Foundry VTT Update

Moulinette will be integrated when the new post goes up later today. :)

Cze and Peku

Well, I wouldn't double cost, but after Moulinette integration is finished - that would be another question :D

Alisa Heletka

I am so HYPED about Moulinette integration. It makes building scenes on forge so easy.

Kevin Reidy

That's exactly right. We won't be changing those links unless a pack needs updating for some reason, which seems unlikely. So you should be able to grab those from your text file for the foreseeable future.

Cze and Peku

Hi! When you say you don't plan to change the foundry links, do you mean the links that point to the dropbox.../.json or the links inside of the json? Currently I have a txt file saved of all of the dropbox links that point to the jsons for whenever I want to bring in some maps to my foundry, but now I'm wondering if I should have downloaded the full json files themselves.

Steve

Thanks for letting me know! I'll grab a few and make the call after playin them this weekend. Good luck with the new artist~

Dee Cardenas

Hi Dee, we don't plan to change the current Foundry links. They may change over time as we update things but we've no intention of purposefully changing them to lock people out. So you can still grab them in the next few days before we transition to the $10 tier. :)

Cze and Peku

Welp, mazel tov. I haven't use your stuff as much as I prolly shoulda. I'll think about upping or getting out. In any case, good luck~you do gorgeous work!~

Dee Cardenas

Hi Ryan! And thanks for doing this, because yes... it is time consuming! :P

Simon

Hopefully! We won't put up the price until Ryan comes onboard full time to sort out the Foundry issues and integrate Moulinette. :)

Cze and Peku

This is great to hear! Do you expect the Moulinette integration to also be ready the first week of October? :)

Glen Skelton

Hello!

Ryan from the Token Vault

Thank you so much for the reply!

Laura

As far as I'm aware, Moulinette is $2 per month, so it isn't free. But just because we're giving the option to use Moulinette doesn't mean you need Moulinette to use the VTT files from now on, it's an optional extra for those who want it. As for renaming files, i think it should be possible to update the files without changing the links. I don't want to promise that but i've been told it should be possible.

Cze and Peku

PS Your plan sounds good! Thanks for thinking about all those ease-of-use things like loading times and file sizes and file labeling!

Laura

Thanks for the update! Since the files will be renamed, the old jsons we have access to now won't work in the future - am I understanding that correctly? (Wondering if I should expect the ones I had saved to break.) Also, is Moulinette free to use? I haven't been using it partly just because I didn't want to take on another monthly subscription. But maybe I was misunderstanding that part - ?

Laura

I didnt really use Foundry to begin with so no sweat off my back, but hi Ryan!

Remora's Jewel

You are correct. I am a dork. Totally missed that. As silly as that seems that changes my view of things. As soon as that feature works I would probably move to the $10 bucket because that reduces the amount of data I have to store on the system and keeps things easy to find and manage. Thank you for pointing out that I missed this.

Justin Phillips (gkanks)

Oh, I think you missed one of the paragraphs, we are going to be using Moulinette! :)

Cze and Peku

Well... I understand the decision yet I'm not interested in doubling the costs, especially when they already have to be loaded manually and it sounds like there's no intention of building a management tool or publishing them through an existing platform like Moulinette to make management easier. If management becomes easier than the price point may become worthwhile and I think Moulinette might be the best option there as it looks like it would allow you to publish a thumbnail (take a look at how Bailywiki publishes through that platform) and does not require loading of the files to your server until you select the scene. It also has some kind of Patreon integration which helps manage user access to work through level of membership. You do great work and the advance notice is very appreciated.

Justin Phillips (gkanks)

Hi Ryan! Hope you love your work because we love what you do for us!

DungeonCreepers

Bummer but I totally get it. Maintaining the high quality of maps takes investment. Thanks for all the great work CP Team.

christopher cochran

Thank you very much! I'll be happy to upgrade to $10. Thank you to Ryan as well =)

Rainwhisker

I'm sorry you feel that way. Just to reiterate the rationale: me and Peku are both just artists, we design and draw the maps. If patrons would like us to add this extra functionality to our Patreon and that requires hiring someone to do that role, then we need to cover the cost of their salary, so that's what we're doing. I hope that makes sense.

Cze and Peku

worth every cent, will most definitely upgrade to 10$

Frank Albers

With 30K $ per map pack, this simply sucks.

Chaan

I'm definitely going to have to pull support for another map maker to justify staying $10. I've actually been contemplating going back to $5 for Cze and Peku, but I can't stop using these maps. Best quality around, imo.

Rob Nowell

Second, Third and Fourth'd

Rob Nowell

Yay! Ryan doing the heavy lifting and Foundry coming in with the spot!

Rob Nowell

I can't really justify moving up a tier myself, but totally understand the need to move it up when it requires so much constant attention. Will miss them ;-;

+1 I assume we simply lose access to the master post but it would be great to have confirmation

Joao Silva

Thank you RYAN! <3 Gladly pay $10 for your amazing work! Would it be possible to have a "Map pack"? (smaller pack, city, mountain, underdark, etc) Yes! I can't wait for the re-name, it's a huge QoF when selecting the module I want for my session.

BT

Thanks for the update! Be sure to put Ryan in touch with us, we have some tips for building Scene compendium packs which can dramatically improve their efficiency so you don't have the types of problems you mention in the post!

Foundry Virtual Tabletop

Hi Ryan! What will happen to patrons who stay at the $5 tier (who previously had access to the Foundry VTT files)? Will the existing VTT map files (that I've already added to our Foundry install) still be accessible via the old .json files or will we lose access to those, when Ryan reorganizes everything?

Joseph Joffe

For now E+ will be staying at the $5 tier. :) We get free help from the E+ team to make those modules (thanks George!) and there hasn't been any major updates causing any trouble to the existing modules. So there's no reason to up the price.

Cze and Peku

Will the Encounter+ modules be moving to the $10 tier as well?

Keven

Hi Ryan!

Nolan Childerhose

Hi Ryan! Thanks for all the hard work, guys - much appreciated!

Daniel Paquin