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Post by HourEleven on Aug 15, 2018 12:14:31 GMT -8
I’ve been using it exclusively for about 2 years now but I never hear it mentioned. I’m assuming it doesn’t get much love because of the extreme learning curve for the GM (to make character sheets you need a remedial understanding of Lua scripting, to do much customizing you need to be able to make and texture 3D models or work with Unity engine asset bundles).
But, I’ve found it beats roll20 hands down for systems where you have to take extra steps in dice pools (Cortex - setting aside 1s, choosing your effect dice, moving dice to the doom pool, etc | PipSystem - where you have to pair up white and black dice successes | FFG dice where they cancel each other out) because the dice are 3d objects you can move around the table and organize your post-roll pool - instead of just a readout in chat.
Also, being to build a custom tables and decorate the room on a game by game basis can really add to the atmosphere of the game - big curtains around my vampire table, a gold goblet in the middle to toss blood counters into, custom lighting, etc.
Or, conforming the table to how I want to use it versus confirming my game to how roll20 organizes stuff. I like to make image boards for NPCs, so I modeled a filing cabinet that sits next to the table to pull them out of; or, making actual 3d props the players can handle (notes, books, a dagger, whatever) like I would hand to them at an actual game table.
Generally, just wondering if anyone else has gone down this rabbit hole.
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bobcatt
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Post by bobcatt on Aug 29, 2018 12:07:41 GMT -8
I've only just installed TTS and tried the user tutorial. I expect to play the odd boardgame (mostly BattleTech) using it. But I cannot imagine the amount of work required to do what you are describing. Roll20 will have to suffice for any of my RPG efforts.
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Post by ericfromnj on Aug 29, 2018 17:30:26 GMT -8
Yeah the amount of work you are describing means I won't even look at it.
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Post by HourEleven on Aug 31, 2018 17:04:08 GMT -8
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Post by HourEleven on Sept 3, 2018 7:25:42 GMT -8
Thinking about it, most GMs probably have a system that works for them, so I don’t recommend learning a half dozen expensive softwares to make a competent tabletop simulator setup, but if you already happen to be a graphic artist or dabble in making video games, your skill set already sets you up for amazing online games in tabletop simulator and it might be worth a look.
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donpaulo
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Post by donpaulo on Sept 4, 2018 19:42:46 GMT -8
For RPG I use Fantasy Grounds almost exclusively. I have TTS and recently played a game of Pandemic. It was fun although we had some issues with the deck. Granted playing the game via TTS was FAR BETTER than not playing it I was thinking about trying a game of Twilight Imperium which is mostly to do with my location on the Pacific coast of Japan and a lack of available players. TTS is a very nice program and I'm looking forward to using it more often in the future
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Post by HourEleven on Sept 5, 2018 8:58:21 GMT -8
I wish they had better documentation for basic controls, because the amount deck interaction you can have with hot keys is ridiculous, dropping cards off the bottom, dealing off the bottom, shuffling while holding the deck, cutting the deck. Not to mention auto dealing scripts. In the URealms web show, the TTS setup they use is amazing. You take a character class card, and when you set it on specific spot on the table, the card unpacks into a set of ability cards for that class. So you have a deck of class cards, but each card contains all of that classes ability cards. It’s so rad.
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Post by bobcatt on Sept 5, 2018 11:46:55 GMT -8
Outstanding work HourEleven. Way beyond anything I would expect a GM to provide.
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