Possible short-term outage
The rptools.net nameserver records are moving from HostGator to GoDaddy in the next few days. The email from HostGator says it will take a few days for them to process and they’ll send me a code to...
View ArticleMapTool 1.12.2 Released
Highlights #3723 Checkbox to use theme for chatbox colors move to top of theme preferences tab.#3720 Corrected issue with players randomly disconnecting.#3719 Macro function setHalo("None") was...
View ArticleMAPTOOL 1.12.1 Released
Some updates have been made to the new version Highlights #3669 Token Bars were resetting to Top side after server start. Fixed.#3662 Edit Token dialog was too tall for lower resolution screens....
View ArticleMapTool 1.12 Released
The Dev team and our army of testers have taken a mere 12 days to get you this gem from beta to release. 1.12 is now a stable release for you all to marvel at. Highlights New theme support using the...
View ArticleMaptool release 1.12.0 BETA-1
We hope you are all doing well. The RPTools team, together with numerous volunteer heroes, have done it again!! A great improvement to MapTool is here and will enhance your roleplaying experience even...
View ArticleView HTML code from Frame or Dialog
MapTool framework developers often use HTML frames and dialogs for character sheets and other interactive displays utilizing the frame() and dialog() macro functions. However, it has often been...
View ArticlePlaying Sound in MapTool via Syrinscape
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...
View ArticleResetting MapTool JVM Settings
This information applies to MapTool v1.7.0 and prior. Note that these versions are no longer supported and should not be used. This information does not apply to later releases If you changed the JVM...
View ArticleAdding 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...
View ArticleGitHub Basics
This will begin a series of articles on GitHub to help our community better understand what goes into the production of MapTool and TokenTool and how to us it to check on your favorite open source...
View ArticleWindows 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...
View ArticleMapTool 1.11.4 Released
MapTool v1.11.4 has been released and can be downloaded from the MapTool GitHub repo. This release contains a fix for the Log4Shell vulnerability (the RPTools applications don’t appear vulnerable, but...
View ArticleMapTool 1.11.2 Released
MapTool v1.11.2 has been released and can be downloaded from the MapTool GitHub repo. This release brings a number of new features: New VBL modes Pit and Hill.New MapTool Easy Connect server option to...
View ArticleTokenTool 2.2.1 Released
There was a bug regarding default overlays and a bug in the file-type selection for saving tokens that have been fixed as part of this release. Please see the TokenTool 2.2.0 release post for new...
View ArticleMapTool 1.6.1 Released
A bug affecting viewing/editing token properties in the Edit Token dialog was found in 1.6.0. Please update to 1.6.1. MapTool Release 1.6.1 adds lots of enhancements, bug fixes and improvements to the...
View ArticleMapTool 1.5.14 Release
Release 1.5.14 is a bug-fix release building on previous 1.5 releases. Highlights Fixes for copyToken()Fixes for json.path.read() MapTool Latest Release Windows Mac Linux Java Version 1.5.14 Change Log
View ArticleNeed Help? Discord Has Answers
RPTools products are open source gaming products. Being open source, they’ve had multiple contributors throughout the years with documentation, forum posts, and tutorials provided by our ever-growing...
View ArticleNew Art Packs in Library
Four Art Packs from Kristian Richards of Crooked Staff Publishing added to Resource Library Go to the File menu in MapTool and select Add Resource to Library. On the dialog that opens, click on the...
View ArticleMapTool 1.5.12 Release
Release 1.5.12 adds a few new features and a number of bug fixes. Highlights Terrain Modifier enhancements: Token terrain modifier can be flagged as NONE, MULTIPLY, ADD, BLOCK and FREETokens can be...
View ArticleHTML5 Coming to MapTool
The MapTool elves have been busy this holiday season. They’ve introduced two new macro functions to produce HTML5 dialogs and frames. The new macro functions frame5() and dialog5() can be used in...
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