plugin-discussion

[rich birch]

Do mods get free time now?

[midnight obsidian]

I'm sort 💀

[lunar snow]

siaogonal

[midnight obsidian]

Siaogonal 💀💀💀

[lunar snow]

Siaogonal 💀💀💀

[thorny arrow]

Siaogonal 💀💀💀

[warm spruce]

nice

[lunar snow]

I heart pain.net

[odd egret]

pain net is mix of pain and gmip

[lunar snow]

I haven't used gimp yet but this maybe true

anyway I think I could do something with this base, like replace the hotel with some sort of full-glass office tower

[odd egret]

it's like pan net on drugs

[lunar snow]

lol

[odd egret]

Nice

[lunar snow]

What if I give people the base and let them build whatever they want for the top🤔

[odd egret]

yeah u can make more frames

so there is more types of the building

[lunar snow]

nah nah, I give the base to people and let them build the rest

let their imaginations rise

[odd egret]

lol

make pain net in plugin

so they can draw while their town grows

[midnight obsidian]

work in progress :)

[odd egret]

damn

pin?

[lunar snow]

The colors make it look like some sort of construction tips

Pretty cool

[midnight obsidian]

lol

do you have any ideas on what should i add

like

to the shading and shadow category

[lunar snow]

I will not gonna pin it unless you approve my capital place and phat linh hotel😈😈😈😈😈😈

[midnight obsidian]

fat linh hotel 🧌

[lunar snow]

I don't know actually, what's the "!" for btw

[lunar snow]

ban

At least you spell it right

[midnight obsidian]

! is just a tip

[lunar snow]

ah

[midnight obsidian]

i think the wall shadows should be the checkmarj

czechmark

[lunar snow]

Czechoslovakimark

Marx

Karl Marx

[midnight obsidian]

okay

once again

do you have any ideas on what else should i add to the category

[lunar snow]

I don't sadly

[odd egret]

me either

maybe like combine of shadows

[midnight obsidian]

i mean, i still do

[odd egret]

so there aren't that dark

[midnight obsidian]

wdym

[odd egret]

like 2 parts of buildings that cast shadows that connect with each other

[midnight obsidian]

i'll consider

[lunar snow]

he will consider

[midnight obsidian]

*this means no

[lunar snow]

but can we trust words from a bird🤔

[lunar snow]

ah yes I knew it

[sinful meadow]

I want to make plugin 🤤

[midnight obsidian]

okay

make plugin

[lunar snow]

make a van pack

[sinful meadow]

I need to do my research 😭

[lunar snow]

like a truck pack but replace the truck with van

[lunar snow]

then do your research

[sinful meadow]

How can I prove earth is flat

[lunar snow]

idk

ask a flat earther

[static pollen]

1+2=4

So it's logik

[sinful meadow]

Zero exist?

[static pollen]

Nope

[civic cedar]

Nice redunovn

[low loom]

Le plugin

Too long

[lunar snow]

Yep gotta agree

[lunar snow]

Thanks

RedDunoVn aka AVietnamGuy aka The Leaf aka avietnameseguy aka Nikita Romanov aka Nikita Romanov The Leaf aka N.K. Leaf aka the Head of Nikita Romanov Avtomobilny Zavod

[midnight obsidian]

leaf the

[lunar snow]

who tf is leaf the

ban for impersonating

[static pollen]

*la plugin

[midnight obsidian]

les plugin

[lunar snow]

плагин

since russian doesnt have the "the" stuff kek

[midnight obsidian]

papildinys 😎

since lithuanian also doesn't have the "the" stuff lol

[static pollen]

the bokoblo

[low loom]

Le art

[upbeat wyvern]

bruh who the fuk mentioned me

[upbeat wyvern]

cool

[static pollen]

Le quality

[upbeat wyvern]

I wonder if they are still hiring

here is my plugin btw

[crimson basin]

which one is yours?

the orange one?

[upbeat wyvern]

yep

[crimson basin]

well im going to be honest with you it needs a lot of work

you can start by adding texture

and shadows

[upbeat wyvern]

When release

[upbeat wyvern]

I see I see

Damn I still got a lot to learn

cool

[crimson basin]

the grass at the bottom could also be improved significantly

[upbeat wyvern]

Alr, It was meant to be some sort of planters lol

[crimson basin]

yeah

but look at the trees and stuff

[upbeat wyvern]

hmm

I see

[crimson basin]

they use different shades of green

[upbeat wyvern]

Ah

[crimson basin]

try to compare your textures woth those from others

[upbeat wyvern]

Interesting, thanks for the feedback

[low loom]

Duno

[upbeat wyvern]

Yep it's RedDunoVn

[low loom]

Not dibo

Dino

[upbeat wyvern]

Yes

Duno

[stoic palm]

Leaf

Get rid of your alt account

[tidal glen]

lol

[upbeat wyvern]

😦

[stoic palm]

You know as well as I do that's not allowed.

[upbeat wyvern]

Fine

[stoic palm]

Ppunish @upbeat wyvern

[agile forum]

Case #2782

RedDunoVn#1116 was kicked for the following reason: Alternative accounts are not allowed.

[tidal glen]

damn leaf

[low loom]

?

Lmao

I forgot he has alt account

[lunar snow]

Yo what have I missed

[lunar snow]

Next week if I won't procrastinate

Oh, the guy left

[low loom]

Lol

[crimson basin]

lol what

[stoic palm]

I'll tell you straight up leaf. I if see you're alt again you'll be pushing your mod status out the door. You know we don't allow that

[crimson basin]

oh wow, leaf what plugin was that 😭

[lunar snow]

alr then, I just remembered I have that account so I went to check on it, it won't be happening again

[rain gate]

what's happening v16

[lunar snow]

That theater? My first plugin btw

[low loom]

Don't know what to add now

[crimson basin]

how did evan know it was leafs alt?

