plugin-discussion

[quasi hornet]

Well

I thought i find an advice that make it easier

However, thank you

[thick mural]

how about

[orchid sorrel]

looks pretty nice

nice textures

maybe the red parts could get some more contrast/hue shifting

[thick mural]

How about now?

[orchid sorrel]

looks nicer I think

[lunar snow]

Beautiful

How did you do that i gotta ask

[orchid sorrel]

I like to use perlin noise

it makes larger surfaces look better

[lunar snow]

Ah

[thick mural]

I use this.

This method is only recommended for use in buildings with glass exterior walls or ancient buildings.

[sharp kettle]

think its the grey thing-

[thorny arrow]

Wip

[warm comet]

This is a real cliff.🏞

[humble iron]

How

Plugin wip?

[warm comet]

yeah

[silk swift]

I am a painter

[orchid scroll]

what's that

[silk swift]

Thats good i will give him 0/10

[sharp kettle]

uh

[thorny arrow]

It's a brutalist style museum

[quasi hornet]

Wha

Is it possible

[vernal dragon]

thanks you

[uncut acorn]

Oh right ig?

Must’ve gotten a little confused

[flat oracle]

I want to make a VERY realistic copy of one town in the game. My first house. It isnt finished

[orchid sorrel]

are the windows supposed to be slanted

[viral mica]

Well, they are isometric

[orchid sorrel]

no, they are not

isometric is 2 pixels horizontally and 1 vertically

[tough whale]

Yeah the Windows look a bit weird

[red lintel]

ekonomi

[viral mica]

Look at rockfort's plugins

[orchid sorrel]

???

how is that supposed to help?

[viral mica]

They are like that

That's it

[orchid sorrel]

they are literally not in line with the wall

[viral mica]

It's a balcony

[crimson basin]

how tf are forum comments even ordered 😭

i accidentally replied to a commend from 2021

[orchid sorrel]

I have no idea what your point is

and yes, the forums are a lawless wasteland

[crimson basin]

i need help 😭

[viral mica]

I don't understand what's wrong these are normal windows

[orchid sorrel]

this isn't even your plugin so I'll just wait for the actual creator to comment

[viral mica]

WHAT?

Oh sorry

[quaint wing]

Yo

I need to ask some questions on how to develop a plugin

I know how to make buildings, it's just i want to know like how to publish it, how to make packages and etc.

[orchid sorrel]

are you asking about graphics or json

[quaint wing]

I'm asking about like how to publish one and how to make a plugin building package

[orchid sorrel]

you'd use the plugin store on the forums

for packages simply put more buildings in your plugin

[quaint wing]

Yeah, but can you elaborate

I need steps

[orchid sorrel]

you put more drafts in your json file(s)

[quaint wing]

I'm a mobile user and I don't really do things with files.

[orchid sorrel]

????

then how do you expect to create a plugin lol

[quaint wing]

I don't know how to add more drafts

[quaint wing]

I don't know, that why I'm asking for steps on how to make one💀

[orchid sorrel]

you just add more objects {}

then follow the tutorials from the pins

[crimson basin]

simply
[
{
(building 1 stuff)
},
{
(Buildings 2 stuff)
}
]

[quaint wing]

Okay, lemme see if i can find the json files you were talking about

[crimson basin]

get a json app

[quaint wing]

Okay

[crimson basin]

like quick edit or something

[quaint wing]

Alright

[crimson basin]

(please not json genie)

[quaint wing]

Which one.

There's like 10+

[crimson basin]

Anything that will allow you to make a text file and save it as a json

[quaint wing]

Okay

[crimson basin]

I personally find json genie so awful ill take notepad over it anyday

[quaint wing]

Damn.

[crimson basin]

also

[quaint wing]

The only worst genie there is.

[crimson basin]

you dont really need an app

use pca

its beginner friendly

[quaint wing]

Ok

Where do i receive a manifest ID

[crimson basin]

you type in whatever you want but it has to be unique

i prefer to keep it to my name and what the object is

[quaint wing]

Oh ok

Alr

I'll do that aswell

[crimson basin]

personally but you can keyboard smash i guess

but kulche might eat me if you do

[orchid sorrel]

doesn't sound like a wise idea

yes

[quaint wing]

I ain't the hulk, so pass.

Alr tomorrow ill prepare a plugin to submit using the website

Ima go work my a** off until it's 3AM for a plugin and wake back to 3:01 AM to suffer of difficult sleeping.

Ima use Pixly

[quasi hornet]

Yeah. I'm abuser. And what will you do?

[silk swift]

@crimson basin Look, this is a beautiful design

[quasi hornet]

No one believe you

[frigid tusk]

💀

[silk swift]

The rock will cook

[frigid tusk]

Bro made me laugh (100% false)

[silk swift]

Lol

[quasi hornet]

With the Rock - my night'll be hot

[tough whale]

🗿

[sage lantern]

Does anyone know how I can find the plugin People and props as fence pack by Fitamin

[paper river]

Not available anymore

[sage lantern]

you have it?

[stoic palm]

Even if he does. Sharing private plugins is bannable. @sage lantern

[sage lantern]

😢

[lavish hinge]

im gonna sue you for dangerous driving (reckless driving) and hate against mayonnaise on hot dogs

[signal lagoon]

not really useful if you use pca.
||actually i forgot to test it on mobile. lol||

and i'm still hold to release this one ||because waiting an approval from Lobby||. ||and maybe we can change the UI for desktop??? ||

[languid burrow]

What's this application used for?

