Great video! Thanks so much for making this. Used this for the first time with my players today and they really liked it. I'll be starting and stopping each game on this scene so my players have access to useful rule references, house rules, maps, and character sheets outside normal game hours. 👍
I was already doing that when dm on Roll20 but yeah, having an actual "start up moment" (and by expansion closing up moment) is actually really nice. It helps people slowly get in the mood, both visually and "audioly", with like an intro and outro music to play, it helped my players really take into their mind that the session was about to start and that they should stop being distracted with other stuff (even with veteran players, I realized it's not always easy for people to really get into it at first). Being able to make an even more interesting and interactive intro page is going to be fun x').
I found this very helpful. Thanks for sharing! One feedback has to do with the audio. I found that I had to increase my volume way up to understand you. Cheers!
Very nice! Not able to play with my friends for a while now due to Covid and distance, I am considering the VTT option. We don't need something too complex and especially anything that would get in the way of us playing. We want to play the old way as much as possible, not a TTRPG turned into a computer game that manages everything for you. This said, Foundry seems a pretty decent option with a decent price tag, no subscription and the ability to store your game locally. Given your obvious experience with the platform, I would look to see how to fully set it up for a game session with the video chat and other features. That could be a pretty interesting series of videos if you are looking for a project ;-) Cheers!
@@occamseye We are looking more at playing Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness games and maybe Warhammer Fantasy Rolepay 4th. Would Foundry be overkill? Should I look more to something simplier like owlbear Rodeo?
@@sinmaan7568 you can. Foundry can adapt to nearly any system (some with more and less support) it’s a one time buy (no monthly charge) and only the GM needs to buy it. Again, a lot of learning but it is well worth it in the long run
Many thanks, love it I had a problem with clicking on the Macro, it would keep opening it, lol So I had to use the folder on the left of the Macro Bar and select it that way, in case anyone else had that problem too
just to note if you do not want to photoshop you can simple put the images as tokens (instead of the invis image) that are clickable. sure it wont be as amazing but its better than nothing.
Thank you for this tuto it's awsome ! If you can continue to post tuto video about foundry VTT it would be so good for new user (like me ^^) Realy a good job thank you again ! A French viewer =)
This was a brilliant video. Thank you for making it. Can you tell me how you created the pulsing candlelight? I can create the actual light animation in Foundry, but have no idea how you created the actual orange globe?
Thanks@@occamseye, I've tried to do that and can see loads of settings to change the radius, animation, for the light effect but can't see anything to create the orange globe itself. Is it another shape on top of the candle flame in the image?
@@SimonTidd as far as I can remember no. It’s just a light source placed on top of the candle image. Lights should have a color setting in default foundry
@@occamseye thanks for the link but I've reviewed the options and can't find anything that makes my candle have the glowing orb on the wick yours does. I thought the Light Colour might do it but it doesn't. I'm using the images on your links and it's just a candle flame. don't worry. It looks good enough. I just think the one in your video looks better!
I love that font you have used for the journal and bestiary etc. What font is that? :) and what module is that dice module down in the lower right corner?
Thanks for great video! Care to make another one showing how you made those custom windows like Loot or Journal entry? Really dig that old parchment style!
You mean the image on the book? Like the text and the giant pages? That was just more editing using the online editing (same way the rest of the landing page is made)
what is that module that you have that shows all players AC and passive perception? it looks really handy. great video, i like the way your landing page is set up, im definitely stealing some ideas. edit: someone answered the question i asked below, leaving the answer here in case someone has the same question the module is Monks Token bar.
What I'd appreciate is some form of guide to linking this to premium module-stuff. I dont think I'm quite as fluent in foundry to know what pages are only viewable by GMs and what anyone can find ect. Importing a Name and Art for the 'friends and foes' with an option to maybe add a small descriptor would be kinda cool, but I fear I'd accidentally share the GM knowledge without knowing how to revert it.
Hi i hope you can help. I get to the point where im linking the action to the reaction. So, i have it where if a player clicks somethinghappens. I try to do it so that it opens up the journal. Everything minimises as yours does, but when i click on the journal, it doesnt add it, it just opens the journal and doesnt work
Does this not work if you run it on a server? Also am I missing where you posted the macro text? I feel like I have 1 thing off but I've triple quadruple checked and still can't get it to work.I'm wondering if the server is the issue or if there is something in the mod settings I didn't see.. Hope your still checking your comments its been over a year.
I’ve never messed with servers I always do a direct host. Foundry has updated many times since so the mods may have changed. I’ll get around to updating this vid soon
I'd still love to know how to make an invisible tile/token. I have tiles down and functioning, but despite making them "invisible" or using pics and turning down the opacity, I (DM) can still see the tiles. The players can't, but I can.