[lunar snow]

Well because he's Evan 👀

[stoic palm]

Yes I do have the memory of an elephant

[lunar snow]

here's the link btw
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=6121

[lunar snow]

Cool

[crimson basin]

understandable

[lunar snow]

lol

[low loom]

Le

[lunar snow]

Leaf

You forgot the "af"

[midnight obsidian]

leafaf?

[lunar snow]

h

[lunar snow]

Actually what if I remake this plugin

[crimson basin]

you should xD

[lunar snow]

this one too xD

[crimson basin]

that texture thooo

youve gotten so much better

cant believe i was criticizing your old building

[lunar snow]

Can't believe people still have compliments for that plugin lol

[lunar snow]

Lmao I don't think you criticized it, you simply just gave feedback

[static pollen]

I have much better

[lunar snow]

Cool

[lunar snow]

lol

[glad lynx]

ecin

[crimson basin]

yes constructive criticism = feedbacck
but youre so much better than me lmao

[midnight obsidian]

i appreciate the collage

[lunar snow]

lol

Yo, this used to be the pride of mine

texute

this towel also

I remember making that thing in Tet

And people loved it somehow

[livid agate]

elephants have good memory?

[stoic palm]

Some of the best in the natural world from what I remember

Or one up-ed by dolphins

[static pollen]

I got idea

Dead whales

[lunar snow]

What's the idea

[lunar snow]

I'm listening

[static pollen]

Whaling, yk

[midnight obsidian]

ah

[static pollen]

Cachalot wip

[midnight obsidian]

add a 50% chance of nuclear explosion every day

[crimson basin]

rtobby, is it possible to improve crime rate for a building? 👀

[midnight obsidian]

i don't think so

with lua, maybe

but other than that, no

[static pollen]

Wip

[midnight obsidian]

if you have any ideas on what to add, please ping me

[low loom]

Le shadow

[static pollen]

Too dark

[rare spire]

Nice.

[static pollen]

Btw can you suggest an opacity rate to create a good shadow please?

[midnight obsidian]

i typically just tweak it to whatever fits best for a certain use

i don't have a set opacity rate

[static pollen]

Hmm

Just look at the most good one

[midnight obsidian]

just eyeballing it lol

[static pollen]

hmm, give at least the opacity rate you used here please

[midnight obsidian]

quick and brief

[midnight obsidian]

well, pdn doesn't give percentages but from 0-255, i mainly used somewhere between 16-32

so from 6-13%

and stacked multiple times

[tidal glen]

should I pin this 2?

[tidal glen]

.

[midnight obsidian]

not yet

it's not done

[orchid sorrel]

probably once it's finished and put together in one message

[tidal glen]

yea

[midnight obsidian]

so i'm thinking that in this advanced part will go cylinder shading and stuff

and once again, looking for detail ideas

oh damn that looks nicer

[orchid sorrel]

making this geometrically ideal was pain

perhaps you could change the color of the ticks and crosses to green and red

[midnight obsidian]

i like it sticking with the theme but okay

it's a fair suggestion

it looks pretty nice

[low loom]

Le done no pipol

[oblique tundra]

Oh no poor sperm whale

[oblique tundra]

Oh no poor whales and dolphin

[wind grotto]

Epic tho

[wind grotto]

You guys are artists, and i admire that style of art so much 🥰

[wanton willow]

lessgoo

[glad lynx]

😊 cute

[midnight obsidian]

quick question, is the shading alright for the roof

[warm spruce]

that part should be brighter

[midnight obsidian]

thanks

there we go, this looks a thousand times better

[junior bramble]

Told me please, how much pixels neaded from one floor?

If that a flats

approximately

Ok, good night!

Tommorow

[midnight obsidian]

i'd say minimum 5 pixels, maximum like 15 pixels

[midnight obsidian]

slightly important news:
due to issues with theotown on pc that have been occurring recently, i might not be able to evaluate plugins this weekend. i hope that everything will get resolved and no more problems will happen again.

@lunar snow yo be careful with 1.10.89

warning you in advance, windows might send a bunch of false positive virus messages from theotown

it gets annoying real fast

just don't launch theotown rn lol

so no trucks for you

[lunar snow]

wtf

This is so epic, I don't need to code truck anymore

What a sad time we are living in, it would be a shame not to play theotown

[midnight obsidian]

If you want, you can launch theotown on pc if you want

But be warned, i almost got a heart attack

[lunar snow]

Let's just say that for now, I don't need to code the trucks without feeling guilty

[low loom]

Thank you so much

[lunar snow]

lol idk is a truly a method in making plugin

[wet ridge]

has anyone used the rail expansion plugin?

[lunar snow]

Ok i still need to know how to draw the shadow

[static pollen]

@lunar snow

Hm i resized it to fit it on 1×1 though, this one is about 36 pixels of width

[low loom]

Le Yusuf

[surreal oasis]

Wait

Thats THREE days ago!?

[low loom]

At least he's alive

And playing le theotown

[lunar snow]

Cool

[lunar snow]

Nice

[low loom]

Le no trucks leaf

[rich birch]

is it really him or........

[low loom]

You don't know Yusuf

[static pollen]

Noticed it before you

[low loom]

Doesn't change the world

[static pollen]

I just forgot to say it

[rich birch]

I know Yusuf even I have operated with him.. I just want to make sure if it's really him or just another player trying to pretend as him

[static pollen]

Hmm

Yusuf8a684 is his real forum account

Though idk if it possible to have two same nicknames for two different users

[low loom]

It's small caps don't worry

[wet ridge]

has anyone here used the rail expansion plugin?

