These videos are EXACTLY what I've been looking for, so I can get started transitioning to Roll20. Very helpful and clearly explained, thank you for making this!
The videos suggested by "Roll20" were torturous, and I almost said never mind. Wife found your videos and each was a joy to follow along. TY TY TY. 20yr returning paper & pen DM now tech savvy w/t roll20 VTT and loaded for bear, thanks to you teaching all the bells and whistles.
OMG! Finally! A good tutorial on Roll 20 from someone who is thorough and honest, and a tad sarcastically funny. ;) Thanks for making this! Roll 20's own tutorials feature someone who talks 90 miles an hour (ok bad unit conversion but you know what I mean) so I have to keep captions on and pause to read what she says and then try it on Roll 20.
@@CrashGem I get how people can talk too fast w/o realizing, I just don't understand why they don't realize after they watch their first attempt video, and then RE-DO it so its better... ;(
I really cannot thank you enough for this and all of the other Roll20 videos you've put out. Your explanations are complete and concise and highlight so many of the problems and questions I had as a new online DM trying to figure out Roll20 that I'm just deeply indebted to you. You rock! P.S.: I am sure you already know about it, but I've currently gotten my Players using D&D Beyond for their character sheets, and we use the Beyond20 Chrome plug-in to allow interconnectivity between DDB and Roll20. Works great for having them pay attention to the (IMO) more intelligible DDB interactive character sheets, while I run NPCs and monsters through Roll20. I have some players who aren't able to tolerate much technical set-up, so having an easy solution for them helps a lot. Your tips on Roll20 are helping me smooth those rough edges even more for them before the next session. Thanks again!
It's cool that you are giving your players the option to use either interface. Glad you are all able to game together online. All my players have access to full legendary tier DNDBeyond, but I have not endorsed the use of Beyond20 plugin, mainly because I try to avoid plugins for Roll20, though I hear nothing but great things about it.
1:44 I've never EVER thought of a menu icon like that as a hamburger, but now I also can''t unsee it haha. Amazing tutorial so far, I'm very new to DnD in general and got hooked on wanting to learn it because of Baldur's Gate 3. I'm going to try to get my friends to join a DnD session, they're not big gamers so I'll probably have to find ways to make it all very simple and this tool makes it visualy pleasing for people who normaly play video games mostly.
As of this exact moment (4/10/20), quick fixes: 💎Refresh browser 💎Check is the new dynamic lighting (it's in beta still) is on 💎Check if advanced fog of war is on 💎make sure Hardware Acceleration is turned on your browser (chrome) 💎Turn off 3D dice 💎Try using the incognito mode of your browser
The colour change doesn't only affect the dice, but also the scribbles/marks players can make on the map. They can choose a different colour for drawing, but that's the default one.
Interesting you said you had difficulties with your video - once I got mine set up, it worked great! The issue for me was I set my video up for another program and Firefox couldn't find the devices, but once I reset them in firefox settings and reset my PC, everything worked well.
That's good to hear. But for me, dealing with it for 5 years with 5-6 games a week, I have found the times that it works well, and works well consistently, to be few and far between for myself and my 25+ players. Most of my sessions are only 3 hours long, I don't want to spend a single minute of that time running tech support or waiting for players to restart/reboot and tweak settings. So, I have switched to discord because the platform is more reliable and easier to use and get my players set up. I made a video about using discord and groovy bot for sound if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/Ji5F6ksPGc0/видео.html
The 5 weekly campaigns and one monthly campaign wouldn't be so bad, but adding in the 40 hour a week day job definitely makes it very difficult to stay on top of everything. And you are welcome, I hope the videos are helpful.
Something you didn't mention in the video is the color next to your name changes your ping color when you want to point something out to other players.
Great question. Groovy is a “bot” a computer program you invite to your server. groovy.bot/ You think a how to set up your own discord for Dungeons & Dragons would make for a good video?
CrashGem oh thanks! Yah man! I’m loving your videos! Binge-watching and learning so much. Lighting finally makes sense to me and I didn’t even know about the FX icons (sleep, fireball) in my library. And transmogrify!! Hell yah!!
