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| + | Roll20 currently have two '''Dynamic Lighting''' systems, which are not interchangeable. | ||
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| + | ==Legacy Dynamic Lighting== | ||
| + | '''[[Legacy Dynamic Lighting]]'''('''LDL''') is the original system, previous refereed to as just "Dynamic Lighting", and is what people talk about in any guides or videos made before April 2020. It will eventually be removed when [[UDL]] is good enough. | ||
| + | * [[Advanced Fog of War]](AFoW) - A part of LDL | ||
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| + | ==Updated Dynamic Lighting== | ||
| + | '''[[Updated Dynamic Lighting]]'''('''UDL''') is the new DL system Roll20 have been working on to develop as a replacement for LDL, and it was first made available in May 2020, and as of Jan 2021, still have some | ||
| + | * UDL's equivalent to AFoW is called '''Explorer Mode''' | ||
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| + | ==General Info== | ||
| + | On both [[Tokens]] and the [[Page Toolbar]], the setting for LDL and UDL are on separate pages, as not to confuse people. | ||
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| + | With '''Update 1.0''', they also emphasized that ''"We will still support Legacy Lighting for a while, but we feel it’s only fair to let you know that'' '''we will be deprecating our support for the Legacy system sometime in the future'''. ''"'' No timeline for phased out [[LDL]] was announced. | ||
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| + | Roll20 have said that we will get '''at least''' three months' notice before [[LDL]] is removed.<sup>[https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/9713101/]</sup> | ||
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| + | ===API=== | ||
| + | Some [[API]], such as [[TokenMod]], support both LDL and UDL. There are still some UDL settings that API cant currently access. | ||
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| + | [[Category:Dynamic Lighting]] | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 20 January 2021
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Roll20 currently have two Dynamic Lighting systems, which are not interchangeable.
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Legacy Dynamic Lighting
Legacy Dynamic Lighting(LDL) is the original system, previous refereed to as just "Dynamic Lighting", and is what people talk about in any guides or videos made before April 2020. It will eventually be removed when UDL is good enough.
- Advanced Fog of War(AFoW) - A part of LDL
Updated Dynamic Lighting
Updated Dynamic Lighting(UDL) is the new DL system Roll20 have been working on to develop as a replacement for LDL, and it was first made available in May 2020, and as of Jan 2021, still have some
- UDL's equivalent to AFoW is called Explorer Mode
General Info
On both Tokens and the Page Toolbar, the setting for LDL and UDL are on separate pages, as not to confuse people.
With Update 1.0, they also emphasized that "We will still support Legacy Lighting for a while, but we feel it’s only fair to let you know that we will be deprecating our support for the Legacy system sometime in the future. " No timeline for phased out LDL was announced.
Roll20 have said that we will get at least three months' notice before LDL is removed.[1]
API
Some API, such as TokenMod, support both LDL and UDL. There are still some UDL settings that API cant currently access.
