Compendium Scene Viewer

Foundry VTT Module | Compatible with v13+

What is it?

Have you ever browsed a map pack like Angela Maps and wanted to quickly check what a scene looks like before importing it into your world? Normally, you'd have to import the scene, load the map, check it out, then delete it — just to preview it.

Compendium Scene Viewer removes that friction entirely. Right-click any scene inside a compendium and hit View — the map opens instantly in a popout window, no import needed.

Features

• 🗺️ Instant preview — view any compendium scene without importing it into your world
• 🎬 Video map support — works with animated maps in .mp4 and .webm formats
• 📡 Share with players — GMs can share the scene preview with all connected players via the share button
• 🔧 Close previous popouts — optional setting to automatically close older previews when opening a new one

How to Use

1. Open any Scene compendium from the sidebar (e.g. Angela Maps Free 2023)
2. Right-click on any scene entry in the list
3. Click View (🖼️ icon) in the context menu
4. The scene's background image opens in a popout window — pan and zoom freely!

To share the preview with your players, click the share button (📤) inside the popout window.

Settings

Found under Game Settings → Module Settings → Compendium Scene Viewer.

Installation

Via Foundry Module Browser (recommended)

Search for Compendium Scene Viewer in the Foundry VTT module browser and click Install.

Manual Installation

Paste the manifest URL below into Foundry's Install Module dialog:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kciquehn/scene-viewer/main/module.json

Compatibility

Credits

Originally created by BadIdeasBureau.
Updated for Foundry v13 by Kciquehn.

Licensed under the MIT License.

Changelog

2.0.0

• Full rewrite for Foundry v13 (ApplicationV2 API)
• Fixed context menu injection using _getEntryContextOptions patch
• Fixed ImagePopout instantiation for the new v13 API (options.src)
• Replaced frozen options mutation with static DEFAULT_OPTIONS
• Added support for both data-entry-id and data-document-id attributes

1.x

• Original release by BadIdeasBureau for Foundry v10