Module Tutorial: MidiQOL Part 1. Ultimate Combat Automation in Foundry VTT (dnd5e)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- I'm joined by the module developer behind MidiQOL, Tim Posney, to explore this epic automation module that powers so many other effects and automation modules in the Foundry VTT ecosystem.
This is Part 1 of 3, where Tim explains some of the major functions of "Midi" like targetting, specials, visual effects, and time-based effects.
MIDIQOL GITLAB PAGE
foundryvtt.com/packages/midi-...
README
gitlab.com/tposney/midi-qol/-...
Community Guide
docs.google.com/document/d/e/...
SPREADSHEET OF FLAGS
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Battlemap by Venatus Maps www.venatusmaps.com/
Demo map by Baileywiki / baileywiki
using artwork from
Forgotten Adventures forgotten-adventures.net/
Tokens by www.forgotten-adventures.net/ and heroforge.com/
MODULES MENTIONED AND USED
Times Up foundryvtt.com/packages/times-up
Dfreds's Convenient Effects github.com/DFreds/dfreds-conv...
Token Magic Effects github.com/Feu-Secret/Tokenmagic
Dynamic Active Effects foundryvtt.com/packages/dae
Combat Utility Belt foundryvtt.com/packages/comba...
00:00 Intro Demo of MidiQOL
01:47 Introducing Tim Posney and MidiQOL overview
06:45 MidiQOL settings: GM Tab and Player Tabs
08:15 Workflow Tab: Targeting
09:08 Specials and Convenient Effects
12:42 Hits and Reactions
15:20 Visual Effects/Conditions
16:52 Automatic Expiration of Effects
17:56 MidiQOL-friendly Modules
19:50 ReadMe and Documentation - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Omg, wasn't explained in the video but showed me that the chat boxes can condense all the info into one box and make it look like Better Rolls which I'm trying to move away from, and enable so many more features like reactions etc. Thank you so much!!!
Yo Tim. Just want to say your module is damn genius. You have made my year being a Dm with this mod. My players are loving it too.
Makes life soooo much easier as a DM.
Everytime you intro something I get so excited. I'm getting giddy watching you introduce this.
This... THIS! Love it. understanding what the developer's mindset is, TH-cam medium is worth while and valuable. Thank you Bailiwicki and Tim!
Great tutorial. And the most important advice in my humble opinion echos what Tim says, which is read the documentation - midi-qol and dae (whilst playing with the settings and dae effects). Great work people!
Wow! More eye openers. Started slow but then ended before I was ready for it to end. TY for bringing Tim Posney to share so many insights. Looking forward to the next part.
This Module is a monster for people who are new to dnd and foundry. This video is a really good start to get into the functions of the module. I think, videos are the best way to show how the complicated modules work. Thank you.
Fantastic, I installed midiQOL a while ago; the things I figured out were great, but I didn't know the full extent. Thanks for making this!
Happy to help!
Another amazing tutorial/ interview!!!! MIDI QOL is a must have and is so deep it needs these videos to utilize it to the full potential. Thanks!
It's funny. Baileywiki sounds like me whenever I look at someone's Foundry set up: "Hey, what module is producing *that* effect?" Except that he actually knows what he's doing whereas, I just stare in awe of all the cool modules out there :) Great job on explaining this! It's nice to peek under the hood once in a while and understand what's going on.
Thank you for this! I've spent countless hours playing with MidiQOL and still barely understood a lot of it. I'm looking forward to the next two parts!
This is just so useful I don't know why they don't just make this default for the 5e system.
Because it requires you to spend a shitload of time set it up. Not everyone is a no life GM
It's because of OGL. Not all of this is in OGL, and it can give WOTC a chance to take off some money from module's author
Y'know I was thinking I was done tinkering with my game. I was wrong. This is great, I can't wait to test this out and see how my players like it.
Thank you so much for this wonderful interview.
Happy to highlight such a great contributor to the Foundry community!
i wanna thank you Tim for your contribution and all explanations. Thanks a lot @Baileywiki!
We put full combat automation on display in the one shot next week with Tim himself playing in our group!
So good - thank you!
