plugin-discussion

[echo prairie]

Nah y'all just have skill issue

[hidden bolt]

TDLR: Linux has many types of OS' that it uses, it's just that Linux, the system is what makes the desktop environment of the OS to run properly

[remote bough]

so.

How do u manage the size of the art (width x height)?

is it fixed?

[hidden bolt]

In pixly there's a setting that allows you to adjust the canvas size

[remote bough]

I mean like TheoTown force the art size to be smth?

[hidden bolt]

Incredibly useful for making tall buildings

[hidden bolt]

Wdym

Theotown doesn't force the sprite to be smaller

It's up to the plug in creator to make it whatever size they wish it to be

[remote bough]

wat if u draw a superrealistic texture?

[hidden bolt]

Then the game will still register it

Because it's in pixels

[rain gate]

But you can never make it look totally real without it being out of scale

[hidden bolt]

So it doesn't really matter if it's crazy detailed or plain and simple

[hidden bolt]

With that problem you just have to make the illusion of it being detailed

It's also a problem with making vehicles

[white snow]

U mean the thing I've been doin for a couple of months now?

[hidden bolt]

It's hard to know at a glance

Because the most of the vehicles in this game are incredibly small in detail

[remote bough]

wat is the style of art that is 45 degree rotated?

[hidden bolt]

Isometric

[quaint tapir]

Regarding this, what is the name of the plugin?

Asking from the folks who told me that there was a plugin with this already

[remote bough]

how do u calculate the angle to draw in isometric? 🐸

[hidden bolt]

Iirc there's a reference for tile sizes in pins

[remote bough]

send me pls 🐸

[inner zenith]

That's what your looking on the #plugin-suggestions @quaint tapir

[hidden bolt]

Wait

@remote bough

[quaint tapir]

Thank you very much

[remote bough]

wat I'm gonna do with this lel.

[hidden bolt]

They're size references

[remote bough]

I mean how do u draw a line that will look legit in game

otherwise they go skew

[hidden bolt]

For that I recommend learning first about pixel art

I cannot help because I can't explain that well

But there are some great tutorials on YouTube for pixel art

[remote bough]

I had just discovered that pixel art is huge.

[proven yoke]

almost done, just make the night frame

[white snow]

Good luck with that

[rich birch]

@RED -ⓒ the true Tokyo towner

[white snow]

Self react momento

[sinful meadow]

That's not me

[white snow]

Someone's react momentos

[orchid sorrel]

definitrly not you

lol

[wanton willow]

started to selling commodities
(no peds yet)

[lunar snow]

aoe dlc

nice work

[wanton willow]

thereisnospoon

[pure granite]

ery nice

[white snow]

Ery nisse

[tidal glen]

Nice update

[white snow]

Is there a way to make custom pedestrians?

[rain gate]

might make this

[frigid tusk]

Ok good luck

Fr I want to know how you did this

[remote bough]

do TheoTown manage daytime shadow?

Like shadow change hour by hour

[lunar snow]

i dont think so

[remote bough]

I think it would be cool if someone can put in shadow with pixel art

[lunar snow]

it's alot of work

[remote bough]

true

[white snow]

No

Most shadows are fixed and not moving

[hidden bolt]

It'll standout too much from the rest of the buildings

[white snow]

Tt only applies like a filter at the screen and calls it a dusk or night

[hidden bolt]

Windows are hard 😔

[wanton willow]

thoughts?

[pure granite]

looks nice overall

[tidal glen]

Very nice

[wanton willow]

the question, how do I remove upgrade without destroying the building

"upgrades":
[{
"id": "$wfm1u1",
"frames": [{"bmp": "deco/msu.png","x":0,"y":0,"w":32,"h":32,"count":1}],
"preview frames": [{"bmp": "deco/msu.png","x":0,"y":0,"w":32,"h":32,"count":1}],
"only one" : true
}

what should I add to it

[midnight obsidian]

have doubts it's possible

[wanton willow]

😔

[rich birch]

Really really classica 😍

[wanton willow]

thanks! :)

[white snow]

Probably thw only way u can do is add the un-upgraded ver in the upgrades

How did i missed that

[wanton willow]

added an empty texture kinda work

[echo prairie]

Linux

[white snow]

K

[sinful meadow]

Y not real street and type car pedestrians instead of decoration

[wanton willow]

because it's too complicated for me, and I'm too lazy to do that 😩

[midnight obsidian]

adding night animations to this is going to be fun

actually i noticed a pattern

this is probably the best way to do this

i noticed an even better way to do this but it's too late

and because i'm lazy i'll just add in 3 floors to this and keep the same balconies so i don't need to configure night anims

[frigid tusk]

Ok so
For night animation I have to change Json but how it works for frames (making and creation of the final .zip)?

[rain gate]

at first they looked like hotdogs to me tbh

[rich birch]

Finally rtobee do night mode 😳

[rain gate]

Cuz the the buns and etc and mustard

[frigid tusk]

U used opaque black for shadows?

[midnight obsidian]

yes

[rich birch]

Alright this is the last child

[midnight obsidian]

that's what i prefer using typially

but i am aware that they should be slightly blue

[midnight obsidian]

that's like the second time i'm doing that now

can't say i enjoy it

also can't say it's effective

lol

[rich birch]

I want to see the (day) form

[urban grove]

Lmao

[rich birch]

Alright this is the last factories a.k.a the fourth factory (the youngest child) 🐦

[sinful meadow]

I need space plugin

[inner zenith]

1 million special factory

[rich birch]

Sim's factories pack
Which one is your favorite?

