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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zulithe" data-source="post: 5293462" data-attributes="member: 4708">RE: networking issues, i'm sorry that I can't really help much there. What I can tell you is searching the forums and/or posting a thread on the forum for the particular VTT will turn up some useful info. At one point or another, I've had networking issues with every VTT I've used. Trial and error always works things out.Fantasy Gounds has a good and supportive community, just to clarify. But virtual tabletop software is such a niche item that a program costing $35 can't accumulate the kind of community that a well-designed free alternative can. This has been my experience. This is important for a VTT since the community creates lots of custom content, and it makes it easier to find players who use it.FG tries to emulate the entire gameplay experience, from the map to the rulebooks to the adventure modules to beyond. It has a very advanced featureset to keep track of character sheets, npcs, monsters, initiative order, adventures, rules information and more. IMO the map features really suck though, you basically have to design your maps in another program and import them as a static image. This probably works for most people.Maptool focuses primarily on the map, with fewer features that aren't directly related to the map itself. Because of this, it has by far the most powerful mapping features, allowing you to design your maps with a great deal of flexibility. There are plenty of tutorials on this found here: <a href="http://www.rptoolstutorials.net/" target="_blank">RPTools Tutorials</a>While MapTool's other features are slightly rudimentary compared to FG, most of the basics are there: chat, dice rolling, initiative tracker, etc. MapTool does not have many features to help you keep track of the game rules themselves and depending on your style of play, this may be preferable. It's more similar to an actual table in that it provides a place for your maps and minis, while most of the other details are left to the DM and players to adjudicate themselves.There are lots of other great VTT apps out there... but I have little experience with them. I'm sure some of their users could comment. D20 pro has caught my eye but it still looks a bit unpolished for a commercial app to me. For example the way it handles rulesets is very draconian. Needs to be more modular and easier to setup/switch rulesets. I'd love to be proven wrong someday, though.Lasty, I apologize if this is getting off topic... this may need to be moved to the software forum at this rate.</blockquote>

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