I am trying to get it to work, but a couple of things.... 1.) I've got it to pull up for the Macro to World Anvil, but it does not seem to trigger, THe Macro works, got the trigger to work with a Play Sound File, but Run Macro World Anvil Link as < Triggering Player> does not seem to work. 2.) DNDBeyond, it gives an error of it rejecting it when trying to point it to the campaign
My issue is about load times and performance for players. To reduce lag as much as possible, right before each campaign date, I strip the active world down to a bare minimum of assets that the player’s computer has to load and cache. I only keep the most relevant scenes, NPCs, monster tokens, modules, and journals up, and keep everything else in compendiums. If players go for an unexpected path on their journey (and they will!) I can quickly search for the assets needed on the fly. If I keep a rich landing page with lots of active tiles, it will bog down performance on busy Friday or Saturday nights, guaranteed (at least in my experience). So pick your poison I suppose, yes?
This seems to have been drastically improved in V11, though it is still best practice to do as you have been with the diligent compendium usage. Are you also optimizing your audio and video file types?
So you basically made a photo edit tutorial ... About that coins .. the background should already be transparent and you can see this because of the tiles.
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This one video is so good that I can see pretty much everyone using this landing page style.
You don't need a transparent image in the tile. Just set the tile opacity to 0. No image needed.
You still have to choose an image, otherwise it will stay grey even with opacity changed.
Alternatively you can set the tile to be the image, for example the coins could have been the tile's image instead of apart of the background
@@maddreamer5985 This way you can also set it to only trigger on the image instead of the entire box
@@theadventuresguild6514 where can I get a blank see-through token?
@@lordbaylay Make one, it's honestly trivial with modern tools. Just make a transparent image and set it as the token image.
This is wonderful! I am starting a new campaign next week and will get this set up. Thank you.
This is BRILLIANT.. Makes me totally want to get back into D&D and try out and learn all this new VTT features. Time to move to digital.
Great video! Thanks so much for making this. Used this for the first time with my players today and they really liked it. I'll be starting and stopping each game on this scene so my players have access to useful rule references, house rules, maps, and character sheets outside normal game hours. 👍
It's funny how you used Polish coins for the picture of coins. Good video, very helpful! :)
This made my game look so much more professional! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this! I made my own landing page but couldn't figure out how to get the triggers to work. You explained everything perfectly!
Thank you! I finally did my first landing page after watching this. It turned out pretty well and your guidance was really helpful.
I was already doing that when dm on Roll20 but yeah, having an actual "start up moment" (and by expansion closing up moment) is actually really nice. It helps people slowly get in the mood, both visually and "audioly", with like an intro and outro music to play, it helped my players really take into their mind that the session was about to start and that they should stop being distracted with other stuff (even with veteran players, I realized it's not always easy for people to really get into it at first).
Being able to make an even more interesting and interactive intro page is going to be fun x').
This is an awesome video! Great job! Looking forwards to see other ideas you have!
Thanks for posting this. Very helpful and to the point.
This is such an incredible idea. Thank you so much for making this!
Выглядит невероятно, я буду рад применить это для своей партии!
This is awesome! I really want to make my own landing page sometime. Thank you for the in-depth tutorial!
I found this very helpful. Thanks for sharing! One feedback has to do with the audio. I found that I had to increase my volume way up to understand you. Cheers!
Thank you for the helpful and easy to follow video!
This is a awesome video! Thanks so much for making it
Super helpful. Subscribed!
how did he do the flickering light on the candle?
This was really cool. Thank you!
Very nice! Not able to play with my friends for a while now due to Covid and distance, I am considering the VTT option. We don't need something too complex and especially anything that would get in the way of us playing. We want to play the old way as much as possible, not a TTRPG turned into a computer game that manages everything for you. This said, Foundry seems a pretty decent option with a decent price tag, no subscription and the ability to store your game locally. Given your obvious experience with the platform, I would look to see how to fully set it up for a game session with the video chat and other features. That could be a pretty interesting series of videos if you are looking for a project ;-) Cheers!
Pros and cons. Foundry is the best for pathfinder 2 and it’s well priced but it does have a learning curve
@@occamseye We are looking more at playing Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness games and maybe Warhammer Fantasy Rolepay 4th. Would Foundry be overkill? Should I look more to something simplier like owlbear Rodeo?
@@sinmaan7568 you can. Foundry can adapt to nearly any system (some with more and less support) it’s a one time buy (no monthly charge) and only the GM needs to buy it. Again, a lot of learning but it is well worth it in the long run
@@occamseye What setting do you use for the video chat? And many thanks for the quick answers! New to this whole VTT world! Cheers!
@@sinmaan7568 we just use discord
Awesome job!
Edit: and thank you!
sweet! Thanks for the files!
