Dynamic Dungeons Editor and Player v3.0.

I see that it is available for the Default Backgrounds and I was attempting to do this to a video User Background.

george

I love the improvements to the editor & player. Great Job! But for the life of me I can't seem to get the background image/video scaling or rotating or offset to work at all. Even trying it with different scroll/wheel mice (MacOS 10.15.7) HAs the feature been disabled? According to the feature animations, it's accomplished as described below : Mousewheel / Shift + Mousewheel: Scroll in the story matrix horizontally / vertically and scaling / rotating the background image in the image editor. Image editor: Mouse hold’n drag in the image editor: image offset

ScooterNH

Yes, the maps are in the 9000x range

Are these maps larger than 4096x4096? That is the maximum supported resolution for the time being. (The upcoming version will automatically convert the large res maps to 4k.)

Dynamic Dungeons

I had to resize the maps

same here Win 10 64bit - Anyone find solution yet?

Butt-Hoolian

After updating, when I try to run manager, the program said its loading but it just sits on the screen trying to load the cache. Any ideas?

Leif Fox

I had purchased and installed a previous version of the editor about a year or two ago and have since deleted it. Any way I could get that back now that I'm going to be using it again?

Darin Sauvey

I'm having the same problem

I like this already. In the map of Phandelver(cragmaw cave) will it be possible to add running water?Or in the ice caves of Rime of the Frostmaiden is there going to be a shiny sparkling ice floor that is added to the maps you load to give it that real bone chilling feeling. Please continue making and improving.

Didier Vinck

I bought some heroic map packs to use for a game and when I import the pictures it never leaves the "please wait for the thumbnail" screen. I even tried to drag and drop and it doesn't work either. please help!

If you unplug your TV from the computer does the program start up properly?

I started seeing this issue a couple of weeks ago as well. As it seems, the player app keeps crashing and the manager doesn't know what to do about it. I looked in the Windows event viewer, and the player app crashes from what seems to be an Adobe Air issue.

Tried to install / reinstall the app and when i try to load a map in the manager i just get an endless "Building entity cache system" notice and the maps never load.

I am not seeing the image editor icon. I have v3.2.301

Ray Gallardo

I have installed and downloaded the assets, however, upon opening editor I have no default folder and no assets. Help?

Hi peeps having issues with trying to get resized map to save after adjusting in image editor. i get a flash of white then go back into main editor page and image has not been saved to new size???

I'm trying to use this between two computers - to create scenes on my desktop and open them on my laptop. How do you propose we do this? It doesn't work over my local (Windows) network.

Cattegy

Hi! The manager windows keep opening on the same screen as the player window, and when I try to drag them over to the DM screen, they go blank. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

I'm also having a similar problem. the program takes a long time to open, and then when i go to import a map background it simply takes forever to load and just gives me a screen with "Loading" written on it. Any suggestions?

Matheus Tavares

Hi I am having issues with my maps not displaying. I can see them in the thumbnail and in the manager window but in the editor or player window the screen is just black. any suggestions?

I saw that this isn't supposed to use adobe air anymore but it's still in the installer package and if I delete the adobe air folder it won't work anymore

Joe Brassell

Hello, hopefully this is where I can get some feedback. I've installed this on two Windows 10 PCs, one intel based and one AMD based. I've also installed it on a mac. ALL machines have a bright flash when animations loop. Is this just par for the course or is there a fix for this that I haven't yet found?

Joe Brassell

Hi, I have a problem, where can I find some tokens? Such as doors or barrels etc

Hello. I'm using this great piece of software and I want to create my own particles and my own animations to include in my stories. I've seen that your files are .particle and .animation. Can we create our own content? Can we import it to dd? If so, which formats does it accepts? I'm sorry if you've answered this before, I've looked but not found an answer. Thank you.

witwulf

I have not used or downloaded the Editor/Player yet as I am researching new laptops since my current one is woefully out of date. What type of minimum specs are recommended/required? I don't want to buy an overpowered "gaming" computer if that level of processing and graphic output is unecessary.

Steve Wooten

I'm masking the grid in the editor (saving and checking it), but the player is still displaying the full grid. Is this a known issue? Also, will there be (is there already) a way to save the "state" of the manager/player mid play-through, so that any fog of war and prop placements remain in place when the story is reloaded?

Could you please send me a screenshot showing the problem? dynamicdungeons@gmail.com

Dynamic Dungeons

How deep is the directory structure when you meet this problem? Could you please send me a screenshot showing the problem? dynamicdungeons@gmail.com

Dynamic Dungeons

im having the same issue in windows

Im also having this issue. I noticed it with maps as well

After finding a large amount of prop assets to use within the editor, I noticed they were not populating in the prop drop down box. After a little investigating, it seems the editor prop menu does not allow subfolders? Is this correct or am I missing something? Do I have to put all the assets in one folder or can I sort them within additional subfolders? There's A LOT of props so not having them in subfolders would be a complete mess of info. Please advise!

William Jones

NVM; I just had to scroll down in the menu.

Is there a way to scale and/or rotate props? The HOWTO file for version 3 states " long press on a prop will bring up the prop menu for rotation and scaling." When I long press, I only see options for notes, Visible/Invisible, Lock/Unlock, Raise/Lower, and Remove. I hope I'm not overlooking something obvious.

I have the same exact issue. Very frustrating to build your dream map, then pull it up and it is unusable.

So I’m just wondering does this give the ability to put players and monsters on the map

Hello, I'm having a difficult time loading my resources to my 4x4 grid. They are in the resource folder (/system/user/DynamicDungeon/editor/Resource) and the file names populating on drop down menu of the editor, however they are blank thumbnails and they will not drag into the 4x4 "story grid" anyone found this bug? MacOS plz.

Butt-Hoolian

Thanks for the feedback. Can you please send me a screenshot? (dynamicdungeons@gmail.com) Could you try a forced 16:9 resolution when editing to see if the problem persists?

