Hi All, Let me start by saying, I'm aware that there is a similar forum already made but it wasn't clear to me from people's comments if what I'm purposing is the same as theirs because what they were saying was hard to visualize. That led me to use a bit of photoshop to put together an image of something I'd like to see done with Dynamic Lighting, if at all possible. I have no formal skills with program development of any kind so I don't know the difficulties involved in making something like this, so I'm aware that what I'm about to explain may be easier said than done. Regardless, a system like this would help me (and many others, I'm sure) out quite a bit. Let's start with a Fog of War. To my way of thinking, the Fog of War shouldn't make the map completely black for the players. The map should be the dark opaque for the players like what the DM sees. The difference is that, for the players, Fog of War only allows them to see the map layer. They would be unable to see anything on the token layer. Next Vision - It took me quite a while to figure out the "Emits Light" configurations to get what I wanted. I suggest this be simplified to: 1) Angle of Sight - This is exactly the same as the Angle Degrees already established 2) Total Sight - How much of the map the player can see total 3) Clear Sight - How far the player can clearly see in front of them as if it is lighted 4) Dim Sight - How far the player can see without light. So in practice, and this is illustrated in the image below, a GM could establish the player can see 60 degrees in front of them. I have this particular character able to see clearly for 30ft with an additional 30ft of dim sight. So his total sight would be 60ft. Each square in this case is roughly 5 feet. (The grid on that map isn't Roll20's map so the length doesn't add up quite perfectly) The last section would be where it says, "Has Sight". This would have two boxes. The first would be how much of surrounding darkness the player can see. (Not the character, the player) This measurement would be in feet. For the purposes of this image below, that'd be 40ft (8 squares on either side) The second box would be the angle. I have this at 360 degrees. So in a nutshell, other markers on the Token layer would only be visible in the 30 feet of clear sight and only within their angle of sight. Tokens in the Dim Sight range would not show up to the player. I think this makes for a more realistic tabletop experience where GMs can place enemies on a map beforehand, but not have to worry about players seeing them early. Likewise, players tokens aren't stuck feeling like they're holding a flashlight in a pitch black room even if they're outdoors. If this isn't possible for any reason, please let me know so that I can relay that to my players. If so, I'd love to hear about the progress towards this! Thanks in advance! ~Rial
