It looks like there is already support for multiple/wildcard images inside a single swarm.

I would love to see another option, probably in the prototype token settings, so that when I creature is wildcarded, it:

1. Selects a single image from the wildcard options
2. All creatures in the swarm are that image
3. Can be changed by the GM to another wildcard choice, either through default Foundry or using modules such as Token Variant Art and Token Wildcard HUD.

My use case: I have bloody and non-bloody quipper (piranha) images. I would like to be able to change the non-bloody to bloody once combat gets going.

The module is currently not compatible with V11. Are there any plans for an update? It would be greatly appreciated!

Unfortunately I don't have time to dig into this because my game is in 1 hour. But what I've noticed while logged in at the same time as both GM and player is:

Hiding the token

• GM's swarm disappears and is replaced by single center image. Desired behavior: Swarm still visible at lower transparency.
• Player's swarm does not disappear. Desired behavior: Swarm disappears.
• Note: If the player refreshes, the swarm does disappear

Player joins map where token is already hidden

• Token (and swarm) are not visible (correct behavior)
• If the token is then revealed, the center token is visible, but not the swarm. This can be fixed by refresh by player, or GM deleting/undo deleting token.

Note: I have a lot of other modules. I can try and Find the Culprit this if needed when I have more time.

Thank you for a really cool mod!

When you place tokens on a map the swarm spawns in the upper left corner, causing the swarm to slowly move towards the token. You can either wait for the swarm to travel, or deactivate and reactivate the swarm to make it appear where the token is.

It would make more sense if the swarm spawned where the token is placed.

Sidenote: It would make sense have two speed settings, one for idle and one for moving. Especially for larger swarms.

An option to toggle to have the number of creatures in the swarm based on the health of the swarm.

Tried on newly created and old tokens.

Edit: I see the spiders in the demonstration GIF still has the token, but the rats don't?

Figured it out; adjusting the token opacity.

Foundry 9.269
D&D 5e 1.6.3

When you have a token as a swarm with size 20 and then want to decrease it's size I need to either reload the browser or copy and paste the token after editing. It doesn't update automatically.

The size of the mini tokens correlates to it's original token size, but it doesn't scale it's speed, which does look funny for giant or either very small tokens. It should be possible to link speed to token size or have a custom field for speed.

Please add support for images hosted in S3.

When I use an image hosted there, I only get the central image, no swarm.

p.s. Never knew I need this module so badly. :D Thanks for making it, it's awesome!

Steps to reproduce

1. Set "Reduce swarm with HP" to true in settings.
2. Apply a swarm to a token
3. Decrease HP of that token - number of sprites shown is reduced.
4. Refresh foundry

Expected result

Number of sprites should be decreased

Actual result

Maximum number of sprites is shown

Ok, I spoke too soon when I said the module had everything I wanted. I did a little animated test of a tiny rot grub this morning before seeing that the swarm images stayed static.

It's not an absolute need of course, because static images can be lots of fun too especially if some faked movement is baked in.

I'm just thinking about editing/expanding my token art for swarms and before I dive into doing anything I figured I'd ask if animated tokens were a possible addition.

token.actor.getTokenImages();
to get the wildcard token images fails on players client with:
You do not have permission to browse the host file system!

Currently the speed of the sprites along their animation paths varies quite a bit:

• Spiral is slowest.
• Circular is medium speed.
• Random is fastest.

If speed stayed consistent between these options it would make the settings a bit more intuitive with Speed only controlling how fast the sprites move and the path options only affecting the shape of that movement. It would also make it easier to create animated tokens (like a Bat flapping its wings) to match certain speeds.

I placed two swarms on the ground and moved the right one. It started showing the original token in it's center. I tested it with all other modules deactivated.

Only when using the arrow keys to move the token it stays as expected.

Changing an existing token on a scene into a swarm seems to work as expected. However, if the prototype token of an actor is changed into a swarm and then the actor is dragged onto a scene the swarm images all make a beeline for the top left corner of the scene and eventually bounce away when they hit the corner. See attached video.

v9.269, 5e 1.6.3, swarms 9.0.1, hosted on the forge. Same behavior in firefox and chrome. Tested with only swarms active. No errors in console.