[crimson basin]

#information message boo :( 👎

[signal lagoon]

at this point, only for hotkey.

[frigid tusk]

#information message >:(

[burnt bramble]

just some stuff I'm working on, the roundabout stuff is too much for my brain lmao

I took inspiration from Azter and pederont

[urban grove]

#information message oh no...

[burnt bramble]

oh

[uncut acorn]

😭

Why in the world happened like that

I wish they’ll have to remove that bad part

[burnt bramble]

quick question, can ya'll read what it says here?

[quasi hornet]

Where exactly

[crimson basin]

yield maybe?

Or Arcc?

[burnt bramble]

inside the blue circle

[crimson basin]

nop

[burnt bramble]

It's supposed to say "bus only"

[sage socket]

i think the "bus" is kinda readable

[quasi hornet]

I should be drunk for reading these weird pixels

[lunar snow]

I wonder what will happen to old forum plugins

like from mdk

[uncut acorn]

From new updates soon I’ll never get update

[strange cloud]

Just add the manifest file yourself and done™

[long dust]

whats the issue with that change

i dont get it

[crimson basin]

it will no longer work

[long dust]

older plugins?

[crimson basin]

plugins without manifest

which in my case is my wip plugins

[long dust]

thats unfortunate

im like half way done with my plugin

its only taking so long cause procrastination

[tough whale]

Yes

[silk swift]

Wow @crimson basin

[lunar snow]

Have fun extracting .plugin files

[orchid sorrel]

what's so bad about that

[lunar snow]

you cant extract the .plugin files?

[orchid sorrel]

you can?

just because you can't doesn't mean you can't

[lunar snow]

I can?

[orchid sorrel]

no

[lunar snow]

But

[orchid sorrel]

english is a brilliant language

[lunar snow]

Well at least it's not all that bad

I can ask someone to help me extract my .plugin files

[strange cloud]

Put the plugin.plugin file in a folder.
Then put a manifest file inside the same folder of plugin.plugin file. It somehow works.

[sharp kettle]

got exactly 60 plugins that need manifest files

wooho

[lunar snow]

Ah

That's nice

[brittle aurora]

Is there a plugin that adds more vehicles for the fire Departement as decoration? Like Ladder Truck, Rescue Engine etc.

[urban grove]

How to add a manifest file? Can someone give me a link or something

[lavish hinge]

@urban grove you can edit it with notepad, or if youre on mobile you can use visual code mobile

to add them, simply copy and paste them into the .zip file you wanna give a .manifest file

but make sure each plugin has different id

[brittle trail]

are there any plugins that let me have a single railway track?

[lavish hinge]

aos

and my advanced rail soon

[echo moon]

rename the .manifest file to plugin.json, you can change it directly

open the json file via ZArchiver done

[lavish hinge]

✅

this is why i love being both a builder and a plugin creator

[echo moon]

I just found out that manifest is json, accidentally found it lol

[stoic palm]

I don't think that was a secret xD

[crimson basin]

Manifest file is vasically an id, title and text at the least. Maybe a preview.

[signal lagoon]

don't forget about the version.

actually you can make the blank manifest, but still the id need to be different.

// plugin.manifest
{
  "id": "asd",
  "version": 0,
 "title": "",
  "text": ""
}```

[rotund haven]

Does the manifest code change if we change the plugin type?

[empty night]

How to make plugin.manifest files
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=10950

I have a detailed tutorial for making plugin.manifest files

[livid agate]

one of the all time

[lavish hinge]

you mean the file type?

[unkempt pollen]

after a decade, so much is changing in theotown now

[lavish hinge]

who ping

[lunar snow]

Dont even know what is that but nice job👍

[uncut acorn]

#information message

[sick rune]

Well rip to anyone who uses my forum plugins

I never uploaded the files directly. It was always a link

So idk if its going to get indexed

[lavish hinge]

dw, we will find a way

[quasi hornet]

Is it really so difficult to make a manifest file

For even private plugins

[crimson basin]

@lyric depot #plugin-suggestions message just use the bulldozer tool?

[lyric depot]

No more like something that can clear the whole map at once, without destroying buildings and such.

[crimson basin]

sound complicated to implement (as in more than just json)

would probably require lua and theres like less than 10 people that knows how to do that

[quasi hornet]

Heaven knows

[mystic swallow]

Is there a sidewalk decal like this?

[dapper light]

Sorta

But it has striped curbs unfortunately

[orchid sorrel]

it's not, it'd just be expensive to iterate over every single tile on the map

[crimson basin]

unless youre on sandbox

[orchid sorrel]

how is that relevant

[sick rune]

I have 100 plugins, so it wouldn't be feasible for me. The users will need to figure that out for themselves ig

[quasi hornet]

I mean make it before publishing

[orchid sorrel]

?????

the plugins were published years ago...

[quasi hornet]

Yes. Before publishing them. He published his plugins without manifest files, but he could made it before publishing

[orchid sorrel]

manifests literally didn't exist back then???

[quasi hornet]

...

Oh

Wait

No?

I didn't knew

[midnight obsidian]

manifests began with the creation of the plugin store

wait no

this is misinformation

please disregard the message i had just posted

manifests actually began with online mode and not plugin store

[quasi hornet]

Get it

I'm here from the time close to mart 2022

So i didn't knew 🤷

Yeah in this case the problem about manifests sounds more understandable

[warm comet]

[uncut acorn]

An improved Las Vegas sphere

Coool

@hardy anvil check this out

[urban grove]

Wait, is that actually 3D?

