plugin-discussion

[chilly mango]

the names for those buttons are not documented but you should be able to find out some other way

[lime sphinx]

Hmm I'm still learning lua though

But its really possible to add custom images in button?

[chilly mango]

yes you can relplace them

ive done it on a custom button

it works the same with the buttons already in game

[lime sphinx]

How?

[chilly mango]

buttons have an icon attribute you can overwrite

[lime sphinx]

Draft.getFrame(example.png)

?

[chilly mango]

you have to load the icon as a draft

hang on theres a plugin that does it already

[lime sphinx]

buttons have an icon attribute you can overwrite
@chilly mango
I see

hang on theres a plugin that does it already
?

[chilly mango]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=10823&p=155434&hilit=bear+icon#p155434

sadly its a .plugin file

so we cant look at its lua

[lime sphinx]

Its a shame

Btw

Thanks for your help

And it feels good learning lua

And making one although i cannot figure it out

[chilly mango]

ah i forgot you dont need lua

its possible to overwrite the world texture

both ways would work but overwriting it would be way easier

[lime sphinx]

I think i prefer to do not overwriting the world

[chilly mango]

it would be extremely easy to do though

you can just slide your icon into the right spot

and replace the hammer

i dont think the hammer is used in any other place than the build button

[lime sphinx]

Oh wait i clearly understanding your point there

Is there a maximum pixel w and h for gui custom images?

[chilly mango]

https://forum.theotown.com/download/file.php?id=18907&mode=view

youd have to measure in paint

hammer is in the middle on the left

looks like they all use the same resolutions

[lime sphinx]

Hmm how do i execute it in the theotown?

[chilly mango]

you need a privileged key for this which i have

but im not allowed to give it directly ofc

[lime sphinx]

its getting interesting

[chilly mango]

but i can export your plugin as a .plugin

[lime sphinx]

Thanks but for now I'm busy on my online class, maybe i will pm you for the plugin/lua that im currently making

[chilly mango]

aight

when you get the json i can just add in my key and export it as .plugin

that way my key is still safe and you can overwrite it

[lime sphinx]

yeah

Thank you

A lot

[chilly mango]

np

[rain gate]

My next building on WIP now....

[keen helm]

Where is it from ? @rain gate

[rain gate]

Where is it from?
<France, Nice (city area)
@keen helm

[keen helm]

I expected it to come from the Côte d’Azur indeed.

But thanks for the answer.

[pale sapphire]

Nice

[midnight obsidian]

r/croppingishard moment

@rain gate i'm sorry for pinging you at 2:30 am, but i have one very important question: on a scale of 1 to 10, how hard do you think cropping is

[rain gate]

2

[lilac shuttle]

Lol 10 thumb down

[midnight obsidian]

Mainly because of the thumbnail

Try working a bit more on thumbnails

[lilac shuttle]

Ok

[lime sluice]

What is the plugin that is shown in rjroldan’s recently featured city?

[stoic palm]

Coming out in 2-3 ears TM

[sinful meadow]

Plane needs 8 frames

Or just a decoration?

[stoic palm]

Just decoration

Planes with eight frames sound... annoying to say the least

[sinful meadow]

At least have a turning point

Like a type train

[stoic palm]

Feel free to make it yourself

I'm not in this for functionality

[eternal coral]

Nice

[west dagger]

tcps shluld a have a english translation for its rail plugin

Its nice doe

[next pendant]

Yess i feel same

[lime sphinx]

Is local position =
exist?

In lua

How do i defined this on the sidebar button
GUI:setPosition (x, y)

?

[chilly mango]

almost all of the ui in the game uses layouts for aligning

do you want a custom sidebar button?

[rain gate]

How do you make the plugins

[empty night]

Check pins

[rain gate]

I use a tablet

What plugin is that

The cars

I already have the plane

Idk about the cars

[chilly mango]

is it an android or an ios tablet

[rain gate]

is it an android or an ios tablet
@chilly mango android

[lime sphinx]

do you want a custom sidebar button?
@chilly mango yes

[chilly mango]

most poeple use pixly for drawing

ah

i literally have the code for that

it was in the gui compendium

where would we be without the forums

[rain gate]

???

[chilly mango]

its for @lime sphinx

[rain gate]

Oh

[chilly mango]

wait that is not the right code

[lime sphinx]

You made me worried there

[chilly mango]

ive edited it

no thats also not the right piece

i dont even know what i copied

function script:buildCityGUI()
  -- Let's append the button to the sidebar line
  local sidebar = GUI.get('sidebarLine')
  local size = sidebar:getFirstPart():getChild(2):getWidth()
  local button = sidebar:getFirstPart():addButton{
    width = size,
    height = size,
    icon = Icon.OK,
    frameDefault = Icon.NP_BLUE_BUTTON,
    frameDown = Icon.NP_BLUE_BUTTON_PRESSED,
    onClick = function(self) Debug.toast('Clicked!') end
  }
end

this is it

hands down

[lime sphinx]

How do you reposition it

[chilly mango]

this functions just adds one to the end of the sidebar

it will always be the bottom button

[lime sphinx]

Ok thank you

And one more thing

Icon.ROAD

Exist? Or not?

