Resetting MapTool JVM Settings
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
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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Windows 10 DPI Scaling Strikes Again!
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
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
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…
Power of the Spacebar
New in MapTool 1.5, the ability to temporarily center and zoom your players to a GM-desired location on the map.
Draw Explorer: Named Drawings
New in MapTool 1.5, the ability to name drawings in the Draw Explorer.
New Resource Library File Type Support (POR and PDF)
New in MapTool 1.5, support for PDFs and Hero Lab POR files in the Resource LIbrary.
Pathfinding VBL and Terrain
New in MapTool 1.5 tokens will move around VBL and have their movement affected by terrain modifiers.