[quasi hornet]

Well, i can see pixels

[uncut acorn]

Also this is like a disco ball

[gaunt quartz]

Fr

[orchid scroll]

yooo

[rain gate]

Niicee!!!...

[neat lance]

Now we have 2 sphere plugin

[rotund haven]

Yes

[lunar snow]

Nice

[hardy anvil]

I will wait

[hardy anvil]

Looks like it's exciting to wait for the final result

[rotund haven]

his new rival is @hardy anvil

[umbral ravine]

damn I thought it was 3D

[gaunt quartz]

Theotown is evolving...soon itll be 3d due to the plugin creators capabilities...

[hardy anvil]

Looks like we have to start all over again

[crimson basin]

Your shading is good

[orchid scroll]

why

is that another las Vegas sphere

[unkempt pollen]

except the game might not handle it anymore

[gaunt quartz]

Theotown in ps5 releasing i-

Its a joke

[quasi hornet]

Looks difficulty

[hardy anvil]

That is easy

[wanton willow]

how do you access data folder on Android 13?

[crimson basin]

through the in game file manager

region view - press the gear - files

then import/export

[wanton willow]

is there no file manager apps I can use?

[crimson basin]

you can use Z archiver

[wanton willow]

doesn't work 😭

[crimson basin]

did you give it permission?

[wanton willow]

yes

[crimson basin]

what are you trying to do?

[wanton willow]

making plugin?

[crimson basin]

you can just import it through the game cant you?

[wanton willow]

it's just too tedious using in game file manager

[crimson basin]

unless you messed up the json and it crashed

[crimson basin]

yeah i understand, i feel the same way

android just sucks like that

[tough whale]

😔

[quartz kelp]

Is there an ancient greece building plugin?

[mystic swallow]

can i extract the .plugin file?
if posible how to do that?

[livid agate]

Not possible

[tough whale]

As far as I know there isn't any, the most similar thing you could get is the Mesopotamia mod by Sir Jollyann

[quartz kelp]

😭

[hardy anvil]

Is it similar to the one in the picture?

[frigid tusk]

Change font

[trim blade]

And change the perspective on the font as well to follow the curve

[tough whale]

Yea

[lunar snow]

Improve the shadows too

[burnt bramble]

How??

[uncut acorn]

He’s using mind blowing plugin illusion I guess

[pine briar]

Supongo que esto va aquí no? XD

[runic reef]

see

[mystic swallow]

Does anyone know how to use the guide train in the new railway system plugin?

[lavish sail]

How to add frames to a building so that it is animated, like some industrial buildings in the game?

I mean, how can I make the building in the game look like a GIF?

[crimson basin]

its on the forums getting started page, animations

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2965&sid=137c301cb51eb3beb7858478228db47c

[hardy anvil]

I hope my phone is okay 😞

[lavish hinge]

gaah

alien

but cool tho

how many animation frames would you make now?

[hardy anvil]

A little

Not many

[umbral ravine]

hmm... "a little"

[hardy anvil]

I hope

[sharp kettle]

someone already made this right

[crimson basin]

whats that discord background

[frigid tusk]

why is that discord background

[pine briar]

Sorry i don't speak english :(.

[quasi hornet]

@next depot Already made by Bernardo Brandao.
||(I don't know is that exactly the same building, but looks similar to your suggestion).||
#plugin-suggestions message

[next depot]

@quasi hornet
It is different from the municipal theater. It is smaller, the structure is different and it is very different on the back

[quasi hornet]

Ah

Got it

[dusty hill]

even potato's Custom Roads plugin has began another Victim of spam of the fake reports

there is a problem in forums with fake report

[orchid sorrel]

it does absolutely nothing

[trim blade]

So, what you're saying is...

[orchid sorrel]

is.....????

[crimson basin]

it doesnt affect anything. Only the owner and the mods see it and it doesnt affect ratings

[trim blade]

Cheddar

Cheddar

Cheddar

Wtf? I only sent that once

[frigid tusk]

Internet skill issue

[orchid sorrel]

using this channel for offtopic/being annoying will simply get you warned

so please don't

[pine briar]

I'll do it like this, I'm sorry 😦

[midnight obsidian]

.

[lavish sail]

Guys, how to draw a toroid?

https://tenor.com/view/torus-black-hole-sphere-gif-16894521

This thing*

[midnight obsidian]

why would you want to draw that

[lavish sail]

I need it

[midnight obsidian]

i suggest you use 3d modeling software and just see how it's shaded

[crimson basin]

donut shape

[lavish sail]

How

[quasi hornet]

Yeah we definitely need a plugin for huge donuts

[crimson basin]

that wasnt meant to be helpful, i was observing that the toroid shape looked like a donut. I tried making a giant donut in TheoTown except I ended up confusing myself

[lavish sail]

Global problem: Donut in pixel isometric

[crimson basin]

i dont think donuts are technically isometric cause they are round

[quasi hornet]

Rounded things can't be isometrical?