[static pollen]

YES

[rich birch]

And why you asking like that?

[wet ridge]

why do these always say they have 0 usage?

[static pollen]

Idk

[wet ridge]

so is the plugin working or not?

[static pollen]

I never see usage

[rich birch]

Game bug

[low loom]

Only industrial and commercial uses transportation

[rain gate]

I made a city for him like a commission lol

it was free-of-charge for him

[rich birch]

😳

[low loom]

Eh

[thorny arrow]

Le hotel 🤌

[dim thorn]

Sffd

[lunar snow]

cool

do you know who will love this the most?

@stoic palm yo check this out

[echo nacelle]

i know its been 2 days but still the bruh

[lunar snow]

you still got 2 years to wait

dont worry

[echo nacelle]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[crimson basin]

cut down on the emojis

[dim thorn]

Thanks

[echo nacelle]

k

[dim thorn]

time to draw sffd 1

Frist time make building plugin💀

[lunar snow]

btw

i think i will remove this from the truck pack

since it's oversized

[frigid tusk]

🥲 good bye lil boat

[lunar snow]

i love this boat tho

this is so sad can we get 3 likes

[dim thorn]

make props

[lunar snow]

ah, i dont think vonark will allow me to do that

[frigid tusk]

Alerte Impératif /!\

[low loom]

I'll take that

[crimson basin]

thats not a truck 👀

[lunar snow]

it's a cargo for my truck

[lunar snow]

welp ask vonark for it lol

[low loom]

Also why huge empty space on that second diagonal

[lunar snow]

that's just how it works

[low loom]

Disallowed

[lunar snow]

fr

[low loom]

Lol i cut my bus dia frames

[lunar snow]

now, i have known that i can select the all the same characters by pressing Ctrl + Shift + L, but how do i select all the same characters but only insdie a bracket

[low loom]

Redo spacing of 2nd and 4th diagonal frame

Since you're splitting each frames it better to remove those empty space

[signal lagoon]

"count" is exists.

[lunar snow]

count didnt work, so i gotta do this

[orchid sorrel]

you are using the same w and height values

so if count didn't work you haven't used it correctly

[lunar snow]

i obv dont want to use this technique, i've tried to do count a few days ago and it didnt work properly (for the trailer)

[orchid sorrel]

show code

[lunar snow]

ok

i uhm, i've deleted the old codes

i can only show you the screenshots tho

this

[orchid sorrel]

wtf is v2 array

[lunar snow]

idk hadestia told me to do it, but it didnt work anyway

[orchid sorrel]

interesting

in that case

wtf is this

you aren't using handles anywhere

[lunar snow]

oh yes that's just the "animations" for the trailers

here's the code for the trailers

[orchid sorrel]

cursed

[lunar snow]

cant do much about it, at least it works now

[strange cloud]

I helped him.

[lunar snow]

yes

me when i have to create 12 separately codes for a truck since there're 12 box trailers

what's the lua way btw

[crimson basin]

poor leaf

[strange cloud]

There's no other way in my knowledge can fix that trailing code.

[lunar snow]

pls i need other way to do this, even if it involves lua

because

now, speaking only about the box trailers only

[strange cloud]

I'm even only master lua,but at gui stuff

[lunar snow]

ye i will need help from hadestia

[orchid sorrel]

what are you even trying to achieve

[lunar snow]

hang on

this

[orchid sorrel]

how are the trucks gonna be spawned

[lunar snow]

via meta tags

[orchid sorrel]

can't you just define each truck variant separately?

[strange cloud]

"frames per variant":8 ?

[lunar snow]

wdym

[orchid sorrel]

I can't make it simpler

create separate drafts for each cab/trailer variant

[lunar snow]

well there's this kind of thing but i dont know if it will work for mine since i dont use "count"

[lunar snow]

you mean like if i have 12 trailers, then i make 12 codes separately?

[orchid sorrel]

2 cabs, 4 trailers = 8 separate drafts

actually I wonder if the "color" attribute works for cars too

it should

[lunar snow]

well i have 6 cabs and 12 trailers (box trailers only) so that will be 72 separate drafts

[orchid sorrel]

???

[lunar snow]

hang on

[strange cloud]

It did work,since I've been tested it.

[orchid sorrel]

why not use animations for that then

sounds like a simple, elegant solution

[lunar snow]

hmm

go on

[orchid sorrel]

with what lol

[lunar snow]

the animations thing

idk

im trying to use that for the flatbed's cargo tho

[orchid sorrel]

?

[lunar snow]

smth like this

[orchid sorrel]

you'd need a 'base' cab for uncolored parts and white parts for coloring

[strange cloud]

The frame need to be colored white,if you use color in the code.

[lunar snow]

hang on can we discuss about this later, i gotta go outside for a while

[lunar snow]

ah hell no

[orchid sorrel]

sure

[lunar snow]

then it wont work for mine then

[orchid sorrel]

why

that's literally the best solution for you right now

[strange cloud]

Please reference in game car which had auto color on as i can remember.

[orchid sorrel]

it's not about auto color

[lunar snow]

will that work for this

[orchid sorrel]

that's a different thing

no

[lunar snow]

yep that wont work for mine

[strange cloud]

Something like this.

[orchid sorrel]

yeah kind of

[lunar snow]

😔

[strange cloud]

In code perspective.

[orchid sorrel]

no

[rich birch]

rotating tower, any suggestions?

[orchid sorrel]

that's not what I'm talking about

[lunar snow]

great ig

[strange cloud]

Cool,layering when:

[lunar snow]

Is there any other way than using color

[orchid sorrel]

lua probably

[lunar snow]

Great

Tell me more about it

[orchid sorrel]

I have no idea how that works

idk how would you figure out the car spawning

[lunar snow]

by meta tags?