[orchid sorrel]

is the last one supposed to look so empty?

[brittle bough]

Hi I'm making landmark plugin what should I write in the "type"

Decoration?

[orchid sorrel]

no

landmark should be fine

if its not try park

[brittle bough]

What if I want it to be landmark and culture at the same time?

[orchid sorrel]

types, influences and categories are different things

[brittle bough]

I forgot

Ok thank you

Also should I type pixels in width and height?

[orchid sorrel]

no

i mean it depends in which

but you probably need w/h in tiles

[brittle bough]

Mine is 4x4 should it both be 4?

[orchid sorrel]

yes

[chilly mango]

YEA

my capslock was on

[orchid sorrel]

OYEA

[brittle bough]

But where do I write the pixel height and width?

Is it unnecessary?

[orchid sorrel]

no

oof

you dont need it

[brittle bough]

Ok

[rich birch]

no.. the factory work is still ongoing
(Wip)

[frigid tusk]

2nd one forever

Right shadows

[brittle bough]

What I do

[rich birch]

I recommend a slightly grayish brown color
Like the color used in my factory

@frigid tusk

[frigid tusk]

I don't need this pictures for the moment but can I have the id of your brown pls?

[rich birch]

Id?
I dont understand

[orchid sorrel]

probanbly color
cofe

[frigid tusk]

Code

[orchid sorrel]

cant spell

[rich birch]

Just use the brown color that is around this gray

[brittle bough]

@orchid sorrel can you help me what I do

To fix the error

[orchid sorrel]

what am i supposed to do without your json

[brittle bough]

Idk what that error says

[frigid tusk]

?

[orchid sorrel]

no hex color readout?

:sobeline:

[rich birch]

Owh god..
I'm not a pixly user so I don't know

[frigid tusk]

98703e?

I should try 98703e

[rich birch]

¯_ʘ‿ʘ_/¯

[orchid sorrel]

you know people dont generally generate colors in their heada when you give them a code

[frigid tusk]

?

Not enough grey

@rich birch like that?

[rich birch]

Yuh

[frigid tusk]

Better

[thorny arrow]

my first plugin is almost done

[oblique tundra]

Nice!

[oblique tundra]

Oh wow, the windmill

Guess I have to continue my colonial one

[thorny arrow]

Does anyone have any comments about my plugin?

[oblique tundra]

What is it?

[thorny arrow]

a vietnamese tube house

[oblique tundra]

Interesting, never saw one i guess

[thorny arrow]

it very popular in vietnam

[tulip dagger]

The best plugin in forums?

[static pollen]

try less saturated colors

[static pollen]

Rf french pack

[frigid tusk]

Perfect

[civic cedar]

@tulip dagger

[tulip dagger]

What's now ma guy?

[civic cedar]

Im making seoul cityhall

[tulip dagger]

Nice

[sinful meadow]

Nc

•Victorial tower
• st Stephen hall
• st Stephen porch
• big ben
• Common house
•westminster hall
Remain

[rain gate]

/j

that's big

[sinful meadow]

Smol

Let's beat sim city

[thorn igloo]

Noice

[static pollen]

really great, can they be built on hills? (the palace is quite high compared to the water (sorry I have a tic with the hills))

for Big Ben I wouldn't be against getting it back to add a better color, if you don't want it I'll keep it for myself anyway

[tulip dagger]

@ruby needle

[warm spruce]

he alr said that he'll redo the big ben

[ruby needle]

Oh

[warm spruce]

.

[ruby needle]

It's like Minecraft mods

You need to extract them to a file

That's annoying

But it's the way

[warm spruce]

actually no

[ruby needle]

Ye

[warm spruce]

you cant just use the zip version in the files

[ruby needle]

I know

But what are the best plugins that I can use?

[tulip dagger]

Rockfort Plugins

Montemarino Plugins

Vönark Plugins

[warm spruce]

@ruby needle heres a list of rockfort puglins

[chilly mango]

erksmit plugins

[ruby needle]

Ok thanks

[tulip dagger]

It's really easy to download in forums and you will not need to have a diamonds to have a plugin

[ruby needle]

Why is this happening

[ruby needle]

Oh I have so much diamonds😂

[empty night]

Checl your email so you can activate your account

[static pollen]

Okay

[ruby needle]

For some reason I don't have the game file

Life is good

[static pollen]

Hehe

No need account to get forum plugins

[warm spruce]

you can acess the files in-game

[ruby needle]

Really?

[static pollen]

However, I had the same problem as you and ended up creating a second account.

[ruby needle]

I made another one

[ruby needle]

How

[warm spruce]

settings

only when ur in the menu

[ruby needle]

Oh ok

[static pollen]

Nice

[rain gate]

gonna add some detailing to the roof

like vents and dishes

[static pollen]

Yeah

[ruby needle]

Nice

Rock fort is amazing

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TRYING FORUMS

[frigid tusk]

@orchid sorrel (sorry for ping I began with u)

[static pollen]

Simcity ?

I want this plugin !