[crimson basin]

they look all the same no matter what angle youre looking at it from

when its isometric this is the angle youre looking at it from

if youre looking it it from a flat side, theres no difference

unlike with cubes

[orchid sorrel]

torus plugin

[lavish sail]

Shadows

they thicker in plane than in height

[lavish sail]

I think i did donut

[trim blade]

@dusty hill I have yet to see anyone who says to join Vonark's server for a plugin to actually say how to join his server

[tough whale]

This Week has been very poor in plugins, no new plugins so far, waiting is the only thing I had since long ago

[crimson basin]

maybe you should define the shadows more?

make the dark parts darker

[orchid scroll]

ok

[lavish sail]

I'll try, but it's difficult to do it carefully so that there isn't a strong and conspicuous contrast between the light part in the center and the dark part on the right

[crimson basin]

make the center for example darker

i dont feel its contrasting enough

[spice crescent]

how to make plugin

[crimson basin]

download a template (pinned), draw what you want (tips are pinned) and then you write a text file (json)

[spice crescent]

actually, I tried to make a trailer, is this the right size?

[sharp kettle]

not bad, looks nice

[spice crescent]

alright thanks, gonna make the back side

[lavish sail]

Tried

Looks pretty strange

[crimson basin]

might i have the donut shape to try it myself? You can send it in dms

[lavish sail]

I'm looking forward to it

[uncut acorn]

Hello I have a question

Is there an Age of Sail plugin that can’t be crashed for iOS?

[crimson basin]

Theres only like 2 versions thats publicly available. The forum one works but sharing that is not allowed. Its an outdated plugin.

[uncut acorn]

This one?

[crimson basin]

thats one

i dont remember what the other one is

[uncut acorn]

What other one

[crimson basin]

ask evan

[spice crescent]

rotation

[warm patrol]

1-464д-э193

16-storey building from my city

[lunar snow]

Cool

[quasi hornet]

Funny numbers

[warm patrol]

Thank you!

[warm patrol]

Simple designation of a typical project

[misty pawn]

Ain't perfect but hope it helps

[gentle marsh]

In fact, this building is the chamber of deputies.

[hardy anvil]

Is the shadow good?

[hardy anvil]

Or wrong?

[trim blade]

Is there a good tutorial somewhere on how to use the new plugin maker?

Frankly, I miss the old one. It was simpler to use

[orchid sorrel]

I don't think so

what exactly is your problem

[trim blade]

Last few times when I used it if I didn't fill out any of the optional attributes, it didn't work.

I'll try again to see if I still have that issue though

Also, another question

Can I just drop .plugin files into my plugin folder?

[crimson basin]

yes

[warm comet]

My friend made this pickle cube.

[livid agate]

my god

they've done

the pickle cube

[dusty condor]

Can I design like yours?

[quasi hornet]

I'll delete Theotown, if they won't add this thing in the game

[warm comet]

pickle

[crimson basin]

its so cute

i want it

[warm comet]

pickle

My friend also made another cube plugin.

[crimson basin]

omggg

[mystic swallow]

how to get the train to be in the center like this?

[lunar snow]

cool train

[crimson basin]

handle x and y

[crimson basin]

Before n after

Hopefully now it blends in more with the game

[thick mural]

I'm trying to make architecture with 3DMax.

[paper river]

New additions

[tough whale]

Looks very good 👍

[tough whale]

Ooo nice

[orchid sorrel]

wow that looks nice

[lunar snow]

should work on the shadows

[orchid sorrel]

and use the new cars

I also don't think parking surfaces are made of marble/quartz/whatever material is white

[hardy anvil]

I just followed what was in the picture

[orchid sorrel]

doesn't mean it looks good/realistic

the building itself is okay

[hardy anvil]

Tq 😄

[hardy anvil]

What about the shadow?Does it look good?

[orchid sorrel]

there are no shadows...

[hardy anvil]

OK, I'll continue

[hardy anvil]

Hey where can I get a new car?

[orchid sorrel]

forums should have them

also stop pinging me

[placid badger]

I should learn to make plug-ins but I have zero clue how

[orchid sorrel]

see the pins

[placid badger]

Wha

Nvm

[orchid sorrel]

????

[crimson basin]

hi kulche

do you like the remake

[orchid sorrel]

it looks nice graphics wise

though the design could be more realistic

and maybe better night frames

[crimson basin]

king designed it originally

[orchid sorrel]

but the colors are very nice now

[crimson basin]

it was made after his first plugin

which he deleted minutes after uploading

[crimson basin]

took the colours from vanilla stuff :>

[orchid sorrel]

FF637F2C
FF4F6623
FF3B4C1A
FF273311

try using those for foliage

[crimson basin]

ooh okay

i would do the snow plugin if only i even knew what is making it broken lol

[orchid sorrel]

lol

[crimson basin]

im still comprehending it

thank god ja added comments because i would be lost without it

[livid agate]

look

if you want people to help

you send them a minimal reproducible copy of what you're trying to accomplish

[crimson basin]

minimal reproductive copy meaning?

i mean it works, but not the way its supposed to

and im still trying to figure out what does what

[livid agate]

As in something they can test themselves

[crimson basin]

ooh right okay

is dms fine?

[livid agate]

asks

and then proceeds to do what they asked

[crimson basin]

its like when

[dusty hill]

what

[orchid sorrel]

I'd have to research it to see how they work

[dusty hill]

ok, i will wait

[trim blade]

Would it technically be bad to use these colors in a plugin?