[orchid sorrel]

yeah and how you gonna use lua for that?

[lunar snow]

Hmm

[orchid sorrel]

script:onCarSpawned(car)

no idea how this thing works

the whole car library

it's used in ci if I remember correctly but that's a different thing

there's 0 documentation about it'

[strange cloud]

Remember your suburban animation lua code?
Yep that might work.

[orchid sorrel]

what does that have to do with lua smart cars

also suburban living doesn't use lua for colors (anymore)

but basically the color method would work very similarly to how I handle suburban house colors

[lunar snow]

K I'm back

you know what

i think i will work with the traditional way

the separately way

[midnight obsidian]

haha funny

[lunar snow]

it will be a pain for the first truck, but the suffering will end for other 16 trucks

ight so that will be 6x63=378 separately drafts for a truck

[lunar snow]

cool

[echo nacelle]

can i talk about what plugins i screenshoted

I wanna download them

Problem is idk theyre names

[lunar snow]

hang on

i wonder if

this will work

"frames": [
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"handle x": 6
},
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 24,
"handle x":6
},
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 48,
"handle x":2
},
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 72,
"handle x":2
},
//Normal frames duh
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 96,
"handle x": 5
},
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 120,
"handle x":-1
},
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 144,
"handle x": 1
},
{
"bmp": "box1.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 168,
"handle x": -1
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"handle x": 6
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 24,
"handle x":6
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 48,
"handle x":2
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 72,
"handle x":2
},
//Normal frames duh
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 96,
"handle x": 5
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 120,
"handle x":-1
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 144,
"handle x": 1
},
{
"bmp": "box2.png",
"h": 18,
"w": 24,
"x": 168,
"handle x": -1
}

[crimson basin]

show in #town-square

[echo nacelle]

k

[lunar snow]

hang on

i calculated that wrong

there are 15 truck variants for a truck

so that will 15x63=945

[crimson basin]

0.0

good luck

imagine the json files

[strange cloud]

It works for mine ERVP.

[lunar snow]

oh

y4es

finally

very epico

this works

ah hell nah man

ok it's starting now

[strange cloud]

https://webformatter.com/json
Is my best friend in making plugin.

Jsonlint but it also makes your code looks nice.

[rain gate]

Hi so how do I make my own plugin?

[orchid sorrel]

see pins

[orchid sorrel]

rmb > format document

but with extra steps

[midnight obsidian]

visual studio code

[strange cloud]

I didn't have pc.

[rain gate]

Ok so I got a 5x5 thingy, now what?

[strange cloud]

Draw the frame

[rain gate]

In pixly right

[strange cloud]

Correct.

[lunar snow]

yesssssss

[strange cloud]

The diagonal 💀

[lunar snow]

but why it only shows a trailer now

why it doesnt show the other one

[rain gate]

Okay I open the 5x5, now how do I make it tall?

Tall*

Bruh Autocorrect sucks

[strange cloud]

Dont you forget to add the string that i send in dm?

[midnight obsidian]

leafy

what version you on

[lunar snow]

87

[strange cloud]

Freame per ... Stuff

[midnight obsidian]

good

[rain gate]

?

[lunar snow]

i did

lmao there's crash

[strange cloud]

Try the other one,the per car one.

[lunar snow]

k

[strange cloud]

After changing it,you need to wait a little while,just like changing the tail composition.

[lunar snow]

ight

[rain gate]

so I open the 5x5 but how do I make it tall?.

[strange cloud]

Gear icon > edit > resize canvas

[lunar snow]

nope

[lunar snow]

i checked other plugins and they didnt even use frames per variant?

[lunar snow]

yes

[rain gate]

Okay thanks

[strange cloud]

Maybe you need some other frame in the truck in order to work.
copy pasting the code might also count

[thorny arrow]

When I was drawing, I suddenly lost all motivation to continue drawing 😫

[lunar snow]

wdym

[strange cloud]

You need to put other variation of the truck under same draft, here's code of in game semi truck for Refrence:

    "id":"$car_truck00",
    "type":"car",
    "frames":[
      {"x":704,"y":727,"w":16,"h":9,"count":4}, // blue
      {"x":704,"y":736,"w":16,"h":9,"count":4}, // green
      {"x":704,"y":745,"w":16,"h":9,"count":4}, // grey
      {"x":704,"y":754,"w":16,"h":9,"count":4}, // red
      {"x":704,"y":763,"w":16,"h":9,"count":4}  // yellow
    ],
    //"template": "$template_car_truck00_lightdefs00",
    "speed":0.9,
    "v2":[1,2,3,3],
    "flag normal":false,
    "flag lkw":true,
    "meta":{"tags":{"carind0":{},"carind1":{},"carind2":{}}}
  }```

[lunar snow]

it's not about the truck, im talking about the trailers

[strange cloud]

Me rn:

[lunar snow]

wwait

@strange cloudi found out the problem

wrong id

:trl:

should be boxtrailer1

[rain gate]

@strange cloud (sorry for ping) do I have to make just 1 frame for the building or 2?

[strange cloud]

I'm also maybe starts looking for older version of itp in my drive,since it also using variation method for some of the train.

[lunar snow]

@strange cloud

lmao

it worked finally

[strange cloud]

If you want the building can rotate you need 4 frames.

