#plugin-discussion
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Sprites?
Well graphics
oh lol
ok
Question for you gamers, whats the best color for windows on a building?
it depends.
undersaturated dark blue
not just dark blue, any variations of blue and grey plus black are suitable choices.
conclusion: anything that looks like a window.
Thank you too
Gonna add round edges or something
I can't wait to use it in my city
Can't add round edges just abandoning it
May I edit it?
What the difference?
The angle of the windows
Nice
Pls do a cesna, i really need it :)
the plane?
I don't know what am I doing right now
Zone
not bad
Soon the fifth set is completed
Go on
No! Still confused! Time to delete!
To delete what? @torpid vapor
What should I add in my residential plugin?
Do my house plugin look ok
@hybrid sedge delete the plugin creator app!
It ain't supported anymore @torpid vapor so yes it's better to do that
@hybrid sedge ok thank you! So how do people make plugins?
as always?
Json genie or Notepad or any other json coding thing @torpid vapor
@hybrid sedge ok thanks I'll try again!
FlagSet3.0 is now fully coded
Noyce
Chrome not showing any apps for plugin creator, I'm off then!
@torpid vapor they discontinued it
@lean wing I was looking for any other way to do it, or any other app, nothing!
I looked for some too. None currently exist
@lean wing that explains it! Some here say make your own plugins, unfortunately there is no way to do this! Too much tech!
I tryed doing it the normal way and gave up one second in
@lean wing normal way?
I use json Genie to code my basic plug-ins
It's very easy to use because it doesn't require you to manually write lines of json code
I can use plugin json templates by me for me
Can any one tell me how to to enable central Station plugin in the game?
Please tell me
Ok?
Ok let me try
And restart your devide i think <3 @gloomy palm
please read the description of the plugin
@gloomy palm Did you read the description of the plugin?
@gloomy palm read what is under the download link
But I'm not able to download that link too
@stoic palm
Have a look on kingtuts website, it might be on there.
if not, you could alwasy ask him. No harm in asking.
I can't wait to use them
I can wait for someone to do a cesna
Time to continue this pack 😂 👌
XD
That central station isn't my plug-in
What i do to give name to a plugin?
I put name: x , but dosent work
It appears the id
"id": " ",
"monthly price": 10,
"power": "0",
"price": 15,
"text": " ",
"title": " ",
"type": " ",
yes
Ok thank you
and what i send will help you
@sick rune he's talking about the inter station category
@cyan steeple That's not the error he got though
His error is about a missing car
Car id: S_Bahn_mdk_813 could not be found
He left
Idk
What?
@gloomy palm if he left and requested his data to be deleted then it cannot be acquired
@jovial tendon what plugin you making?
Also, can someone give me a plugin role?
Probably Intermediate
@rain gate just pack
What pack tho
@stoic palmok bro
Okay I need New Plugin Idea's
@hybrid sedge Japanese suburban houses
(゜o゜;
Maybe concrete walls with graffiti and add them as fences
Yum
Just look it up
What makes you think he want to look it up?
Do it yourself, you are perfectly able to
Then it don't seem like you'll be getting it
There goodluck
Idk where to put this But a idea for a plugin could be Desert builings
@snow ore Beautiful building
Yes
@snow ore Do you use pixly to make plugin?
Yes
Okay
Nice
I love it
can someone make a giant robot disaster?
@edgy flare I thought we can say that word but ok
idk
I guess as long as your not aiming it at anyone it's fine
use single anims for massive plugin space usage reduction @snow ore
@snow ore where can I download the building,m
i mean animations provided in the tutorial
Yes
??
you dont understand me but ok
Ok
your own windows lack glow by the way
Message me if you'd like to contribute in night frames.
I still need a cesna plugin lol
you mean a cessna?
Wdym
damn
Is that good damn or a bad damn
Yeah Ill definitely do that 
thats really nice

@rain gate Lithuanian?
Yeah
Nuostabu! (for anyone who is wondering this means amazing in Lithuanian)

Good i mean damn that's go good
How to make plugins lol?
Pictures + complex jsons = plugin
@grand crater this is my second plugin I've ever made. The first one I made 5 months ago
yeah I know