Dynamic Dungeons

Hi!!! I just bought the App. Really cool! But i'm having a problem. When I open the editor I can't see the inferior part of the App and there is no way I can Scroll down to reach it. This is really bad because I can't use any of the editor features that allows me to mask the map or anything. Any ideas on what to do? I'm using MacOS Sierra with a LG ultrawide Screen with a 2560x1080 resolution. Any help is really appreciated!

Any word on a fix for this. I have oodles of vids and pics sorted in different folders and thumbnails are now not working.

I am also having an issue where images and video's that I put into custom folders, (II have folders for different types of maps, forest, city, etc...) There are blank thunbnails, and thus a black fow screen in the manager.

I am having some severl input lag when using the touch screen or pen on my new Surface Pro. The touchpad works great but I would really like to be able to use the Pen if able. Do you have any suggestions or plans for touch/pen functionality on a SP?

I purchased the Dynamic Dungeons app from my phone, but need to re-download it to may laptop. Can you email a link? I can't find where to get it.

when I load the manager the grid shows on the player screen but not the manager screen. is there any way to change this? Kinda annoying for moving on screen monster token around

If you were planning to make any updates to the editor in the future, I was wondering if you would be able to add "Conditions" effects to the manager and player? You've already done some really great work here, and myself and my players love using your product. I just wanted to let you know that adding that type of functionality would help me, as the DM, and the players keep track of their condition effects during encounters. Thanks!

Tony Koster

Hello! I am a patron at the CG level. Would you be able to clarify if all patrons get access to the Dynamic Dungeon editor app? Or will that be an extra $30 on top of the patreon cost?

Hello! I purchased the software. How about a really good tutorial. How do you build walls and such? Do we get additional resource packs if we're a patreon subscriber? How do we do all the things? ^_^

McCrary's Hobby Room

how do i utilize the config.jason file in windows? i am trying to create my own animations, what file type should i save them as to make them accessible in the editor? also this new version editor seems to be slower for my windows 10 than version 2 did, any suggestions to speed it up?

Hi, I just purchased the software and it says it needs the newest version of adobe air. Which I have installed. I installed version 3.0. What am I missing here? Thank you

Thomas Stalhood

My Editor is a 1.1 There is no "check for updates" button under the Editor's INFO menu ! Will you please mail me a new url !?

I finally got the app to work. Just can’t import any of my own maps to “liven them up.” Am I missing something? Nevermind. I figured out my resolution was too high. Rolling now.

Glenn Diaz

Sorry I’m on vacation till 15th and can not check log files. Still you can describe the problem here and me or other users may will be able to help. Send the latest log files by email and I’ll examine them as soon as possible.

Dynamic Dungeons

Is there a way to force the Editor to be fullscreen? I am using a television (32", 1920x1080) and a 4K monitor (forced downscale to 1920x1080) - I add lots of props to my scenes. Everything looks great in the editor, but then when I open the manager/player, all of my props have changed position by more than a few pixels. I am guessing this is because the manager/player are fullscreen and the editor is not. Thoughts on a fix?

Maximilian Lancaster

I've had to Virus Vault, Uninstall, Reinstall, Uninstall, Lost all of my previously downloaded map, Reinstall this new version & it still does not work :'( Game night is tonight too... #frustrated

T3nac1ous

Wondering if you received my payment for the Editor/Player app. glenndiaz74@gmail.com

Glenn Diaz

Is this version seriously not compatible with the 2.0 maps? I've created so many and no they can't be used in the new version!?

Bryson Arvanitis

Hey Jason, did you send them in via the Bug Report Form? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5X2OZil5JNrqjyICm2tsAWj4pbdfGBn1BSSLuZSJ9hKPHYw/viewform

Maximilian Lancaster

Is this the appropriate place to get support? I've emailed the email address mentioned in a number of comments over a week ago but not received a response.

Can you rename "PROPS_PNG" ?

Deathtothemortals

Hi! With the update v3.0 I can't navigate between scenes with arrow keys.

Bakunyuu44

Yea, I was clicking "back" until I found the fat client requirement. I get it, HTML 5 couldn't handle this but it would be great. Our gaming TV is run pretty much by ChromeBooks ( ChromeBox's ) so I'm afraid it would be a no go for any type of native support.

Thanks for the feedback I will look into this issue.

Dynamic Dungeons

I'm having trouble loading in all the resources into the editor. I have organized the different map packs by folder for in editor organizing. But it can't handle more then 35 folders in the resource folder. At 36 subfolders no resources shows.. And the editor thinks the resource folder is empty.. This was not a problem in previous versions :)

Feature Request: When I use a gridless and toggle grids on using the manager, it always defaults to really small squares. Is there any way, once we have the grids setup in the manager, to save that setting for all future grids?

Adam Kaupisch

Took me a bit to pick up on the best way to use the editor. Unfortunately I'm plagued with an error about the array. I've tried deleting the files, and adding them back, but no luck. It works the first time but if I close and open the program again it throws the same errors. I'm able to work around it by setting the "forceThumbnail" setting to TRUE. But I thought you should know the 3.0 July 26th code still has this issue. Even if with the bug, I love it!

Soon 3.1. will come out with great new features. I'm waiting for that release to make an in depth video tutorial. Thank you for your patience. Till the new tutorial comes out, check out my YouTube channel where you can find some videos showing the most important features.

Dynamic Dungeons

I just got this and i'm having trouble figuring it out. I can't find a good tutorial and I can't get the maps to play.... Help please :)

Nathan Wilson

Hi! I would buy this in a heartbeat but I'm on a Linux system :( Any chance of future endeavours to put this tool online?

Andre Scaffidi

The primary or the secondary is 1440p? Try to you use forced 16:9 aspect ratio. Win or Mac?

