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Playing Sound in MapTool via Syrinscape

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:October 4, 2019
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One of the overlooked features of MapTool 1.5 is the introduction of RESTful functionality in the MapTool scripting language – MTScript. For the non-programmers, RESTful is a software architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating Web services. These take the form of an HTTP call, like when you put a web site URL into your web browser. The industry term for exposing a RESTful interface is called an Application Programming Interface or API.

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Resetting MapTool JVM Settings

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:April 14, 2019
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With memory settings moving into MapTool itself, it is possible to introduce a memory size your computer can't handle. Here's out to fix it.

Adding New Languages to MapTool

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:April 7, 2019
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RPTools is an international community. We see this on the social sites as well as in our developer group. There are also several native language support sites. Translating the text in MapTool is one of the many ways we support each other.

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GitHub Basics

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:April 2, 2019
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How to find your way around the RPTools GitHub instance.

Windows 10 DPI Scaling Strikes Again!

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:March 30, 2019
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DPI scaling may affect your MapTool experience in odd ways. We've previously discussed the effect on the readability of MapTool text as well as a workaround to fix it. Recently, community member Vishika complained the templating tool has issues in the new version of MapTool. We discovered DPI Scaling had once again bit MapTool. However, through the diagnosis, we discovered how…

Windows 10 Font Issue

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:March 24, 2019
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Windows introduced DPI scaling to help with readability issues on monitors with high resolution. This appears to occasionally cause problems for some applications like MapTool.

Multi-line Properties Editor

Post author:RPTools Bard
Post published:March 24, 2019
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As part of the 1.5.0 release, MapTool included a popup window to allow for multiple-line editing of properties. Prior to this release, you would need to copy a long properties entry to another editor, make your changes, then copy it back. With 1.5, you can simply click into the properties field, then on the down arrow next to the property value…