Show it to AnyBear and then show it in #plugin-showcase
Yeah I'm bout' to do that
@livid agate I think @rain gate should get the plugin beginner role
I don't operate on opinions, it's all done to schemes

Sue me

Holy frick
?
Vilnius buildings is becoming a tiny trend in the plugin department
spent a week on it
I made 2 Vilnius buildings in the past
What are they?
2 residential buildings from Šeškinė, I believe.
I think I'll make pilsotas from Klaipėda next
Someone made Akropolis from Klaipėda
Yeah saw it
Rock_Fort has an entire series of plugins with buildings of Šiauliai
I live in Šiauliai, and when I saw the high quality plugins from Rock_Fort, I suggested him a building from Pietinis region and he made that building
I suggested more buildings
And now he has around 8 buildings
@livid agate Thank you for this, I don't even know how to code my plugin right now
@livid agate Glad to see it back!
🎉
Ah
I guess it's just a cousin of PCA
If PCA means Plugin Creation Application, then this would be PCW:
Plugin
Creation
Website
Or plug-in creator webapp
Too bad it's still a beta and it doesn't support RCI
You put it in json file
And put in the same picture you selected previously
It's still beta
@snow ore Did you put lights in this plugin?
No it is choggoba's
oh ok
@pastel summit those towers look really nice
are they from ny?
oh, nice
btw, how do you create the plugins so quickly?
well
experience
i guess
i can do a highrise in about 3 hours or so
however, large projects such as the central park tower took me a couple of days
tbh, this is some tips any plugin creator can refer to
(for skyscrapers or highrises)
- check the diagrams and blueprints: for example, at skyscraperpage.com and skyscrapercity.com
Is this looks okay?
- calculate the height of the plugin
example: 100m in real life becomes 100*2/3 = ~67 pixels
(reason is that a theo is around 2m in height)
- use the right colours
using the wrong ones will have terrible consequences
- use multiple layers
- correct the size, make sure no empty spaces are allowed (to save texture space)
train yrself
to do a 2x2 plugin within 10 minutes
example
this bloody romanian church
(a product after competing with cake)
@static sail its not so good, but not so bad
yr in the goldilocks zone i guess
at least better than some guys making cubes and fill it with purple shades
damn i forgot i thing
MAKE SURE TO ASK OTHERS FOR HELP!
its essential and beneficial for refining yr skills
thanks
well thats for all that muttering and nonsense i guess
@pulsar swan did you suggest a country house?
no..?
Help... (T_T)
I don't understand the Names should be strings, but (blah blah blah) is of type.io.blueflower.stapel2d.util.json.JSONArray error
Ah
Where
frames
The middle?
yes
Thank you kind sir
np
👌
Why does HAK&HAS sound like an IKEA type of store
Finally I can upload
HAK(Handelsakademie) = Commercial Academy
HAS(Handelsschule) = Commercial School
@pastel summit @edgy flare
@lean wing thers a link
The forum button is broken
https://forum.theotown.com/plugins/list @lean wing
Upload here
oh
Looks good
I love it!
Yeah
I looked at how theotown buildings lights look like and noticed that they had a glint around them
But I can't decide which looks better
There's also a logo on the building that lights up but I'm pretty sure it's copyrighted
So I didn't include it
JA, about beta JSON creation, you should add airport
In type, down
I'll use the first one, I'll maybe change it when more buildings with light get added
the color and glow looks off
did you use the correct code as provided in the tutorial?
Yeah I know. And yes
Do my home look ok
@orchid sorrel Yeah turns out it was incorrect fixed it.
Oh and is the glow mandatory?
@rain gate you could have sold it for 50 diamonds, I would not mind paying even 75 for it
Nah 35 is good
I just realized I could use pixly to do the shape of the building and use pixelstudio to do the rest
big brain
It makes EVERYTHING so simple
I'm going to start making a plugin tomorrow
I just have pixelstudio and JSON editor lying around
how convenient
Btw, I suggest that someone makes a list of all things we can insert in the JSON code, such as ["buildingPrice" - Building's construction price] (example) etc.
if one exists gib link pls
@pastel summit
beep boop no png detected
@rain gate glow would look great
@worthy venture please don't talk in #plugin-showcase
Please delete the message
I nean from the showcase
How do you get lights to work on a plugin?
🙃
I'll try to figure that out...
?
Can someone make this wall into a fence so I can place it all around my motorway?
my plans are to make a decoration pack
Perhaps you can add that wall?
Ahh ighty'0
vehicles, armoured vehicles, an ATV and some stuff
Ah okay
I do have doubts about the game's rating though
maybe sandbags + soldiers wouldn't be a good idea
The game does have a military
It does
And your able to shoot ufos
I see that everyone's learning how to do night animations...
Here's a few more buldings I put night lights on
excluding the service buildings and the...glowing moon
Courthouse Green's gonna need some custom light frames.
What are the UK looking buildings, were can I get them?
UK?
:O
You have not
right then
theirs scottish flats
some semi-detached English homes
ok
@hardy salmon lol those look so boring
They are, that was when the 60's and 70's though everything was cool
Welcome back Max
Thx
@pulsar swan the Jinmao Tower?
yes
I'm gonna make a building, I'll try doing it with animations... this is the base.
Nah
Just a residential building not based on real-life reference
Middle won't be hard... 
@midnight obsidian looks nice
Jsons are always interesting
I didn't do well at trying to understand animations last time lol
Yeah that will for sure be a pain
@static sail problem has been solved.
the main thing is, i cannot test my plugins
i didn't buy the tt pc version
you could use bluestacks
Use phone?
@pulsar swan using bluestack damages my ram, seriously
i ran it before and the results were quite disasterous
Use virtualization
@pastel summit Terima Kasih [Thank you]
For solving the problem
ono
hmmm
the plugin creator functionality is pretty low
yeah that's a problem
btw what happened to the old one
Discontinued
Hello, i need help
When i put my dead tree plugin in tree category, it spawns naturaly in the maps
But the little pines plugin,
(i dont know who made It) dont spawn
What i do?
I put It on decoration section to not spawn naturaly
"auto spawn":false
"auto build"*
multiple frame brackets {...}, {...}
I mean, I can do that within the creator?
the website?
JSON creator yea
I write raw json.
I can write raw JSON but:
I ain't familiar with theotown's JSON
i am too lazy when there are apps
now I love mirrors in editors
good lord it looks easy
yeah the plugin creator doesn't support it so I did it myself
btw
I'm supposed to zip the files rite
ok so it's my account (The Map Maker) and apparently I can't upload plugins atm
im scared
I'm working on a military deco expansion
can someone register me as a plugin beginner if it's necessary idk
@pine timber it should be
should be what
Support multiple frames
ok, but when I put a frame (barbed wire1.png) and go to place barbed wire3.png it overrides barbed wire1.png
Web version doesn't do that
[ { "id": "$pcw_Wiyn0xnAWY00", "type": "energy", "author": "Plugin creator website 0.2 & Hbbb", "width": 1, "height": 1, "frames": [ { "bmp": "formele-svyturys-550x550.jpg" }, { "bmp": "3d323dc.png" }, { "bmp": "IMG_20191111_075158_537.jpg" }, { "bmp": "f71a734.jpg" } ] } ]
?
@candid mesa I don't believe it was uploaded, but ask the creator.
It was recently added.