[frigid tusk]

I will release one day when I'll have more frames

[thorny arrow]

my first plugin was finally finished. And sorry for spamming, because my wifi network has problems

[ruby needle]

I want a old/medieval pier mod

[thorny arrow]

You can ask about this in the https://discordapp.com/channels/365478391719264276/857590772277837834

[ruby needle]

Ok thanks

[midnight obsidian]

soviet building pack plans

should i split pack 3 into 2 separate packs

didn't expect some of the pack 3 buildings to actually have night anims!

@orchid sorrel good new you have less night anims to make :)

[rain gate]

those look great

theyll fit perfectly into my low income district of my city

[urban kestrel]

Hi guys! Does anyone have such a plugin? I accidentally deleted it and can't download it again :(

[orchid sorrel]

your file names dont mach

match

[orchid sorrel]

epical

[urban kestrel]

Thanks, no longer needed. It's good that I had a backup copy of the game folder :)

[chilly mango]

Don't delete flappy bird of your phone

[hearty sleet]

Hello everyone! Will anybody be kind enough to tell me the name of this plugin?

[chrome dock]

What would your think of an orange Church

I hope I was wrong

[sly ocean]

roadside trees by pixelbit, i believe

[rain gate]

My first easy and begineer plugin 🤭

[chilly mango]

Scales just ever so slightly off

But I don't want to point out the obvious

[hidden bolt]

Not enough contrast, no shadows, feels a bit monochrome in terms of colors

Also the roof is a bit off

[inner zenith]

Oh that's how i started i remember my 1st plugin the rice field that looks like a concrete no worries you'll improve from time to time and I'm sure you'll make wonderful and creative stuff :)

[brittle grove]

Where oriental walls

[stoic palm]

what?

[rich birch]

F**king beautiful

[thorny arrow]

My plugin version without shadow

[orchid scroll]

Nice

[stoic palm]

It looks like there's still a pixel of space under it

[thorny arrow]

yes

I'm had fixed that

[dapper light]

Đổi màu cỏ đi bác

[lunar snow]

Ye fix the grass color

[thorny arrow]

better graphic by BEVISE

[rich birch]

What a good grapich ❤️

[urban grove]

woah what a very nice graphic

[dreamy hearth]

I like the improvement

[urban grove]

Umm would you credit him?

[thorny arrow]

of course

[fickle frigate]

A Dutch Guy 's vibe

[lunar snow]

Fix the grass color

[lunar snow]

What happened to make you not using screenshot

[white snow]

Im lazy

[lunar snow]

fair enough

[rich birch]

Finally the last factory are done

[wanton willow]

epic

[echo nacelle]

Back

uh

How do i make my plugin a decoration

Im using a dutch guys sprites for a private plugin (credit to him)

Im just gonna put small changes

Just wanna know how to make it a decoration

And not a vehicle

Heres the sprites i chose

this is accurate

10/10

Would download if its out

[rich birch]

Yeah

Thx

[echo nacelle]

Heres the sprites i chose (again credit to a dutch guy)

Might look like theres a third wheel to the truck but its an illusion

But ill add a third wheel later

[rich birch]

The design is completed

[echo nacelle]

Also

@rich birch

Add some vehicles in

[frigid tusk]

I can't continue anymore
Can someone do my night animation and then send me the json pls?

[echo nacelle]

Is that supposed to be a forkluct

*forklift

[urban grove]

I think is a forklift

[echo nacelle]

oh

Also dualhd

Do you know how to make decorstions for a plugin

Same with a.json

[dreamy hearth]

What building?

[rich birch]

@dreamy hearth there

[dreamy hearth]

it's fine I tried fixing the code

[fickle frigate]

good afternoon

everyone

[rich birch]

Good afternoon

[dreamy hearth]

good afternoon katori

[rich birch]

ok sims industry project has ended

✒️

[orchid scroll]

Good afternoon

[inner zenith]

Pickle Industry

[rain gate]

@chilly mango @hidden bolt @inner zenith Thanks for the comments, I'll keep practicing to improve

[frigid tusk]

Ok Ilikeburgerham helped me for my json but we found a problem

[orchid sorrel]

how is your file called

also it might help to upload it here

[urban grove]

I'm not a plugin creator, sorry

[glad lynx]

done

[orchid scroll]

Nice

[glad lynx]

In the last few days I have revised every single building and corrected colors, added details where they were missing, cleaned shadows and made the rotation frames. It especially helped me to compare them with vanilla buildings to notice the overall differences in the look and feel. Now I just need to create the correct code and maybe already start working on the night animations.

[frigid tusk]

SimCity1 (1).json
SimCity1.png (building)
ScAnim.png (lights)

[glad lynx]

credits to @sinful meadow for the improvements on this one

[orchid sorrel]

as I said

upload the whole thing

so I can take a look

[glad lynx]

yes, if I only knew where to start with the code, I already took a look to the forums but it's not as clear

[rich birch]

Oh my goooddd
I want to have it 😭

Btw how to add the smokes?