Great vid by the way :)
thanks! The vid is pretty much defunct now, being so old. IDK if any of the links work. Google transparent png. Should be easy to find something
Many thanks, love it
I had a problem with clicking on the Macro, it would keep opening it, lol
So I had to use the folder on the left of the Macro Bar and select it that way, in case anyone else had that problem too
Thank you! This just helped me a lot.
God damn thank you so much, this was pissing me off and I came to the comments hoping some brave soul would have figured this out
Great tutorial video.
awesome idea, thanks a lot for this tutorial
just to note if you do not want to photoshop you can simple put the images as tokens (instead of the invis image) that are clickable. sure it wont be as amazing but its better than nothing.
Thank you for this tuto it's awsome ! If you can continue to post tuto video about foundry VTT it would be so good for new user (like me ^^)
Realy a good job thank you again ! A French viewer =)
Nice job!
wow. great video man, well done. I'm gonna try to do a landing page for my grp. Doubt it will be even half as good as this tho... xD
Niveau work and thks for sharing
Looks great...do you have the link to the transparent image you used.
Seconded!
even find the transparent image?
This was a brilliant video. Thank you for making it. Can you tell me how you created the pulsing candlelight? I can create the actual light animation in Foundry, but have no idea how you created the actual orange globe?
Play with the light settings. You can change the color and effect (double click a light after you place it)
Thanks@@occamseye, I've tried to do that and can see loads of settings to change the radius, animation, for the light effect but can't see anything to create the orange globe itself. Is it another shape on top of the candle flame in the image?
@@SimonTidd as far as I can remember no. It’s just a light source placed on top of the candle image. Lights should have a color setting in default foundry
@@SimonTidd try this foundryvtt.com/article/lighting/#:~:text=Editing%20Light%20Sources,source%20to%20a%20new%20location.
@@occamseye thanks for the link but I've reviewed the options and can't find anything that makes my candle have the glowing orb on the wick yours does. I thought the Light Colour might do it but it doesn't. I'm using the images on your links and it's just a candle flame. don't worry. It looks good enough. I just think the one in your video looks better!
Where did you post the transparent image ?
I love that font you have used for the journal and bestiary etc. What font is that? :) and what module is that dice module down in the lower right corner?
Thanks for great video! Care to make another one showing how you made those custom windows like Loot or Journal entry? Really dig that old parchment style!
You mean the image on the book? Like the text and the giant pages? That was just more editing using the online editing (same way the rest of the landing page is made)
Thanks for making this! Had some helpful tips.
Question: what module are you using for that "paper" texture look on your pages and UI?
At the time it was a separate module but now I think that Monk’s Enhanced Journal has a built in setting to change the theme of the journals
Hey, this is great - thank you! Can I ask what font you are using, it looks awesome!
Out Hill
what module are you using that sits right above your quick action bar?
Above the Macro Bar? that is Monks Tokenbar. Honestly every Monks modules are worth checking out
Thank you. Great vid. What is the theme that you are using for foundryVTT to give that RPG feel to the chat and icons etc.
Flex UI? Been a while since I checked
@@occamseye I see. Thank you. It does looks a bit different after I checked. Maybe it's because it's not been updated for Foundry V12.
What is the module for viewing party armor class?
The one at the bottom of his screen? Monk's Token Bar
what is that module that you have that shows all players AC and passive perception? it looks really handy.
great video, i like the way your landing page is set up, im definitely stealing some ideas.
edit: someone answered the question i asked below, leaving the answer here in case someone has the same question
the module is Monks Token bar.
Any module that does this for foundry 11. Monk's active tile triggers doesn't work no more
Having issues as well... the "Select entry" does not work!
What I'd appreciate is some form of guide to linking this to premium module-stuff. I dont think I'm quite as fluent in foundry to know what pages are only viewable by GMs and what anyone can find ect. Importing a Name and Art for the 'friends and foes' with an option to maybe add a small descriptor would be kinda cool, but I fear I'd accidentally share the GM knowledge without knowing how to revert it.
Hi i hope you can help. I get to the point where im linking the action to the reaction. So, i have it where if a player clicks somethinghappens. I try to do it so that it opens up the journal. Everything minimises as yours does, but when i click on the journal, it doesnt add it, it just opens the journal and doesnt work
Thanks for the great tutorial! What journal mod are you using to make your journal entries look old fashioned?
It may be the default. If not than it’s something like “planeswalker journal”
I believe it's the "Pathfinder UI v3" module
@@yellowpetelol6417 Thanks I'll go check that out right away!
What font do you use?
How do you make your journals look so good? I want to make them look more sci fi for my Lancer Games
Where is the link for the transparent tile?
What are all the modules you use?
Seems really sick.
How do you get the UI of your journals to look like that?
