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Message: <blockquote data-quote="azhrei_fje" data-source="post: 4783185" data-attributes="member: 12966">ARGH!  My post was lost!  Okay, I'll try again...(Disclaimer:  I'm a site admin and moderator at RPTools.net and I've contributed code patches to the MapTool project.)Here are some keywords/phrases I would use to describe MapTool:free,game system-agnostic with support for multiple game systems,cross-platform (written in Java so runs just about everywhere),unbounded maps (infinite size maps limited only by RAM),light sources and sophisticated vision system (player sees what the PC sees),fog of war,health bars,free,halos,token states (typically used to denote buffs or PC status),property tracking for creatures (hitpoints and so forth),macro programming language (considered an "advanced" topic),macro panels for each token, for the campaign, and for global use,free,integrated initiative tracker (quite primitive, but usable),table support (for random selection of items from a list),tokens can be added to the map using drag-n-drop,tokens can be cleaned up easily using TokenTool,measurement tool (for distances on the map),templates (for area of effect spells and such),image layers (Token, Hidden, Object, Background),textures (rudimentary text drawing on any of the above layers),maps can be denoted as "GM only" to keep them hidden from players,images are sent from server to clients as-needed,all data saved in XML (allows external modification, if desired),actively supported (by developers and the user community),vigorously developed (new builds as often as weekly),uses dockable panels to let the user configure the screen layout,and did I mention it's free? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Minuses:  documentation is often out of date but the community wiki is starting to fill the gap.  There are video tutorials at <a href="http://rptoolstutorials.net/" target="_blank">RPTools Screencast Tutorials</a> and they are being updated for the latest builds as well.  The macro programming language is a custom language and is rather cryptic to read; there is a plan to move to javascript in the early v1.4 builds.  The chat window is primitive; a major upgrade is planned for v1.4.We are currently in bug-fix mode in an attempt to get v1.3 as stable as possible and call it "released".  That will allow the developers to work on new and exciting features for v1.4!  (And there are a lot of them planned!)</blockquote>

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