description of icon
  • Mouseover tooltips with the name of the icon and a brief description (maybe api settable only)
    • Example: A bolt of lightning with a circle around it named Ongoing Lightning Damage and when you mouseover it, a tooltip appears that gives that name plus a description we can add via the API. This would make it very useful for setting conditions and having a reminder on the token for tracking the condition.
  • Ability to start from a blank slate with no icons. This would be preferrable to simply being able to add icons. That way we could make an icon set of like six icons only that are needed for a game. Would be very useful for board games and tabletop war games.
July 29 (9 years ago)
Keith
Pro
Marketplace Creator
Woot! indeed
August 07 (9 years ago)
Josh A.
Sheet Author
the ability to add timers that automatically count down as initiative round progresses past the character would be cool too
August 10 (9 years ago)

Edited August 10 (9 years ago)

Riley D. said:

I think that this is an excellent candidate for a future "power user" feature, which is exactly the type of things we're looking to do for the next major update.
Does that mean this suggestion should be marked as Long term, or something similar? I'm sorry, It already is. My bad, though it might be worth giving long term a badge on the thread list.

Josh A. said:

the ability to add timers that automatically count down as initiative round progresses past the character would be cool too
Technically, that can already be done by adding an entry to the initiative tracker, setting it's initiative to the number of rounds you want it to last (and manually positioning at the correct point in the order), and setting it's math to -1, so it's initiative ticks down each round. That said, it would be nice to have the feature native to the status icons.

+1 Not Enough!
August 24 (9 years ago)

J. Dale Himebaugh said:

+1 Need ""Prone", "Hands and Knees", etc. For GURPS so the ability to customize the emblem would be helpful.

+1.  I'm currently looking at alternative VTTs for my group, and I find it hard to believe anyone uses Roll20 for GURPS without this.  I find myself wondering how they manage.
+1 yessss!!!
September 29 (9 years ago)

Edited September 29 (9 years ago)
Ada L.
Marketplace Creator
Sheet Author
API Scripter
Until there's an official update with custom status markers, I've created an API script that lets you use graphics or line/freehand paths as custom markers. Here's the API thread for it:

https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/2408402/script-c...
October 02 (9 years ago)
Kiyomi N.
Sheet Author
The only issue I have with your script Stephen is figuring out how to get it to work with a Status tracker like this https://wiki.roll20.net/Script:Initiative_Tracker
October 04 (9 years ago)

Edited October 04 (9 years ago)
Ada L.
Marketplace Creator
Sheet Author
API Scripter
As I've mentioned in the Custom Status Tokens script thread, that functionality is beyond the scope of my script. Its job is to provide a way to create custom status markers and then be able to set them onto tokens, along with any optional number badge.

However, the script does expose many of its functions through a CustomStatusMarkers object, which can be used in a new script to extend its functionality to do what you want.

I leave that though as an exercise to another developer who is more familiar with the Initiative Tracker script.
October 08 (9 years ago)
Sirjohn
KS Backer
+1
+1

The colors work for some things too (red for bleed, green for poison), but I agree with what some others have said, many of the status markers could be useful for some systems, but aren't for what I need.
December 02 (9 years ago)
Goat Games
Marketplace Creator
+ 1 this need to happen
December 05 (9 years ago)
+1 for sure.  Some of the icons just don't make a lot of sense to some of the games.  I also vote for allowing to color them as well.
December 11 (9 years ago)
Matt Carpenter
Pro
Sheet Author
+1, most of the existing ones don't match any of the needs I have in my games.
December 14 (9 years ago)
+1
December 31 (9 years ago)
I would like to add onto this by suggesting the ability to have numbers passed 0-9 and enter the double or triple digits.
A good example would be to have the Wings Icon and be able to use it as a height meter for flying creatures or the Water Icon to determine depth in water environments.

EX: Wings with #10 = 10 feet in the air
January 08 (9 years ago)
+1
January 19 (9 years ago)
I would like this. Please add some numbers to the status icons too!
January 23 (9 years ago)

Edited January 23 (9 years ago)
+1

Also, it would be great if we could scale the effect icons--some are just too small to see clearly unless zoomed very close, and on some tokens the tiny status icons seem to float far away from them, making it hard to tell what they're pointing to.
January 26 (9 years ago)
Zoula
KS Backer
I was just looking to suggest this very thing (or some examples of other specific icons - but being able to attach your own would be even better). I could imagine you could even have creators selling icon packs in the Marketplace.
January 27 (9 years ago)
I definitely would like to see this implemented.
January 29 (9 years ago)
I'd love to see this too, the current ones aren't much use in my sci fi campaign and seen geared more towards fantasy.
February 05 (9 years ago)
Lgs
Plus
+1
I'd love that too,
And maybe reposition them so they don't cover the bars.
February 05 (9 years ago)

A. L. said:

+1
I'd love that too,
And maybe reposition them so they don't cover the bars.

You can choose what side the status icons appear on the tokens. Under campaign options/settings inside the campaign.
February 28 (8 years ago)

Edited February 28 (8 years ago)
+1 This would be so sweet!  I tend to play unorthodox characters with strange abilities etc. For example, Thrush, my Bugbear Wilderness Guardian in AD&D 2e would be benefit from a dedicated icon to remind the GM that he has an extra bite attack each round when his Natural Fighting proficiency is active. Similarly, if his scavenged armor is in disrepair, it would be useful to flag that until he fixes it to remind us to calculate stealth penalties etc.
And display options that are actually visible to the eye - especially to the focally challenged like me, especially when in focus.



Yes please.  Custom icons similar to how photoshop brushes are only make sense.
+1 This is a common comment in my games. Would love to supplement the ones we have with others more fitting.
June 02 (8 years ago)

Edited June 02 (8 years ago)
+1

also, speaking of tokens, why are the token bars out of order?
June 03 (8 years ago)
Chris
Plus
I've wondered that token bar order thing myself.
Would it be possible to make custom icons at the expense of the existing ones, I.E. using something like Stylish in order to overwrite the existing status sheet with a custom one?

If it's possible it might act as a decent alternative.
+1
July 16 (8 years ago)

Alan F. said:

Would it be possible to make custom icons at the expense of the existing ones, I.E. using something like Stylish in order to overwrite the existing status sheet with a custom one?

If it's possible it might act as a decent alternative.

Perhaps, but... you would only be able to have the same number of them. Since the status icons are all one png and shown via negative/positive margins or positions to show the right one. I may try such a thing after I finish my character sheet.
September 04 (8 years ago)
Was just thinking of this the other day. +1 for sure.
September 12 (8 years ago)
+1 current icons make little sense
September 19 (8 years ago)

The Aaron said:

Wow, that's pretty awesome!
I'm just curious, Aaron, how would a custom icon implement like this affect the capabilities of your Token Mod API? I'm assuming each new custom token would have a generated ID or something? 

Stuff to think about...

September 29 (8 years ago)
+1
October 04 (8 years ago)
Kiyomi N.
Sheet Author
+1 This sounds amazing.
October 18 (8 years ago)
+1 This would greatly help in pathfinder with characters who apply a large amount of range buffs. Bards, Battle Heralds etc.. I would Love to see this.
October 30 (8 years ago)
+1 as well. This would be useful, especially to get status icons that make more sense for 5e.
October 31 (8 years ago)

Edited October 31 (8 years ago)
I do agree the stock icons for status are not very useful. Short cut for now would be to create a handout for players with a graphical key that describes what the icons/colors represent when they see one in use.