[fluid yacht]

i think A346 is much longer

[chilly mango]

yes

[fluid yacht]

what

[chilly mango]

if you download the plugin creator tools from the plugin store you can bring up a gui example that also contains a list of all available icons

[lime sphinx]

nc

[fluid yacht]

did i saw kamikazi plugin

[next pendant]

Please anyone suggest changes to do in this stadium

[rain gate]

Tbh the among us plugin is cool

[empty night]

The stadium lacks texture and some shadows

Also, you dhould remove the outlines

[cyan steeple]

Looks flat tbh

[rain gate]

Do you make the plugins on the computer

[next pendant]

No

I make plugins on android

[rain gate]

I see

I mean I am no good coder

But I wish that I made a plugin of my pfp into the game

To be cool

[chilly mango]

i do it on pc cuz i find it easier

[fast cave]

Yeah

[sweet topaz]

@next pendant Well tbh , that stadium doesnt look good

1. Lack texture

2. Need some shadows

3. Too cartoonish

[next pendant]

Can you help me with that

Even I feel same

[sweet topaz]

maybe...

[next pendant]

But I tried my best couldn't make the best

[lime sphinx]

@next pendant
Tip try to replicate the stadium

Add noice

Add shadowing

Less outlines

Focus on Low intensity color

And Colored palette

Try to make an inspiration

[next pendant]

Okayyy

[lime sphinx]

@next pendant
Here are the world texture

Maybe try to replicate or inspired every bldg

[next pendant]

Ya

I m taking help from Andrew

[lime sphinx]

Becoming independent make's you better

Just saying

[next pendant]

Thanks

[untold kraken]

Hmmmm I don't think so with shitty wifi, I don't think it can handle mult terraria lmao

Wait where tf sm i

Bruh how did i get here

[lime sphinx]

We dunno

[rain gate]

No one of Dysprosito's plugins work until today. I remember to download this in startup 2019...

NinjaGuy say he died.

[lime sphinx]

Wait

Sad

[rain gate]

Idk if it's true. But anyways, rest in peace.

[lime sphinx]

Yes R.I.P

But

[fiery elm]

His death may be true
Since he hasnt been active for over a year

[rain gate]

yea

[fiery elm]

As you can see, his last activity was in June 2019

[rain gate]

I see.

I keep wondering if NinjaGuy is being true saying that, because I remember when him spammed my plugin comment section. Anyways, we don't be sure, so R.I.P.

[lime sphinx]

Rumor?

[rain gate]

He used to put music lyrics.

In one of my commercial plugin list.

[fiery elm]

He does this everywhere

[rain gate]

Not for now.

He stopped.

[lime sphinx]

Thats why i prefer love note than death note

[rain gate]

oh

[fiery elm]

Not for now.
@rain gate
Cool

[rain gate]

Yeah. 🙂

How many plugins creator died? 😦

[lime sphinx]

No one know exact

[fiery elm]

Idk

There are some known though

[lime sphinx]

Btw Im Currently making a huge plugin

Transport type though

[fiery elm]

Cool

[lime sphinx]

Its not a train

[fiery elm]

Maybe a bus?
I dont know
I'm just saying

[lime sphinx]

Different

[fiery elm]

Ok

[lime sphinx]

And i will not Spoil it just for now

[keen helm]

The only plugin creator i know died is Aizat

[lime sphinx]

Wait did he really died

if it is true?What cause of his death?

[keen helm]

I dont know, you can find on the forum the reasons

I'll make a tailor shop next

it'll be the 3rd commercial with a custom night texture

current progress on the front

this shop will be a TTT Tailor shop

[lime sphinx]

Is that a Commercial?

[keen helm]

yes

it will be a commercial

it could in theory be an industrial since they design their own clothes

in practice, just no

[lime sphinx]

Is this a pack?

[keen helm]

yes

it will add more european styled commercials

[lime sphinx]

Nc

[keen helm]

Tailor Shop

heavily influenced by both londonian & parisian appartments

My technic to make the front shop is fairly easy

i made 1 layer with the inside

and a glass layer that i added after

inside layer

outside layer

[lime sphinx]

Interesting

[zenith stream]

Can someine fix that file

[lime sphinx]

@zenith stream

Here it is

[keen helm]

🇬🇧 Finished

The tailor shop night-animation

a few details and i should be good

shader is now done

[zenith stream]

Need a random Buildung picture for my plugin

[keen helm]

final render

[lime sphinx]

Yeah the Inside layer make it more realistic

[fast cave]

Yeah

[lime sphinx]

@zenith stream you need a texture for it too work

[keen helm]

If i could, i would have made the same for every single window but it would cost too much plugin space

[lime sphinx]

Does it really waste plugin space? for just a small amount of pixel layer?

[keen helm]

oh yes it does

[livid agate]

not if you use animations to your advantage

[keen helm]

that's a good point JA

[zenith stream]

@lime sphinx i need obe

[keen helm]

but it's too time consumming for the kind of detail i am seeking.

[zenith stream]

Herr
I copied the texture

[lime sphinx]

Why did you copied the texture?

Although i see no problem there

[zenith stream]

IT was the fastest way for a texture
Wen i upload my plugin IT will bei my own texture

How i add more buildungs simplY add json files

[keen helm]

i'll also rename all the buildings

cause right now, all my commercials buildings got confusing names and id

[lime sphinx]

I'm out

I need to sleep

[keen helm]

cya

[zenith stream]

@keen helm van i use IT in my pack

[keen helm]

no

[zenith stream]

Okay

[midnight obsidian]

IT?

