is there a map editor

[mirtos]

i dont see myself using RealmsWorks for a VTT. The true VTT do a lot more than just show maps, and resize. Personally, I think this product is going to be exceptional and probably shouldnt try to get into the VTT space.

[Ladyofdragons]

mirtos: agreed, though we don't use a full VTT either because we generally game in person. D20Pro and roll20 just give us more features than we would ever use.

We use Maptools and have a 39" TV/monitor laid horizontally in our table center as the game board. I love all the features like line of sight reveal and light sources, they are definitely a good addition to our game over the old wipe off grid mat and lego minis.

I would certainly consider buying a lone wolf product that had these features, but seems like a separate product to me, not about campaign information management.

[mirtos]

i use maptools and all the features, because half of my game is in person, and half in another state. the in person ones get to see their stuff on my TV.

and i agree, this is more of a campaign managemnt project... i think this fills a great need. I might consider getting a lone wolf project for a VTT, but i would rather they concentrate on improving hero lab and realmsworks, two great products, and support existing great VTTs out there. its almost a bad idea for one product to try to do everything. I really appreciate that the LWD seem to understand that.

[Thrantor]

Sign me up for anything that interfaces with Roll20.net.

[rob]

Originally Posted by Thrantor

Also, see maptools for the correct way to be able to resize the grid... you can do it live overlayed directly on the background map layer. SO easy to line everything up that way.

I know I'm getting ahead of ourselves as well... but two background layers if you guys go VTT is key. One for the very backgroundest map... and then another for objects/things in front of the background.

I haven't seen MapTools personally, but I couldn't imagine doing it any other way than how you've outlined it above. So that's how we're doing it. <shrug>

[rob]

There are some very basic features of VTTs that will be in Realm Works. These are the features that force many GMs to either deal with all the overhead of a VTT that they don't want or to "go without". For example, showing a map to the players and showing where things are on the map is all very basic stuff. That's about all we're doing within Realm Works. If someone wants a full VTT, they should use a VTT and get all the whizzy features they can use. That's not where we're positioning Realm Works. However, if a GM simply wants to show stuff to the players so they know what's going on, we can provide that within Realm Works.