plugin-discussion

[frigid tusk]

Poly diagonal means multiple diagonal

[crimson basin]

cause ai seemed to suggest it on the first reply

bi-diagonal

[frigid tusk]

Weirdiagonal

[crimson basin]

Malfuctionunglar

[frigid tusk]

Whatevenisthisgular

[crimson basin]

insanometric

[frigid tusk]

Poly pocketiagonal

[crimson basin]

pocketi whatlol

[frigid tusk]

Poly pocket

https://tenor.com/view/ของเล่น-รีวิวของเล่น-พอลลี่พ็อคเก็ต-polly-pocket-review-gif-14148819

[midnight obsidian]

non-isometric it is

[dusty hill]

hmm

i still remember that we still haven't got reworked versions WTC building (except 4 and 7)

[fickle frigate]

On this day in 2018 I drew my first plugin :))

[crimson basin]

oh

banana

[gloomy mesa]

And I've been drawing for a little over a month

I'll draw this soon

[gusty ocean]

Wip

2/55

[neat cedar]

Im not from the country that ur making it's buildings but i think these roof colors could be darker and more similar ( my opinion)

[manic saddle]

Mini park

[rain gate]

your template isnt really correct

[neat cedar]

(Real) Tt plugins if they were actually good:

Fr that template is melting upward and downward

[frigid tusk]

The template looks like the nether star dropped by a Wither

[neat cedar]

Why is this so real

[gusty ocean]

I will consider it thanks

[manic saddle]

Is my first plugin :'/

[rain gate]

here you can use this to fix it

[crimson basin]

you can use in-game textures

[midnight obsidian]

i've uploaded a new tutorial for all the things that make your plugin good

feel free to check it out

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=25943

[orchid sorrel]

rtob grabbag

[midnight obsidian]

Rtob bundle

[fickle frigate]

thank you, there are many Vietnamese people practicing making plugins, I will share your guide to them

[sharp dawn]

Nice tutorial ! Really explains the basics properly 🙂

[crimson basin]

Can i replace it on the getting started page

[midnight obsidian]

I don't mind

[dusty hill]

anyone could draw how the octagonal shapes should look like

[orchid sorrel]

just try it yourself

it isn't rocket science

[midnight obsidian]

Look

I figured out how to make cones by myself

I'm sure you can come up with a way to draw an octagon

[orchid sorrel]

it doesn't have to be pixel perfect

just google circumradius to inradius ratio and work from there with rectangles and triangles

[queen vault]

Pliss do Polish historical building

[rain gate]

#plugin-suggestions

[keen helm]

Props expansion update was published

just need the approval and it'll be good to use 😉

[neat cedar]

yay

just let the mods cook now that's it

I will start building london again and its good to hear that u will publish it

Now I will be just waiting for kekman's plugin

[eager oriole]

Guys. How long is the time for approval a plugin?

one week is what i thing

[rain gate]

whenever the plugin mods get to it

[eager oriole]

oh

What should I practice when making a building?

[rain gate]

I mean.. id say everything in general

Never hurts to improve

[near flame]

the color reminds me of some sort of cyberpunk dystopia city haha

[glacial galleon]

Wow what an amazing job

[dreamy hearth]

To an extent I do agree with one of the critiques but I do think you're better off just desaturating the roofs if possible but other than that 9.5/10

Gonna use that to continue one of my builds

[glacial galleon]

In Progress

[dreamy hearth]

So far so good, one of the things you gotta do is desaturate the grass

[glacial galleon]

Yes I will do it is just a base

[dreamy hearth]

Alright good luck

[glacial galleon]

Thank you so much

[low loom]

🫡🫡

[gaunt quartz]

Hadestia is alive, chat

[crimson basin]

yeah

[echo lotus]

cookin up something

[crimson basin]

hi had

[echo lotus]

had!!

[crimson basin]

You should hear kulches opinion on using green in plugin buildings

[gaunt quartz]

Try adding more shadow at the minaret

Fr

[low loom]

had!?

[gaunt quartz]

Just my suggestion tho

[gaunt quartz]

Thats you hadestia!1!

[crimson basin]

and more contrast would look better too

[crimson basin]

nickname :>

[low loom]

ohh wow, where is she?

[gaunt quartz]

Bro thats you 😭

She is experiencing memory loss rn

[echo lotus]

bro forgot her name 💀

[crimson basin]

hade, are you retired or taking a break 👀

[gaunt quartz]

Its called a "filipino time"

[echo lotus]

pinoy time??

[low loom]

great! and... who are you? I'm sorry I've lost consciousness, i forgot your name

[crimson basin]

hadestia is a she?

we should move to #general

[gaunt quartz]

Basically we just feel like doing things then when i get bored or we get bored we just slowly give up 🙏

[echo lotus]

look at the top of the message

[low loom]

mentally ill

[gaunt quartz]

Peak 9-12 hours of filipino schooltime

[echo lotus]

same here in msia

[low loom]

I'm not studying, i stopped

[gaunt quartz]

What are you up to now?

[low loom]

no one told me that being a customer representative can take your life

[gaunt quartz]

Ah well shucks anyways lets move to #general

[low loom]

well let's continue there

[boreal charm]

https://tenor.com/view/theboys-perfect-gif-23821319

[crimson basin]

Reco gonna be honest

I dont like your green roofs, at all

[carmine hemlock]

Let's make a variety of rooftop.

[midnight obsidian]

i don't mind the green roofs

are they common in korea?

[orchid sorrel]

the amount of ads and colors is pretty jarring

[crimson basin]

I dont like the shade

[autumn nova]

I think there is not enough contrast and saturation on the white buildings
The roofs should be more saturated
And the windows should be less saturated

[boreal charm]

thats a great one!

