Lock View is a Foundry VTT module that gives the GM (or a designated player) control over the zoom and pan capabilities of players, such as locking the zoom or pan, moving the canvas, or setting the view to a specified setting. The module was originally made as a companion app for the Material Plane module, and to make in-person play using a horizontally mounted TV easier. Over time, however, the module's features have expanded greatly, including many functions that can be useful for online play.
The module has 6 main functions:
- Autoscaling: Scales the scene in various ways (horizontal fit, vertical fit, automatic fit, or scaled to a physical gridsize)
- Zoom lock: Locks the zooming of the scene
- Pan lock: Locks the panning of the scene
- Bounding box: Limit zoom and pan to stay within a bounding box
- Force initial view: After loading a new scene, the view is forced to the initial view (as set in the scene configuration menu), regardless of the position of tokens
- Viewbox: Allows the GM to see what's shown on players screens, and allows the GM to control the pan and zoom of those players
When 'Zoom Lock' or 'Pan Lock' are enabled, this module disables all zooming and/or panning functionality, regardless of who or what is requesting that zoom or pan. This means that, for example, modules that try to pan or zoom won't work.
Right now, there appear to be compatibility issues with the following modules:
- DF Active Lights
- DF Curvy Walls
- Zoom/Pan Options
This module has been tested to work with Foundry V10 and V11.
Feel free report an issue/suggestion, contact me on Discord (Cris#6864), or send me an email: cdeenen@outlook.com.
Author: Cristian Deenen (Cris#6864 on Discord)
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I consider this module abandoned if all of the below cases apply:
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