[glad lynx]

well, the image it's pretty big, you can zoom in a lot👀 📸

[orchid sorrel]

what

[glad lynx]

4360xD

[orchid sorrel]

this is incomprehensible

but anyway

[urban grove]

Damn nice

[lunar snow]

Nice

[midnight obsidian]

similar to how you add animations, but instead of "animation" use "smoke"; "smoke": [{"id": "smoke animation of your choice", "x": x coordinate, "y": y coordinate}] smoke animation list can be found here: https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1337

[sinful meadow]

Wip

[rich birch]

UwU
Great
Even the building had rotation aware

[urban grove]

don't forget adding night animation

[tulip dagger]

"nIgHT M0De"

[hidden bolt]

Where night mode

[tulip dagger]

(politics)

[rain gate]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?p=183965
Update in progress...

[strange cloud]

Are you that sabriah?

Well it is,as the link said.

[pure granite]

oh god is this maufhal

[tidal glen]

Hello Mr @rain gate , are you the guy from the forums?

[orchid sorrel]

pretty sure they are, why would that matter

[wanton willow]

YES PLEASE 😳

[tidal glen]

Just wanted to be sure

[inner zenith]

Creating Phase 2 of the Shipyard

[rain gate]

No

[strange cloud]

So now, let's see how this account act.

[white snow]

I need spine transplant

[wanton willow]

is that a burned down building?

[white snow]

Idk. I just saw a building in one of screenshots in Kane's Wrath

[urban grove]

If Naufhal were here. Then Sabariah would start reporting everyone when we are "being rude" To Naufhal lol

[white snow]

Also if he is Nau's alt wouldn't he be banned cus alt acc

[strange cloud]

Never experienced it. 🤓

[urban grove]

Umm

[white snow]

https://tenor.com/view/pogchamp-triggered-gif-21422383

[urban grove]

Idk if it's true or Naufhal is lying and just messing around

[orchid sorrel]

anyway, this is not plugin related

[white snow]

Ha?

Pardon?

[urban grove]

Boomer? Lol

[white snow]

Oh okay. I'll add that to the list

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[white snow]

Wong channel

[frigid tusk]

Wip

Original

It's hard to find the good colors

[static pollen]

some windows have the same size, while on the drawing they have different size

but surely you know the building better than me so I must be wrong

[rain gate]

simcity buildit

[frigid tusk]

Some windows are bigger it's normal

[lunar snow]

i've done my plugin wtf

i wonder how you can set the income for your building

[orchid sorrel]

monthly income

it's locked behind a privileged code

[urban grove]

Is done?

[lunar snow]

oh i see

[lunar snow]

kind of

[urban grove]

The Capital building in Hanoi

[lunar snow]

still need to code the night frame

[urban grove]

Ok oh yea if you didn't add it then people would go crazy

[lunar snow]

then i look at the worker and i wonder if the income is based of the number of the workers lol

[lunar snow]

lmao

[lunar snow]

like 100T/worker or smth

[orchid sorrel]

no idea

[lunar snow]

alr then

alr so somehow

[frigid tusk]

Ouch

[lunar snow]

the middle part sunk by 1 pixel

any ideas?

[frigid tusk]

You add the missing pixels?

[orchid sorrel]

make sure your png is properly cropped

and there are no additional attributes in your json

[lunar snow]

oh i will check again then

[lunar snow]

ight so here is it

[rich birch]

So beautiful 😳

[lunar snow]

tks

[rich birch]

when you try to release or update a plugin but something typo be like:

Special #1million plugin (Beta)
will this be approved? :v

[lunar snow]

we'll see

omg i just tried ian's animation tools

damn

help how to use this

[rich birch]

Idk
I never use that thing

+_+

[lunar snow]

guys help

[orchid sorrel]

did you define a type

also show json

[lunar snow]

this is it

[
{
"id": "capitalplace1_theleaf00",
"type": "commercial",
"author": "Plugin creator website 3.0 & The Leaf",
"width": 5,
"height": 5,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "cp1.png"
}
],
"level": 3,
"people": 800,
"price": 52800,
"bulldoze price": 3000,
"draw ground":true
},
{
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "cp1n.png"
}
],
"id": "cp1n",
"light": true,
"light switching": true,
"type": "animation"
},
{
"animation":
[{
"id": "cp1n",
"x": 0,
"y": 434
}]}
]

im not spamming

[orchid sorrel]

wth is that animation part on the bottom

you append that to buildings

[lunar snow]

idk i just copied it

[orchid sorrel]

yeah I realised

[lunar snow]

hmm

imma fix it then

tks for the help

[orchid sorrel]

you're welcome

[echo nacelle]

Can someone answer this

Dont have a json yet and idk how to code

[orchid sorrel]

give it a decoration type

[echo nacelle]

how

[orchid sorrel]

did you actually bother opening the forums

[echo nacelle]

Ye

[orchid sorrel]

I kind of refuse to believe that

[echo nacelle]

I found like

Diffrent languages

Replys

[orchid sorrel]

I can help you but I'm not going to teach you everything

that's what forums are for

and there's a plenty of tutorials

[echo nacelle]

yeah i scrolled thru half of it

Couldnt find anything but i will scroll fully later when im done watching A real civil engineer terraforming a planet

[orchid sorrel]

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

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?p=5604#5604

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

[signal lagoon]

you can click the "i" button on the right top or https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?p=171519#p171519 for the icon explainations.

[lunar snow]

alr

great plugin tho

[signal lagoon]

thanks.

you can enter 'openadt' on the console if you want to try the icon less testing version.