Dynamic Dungeons

V3 Editor and Manager works great on 1080p so far. However I changed monitors and the new one is on 1440p and now the editor window is bigger than the primary display. Following the instructions on the help.pdf doesn't help unfortunately

Thanks for the feedbacks guys, we’re working on an update with some new features, and will fix this issue with prop notes. Notes added in the editor makes it wrong or also the text added in manager?

Dynamic Dungeons

Thank you for all of the helpful feedbacks guys. If you have technical problems or to report a bug, please use Patreon messages (https://www.patreon.com/messages) instead of describing the issue here in the comment section, because I may not notice every comment. You can also use the BUG report form through the link is written in the post above. In the meantime we're working on a new free update which will fix some bugs of the grid masking and new great features are coming soon, like custom FOW opacity on the manager window, default grid scale settings, prop hierarchy, easier prop browsing and much more. Thank you for your patience and continued support!

Dynamic Dungeons

I’m afraid you accidentally tried to launch the earlier version of the player. Remove the old executables and the shortcuts that probably still linked to 2.x.

Dynamic Dungeons

Anyone else having a problem where you create a file using version 3, and it works just fine. You save it and open it again and receive "The story is made with . Current version is 3.0.0"? My game is tonight. Everything was moved to this program. I am screwed if I can't get this back up and running.

Chris Kuhns

I really like all of this. I have an external hard drive on which I organized all the dungeons in thinks like: Wilderness, water/ocean, buildings, urban. etc. However if I want to have the videos show up in the editor, I would have to jam it all into the user folder, which defeats the whole sorting purpose, and I have to plow through a lot of dungeons when building things. Is there a way to organize this? Currently I see a cheat around that I could divide it in two groups, one in the 'defaults' folder and one in the 'user' folder. Does anyone have an idea/tip for this?

I'm very interested in purchasing this tool; the only thing holding me back is the inability to export to video. Using the Player is not viable if my group plays via a Virtual TableTop (VTT) software. Even when we meet locally we often use a VTT tool on a TV to allow for token placement and so on. If you made a render to video option, I'd snap this up right away, if only for the ability to add weather effects to static maps.

Ruthalas

Are you turning on FOW? Try turning off FOW and saving it in the editor. "Shift F" will also reveal the scene in the manager. If that's not the case see if you can pull up the scenes in the editor by clicking the "settings" button.

Carpe Noctem

You're better off just using a screen sharing app like Discord or something. You can use the static versions of these maps on Roll20, but you can't use the Dynamic Dungeons software through Roll20.

Carpe Noctem

This program is awesome (once I got it working). I think a great addition would be to give props (read tokens) dynamic line-of-sight a la Roll20 or FGU.

Carpe Noctem

I'm having an issue where the particles I've placed in the Editor are not in the correct positions when viewing the map in the player. Is anyone experiencing this and find any solutions? I'm on a Mac, btw. Thanks!

Eric Layton

@Daniel-- @DynamicDungeons I have this issue too it happens on both the original 3.0 installation and the 3.0 fixed installation for windows. The issue is with the file count in the thumbnails folder --- the temporary workaround is to delete all of the thumbnail folders in resources to get DynamicDungeons to generate the thumbnails again. I'm going to guess 256 is the magic number of thumbnails that breaks the resources folder.... i.e. if >256 pre-existing thumbnails are detected, and attempted to load into the prorgram, dynamic dungeons aborts due to the file count being greater than what the array or variable type can handle. You can probably just delete a subset of the thumbnails folder to get the initial filecount of thumbnails down to acceptable levels, but a blanket delete will fix all issues... Not something most people using this will experience, but if you've nabbed video files from all over the internet, you'll hit dynamicdungeons hard limit of thumbnails

after clean installing V3, creating a story, then opening Manager, the player does not display any scenes. I also am noticing that subfolders in resources and props don't work. I sent in a bug report for this; anyone else having issues that they've solved?

You use the editor to make maps. Just click in the box and load an image or dynamic map (which is just a looping video file) and then you save it.

McGixxer

Can I use this through roll20 somehow to play over the internet with friends and still use the software?

I really am struggling with how to use this. I would be more than willing to pay for a tutorial. Please let me know if this is possible

It should be created in user/DynamicDungeons/editor/resources

Dynamic Dungeons

I downloaded the WIN FIX version of the editor. When import asset, it creates a new folder called user. I am trying to find this folder or where it placed the imported folder, but I cannot find it anywhere, including the editr/default/resources or anywhere. Where do these files go?

Hi, I create maps, decorations, and animations for VTTs like Roll20, and I have had a few fans ask me about my animations and if they are compatible with this software. Most of my animations are created in webm VP8 format, and a few items i have made in GIF format. If they are compatible, or if you would like to explore options for integrating them into your software let me know. Thanks!

Gnoku

Next pack idea... Can you give us AoE spell effects that we can add via the manager? I'd be nice to show areas affected by silence/etc without having to draw by hand. Similar to the Pit you did for the arena? would be sweet to have some cones/ fire walls/ clouds/ etc

Adam Kaupisch

Has anyone added props and/or particle effects from external sources? I'm wondering how they hold up in the DD Editor and Player.

Kittrick Cuny

Gifs are supported now but they’re loading so long that’s why they should be converted to “.animation”. I’ll release the converter soon or implement to the app. The same with the particle system it can appear in a later version. Till that I keep releasing more particle effects.

Dynamic Dungeons

Love this new update! Is there a way to use/make own particle? GiFs or mp4 for example or something else? I would like to use a static map, but put some " moving" things in it...

Correct :)

Dynamic Dungeons

Can you please send me a screenshot and also the latest dated log files from your userfolder/DynamicDungeons/editor and player and manager? dynamicdungeons@gmail.com

Dynamic Dungeons

It would be great if this worked with a vertically oriented TV and horizontally oriented computer screen. Just crashes when I try. Ideally it would still play the video maps in the right full screen mode. Know what I mean?