[midnight obsidian]

criticism =/= hate

you can like the building but not like certain aspects of the building

criticism is much more helpful than positive feedback

[boreal charm]

btw do you use animations?

[orchid sorrel]

oh dial it back a notch this guy has been drawing those mediocre buildings for months

and there really isn't any improvement here I'm afraid

[boreal charm]

?

[orchid sorrel]

referring to the convo above

[boreal charm]

oooo

kinda thinking of them adding more variations

using the "color":

[orchid sorrel]

briish spelling 😩

(theotown uses "color")

[boreal charm]

yea, kinda used to colour

[midnight obsidian]

look, a trained eye will always spot the problems first

[orchid sorrel]

it's just a matter of seeing the exact same building style every week on the plugin store queue

[boreal charm]

oooh, show me
(im intrested)

[midnight obsidian]

have you had your plugin disapproved

[orchid sorrel]

I appreciate the effort but maybe that person should try something else that isn't a generic 3 story green roof building no 2109421

[orchid sorrel]

???

[boreal charm]

i want to look how the queue looked like

[midnight obsidian]

you'll notice that we never say what is good when a plugin is disapproved, because we focus on what needs to be improved

what is good remains uncommented

[crimson basin]

Sometimes we highlight what we like when approving plugins

Or atleast I do

If i really like something

Can one of you please do something about the ross plugins on the store

Im stuck

[orchid sorrel]

disapproval is just slap the first thing you notice as a reason because of the sheer amount of plugins that get posted every day

[boreal charm]

wait theres alot of them? now i know why last time i tried to upload one it took long for one to be rejected or approved

(mine is rejected btw)

[orchid sorrel]

take a guess

[midnight obsidian]

wtf? no bad plugins in the queue rn

just mediocre ones at worst

[boreal charm]

do those plugins got approved?

🤔

[orchid sorrel]

define "mediocre"

it's not like there's some kind of a numerical quality score

[boreal charm]

something that doesnt look spectacular, but looked better than bad blugins

[midnight obsidian]

one that isn't an eyesore

[crimson basin]

I disapprove stuff everyday

[boreal charm]

ohhhhh i remember this one

[midnight obsidian]

sure then we can suspend it

if that's what you want

[crimson basin]

Because we missed it maybe

[midnight obsidian]

yes but guess what, we're humans and we make mistake too

[orchid sorrel]

"protocol" lmao is this a police department

[midnight obsidian]

and thank you for highlighting the mistake

[orchid sorrel]

lol

[crimson basin]

No, lobby said different people have diffetent methods

Become a plugin mod

[boreal charm]

then we must pray for a nice mod?

👼

[midnight obsidian]

good cop bad cop

[boreal charm]

that what bunny meant

[orchid sorrel]

as with all things in theotown, the plugin store system is deeply flawed but there isn't much you can do to fix it

[boreal charm]

cant we add more mods or anything?

🤔

[orchid sorrel]

sure, where are the people that would be both interested and qualified to do that

show me

no it really is not lol

[midnight obsidian]

lua stuff is typically kept to those who know lua well enough

[orchid sorrel]

but yeah

mobile game moment

[boreal charm]

idk if im qualified tho 😔

[orchid sorrel]

yeah sure

[boreal charm]

anyway, imma figure out something else before i tried make some plugins

[orchid sorrel]

hardly any, people can barely understand json

"that"? as in lua?

it's for scripting

unlike json

[boreal charm]

ye

json is simple as hell

unlike lua 💀

[midnight obsidian]

json fun

[boreal charm]

wdym?

WOW

u use it? (and it works?)

idk how much more confusing it will be for newbies if we use hjson

[orchid sorrel]

it probably didn't exist when theotown was first created lol

it's also much less popular I assume

[boreal charm]

ye

@orchid sorrel do align to roads feature only exist in lua?

[orchid sorrel]

"exist in lua" this makes me deeply uncomfortable

maybe you could achieve a similar effect with fun

[boreal charm]

wow

[orchid sorrel]

but fun is just horrid

[boreal charm]

:0

ye

ooh

then can you help me on how to make a building align to roads with lua?

i kinda dont know how to do it 😵‍💫

[rain gate]

Real?

[boreal charm]

hmmmmmm

[midnight obsidian]

scrap in erekir?? wtf

[boreal charm]

a building right

to make them automatically allign their frame to roads

[midnight obsidian]

interesting

[rain gate]

Lua is a lot more complicated?

[boreal charm]

he is probably specialised to lua

:0

hmmmmm

dw, i think thats basically how it works

to make it look like this when built

and not an abomination

wow

[midnight obsidian]

c++ supremacy

[boreal charm]

tho i still want to know where do i start code the code to make buildings built like this @lavish sail

[autumn nova]

C++ is the best

[rain gate]

JSON in TT have reached all their potential?

[boreal charm]

hmmmm how do i say this

(i dont have my phone on me)

lemme check a reference image

[rain gate]

Is possible make something like the UFO or rocket launcher with the TT lua?

Thank you 🙏

[boreal charm]

@lavish sail i want buildings to be built like this but automatically

[midnight obsidian]

lobby please add c++ to theotown

[boreal charm]

something similar can be found in kulche's european pack

those are seperate buildings btw

:0

hmm

[autumn nova]

It's also fast so say goodbye to lags

[boreal charm]

[orchid sorrel]

no not this

[boreal charm]

na

[orchid sorrel]

see how suburban living does it

[boreal charm]

yea something like that and ur european pack

[orchid sorrel]

then don't help if you can't

it's that shrimple

[livid agate]

JNI overhead would beg to differ

[boreal charm]

imma try to make u understand, lemme try to explain with other way

[orchid sorrel]

buildings automatically aligning to roads

that's what he wants

and no, you can't just slap a random json attribute for that

[upper breach]

Hi, what plugin is that??

