What's your VTT of choice?

[kronovan]

Smiteworks maintains the connect site.

Only if you launch your campaign in CLOUD mode. If you launch in LAN mode Smiteworks doesn't have anything to do with connections. I just launched a campaign in LAN mode with my router disconnected from the Internet and connected with a demo client running on my laptop, also disconnected from the Internet.

If on the other hand you mean Smiteworks manages the cloud connections if you so choose to host your remote players that way - that's correct.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Only if you launch your campaign in CLOUD mode. If you launch in LAN mode Smiteworks doesn't have anything to do with connections. I just launched a campaign in LAN mode with my router disconnected from the Internet and connected with a demo client running on my laptop, also disconnected from the Internet.

If on the other hand you mean Smiteworks manages the cloud connections if you so choose to host your remote players that way - that's correct.

Neither of those was what I meant. I was responding to @Thomas Shey, when he queried who was paying for the brokering site. At least that was how I understood his questions.

 

[kronovan]

Neither of those was what I meant. I was responding to @Thomas Shey, when he queried who was paying for the brokering site. At least that was how I understood his questions.

OK, my bad - I didn't scroll back to that post.

I for one are glad that Smiteworks went with cloud hosting, as it's been very reliable for me for connecting players. Considering the cost of a full server (Ultimate), perpetual license costs half of what it did when they 1st intro'd FGU with cloud hosting, Smiteworks certainly seems to be putting full support behind their product.

 

[Edifice Head]

I really like Foundry. Played a few games on it (e.g. Alien RPG, WFRP, DCC) and it looks great and runs very well. Got a subscription of my own now so I will be able to host some games of my own. I just need to set up a server - planned to use Molten Hostings. But I'd swap this out for a real tabletop game with painted minis and shared food and drinks any day!

 

[Thomas Shey]

Neither of those was what I meant. I was responding to @Thomas Shey, when he queried who was paying for the brokering site. At least that was how I understood his questions.

Not really, which is probably on me. I was just having trouble telling whether people were saying when Smiteworks did its thing whether there was functionally any difference in where the VTT was being processed, as compared to just where the connection was occurring (if that makes any more sense, which I'm not sure it does).

 

[LordEntrails]

OK, my bad - I didn't scroll back to that post.

I for one are glad that Smiteworks went with cloud hosting, as it's been very reliable for me for connecting players. Considering the cost of a full server (Ultimate), perpetual license costs half of what it did when they 1st intro'd FGU with cloud hosting, Smiteworks certainly seems to be putting full support behind their product.

May I make one suggest or request? When folks hear "Cloud Hosting" they think the game is served or the data is stored in the cloud. I think if those of us who use FG use the term "Cloud Brokering" it will cause less confusion with folks not familiar with the details
Thanks!

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Not really, which is probably on me. I was just having trouble telling whether people were saying when Smiteworks did its thing whether there was functionally any difference in where the VTT was being processed, as compared to just where the connection was occurring (if that makes any more sense, which I'm not sure it does).

It does not really. By processed, I think you mean where the memory and cpu of the machine running a particular instance of the application, is located? That would be locally.

 

[Thomas Shey]

May I make one suggest or request? When folks hear "Cloud Hosting" they think the game is served or the data is stored in the cloud. I think if those of us who use FG use the term "Cloud Brokering" it will cause less confusion with folks not familiar with the details
Thanks!

That was certainly what I'd assumed reading that.

 

[Thomas Shey]

It does not really. By processed, I think you mean where the memory and cpu of the machine running a particular instance of the application, is located? That would be locally.

Yes. As LordEntrails above says, I think "cloud hosting" threw me off in this context.

 

[Ath'kethin]

I signed up for Roll20 years ago, back when it was maybe the only option and maybe one of only a few. I've never used anything else and I see no reason to.