Suggestions
Bhoritz
I did play a little with RPG Table and there are two suggestions I
would like to make.
First, during play (I mean not when drawing the terrain, but whilst
moving the miniatures in a fight), the two most used commands are
grabbing the miniatures to move them and changing the zoom level to
see the situation. I think it would be easier to be able to change the
zoom level with the mouse wheel. For now, the wheel just moves the map
which is not really useful.
Secundly, I would like the ability to import Already made features.
For now, I have made a map with some features (trees, benches,...)
that I can use. But it would be easier to make Import>Tree than
opening the document, selecting the tree, going back to the map in
use and paste. It would be even better if the import menu could be
triggered by a right click on the map, where the feature must be
imported.
I think that one of the most interesting feature of RPG Table is how
quickly it reacts in use. Making it a very good virtual table for
improvised play. Those two suggestions would make it even more
quicker to play, with just mouse clicks on the map itself.
Code Chemistry
Thanks for your feedback!
> First, during play (I mean not when drawing the terrain, but whilst
> moving the miniatures in a fight), the two most used commands are
> grabbing the miniatures to move them and changing the zoom level to
> see the situation. I think it would be easier to be able to change the
> zoom level with the mouse wheel. For now, the wheel just moves the map
> which is not really useful.
If you hold down the option key while scrolling up and down, you will zoom in and out. Originally, during the early 1.0 beta days, I had zooming as the default behavior for scrolling, but a few of my beta testers were adamant that the default be scrolling. If you have a trackpad, you can also use the pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
> Secundly, I would like the ability to import Already made features.
> For now, I have made a map with some features (trees, benches,...)
> that I can use. But it would be easier to make Import>Tree than
> opening the document, selecting the tree, going back to the map in
> use and paste. It would be even better if the import menu could be
> triggered by a right click on the map, where the feature must be
> imported.
This is a fairly commonly requested feature and something I'd for sure like to do.
> I think that one of the most interesting feature of RPG Table is how
> quickly it reacts in use. Making it a very good virtual table for
> improvised play. Those two suggestions would make it even more
> quicker to play, with just mouse clicks on the map itself.
Thanks for the kind words and the suggestions!
dan
Bhoritz
>
Thanks.
Jeff Horn
>> For now, I have made a map with some features (trees, benches,...)
>> that I can use. But it would be easier to make Import>Tree than
>> opening the document, selecting the tree, going back to the map in
>> use and paste. It would be even better if the import menu could be
>> triggered by a right click on the map, where the feature must be
>> imported.
>
> This is a fairly commonly requested feature and something I'd for sure like to do.
If I understand this correctly, it sounds like this could be
accomplished with custom palettes (like OmniGraffle). You could have
props for mountainous environments, towns, forests, dungeons, or
custom sets you build and save yourself.
Jeff
Code Chemistry
> accomplished with custom palettes (like OmniGraffle). You could have
> props for mountainous environments, towns, forests, dungeons, or
> custom sets you build and save yourself.
I'll take a look at how they do it. Sounds like it might be a cool way
to do it. Thanks for the suggestion!
dan