[zenith stream]

HHow i add more buildungs simplY add json files

@midnight obsidian autocorecct sucks

[midnight obsidian]

what

[lime sphinx]

@zenith stream just download the building template and make your own texture and json code

[zenith stream]

Ah

[lime sphinx]

Ok i need to sleep now

[zenith stream]

How i di buildibgs higher

[stoic palm]

@zenith stream did you say you are copying textures?

[rain gate]

RIP autocorret

[keen helm]

they fit together just well

and yes, the position of the right one is intended

Now i can proudly say that my tailor is rich

(it was a recuring joke in France that all brits had rich tailors)

Finished

by the way, i think the bottom shop is extremely well done

it look simple & classy

I do find some details missing tho

I aint fond of the wall

the left one

All current 7 buildings

5 TT buildings + 2 TTT buildings

of course, we are gonna need much more to change urban landscapes for the better

but they fit well to any kind of European town

i'll make more 1x1 & 2x2 house props for smaller european villages

And this is the night-frame

as you can see, the left one and the 3 right ones got custom frames

the one all the way to the right use the "barber shop pole night-frame"

which will also be used on other barbers shops in the plugin

[viscid sand]

Can you recommend sites where I can make the add-ons

[stoic palm]

https://discordapp.com/channels/365478391719264276/640521940519485441/743907962078232596

read the message

[stoic palm]

@fallen path what do you think?

[sharp kettle]

Looks thick, and awesome

[stoic palm]

O couldn't recrate the issue Airports Inspector was having

[fallen path]

o:

[rain gate]

That plug on look cool

[fallen path]

You should create special frames for crossing tiles

Dusko tried it on his first diagonal road plugin

[stoic palm]

If it was meant to be functional then that's a great idea

[rain gate]

These plug ons is going good

[fallen path]

The dusko script made road frames placed on diagonal in a 2x2 tile to become a special tile

[stoic palm]

I mean it's not intended to function as a runway

But in thw future I might have to look into that

[fallen path]

I know but it will make it look less glitchy

[stoic palm]

Well from what I read runways are meant to have that look when they intersect

[fallen path]

lol... i dont even know how a cinema looks irl, how i will be meant to give instructions for this?

[stoic palm]

Fair point...

[fallen path]

But... atleast i can take a look to GTA V runways

[stoic palm]

Yeah that's true

[sinful meadow]

Can u make this type road

Or add invisible roads

[next pendant]

Mumbai Monorail under construction

[lime sphinx]

Finish my Pack

And I'm happy and tired

I posted it in the forum if you want it free

[next pendant]

Okkk Cooll

[sinful meadow]

Idk why my sm was disapprove 🙂

This was my very first plugin

🙂

[sinful meadow]

Ph road update

[low loom]

Sino to

[sinful meadow]

The wat

@low loom
Erwin rommel

I hope this is easy to build not like others need to connect every part

[low loom]

I hope this is easy to build not like others need to connect every part
@sinful meadow
Its not :/

[sinful meadow]

[low loom]

The game doesn't support devoted tool while grading but if i add devoted to true it will always connect to neighbor roads like airport runway which is deprecated

[sinful meadow]

Avenue 😃

Composition

[chilly mango]

I've been thinking about making an area copy paste tool

I'm still busy with the cinematic camera tho

[low loom]

It is possible to add devoted tool in roads via lua using Draft.append but im afraid that if will causes fatals

[sinful meadow]

@low loom
There was a wan rowd in da midd3l ?

[chilly mango]

Yeah lua takes a lot of debugging

[low loom]

@low loom
There was a wan rowd in da midd3l ?
@sinful meadow

It's a non-oneway road

[low loom]

Yes

[sinful meadow]

Y 3ts l0k 👍 . /com

[low loom]

It is just additional if you want center lane

[sinful meadow]

Th3eৠn0 l1ghţ 👍 da 👴 1 ?

[static sail]

what?

[sinful meadow]

There's no light like the old 1

[low loom]

What light

[zealous aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/pogchamp-pog-pogey-poggers-twitch-gif-14340727

Dat middle line end

[zenith stream]

@stoic palm for me
Ehen i Release my pack i USE MY OWN

[stoic palm]

You still can't do that

[orchid sorrel]

Reusing plugin graphics is not allowed

[static sail]

@low loom yooo

that looks cool

[livid agate]

If you steal them using steal feature, sure

[orchid sorrel]

[chilly mango]

joinked

[sinful meadow]

What is maximum size for helicopter

[keen helm]

No idea

[sinful meadow]

Can I do this?

[keen helm]

Maybe

Ill see if there is any max size

Might be possible if it’s smaller than a 1x1 frame

Likely too big

Stick to size smaller than 1x1

Or it will cut off your textures

[sinful meadow]

I see @left gale

Use UFO for type helicopter

[keen helm]

you might want to ask the devs or experienced plugins creators who already made helicopters.

[chilly mango]

could try to use lua

[static sail]

Yikes

[chilly mango]

thats a big yikes

[keen helm]

Maybe ill create a jewelry next

Or a watchmaker shop

Idk yet

[brittle berry]

how do you tell how much plugin space there is?

[livid agate]

pt command inside theotown console

[brittle berry]

how do you access that?