Love this! Please release part 2 and 3 soon bc I'm intrigued by the "out of range" comment Tom made. I've been trying to find a range mod that respects normal and long range and applies disadvantage for long
It definitely respects range. I wouldn't be surprised if it respects long range disadvantage, but I can tell you that they particular feature didn't come up.
@@Baileywiki /sobs softly... lol.either way its a great video like you I've learned alot from Tim during this. Loving your tutorial
@@Baileywiki Follow up: HA turns out it DOES respect Long range perfectly! Just turns out I'd never been far enough away on my maps to test it LOL Tim your a genius ;)
Great news! Thanks for reporting back on that.
This is so very cool! Now to convince/bribe Tim to make this available for Pathfinder 2E :D
Yep!
At 7:36 Tim mentions he runs Foundry with Auto fast forward "disabled" because he trusts the system to get the conditions correct. Think he means "enabled".
I think you're right
THANK YOU!!!
This is awesome, so much I wasn't aware of.
Question: can MidiQOL let you type in hit/save/damage rolls? - I have some players preferring to roll physical dice
Try DF's Manual Rolls module. It claims to work with Midi... foundryvtt.com/packages/df-manual-rolls
Excellent video. Can I ask a quick clarifying question? Tim seems to (17:00) explain a spell that has a 1 round duration would end at the top of the round (Evorae's turn). I thought that a spell of 1 round lasts until the start of the casters next turn, but some last until the end of the casters turn? Would the auto expire function be different on a spell like Command (1R), Shield (1R, start of own turn), and Blade Ward (1R, end of next turn)?
Tim may not monitor these comments so I suggest to hit up his discord. Or just test it yourself!
Not sure which module is causing this, I installed the ones mentioned and did most of the settings the same way as you were walking through them.
I used sleep, placed my template and rolled the damage tab to see who would be effected and it actually caused the 5d8 damage to each target in the template instead of just giving me the hp numbers.
Yes, i can work around with manual dice rolling but thought I should point it out and see if anyone knew the best place to modify this to a roll instead of damage given.
love this video is going to really help me with a coming boss fight to speed things up
I'm struggling to auto apply status conditions like poisoned any advice to help with this?
I have both Convenient Effects and Combat Utility Belt installed
Tim may have better advice, but I would start by looking either creating the condition myself, or seeing if there is an item or spell that creates the poison effect in the DAE or Midi compendiums
Everything I look into for Midi is from years ago and a lot has changed. Will we eventually get an updated video on suggested settings or is this still fairly relevant? Trying to build custom items and apparently not being a programmer makes that stupid hard, lol! I'm not sure why the base DND system for a game that requires imagination isn't more customizable.
Wish there was something like this for the Starfinder system.
Hi, what is the module that provides you the quick buttons at the top of the screen for the players. Inventory, spells, Effects, Utility? Thanks
Token Action Hud, I think you're referring to
Hello. I wanted to ask what is the module you are using to conveniently display all of the characters spells, abilities and inventory items in the top left corner of the intro to this video. That looks so helpful!
Token Action HUD! It's quite good. Especially for the GM who needs to manage lots of actions. Players tend to prefer Argon Combat Hud
@@Baileywiki Thank you so much! You are a lifesaver. Love your videos and the great content you provide to the Foundry community ❤
Ty for the reply before! A slightly less noobish question this time: Is there a repository for midiQOL macros/actors/items (whatever you call them, the things you drag and drop onto character sheets so that everything gets automated for a particular feature/spell/item)? A module or something? I've found a handful of automation macro modules but they've been pretty lackluster and google searches aren't giving me much (sometimes a reddit post with a single script and no explanation how to import it).
I'd imagine people have written scripts for just about everything.
Awesome videos! Ty!
Indeed, I saw a module recently for that. You'll have to search the Foundry module directory for words like "midi" and "item"
@@Baileywiki For anyone in a similar boat as me, the module "Chris's Premades" has a pretty good selection of items.
How do you get your attack and damage rolls to display next to each other in the chat scroll?
It's a Midi setting. Consolidated chat cards, or something like that. If it wasn't covered here, I think we cover it in the next one.
For those like me looking for the maps Patreon mentioned in the intro: www.patreon.com/venatusmaps
Thanks! There's also a link in the video description.