[livid agate]

time to bust out my ol reliable

[crimson basin]

i think most look fine

they dont look overly saturated

[tough whale]

Yeah I should agree with that, saturating your buildings too much could look rather weird

[crimson basin]

i like the owens pink and tiffany blue along with the gold

[tough whale]

I like the Golden and the yellow ones, Also the Owens pink too

[crimson basin]

cadbury isnt bad either

[sharp kettle]

does this really work??

[crimson basin]

idk i could try it

later

[lunar snow]

yep

afaik

[sullen apex]

Is there a plugin with a diagonal pedestrian walkway

[placid badger]

I'm not sure is correct

I only did that so it was visible to you guys

But I fixed my mistakes anyways

But how do I make glass

Nvm got a solution

[dusty hill]

@orchid sorrel did you found it?

[orchid sorrel]

you are supposed to look for it as well

[empty ibex]

Not good. Sorry just being honest in hope you can improves it.

[livid agate]

that should just work

[placid badger]

My first sprite

Thx

Well now the only thing I have to do now is to make it functional

[burnt bramble]

Night frames??

[placid badger]

That's a good idea but I'm not gonna bother

It's gonna be a commercial building so won't be open

[trim blade]

What is the policy on using a publicly available plugin, recoloring the sprites, and using them for your own personal use without sharing it?

[placid badger]

Uh I'd probably ask permission wouldn't bother me but others who knows

So jsut ask before is my advice

[dusty hill]

propably smth like C:\windows ?

[orchid sorrel]

?????

no???

that would be beyond ridiculous

I just don't remember the exact syntax

show your directory structure

you have to specify all children directories

[placid badger]

How do I uh code this so it will function

[orchid sorrel]

code what

the building itself?

refer to the forum tutorials

[orchid sorrel]

ci does it in the same way using child/child/.../file

[placid badger]

Hmm

[placid badger]

I don't see why it won't work

[livid agate]

there's a code.json file in the plugins folder

[placid badger]

Oh well it is here but uh

Not sure how this happened

[placid badger]

OK but why does one allow transparent but mine doesn't

Hello?

I figured it out nvm

[rotund haven]

"draw ground": true

use this code

[placid badger]

Already figured it out

Anyways new sprite

This is coming very quickly to me

[placid badger]

How do I make a pack so far I've jsut made single mods

If I make a pack do I need a json file for every building in the pack?

[uncut acorn]

Yes

[placid badger]

And do I need a manifest for each one too?

[uncut acorn]

I think

It's in #information

[paper river]

One manifest is enough

My pack looks like this

[crimson basin]

no

[crimson basin]

you can compile them all in one json

its 1 j son and maifest (especially manifest) per pack

For example

[uncut acorn]

Do the windows look small for the building?

[placid badger]

A little

[placid badger]

I can't make a triangle roof

[trim blade]

Yes you can

[dusty hill]

smth like this?

[orchid sorrel]

"like this" like what

depends where your json is

[orchid sorrel]

what happened here?

[lunar snow]

nice turret

[dusty hill]

so: "Signal Boxes/Sprites/Nastawnia_Pasym.png"

right?

[orchid sorrel]

no idea where your json is

should be fine if the location is correct

[orchid sorrel]

should be without the first directory then

[dusty hill]

so without Signal Boxes?

[orchid sorrel]

yes

so it would seem

[dusty hill]

i have without signal box

but doesn't work

maybe bcz there is / but it should \

nvm

[orchid sorrel]

so does it work now

[dusty hill]

\ is breaking the code

well, still no idea what causing this

Extension of file is correct

name is also correct

[orchid sorrel]

you can send me the plugin and I'll take a look

[signal lagoon]

are you sure this image in png format?

is better you set the folder option to show the file extention.

[dusty hill]

ye

it is

[spice crescent]

farm

[quasi hornet]

Nice

[lavish sail]

Interstellar

[lavish hinge]

cute

[spice crescent]

thanks

[burnt bramble]

(decals btw, which means that you can place some stuff on top)

[rich birch]

looks good, i like it ( i wonder about the small houses and the Brandenburg gate..)

[spice crescent]

like this?

[burnt bramble]

Yup

And damnn

That looks cool

[placid badger]

I screwed up

[placid badger]

Technically yeah but idk how

[sharp kettle]

look at ingame buildings

also checking the pins helps

[crimson basin]

remove the outlines, increase the contrast

[orchid sorrel]

use more colors

theotown isn't conventional pixelart

[placid badger]

It's based off of this building so

[merry apex]

I got back into theotown today, and a question on my mind is what plugins would you recommend?

Sort of like a list of plugins everyone should/does use

[crimson basin]

depends on what youre looking for

people like having different road and tree plugin

but i would recommand official extentions posted by lobby

[crimson basin]

still i dont think it fits into TT style with the outlines

[merry apex]

I'm just looking for mods to keep it generally vanilla but just general qol improvements

Like a mod to fix the train system lol

[placid badger]

Wdym

[orchid sorrel]

exactly that

I can't make it any simpler

use more colors for your noise and shading

[placid badger]

Maybe, we'll see

[merry apex]

where can i find those

[crimson basin]

search lobby

[crimson basin]

yeahhh i dont think we can fix that without that transport update

thats ever so hypes but dont know if its real

[merry apex]

I tried having an intercity rail thing, and the trains were soooo scuffed

[crimson basin]

who made that?