[boreal charm]

Ukranian public housing by some ukranian guy

idk his name

[upper breach]

Okay

Thank you

[boreal charm]

soo how do we make it?

🤔

[orchid sorrel]

I told you to see suburban living

it has a github repo

[boreal charm]

already seen it (i am stuck with crashing the game many times trying to recreate it)

[orchid sorrel]

then what is the problem

[boreal charm]

idk how to make it work properly

😔

hmmmm, realised i never used while before

[orchid sorrel]

lol why would you need a loop

[boreal charm]

imma let yall check my code when i get my hands in the phone

it went missing

[orchid sorrel]

velan kindly you have 0 idea what you are talking about

so please desist, you aren't helping here

[boreal charm]

soo uhh Kulche do i have permission to like use ur codes?

🤔 🥺

[orchid sorrel]

it might be worthwhile to actually show what you have so far

[boreal charm]

yea i still hadnt found my phone soo lemme search for it

the code is on that phone

[orchid sorrel]

lua??? on mobile??

instant brain damage

[boreal charm]

i edit the lua codes there 😭 🙏

alr i found em

[rain gate]

The most advanced JSON coding?

For TT

I mean the most advanced code lines

[orchid sorrel]

this guy popping up just to say the most incomprehensible and irrelevant thing ever and promply leave

classic

[rain gate]

More than FUN

[orchid sorrel]

yup that's completely incomprehensible

[rain gate]

Hahaha 😂

[orchid sorrel]

I don't see the funny

but anyway

that's the point

no one

you'd have to be insane

this fits the statement

[rain gate]

This is all with JSON?
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2965

Or there’s more?

[orchid sorrel]

there is

[boreal charm]

alr this is the file

i make a specific zone for it, and codes

based off kulche codes

[midnight obsidian]

Full guide: https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=25943

[boreal charm]

@lavish sail @orchid sorrel if you guys are still there to help me

[midnight obsidian]

wheres bunny when you need her

[boreal charm]

prolly eating dinner (its evening in phillipphines rn)

[midnight obsidian]

@crimson basin appear

[boreal charm]

while im waiting for those two imma do something on my reichstag

[orchid sorrel]

pon

[midnight obsidian]

no more bunny required

great variable name

[orchid sorrel]

hell I'm not browsing 42983249 json files

show us a screenshot of the affected part

[boreal charm]

it crashed when opening settings from what i remember

i forgot why

try use settings when opening the game, it will crash the game

😔

[orchid sorrel]

did you read any tutorials beforehand

[boreal charm]

idk how to fix that

[boreal charm]

ye

[midnight obsidian]

x y coordinates

sounds simple enough

[boreal charm]

just copy pasting (i tought its rotation but i forgot since hadnt look at it)

[orchid sorrel]

jesus

you really copied the whole thing and made it worse

[boreal charm]

😔

only changing id

and cutting literally everything i probably dont need

[orchid sorrel]

just don't bother with the settings

and make your buildings align to roads

no hedge or animation stuff, why does it exist???

[boreal charm]

i forgot why i let the hedge stay

my problem with trying to understand lua is the reason i stick to JSON

😔

then uhhh, how do we like put it correctly?

uhhhh, i forgot

sooo how would a correct one look like?

hmmmm..... uhhhhhhhh idk..... 1?

😭

?

😰

whats wrong @lavish sail ?

😭 no

🤔 sooo uhhh init is supposed to be like for debugging?

ohhhhh

😔

soooo how do we actually do it?

(i originally tought its like defining whats in the script btw)

wait i tought you know what i want to do?

uuhhhhhhh imma show you in pictures

soo i want buildings to be automatically build like this

and not freely build in random directions

poor visualisation of how it is supposed to look 😔

no not rotating

i meant they build in random directions

soo the block doesnt look good and uniformed

hmmmm

how do i say this

aha thats it, facing the same direction towards the road when building

soo do you understand now?

wdym?

you mean they build on that specific direction on all situation even when the road is on a different adjacent place of the tile?

[midnight obsidian]

building faces south because the road connecting the building is south of it

building faces east becasue the road connecting the building is east of it

[boreal charm]

exactly

oh didnt see this when i post the images

well thats basically how i want to build it, can you help on how to do it?

wdym?

1x1

its over there

in the codes

lemme recheck which one

its in code.json

dont worry, that one isnt a gore i hope

[neat cedar]

when will kekman finish his plugin

Im waiting for it like weeks 😭

[crimson basin]

Yall had like 300 messages

[midnight obsidian]

bunny you're late

i wanted you to pin a message but kulche was faster

[crimson basin]

I was studying and not home so cry about it

Im usually online but when im not im typically not available

[midnight obsidian]

i'll keep that in mind

[crimson basin]

I thought people knew that

[boreal charm]

ooo

[crimson basin]

I dont have push nots on and also i usually dont have wifi outside my house

[boreal charm]

hmmmm

soo uhh the event is like what?

and the source is the plugin id right?

where do we get Script.EVENT_FINISHED?

ohh its already there? or i have to get it?

ohhh

have u tested it?

alr soo i have to test it

hmmm

?

was talking about this

ooo

Sooo how do we put the function? I forgot

Its like lua.lua then put it on the code?

Yea like that, soo imma test it

[boreal charm]

@lavish sail

It doesnt seem to work

Supposed to work like this btw

Kk wait

function script:event(x, y, level, event, source)
if event == Script.EVENT_FINISHED then
end
end

Just this

As you said earlier

[urban grove]

Kekman has life, he's not a robot yk? Just wait man. Remember Masterpieces can't be rushed and Kekman plugins quality is pretty amazing.

[boreal charm]

Wdym?

[midnight obsidian]

looks familiar huh?