[lunar snow]

minor typing mistake

[rich birch]

Hello
Is LSC here?
I want to show him the remake of his plugin I made

[rain gate]

So if I make it a normal building that won't glow light and that won't make a movement, I have to make it only 1 frame right

[rain gate]

alr lmao

[lunar snow]

hey this no work anymore

what kind of hoax is this

[crimson basin]

Oml lots of trucks :0

[surreal oasis]

Infinitrucks

[crimson basin]

Whats the spawn rate even xD

[lunar snow]

ol

lol

50 trucks per spawn point

[crimson basin]

Too many

[lunar snow]

ye0p

for testing purpose

[rain gate]

@strange cloud I'm done with my building (bruh it looks bad 😭)

[lunar snow]

im begging you please spawn other trailers

maybe 19 frames are too much?

maybe it need some more times

[surreal oasis]

Did you draw an obelisk?

[crimson basin]

What is that?

[rain gate]

yeah it's meant to be an obelisk but it's not thin, it's shaped like a pyramid

[rain gate]

A Pyramid Shaped-Obelisk

[crimson basin]

Doesnt look like a pyramid. I think you messed up the shape?

[rain gate]

I just wanted to shape it like a pyramid I'm guessing for fun

I'll make a actual obelisk soon

[crimson basin]

K

[rain gate]

but since I made my building, what do I exactly do now?

[crimson basin]

Json file?

[lunar snow]

ok so

@strange cloud it didnt work

[crimson basin]

Leaf is going to soend another year coding his truck plugin

[lunar snow]

lol

[rain gate]

Do I have to save the building in a file?

[crimson basin]

Save the building as a png

[rain gate]

Okay

[crimson basin]

Then make a json file
And a plugin.manifest file

[rain gate]

ok so uhhhhh

[lunar snow]

bruh, why doesnt it work

what have i done wrong

[crimson basin]

Save as something else

5x5 is the original image so leave that one alone

[rain gate]

Ok, btw I have to name it json.file right

[crimson basin]

No

Save it after giving its a name

[rain gate]

Oh okay

[crimson basin]

It will save as a png file automatically if there is only one layer

It needs to save like this

[rain gate]

There is one layer so ok,btw which folder

[crimson basin]

I recommend making a special folder for the plugin and saving it there

I save randomly since im on blustacks and export it to desktop

[rain gate]

Ok,. But is it ok to put it in download?

[crimson basin]

Yeah

[rain gate]

And do I have to name the file plugin.manifest

[crimson basin]

No thats a separate thing. I actually do not know how to make manifest files but i do have them xD

You can use a json making app to make the json file

Youre on mobile, right?

[rain gate]

Then what do I have to name the file so I can put it in download

[rain gate]

Correct

[crimson basin]

Name it anything you want

The plugin drawing can be named whatever

[rain gate]

Alr

Ok now what

[crimson basin]

Did you save it?

Okay

So id recommend gping to files manager and creating a folder with that image

[rain gate]

Yeah it says "Obelisk pyramid.png"

[lunar snow]

so i did some research

nope nvm

[rain gate]

What should I name the folder, (btw is it okay to do it in a gallery)

[crimson basin]

No you cant move the json in the gallery

You can name the folder anything you want

If youd like i can show you mine

[low loom]

Hm

[lunar snow]

i hate coding

[orchid sorrel]

json is not coding 😌

[crimson basin]

Its coding

[lunar snow]

how do i call the part where i apply codes for the truck then

[orchid sorrel]

I haven't seen you "apply codes" anywhere :))))

[crimson basin]

Id die if i had to do lua xD
I dont even understand json at all

[rain gate]

Okay, so I can name the folder anything right

[crimson basin]

Yep

It

It wont metter its just for organisation or else everything will be everywhere

[rain gate]

Okay, and I have to put the building in the folder

[crimson basin]

Yeah

[rain gate]

Okay I moved the building to the folder if that's how it works

[crimson basin]

Now json

You need to make a json file

[rain gate]

how do I do that?

[crimson basin]

You can get json genie from playstore

Or any other json making app

[rain gate]

Ok I downloaded Json genie, what now?

[crimson basin]

Then you write the code xD
I cant help you with that though.
Theres some code on the forum you can use that

[rain gate]

Bruh Idk how to code

But where is the forum channel?

[crimson basin]

Okay uh lemme give you a link

[lunar snow]

ok

[rain gate]

Okay

[crimson basin]

You can search theotown forum on google

[lunar snow]

i am done with this coding stuffs, i gtg now

guess i will still need to do it the separately way

[rain gate]

Okay

[lunar snow]

2 months*

[crimson basin]

https://pca.theotown.com/

It makes the json and manifest file for you

[crimson basin]

big yikes. Ill send you emotional support
And ill download your plugin on both my devices

[rain gate]

Wait I don't think the plugin creator is coding lmao, it just tells me what to make about my building

[lunar snow]

lol

thanks

[crimson basin]

It does the coding for you

Then you can download them at the end

[rain gate]

Oh alr

[lunar snow]

Now I understand why c:i is taking a long time to do

[rain gate]

Ok, I put my author and I made the building a landmark

[lunar snow]

Wait no I still have another idea

[rain gate]

What's next now?

[thorny arrow]

More progress

[crimson basin]

I never completely figured out that website. Just give it all the information it asks for

[lunar snow]

I wonder if this variant thing works for animation?

[rain gate]

Okay

[thorny arrow]

What is this 😱

[crimson basin]

Leafs plugin

That he has been working on for ages

[rain gate]

What size do I have to make it so it can code

My building is 5x5

[crimson basin]

Yes use 5

[rain gate]

k

[crimson basin]

For both height and width

[low loom]

It's drafting 😌

[crimson basin]

Drafting is an odd name. Coding sounds cooler

[rain gate]

I downloaded it as Json, correct?