[lunar snow]

alr

[echo nacelle]

Im getting more knowledge from the links and from my installed plugins (tsk tsk breakwater)

[lunar snow]

damn

this really helps me

thanks

[lunar snow]

alr so

how do i load custom night frames in the animation tools

i remember i could load mine in the last plugin

[signal lagoon]

on the 2.6.x version, just click the longest bar on the bottom.
on the testing version:

[lunar snow]

i see

um

one more thing tho

how do i load

[lunar snow]

anyway

the plugin is done

[rich birch]

Uuu so beautiful

[rain gate]

Reminds me of something I'd see in Makati

very nice

[lunar snow]

here is the plugin if anyone want it

i will upload to the store soon

[rich birch]

Baby i want it

[lunar snow]

you can download it

now

[rich birch]

Yay..
What it Will looks like
🎶

[rain gate]

yuh

[hidden bolt]

Damn

[hidden bolt]

I will wait

[lunar snow]

you dont need to

[hidden bolt]

Nah

[lunar snow]

i literally just uploaded the plugin here

you can download it

[hidden bolt]

I'm just lazy to do it the old fashioned way

[lunar snow]

ok then

[rich birch]

Should i put my factories here ::v

[hidden bolt]

What type of file

[rain gate]

sis is that the abyss

[orchid scroll]

Very interesting

[hidden bolt]

Bruh where are you

[white snow]

I just turn off the lights

It's 10pm now

[lunar snow]

it is

"easy"

[pure granite]

insane

[lunar snow]

but what does plugin creation have anything to do with fairness?

how's it unfair

[rain gate]

it depends on what ur building tbh

Best start of with a small 1x1 house, then consider dimensions and texture etc

[orchid scroll]

Yes

[white snow]

It has to be that way or else TheoTown would be filled with kids drawings on all over the place.

[frigid tusk]

Depends
I still don't understand night animation after many explications

[white snow]

It's just make the lights, just the lights on the windows of the buildings. Match it to it's base. Make the code. Triangulate the coordinates and done

The top left corner is the point of the coordinates and then match it with the building

[frigid tusk]

My problem is the code
It doesn't work
I saw with Kulche, Ilikeburgerham but nothing

[white snow]

Show me your json i may have an idea on the problem

[frigid tusk]

This situation fits perfectly with a song lyric

[rain gate]

finished with the house itsef

[white snow]

I fckin knew it. Ok so
U put the animation code on the top of the main code

[rain gate]

what do yall think

[frigid tusk]

Don't forget shadows on the roof and on the door's wall but 9/10 I like it

[white snow]

#tips-n-tricks message

[frigid tusk]

Thx very muck

[rain gate]

oh yeah

ill add shading on the roof

wait do i need to

cuz its slanted

[white snow]

Also u put the frames code at the top

In my work i got with
Id
Frames
Any other else

[frigid tusk]

Well I changed the ID but everything is at the top

[white snow]

Try to copy this format

Might help

[frigid tusk]

You put your animation at the end?

@white snow hum

[white snow]

I mean i go what i think is logical way to the computer to read

[frigid tusk]

This is actually THE problem
It can't find the lights

[white snow]

There's two ways.
U make your own
Or copy the code provided in the forum

Tho that part u hve to know the coordinates to put the lights perfectly

[hidden bolt]

It's easy if you know what you're doing

[hidden bolt]

I feel like making your own night frame is easier than placing the coordinates for the code to work

Probably just me because I'm an artist

[upbeat wyvern]

Oh

Can i see your plugin

[hidden bolt]

It's not finished yet

[upbeat wyvern]

Co

Cool

Can i see the wip

[hidden bolt]

Currently too lazy to finish it currently

[upbeat wyvern]

Nice

If im allowed to make comment

I'd say that you could make the right side darker than the left

[white snow]

I mean the code coordinates thing was made to save space from what i remember although i agree that custom night animations are easier and great + u can add panache onto it

[hidden bolt]

Panache?

[white snow]

Style

[hidden bolt]

Oh

[white snow]

Seems like you're 70% done

[hidden bolt]

The things that it's missing is:

More detail on the pavement
A parking space
A proper rooftop farm
A bit more detail on the roof
Grass
Trees
And shadows

[upbeat wyvern]

I mean the roof details are important

You have a lot of space needed to fill out

[hidden bolt]

70% or 80% of the roof is gonna be a farm tho

[upbeat wyvern]

Ah nice to know

[hidden bolt]

Still deciding whether I want a more detailed greenhouse or a very simple one

[white snow]

Meanwhile, me on the urge of needing a chiropractor therapy, still not yet done with the building ruins project

[upbeat wyvern]

You got a lot to do mate

Good luck

[frigid tusk]

Which one I do next?

[dim thorn]

This

[midnight obsidian]

y'know what, do global trade hq

[frigid tusk]

Sure I want too

[tidal trench]

Which of the options is better, what to add, edit or delete?

[rain gate]

I mean I think there's one

it gives 40k water and 40k power

and its a 3x3A

It is in the store tho

[surreal oasis]

I should make a scenery pack

[oblique tundra]

Why gmt doesn't make a bus pack instead?

I swear he will end up reaching Sergio in plugin count

[strange cloud]

How to fix this specific bug.