[neat cedar]

I dont say he is a robot tho. He said he gotta publish it like a week ago or two

[boreal charm]

Medival 🙂

[urban grove]

Ah those vanilla buildings. Looks nice

[midnight obsidian]

```
use this formatting.

[boreal charm]

Ohhhhhh. Sooo uhhh how to do it really?

[urban grove]

I guess just wait. There's really nothing we can do to speed it up

[midnight obsidian]

function uwu

[boreal charm]

Put it in lua?

The lua file

Hello wrold?

Kk

[neat cedar]

Guys I tryna do something non isometric but am I drawing it correct?

[urban grove]

Maybe ask Xina for some help

[neat cedar]

he is not around

ah

I will just try there is nothing to lose yk

[urban grove]

Ok

[boreal charm]

@lavish sail

function script:event(x, y, event, source)
if
Debug.toast("hello wrold")
event == Script.EVENT_FINISHED then
end
end

What this for tho (ineed to go afk for 5 min soo ill comeback in 5 mins)

[summer kestrel]

Coding my beloved

[hardy anvil]

My first 100k download

[boreal charm]

Wow

[rich birch]

WOW
4 plugins with 100k downloads, that's insane 🤯❤️

[neat cedar]

some progress

this plugin will be really useful for realistic city builders ngl

[crimson basin]

Yep

Guys

When is not an appropriate time for me to release my winter plugin 🥰

[neat cedar]

hi bunny

I will just ask a question

[crimson basin]

Hi mehmet

Sure

[neat cedar]

Would you approve the plugin Im working on?

bollards as road deco

[crimson basin]

Show

[neat cedar]

U can see it from the ss I sent just above ur message

diagonal and normal ones are already done

[frigid tusk]

I'm HEEEERE

[neat cedar]

AYY

wsp my european friend

another day without arguing mc donalds people

Im making a plugin and I may need some help

[frigid tusk]

What are you doing

[rich birch]

Is it illegal if I delete one of my plugins in my plugin package?

[neat cedar]

Bollards as road deco

[frigid tusk]

Uuuh

[frigid tusk]

It's nice

[neat cedar]

Diagonal and normal ones are already done

Im workin on non isometric variations

[rich birch]

I have a lake park plugin, they consist of 7x7 size and 8x8 size, I plan to get rid of the 7x7 size because the texture is bad

[neat cedar]

I dont really mind publishing it ngl

I will just give it to people I can trust

For example you xina

[frigid tusk]

ok thx

[crimson basin]

If its just those then id say no

[neat cedar]

lmao

not only those

A full pack with all the variations possible

[frigid tusk]

i think bunny is talking to steph

[neat cedar]

oh

🤦‍♂️

[boreal charm]

@lavish sail

Same results

[rich birch]

Wait what?

[boreal charm]

Youre free to do whatever u want with ur plugins

[midnight obsidian]

i require some zone help

tt residential is supposed to spawn here

but it doesnt look like it wants to spawn

[summer kestrel]

Seems like a simple skill issue

[midnight obsidian]

shut

[boreal charm]

Buildings such as?

[frigid tusk]

Ptag demands

[agile forum]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/710736553907060826/961325496900124672/Screenshot_20220406-2103542.png

Other than power, water, fire, police
Here are the basic needs of different buildings:

Residential
: health
: health + park + low education
health + park + sport + low education + high education

Commercial
: (none extra)
: park
: park + sport

Industrial
& : (none extra)
: park

[frigid tusk]

lol

[midnight obsidian]

i've met the demands already

smh

[boreal charm]

I mean do u have the buildings?

[midnight obsidian]

yes

[boreal charm]

Show me them built manually

[boreal charm]

Probably ur uhhhhh

[midnight obsidian]

probably need to do some funky stuff with the json

[boreal charm]

Lemme think... Zone id dont match? Idk

[midnight obsidian]

id mismatch would have lead to a plugin error

[boreal charm]

Probably just need to wait most of the time

Thats what i did

[crimson basin]

No???

[frigid tusk]

no?

[crimson basin]

Was talking to him cause he asked

[midnight obsidian]

well i guess it'd help if i showed the json

{
        "id": "$rtobby_fachwerk_zone",
        "type": "zone",
        "rci":true,
        "frames":[{"bmp": "fwzone.png"}],
        "preview frames":[{"bmp": "fwzoneicon.png"}],
        "price":100,
        "placeable":true,
        "map color":{
          "r":170,
          "g":145,
          "b":112
        }
    }

thanks for the formatting discord

is there any other attribute that i need to add?

tt residential has no problem appearing in regular zones, while nothing appears in my zone

[neat cedar]

anyways I wont publish it

[crimson basin]

How come?

If there is a couple of variety i would accept it

[midnight obsidian]

by the looks of it adding "zone":... to buildings makes it so that if you manually build the building it places the zone underneath

[neat cedar]

There already will be

lemme take an ss and send to you

[midnight obsidian]

commander's custom zones tutorial is so ass lmao

guess i'll try to make out of the game's json

[neat cedar]

@crimson basin All the variations I've done so far. I will make other non isometric variations and other diagonal variations too.

Its like advanced road but bollard version

[crimson basin]

Sure

[neat cedar]

I said I wont publish it anyways lol

I changed my mind

[crimson basin]

That looksnlike enough work to meet quality requirement

Because of my reaction?

[neat cedar]

nah

ofc no dw

[boreal charm]

Can anyone help me how to make it allign automatically when building?

[midnight obsidian]

hhhhhhggggghgh

stupid zone

[crimson basin]

Ask kulche to improve ababs tutorial

[boreal charm]

To make it automatically align Like this?

[midnight obsidian]

@orchid sorrel please fix commander's tutorial

trying to make custom zones is so cringe

stupid >:(((

burn down to the ground

