radial movement indicator

[n0q]

In gridless play, drag-ruler draws a line between two endpoints: Point A is where a token started, and Point B is wherever a user is dragging a token. The line vanishes once the user releases the left mouse button.

I propose an optional movement indicator: A circle.

The circle's origin is where a token started (aka Point A). The radius is equal to the distance between Point A and wherever the user is dragging a token.

This is a UI improvement. If someone is moving a token, say, 15 feet away, they are getting immediate feedback, demonstrating all other options for 15 feet of movement. This would make it a lot faster for a player to decide what to do on their turn.

Options/Considerations:

• It would make sense to draw the circle as -well- as the line. This both demonstrates where a player is going as well as their alternatives.
• Waypoints would be treated as per normal behavior with just a linear indicator: Start a new circle, with Point A at the waypoint and R equal to token's distance from A.
• Respecting movement restrictions (due to walls) would make this feature even more useful, since it really would be highlighting everywhere a player could potentially move. One would need to respect vision restrictions as well, so as not to give away unexplored map geometry.
• Non-circular bounds for gridded play. On a grid, a player is restricted by squares and hexagons, rather than absolute distance. Bounding a player's possible moves would provide the same benefit for gridded play as it would for gridless. A player who moves one square forward would see they could've moved in any of 7 other directions. Dragging to a second square would show further choices.

Your mod is pretty much the most ridiculously useful thing ever. I feel like this enhancement would make it even more over the top impressive.

[manuelVo]

This does sound useful, however I'm not sure if I'm ever going to implement this into drag ruler. That is for two reasons:

1. I wonder if this wouldn't make a good separate module.
2. Additionally, measuring difficult terrain on gridless is currently in the pipeline and will likely be released with the next major Drag Ruler version. I imagine if difficult terrain was placed down that would greatly diminish the use of this feature.