[warm spruce]

money

[lunar snow]

i'd love to see the second being make

though it's a glass skyscraper which is kinda hard to make for newbie

[rich birch]

do you want to make it later? :V XD

[lunar snow]

no

i may make this apartment which is next to the capital place

but it's just "may"

[echo nacelle]

if you see me non stopping typing its just me Tryna edit a code

[lunar snow]

alr then

[strange cloud]

American cities be like: a 40 story building in middle of suburbia.

[lunar snow]

i've never seen an american city like that

can you show me some example

[crimson laurel]

That's your average Brazilian countryside town with at least more than 50k habitants.

[urban grove]

Don't forget Asia city's too. A huge apartment blocks right next to slums or cramped houses

[strange cloud]

Yea,the US dominates the world in city layout.

[strange cloud]

Google does exist.

[lunar snow]

the fact that the tube house is widely used in the SEA make it looks like slum but it isnt

[echo nacelle]

ALRIGHT

i finished the coee

Also capslock

[lunar snow]

and i cant find a city like you said?

[echo nacelle]

Now i just have to know how to make a json

Sort out picyures

[urban grove]

Tube houses?

[strange cloud]

True.

[lunar snow]

yes

it's not slum

it's normal neighborhood

[strange cloud]

Anyway remember what this channel is for?
Time to go #general if want to continue.

[echo nacelle]

God dammit

I want to do more editing code to make it better

But idk why but my mind wont let me do it

[strange cloud]

That's why you need to learn, without learning you know nothing about some things in life.

[fickle frigate]

good lunch

everyone

[echo nacelle]

no its just that i can do it but my mind wont let me do it

I just need to edit code

Seperate images

Get a template json

And copy the edited code in

Make a folder

And put it in theotown plugins

Or make it public

Alright

Codes done

Anyone approve of this?

[
{
"id":"Concrete_Mixer_Truck",
"type":"decoration",
"author":"Sosiglol",
"width":1,
"height":1,
"frames":[{"bmp":"yeh.png"},{"bmp":"yeh2.png"},{"bmp":"yeh3.png"},{"bmp":"yeh4.png"}],
"price":5,
"monthly price":5,
"rotation aware":true,
"draw ground":true,
"water":"0",
"power":"0",
"build time":0,
"needs road":false,
"title":"Cement Mixer",
"text":"Its Placing Concrete!"
},
{

[orchid sorrel]

you dont put numerical values in apostrophes

other than that it seems ok

except the end, unless its just a snippet of your code

[wanton willow]

wait can id use "_" ?

[orchid sorrel]

yes

not sure if ir can begin with one tho

[wanton willow]

oh okay

[echo nacelle]

Well

Watched justanyones vid on how to pligin

He said theres some stuff at the end

So i included a lil patch from Mdks code i used

Because i cant code

[orchid sorrel]

??

the point is, why would you close it like that

[echo nacelle]

Wdym

[orchid sorrel]

your json should begin and end with the same amount of arrays and objects

you have to close every array and object you opened

[echo nacelle]

So what you meant is

The end should have the same [ } thingamajig

[orchid sorrel]

yes

everyrhing should have that

[echo nacelle]

ok

Is it ok without the spaces

Because in the top

Theres spaces

[orchid sorrel]

you could remove every space and newline and it would still work

also, try things out yourself

[echo nacelle]

Huh

Thanks

[echo nacelle]

Im just paranoid it wont work and atuff gets complicated and i have to complete it without no idea

[orchid sorrel]

if it wont work it will tell you whats wrong

[rich birch]

Is any plugin mod here?

[echo nacelle]

Thanks

[orchid sorrel]

thats the point of plugin creation

[orchid sorrel]

yes

[rich birch]

I've updated my factory thumbnails but why haven't they approved... while others have been approved in bulk in #plugin-showcase

[orchid sorrel]

didnt approve anything recently

[echo nacelle]

Patience is key my friend

[orchid sorrel]

also just because others were yours doesnt have to

[rich birch]

So
What should i do now?

[orchid sorrel]

maybe polish older plugins

[frigid tusk]

I have many examples with the game
I cam do it!

[lunar snow]

good

[echo nacelle]

[
{
"id":"Concrete_Mixer_Truck",
"type":"decoration",
"author":"Sosiglol",
"width":1,
"height":1,
"frames":[{"bmp":"yeh.png"},{"bmp":"yeh2.png"},{"bmp":"yeh3.png"},{"bmp":"yeh4.png"}],
"price":5,
"monthly price":5,
"rotation aware":true,
"draw ground":true,
"water":"0",
"power":"0",
"build time":0,
"needs road":false,
"title":"Cement Mixer",
"text":"Its Placing Concrete!"
[
{

@orchid sorrel Is this good?

[orchid sorrel]

no

please study basic json formatting

[lunar snow]

i hope this help

[echo nacelle]

oh

i got the end wrong

[frigid tusk]

It helps me a lot tho

[lunar snow]

Nice to know that

[frigid tusk]

I got big problems with my night animation

[echo nacelle]

Anyways

Off to make the json

Dunno how tho

So im just gonna copy another json File and Copy my code into and rename the json iahahbsbabsb

And done

[frigid tusk]

What is the -76?

I mean why -

[lunar snow]

It's always -

Just test it and you will find out why

[frigid tusk]

Ok

I put what for y?

[lunar snow]

Idk

Just put some random number

And if it's too high, reduce the y

if it's too low, add more the number of y

[frigid tusk]

Is this good?