okay i genuinely have no idea what's wrong with my zone

never have i ever gotten so stuck that i had to look through other peoples plugins to see what code they wrote

[stoic echo]

You gotta change the rotation aware attribute to true

#plugin-discussion message

Here's a guide for rotation awareness ^

[midnight obsidian]

nooo 😭

zones are stupid

apparently the solution is to remove "superior to base"

now nothing gets built

👍

[eager oriole]

There is a tutorial for make custome zones?

[midnight obsidian]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=5268

[crimson basin]

heres an idea rtobby

download a plugin which uses custom zones and use that

[midnight obsidian]

bunny

i'm already doing that

[crimson basin]

lol

[midnight obsidian]

it ain't working

[boreal charm]

100% not what i meant

[crimson basin]

skill issue ig

[boreal charm]

@crimson basin do u know lua?

[crimson basin]

no

lua is death

[midnight obsidian]

stop

[crimson basin]

but fun is worser death

[midnight obsidian]

zones are the worst death

[crimson basin]

just harrass kulche

[rain gate]

genius idea

[midnight obsidian]

didn't help

[crimson basin]

steal uhh the japan packs code

which ones code are you using rn

[boreal charm]

Nah man that's a piece if cake

[midnight obsidian]

trying to make out whatever's in commander's tutorial, then cesare's rural zone and sc4's other zone

[crimson basin]

lol

im going through forum tutorials and poofing them

as you suggested

[midnight obsidian]

omw to add a bunch of unnecessary attributes to my zone

[crimson basin]

have you posted your code here

[boreal charm]

Hmmmm.... Soo uhhh just doing the functions would make it work or....

[midnight obsidian]

not with all the junk

{
        "id": "$rtobby_fachwerk_zone",
        "title": "Fachwerk Zone",
        "text": "A zone containing the medieval fachwerk architecture, originating in Germany.",
        "type": "zone",
        "rci": true,
        "base": "$zoneresidential",
        "frames": [{"bmp": "fwzone.png"}],
        "preview frames": [{"bmp": "fwzoneicon.png"}],
        "price": 100,
        "placeable": true,
        "persistent": true,
        "map color": {
          "r": 170,
          "g": 145,
          "b": 112
        },
        "width": 1,
        "height": 1
    }

[boreal charm]

I really wish they upgraded the function to something like fun feature or something

Imma try

[crimson basin]

what does persistant do

[orchid sorrel]

when in doubt, suburban living

[boreal charm]

I will try recheck the codes for the 1000th time

As reference

[orchid sorrel]

I can't help if you can't even copy the part of the code that interests you lmao

[orchid sorrel]

zones don't need width and height, also persistent won't do anything here I think

[boreal charm]

Lemme think... Its this right?

-- align to road

if settings.alignToRoad == 1 then

    if buildings1x1:contains(Tile.getBuildingDraft(x, y)) or buildings1x1_tt:contains(Tile.getBuildingDraft(x, y)) then

        if Tile.isRoad(x, y - 1) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 0)
        elseif Tile.isRoad(x + 1, y) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 1)
        elseif Tile.isRoad(x, y + 1) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 2)
        elseif Tile.isRoad(x - 1, y) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 3)
        end
    
    elseif buildings2x2:contains(Tile.getBuildingDraft(x, y)) or buildings2x2_tt:contains(Tile.getBuildingDraft(x, y)) then

        if Tile.isRoad(x, y - 1) and Tile.isRoad(x + 1, y - 1) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 0)
        elseif Tile.isRoad(x + 2, y) and Tile.isRoad(x + 2, y + 1) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 1)
        elseif Tile.isRoad(x + 1, y + 2) and Tile.isRoad(x, y + 2) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 2)
        elseif Tile.isRoad(x - 1, y) and Tile.isRoad(x - 1, y - 1) then
            Tile.setBuildingFrame(x, y, 3)
        end
    end

end

end

[orchid sorrel]

this is just a random code snippet?

what does "right" mean to you

[boreal charm]

I mean the part of the code that will do allign to roads

[orchid sorrel]

well if it's in the plugin then it works....

[boreal charm]

Hmmmm

[orchid sorrel]

you're also using the outdated script

[boreal charm]

Ouh

[orchid sorrel]

but for your interest the alignment script is unchanged

[boreal charm]

Hmmmm

[boreal charm]

Soo how would the up to date script look like?

[orchid sorrel]

exactly the same

(as for the alignment part)

I just recognised the old parts in your snippet

[boreal charm]

Mhm, ill try use the code u have for now, then if it crashes ill ask help

[orchid sorrel]

@midnight obsidian in case you missed

[boreal charm]

Oof

@orchid sorrel sadly it somehow still dont work, im thinking like i need to dig deeper

[orchid sorrel]

and what is the problem now

[midnight obsidian]

yea i'm just desperate to get something working

saw other zone plugins were using these so i thought id use them too

[boreal charm]

Same thing as the other time like this one, the code dont do anything to the building process

[orchid sorrel]

and how does your whole lua file look like

screenshot it

[boreal charm]

Hmmmm what buildings are u using tbh?

[midnight obsidian]

???

[boreal charm]

Kk

[midnight obsidian]

i already showedd you them

[boreal charm]

I mean give the code file to see if i can fix it

[orchid sorrel]

I don't think you're capable of "fixing" anything here lol

[boreal charm]

I did zones, and it work fine

Btw

[orchid sorrel]

jesus christ

of course it isn't going to do anything?

[boreal charm]

oh

[orchid sorrel]

buildings1x1, buildings1x1_tt, buildings2x2, buildings2x2_tt all don't exist

[midnight obsidian]

just show me your code lol

