https://roll20.net/

A website to help connect roleplayers and let them play over the internet.

Tries to be everything-in-one, and includes a tabletop engine that's not too bad. Definitely needs improvements to everything everywhere, but it's all good enough.

I started using it to play AD&D 5e

• https://wiki.roll20.net/Main_Page

• https://app.roll20.net/forum

2016-10-02 ∞

• When drawing on the map, there is no control-x and control-v to cut/paste. I'm used to control-x to delete something..

• When typing % to get the autosuggest for a macro, it gives it but it's off the bottom of the browser window.

  • They think of this great feature, implement it, but obviously haven't fucking tried it.
• The chat box can be enlarged, but it overlaps the text box above it. It should instead shrink the text box above it.

• There is no push-to-talk feature.

  • I use Push To Talk

• There's no way to test voice chat without

  • .. being in a game
  • .. having another person there

• Notifications icon

  • A page must be refreshed for it to acknowledge changes.
  • Cannot middle-click and go to some larger page with all the notifications.
  • Cannot control-click or middle click to open an item in a new tab. It's really tiring to have to interact with this for each and every notification.

• Macros

  • They allow whitespace but not blank lines, so they're a clusterfuck mess all strung together.
  • Editing needs syntax colouration.
  • The usable area for editing a macro is too small.
  • There should be a way to test macros without outputting to chat. I don't want to have to edit a macro to change every line to whisper myself, every time I want to update it.
• The macro bar should instead be a column
• Pressing space to create arrows is wonky as hell. It doesn't seem to consistently begin arrow-creation.

• ^z should undo a move or drawing.

  • The DM can do this though..

Dealing with time zones ∞

Since people are often all over the world, and scheduling is important before even applying, a tool should be used.

Even though I know and understand time zones and it's math, there's no way I'm going to rely on my brain when other people rely on my timing.

I use https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

Last updated 2019-12-06 at 22:57:11