[lunar snow]

Test it and you will know

[frigid tusk]

🤞

[frigid tusk]

😭 finally

[orchid sorrel]

why not use ingame night frames

[frigid tusk]

Dev tool?

[lunar snow]

it's sad to say that i dont like it

[frigid tusk]

Me too lol

I think I put too much around each windows

[lunar snow]

here's mine so you can refer

[frigid tusk]

My windows are 2x2 but I think I can

[lunar snow]

no

just check the color

you can also check out dekuz's plugin

his night frames is one of the best

i also try to do like his

[wanton willow]

is it possible to put a plugin into another plugins category?

[white snow]

As far as i know. No, u can't

[rich birch]

It will be error if they haven't the required plugin

[orchid sorrel]

you can but dependencies aren't allowed on the plugin store

[lunar snow]

man

i remember simcity 4 with its mods

hell of dependencies

[echo nacelle]

my eyes burn after watching that

[echo nacelle]

Better

[frigid tusk]

I CHANGED

[echo nacelle]

yeah i scrolled thru

[frigid tusk]

Oui

[echo nacelle]

i just came here after watching an engineer defuse a nuclear meltdown

[frigid tusk]

Oh

[static pollen]

personally I only use one bus from his plugin, and I don't want to have the others, I guess other people too

[lunar snow]

i think you should replace the tree

it isnt necessary to make it yourself

you can use the in game tree

or tree made by other creators

ofc you will need to credit them

[idle plank]

Teaser for the next Plugin.

Estimate time of completion: 2-3 momths lel.

[orchid sorrel]

@glad lynx from #plugin-lua-and-fun: for rotation awareness you would simply add more frames to a building and give it "rotation aware":true

[orchid scroll]

Whats the building

[glad lynx]

perfect, but is it the same for the night anims?

[orchid sorrel]

pretty much yes

[glad lynx]

ok, that's an information finally😂

[orchid sorrel]

(you know you could've just tried yourself, it'd take like 15 minutes to add those attributes)

forums are a great place for finding stuff like that

[glad lynx]

I swear I looked at every possible link or article, but putting things together was another matter, but surely I gave up a little soon

[orchid sorrel]

yeah

[idle plank]

Dense School. (Middle and Highschool)

I'll do 6x6 for now. I'm plqnning to have 8x8 in the future.

[glad lynx]

I might have just realized how to do it💀

[frigid tusk]

Nah trees are like a signature

[lunar snow]

wdym

[frigid tusk]

Nah if somebody steal my plugin I would know it

[lunar snow]

you wont get approved if you have tree like that

or is it?

[warm spruce]

yea

[echo nacelle]

Uh huh

I got an error on my plugin

Can someone simplify what it means and whats wrong

[orchid sorrel]

you've got a syntax error

[static pollen]

Or just use pca, the code will already be prepared, however if you want to make a spawn system or other system not available with pca, I don't know how to help you

[orchid sorrel]

reread your json

or use error-highlighting software

[echo nacelle]

Whats a pca

Also im not gonna do a spawn system

Since i cant do vehicle stuff

[static pollen]

https://pca.theotown.com/

no need to write codes, it does it by itself

[static pollen]

Ah idk then

[wanton willow]

do I just need to put the same id?

[warm spruce]

im not sure, try asking jolly

[chilly mango]

youre got a [, but youre missing the corresponding ]

looking from the position of the [, the ] should be on the last line of your file

[echo nacelle]

oh

Lemme check my code rq

Oh

OH

Alright

Ima try this

alright just have to open theotown

uhuh

ok

So the plugin did work

Its just that

My images background is Put on

[chilly mango]

did you save them as jpg

[echo nacelle]

No

Im going to fix it later

Dont worry

But atleast my garage engineering skills worked

Wait

@chilly mango

Is it ok if i just rename the image as a jpeg

[chilly mango]

no

jpegs dont support transparency, so you cannot have a transparent background

it must be a png

[echo nacelle]

It is a png

So do i just have to make it a transparent png

[proven yoke]

no difference

[static pollen]

I love these boats that run aground

[echo nacelle]

Whats the gantry crane mod

[glad lynx]

does this make any sense?🤔

[pallid basin]

where do i model my plugin? ms paint? lmao

[thorny arrow]

my new plugin idea spoiler

[lunar snow]

as i said

the floors are too high

only 7 pixels/floors

[thorny arrow]

ok

[echo nacelle]

pixly

[rich birch]

The Akunbaru one can spawned the cargo ship
now no more complaints about ship bugs at the time they decorated the port

[echo nacelle]

Pixly

Mazeanime

[thorny arrow]

it's actually a mezzanine

[echo nacelle]

Still a mazeanime

[lunar snow]

listen i dont care what is it

it's too high

compared to a person in theotown is 3 pixels tall

[echo nacelle]

OW

A chair fell on my foot

[neat lake]

Hmm

[lunar snow]

moce

nice*

[neat lake]

Thanks

[frigid tusk]

Nice

[lunar snow]

better but i dont recommed you to use the same tree

[neat lake]

Thanks

[sinful meadow]

Smol

[echo nacelle]

@chilly mango i used a transparent png but it still didnt work

[chilly mango]

you do need to actualy erase the background yknow

[echo nacelle]

Oh god nooooo

I dont know the diffrence between the mixer cab

And the Background

Theyre both white

But i do have a plan b

Repainting the cab

Into any color

[rich birch]

So beautiful
Btw where did you get the "USS" ship from?

