Play Mode

Play Submode

This is the default mode that allows the mouse to pan the window.

Token Selection

Single click to choose a token or draw a rectangle around a group of tokens that you want to select for movement.

Token Targeting

Use this mode to select targets for an action.

In most rulesets you can simply CTRL+Click on a target

Drawing Mode

This mode allows simple drawing in your chosen dice color. For more advanced drawing, refer to the Paint mode.

Erase Drawing

This mode changes the cursor to an eraser. The eraser removes parts of a drawing you have made.

Ping Mode

This mode allows GMs and players to display radial pings on the map.

Additional Play Controls

View Type - Changes between 2D (Top Down) mode, Free Camera 3D mode and Token View 3D mode

Zoom Extents - resizes the image to fit inside the Image window

Show/Hide Shortcuts - toggle pin visibility for the GM

Enable/Disable Player Vision Preview - toggles GM and Player view of the map

Enable/Disable Line-of-Sight - turns on or off Dynamic Line of Sight.

Toggle Token Lock - turns on or off token locking for movement planning and approval.

Toggle Grid Snap - turns on or off snapping to grid centers, corners and edges of grids.

Layers Mode

Layers-Transform Submode

Here you can manipulate a layer (see Layers below) to rotate it, scale it, flip it, or change the color.

Layers-Tile Submode

Used to add tile images onto the map. You can rotate, scale, flip or color the tile before it is placed. Each time you click on the map, a new tile layer will be added to the Layers section.

To place a tile:

1. Drag a tile image from the Assets - Images window to the Graphic Asset area.

2. Set a default settings for this and all future tiles

   1. Default size in grid coordinates

   2. Default rotation

   3. Color Tint

3. Click on the map to place the tile.

4. Continue clicking to add more of the same tile

5. You can now drag new tiles directly from the Assets window to the map and they will inherit all the Tile settings from Step 2.

Paint Mode

Duplicate Selection As Walls - copy and paste selection as a wall piece.

Duplicate Paint Layer As Walls - copy and paste paint layer as a wall piece.

Remove Selected Points - Select multiple points to delete from the line.

Simplify Selected Strokes - Reworks selection to be less complicated

Reverse Selected Strokes - Inverts the stroke selection direction.

Drawing Lines

You can adjust the default brush size, color tint, size, angle, shadow and fade strength, how it overlaps other parts, end cap type and corner type of your line. Rotating, flipping, snapping to grid and magnetic snapping are also available options.

Any drawing will add a new Paint layer if you don’t already have one selected.

Free-form Drawing: left-click and hold to draw a line using the mouse.

Straight-lines: single click on each point where you want it to draw a straight line. Double-click or press Enter to end the line.

Draw with Image

Switch from Brush Mode (default) to Image Mode in the Image Control. Drag an image from the Assets window to the Graphic Asset area. Adjust the size, color and rotation and then draw free-form or straight lines.

Draw Rectangle

Click and drag from the starting corner of your rectangle to the opposite corner of your rectangle.

Draw Circle or Ellipse

Click and drag from the starting boundary of the ellipse to the ending boundary of the ellipse.

Adding Image Stamps

Image Stamps switch from Brush Mode to Image Mode automatically.

To place a stamp:

1. Drag an image from the Assets window to your Graphic Asset area.

2. Set the default color, size, rotation and orientation.

3. click on the map to stamp the image.

4. All stamps are added to the current Paint layer. If there is no paint layer, one will be created for you.

Erasing Drawings

1. Set the size of your eraser

2. Choose the paint layer you want to erase (if you have multiples)

3. Hold down the left mouse button with your erase cursor over the section you want to erase.

Edit Filled Strokes - Provides several keyboard and mouse combinations to achieve different fill effects.

FX Mode

Layers list

FX Type

The FX Type dropdown will be blank by default. You must first add a new FX layer by using the layer controls at the bottom of the image control.

To add a new Fx layer:

1. Click the Add FX Layer button to add a new FX layer

2. Select the newly added layer

3. Select the FX you want from the FX Type dropdown menu

Each FX Type will have it’s own specific adjustment. For example:

Layer Line of Sight (LOS)

LOS Drawing Mode

The 2nd toolbar allow Selection, Draw Line, Draw Rectangle and Draw Ellipse. They function just like drawing in Paint Mode.

LOS - Wall Mode

Walls block line of sight and movement for players.

Walls are shown in Red.

LOS - Terrain Mode

Players can see into the first terrain in their vision. The back edge of the terrain blocks line of sight much like a wall.

Players inside of terrain can see out of it in all directions.

Terrain is shown in Green.

LOS - Door Mode

Players can see the contents of a door, but not beyond it. Hovering over a door will allow the option to Open or Close the door.

* The GM can shift+click on the door to lock or unlock it.

Doors are shown in Blue.

LOS - Secret Mode

Secret areas will act just like a wall to players. The GM, however, will have the option to open the secret door. This will allow players to see through the area and move through it.

* The GM can shift+click on the door to lock or unlock it

Secret doors are shown in Blue with a dashed line.

LOS - Window Mode

Windows allow players to see through the window but not move through it unless it is opened first. Windows can be locked

* The GM can shift+click on the door to lock or unlock it

Windows are shown in Yellow.

LOS - Illusionary Wall

Illusionary Walls are lines that block line of sight just like a wall, but which do not restrict player movement. Players can move straight through the wall without GM intervention.

Illusionary Walls are shown in yellow dashed lines.

LOS - Pits (Experimental)

Open pits block movement and vision out of the pit when the token is inside the pit. Closed pits have no effect on movement or vision.

