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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luke" data-source="post: 2108000" data-attributes="member: 602">Suggestion: Replace the miniatures and computerize game mechanicsVery cool! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />  I think that this would be perfect if solid miniatures were replaced by graphical images that appeared on the map directly. You could get a massive benefit by being able to target creatures using a mouse, and have software automatically work out all the numbers for you. I've worked hard to produce such a setup, which I think would work really well with a projector. Here's what I have so far:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mapper has all of the pan/zoom/hide/reveal features of Tabletop Mapper.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are invisible layers where the DM can hide specific floors, creatures or objects, which can be revealed to players when appropriate.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can use an image map background (from NWN, Dunjinni, CC2, whatever), or you can use the built-in mapper. Using the built-in mapper lets you construct big maps which still give you perfect images when you zoom right in. Its a lot faster than creating lots of small images at the right resolution.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The creatures and map description icons go on top of everything else, and can be dragged around separately to everything else.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can target and do actions using a mouse (attacks, saves, skill checks etc) which is where the real time and ease payoff is for losing the miniatures. You can get very quick results, or check through every modifier of every action, optionally substituting your own dice rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can make use of a Player's Window. This lets the DM look at a full version of the map, whilst the players only see the revealed sections on their map.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My Dell laptop has an nVidia card that gives a 2nd monitor. I would use the 2nd monitor for a full Player Window, and send that to the projector.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alternatively, you can network 2 computers together, and send the players monitor to the projector. That allows players to move their own characters around, within their restricted map view.</li> </ul>This isn't necessarily the view I'd use (and its a very crappy map example), but this image demonstrates a DM view of combining computerized mechanics with mapping:<img src="http://www.enworld.org/RolePlayingMaster/screenshots/scn_ingame_attack.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> There is a cost to this ($24 shareware), but I don't have a projector, and would be very happy to give you a copy of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/RolePlayingMaster/" target="_blank">RolePlayingMaster</a> if you wanted to try it. I'd be very keen to hear about how it goes. If anybody here wants to try this out on a projector system they have, please feel free to <a href="mailto:luke_jones@roleplayingmaster.com">e-mail</a> me.</blockquote>

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