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Best Method to indicate Facing?

I'm setting up a game where the direction tokens face is pretty important. Aside just rotating the token is there any good methods for showing this?
It depends, in part, on what style of token you use : disc/pog or top-down style.  You may need to create your own artwork, adding a small arrow to one direction to show facing. This is more needed on disc-style tokens; top-down usually have an apparent front where appropriate.  You can also use the "Limit Field of Vision" settings on the token to create a field of vision centered on the "front" facing point. 
Gotcha. Another quick question. Is there a command for setting the facing of a selected token? Link something I could set macros with.
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keithcurtis
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Not a regular command, but you could set up a  Chat Menu  macro with commands using the Token-mod script. Let me know if you'd like more info. It would also help to know A) what sheet you are using, and B) what the default facing is when you pull out a token. I.e. is "up" the facing direction on the default? What are the facings you want to use?
I'm using the DnD5e 2014 by roll20 at the moment just because it is the one I'm most familiar with. The default placing has them facing Down.
Are these "top down" tokens? What I've done is placed the token on a map, rotated it to my preferred orientation, double clicked it to open the token menu then set it as the default token. If you don't want to have the players rotate the token to change facing, you could upload multiple versions of the token that have different facings then create a rollable (multisidsd) token for each character so the players can select the proper facing, although IMO simply rotating the token is faster. If these are not "top down" style tokens, then you'll probably need to use the methotd of upload the different facings and creating the rollable tokens.
Yeah. It's using top down tokens. So could I make a macro that changes a token to X side for whatever token I currently have selected?
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You don't even need a macro. Once you've created a multi-sided token , the player can just right-click the token and select the facing by using the context  menu:
The main reason I'm wanting to make a macro is because one of my friends is using his xbox browser to join in and that browser isn't the best for roll20. There are some features that just don't play well when using it. He can rotate the tokens in the usual method. However having a macro for it would make things easier for him.
OK, I hadn't thought about using a game browser and its limitations. Since you have a Pro account, you can use a MOD like TokenMod or ScriptCards to create a macro that the player can use to change the token "side".
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keithcurtis
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I wouldn't even bother with sides. I'd just rotate the token if you are going to use a script like Token Mod. Here's a sample macro that should work for any sheetIt will also work on multiple tokens at once: &{template:default} {{name=Token Facing Menu}} {{Set Facing= [NW](!token-mod --set rotation|315) [N](!token-mod --set rotation|0) [NE](!token-mod --set rotation|45) [W](!token-mod --set rotation|270) [--](!token-mod --set rotation|0) [E](!token-mod --set rotation|90) [SW](!token-mod --set rotation|225) [S](!token-mod --set rotation|180) [SE](!token-mod --set rotation|135) }}
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keithcurtis
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Here's the same thing as a dropdown query, if you don't like spamming the chat: ?{Choose Direction|North,!token-mod --set rotation#0|Northeast,!token-mod --set rotation#45|East,!token-mod --set rotation#90|Southeast,!token-mod --set rotation#135|South,!token-mod --set rotation#180|Southwest,!token-mod --set rotation#225|West,!token-mod --set rotation#270|Northwest,!token-mod --set rotation#315}
Ah, cool. Thanks.