[merry apex]

base game

iirc

[crimson basin]

Its not

I checked just now and its not someone ik

[merry apex]

I remember downloading some plugins, but I think for the train stuff I kept it vanilla

I just started from scratch so it'll take me a while to check on the train system without any plugins besides lobby's

so that's what I remember anyway

i remember them not liking any turns, sometimes would go through other times wouldn't and would turn right back on itself

[crimson basin]

intercity train IS a plugin

in game only has freight trains and elevated trains

[merry apex]

no sorry not intercity trains, like trains between cities

sorry I meant trains within the city

introcity then ig

I'm so used to thinking intercity cause train system irl is called that, but I meant like trains that only run within the city border

[placid badger]

How woud I classify trees?

[orchid sorrel]

as trees

not sure if pca can do that

"type": "tree"

[placid badger]

Didn't work there is option for decoration or terrain those might work

[crimson basin]

seems like ja hasnt implemented trees yet

you can just make it a decor, download it and edit the type

[orchid sorrel]

"didn't work" it isn't supported lol

if you want trees you have to create the json yourself

or at least a part of it

[placid badger]

Welp another thing for me to figure out 🫡

[placid badger]

Well OK got that down

[mystic swallow]

where i can found this plugin?

[placid badger]

I edited someSC4fan's trees

I'm not sure if they're too vibrant or jsut right on a realism scale

[burnt bramble]

they look good

[placid badger]

I can give you a copy if you'd like

[static pollen]

It says '' removed '' on my plugin store, downloaded section

[vernal dragon]

Soon

What this?

[stoic palm]

Just ingore them lmao

[worthy narwhal]

we got mews advanced decals before gta 6

[midnight obsidian]

when are we getting semi-diagonal fences

[tough whale]

When diagonal deco

[tough whale]

Truly a miracle

[burnt bramble]

Never

[tough whale]

Sad

[placid badger]

OK I made a grass plug-in but I'm. Not sure exactly how to code the json right now I have to place it and manually switch between the textures I'd like it to be like normal grass

[trim blade]

Now I'm definitely getting that plug-in

[placid badger]

Nvm

How do I make edge frames?

Hmm this is annoying

[placid badger]

I feel like I annoy everyone in this channel

[placid badger]

Garage plug in

I'll give you the file

[trim blade]

Looks amazing

[trim blade]

👉👈

[placid badger]

OK I'll give it to you both

Please credit me if asked

[humble iron]

Hey I sent you a dm

[placid badger]

Oop

[placid badger]

All my plug ins are based off of maine buildings! Maine getting proper representation 😤😤

[humble iron]

Represent💪💪

[placid badger]

Heck yeah 🤟

[spice crescent]

I need help making a shadow, is there a tutorial?

[cold pulsar]

Windows look weird.
But sitll nice plugin.

[sharp kettle]

consider checking pinned messages

[cold pulsar]

Pinned messages probably has it
Like - said, go check it

[placid badger]

Guide for roofs of different heights

[placid badger]

New England home

[paper river]

Nice

[burnt bramble]

a couple extra stuff

isometric decals

quite heavy on the plugin storage unfortunately

will be adding more pieces tomorrow

more importantly, no visual bugs so far (unlike a certain road deco from my advanced road network)

[neat lance]

no way

[lavish hinge]

yes way

theotown is evolving

[urban grove]

Looks like TheoTown is evolving again thanks to Mew

[spice crescent]

flower

[quasi hornet]

Pretty

[spice crescent]

thank you

[unkempt pollen]

I NEED THIS!!!

[unkempt pollen]

DEFINETLY THIS!!!

(sorry for 🧢)

[quasi hornet]

Mewmew marry me marry me

[unkempt pollen]

guys dont you notice it? its like theres an exponential clock for theotown!, first the diagonal roads were made, then non-isometric roads were made, what do you think is the next road evolution?...

its probably invisible bridge ;)

then again... it would be time consuming

[quasi hornet]

||Next Theotown will turn to City Skylines||

[crimson basin]

invisible stuff are easy to make

you just use nil frames and then code as you would make a visible one

[kindred plank]

Ah the remake

[sullen apex]

Harbour buids are gonna be crazy detailed now

[burnt bramble]

Hopefully people figure out how to make non-isometric props

[gaunt quartz]

Cant wait to pair this with the other non isometric plugins

Tnx for revolutionizing theotown fr

[burnt bramble]

Sadly doesn't work with invisible roads atm though 🤧

[gaunt quartz]

I have hopes!

[unkempt pollen]

muhahaha...

[gaunt quartz]

Oh my goodness the power you are giving to exterminator

[south wraith]

Good day everyone, what are the tallest buildings that you could download?

[lunar snow]

all of your plugins are insane and revolutionary

GOAT

[uncut acorn]

You can put in-game terrains or waterfronts like Marco Handres’ thing if you want

It will be awesomely cool if you do

[lavish hinge]

non isometric grass

[echo moon]

Burj Khalifa from Vönark

[uncut acorn]

Yes

Cuz it’s cylinder

[lunar snow]

sushi

[burnt bramble]

Planning to add all the in game terrains 🫶

[lavish hinge]

bruh

why cant i put any road deco on my invisible rails?

how do i make my invisible rails can accept all road deco

[burnt bramble]

You gotta add a flag for the road decos to work on rails

I think

I honestly kinda forgot how to do it 😭😭🙏

[lavish hinge]

how do i use flag tho?

what do i put?

