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Automation: Move Objects

Move and rotate cards, pieces, and dice between holders and/or player hands.

Objects to Move

Specify which objects should be moved.

Click Holders / Player Seats... to enter selection mode, objects in selected Holders / Player Seats will be used. Optionally, use the Select Collections... button to choose Collections to limit which types of objects will be selected.

Use the button to allow players to choose specific objects from a list with an Automation Question.

To move objects directly from Player Hands, select the Player Seats for each player. Note: not all rooms have Player Seats but they can be added. More Details Here

To Holders / Player Seats

Specify where objects should move.

Click Holders / Player Seats... to enter selection mode, cards will be moved to selected Holders and Player Seats.

To move objects directly to Player Hands, select the Player Seats for each player.

Number of Objects To Each

How many cards/pieces to move to each Holder / Player Seat.

To deal entire card pile out, set the number to anything larger than the number of objects e.g. 1000.

Use the button to use a number from a Counter widget, or to allow players to change this number with an Automation Question.

Add or Fill-To

Set a maximum number of cards to be put in the To Holders / Player Seats.

Ideal for games where you "Draw to 8" cards, for example.

Add mode will simply move objects to chosen holders each time the automation is run.

Fill-to mode will stop adding cards when each holder contains the number of cards/pieces specified in the Number of Objects To Each setting.

To Location

Where to place the cards in the To Holders / Player Seats

• Bottom of pile will move cards to the bottom of a stack, or the beginning of spread holders. For multi-group Spread holders, objects will be added to the first group.
• Top of pile will move cards to the top of a stack, or the end of spread holders. For multi-group Spread holders, objects will be added to the last group.
• Group at start will move cards to a new group before other spread groups. Or to the start of non-multi-group Spread holders.
• Group at end will move cards to a new group after other spread groups. Or to the end of non-multi-group Spread holders.

Move Order

Change the order the cards are dealt, when dealing to multiple holders.

Deal one-by-one will go through the To Holders giving each one card, then repeat. Dealing 1-9 ordered number cards to 3 holders would result with: 147 258 369

Move as pile will go through the To Holders giving each holder all the necessary cards at once. Dealing 1-9 ordered number cards to 3 holders would result with: 123 456 789

Flip Cards

Flip cards face-up or face-down when moving them.

Determines if moved cards should be flipped face-up, face-down, or kept as-is.

Rotation

Change the rotation of objects when moving them.

• Keep as-is keeps the object rotation exactly as they are.
• Fit to holder will rotate based on the card and holder orientation, e.g. for an upright holder a 180 degree rotated card will not be changed as it fits into the holder, but a 45 degree card will be rotated upright.
• Counterclockwise and Clockwise will rotate the objects one "notch" in the chosen direction, based on the selected angles specified in the Deck / Collection. How to set up rotation
• Set To... will show another option where you can choose an angle. Objects will be set to this angle.