John-Paul Laflamme

So just to be clear before I buy: I can work on 2 screens, my DM screen, and a player screen (at the same time, with a dual screen setup). one screen holds all the info for the players and with the other one I can switch maps, pictures or add elements? is that correct?

Kay Prins

Yes you’re still using the thumbnails were generated with the old version of the app. Delete the thumbnails folder in the editor/resources/user then open and save your project on a different name. The new thumbnails will be generated and saved to your project folder under player’s direcotry in 1024px. You can set the manager thumbnails to false in the config file (documents/dynamicdungeons/3.0.0/config.json) and the same video will be played on your manager window but it havily uses your gpu so I suggest to live it as it is.

Dynamic Dungeons

I am getting an adobe Air error. I have gone to http://www.adobe.com/go/getair and installed it. However, it still gives me the error.

Mark Screen

Love this new update, however the video files in player manager are super blurry? I assume I am doing something wrong here, help?

Fuzzboxx

I'm having trouble too. The editor launches the small window but then...nothing. It worked when I still had the old version installed too, but after removing that it simply doesn't. Im running on a macbook from 2017, mojave 10.14.5

Björn Sundell

Very nice :) Is it safe to amend the resource folder without it wiping the contents there? I seem to remember this used to be an issue.

Shaun

Hey, was working great (seriously this was a great upgrade), but all of a sudden I load up the Editor and when I click on the props/particle tab it is completely empty. Any help would be appreciated..

I'm having the same issue as well. I was able to use it once. Now the editor only opens a black screen.

I'm also having issues with the new version 3 of the Editor. The Manager and Player seem to open just fine but the issue I'm having is that when I opened the editor (V3) it opens, but everything is black, no menus or anything, just black. I'm running WIndows 10. I just emailed you all the logs I think are related.

On Windows when browsing the files set the filter to videos.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hey guys croudsourcing here. Just got the editor and when I go to import a map it only sees the JPG files and not the mp4. Probably a simple fix, any ideas?

Daniel La Plante

I offer myself for translating it to Spanish and Catalan, if you are up to... dunno if you have thought in implementing other languages. (I havent installed the software yet :P)

Endor

I'll investigate this issue, please send me the log files to dynamicdungeons@gmail.com (The default location is: youruserfolder/DynamicDungeons/Editor/log, Player/log and Manager/log)

Dynamic Dungeons

I'll investigate this issue, please send me a log file to dynamicdungeons@gmail.com (The default location is: youruserfolder/DynamicDungeons/Editor/log, Player/log and Manager/log)

Dynamic Dungeons

whoops I split my message. this is the error I get [event type="error" bubbles = false] any insight?

I'm not sure what I am missing but I'm unable to load my new story that I made in V3. When I use the manager to open the file the manager gives me this message

Hi there, the issue I'm having is that when I opened the editor (V3) it opens, but everything is black, no menus or anything, just black. The Manager and Player seem to open just fine tho. But without the editor can't really do anything! help!!! lol....

I see, since v2 is still available from the same drive folder, I think you should keep using that version if this is the way you played the maps.

Dynamic Dungeons

I'm new here. I got the old version to work pretty good fairly quickly. Import PDF of game map, convert to pic, crop and edit as needed and paste into editor, add wandering encounter maps between game maps which are fragmented into many frames, etc. I never used the manager. I split the HDMI output of the video card into two screens, one in the PC room the other into the gaming room and just used Bluetooth for the mouse and keyboard from the player to reach the PC. I've figured out most of the controls except I for the life of me cannot figure out how to advance the frames from the player. I can do it from the manager, but that is not easy for the way I'm set up. If someone could school me I would be appreciative of your help or advice, Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback, most of the antivirus and defender applications have a feature to add exemptions, did you try it?

Dynamic Dungeons

Thanks for the feedback! Scale settings are carried over to the duplicated token now, using Cmd/Ctrl + D. There is one direction communication between the Manager and the Player, everything is controlled now from the Manager that’s why we disabled the ability of moving tokens on the Player. A browser for the props will be implemented in the next version.

Dynamic Dungeons

Yes I wrote in the post above that this is known issue, the win installer won’t make program Icons in the Start menu, so you need to make make shortcuts manually. It’s not a serious problem and appeared in the last minute so I did not want to postpone the release because of this. It’ll be fixed soon. I suggest to remove the previous version and go to Program Files/DynamicDungeons folder and find the executables there and make shortcuts.

Dynamic Dungeons

When I install V3, it does not create new Icons, do I have still have to have V2 installed to get it to do anything, all it creates is the Dyanmic Dungeons Folder and an option to uninstall Dynamic Dungeons, this is for Windows 10, Intel Core I7 with 32 GB RAM, this is a high end Intel NUC with a radeon GPU.

Steve Martin

I use Bitdefender and v 3.0 is block by it. maby you shall take contact to them so it is save to use.

Claus Rasmussen

One issue, tokens can no longer be moved in the Player Window. Also, would be great to be able to duplicate tokens and have the scale setting carry over to the duplicated token. It would be nice to be able to have the tokens and props in the Props Layer Window underneath the slider so you don't have to have a folder open in Finder, but loving the drag and drop feature. Thanks for all your hard work!

Odd question-- and maybe my setup is unique: Does anyone know how to make the 3.0 Player appear on the third monitor? No amount of windows button or forceable moving works-- it always comes back to Monitor 1 or Monitor 2.-- any ini files I can tweak?

V2 is still available for those, but the new version is not backward compatible, we could not solve it. I could not recreate the second problem, could you please send me the log files of the editor? And also fill out the bug report form please, I need to know what is your hardware and OS.

Dynamic Dungeons

Yes, I’ll make a tutorial video and update the help doc soon.