[fast cave]

In the console, you need have "debug mode" and "Experimental features" on in the game settings

[slender briar]

im giving away old unfinished textures

anyone wants em

some are almost finished some are just started

@tropic frost want some more unfinished plugins lmao

[steady harness]

This will gonna take a lot of time
I'm going to recreate the Reichstag for my Berlin Region and for everyone else!

[tropic frost]

@slender briar well, i can have some

[slender briar]

if one of these is not original resolution tell me

so the issue with all of them is that the base is not good

its like 2 or 3 pixels off the actual template

so put a template under and see if it fits

nr 3 is finished but you can have it

[slender briar]

this old horror on his way to be remade

[rain gate]

good

[slender briar]

thanks

[slender briar]

also improved this

btw who made the half life 2 pack?

@drifting aspen

i made the overwatch hq for my own kinda half life 2 pack , want it ?i never posted it i think

bit remade

[midnight obsidian]

Today marks the 2nd year of one of my old plugins on the forums

Might consider remaking that plugin

Those shadows do be wrong 😳

[low loom]

@chilly mango how do i get whether the screen is portrayed or landscaped

[chilly mango]

I don't think that is possible

[low loom]

But you also noticed that you will lock the sreen to landscape while using your cinematic camera

[low loom]

a smuggler will spawn randomly to visits your town

[low loom]

🤔

[livid agate]

deport

[chilly mango]

if i lock the screen rotation somehow im not doing it intentionally

maybe its because i call City.setView every script:update while the camera is active

[lime sphinx]

Terminals

[sly ocean]

cool

[west dagger]

VERY USEFUL

finally can make my station realistic

[lime sphinx]

And it will be a pack

[hybrid sedge]

you know imma complete

my road deco set update

[rain gate]

Really?

There is no away to make sky in TheoTown.

[lime sphinx]

The real question is

How can you see it?

[chilly mango]

You could replace the background

Or overlay it onto the screen

[pale sapphire]

Yes

Or make the game 3d

[lime sphinx]

But somebody already make it?

[rain gate]

a smuggler will spawn randomly to visits your town
@low loom what name of the plugin?

[sinful meadow]

He wasn't yet

[rain gate]

He wasn't ready yet???

[low loom]

How to make probabilities with lua?

[orchid sorrel]

use math.random

make it roll 0-100 and if it rolls below a set threshold = true

[low loom]

clueless but i get the idea of math.random

[sinful meadow]

Like wat spawning everywhere

[low loom]

local p = math.random(0,100)
if p < 50 then

else

end?

@orchid sorrel what do you mean by threshold?

[orchid sorrel]

if math.random (0, 100) < 20 then
stuff
end

something like this, for 20%

short version

[low loom]

Hmmm ok i get it

[livid agate]

Ayo slowdown

[low loom]

Thanks

[livid agate]

don't forgot the random seed

[orchid sorrel]

np

[livid agate]

else it won't be random and will be spoofed

[low loom]

Of course

[chilly mango]

instead of using math.random(0,100) you can also just do math.random() it returns a number between 0 and 1

[rain gate]

Beach house, new plugin.

Not finished yet.

Can someone make a vietnam war pack that has tank, apc, f4 phantom, uh1 iroquois spawners and probably some other things

Don't worry i will buy it

[slender briar]

emergency siren test again

gad demit

[west dagger]

does angone have a decal version of that end piece of the middle lane?

[drifting aspen]

@slender briar That looks dope 👍

[lilac shuttle]

Do all plugin have to be made from real life building

[chilly mango]

No

[rain gate]

Beach house.

The baseament floor columns are good?

That grey base is transparent.

Shadows.

[sharp dawn]

I think the shadow is wrong with the base floor columns

[lime sphinx]

Progress

Three types of terminal

The screenshot show's the first terminal of my pack

[lilac shuttle]

Need help with this

I put 1x1 idk why it showing up as that

[orchid sorrel]

width:2 height:2???

use 1 if your building is 1x1

[lilac shuttle]

Ok

[low loom]

@chilly mango can i call "local function" With fun?

[chilly mango]

i dont know anything about fun

[lime sphinx]

When you know about lua but not fun

[lilac shuttle]

Hey

Got a question pls

I want to make 3 part upgradeable plugin how do I go about it with animation

[lime sphinx]

@lilac shuttle
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=3267

Maybe this might help you

[signal lagoon]

can i call "local function" With fun? @low loom

i'm just wondering, why you want to call lua from fun? you only need to attach the lua script on the draft, but when you want to call it from fun, you have to make 2 drafts for the json and the lua.

but i'll tell you the ways. keep in mind, the return of function may different from what you want.

script.lua

function script:callMe()
  GUI.createDialog{
    title = "Hello World",
    icon = Icon.REGION,
    text = "Hello There, I'm Playing TheoTown."
  }
end```

