Addendum to BRPG User Manual
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1. Addendum to BRPG User Manual v1 7 updated on November 3 2011 This addendum contains material that I would like BRPG users to be aware of but which I deemed would be better not to include in the updated User Manual due to its temporary nature It also includes documentation for features that were added in BRPG v1 7a through v1 7d and are thus not covered in the BRPG v1 7 User Manual The Disappearing Dice Roller I have added temporary code and functions to BRPG to help debug a problem with incoming die rolls that fail to open the Dice Roller window and cause the Dice Roller window to become inaccessible for the remainder of the BRPG session It is possible that this bug only affects Windows users Once the cause of the disappearing dice roller bug is found and the bug is fixed these functions will be removed If the Dice Roller window ever disappears due to an occasional bug that draws the Dice Roller window far off screen the SHIFT R hotkey should make the Dice Roller window reappear centered in your display If the Dice Roller ever disappears type resetDice sans quotes all one word into the Chat window and press the RETURN ENTER key This should make the Dice Roller reappear and it should display the last roll received If the Dice Roller ever disappears type debugDM sans quotes all one word into the Chat window and press the RETURN ENTER key This will produce a bug report of sorts in the Chat window s c2. edia asset with a file name over 27 characters not counting the file type extension was imported into BRPG the asset would not be found when needed Long file names are now truncated upon import to prevent this from happening e The Measure Move Check Line of Sight and Measure Range commands are no longer available to free floating objects e The SHIFT RETURN hotkey can now be used by the GM at any time even if the Step the Sequence button is not currently displayed This makes it easier faster to play certain solo games which don t have units listed in the Turn Sequencer e BGE users who attempt to log into a BRPG hosted game session will now be automatically booted e Following a Save As operation if the original Encounter was linked to a media asset bundle the link will be severed in the newly created Encounter and the user will be warned of this e An alert is now displayed if the Import Encounter Assets command for some reason e g low RAM fails to import all the media needed from a media asset bundle Sometimes using the Import Encounter Assets command a second time will allow the operation to complete successfully since some RAM will have been freed up after the first attempt Troubleshooting If rotating a unit s with the mouse locks up your computer you can now press the Shift key briefly to exit an endless loop cause by a race condition Purge Player s Map GM only This command allows the GM
3. hat output pane If you submit to me via email the dice macro information reported it may help me find a cause for the disappearing dice roller bug The information is from the last dice macro roll received so be sure to exercise this option immediately after the Dice Roller window disappears on you before making other rolls or attempting to reset the Dice Roller Note that using this command will inform all other connected players that you have done so to avoid possible cheating attempts Once the cause of the disappearing dice roller bug is found and the bug is fixed this command will be removed Errata Pg 90 The wrong picture of the Chat window was used The picture included is outdated since the Chat window now has a light wood texture background and the Text Macro button s graphic has changed Please report any additional errata you discover including the word Errata in the subject line New Features and Commands Select None Select this command to deselect any currently selected units This command can be invoked with the SHIFT CONTROL A hotkey on Windows or the SHIFT COMMAND A hotkey on Mac OS X The following commands are available in the contextual popup menu for a single unit selection Check Line of Sight This command is similar to the Measure Range command except that no range measuring text is shown and the snap to grid feature allows you to snap to corners of grid squares or to the middle
4. ide it in the BG button s popup menu This setting is disabled by default when BRPG is first launched Disable Roll Dice Macro Button This is a toggle setting which gives you the option of hiding the Roll Dice Macro button on the map window for games which do not use dice macros When enabled this command will be shown with a checkmark beside it in the BG button s popup menu This setting is disabled by default when BRPG is first launched Additions to the Views Feature Clear All Views Click on the Clear All Views button in the View Manager panel to restore all Views to the default settings GM Only Views The GM can define GM only Views Any View whose name is enclosed in square brackets e g Secret Door will be inaccessible to players The number hotkey for that View will not function for the players and the text on the View button in the View Palette will simply say GM Only on the players screens Additions to the Card Table Window Cycle Cards in Hand Press the backslash hotkey to cycle through the cards in your hand the left most card in your hand will be shifted to the rightmost position This effectively adds support for larger hands to the Card Table Changes e Peer to peer map transfers now function more reliably and are completed faster e Double quotes can no longer be typed into a unit s Notes Doing so would make Encounter files and or Deployment files unreadable to BRPG e When a m
5. of a side of a grid square in addition to the usual center of a grid square Left click anywhere on the map window to exit this function Measure Move This command is similar to the Measure Range command except that a thicker and semi transparent black line marks the unit s starting location while the user moves the unit around on the map window Left click anywhere on the map window to release the unit being moved This feature should be particularly useful for playing tabletop miniature games e g Warhammer where units are allowed to move x inches centimeters The following command is available in the contextual popup menu for a multi unit selection Shuffle Locations This command can be found in the Arrange submenu of a multi unit selection s contextual popup menu Select the Shuffle Locations command to shuffle the on screen locations of all the currently selected units This feature should come in handy for games that use a randomly generated game board comprised of component tiles or cards e g flash cards in a memory game It could also be used in a card game where an opponent must take a random card from your hand assuming you had the cards organized ordered Additions to the BG Button s Popup Menu Mouse wheel can rotate units This is a toggle setting which gives you the option to disable the rotation of units with the mouse s scroll wheel When enabled this command will be shown with a checkmark bes
6. to remotely purge a player s map graphic It can be issued to all the connected players at once or to an individual player The purpose of this command is to trigger a fresh peer to peer map transfer if a previous peer to peer map transfer resulted in an unusable map
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