* The GM can open or close the pit

LOS - Shadow Caster (Experimental)

Add shadowed sections to a map regardless of terrain or occlusions.

Shadows are shown in a light green dashed line.

Grid Snap toggle - Turns snapping to the predefined grid on or off.

Point Snap toggle - Turns snapping to points in occluder splines on and off.

Peek: This is the amount users can see past where the occluder is drawn. The amount of peek-thru is relative to the grid size. For example, 0.1 is 10% of a grid square while 1.0 is a full grid square.

This can be useful to show that the occluder is drawn on a wall, for example, by letting the players see that there is a wall being hidden by the occluder, but not see completely into the room on the other side.

Lighting

Select Light

Select Light - allows you to select lights already added to a map.

Light Range and Color can be adjusted here as well as turning individual lights on and off. You can also change them into “darkness” instead of the default “light”.

Several preset behaviors, speeds and presets are available in the dropdown menus.

Add Light

Has the same capabilities as Select Light above.

Token Light

Player tokens and NPC tokens can carry around their own light sources. This is where you can create and configure those lights.

As the token moves, so will the light. Tokens can have multiple light sources attached, although remember that light sources are additive.
See: Adding Lights to Maps and Tokens | Add a Light Source to a Token

Token Vision

Similar to Token Light, you can configure and assign a token’s vision from this menu.
See: Player and NPC Token Vision on Maps

Ambient Light

This menu allows you to configure the ambient lighting that is drawn over the entire map.

See: Adding Lights to Maps and Tokens | Ambient Lighting

Global LOS

Enable or Disable Global LOS Mask

Click the + icon to turn on Global Mask. It will add a dark gray layer over the map.

Click the - icon to disable the Global LOS Mask.

Reveal Area

Remove Rectangle from Global LOS Mask

Click and drag from one corner of a rectangle to the opposite corner.

Hide Area

Fill Rectangle on Global LOS Mask

Click and drag from one corner of a rectangle to the opposite corner.

Grid Mode

Grid

This is the edit mode for the grid that overlays a map. Settings can be changed here or in the Set Grid With Mouse mode seen below.

Set Grid With Mouse

Switch from Edit Mode to Mouse Assignment and then drag from the upper left corner of a map square to the bottom right to set the grid size and location.

Edit it further using the edit controls.

Set the Grid Type

You can choose

• a square (rectangular) grid

• isometric grid (diamond)

• Flat top hex

• Point top hex

Adjust Grid

You can adjust the width and height of the grid in pixels. You can use decimal points.

Unlink width and height if they are not the same using the link button in between width and height.

Use the arrow keys to nudge the grid placement.

Play Mode w/ Token Selected

Arrow Keys, Num Pad or ASDW navigation

Arrow Keys and Num Pad:
Move up, down, left or right by 1 grid square.
Use the Number Pad to move diagonal as well (1,3,7,and 9).

ASDW:
A - Left / S - Up / D - Right / W - Down
X - Zoom Out / C - Zoom In

Drawing Mode or Line of Sight Mode

(no points selected)

Arrow Keys

Pan the map by 1 grid square in the direction of the arrows

Spacebar

Add a new point at the current cursor position and continue editing this drawing.

Enter

Add a new point at the current position and complete the current drawing.

Esc

Cancel the current drawing and complete it at the previous point

Ctrl+Z

Undo last action

Ctrl+Y

Redo last action from Undo

CTRL

Temporarily toggle grid snapping mode for next point (while held)

Layers Transform w/ Tile Selected

Arrow keys

Move currently selected tile by 1 grid square in the direction of the arrow.

Layers Transform w/ Tile Selected

Shift+Left Arrow
Shift + Right Arrow

Spin current tile clockwise or counter-clockwise by 45 degrees.

Shift + Up Arrow

Shift + Down Arrow

Increase or decrease scale of current tile by 1 grid square

Main Menu

Clockwork order from the top.

Close Window - Closes the current window

Minimize - Minimizes the window to a button

View - Shows different view modes

Layers - Grid, Pins, Mask visibility

Drawing - freehand drawing on the map

Lock/Unlock Tokens - Allows tokens to move freely without GM approval

Sharing - shows the image on the players' screens

Pointers - Draw cones, squares, circles and arrows using the grid coordinates.

Pointers Menu

Arrow - useful for pointing out features

Square - useful for defining areas

Circle - useful for defining areas

Cone - useful for spell area of effects

Drawing Menu

Unlock Drawing Mode - toggle locked and unlocked state

Enter Drawing Mode - this does not have the same level of features as the Image Control options explained earlier, but it allows for simple drawings with the default drawing brush.

Layers Menu

Toggle Shortcuts - this changes visibility for shortcuts (GM Only)

Toggle Grid - hides or shows the grid

Snap to Grid - on or off (hold CTRL to override)

Grid Type - select Hex Row, Hex Column, Square or Isometric

Enable Mask - this turns on or off the Global mask

Grid Type

Hex Row Grid - creates a hex grid in rows

Hex Column Grid - creates a hex grid in columns

Square Grid - created a square grid

Isometric Grid - creates an isometric grid

View Menu

Reset Zoom - sets image back to default zoom level

Zoom To Fit - Zooms to fit within maximum window size

Zoom To Fill - Zooms to fill the space it occupies

Sync Client View - Sets the zoom level on all players' desktops to the same level

Sharing Menu

Share Record - Shared the current item with all players

Stop Sharing Record - Stops sharing the item with players