[crimson basin]

Download the zip

[rain gate]

Okay

[crimson basin]

The zip has everything you need

[low loom]

No, drafting

Or objecting

[crimson basin]

After the zip downloads move it to the plugin folder in the theotown folder

[rain gate]

alr

[crimson basin]

I object your objection for calling it objecting 😂

[rain gate]

Like I move it to the folder that's says "Theotown"

[crimson basin]

Yeah

There should be a plugin folder in there

Ju

Just move the xip into that folder

[rain gate]

Okay

Ok done

[low loom]

Yeah sounds funny

[crimson basin]

Is that in the right folder?

[low loom]

But json was object itself

[rain gate]

yeah don't you see it says "Theotown"?

[low loom]

JavaScript Object Notation

[crimson basin]

No thankyou xD

Ill leave the actual coding to you guys and do the baby coding

[rain gate]

so what now??

[crimson basin]

What folders are in that folder?

[low loom]

Imagine coding js for plugins instead of lua

[crimson basin]

Ive actually never gotten to the moving my plugin part since king does the testing for me. So im not sure if thats the correct folder

[low loom]

=== intensifies

[lunar snow]

Code

[rain gate]

I put the zip in the Theotown folder and it says "Theotown"

[low loom]

Object *

[crimson basin]

That would be lovely. But i dont know how to do either so xD

[lunar snow]

Draft*

kek

[lunar snow]

anyway

[low loom]

It was a huge pain ngl

[rain gate]

Hi

[crimson basin]

How did you learn lua?

And how did you learn json?

[low loom]

Asking and by being fool

[crimson basin]

No try opening theotown and seeing if you can see it from the game

I hate jsons xD

One missing comma or one extra space messes the whole thing up 😭

[rain gate]

In the folders of the game inside it?

[crimson basin]

outside it. Just launch the game like you normally do

[rain gate]

Okay

[low loom]

Json is part of my web development so i don't have problem with it

[crimson basin]

Im sure hadestia can help you better than i can xD

I havent messed with my json after the first plugin. Ive been recycling that one

But i do change values as needed

[low loom]

No i can't

[lunar snow]

Cool

[crimson basin]

But youre a builder

[rain gate]

I don't see anything?

[low loom]

Lazy builder*

[orchid sorrel]

Ptag files

[agile forum]

TheoTown files are located under such directories:

▪︎ Windows: C:\Users(insert username)\TheoTown
▪︎ Linux: /home/$USER/TheoTown
▪︎ MacOS: /user/TheoTown
▪︎ Android: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown/files
By default you should be in /storage/emulated/0/
Reinstalling the game for Android will delete all files, unless you decide to keep the files when prompted by uninstaller.

Alternatively, you can access the files through in-built TheoTown file manager, accessible through the in-game menu.

You can find your plugin, music, region and city files there as well as logs for debugging purposes.

[orchid sorrel]

because you aren't in the right directory

[crimson basin]

He already moved the file but probably to the wrong place

[rain gate]

You said that I had to move it to the Theotown folder, and I said if it was a folder that said "Theotown" and you said "Yeah" 🤨

[crimson basin]

How did you become a lazy builder? 👀

[low loom]

If i do change .plugin to .mpf and moved to managed plugins does it will work?

[midnight obsidian]

don't you dare upload a plugin with plugin.json.zip as the file 🔫

[crimson basin]

😭 Ive never actually done this part. But that was my bad

[low loom]

Devastated

[rain gate]

It's alr,

[crimson basin]

I think i once uploaded a file called .zip.zip xD

[rain gate]

But which actual folder am I supposed to move the zip plugin too?

[low loom]

Json genie moment plugin.json.json.json

[rain gate]

.

@crimson basin what do I do now and where do I actually move the zip to the correct folder

This channel is dead now 😭

[thorny arrow]

@rich birch
What are the names of those plugins?

[crimson basin]

Uhhhh

Oroblem is i really dont know

Ptag files

[agile forum]

TheoTown files are located under such directories:

▪︎ Windows: C:\Users(insert username)\TheoTown
▪︎ Linux: /home/$USER/TheoTown
▪︎ MacOS: /user/TheoTown
▪︎ Android: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown/files
By default you should be in /storage/emulated/0/
Reinstalling the game for Android will delete all files, unless you decide to keep the files when prompted by uninstaller.

Alternatively, you can access the files through in-built TheoTown file manager, accessible through the in-game menu.

You can find your plugin, music, region and city files there as well as logs for debugging purposes.

[crimson basin]

Use the thing here use the android one

Go to files and there yould be one for the plugins

[rain gate]

I use the app "File Manager+"?

[crimson basin]

Yeah?

Or you can just go to the game and get the files i guess?

Wasnt there an import button?

[rain gate]

Oh yeah,

ok I'm gonna launch the game, but what do I have to import

[crimson basin]

The zip file

[rain gate]

Okay

It's telling me to allow downloads to Theotown, should I do it?

[crimson basin]

Yes

[rain gate]

Okay

Okay now what?

[crimson basin]

🤷‍♀️

[rain gate]

😭

[crimson basin]

Did you move it?

See if you can enter the plugin folder

[rain gate]

The zip plugin? No it just told me that Theotown wants access to my downloads

[crimson basin]

Give access and try to see if you can go inside the plugin folder

[rain gate]

I already gave Theotown access to my downloads, don't you see it?

wait.. you mean this?

[crimson basin]

No not in the sample one

Just inside the plugin one

[rain gate]

You mean like this?

[crimson basin]

Yeah

Press import here

[rain gate]

Okay

Which one?

[crimson basin]

Folder

Since its a zip

[rain gate]

Now it's telling me again that Theotown wants access to my downloads?????

[crimson basin]

Yes just give it access

[rain gate]

Okay

now what exactly?

[crimson basin]

Wait

Thats not the zip file though

You need to import the .zip file

[lunar snow]

1 kinda looks like Capital Place

[rain gate]

Why did you then tell me to import it as folder 😭

[crimson basin]

Because im learning with you

I havent ever done this either

[rain gate]

alr then 😭

[strange cloud]

Yet again,if you want quick solution send me the zip in dm.