Since the death of Groovy, have you come across any other ways to integrate your music and sound effects? I don't want to use my allowed storage on music when I have all my maps to upload
I find for best performance you want to move sound off your browser. using audio for voice and music and even SFX through Discord free up more resources to to run the actual VTT. At the time of this video, 2+ years ago, Jukebox's performance was abysmal, and it was a huge resource hog.
The issue all VTT's have with sound is that you are running everything through one program: your browser. As lights, vision, SFX, and increased map sizes pile up more and more features, you have less and less resources to go around. Sound can be very taxing on those resources. You will always get better performance if you use something like discord (the actual app, not the website login version of the app) for voice and music.
These videos are EXACTLY what I've been looking for, so I can get started transitioning to Roll20. Very helpful and clearly explained, thank you for making this!
Welcome aboard. Just watch out for lighting. This series was made before the new dynamic lighting. So any lighting stuff here will be legacy lighting.
The videos suggested by "Roll20" were torturous, and I almost said never mind. Wife found your videos and each was a joy to follow along. TY TY TY. 20yr returning paper & pen DM now tech savvy w/t roll20 VTT and loaded for bear, thanks to you teaching all the bells and whistles.
OMG! Finally! A good tutorial on Roll 20 from someone who is thorough and honest, and a tad sarcastically funny. ;) Thanks for making this! Roll 20's own tutorials feature someone who talks 90 miles an hour (ok bad unit conversion but you know what I mean) so I have to keep captions on and pause to read what she says and then try it on Roll 20.
The secret is to talk REALLY slow and then users can speed you up if they want using the RUclips playback features. :D
@@CrashGem I get how people can talk too fast w/o realizing, I just don't understand why they don't realize after they watch their first attempt video, and then RE-DO it so its better... ;(
I really cannot thank you enough for this and all of the other Roll20 videos you've put out. Your explanations are complete and concise and highlight so many of the problems and questions I had as a new online DM trying to figure out Roll20 that I'm just deeply indebted to you. You rock!
P.S.: I am sure you already know about it, but I've currently gotten my Players using D&D Beyond for their character sheets, and we use the Beyond20 Chrome plug-in to allow interconnectivity between DDB and Roll20. Works great for having them pay attention to the (IMO) more intelligible DDB interactive character sheets, while I run NPCs and monsters through Roll20. I have some players who aren't able to tolerate much technical set-up, so having an easy solution for them helps a lot. Your tips on Roll20 are helping me smooth those rough edges even more for them before the next session. Thanks again!
It's cool that you are giving your players the option to use either interface. Glad you are all able to game together online. All my players have access to full legendary tier DNDBeyond, but I have not endorsed the use of Beyond20 plugin, mainly because I try to avoid plugins for Roll20, though I hear nothing but great things about it.
1:44 I've never EVER thought of a menu icon like that as a hamburger, but now I also can''t unsee it haha. Amazing tutorial so far, I'm very new to DnD in general and got hooked on wanting to learn it because of Baldur's Gate 3. I'm going to try to get my friends to join a DnD session, they're not big gamers so I'll probably have to find ways to make it all very simple and this tool makes it visualy pleasing for people who normaly play video games mostly.
Really enjoyed this introduction to Roll20. Trying to decide if it will work for my group now that we can’t meet in person. Looking forward to more!
Hope these videos helped you and your group make the transition to online play. No one should have to miss out on D&D right now.
CrashGem We had our first game last night and besides a few tech hiccups things ran really smooth and majority of the group really enjoyed it.
"Any time you have performance issues check your dice settings" - interesting.......alternative remedy advice!
As of this exact moment (4/10/20), quick fixes:
💎Refresh browser
💎Check is the new dynamic lighting (it's in beta still) is on
💎Check if advanced fog of war is on
💎make sure Hardware Acceleration is turned on your browser (chrome)
💎Turn off 3D dice
💎Try using the incognito mode of your browser
The colour change doesn't only affect the dice, but also the scribbles/marks players can make on the map. They can choose a different colour for drawing, but that's the default one.
Also true. That's why it's a good practice to not have the same color as the DM. That way everyone knows when the DM is pinging something.
This playlist is so helpful as a new roll20 player thank you for taking the time to make this
Glad I could help!
I really appreciate these tutorials they have been helping me alot as a content creator.