[orchid sorrel]

also, the whole thing isn't even called anywhere

[boreal charm]

Ohh

[midnight obsidian]

mines nothing special

[orchid sorrel]

show me your code as well

[boreal charm]

Wait ill give the zip

[midnight obsidian]

{
        "id": "$the26fachwerk01",
        "frames": [{"bmp": "fw00.png"}, {"bmp": "fw01.png"}, {"bmp": "fw02.png"}, {"bmp": "fw03.png"}, {"bmp": "fw04.png"}, {"bmp": "fw05.png"}, {"bmp": "fw06.png"}, {"bmp": "fw07.png"}, {"bmp": "fw08.png"}, {"bmp": "fw09.png"}, {"bmp": "fw10.png"}],
        "type": "residential",
        "level": "2",
        "habitants": 40,
        "height": 2,
        "width": 2,
        "draw ground": true,
        "author": "rtobby",
        "title": "Fachwerk House",
        "auto build": false,
        "zone": "$rtobby_fachwerk_zone"
    }

i dont need the zip

i need the code

[boreal charm]

Its a test zone tho where i mess with colours

[midnight obsidian]

oh

i caught the problem

i set auto build to false

and that's why building's not building

[orchid sorrel]

you disabled auto build

[midnight obsidian]

yeah

[orchid sorrel]

oh yeah lol

[boreal charm]

Bruhh

[midnight obsidian]

zones are still stupid though

yippee :D

[boreal charm]

Soo uhh i need to make drafts to define for this one or....?

[boreal charm]

Lol you finally did it

[orchid sorrel]

just skip the suburban living exclusive checks

[orchid sorrel]

small house on a hill

[boreal charm]

Like the non existant things or...?

[orchid sorrel]

??

[midnight obsidian]

brilliant

[orchid sorrel]

now do deco frames

[midnight obsidian]

no

[orchid sorrel]

and probably add default ground to the buildings

[midnight obsidian]

all that's left is to json in night frames

[boreal charm]

Do it, it will add more depth

[midnight obsidian]

i'll just add the default residential zone deco if it's possible

[boreal charm]

Yea do that

[boreal charm]

Soo how does the checks looked like?

[midnight obsidian]

don't see how it'll add depth but okay

[boreal charm]

Well add more life to it, idk why i said depth

[summer kestrel]

Look, when I open plugin discussion, I don't want to see this disgusting code

Which is why I will read through all of it

[neat cedar]

The plugin is finally done

there might be basic issues

[orchid sorrel]

*sees json* code 😭😭

[midnight obsidian]

add night frames

[neat cedar]

night frames?

Why tho

[midnight obsidian]

yes and add winter frames

wind frames too

also make it rotation aware

[neat cedar]

Bruh

[midnight obsidian]

add hill support too pls

[frigid tusk]

Add noise too and roof textures

[neat cedar]

it is a road decoration

[frigid tusk]

Add it on moon

[neat cedar]

So xina what you think?

[midnight obsidian]

add sound to it

also add lua as well to make it explode if you click on it

[frigid tusk]

Add real 3d

Add a malware

And add a Yo Mama joke

[neat cedar]

yo mama so fat would fit right?

ima add the last suggestion

[midnight obsidian]

alright so everythings working just fine

[frigid tusk]

Yo mama so fat she's heavier than Age of Sail!

[midnight obsidian]

no decoration needed

[neat cedar]

that was a good one 😭

[frigid tusk]

It seriously needs winter frames (for Christmas)

[midnight obsidian]

stop

[frigid tusk]

Fun fact: Munich Airport is heavier

[neat cedar]

I sent you da file

[midnight obsidian]

Yo mama so slow she walks to the store for longer than complex industry's development

[frigid tusk]

Nice one

Yo mama so fat she needs a whole template

[neat cedar]

yo mama so fat she cant fit in a 10x10 template

Yo mama so tiny she needs handle y 50

[rain gate]

i think im lost is this plugin discussion or 2nd grade

[orchid sorrel]

do you mind

thanks

[boreal charm]

Wohoo!

Huge thanks to @orchid sorrel @lavish sail

I can finally rest in peace

[orchid sorrel]

congration

[boreal charm]

🥹
Now i can make an amount of plugins with this feature

[midnight obsidian]

I can make at least one (1) plugin now

[orchid sorrel]

uhhh what is this?

[crimson basin]

it looks like someone randomly scribbled all over the building

[orchid sorrel]

looks like a paint spill disaster at the slums

[crimson basin]

I cant put my finger onw what exactly looks wrong

roofs aside

[rain gate]

shadows are little too dark imo

[crimson basin]

yeah thats 1

it cant be contrast, kek uses crazy amount of contrast and his stuff are fine

[orchid sorrel]

it is contrast

or, rather the insanely saturated colors

and how they just don't go well together

[crimson basin]

that i agree with

paint job gone wrong

theres something insanely odd about the yellow roof especially

its almost like thats the center point

[slender briar]

Slow down on the shadows

[summer kestrel]

Yeah

[orchid sorrel]

oil spill lol

[slender briar]

Its controlled, thats the thing with mine

[summer kestrel]

Nah, I see what he was trying to go for, but I don't think that's the average roof colour is lol

[slender briar]

The scale is wild too

[summer kestrel]

But the concept is really cool. I would definitely love a final version of this as a plugin.

[slender briar]

Aaand the shadow from the red to the yellow roof is wrong, its in a 90° angle towards vkewerr

[neat cedar]

Hey wsp kekman

U said u will publish the plugin like a week ago and im still waiting🥹

[midnight obsidian]

Eyy

No rush

[ripe jasper]

i think so too, typically slums in the philippines are faded

it's contrast of the roof and shading, if ares can fix that then it will look nice

he's just making plugins now iirc so he's new to this

[summer kestrel]

If he is then that's a terrific design

[ripe jasper]

it's a slum

ofc it's terrific

it's messy haha 😆

[midnight obsidian]

Full guide: https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=25943