@rain gate What's the plugin's name?
Vilnius Municipality Building you should find it in the plugin shop if you press on new and updated
@candid mesa found it?
yes,thank you ❤

That simply dont work guys
I had put "auto spawn" , "auto build", "autospawn".... And nothing
And false
Does anyone knows a night time plugin that works with night animations on buildings?
A preview version of improved UI of PCW
https://pcw.theotown.com/test?author=JustAnyone&type=decoration/
An easier way to create plugins via friendly UI interface.
@zealous aurora @lean wing it's on the plugin store and is made by Lobby (I forget the bame of the plugin)
The game Dev
The Better game dev
@stoic palm I have that one, but the night lights doesn't work as shown on the screenshots here
I'd say your not using the proper code/ frame
@livid agate thanks JustAnyone for bringing it back
hello
it's me
help wanted
Barricades 1⃣
Artillery 2⃣
Sandbags 3⃣
Crates 4⃣
Containers 5⃣
Top 2 will be in my plugin
who is me?
me is me
I am I
You are you
barricades and crates are leading
@ancient siren
we are we
can anybody give some advices
is the compound area suitable
i feel its a little "cheap"
(but its accorded to the real compound design
but i may have an alt. with a total grey floor)
@ancient siren give up, we got you #plugin-showcase
how to get permission to post plugins?
I would suggest to ask a moderator by pinging them, I would think
can anybody give me some freaking suggestions
#suggestions ? Did you try there?
then make me a plugin beginner, thedudewhoisresponsibleforthat
is there a specific application form or something
Contact him.
@supple stream @ancient siren @pastel summit please use this channel or #365517365309603840 to discuss things, not #plugin-showcase

Do you plan to release that pack?
Um ... this is still in version release
And when it's all done, I will post it on the forum!
Ah that's cool I can't wait to see the finished product!
@ancient siren I like that! You and rock fort !!!
Oh ok
Lemme think
I think all is good
Btw some trees i think you can add
Or a park on the roof
Ok
Ok
(●'◡'●)🐓푸드득🐓#5134 awesome
@ancient siren that looks so cool!
[{
"id": "$pcw_dsa_building00",
"type": "public",
"author": "Plugin creator website 0.3 & JustAnyone",
"width": 4,
"height": 4,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "justanyone_trans.png"
}
],
"title": "DSA HQ",
"text": "The headquarters of DSA operations in the region",
"category": "$dsadevcat",
"zone": "$dsa_zone00",
"price": 500000,
"monthly price": 1250,
"build time": 69,
"water": -30,
"power": -30,
"max count": 1,
"pickable": false,
"draw ground": true,
"final": true
}]
hm
S P A M
it's longer than it was possible with previous PCAs
Codes arent spam
@livid agate wots final?
Ok
any ideas?
@pine timber need ideas?
I need someone who could help me fix this.
You need to put it in an array
Updated updated version lol
0.3 one
so you can put multiple plugins into a single json
loading
OH you meant that
but it's not multiple plugins
It's nice that I can actually fit as much stuff as I want
Oh boi oh boi I'm finna make a Dutch set
I'll probably add some road signs, Dutch Highway, Dutch road variants and idk more lel
Rlly? Nice
Somebody needs to make a venice pack
Yeah not me, I'm now gonna see how I need to do rotation aware frames lol
Btw, shall I make the road signs as a road deco or as a normal decoration
Road deco
Weeee, more research on the road deco code
I'll help you with the coding if you want too
Oogle boogle
Graffity pack when?
Crap, the PCA Beta has a option for road deco's but doesn't let me use it
This makes me angery
that's sad
I m angy
Btw, does anyone have a road deco sprite I can edit for the road signs? It would be sppreciated
I angri
No talk me, I'm angy
@livid agate what's the order for road deco frames from left to right..?
no clue
@cyan steeple yes 1 > 2 > 3
@livid agate can animation frames go like this:
1 > 2 > 3 >
4 > 5 > 6