[thorny arrow]

It have 3 buildings

[rain gate]

wait I don't see the zip plugin, plus it only took me to download when I pressed file

Am I supposed to put the zip.plugin in downloads

[crimson basin]

You can try doing that i guess?

[rain gate]

alr

[low loom]

Still not done?

[crimson basin]

Yes hadestiaa

Please

Help me xD
I have no idea what happening

[rain gate]

Okay I did it

[crimson basin]

Niceee

Restart the game

[rain gate]

Okay

[low loom]

Re lunch

[rain gate]

Okay I closed and launched the game

[low loom]

Goodness im so helpful

[crimson basin]

Ive been woeking on the base of my plugin the whole day. This is my tallest plugin so far.

[low loom]

Case done

[crimson basin]

Open a city and see if you can see the plugin

[rain gate]

Okay

[rich birch]

I suggest you use the zachiver application so you don't have to enter and exit the game when installing the plugin

[crimson basin]

Hadestia is leaving me out here to die 😭

[low loom]

You're welcome

[crimson basin]

Im questioning how you became a builder now

what did you bribe ja with?

[low loom]

There's no newbie FAQs way before

[rain gate]

I don't see my plugin

[crimson basin]

No it wouldnt be in there

[rich birch]

look for it in the toolbar

[crimson basin]

Yeah

[low loom]

You wouldn't see your plugin there unless it has plugin.manifest

[rain gate]

It does

[low loom]

But that's not important

[crimson basin]

Wait plugins dont require a manifest file? :0

He should have a manifest filew

[rain gate]

?

[crimson basin]

Nonono

Go to that build icoj thing and search there

[rich birch]

If you already had the manifest
You should check it in "local plugin"

Anyway i have a question...

[crimson basin]

Can i leave this to you now 😭

[rich birch]

Yuh..
No pressure

[crimson basin]

Whats the question

[rich birch]

can plugin moderator check the plugin of creators if they encrypted it as ".plugin" 📄?

[rain gate]

what does it look like since I'm stupid

[rain gate]

Wait, here it is? But it's not showing the actual plugin and when I go to plugins it doesn't show up

[crimson basin]

Yes that is it

[rain gate]

yeah but it won't show up???

[rich birch]

GOD!!
Just check it in "🔨" button
If he is there then there will be a "new" sign in the category icon

[crimson basin]

"This plugin has no title" 😂

[rain gate]

Looks like I don't see it

I don't see my building

[rich birch]

what you need is the thumbnail of the manifest and the additional code in the manifest.. (just check it)

[crimson basin]

I didnt know that thumbnail thing existed

[rain gate]

yeah I see the plugin manifest and I have it,

[rich birch]

It is useful for the plugin to appear in the plugin category as it does with the plugin store that you downloaded
(As long as they're in a single folder with the correct manifest and thumbnails)

[crimson basin]

I might do it for my next plugin

[rain gate]

now what

[low loom]

Pwessure

[rich birch]

If you want to release it to the store you don't need to bother making the manifest because the manifest is automatically added when you have released the plugin in the store
And when you release it there is a notification message from pidroid about the plugin manifest that you can use for your plugin in the folder

[crimson basin]

Wait what 😭

[rain gate]

Hi

[crimson basin]

meanwhile bunny who has been suffering to add a manifest file everytime

[rich birch]

this notification will appear when you try to release/update the plugin in the store

Via PM by pidroid ❤️

[crimson basin]

Ive never got a PM from Pidroid

[rain gate]

bruh can someone help me,

[rich birch]

You can read my message above...

Every time I release/update a plugin in the store... this notification always appears

||By the way, the drone has been waiting for approval for 1 week||

[pale ferry]

Can there be new things in #plugin-showcase

[rain gate]

@rich birch here is me having the manifest plugin, now what do I have to do 😭

[rich birch]

Check it now

[pale ferry]

Eyy

New thing

I love it

[rich birch]

Check the json.

[pale ferry]

Thanks you

[rich birch]

Drone updates will hit the store if mods have some free time...

[rain gate]

Okay what now?

[rich birch]

Check your json

[rain gate]

You mean Json genie?

[crimson basin]

Dont post it there xD
Idk how but even i cant type there gut you can

[rich birch]

Now look for the plugin under the landmarks category 🗽

[low loom]

Sorry we're now close try again later

[rich birch]

I have a role plugin.. you can get it if you apply to pidroid

[rich birch]

Woops

[low loom]

I think YouTube tutorial clip will help alot than answering each of your question

[rain gate]

in zip plugin

[rich birch]

Not all tutorials are on YouTube...
Some even expire

[low loom]

At least the ide

Idea

[rich birch]

Alr... Hadestia was right...
Check out the tutorials on YouTube...

Byeeeeee

[crimson basin]

Doubt it xD

[rain gate]

Okay this is getting ridiculous, literally please anyone help me,I just wanna make my own plugin for anyone to see and enjoy and no one is helping me at this point ☹️

[crimson basin]

We are trying to help

[sharp kettle]

you want to make a plugin?

[crimson basin]

He has a plugin

Weve gotten to the part of importing the plugin and were stuck at that

[rain gate]

yeah, @crimson basin helped me a little bit much then @rich birch helped me but quit and told me to watch tutorials on YouTube

[sharp kettle]

does it work?

(the plugin)

[rich birch]

Confusing

[low loom]

In the end it doesn't even matter

[rain gate]

I checked the game and went to local plugins and then I saw it but it didn't pop up and didn't even load, it was just loading

[rich birch]

His plugin is WORKING
He just needs to check his plugins in the landmarks category... ||_that's all i want to say!!! _||

[rain gate]

you mean in the game?