Can also be found at https://pca.svetikas.lt/docs/guides/graphics/a-better-visual-guide-on-shading-shadows-and-detail/

[gloomy mesa]

Houses from the center of Krasnodar

Are you from Russia?

URA

[eager oriole]

Uh. That's very usefull. I didn't use that line for make shadows

[gloomy mesa]

He taught me to draw

[crimson basin]

theres a lot of them here

[gloomy mesa]

I drew this

[eager oriole]

cool

[gloomy mesa]

Thanks

It's a pity I don't know English well, I have to translate all the time

[crimson basin]

these are the ones in the creators list

[gloomy mesa]

I know two of them

[eager oriole]

oh. I undestand that.

[eager oriole]

You uploaded it to the plugin store?

[gloomy mesa]

This is only on Ivan Erionit's server

[crimson basin]

simon is one of the mods here and arangasit uploads plugins pretty frequently and vonark makes some crazy big stuff

[gloomy mesa]

Yeah, Aragansit helped me make the plugin.

[crimson basin]

do you know where erionit is from? id like to add him to the list

[rain gate]

they are the same person

[crimson basin]

its missing new popular creators (only adding popular ones)

[gloomy mesa]

I don't know, but I know that he is currently studying in Moscow.

[crimson basin]

ohhhh -

[crimson basin]

you couldve said russia lol, i thought arangasit and erionit were different people

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?p=186504#p186504 feel free to provide suggestions

[gloomy mesa]

I wish I could draw this

[crimson basin]

im a plugin creator myself, i know what i can and cant make :)

looks kinda boring though

[rain gate]

yea

[gloomy mesa]

Why, it's cool in m

Well, that certainly looks cool.

[crimson basin]

the walls look pretty flat, theres not much colour or anything, the only remarkable thing is the funny thing over the door

[crimson basin]

this one looks nicer, its got some depth which would make for nice shading

[gloomy mesa]

What a flat wall, what are you talking about?

[crimson basin]

i dont think thats the style hes going for

[crimson basin]

flat wall = square/rectangles. Non flat wall includes multiple box or other shapes making one big shape, kinda like this

it allows to cast shadows

[gloomy mesa]

Yes

DA

Yes

Do you have a hot climate?

We just had +45 Celsius this summer.

Then the Rostov nuclear power plant broke down, the electricity was turned off, we survived without air conditioning, even our mayor went out to protest

Maybe

Where can we talk about such topics, only in private messages, I guess?

Let's go to the language bar

[uncut acorn]

The color of the roof reminds me of some ships

[echo lotus]

malaysian convenience store

guess what it is

[crimson basin]

Also for zaaron: the issue is because in technicality, the building goes outside the baseplate, if it didnt it wouldnt have been an issue

[dreamy hearth]

Welcome to the Philippines 😂

[gaunt quartz]

Proud peenoise here

[gusty ocean]

thanks for the comments, I'll fix it

[rich birch]

What the heck is this??
Why is it in my plugin storage

[boreal charm]

GIANT

Eh not lah

What js their name ah

Hah

Speedmart

[boreal charm]

Youre a man of culture i see

[boreal charm]

Lemme fikir for a while.... Can i have that building? I want to make it a reference to make my dad's workplace

(its 2 floor btw soo)

[thin wraith]

fikir

[echo lotus]

boleh, its free after all

[thin wraith]

is that amharic

[echo lotus]

yes

[thin wraith]

looks nice

[boreal charm]

Bahasa Melayu, berfikir

I forgot to add imbuhan

[boreal charm]

Nett

[echo lotus]

oo very níce

[boreal charm]

Ok niw imna think

[carmine hemlock]

It's very common when it's a shopping mall.

commercial building

[sleek thistle]

Hello, i've already made HBD right now. That HBD was located at Rowell Road and near Berseh Food Centre Jalan Besar. Any still better?

I'm sorry if I haven't reached the target when working on this SG pack project because my target was to complete only 8 projects but there are still 12 projects remaining in these 20 projects. no later than before National Day yesterday. So, next time i'll finish my project soon.

[boreal charm]

There sikit flaws i think la

[sleek thistle]

Which one?

[boreal charm]

@echo lotus i made an office located at TTDI

[boreal charm]

The black windows doesn't look right

[sleek thistle]

Like this? I change from black to greyish blue

[crimson basin]

Dsa ceo

[rich birch]

Lmao, i thought it was the pickle

[crimson basin]

He said the dsa ceo and moon pivkle isnt the same so it was chaned

[rich birch]

Alright

I haven't playing DSA for a long time

[boreal charm]

Much better

Now add noise or sumt

[orchid scroll]

Wdym add noise the whole building is grainy

[boreal charm]

just saw it, i was using mobile at the time (my phone sucks)

[uncut acorn]

My plug-creating process went over a little bit due to this

This was just work in progress, that’s not the real window color, it’s just one of my blueprint styles that I need to make before coloring the entire skyscraper

[boreal charm]

🤔

i seriously want to help you with the building (i can come there in Tuesday cause i studied near it)

try test it in TT

and compare it to the 4 seasons hotel

[boreal charm]

cause the Merdeka 118 must be 2x the size of the 4 season Hotel

[boreal charm]

Modern buildings go hard 🔥 🔥 🔥

[uncut acorn]

Well I think you reacted too early because I haven’t showed you the base

Honestly i told you “soon”

[boreal charm]

😦

how will it look like?!?!?

[weak kestrel]

So useful for European modern areas

[glacial galleon]

I think you should make the numbers of the same Address as the Walls

Example

[quasi dagger]

Did the auto pipes under roads plugin guy get banned?

[orchid sorrel]

no??

[dusty hill]

bruh

[sleek thistle]

Okayy.. thanks.. i'll fix it

[gusty ocean]

