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How to customize the Roll20 HUD/interface?

I googled and searched YouTube for any tutorials or instructions on how onw might customize the look of the Roll20 HUD? Ive seen it done but cant find instructions on how to go about this.
How hard is this? Has anyone made any tutorials for this subject?

Thank you.
Joseph
June 14 (10 years ago)
I think it has things to do with like hacking into your browser's CSS and saving the settings via a bookmark URL or something. More intelligent people will swing by to let you know, probably.
thank you :)
June 14 (10 years ago)
Gold
Forum Champion
Joseph, what examples are you thinking about where you have seen it done? If this was seen on Twitch or YouTube, note that people customize screen overlays for broadcasting online. Doing this does not change the look of the Roll20 HUD on the Players screens. It is a re-display for TV purposes.

Sometimes you can find/see some of the different overlay techniques if you see some Roll20 action on Twitch,
http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Dungeons%20&%2...
This one in particular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZGnjhbSG9Y
June 14 (10 years ago)
Gold
Forum Champion
Yes, that is an overlay made for broadcasting. You can send a message directly to the GM of that web series and ask him for tips on how he did it. Or someone else will come along here to explain. There are software programs for that. Again just be sure to recognize that the overlay appearance is for the broadcast. The players & GM themselves are not "playing" actively on that interface. Their Roll20 looks normal on their own screens, but it is parsed out into sections for the broadcasting window.

Here is the Roll20 documentation on streaming/recording which is related to this,
https://wiki.roll20.net/Live_Stream_and_Record_Gam...
Thank you so much for your reply Gold.
That clears things up immensely. But too bad we cant customize the HUD for our players :(
June 14 (10 years ago)
Gold
Forum Champion
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