What's the mod you use for the journal pages to have that raggedy edge?
Yes I would like to know too!
Who is the source for the oracle and swashbuckler images you have? do they do commissions lol
Does this not work if you run it on a server? Also am I missing where you posted the macro text? I feel like I have 1 thing off but I've triple quadruple checked and still can't get it to work.I'm wondering if the server is the issue or if there is something in the mod settings I didn't see.. Hope your still checking your comments its been over a year.
I’ve never messed with servers I always do a direct host. Foundry has updated many times since so the mods may have changed. I’ll get around to updating this vid soon
Stupid question, but what do you use the archive for?
Archives of Nethys is where you can find all the rules for Pathfinder 1e and 2e and Starfinder.
I'd still love to know how to make an invisible tile/token. I have tiles down and functioning, but despite making them "invisible" or using pics and turning down the opacity, I (DM) can still see the tiles. The players can't, but I can.
Amazing
there's no trigger option when I double click the blank image, can someone help me?
I don't suppose you'd be willing to share the images of the coin pile and the journal and bestiary?
Don’t know if I still have them. The coin pile is just a png from google and the bestiary was a custom edit from a pathfinder pdf book.
I love the video! How do you create the animated candle light?
Foundry VTT has tools to place down spots of lighting and it has various different special effects.
using the lighting mode, you can create a light, when you double click on the light, you can go into animations, there's a ton to choose from.
I am trying to get it to work, but a couple of things....
1.) I've got it to pull up for the Macro to World Anvil, but it does not seem to trigger, THe Macro works, got the trigger to work with a Play Sound File, but Run Macro World Anvil Link as < Triggering Player> does not seem to work.
2.) DNDBeyond, it gives an error of it rejecting it when trying to point it to the campaign
I like the bar where your player tokens are, is that a Foundry Mod?!
just gonna post up here, in case someone answers.
hey buddy, someone answered below, its Monks Tokenbar.
where can i find the macros ?
how did you change the theme of your sidebar and journal entrys, so that they look so medieval?
Flex UI
Sorry. Flex UI is what I use now, the one in this vid is the Pathfinder UI
When I try and open a journal on the triggers it just opens that file it doesn’t use it.
Oof. Unfortunately this vid is wayyyy out of date by now. Lots has changed in Foundry :(
I like how the gold image you found are polish pln which is called 'złoty' which literally transaltes to 'golden'
Where did you take such templates ?
What is the font of words?
What font do you use for the text on the landing page?
Was scrolling comments but you can actually just google and install the dungeons and dragons font.
It seem that i can´t find the link to the transparent image in the tile.
You can in fact use any image and turn opacity to 0 or just hide the tile. A transparent image is not strictly necessary.
How is named that module changing look of ui?
Flex UI
Did anyone ever figure out how to make the flickering candle?
My issue is about load times and performance for players. To reduce lag as much as possible, right before each campaign date, I strip the active world down to a bare minimum of assets that the player’s computer has to load and cache. I only keep the most relevant scenes, NPCs, monster tokens, modules, and journals up, and keep everything else in compendiums. If players go for an unexpected path on their journey (and they will!) I can quickly search for the assets needed on the fly. If I keep a rich landing page with lots of active tiles, it will bog down performance on busy Friday or Saturday nights, guaranteed (at least in my experience). So pick your poison I suppose, yes?
True. I wish there was better optimization. Some campaigns can get pretty asset-heavy and it causes the software to crash. Shame
This seems to have been drastically improved in V11, though it is still best practice to do as you have been with the diligent compendium usage. Are you also optimizing your audio and video file types?
see, everytime i try to add the Archive macro, it just ends up running the macro and never adds it to the token. HALP PLZ!
I can't find the transparent token, can anyone help?
Pick any image and just set tile opacity to 0.
Does someone know how he did the Friends and Foes Journal?
Just more pxlr editing. Used the tile model to open a journal entry. The image is a scan from the pathfinder playtest art
@@occamseye Thank you for answering. I was probably just confused by the different look of the journal entries.
@dantekun1203 yea, thinks look a bit different depending on the game system you’re using and I think I have a UI module on in this vid
Curious what module you use to log all the different locations?
Been a hot minute since I’ve opened that world. I think it’s Monks Enhanced Journal. It lets you make separate entries for locations people etc.
Macro doesn't work. i just get a blank page
Comments for the algorithm
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macro does not select
So you basically made a photo edit tutorial ...
About that coins .. the background should already be transparent and you can see this because of the tiles.
You went way too fast and explained way too little about setup for macros.
I aslo started using pixlr. I'm just stealing all your tricks! :D
Damn thats about a dolar in pln!
Super helpful thank you so much!!
what journal module do you use? i liek the look of the old paper
What theme do you use?