Is it good?

[boreal charm]

fine, but i like you to desaturate it

[gusty ocean]

I'll try thanks

[covert root]

What is correct shadow opaque% when making shadow?

[crimson basin]

kulche says 50 for ground

50 of 255

[orchid sorrel]

60

[covert root]

Which one has more correct shadow opaque of these 2

[weak kestrel]

I think first one

[orchid sorrel]

ah yes just eyeball it

the best solution

[weak kestrel]

Second also good but do shadow like 1st

[covert root]

But 50 or 60 seems pretty dark and the that right tree has under 50 or 60 I'm sure

[orchid sorrel]

vanilla is 60 with smooth edges

[covert root]

Okay thank

[neat lake]

Talking about shadows, wich one is the right one, this always getting me stuck when I make the shadow

[orchid sorrel]

2

shadows don't go to infinity

[neat lake]

Oke thanks

[neat lake]

Slow update

[neat cedar]

This is more realistic than me being poor about devices

[crimson basin]

Isnt that angle cast on the building wrong in 2?

[rich birch]

😔👍🏽
So good

[orchid sorrel]

???? why would it

[crimson basin]

45 degree angle

[orchid sorrel]

I don't really care how it works because it's practically invisible with smooth shadows

[uncut acorn]

Back version

[uncut acorn]

1 is my thing sometimes

[eager oriole]

I'm practicing shadows. whats wrong on it?

[crimson basin]

uhhh ngl

should increase contrast

[eager oriole]

of the shadows or the building?

[crimson basin]

building

[eager oriole]

it looks really gray i know

[crimson basin]

because look, you cant even tell where the building end and roof starts

shadow is almost same colour as the building side

[eager oriole]

Let me fix it

now looks better?

hmm. Looks the same

[orchid sorrel]

it more visible

but that's one weird building shape

[eager oriole]

yes but its for practicing shadows

[strange cloud]

Let this guy cook.

[orchid sorrel]

if you use that word one more time I'll smash you into the floor

[eager oriole]

That looks so good

[eager oriole]

now?

[fickle frigate]

because this is just a small building, i think it would be better if you reduce the noise

The details will not be confused with each other when looking at them.

[eager oriole]

Like that?

[orchid sorrel]

the basics look fine

now do something bigger or more complex

[eager oriole]

i'll try something more complex

[fickle frigate]

These parts should be darkened a bit

[orchid sorrel]

eh it looks good

contrast is nice

if anything I'd say the adjacent window wall things should be darker

[idle path]

is it a house?
or something else?

[neat cedar]

he's practicing

as he said

[idle path]

alright, it looks good

[eager oriole]

Now what about this?

[eager oriole]

Oh. ok

Now with the details of the windows more darker

[orchid sorrel]

I think it could use some more contrast

[fickle frigate]

Honestly, I have no idea what this part is :v

[orchid sorrel]

I assume some outdoor roofed part

[eager oriole]

yes

[fickle frigate]

oh

[crimson basin]

this is the nicest ive ever seen kulche be

[orchid sorrel]

you're pushing your luck

[crimson basin]

except that one time you apologised, that was nice too

you have very low nice standards now xD

[orchid sorrel]

lol

what ci dev does to a man

[crimson basin]

maybe 2x2

next time

althoughhhh

that cylindical shadow looks short

[idle path]

maybe it's the shadow of noon

pretty good 10/10

[crimson basin]

well theotown sun dowsnt move last i checked

[orchid sorrel]

it just slowly dims until it's night

and it turns into the moon

[crimson basin]

its like a light bulb

except doesnt even lalst 24 hours

[crimson basin]

and night time shadows

[idle path]

maybe you can create a set of animations

[crimson basin]

oh lovely lets annihilate the texture space by making 24 shadow animations

[idle path]

to achieve that function

[orchid sorrel]

that building shading is a bit rough considering it's a cylinder

what function??

moving shadows?????

are you delusional

[rain gate]

what did i just read lmfao

[fickle frigate]

🤣

[crimson basin]

you know i could always do that

except meh

not rn

[idle path]

Hmmm

It is possible to create frame rate animations, but it is absolutely impossible for him to create animations lasting up to 24 hours.
No one would be bored doing such a thing!

[crimson basin]

what

[orchid sorrel]

got any dressing for that word salad

[eager oriole]

like with less shading?

[orchid sorrel]

more gradienty gradient

that's worse lol

[eager oriole]

lol

[orchid sorrel]

the exact opposite

[fickle frigate]

like this for example

[orchid sorrel]

this is painful to look at

[orchid sorrel]

yup should be better now

[crimson basin]

most right should be a bit more dark maybe?

[eager oriole]

a bit more?

[orchid sorrel]

it looks fine to me

[eager oriole]

I did the inside more darker

it looks good

added some details on windows

thanks for helping me

[thorny arrow]

I want to ask why it's been almost 10 days and there hasn't been new plugins approved yet??

[rain gate]

because the plugin mods have lives and dont sit on there computers approving plugins 24/7

[crimson basin]

look, ill approve them sometime this week unlesss someone else doesnt do that

ive been busy for the past like 2 weeks

[idle path]

How to purchase plugins on the forum?

[crimson basin]

purchase?

if you need to "purchse" youre looking at the plugin store section of the forum, you download them in game
forum plugins are free on the showcase subforum

[idle path]

hmmm

alright, i got it, ty.

[trim blade]

You send me money on PayPal ofc

[thorny arrow]

I don't understand why I created a huge plugin like Naqsh-e Jahan Square and then now I'm stuck completing it or 6 other plugin's code .

[idle path]

purchasing plugins by using ingame diamonds i mean.