[crimson basin]

yes

[rich birch]

YAS!!

[low loom]

Quack

[rich birch]

OK, I'm pressed

[low loom]

Pressed

[rich birch]

⌨️

[rain gate]

Yes finally, thank you guys so much this is my first time making a plugin 😄

[low loom]

Quack

[crimson basin]

nice

that took forever

[low loom]

After years finally

[rich birch]

||finally||
Yuh your welcome

[crimson basin]

now im confident i can do this process myself xD

[rich birch]

One less problem

[crimson basin]

ive never tested my own

[rich birch]

Then test it

Now

[low loom]

*/sleeps

[rain gate]

quack 🦢

[low loom]

Quack quackk!?

[rain gate]

quack Quack, quack quack,

🦢

[crimson basin]

i need to finish making a plugin first. ive been working on the base of a plugin. No wait i have a plugin i just need to make a json for it

[rich birch]

St.mark

Plugin by LSC

Remaked by me

What do you think?

[rain gate]

Btw I think they're is a problem with my plugin, it's the name, how do I change it?

[crimson basin]

looks nice

[low loom]

Geez you didn't told us we need duck language for you to understand what we're teaching

[crimson basin]

gotta start over from the beginning by editing the json-

[rain gate]

9/10

[rain gate]

you mean I have to do it in Json genie?

[rich birch]

Edit ur json

And add "title":"ur plugin name",
Code.

[orchid sorrel]

@rain gate I'd recommend you to read a tutorial first

[pale ferry]

Put the attribute
"title":<your wanted title>
in the json

Yes

[orchid sorrel]

there's a plenty on the forums

[low loom]

Use quack language guys it's easy for him to understand it

[rich birch]

Yas... Visit forum

[orchid sorrel]

and it's probably much easier than to ask about every single thing

[rain gate]

Yeah but which app???? The file manager or json genie?

[low loom]

Json genie i'd recommend

[rain gate]

Do I have to open the file that says "code.json" in Json genie?

[low loom]

Either open or create new

[rain gate]

Okay

[low loom]

Good check forums for further information, goodnight

[rich birch]

Hadestia ran to the escape door

[low loom]

If you can't get along with it get rid of it

[crimson basin]

Hadestia claims he doesnt know how to do it smh

[low loom]

Lazy builder

[jaunty cargo]

Can onyone tell me city ideas

[low loom]

#town-square

[rain gate]

Where do I change the name of my building

[orchid sorrel]

"title":"title"

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1355

[thorny arrow]

3 blocks of Nexus

[rich birch]

"title":"obsidian"

[low loom]

"Hello world"

Unfortunately he's using json genie and going to ask again anytime

Good

[sinful meadow]

Any new

[thorny arrow]

I'll sell it for 40💎

[rich birch]

Drone

St.mark

Sim's beach update

Seigneur castle

Other

[thorny arrow]

Linden complex
Nexus twins towers
Other

[rain gate]

I am 😭

[crimson basin]

the base for my next plugin

it will have night animations

[rain gate]

I don't see anything that says "title: title"

[orchid sorrel]

man

did you read a single tutorial

[rain gate]

no? I mean I have my plugin I just wanna change the name

[orchid sorrel]

then please do

[rain gate]

Watch a tutorial on how to change the name of your plugin in Theotown

[unique pivot]

Do you know how json & building tags work

[midnight obsidian]

"title": "text"

[rain gate]

bruh I went to the forum and the Json doesn't have "title:title"

[rich birch]

Bravo
Good luck

[midnight obsidian]

[{
"title": "example title", //the title of the building that is shown when you select it
"text": "example text" //the description (text) of the building that is shown when you select it
}]

[unique pivot]

Wdym "doesn't have"

[pale ferry]

Hay nako

[low loom]

"string": "string" Equivalent to (+) > (value) in json genie

[low loom]

Oof

[midnight obsidian]

not all jsons have the same tags

[orchid sorrel]

try clicking the link I have sent before

[unique pivot]

That's not how it works, read a tutorial please

[midnight obsidian]

some of them will just not have "title" or "text" but it'll just be set to their default values

[unique pivot]

Json can not not have a tag

[rain gate]

Ok I will

[midnight obsidian]

this sentence breaks my brain

[low loom]

Lol

You know these will took forever

[unique pivot]

:trollface:

[midnight obsidian]

i have no idea how double negatives work

[unique pivot]

Is it better now?

[crimson basin]

double negatives cancel

[midnight obsidian]

no

lithuanian language doesn't have double negatives

[rain gate]

Or nvm, I just won't change the name of my plugin and keep it untitled so that I don't make you guys suffer 😭

[crimson basin]

basically he is sayig jsons have to have a tag

[unique pivot]

You could just read tutorials and try understanding json but okay

[rain gate]

Then where do I get a tutorial tho? In YouTube?

[midnight obsidian]

if you'd translate "vos nenuvirtau" (i almost tripped) word by word, would mean "i almost didn't trip"

[low loom]

Forum has alot

[midnight obsidian]

the forums 😭

[midnight obsidian]

but in reality it means i almost tripped

[orchid sorrel]

you have been literally sent a link

[unique pivot]

1. YouTube
2. Just Google, there's probably websites for it or docs
3. TT forum
4. Kulche sent a link ig

[crimson basin]

you cant directly translate in our language. but we have double negatives. if youre saying double negative it becomes a positive so there was no use for the double negative to begin with

[static pollen]

Or just a discussion there

[unique pivot]

...which ends up redirecting him on other places because its impractical to write a full json tutorial here

[static pollen]

Dm

[lunar snow]

Hello