Dynamic Dungeons

???? - I spent 10 minures with the v3 editor. - First problem - We cannot use our old creations? I try to load my old maps that I have spent 100 hours putting together with props and particles, grids etc... - It just says bla bla old version. So ok, I have to start over, like after the previous update. Could you make V4 in the future, so old assets are compatible. Some of us use this as a tool building worlds for our players. - Second problem. I start creating a 4x4 map area, just like normal. I import a map video that normally worked. And it loads it in, but does not show it. - I mouse over the square, and its invisible, but still there. I can click and edit it.. - Then I try another map, it works normal, visible like its supposed to? I think what the F??? :D - I try 16 maps.. 8 that you made, and they all work like normal. Then 8 others made, so still normal animated video maps mp4. Those worked fine before. Now all other maps, not made by you, are invisible? - That must be a mistake right?

Jesper

Any chance we could get an in depth tutorial/ overview on this editor/ player? If I knew what all it can do, I think I'd be sold on it. Thanks!

Jeremiah Sells

It’s still maximum 4096x4096 for images, so large res files should be resized before dropping to a story position.

Dynamic Dungeons

Fantastic!!!

Edvard Gooijenga

Can’t wait to play with the new update 💪

T3nac1ous

What is the largest pixel dimension image you can add in? I'm running Dungeon of the Mad Mage and they are HUGE levels.

James Engel

I am so excited by this! Thank you!

It's in the help file, when hovering over the window type 4 (or 3 or 2 or 1 depending on the scale you want)

MJG-3D

so, I just started using this tool and it is fantastic! Well worth the money! I do have one question tho. Is there a way to may the player-manager window larger? Or are there plans to make it larger with future versions? Tbh it's my only issue with the software. Everything else is pretty much perfect.

ok no idea how to use fog of war.. I am on a mac and none of the key shortcuts work. needs to be menu driven.. please fix this

Mick Chambers

Do I need to install the player, manager, and editor? Or just one of them?

I found a good value (size) so the square grid fits my tv. It would be fantastic if it was possibly to save that for all maps or have it as a default value.

I second the idea to add png files on the fly via the manager.

Just started trying out Dynamic Dungeon Editor and Player. I haven't fully explored the tool yet, but as a GM, it would be nice to add/remove on the fly "Area of effect" spells on players by drawing simply transparent shapes tied to a grid (circle, box, cone, line/wall). For example, dropping a 20' red transparent circle to indicate an area of effect fireball; or a square of green to indicate acid/gaz. In any case, keep up the good work! I love the animated maps and can't wait to see what comes next.

Daniel Berthelotte

Very cool - I will await that update and then see if that doesn't solve the issues i am facing. Really love this interface for my real time gaming and excited to get to try the updates I hope!

3.0 is a bigger update and it’s coming in a week. Hopefully the problems occurred on some systems will be solved with this free upgrade. We completely reworked the engine, so it will be much more stable. Thank you for your patience.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hey there - I am having Version 2.x freeze up on me. Have you had a similar issue? Also using a Mac

Still can not make Version 2 work on MacOS. Editor Screen freezes the minute you try to edit a particular image. Even when I save a map without editing any image it will not load on the player version. Really do love this software and map system more than the others I have tried but am bummed that I am unable to get the better version of it to work on Mac

Hey quiick question. how do I get the Player to move to my second display(which is the tv on the table for the players to see)?

2 questions: 1. Is there a post or folder where all of the props and particle fx are stored? 2. Because I use a smaller(32") TV in our table I have to use custom Grids on a gridless background. Is it possible to set the grid to a default size so I don't have to manually set it up on every map? P.S. I'm CG

Gavin Lawrenson

I'm having issues too. It disappears after I open it. I tried reinstalling but it still won't work.

Well I figured out how to scroll, but no matter what I do it won't load previous saves from the older version

I'm having issues with the editor, I can't move the screen to see more tiles (like, scroll right or left) and it won't open dungeons I created with the trial version. How do I fix this?

Clicking on a scene you can enter to the image editor. See the short tutorial gif in this post above.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hi, it’s a separate purchase for 30USD. Future updates are free.

Dynamic Dungeons

Okay, I managed to load the particle effects and props. I'd though you meant "youruserfolder" as my user folder in Windows. I only realized what you meant after seeing you explain it in a comment in one of these threads. Still need to know how to rotate or zoom the images though. Thanks!

Additionally, is there any way to manipulate an image/video when it's playing in a story? For instance, can we rotate an image, or zoom in or out to adjust scale?

I've added directories as described in your directions and unzipped props into the folders, but still nothing appears in the editor's prop dropdown window. Any idea what I can do to get this to work right?

Don't mind me, if was dumb as hell and forgot about the activation of FOW... Great job btw :)

Hi guys, i'm having trouble with the video not showing up at all when starting the player - it worked great with the free version though...

Hi there, I was wondering if you would add the function of managing tokens in the manager/player softwares ? I don't necessarly put the tv on top of the table, sometimes I'd rather leave it on the wall and would like to be able to move the characters / monsters tokens remotely. I think this would add a lot to the software, as it is a reason why some people use roll20. Thank you for your hard work !

You sir are a life saver! I've been looking everywhere for something like this :)

Hello, I had a quick question - if I become a patron for this site do I get the editor and player or is that a separate purchase?

I'm having the same problem. Where you erase is never exactly the same in the manager window vs the player window. Causing a real problem of revealing stuff to the players before I want to!

Scott McKendrick

Hi guys! I freaking love this player/editor, though I am having some troubles with the FOW in the manager. It doesn't quite line up to what's being revealed on the editor, and I'm not sure why that's the case. Can anyone help me out with this?

So i'm very new to all of this. I have signed up for the Chaotic Good membership. How do you get the maps to your computer. Do you download the ones you want or just run them from here. I was hoping to put all of the maps I wanted to use for the next game in a folder on my computer then just go through them during the game as needed. Any help would be appreciated.

