Here’s a little preview of what I’m working on right now, using cut-outs for the standup miniatures in 3D Virtual Tabletop. This short video shows the screen where you add our own minis, now letting you set the outline as well.
The image used for the miniature in the video is from Robert E. Howard’s Tabletop RPG Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, from Modiphius Entertainment.
There’s now a much simpler screen for importing your own maps into 3DVTT. You can get your own maps set up and ready to play in seconds.
The Tavern Roadhouse map added to 3DVTT using the new simpler map import screen.
The previous screen was very flexible so that it could handle any map, no matter how poorly formatted it was. It was necessary for doing things like using a map taken from a screenshot of a PDF. Unfortunately, that made it very complicated, and was overkill for most maps.
I’ve been following several cartographers on Patreon, and most of them create great maps that are laid out well for a grid, even if they offer gridless versions. There’s a lot of talent there and you’ll be pleased to know that getting their maps in your game is now a cinch. All you need to do is drag the map file in, enter the size, and you’re good to go. The Roadside Tavern in the screenshot is from Neutral Party.
So getting well formatted maps into 3D Virtual Tabletop is now easy, what about the others that need an offset applied to the grid, or their aspect ratio tweaked? The previous screen for importing maps is still there, you can access it by pressing the Adv. (Advanced) button in the map import screen. You can flick in between the Simple and Advanced screens to see how it looks with the different views.
I hope you enjoy the new simpler method of adding your own maps. I know I’ll be glad to spend less time organizing maps during my prep time for each game session.
For all those special things happening on the map, you can now easily point them out to your fellow players, with a new set of markers to signify areas of interest. The included set has numbers, arrows, crosses, and circles, in 5 different colors, with both dark and light themes, to suit any location.
You can find the new markers in the Minis screen, in a new Markers folder that everyone now has. This folder also has special properties for making your own markers easier to use. When adding any item from this folder on the map, it will automatically appear as a flat token rather than an stand-up mini, and it will also start with a blank label, ready for you to enter in any identifying information about that place on the map, if needed. When you import your own markers into this folder, they will be treated the same, so you can make use of that as well.
Some of the new marker tokens in 3DVTT
Start or join a game at http://3dvtt.com/game to check out the new set.