main.json
```JSON
[
  {
    "id": "$ScriptYouWantToCall",
    "type": "script",
    "script": "script.lua"
  },
 
  {
    "id": "$MainStuff",
    "type": "park",
    "frames": [{"steal": "$park01", "frame": 5}],
    "width": 1,
    "height": 1,
    "on click fun":{
      "action":{
        "type": "call",
        "id": "$ScriptYouWantToCall",
        "code": "callMe"
      }
    }
  }
]```

[static sail]

is it just me or this police station isnt bright at all?

[rain gate]

Yes, it is.

[low loom]

Nvm just forget about it i realized it still non sense cause until now i can't convert : remove and build fun functionality to lua larger than 1x1 buildings

for now can someone tell what's is the exact size Limit for uploading regions online?

[pale sapphire]

The A350 sounds like a truck

A street legal Passenger jet playing eurobeat on a road intensifies

[rapid spire]

if a toyota hiace can drift... so as an A380

[pale sapphire]

Lol

If a Supra can drift, The sun can too!

WAIT WHA- * the sun obliterates the earth

[midnight obsidian]

why did that statue get approved? it aint isometric

[signal lagoon]

i think the moderator didn't know about the disapprove button. lol

[midnight obsidian]

we really need new moderators

for the plugin store

[west dagger]

Looks like it deserves to be inside a museum not outside

[static sail]

^

[keen helm]

PERFECT FOR MY SOVIET CITY

doesn't look bad, the angle is odd tho and it look like that the picture was pasted

[keen helm]

Real Estate Shop

and the night anim that come with it

WILL FIT PERFECTLY NEXT TO MARX STATUE

gonna make a Kebab next

they are fairly common in some cities

and can fit well in low income neighborhoods

[thorny crescent]

Interesting idea)))

[keen helm]

I might make it a bit differently than irl

[steady harness]

Glass roof is almost finished

[chilly mango]

Nice

[rain gate]

Glass roof is almost finished
Wow that's amazing but what's called from this buildings also it's the German building are real in small or big building?
@steady harness

[steady harness]

It's the Reichstag in Berlin
It's quite big in real life
I'm doing it 4×4 in game

[rain gate]

Oh nice that's look really good in your make plugins on work in progress.

[steady harness]

Thanks! But it will take some time till it's finished

[keen helm]

Real Estate Agency

[dark lynx]

Which plugin is the farm roads thats famously in alot of plugin screenshots?

[sinful meadow]

Rural road by mdk

[burnt slate]

Wish me lick

Luck

🇹🇭 🇹🇭

[empty night]

It's going to be rejected anyways

No proper thumnail that shows your plugin

And also, could you send s screenshot of your plugin?

[burnt slate]

Ok i cant

Its not in game yet so probs cant

[midnight obsidian]

123456789123456789 inhabitants can live
in #general

[empty night]

Have you even uploaded a file?

[burnt slate]

Yes

[empty night]

You need an image also

[burnt slate]

Ok

[empty night]

That' snot how a pkugin works

You need a frame for the plugin

Noy just the .json

Please check pins on how to do a plugin

[burnt slate]

okay

Which channel

[empty night]

This

[dark lynx]

So Question

Do I have to keep buying the main hospital and police force with diamonds every time?

[sharp kettle]

Huh..

[orchid sorrel]

Do I have to keep buying the main hospital and police force with diamonds every time?
@dark lynx yes

[dark lynx]

Kinda odd
I thought it would be like main fire station

[orchid sorrel]

if it's not an iap, it will cost diamonds everytime

also applies to landmoarks

[dark lynx]

Interesting
I wonder was that overlook on purpose or mistake

[orchid sorrel]

purpose

[dark lynx]

Too Op or something?
Mainly with the diamond costing Police station and hospital?

[orchid sorrel]

probably

they have a large radius

they have to get profits from something

[dark lynx]

That's what I found odd
The fire one is one time pay while other 2 diamond cost all time
Kinda Weird but I get what your saying

[orchid sorrel]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lilac shuttle]

Not finish yet

[rain gate]

Good.

[lilac shuttle]

Time to do upgrade version of this now

[still hare]

cool

nice plugin

[forest wedge]

nice

[lilac shuttle]

This be upgrade version of the other building

[lyric token]

if you are lacking inspiration from French buildings 🙂

[lilac shuttle]

Anyone here I got a question

About upgrade building

Do each upgrade building have to be same tile to work

[sinful meadow]

Is there a code for animation that is active when the car steps in the road decoration?????

[slender briar]

taking plugin requests for 30 minutes

you have 30 minutes to give me requests , after 30 minutes i will chose one

start

[keen helm]

hmmmmm

ok

[slender briar]

i wont look at the chat tho cuz im working out rn and i need to focus

[keen helm]

Notre-Dame de Strasbourg cathedral, from France

That is my suggestion for your next plugin, you got the skills for that too 😉

[slender briar]

i think there's enough notre dames tbh ,and overall churches in theotown , thanks for the suggestion

you can give as many as you want

[keen helm]

It's not an average church tho 🙂

[slender briar]

its not but there are a lot of churches that follow this format on plugin store

[keen helm]

true.

[slender briar]

one or two towers followed by very similar roofs and a dome in the back sometimes

[keen helm]

I might make that one sooner or later to be honest.

Also, the cathedral of strasbourg is the tallest cathedral in the world

[slender briar]

go ahead man , dont give me your ideas you plan on making

thats impressive considering how many cathedrals there are

brb 2 mins

[keen helm]

Opéra Garnier from Paris