Nicholas Oliver

Thanks for the feedback, it will be fixed in the next update.

Dynamic Dungeons

I have a Problem with the editor. When I create a 20 on 20 projekt I can scrole to the bottom but there is always a part missing that I'munable to see. its like the windows goes further than I can see.

You can use maps from wherever you want. The only limit is max 4096x4096. You don't actually resize the map for the grid, you resize the grid to fit the map.

Loyd Blankenship

Getting this error when i try to install on my mac: The application cannot be installed due to a certificate problem. The certificate does not match the installed application certificate, does not support application upgrades, or is invalid. Please contact the application author. Edit: NM you need to delete the old apps first

Boodavia

It'll be in the update which is coming today! Ctrl/Cmd + D will duplicate the prop/particle effect with the actual settings.

Dynamic Dungeons

Is there any way to get a prop/particle effect to duplicate? I want to resize a bunch of things, but it's slightly time consuming to do each one individually. Would be cool to be able to do it once and then copy it repeatedly.

Yes it's a known issue and only appears in the editor, however, we'll solve it. Thanks for the feedback.

Dynamic Dungeons

Sorry if this was already covered and I missed it but I couldn't find a solution. Everything is running great so far with DD Editor however when a video file gets to the end it flashes white for a second indicating the end of the file then starts from the top. Just wondering if those was known atm, and if there is something I can tweak to fix it. I can live with it as it doesn't seem to happen in the player though I need to test more to see.

Deathtothemortals

Thank you for the feedback. In the current version you can drag n drop props to the player window while playing a scene, but not to the player manager yet. We already started working on the update which will let you control your props from the player manager.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hello! I am loving DynamicDungeons so far and we are using it for the first time in our game this Wednesday. I am super excited to showcase the beautiful maps to our group but there is one tiny thing that really annoys me (Which might have a workaround for all I know): Once I have loaded the scene in the player/manager there is no way of adding additional props to the scene ad hoc. This would be an awesome feature as it provides a great deal of flexibility and control in the scene for GM's. Additionally, I would love if I could move props from the manager screen instead of just the player screen. The way it's set up now makes it seem that the manager is only ever useful for fog of war (since you can also navigate scenes in the player by using arrow keys). Apart from those minor concerns, I am looking forward to trying out DD in our group on Wednesday!

I am thinking about using the Editor & Player for my in person gamerounds, but because I am not just using Dynamic Dungeon maps I am wondering if it is also possible to add maps from different sources. And if yes, do these maps have to be a specific scale or is it possible to resize the maps within the apps to fit the right size of grid?

HI, great content! I was wondering if you could help me out with my problem. I downloaded the editor on my pc, works great. Went ahead to download on my surface buuuut for some reason I keep getting a black square when I open up the editor. Uninstalled, reinstalled, nothing. Any ideas? And yes, I am using the not latest version of adobe air. Thank you in advance!

Michael

Never mind.. I think I just figured it out.. open through the editor and create the package file.. then open in the player

maybe I am doing something wrong, but I am unable to open any mp4s in the player?

Yes, we definitely need this feature and will be implemented soon, till that pressing a D (decrease the map) and I (increase the size back to the original) recreates the fog layer as full covered.

Dynamic Dungeons

Is there an option to cover the entire screen with fog? An opposite to "Shift F". I feel that this is desperately needed, in situations where the entire map is accidently revealed.

Casey Gomez

This is much better than the recently launched Arkenforge. This is in my opinion, of course. And you try both that and this and compare which one suits you best.

VitAnyaNaked

I’m having an....odd... issue. I use a surface pro 4 for my GM computer (ya I know, I think I need to get a laptop for this) but when I try and expand/contract the editor screen to fit my screen it does no horizontally but not in the vertical, half of the map table is off the screen no matter what I do.

Pedro

What is this like preformance wise compared to Arkenforge? I bought Arkenforge recently and as my laptop doesn't have the best specs it somewhat slows down my laptops speed with me just using a static image of the dungeon of the mad mage floor map w/ fog of war.

Nix Shepherd

Thought I'd share this, it's a massive repository of potential props/resources: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6KuLQg6iTG3Rl94Q1lzaUNSZDQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6KuLQg6iTG3Rl94Q1lzaUNSZDQ</a>

Adam Kaupisch

Thanks for the feedback. Are those laggy videos 60 fps renders? Some of the files were rendered earlier in 60fps and there were similar issues for me with those files, but not with 30fps files. Can you check what is the refresh rate of the secondary display? Try to set it higher and let me know if that solved.

Dynamic Dungeons

My current problem with Editor and Player is the big lags on 4K. I have laptop with i7 and GTX1060. Resolution on laptop is 1080p. But the TV screeen 4K. The dynamic maps are working fine under windows VLC player. But it gets very laggy in DD and fog of war. Any suggestion?

Swiechu

i can even see my props. The menu is empty. pls help.

antonio

you should make a community section on your patreon where people can post and share particle effects and assets or show how they are using your maps. I think that would reinforce the nice community you have built.

Armando Lee

Is there a way to add props that have the grid overlayed over them? I basically want to sprinkl some fungi assets around some of the underdark cave maps to make it look like they're surrounded by a fungal forest and the caverns are just the pathways between zurkhwoods. it'd be awesome if I could bring the grid up over it though

No, it's not possible in the current version.

Dynamic Dungeons

Could anyone please confirm or deny if the player manager has some way of jumping between scenes without them being connected?

Kay Prins

Hey! Any idea about a Mac port, or anyone successfully use this windows app in wineskin etc on a mac? Does it allow for "fog of war" etc? (currently just using VLC and the zoom function to show current line of site)

Jorah Kai

Hi, sorry I haven’t released a proper demo version yet. In the very first v.0.0.1. there was no player manager window. There is translucent fog on the player manager window, with brush and rectangle reveal.