@grand crater thanks Captain obvious...
But I mean like in what order does it have to be to make a road deco
So like left right up under
South West east north
That kinda thing
Ya get what I mean
Oh, nvm, found it out
It's right above, left under, left above, right under
Easy easy easy
I hope
it looks ez
no hard shapes
maybe except for the roof because I never cared about making conical roofs
What tiles can I build this on
2x2?
Do i have to pay somebody to make a REALLY big and cool plugin?
Because i got 113.94$ right now on my pocket
what plugin
Thats beautiful
But i suggest this roof model of lines
Like the lines of the bright part
A little bit brigth
Good
Ty
Just hope plugin creator like it n get approved
It could be better, but for a first it's decent
Hey does anyone have the mdk_813 Rural Dirt Tracks plugin? I cant find it in the forums
I have mdk rural dirt road but i'm using computer
hold on, let me find mdk rural dirt road
Yes please!
@prisma dagger https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=8759
Thanks a lot!
Sama sama [your welcome in malay]
is #plugin-support supposed to be for reporting plugin bugs to creators or it's a place where I can cry about my JSON not working 
lol
Both I guess
I finally got forum plugins
I'm not gonna make more Plugins for now
@lilac shuttle You should make a Mediterranean pack
What that
Google a Mediterranean house
No Ty I'm not that good at plugin
I don't know how to put json and plugin together
For me the easiest part is drawing
Here an json file you need to fill in
Can you make it so residential and commercial buidlings don't build themselves and you have to place them manually?
auto build false
Test 2 : Success but has a lot of mistake
@snow ore your plugin doesn't kills plugin space? I need to save up space and i cannot expand it
So, I tried to test my plugins and there's no error but there's a lot of mistake on my plugins
Finally, no error and mistakes this time, this is epic
Ight, time to post this on plugin store
let's wait
since the old plugins channel with all informative pins is gone, i will say one thing from these pins
Never share plugin files without linking them
So, I need a little help
I'm do a stadium
And I want the side to look like this
Curved
How should I do this?
Figure out a leveled an equal sized to base the curvature off of, along with balancing it out
give help
i tried everything
Changing JSON to [{(thecode)}],
keeping it {(thecode)}
I have 2 jsons in the plugin
show whole json in dm
ok
so?
Show me the code
spoilers!
You might want to redeem 2k diamonds a time @pine timber
I have to generate and type that code to you manually
wait, the JSON?
No
The promo code?
It was never automatic
Every time you click redeem codes
When I'm away it quickly pulls from a huge array of codes and then sends through forum interface as lobby
oh
When I'm on, I have a hotkey for 2k diamonds
great
I select a user and press scroll lock
Is it even possible to make the system automatic or its manual to avoid possible bugs, glitches and hacks?
lmao
Is this why we have that stupid 2k limit?
You'd have to ask a commissioner or ja for thst
oh okay
@static sail I suggest you using Paint.net
3 reasons: More zoom,layers and transparency
you have transparency on paint
transparency = shadows
transparency is mandatory in plugins
^
other programs, like GIMP or Paint.net do
i really recommend Paint.net, i find it very useful and comfortable to use
^
you have transperency on paint but its hard to find
no not the C drive
oh yes I forgot to add shadowing on my containers
Ima be rite bacc
containers.
REEEE pca doesn't load.
Can someone tell me what's the maximum build property
in json
btw
what would you want to see in the new military deco plugin?
I think I'll also make some vehicles but that's unlikely
shadows are incorrect
you mean they aren't supposed to be isometric?
not exactly isometric
but diagonal to the right
check this old topic i made
@pine timber