built under Napoleon III reign.

[slender briar]

allready done

its a sort of unreleased plugin

it was made for some culture or something cathegory but unused and it was recycled into a plugin i think

i saw it a few times

but amazing building nonetheless

[keen helm]

You mean the theater the devs made ?

it's not that one but true

[stoic palm]

MoRe ToWeRs

[keen helm]

Vaux le Vicomte Castle

[slender briar]

MoRe ToWeRs
@stoic palm good idea ,ill make glassman tower , a 100000 feet tower made of glass ,recognized for its glass

@keen helm ill be honest these are out of my skill level

if it has domes i cant make it lmao

god i hate domes

[stoic palm]

maybe some new FDs?

[keen helm]

Domes are hard

but i saw your church

[slender briar]

give me the most complicated tower but not domes

[keen helm]

it was insanely good

[slender briar]

thanks

i think im looking for a specific idea but i dont know what that idea is yet lmao

i have a feeling im searchign for somethign

but keep the ideas coming @stoic palm something small maybe

[keen helm]

Hermitage Plaza

[slender briar]

i have not enough time , in 4 hours i have to go to work in gta san andreas multiplayer , i have one hour of work daily from 10 to 11

[keen helm]

Skyscraper project in Paris

construction is scheduled to begin soon

[stoic palm]

My ideas will probably be services rather then IRC

[slender briar]

wazz dis

[keen helm]

It would become the tallest european skyscraper outside of Russia

it's part of the hermitage plaza i think

[slender briar]

too bad i actually liked that part

[stoic palm]

modern FD

[slender briar]

you should talk to penang or tcps team about that tower , they would do a better job on it than me

i think tcps would slay it

[keen helm]

A modern FD is nice indeed.

[slender briar]

yeah i think ill make that

change of plans , 2 ideas

i have 4 hours and a lot of fuel from workout

[keen helm]

I would love to make that one

but it's way too high for TheoTown

[slender briar]

alrready done under a different form i think

smaller or os

[keen helm]

Viaduc de Millau from France, tallest bridge in the entire world

taller than the Eiffel Tower

[stoic palm]

Or a small hospital

since most of them are towers lmao

[keen helm]

Can you pin those pictures Elder ?

for the hospital and fd ?

cause i might make something similar one day or another.

[stoic palm]

I can DM them to you if you'd like?

[slender briar]

Or a small hospital
@stoic palm this one i really like cant lie

[keen helm]

yeah would be nice

[slender briar]

ill make that one specific

do yall know anything ancient i could do?

or historic

old

[keen helm]

I do

oh i actually got an idea

[steady harness]

Does it look good and like the real life building?

[keen helm]

It look a bit small @steady harness

[steady harness]

It's 4×4

[slender briar]

i think the scale is indeed a bit too small

that building is a goddamned monster

i think its more like a 8x4

if you look at it the road next to it is about the size of that entrance

which means pretty damn big

try 8x8

its gonna take a lot but hot damn is it going to look awesome

[steady harness]

Really so big?

[keen helm]

Such a size is not a problem for such a building.

[slender briar]

@steady harness yeah

[keen helm]

Government buildings should give a feeling of strength, they should look impressive.

[slender briar]

especially german ones

everything in good ole deutschland is pretty big , from the people to the sandviches

[stoic palm]

@slender briar here's you historic building haha

[slender briar]

except those tiny houses in the city centers lmao

@slender briar here's you historic building haha
@stoic palm wee so smol

[steady harness]

Is 1 tile like 10 Meters?

[slender briar]

god im getting carried away again ,gotta workout !

@steady harness idk ,dont know if we have a convention for tile base size

[steady harness]

Ok

[slender briar]

@untold zealot hey , i have a question if yall dont mind , how do you make the cloud effect on your buildings?

[keen helm]

Oslo Royal Palace

[pale sapphire]

E

[slender briar]

A

Sports

it's in the pay

[keen helm]

Ok

I know my next plugin

Olive Tree

[pale sapphire]

E a sports, we steal games and sell them as our own, we buy out mobile games to make them pay to win and ad filled

[slender briar]

ea's biggest crime is killing simcity

no good simcity game since 4

[stoic palm]

agreed

[pale sapphire]

Yeah

[keen helm]

This will be my palette for the olive tree

[slender briar]

try a bit of hue shifting

i do saturation shifting too

darker , more saturated

[lilac shuttle]

Do plugin have to be on same tile for upgrade code to work

Yes or no

Pls

[lilac shuttle]

Anybody

[chilly mango]

I don't understand what you want to do

[keen helm]

I started working on the olive tree

wont be massive in-game

Vertical Size Ratio:
7px = 4m

(based on the size of theonians, buildings and trees)

thx

[hybrid sedge]

look in pins now

[keen helm]

it should help creators

current 1st version

not satisfied with it

look a bit better

i like that one

[tired birch]

Technic High School

[keen helm]

by the way the olive tree is an evergreen tree

so it wont lose its leaves

Seems correct

[cinder salmon]

Looks nice

They usually don't get much snow where they have olive trees ~smiles~ But I guess since it's a possibility in teh gane...

[keen helm]

Yeah, i know.

I was in the hesitation about that.

But they can get snow sometimes and i know it was sometimes snowing at my grandparent house which had olive trees.

Then again, the snow textures dont cost me anything so why not ?

[cinder salmon]