"flag":"[what goes here?]",

[burnt bramble]

"required flag normal":false,
"required flag train":true

Something like this

Took it straight from the forums

[lavish hinge]

then we wouldnt be able to place the rails on roads

wait

i can just make universal road

can be used both my trains and cars

[uncut acorn]

That’s great 😃

[burnt bramble]

I meant "true"

[lavish hinge]

like this?
"required flag normal":true, "required flag train":true

wait

why am i confusing myself lmao

nailed it

[strange cloud]

Road only:

"required flag normal":true,
"required flag train":false,

Train Track only:

"required flag normal":false,
"required flag train":true,

Both:

"required flag normal":true,
"required flag train":true,

[lunar snow]

epic

[lavish hinge]

tysm man

[unkempt pollen]

non-isometric... players?

[unkempt pollen]

you do not understand... the possibilities...

ya'll... thanks for giving me unlimited power... my villain arc is here...

[gaunt quartz]

Oh god

[unkempt pollen]

it. starts. HERE.

muhahahHAHHAHAAAA

[lavish hinge]

its not over anakin, i have the high ground plot armour

[unkempt pollen]

lol this turned into an anime reference now 😆

rather... a star wars one

[lavish hinge]

lets stop here b4 we get warned

[unkempt pollen]

i luv star wars

[gaunt quartz]

Oh who would win
A builder and a plugin creator
Or an expert non isometric detailist

[unkempt pollen]

ok

[gaunt quartz]

Yea yall should prob move to #general

[trim blade]

Wait

NO WAY

Ok

I love you

[lavish hinge]

love u 2

muah

:v

[trim blade]

Muah

:^

Didn't work as well

[lavish hinge]

and ofc i forgot some parts

[strange cloud]

Use type:template and it's all done in one code change

[lavish hinge]

i dont understand what template is

[trim blade]

I can make a non isometric train yard

[lavish hinge]

so i go the traditional way

[trim blade]

Or even a gentle curved one

😫

[lavish hinge]

im gonna add more variants

[trim blade]

I just need some non isometric train deco. I found a plugin that luckily works as a train deco on invisible roads

[strange cloud]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=6236

[trim blade]

Has anyone made an invisible rail plugin yet?

[gaunt quartz]

Nope but its generally easy to code

[trim blade]

Actually an invisible road that only emergency vehicles could use would be nice

Is that possible?

Can I limit that?

[lavish hinge]

its ok to just ping me

im gonna save it

thanks btw

[trim blade]

Also with this, this can be used as non-isometric ballast for the track

Along with mews advanced Road

🤔

[unkempt pollen]

buddy throw me all the ideas for my next ULTIMATE ultra-detailed project, MUHAHAHA

as i said... my villain arc..

anyways

i can build non isometric train stations & entire non isometric cities now

[trim blade]

I have several model railroad magazines, I can base it off of already simplified but detailed layouts

[trim blade]

we need a modular non isometric building

That'll take forever to make though

And you need to make so many variations

Hmmm

[unkempt pollen]

can anyone code an invisible train track? as micheal said, its relatively easy

[trim blade]

I don't know coding

I guess I can learn?

[lavish hinge]

its included in my advanced rail pack

but i doubt trains would live it

[unkempt pollen]

why?...

[lavish hinge]

i dont think the trains will line up on my rails

i specifically made the rails so that it wouldnt look weird in corners

and it naturally change the fitment too

but you can connect it with aos rails

[unkempt pollen]

still i want to have atleast a little form of functunality...

[trim blade]

My biggest issue is cars drive on it

So that fixes it

[lavish hinge]

maybe i will try to learn how to move where the trains would go

[unkempt pollen]

i love having perfect results with something i build... even though it wouldnt look that good, i think its good abstractly

if you know what that means

[lavish hinge]

bruh.. i smell more work

[placid badger]

My sprites are improving

[trim blade]

Are you using a separate shadow layer?

[placid badger]

Yes!

[trim blade]

I didn't mean to be that enthusiastic

[orchid sorrel]

looks a bit better than before

but still, please use more colors

[trim blade]

Most buildings don't use a huge amount of colors

[placid badger]

Only a bit? 🥺

[trim blade]

Most buildings do look bland

[placid badger]

Yeah I'm going for realism

[orchid sorrel]

yes

a bit

[gaunt quartz]

Dw we can pull up the sunshine shader and make it look like breaking bad

[placid badger]

I think that shader is ugly af

[strange cloud]

I didn't even use one

[placid badger]

Me neither

But I do have the gray color setting on

[strange cloud]

Same

[placid badger]

The normal is too saturated

[gaunt quartz]

A noir esque eh

[placid badger]

Mama Mia don't those windows look amazing

[cerulean tree]

From what place?

[mystic swallow]

that's good

[trim blade]

Nice

[tough whale]

Actually looks like your average town

Looks very good

[burnt bramble]

Yup

[vernal dragon]

Fort-de-France, Martinique

[humble iron]

Very nice

[lunar snow]

#plugin-suggestions message

8 years old me would have found this cool

[lavish hinge]

@trim blade #city-showcase message would it work if i make a custom tunnel entrance?

[trim blade]

Maybe multiple kinds

But yeah

[quasi hornet]

#plugin-suggestions message Wow McDonald's fire station

[sullen apex]

What plugin are those big trees

[quasi hornet]

Sc4 fan's trees

[sullen apex]

Thank youu

[frail dew]

Someone make me puglin, 1 million people in 1 block 🙂

[lunar snow]

nah that's too op

[crimson basin]

You can make it yourself :)

[static pollen]

I can do 10k but not more, don't know if it's even legit too

[tough whale]

Make It yourself fam, 👊😁

[placid badger]

Yipee my power is back

[placid badger]

Nicee

[paper river]

Thanks

[keen helm]

New set of lamps, ornate, and with a blue'ish light

[keen helm]

Nice

[crimson basin]

Its you again :0 ✨

prettty lamps

[crimson basin]

nice collection

[keen helm]

Planning to have a bit of variety on release for the "old lamps".