[sinful meadow]

Admiral plugin

[rich birch]

I never see it

May i have that
Please

[sinful meadow]

Its alredy on that plugin

[rich birch]

I did not find it

[sinful meadow]

May I know what structure is belong on urs

[rich birch]

well just some of my handmade plugins and popular plugins from the store 😅

[thorn willow]

What app you use for that?
I never finishing my plugin lol

[urban grove]

Nice

[neat lake]

Medibang paint

[neat lake]

Thanks

[echo nacelle]

Back but how

Its white

[chilly mango]

show

[echo nacelle]

Its transparent Png btw

Its one of many

Aka 4

[chilly mango]

this is clearly not transparent

the background it still white

[echo nacelle]

uh

and how do i make it transparent

[hidden bolt]

Bruh what

You erase the pixels to make it transparent

[echo nacelle]

Do i make the background black

Yep

I have to make the background black

[hidden bolt]

No

Just erase pixels

[echo nacelle]

doesnt that make the background black

[hidden bolt]

If you're using pixly, no it doesn't

[echo nacelle]

Um

I erased the background

Its still the same

I used white colored erasers

[echo nacelle]

And for this pic

I saved it in ibispaint as a transparent png

[white snow]

The channel is flooded rn. Okay first, what device do u use?
Second, what programs do u use?
@echo nacelle

[echo nacelle]

Phone

Pixly

[white snow]

I think i know why the background is white

It's because the very first layer of Pixly is white

[echo nacelle]

I also use ibis paint to sort the Pictures into individual ones

And to Save them as a png

[white snow]

You need to delete the first layer but u need to make another one first because it can't run without it

[echo nacelle]

So delete first layer

Make second

Put image on second

[white snow]

Pixly can literally save into png

[echo nacelle]

Got it

[echo nacelle]

Yeah i was just dumb

Im gonna rework the whole thing

But i dont know how to seperate them by canvas

Canvas change

@white snow

it wont let me delete the first layer

Duplicated the truck

But it still wont delete it

[wide arch]

Can anyone guess what this building is going to be?

[echo nacelle]

no idea too sleepy

Im gonna continue tommorow and going to do it myself

Because Yes

[orchid scroll]

Amsterdam station?

[rich birch]

Definitely Dutch building 🙂

[tidal glen]

Something big

With Quality lv 999

[static pollen]

Yee noise !

I would say the cityhall

[sinful meadow]

Sterdam

[rain gate]

The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

The iamsterdam sign gave it away for me

also the towers

[frigid tusk]

2 more and I'm done

[hidden bolt]

SimCity Build It buildings?

[frigid tusk]

Yes

[white snow]

After finishing the Medusa ship I'll release the first batch of building ruins

Then I'll be back focusing on Space Planes

Then the mega fix pack

Then 3 month hiatus cus by back is bent

[rich birch]

K
Good

[rich birch]

hi I suggest you change the color of the yellow apartment to brown again (like the apartment next to it)
🙏🏼

[frigid tusk]

Yellow? Whut?

The Brown is gud

[rich birch]

To better texture

that is it
Good night

[wide arch]

Yes😁

[oblique tundra]

I am sterdam

[oblique tundra]

Wow

[frigid tusk]

No I keep original colors

[sinful meadow]

Try to add shadow

30%

[frigid tusk]

I added shadows....

[sinful meadow]

Use different shadow

[frigid tusk]

And wdym by 30%

[crimson laurel]

I am sterdam
Btw, it looks very cool

[sinful meadow]

Black

[frigid tusk]

Ok

[frigid tusk]

?

[sinful meadow]

Black I mean

[frigid tusk]

I don't understand

[hidden bolt]

Frick

Amogus

[frigid tusk]

OH FOR GROUND SHAFOWS

[hidden bolt]

I forgot what I was about to say

[frigid tusk]

Seuss

[hidden bolt]

JeSus

[frigid tusk]

Yeah nah I don't understand why black 30%

[hidden bolt]

What

[sinful meadow]

Wait let me show u

[frigid tusk]

PlatipSus

[hidden bolt]

Yeah that doesn't work

[frigid tusk]

Susciter

Anyway

[hidden bolt]

Assussin

[sinful meadow]

....

[frigid tusk]

Oh I understand

So I put the light color on shadow side and I put 30% opaque black

I try now

[sinful meadow]

30% for large building
20% midum
10% small

It depends on angle and curve

[hidden bolt]

I didn't even knew that a line tool existed

Well this just changed everything I knew

[sly ocean]

you placed every pixel manually?

[thorny arrow]

before and after I compress pixels and edit details

[wide arch]

man this is going to be a tough one

[tidal glen]

[static pollen]

I love this noise

[rich birch]

Ah.. it's better 😌

[urban grove]

A Dutch Guy is making Dutch plugins. Hmm yes very good

[rain gate]

i wonder if ADG will make the nemo science museum

or the Het Scheepvaartmuseum

no pressure dw

[urban grove]

Man Dutch name is so hard to read and pronounce

[rain gate]

I'd guess it's just with aa's and ee's also some zee's and maybe the de in it

idk

just guessin no ill intent