Dynamic Dungeons

am I asking a strange or stupid question?

Kay Prins

Let me rephrase my question, in the free version I cannot find the player manager so I would like to know, how does it work with multiple screens, can I have a grid of all the scenes on the player manager(gm screen) while I have a map on the big (player)screen, can I have translucent fog of war on the player manager(gm screen) while it is opaque on the big(player) screen?

Kay Prins

Hi David, just sent you the link in pm.

Dynamic Dungeons

Needed the download link and received it, thank you!

I have a question before I buy the software: in the player manager is it possible to show the grid with all the pictures and just click one to show that one instantly, for example, they are in the last room of the dungeon and teleport 6 rooms back, or I want to use big still of monsters to show in between , so you pop from the dungeon room to the monster still and then back, without having to program the monster still on a precise point?

Kay Prins

Just bought the editor and became a Chaotic Good Patreon Supporter. Anyone know of any good sources for good quality transparent png items to be used as props?

Jodie LeBouthillier

Hey, just wanted to say this is amazing. But I do have a question, I'm struggling to figure out how to rotate the pieces? If that is a feature of course. Thanks!

We'll handle it in the next update. Also there'll be prop duplication.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hi, the app is not backward compatible, but of course the 2.1.8.3. should play back every maps you made with 2.1.8. Try to rebuild your story and send me a bug report using the form, if it's still not working.

Dynamic Dungeons

Any chance we can make the thumbnails bigger? it's difficult to see what the maps are, esp when they are darker maps.

Adam Kaupisch

I just upgraded from the original version (which I loved) and for some reason the player will not load the stories that I just made with the new editor. Everything opens up fine and looks good but when I click "Load Story" it allows me to choose it from the folder and hit play but nothing happens. I just see the same grey screen with the "Load Story" option sitting there. Any Help?

Jess Strickland

Really excited by the particle effects and hoping to one day see spells with durations (above instantaneous) be represented with particle animations. That would be rad.

Sara, did you fill out the bug report form? Also, the log files would be useful to investigate this issue. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5X2OZil5JNrqjyICm2tsAWj4pbdfGBn1BSSLuZSJ9hKPHYw/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5X2OZil5JNrqjyICm2tsAWj4pbdfGBn1BSSLuZSJ9hKPHYw/viewform?usp=sf_link</a>

Dynamic Dungeons

When you are in player, you can drag and drop props from outside. These won't be saved to the scene.

Dynamic Dungeons

Areas can be revealed using the cursor brush or rectangle reveal in the manager window.

Dynamic Dungeons

No, unfortunately not. Still you can use OBS Studio or Nvidia shadowplay or Quicktime to make a screen recording.

Dynamic Dungeons

Try google chrome to open the shared folder, it should work.

Dynamic Dungeons

getting this message: WIN_DD_Editor_Player_2.1.8.03.zip (Unzipped Files) —— Upload Error (There were too many recent requests; please wait a while and try again.)

Does the DD Editor allow the export of these scenes as a video file?

For some reason I cannot remove FOW unless I use shift +F. Is there a reason why this is happening in the player editor?

Hey man. Emailed yesterday but I need a link for the download. I can't find my old one.

I couldn't figure out where to use the props? I noticed in the editor that if I double clicked on the tile I could add a prop. But when I opened the player it wasn't there and I don't see the icon in the player to add props live.

Hello. Suddenly the Editor crashes when I open it up. So reinstalled it but it still crashes. No messages or something like that it just shuts itself down. Thank you for your work with an awesome software and beautiful maps btw.

Hi, can you please send me the image by email? dynamicdungeons@gmail.com I haven't got any bug report about this issue, and it works for me on Mac and also on PC, so there sould be something with the file, I think.

Dynamic Dungeons

Yes, I want to add this feature in a later update.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hi Juliet, it's a special format, I plan to release various animations and particle effects every month. Gifs load slow, that's why I implemented the so called .animation support, which is much more fast. In a later version it'll be possible to make your own. Now, I'm happy to hear suggestions for particle effects.

Dynamic Dungeons

Hi! I've added a few animated .gifs but they take a long time to load. What is the .particle file type and how would I create my own?

Cattegy

I cannot get the props to show up on my maps. I have downloaded and copied them to a folder I created labeled props within the editor folder as it says in the instructions. When I am creating a story, I select the torch icon and there is nothing within. I feel as though I need to add these to the editor by doing more than creating a subfolder, but I am at a loss. Any advice?

a little suggestion on the V2. the props and png can only drag onto the player screen now, will it be able to frag on the GM screen also? so that GM can control the props and token through GM screen to show more interactive with the player

hin0091

Whenever I attempt to include an image the image editor just gets stuck on a screen that says "loading" and the normal editor displays nothing but a black screen. Does anyone have an idea as to why this is going on or how to fix it? The main reason I grabbed this software was to arrange battle maps conveniently so this is a major bummer right now.

Find some here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16LJHBb0-Gm1wOxq6gavsJHDH_qtxqsXU?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16LJHBb0-Gm1wOxq6gavsJHDH_qtxqsXU?usp=sharing</a>

Dynamic Dungeons

Where do I find props/assetts to import? the folder "userfolder/DynamicDungeons/editor/props is empty. Thank you in advance

hi creator, may i know what kind of software you created the particles file? can we import our own particles file to the editor?

hin0091

Are we able to rotate the video assets we load in? For example the new castle system only has two directional corners, I want to rotate them so I can create more corners in the castle.

Anis Zarei

Glad to hear it works now!

Dynamic Dungeons

Finaly it worked to move the resource folder. :) And Thanks for the new Warning text xD Now every ones Data will be save :D P.S: I love your work. I started filming 30 Second-Clips from games like Skyrim, flying up and looking straight down, to get some new Maps for the Editor &amp; Player. It works perfect :D

Thanks for the feedback, we are investigating this issue.