Then, what I'd really love to make is work on more asian lanterns of all colors and a number of hanging ones to decorate streets.

[crimson basin]

"asian"

willing to bet none of the asian lanterns are in most of the asian countries lol, coming from an asian who has been to other asian countries

[keen helm]

True, it's a catch-all term

[crimson basin]

i think its more of a chinese and japanese thing

[keen helm]

It is, there are also some korean ones.

[lunar snow]

it's an east-asian thing

[keen helm]

Ornate lamp

[crimson basin]

pretyyyyy

[keen helm]

It's part of the third "old" lamp set.

In this case, it's mostly intended for cities that have a lot of budget for this

Can also work as christmas decorations and so on

[midnight obsidian]

real

i could work on some playground stuff but i'm kinda out of ideas

that reminds me that i still have yet to release the update

[keen helm]

Which set would you guys use for your city?

[midnight obsidian]

i'd probably use these the most

of course the fancy lamps are very nice as well but i'd only use them for like a sculpture park or something like that

[keen helm]

Exactly the idea, the fancy lamps are something I have made mostly because some places, like parks, squares, plazas or the front of monuments would need fancier stuff.

Hanging lanterns are for narrow roads, but also for parks and can also be used as christmas decorations.

[midnight obsidian]

actually maybe it could be cool if you added like some green or blue things sticking out of the poles as something like a street marker

[keen helm]

For that, I got other plans.

But it could be a good idea indeed

[midnight obsidian]

thobby, don't you also have some other props made

[keen helm]

I do, but most are awaiting to be remade to match the quality I want to reach

[midnight obsidian]

could i see them as they are right now?

[lunar snow]

if you could make a lamp that is shaped like a J

[midnight obsidian]

candy cane lamp

[lunar snow]

a reverse candy cane lamp

then i will use it everyday

[lunar snow]

nice

[midnight obsidian]

they're pretty nice already

but yeah some could use improvement

[midnight obsidian]

ooh i like that fountain

[lavish hinge]

heck i see myself making weird random excuse somehow just to use every single variant in one map

[dusty hill]

WAIT

who can Change nicks on forum

[orchid sorrel]

admins

[dusty hill]

who is one of them

[crimson basin]

ja, lobby and commander

press the contact us button

[dusty hill]

who's commander?

[crimson basin]

some guy idk

theres an envelope on the forum somewher eto cahng ename

[orchid sorrel]

the original forum creator

[dusty hill]

ok

[orchid sorrel]

I guess

[dusty hill]

i see that

[orchid sorrel]

it's just commander

[dusty hill]

i sent request

also what it means

[orchid sorrel]

plugin version

it's pretty self explanatory

[dusty hill]

so i can put smth like "0.1" or i need for "1"

[livid agate]

its an integer

starting at 1 and going up

[crimson basin]

commander is the forum creator?

[orchid sorrel]

I think

he's certainly been around for a very long time

[lavish sail]

Hi, didn't find this on the forum, you know how it is with the central building and the DSA rocket site, that they necessarily have to stand next to each other for the second one to work. How do you do the same thing?

[orchid sorrel]

what do you mean stand next to each other

[lavish sail]

sec

Uh-oh, mixed up

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[placid badger]

This is gonna be a pain in the ass

[placid badger]

Coming along nicely

[placid badger]

BTW it's based off of this building

[carmine warren]

What app do you use?

[carmine warren]

Ty

[placid badger]

Np

[placid badger]

This has been the hardest plug in yet

[carmine warren]

Looks good

[placid badger]

It's very difficult

[carmine warren]

For sure

I would like to try to learn to make some buildings that I like

[placid badger]

I'd start simpler

[stoic palm]

I'd refer to the pins for beginner tips

[placid badger]

Yep

[placid badger]

Four hours

[tough whale]

Looks very good, though I would add a Little More shade

[placid badger]

This took me four hours

[paper river]

Looks good

[neat lance]

YOOO FINALLY

this is going to my 1800's themed city

[uncut acorn]

Very good

[stoic palm]

#plugin-suggestions message
What do you mean @uncut acorn... He's doing his job lmao. There's no discussion to it

[uncut acorn]

Ok.

[stoic palm]

feel free to repost your suggestion without the need to be a smart ass

[burnt bramble]

finally done with this first set of decals

if anyone wants a beta release of my plugin, just dm me

[lunar snow]

nice

[lunar snow]

can i please have the template of this plugin

i may need it in the future to make more variants

[uncut acorn]

Woah woah woah

[lunar snow]

of course i will credit you

[uncut acorn]

Just chill

[burnt bramble]

got you

just give me a couple minutes to color code it

[lunar snow]

thanks mate

[burnt bramble]

np 🙂

[uncut acorn]

Dunno… why you say the a** word here

[stoic palm]

Because that's what you were doing

There's no need to beat around the bush lmao

[uncut acorn]

Bro 😶

Alright

Stop saying the a** word

[stoic palm]

I will say what I want when I need.

If you have an issue with that file a complaint