Well, I did get snow once when I lived where I had an olive tree in the garden, so yes, you're right

[left gale]

Hello, I would like to talk to our plugin store moderators... The logic behind their approval is insane

[livid agate]

go ahead

https://forum.theotown.com/memberlist.php?mode=group&g=1537

[lilac shuttle]

@chilly mango I want to make plugin that upgrade 3 time

[lilac shuttle]

Or anyone

[pale sapphire]

E

[lilac shuttle]

Do anyone know

[pale sapphire]

Hmmmm

You probably can

Im on mobile so idefk

[lilac shuttle]

Do anybody know if I make upgradeable plugin do each building have to be on same tile for it to work

[fast cave]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=3267

[lilac shuttle]

I saw the forum but it doesn't answer my question

[fast cave]

Do anybody know if I make upgradeable plugin do each building have to be on same tile for it to work
If you mean the plugin ID, no, or the sprite title, no

[pale sapphire]

...

[lilac shuttle]

I mean this

[pale sapphire]

E

[lilac shuttle]

I mean first building is 2x2 n next one is 3x3

[pale sapphire]

Is that The Office?

[urban fossil]

Ola

[pale sapphire]

Hello.

[fast cave]

Emmm... yes I think, I dont think that the game will change the building size in updates

I needs to be the same size

[lilac shuttle]

Ok

[pale sapphire]

Yes, you need to be the same size

[fast cave]

Also, "upgrade" don't support new "height" and "width" values

[urban fossil]

Hmmmmm

Could it be recreated?

[pale sapphire]

Yes

[urban fossil]

I mean, what is the option of placing elevated train lines on the streets

[pale sapphire]

Make chicago great again

[urban fossil]

McGa

[pale sapphire]

MgEay

[signal lagoon]

go ahead
@livid agate

could you add in plugin-showcase a data who is moderator which approved the plugin?

[urban fossil]

a

My plugin

a bottomless pit

[slim locust]

a bottomless pit
@urban fossil scp flashbacks

[urban fossil]

xdf

so is

[rain gate]

@sharp dawn I know that these plugins had nothing to do with them, but I found a very similar building a while I was looking randomly at some inland European cities. I found this palace called Craiova Art Museum, located in Craiova, Romania, when I was researching some 3D mesh in cities on Google Earth.

[fast cave]

?

It still working

Im getting the same message in several plugins

[rain gate]

Same

[rain gate]

Lol

I will check mine also.

[tired birch]

mine says that too

[rain gate]

Hmm, but the plugins are working in game.

?

[tired birch]

hmm... i think this must be topic for #bugs-n-crashes

[fast cave]

Yeah, but I cant find then on the store

[sweet topaz]

._.
Wuz happening?

[livid agate]

could you add in plugin-showcase a data who is moderator which approved the plugin?
@signal lagoon can't collect such data due to GDPR

[slender briar]

has anyone done age of empires like cliffs?

or will i be the one?

so in theory the cliffs are just this sprite of a cliff that when placed anywhere gives the idea of a cliff while just being an object

the cliffs are basically non existent , they are just an object placed over flat land

[sinful meadow]

Just like mdk sea side/sunken highway

[slender briar]

not really

cuz that one doesnt give the idea of a straight drop down

its an angle

and may i say now with the existence of cliffs that plugin could be reduced to a land texture

[sharp kettle]

Are the building avaible on forum or store?

[west dagger]

They arent released yet i think

[slender briar]

yo can't someone track the idiot or idiots sending those "sexual" "hateful or abusive" reports

its annoying as fuck

track as in ban

[hybrid sedge]

just ignore reports jeez

[slender briar]

its a suggestion bruh

its more or less report abuse i guess

anyway im remaking my italian pack

with actual italian buildings from rome instead of stereotype buildings i saw in assassin's creed lmao

[slender briar]

wip

[rain gate]

Guys

[sinful meadow]

Road under station

[rain gate]

What's plugin name

Pls

[slender briar]

what

i get it about those messages but cmon , the building

wip

[next pendant]

@rain gate It is Japanese Building Pack

[slender briar]

making my italian building when suddenly

[rain gate]

what does that mean @slender briar?

[slender briar]

kurt i assume kurt cobain

grunge singer , died at 27

long story

[rain gate]

oh

alright

[steady harness]

I'm making it even bigger
Before it was 4×4 now it's 6×6

Make so much fun to start new 😩

[slender briar]

good

and a loot of luck

hey @urban fossil i tried to improve ur bottomless pit

i think it looks cool so i edited it a bit

hope u dont mind

which blind plugin moderator accepted this

i mean plugin store dude whatever

but hell at least he knows how shadows work lmao

[sharp dawn]

Surely Commander approved this

[orchid sorrel]

yeah, he's a great mod but not when it comes to plugins

[chilly mango]

It is a working plugin I guess

[keen helm]

Olive Tree Preview Frame

[rain gate]

About that bad Underground Plugin. 🤮

[keen helm]

and about the olive tree preview frame ?

[sly ocean]

your preview frame looks amazing

[keen helm]

it took me a while to create it

but it might be one of my best ones yet

[livid agate]

oof

[fiery elm]

To be fair, that underground plugin looks bad.
The doors are too big. No theotown citizen will be able to open that door.
The building feels bland. More colours needed to be used.
The size is too big. He could have shrunk it to a 5×5 tile.

[fast cave]

That is 100% true

And also, it contains 10,000 T people, I mean, h o w ?

[sharp kettle]

Oof

I wish ik how to make plugins properly.. xd

[fast cave]

