Hey everyone, as we round out the year I'm happy to add a couple fixes for GATE before the year closes out.

It was requested that an input field be added to the drawing tools, so users can explicitly set the width of lines and shapes. This allows users to be more consistent with their drawings if the size is changing throughout the session. This is now available! Have your own requests you'd like to see for GATE? Drop your feedback in our Discord or on the Steam community forums.

An issue with how fog is saved in certain scenarios has been addressed, and so fog should be more consistent in how it's persisted between sessions. If you have issues with loading fog from a previous save, please reach out!

Thanks for using GATE this year, here's hoping to some fun improvements in 2025! :)

GATE has supported STL files for a while, but never had support for Hero Forge's digital miniatures. However, with the latest release that is no longer the case! You can now add your .unity3d files in the Artwork Manager to a new or existing collection and start using them!

If you try and use your miniature and run into unexpected issues, reach out!

For those using languages other than English, the font in GATE has been updated to a unicode font that has greater support for other characters that were previously unable to be rendered in GATE. If you find there are still characters missing in your language of choice, please let us know!

In the new Notes feature, you can set the visibility as a DM. This allows you to prevent players from reading notes ahead of time. You'll find a toggle in the top left of a world note when you edit it.

One feature most often requested is the ability to drop notes in the world, and the first iteration of that feature is here! DMs can now drop in notes via the context menu, or using the default shortcut 'N'.
Notes show up in the world as a small icon, and clicking them allows you to edit the text associated with it. This box is only editable by the DM, for players it's read only. Eventually these notes will have a visibility that can be toggled by the DM, but it's currently always visible to all users connected to the session.

Additionally, DMs will notice a new option on the taskbar at the bottom of GATE. The Gallery allows you to upload images to a collection and share those images with players at the right time. So whether you want to set the tone for a new location, show what an enemy looks like with incredible detail, or show off anything else that might be useful, you'll find a way to do that now! Previously, you could only really show off images by loading them as maps, which wasn't always desirable.

If you have any questions, concerns, or issues with the latest update, please reach out! Have fun!

GATE has supported the use of 3D models for quite some time, but they've always had to be sourced from outside the game. Now, you can find models for your current situation without ever leaving the application.

From the artwork manager, find the new Online Search feature and type in your search criteria! From there, you'll be able to select artwork from the results and add it to your existing collections. From there, add the artwork to your scenes as you've always done! Easy.

As this is a new feature with limited testing, it's being marked as a BETA feature. If you have any issues or bugs you run into, please let us know! Either on the Discord[discord.gg] or here on the Steam forums. Looking forward to what you do with it!

Greetings! A new patch for the new year.

• Added a 'Streaming Mode' that lets you hide all hidden tokens and maps on your screen for moments when you may be sharing your screen with others. It's accessible by hotkey with the default keybinding being 'M'
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented 3D models added to your library from automatically generating a 2D preview image.