I didn't really get how to make a shadow for the container
yeah gonna try
is it supposed to look like this
or how
And darker
ignore the dullness on the far right side of the foreground container I'm going to add one more shadow pixel
pca iz not work
Working for me
@pine timber your making an 1x1 or 2x2?
is the shadow correct?
I can write the code on my own
Auto correct hated me
But I need to know what's the max build property in json
The max size of tiles?
I have in flag set 3.0 max 55 but there can be more in Frames but I don't know the Total max
json docs are all on forums
I guess the plugin is done
@orchid sorrel are you referring to my shadow?
no
Now with the code
2x2 building mal ?
Yay my shadow is ok now
off to reworks
Oh yeah, should I credit to lobby for car texture?
shading makes plugins high quality
when I was a smol mf i thought paying credit is paying real money so I never used someone's creations. :|
cars
oh you mean i need to add the shadow at that car?
yes
looks ok
you can apply some noise to the walls and ground to make it look more realistic
pixel studio supports multilayering, is it useful?
what program?
ms paint
does it even support transparency?
I don't know
Yes but it's hard to find
never used it
I go to transparent website
do you expect paint to take 5 gb?
why is your C: so smol
it's paint
Ight then
(.net)
@pine timber This computer is old as heck
how old
That's why
like my father put 37gb hard disk on this computer
and this computer were made in 2010 i guess
Do you have An E: Drive
wait hold on
This is a Plugin discussion!
Nope
ok