Hey mate. Really nice video but Im struggeling to set things up. Can I ask which version of foundry are you using here?
This was probably pre-v10. But I'm not sure much has changed. We just used MidiQOL for our recent one-shot, for example.
You can actually find tposney on Foundry's discord if you really want to go to the source.
@@Baileywiki Thanks for the answear.
Is there a video series dedicated solely to Midi-QOL's configurations that does not get distracted by ALL of the other mod effects that are happening? I really want to learn more about Midi-QOL.
All the Midiqol videos that I have are linked in the video description. A three part series.
He said at beginning that he runs with fast forward disabled as he trusts it to get the conditions correct but screen showed them enabled? If it's enabled then the smarts behind midiqol will auto do advantage/disadvantage?
Indeed, we run it in the one-shot (airing next week) with it enabled and it auto applies advantage and disadvantage.
The flying player being able to see over the wall was called out as being supported by "Better Walls". Is this a module in development that's not available yet, or just a mistake in the name? The only module I'm currently aware of that handles that sort of thing is "Wall Height". Unless "Levels" and/or "Better Roofs" have similar capability?
Wall Height.
It's stuck just rolling critical hits. Any advice? Sw5e. I'm only running 23 modules. Please help.
I don't know the system, but tposney is pretty accessible on Foundry discord if you want to ask directly
Can somone tell me what produces the little information drawer when he mouses over a character sheet? I cannot find this anywhere
Can you give me a time stamp reference? Like... MM:SS
@@Baileywiki Haste spell 11:37
Oh... Hmm, good question. I assumed that was core Foundry, but I guess you're saying it doesn't slide out for you?
@@Baileywiki it does not. I have tried the default character sheet, tidy 5e, and the obsidian sheet…Foundry v11. I can’t find it in any plug in either. I’m just missing something I believe, but I haven’t figured it out yet.
How did you get the combat turn tracker to pop out
Right-click the tab. Voila!
I have an opinion Q. I use CUB, but I see that you use Dfreds's Convenient Effects. What are the reasons, if any, do you prefer that one? I am too new to be sold on anyone specifically.
Tim doesn't probably monitor these comments so you'll need to ping him directly for his answer, but I have found Convenient Effects not only assigns the status but it also includes visual effects instead of just the icon.
@@Baileywiki Actually, that is enough for me to try. TY!
@@Baileywiki Thank you! I installed it. Gave an actor a torch (as in the video) and nothing happens. I mean it shows that a torch effect is active, but the lighting does now reflect that on the map.
You need to read up on what the module actually does. It's not a straight feature for feature replacement to CUB
@@Baileywiki Thank you. I have been watching everything I can on it, but will read it too.
It's frustrating that nowhere in the entire module or readme does it tell you how to target a creature. How the hell do I do this as the GM?
There are a few ways and also modules that change core targeting behavior.
At the very least, right click a Token and select the "target" symbol.
From there, check out the key mappings in settings to see other primary functions and the keys to do them.
...But how do i start an encounter?
Select all the tokens to be involved. Right-click one of them and click the shield and swords icon. This adds them to combat.
Then start your combat in the combat tracker tab.
i hope in the future automation will come to pathfinder/3.5 D&D, 5th edition gets all the good stuff :(
Yeah, but Pathfinder has much more and easier content!
MidiQol is breaking atm and i' not sure why. I haven't added any new mods but things like active effects on spells adding to AC and healing spells not adding healing anymore.
Trying updating everything and then use Find the Culprit module to see if there is a module interaction problem.
You should ask on the developer's Git page (he doesn't monitor these comments)
@@Baileywiki Ok, thanks mate.
Too fiddly. Need a VTT with a clean interface / GUI without having to watch hours of videos to figure it all out.
I’d be fine with this if the documentation didn’t suck ass for this module.
I agree. I've tried roll20, fantasy grounds and now foundry. All 3 require you spend a college semester worth of time studying just to make them work right. There's just not a great option for vtt right now.
I don't know. I got rolling with core Foundry in a few minutes. Adding modules creates complexity, yes, but that's entirely optional and can be built up over time.