First off, thank you for this module, because it looks like it's got the potential to be tons of fun!

Others already touched on my top issues: getting updates to work on the token without refreshing the page, an option to have the swarm display over tokens (especially the control token), an option to customize scaling/speed, an option to change the default orientation of the token (I draw my tokens south-facing too), etc.

One thing I didn't see mentioned yet though was the option to use wildcard token images. I'd love to be able to add some variety into the swarms. Pulling images from Alternate Actor Tokens should scratch that itch nicely if it's possible to implement.

Could you consider localize strings and buttons and using the weblate Foundry hub to help translators to localize.

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So the effect of the issue is that your 10.0.1 version is still being served up as an update for V9 and I suspect that's not what you intended. The reason is that your module.json file still contains a v9-compatible name field, but no longer contains any V9-compatible compatibility fields (V9 does not parse the new compatibility object and ignores it). Because of that, V9 Foundry assumes that all versions are compatible and serves it up as an update. If your intent was to make your version 10.0.1 only available for V10, you need to either:

remove the name field completely, so that V9 does not see a valid manifest for this and future versions

OR

add minimumCoreVersion: 10, so that V9 knows that this is not a V9-compatible version

But not both.

You can actually do this just by editing your current module.json, you shouldn't have to make a new release or anything and it should work the way you intended from then on.

It seems that if a player targets a token with swarm active, the target marker does not appear for the player, but it does appear for the GM that the player have marked it.

This makes it difficult for the players to know what they have targeted.

Player view

GM view

Because of the 3d models being on a static 2d plane this should be possible although I do realize this is a huge request that probably needs communication with the dev of 3Dcanvas.

It would make me and my players extremely happy though! (And no, no need to enable animations for swarm behaviour, would probably just lag anyway)

Would it be possible to give the swarm a more circular bounding area rather than the square one it has now? Even on hexgrid it's still a square shape.

Having it be an option would be fine, as I could see some users wanting it to conform to the grid square. Allowing a circular option though would give a much more realistic look.

If the swarm exists in an area where the fog of war has been uncovered, the swarm animation is visible even if the token isn't.

Currently swarms only appear to show up below tokens even when the z index of the "control token" is increased (in my case using token z). Trying to create a swarm of flying creatures and it would be great if they played above tokens or if we had the option to select whether particular swarms would appear above or below tokens. I'd think that in most cases we'd want the swarming creatures to crawl on top of other creatures but there might be other opinions on that or situations where particular swarms of bugs or whatnot should appear below other stuff.

Thanks for all your work on this. Now all I need to do is figure out how to get a swarm to be briefly summoned on top of a target token as the "animation" for my swarmkeeper ranger's gathered swarm ability or for spells like insect plague.

This is the player view. I would want only the swarm to be visible, not the large central token. I can't figure out a way to disable the visibility of this.

My miniature tokens are crawling backwards in a swarm.

They have a downward orientation, as it is default for foundry. Otherwise the normal tokens wouldn't look in the right direction, when rotating. Excerpt from the FoundryVTT docs:

Rotation of zero (the default) corresponds to a southward facing as this is the most commonly used convention for Token artwork.

See: https://foundryvtt.com/article/tokens/

So the swarm's mini tokens' orientation should be rotated by 180° and it should be default. You could add a additional toggle or field for a custom orientation in the options.

When using tokens, that don't have a 1:1 aspect ratio the swarm could be created with the wrong aspect ratio.

I use horses with 1:2 (e.g. 500px wide, 1000px tall) aspect ratio as the token picture (but not as the token aspect ratio. That's a 1x1 still).

1. Place the new horse token
2. Edit it to create a swarm
3. Copy the token and place it next to the original
4. Copy it again and place it again

As you see, the left token isn't updated as described in #5, but the new one in the middle has a wrong aspect ratio. The second time the token get's copied on the right it keeps the correct ratio. This is reproducible by me, it's always the first copy.