Also, it have a bad desing from my view point, I mean, if there is a stair, it will need to be an espiral or square stair, with espiral stairs blocks 3 entrances, and a square stair will block 2 entrances

Is just very small for support 4 entrances

[fiery elm]

Definitely agree.

[keen helm]

It’s crap

Ngl

[fiery elm]

Amd the doors are too big

The TT citizen is 3 pixels high

So the door should have been 4 or 5 pixels high

[fast cave]

I think the doors are around 7 - 8 pixels high

[sharp kettle]

Sorry if im mean, but looks like a wc ;-;

[fiery elm]

Sorry if im mean, but looks like a wc ;-;
@sharp kettle
With 4 doors

[empty night]

i mean, let's be straight up honest. It's just garbage

[fiery elm]

Clean garbage.

[sharp kettle]

At least he tried

[fast cave]

If it had a rectangle form, and only 2 entrances, it will be fine, but is very small

[fiery elm]

Yep
And he had the Graphics and JSON flairs

Yet he isnt able to make a good plugin

[sharp kettle]

Is it my building or its my json thats are incorrect last time i tried making plugin

[fiery elm]

Is it my building or its my json thats are incorrect last time i tried making plugin
@sharp kettle
Idk

[fast cave]

At least it have shadows, so your eyes wont suffer more

[fiery elm]

And shading is ok

[sharp kettle]

Atention to detail xd

[fiery elm]

-ish

Clean garbage.
@fiery elm
Because it doesn't have a variety of colours

[livid agate]

10/10 as IGN would say

[fast cave]

Also, wait is the point of leave that free space? Some trees can fix the problem with that, or some decorations, is very flat and looks like a 2 minutes drawing

[sharp kettle]

I tried making this
It didnt go well ;-;

Imma recreate it on pixly

[fast cave]

That is nice, some shadows and it will be nice

[fiery elm]

This house looks much better than the "underground city" though

[fast cave]

Also, some windows in the front

[sharp kettle]

Ah, that ;-;

[fiery elm]

Although the doors are not so ok.

[sharp kettle]

Let me explain xd

[fast cave]

Emmm....

[sharp kettle]

Let me open TT rq

I tried adding this to the side of the house

[fast cave]

Oh, I was thinking in something like this

[sharp kettle]

Youre good at building in blender.. xd

[fast cave]

Nah, that is just a 4 minutes building xd

But thanks

[sharp kettle]

And yea, the garbage bin i put didnt looks so good

They didnt add night animations yet?..

[fast cave]

Night frames for buildings in-game are made by 1 person, that is why the huge delay with night animations

[sharp kettle]

@fast cave do you need to pay to use blender?

[fast cave]

No

Is free

[sharp kettle]

Ah, thanks

Imma try it now

[fast cave]

And since they made a new render engine, you wont need a good dedicated graphics card, Im running in a VEGA iGPU

Eevee go brr

[sharp kettle]

160 Mb

Now im thinking if i wanna get blender or no..

[fast cave]

Well, some plugins keeps in private for several reasons, for example, I have one single house plugin for testing

And sometimes, because they use frames that are only for personal use

It depends of the creator

[sharp kettle]

After we finnishing making plugin we will get the json right? And then put it to TheoTown>plugins?

Rip my typing

[fast cave]

You need make the JSON file, and yes, that goes into the TT folder -> plugins folder (Not managed plugins folder)

It depends of the creator

[sly ocean]

i have 3 unfinished plugins that i kept privated

this is one that i never released

[sharp kettle]

Thats nice

[fiery elm]

Beautiful fields there!

[sharp kettle]

Im gonna try making plugins again...

[fallen path]

Choggoba does have an account here? I would like underpasses rails to be fences too, so i could put em at my highways

[sharp kettle]

It reminds me of a place

Btw thats cool

[slender briar]

slowly taking shape

[keen helm]

@slender briar look damn nice !

Next building : a restaurant from Oslo, Norway

[slender briar]

looks pretty fine

and thanks

[keen helm]

it will be a 3x3 building

[slender briar]

decent size

[keen helm]

current progress

[pale sapphire]

Looks like a 1 floor store.

Lol

[slender briar]

so far so good i guess

but i think the roof angle is slightly higher

i call this angle roman roof , diagonal line one side and straight line the other

[pale sapphire]

Ery' nais

[slender briar]

this one looks a bit higher than that

[keen helm]

like this.

[slender briar]

yeah

btw increase the contrast man

i mean a lot

make the right side darker

dark as the map in age of empires when you start a new game

[chilly mango]

Just use a separate layer in paint.net

With transparent black

That way you can use the same color everywhere and worry about Shadows later

[slender briar]

or just color the right side darker i guess

i edited it a bit to show u what i mean i guess

and also did a bit of hue shifting on the right side roof

[chilly mango]

Yeah but then if you wanna adjust the color you gotta adjust all shades of it

I guess it's personal preference

[keen helm]

I didnt edit the right side yet

[chilly mango]

Looking good

[slender briar]

wait you just kinda make it like that first and then recolor it?

why?

[keen helm]

It's how i always do it

[slender briar]

strange

[keen helm]

I always add the shadows after

[slender briar]

i mean you make em 3 different colors allready

might as well make em the final colors i guess

but you do you

[keen helm]

Finished !

[untold pumice]

Nice

[keen helm]

custom window animation

[untold pumice]

can someone go in #general or #old-support ?

[midnight obsidian]

who's idea was it to approve this plugin

seriously, we really need new plugin moderators

[sharp kettle]

Who is the plugin mods?

@keen helm thats great

[keen helm]

I dont know who approved this but that plugin s*ck