Hide / Reveal Mask (Jumpgate Only)

December 05, 2024 11:10

Looking for additional options for hiding and revealing hidden areas for your players? Look no farther!

The Hide / Reveal mask, available to all GMs, allows you to manually hide a map - or parts of a map - from players. You can carve out revealed areas as you go.

“How do I get started?”

Open any game, as a GM, and you will be able to select Hide / Reveal Mask from Left Hand menu. From there, you can elect to Hide Full Page or Manually Draw mask.

From there, select an option for whether you want to Hide or Reveal an area, and select an option for how to draw - rectangle, or a polygon.

"What are the Darkness Tool options?"

1. GM Darkness Opacity
Adjust the opacity of the darkness mask for GM view - lower it to see the map more clearly, or raise it to match the player's 100% opaque view.

2. Reveal Area
This option allows you to reveal areas of your map you hid previously. You could also think of it as "removing" areas of darkness.

3. Hide Area
This option allows you to hide areas of your map. You could also think of it as "creating" areas of darkness.

4. Rectangle/Polygon
This allows you to specify the shape of the mask you want to draw. To draw with rectangle, simply left-click somewhere on your map and drag - you will see a rectangle begin to form; release your left-click and the shape will finish drawing. To draw with polygon, simply left-click somewhere on your map and a shape will begin to form. Continue to left-click to add corners to that polygonal shape. Simply right-click to finish drawing the shape.

5. Hide Full Page
This option allows you to hide a the whole map in one-click.

6. Reveal Full Page
This option allows you to reset everything that was created using this tool. If you want to reset all Mask drawings on the map, click "Reveal Full Page." You can use that alongside "reveal area" to carve out revealed areas as you go.

You can also explore our Dynamic Lighting premium experience for your players as they explore maps with their tokens, a feature exclusive to Plus and Pro subscribers, or to players in a game created by a subscriber. Dynamic Lighting is a lighting system that updates player' lines of sight in real-time as you play. If you'd like to use this feature, consider upgrading your account.

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Looking to set up Dynamic Lighting quickly, or need to double check your work?

You can visit the Dynamic Lighting Checklist for a quick and easy walkthrough!