You are welcome.
Thank you for these videos. Really useful and informative.
You're very welcome!
5:27 love that
"The i stands for compendium" This cracked me up!
Happy to help :D
had to laugh at your description of a newspaper (i actually work for a newspaper irl lol)
You keep the Old Magics alive Tina, thank you.
@@CrashGem most welcome i love what i do
Interesting you said you had difficulties with your video - once I got mine set up, it worked great!
The issue for me was I set my video up for another program and Firefox couldn't find the devices, but once I reset them in firefox settings and reset my PC, everything worked well.
That's good to hear. But for me, dealing with it for 5 years with 5-6 games a week, I have found the times that it works well, and works well consistently, to be few and far between for myself and my 25+ players. Most of my sessions are only 3 hours long, I don't want to spend a single minute of that time running tech support or waiting for players to restart/reboot and tweak settings. So, I have switched to discord because the platform is more reliable and easier to use and get my players set up. I made a video about using discord and groovy bot for sound if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/Ji5F6ksPGc0/видео.html
How in the heck do you run 5 games a week? Thanks for the videos, btw!
The 5 weekly campaigns and one monthly campaign wouldn't be so bad, but adding in the 40 hour a week day job definitely makes it very difficult to stay on top of everything. And you are welcome, I hope the videos are helpful.
Changing the color also changes your drawing color and, especially, your ping color.
Yup. Always good for everyone to agree on a distinct color.
watch out for those dargons
is that final fantasy tactics for the bgm?
It is. Good ears
I can move the 'avatars' around, but I haven't disabled the video/voice even though my group doesn't use it. (We use discord) Maybe it's tied to it.
You are correct, if Roll20 voice/video is disabled you can no longer move the user icons/name tags around the page.
Something you didn't mention in the video is the color next to your name changes your ping color when you want to point something out to other players.
Good point.
You mentioned "Groovy" on Discord for music? Total noob here to discord but is that a server name?
Great question. Groovy is a “bot” a computer program you invite to your server. groovy.bot/
You think a how to set up your own discord for Dungeons & Dragons would make for a good video?
CrashGem oh thanks! Yah man! I’m loving your videos! Binge-watching and learning so much. Lighting finally makes sense to me and I didn’t even know about the FX icons (sleep, fireball) in my library. And transmogrify!! Hell yah!!
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/Ji5F6ksPGc0/видео.html
@@CrashGem WOW.. thank you!!
@@CrashGem Hey CrashGem. What do you use since Groovy and other bots were cracked down on?
Lol that explanation of a newspaper....I would've said it's what you use in in-person campaigns to bat unruly players with.
It's harder and harder to connect the virtual and analog worlds together.
Since the death of Groovy, have you come across any other ways to integrate your music and sound effects? I don't want to use my allowed storage on music when I have all my maps to upload
I use a virtual audio pipe and bot via discord. Hit me up on discord for more info.
I use the 'Aiode' Discord music bot myself and it works well.
Great video! It would've been nice to give one or two reasons why Jukebox is so bad. It looks ok to me. What's wrong with it?
I find for best performance you want to move sound off your browser. using audio for voice and music and even SFX through Discord free up more resources to to run the actual VTT. At the time of this video, 2+ years ago, Jukebox's performance was abysmal, and it was a huge resource hog.
FYI Groovy received a cease and desist order from RUclips and no longer exists.
Yup. It was a sad day when they died.
You mentioned sharing your assets with us with a link, but didn't notice it. Would you provide it?
here you go: bit.ly/deliantomb
Damnit, now I want to play Final Fantasy Tactics.
a completely normal response
What happened that made Jukebox so bad now?
The issue all VTT's have with sound is that you are running everything through one program: your browser. As lights, vision, SFX, and increased map sizes pile up more and more features, you have less and less resources to go around. Sound can be very taxing on those resources. You will always get better performance if you use something like discord (the actual app, not the website login version of the app) for voice and music.
You sound exactly like a guy on a local radio station here.
I hope that guy sounds cool and handsome.
Aye, I've heard of the "Google people", they're scary. *pirate voice*
Tis' true.
'I' is for Compendium. 😆
I mean there is technically an "i" in Compendium.