Dynamic Dungeons

It didn't work, and in doing so created a endless loop in the file directory that deleted all the tilesets that I have downloaded to this point.

I think we've found the solution. Please delete the entire log directory under userfolder/DynamicDungeons folder. Not the ones under Player and Editor subfolders, but the one in the DynamicDungeons folder which contains avane... files. Delete this log subfolder, launch the app, then try to move the resources folder. Please let me know it this solved this issue. Again, make sure, it's an empty folder where you are moving to, because the new resource folder will be wiped out before copying. Do not use an existing folder where you have content!

Dynamic Dungeons

I'm also experiencing the same issue with attempting to select a "resource folder" It hangs on "Resource Folder is moving, please wait"

is it possible to make the dungeon with one pic connect to a pic with more far distance?

hin0091

I'm having the same problem. Sent bug report w/ screenshots.

Excited for this update, but on a fresh install, moving the Resource Folder just hangs on 'Resource Folder is moving, please wait'. Any thoughts? There appears to be an instance of an error in the log file within the new Resource folder, but I can't make sense of it. (Error #3012 Error: Error #3012 at MethodInfo-8347() 2019-3-2 7_29_31_537)

Having an issue when attempting to edit/open older stories? Receive an error that reads "The story is made with 1.1.1. Current version is 2.1.8."

Are you planning to release a demo version of this app version?

You have to manually copy them in the props folder of your project. So they have to be in at least two locations when you're in the editor: the props folder of the editor AND in the props folder of the player.

Lars Rietkerk

This is excellent software and makes the setup for running an animated DND campaign extremely easy and quick. One problem I'm having though: No matter what I do I cannot see or include any "props" on my scenes (the ones you've included don't even show up). I've tripled-checked to make sure I'm putting them in the right place (and I even left the directory in the stock location). Has anyone else had this problem or are you aware of anything that might be stopping me from using them?

i can move resources folder it keeps hanging on resources folder is moving please wait. resources folder is empty and new location to

Very nice improvement!! Additional suggestions for the particles: Light snow fall / heavy snow. Heavy rain / Light Rain. Drifting fog/mist (various levels of thickness and speed). Glowing pentacles

Franck Florentin

What app are you creating the particle effects in? If I wanted to start creating my own where would I start?

Amazing work sir! Particle effect suggestions per your request: Necrotic Energy (Black), Necrotic energy (Purple/custom color value?), Radiant/Blessed Energy, Line effect for lightning that can scale, Quick Reference Brush Sizes (what I mean by this is brush sizes with default values equal to different AOE spell effects. such as a Pre-sized cone of cold outline where with one click you could apply snow or ice particle effects within the 15 foot cone/20 ft radius, etc.) Brilliant work all around!

No, unfortunately the scale and offset functions are only for images in this version.

Dynamic Dungeons

Is it possible to get scale, offset, rotate and crop for video aswell as images? I'm running this on pretty large screens, and it feels weird that I cannot combine different videos to get more elaborate dungeon maps. Cause now i feel like i have to "reset" the minis all the time.. :)

Can you send me please the file by email to investigate this issue? dynamicdungeons@gmail.com

Dynamic Dungeons

I tried 300x300 and 65x65 both yield the same result

Lars Rietkerk

I see. What size png is it?

Dynamic Dungeons

I've ran into a problem when making PNG's for my own props. When I drag them in, all is fine. When I reopen the file or show them in the player, only my the props you have made show up nicely. Mine are forever 'Loading' in the editor and not displayed in the player. Are there particular things you did when exporting the png's? I tried exporting as PNG-8 and PNG-24, both are 32 bits.

Lars Rietkerk

When you add a new userfolder, all content is copied from the older resources folder to the new place. The app won't delete the files from the original location, you should find all content in the old folder. (It means you need to manually delete these files from your previous folder)

Dynamic Dungeons

Sorry, the app is not backward compatible.

Dynamic Dungeons

Bug Report: When I move Editor resources directory to new one. The One on my D Drive with all my perfectly organized maps. It deleted all the content :(

Swiechu

i can´t open my old .dd archives on the new player there´s something i need to do to open those files in the new player ?

Great, thank you. Even a simple plain background will turn into animated scene using these particles. I'll give out basic generic backgrounds for each theme in the future.

Dynamic Dungeons

Yes! I can’t wait to download this! Meanwhile if you want suggestions for other particle effects – – how about a sandstorm?

Lou Anders

There is no password protection on my files. What browser did you use to download the files?

Dynamic Dungeons

Your content were copied to the new folder. Restart the app and you'll find it there. (The files were not deleted from the original folder, you can find everything under your userfolder/DynamicDungeons/)

Dynamic Dungeons

Also i moved the resources folder and now all downloaded content is gone....

i need a passwort to unzip the particle_fx...what is it?

Long press on a prop will bring up the prop window. There simply click “remove”.

Dynamic Dungeons

Yes, .animation files are already supported, and I’ll release an animated goblin prop soon.

Dynamic Dungeons

How do you delete the props once they're placed? And how can I scale the props?

Lars Rietkerk

with the ability to add tokens, is there a chance that we will see animated monster tokens from you?

Yes, but this is only possible on the player window at the moment. (And of course in the editor, but not in player manager) you can also drag and drop tokens to the player window, scale, rotate, remove etc.

Dynamic Dungeons

Does this allow you to move the tokens while the map is playing in the player?

Fuzzboxx

Kept checking everyday for the update once you announced it. Looks great! Good work!

YYYYEEEEESSSSS! I've been hoping this would drop soon! Can't wait to test it! Great job Tamas! Always appreciated :)

Timothy Maher

Awesomeness!!!!

Hell yeah! Been looking forward to this for a long time! :D thank you very much!

Lars Rietkerk