plugin-support

[eternal lake]

also, why not just use the regular country roads? they have diagonal frames too?

[somber wasp]

Updated, still cannot draw diagonal

[somber wasp]

Ohhh do they? Let me check

Both cannot work diagonal 😢

[eternal lake]

country roads

not expressways

not all vanilla roads have diagonal frames

[somber wasp]

Wooo nice

[eternal lake]

and they wont

[somber wasp]

Kk that’s fine with me

But still wonder why diagonal road plug-in failed

Is it expected?

[eternal lake]

no idea

lol

[somber wasp]

Ahhh kk

[eternal lake]

first time seeing this

[somber wasp]

Just worry break another good plug-in when I download some new

[molten sand]

Ancient diagonal road plugs, doesn't support new diagonal frames introduced on the later version of the game

[somber wasp]

Thanks @eternal lake @low shoal

[eternal lake]

you're welcome

[somber wasp]

Ahhh got it, so I can just uninstall it right?

[eternal lake]

and yes, that plugin is ancient

[molten sand]

backwards incompatibility is real

[eternal lake]

you should be fine, the vanilla roads are identical

[somber wasp]

Kk noice

[eternal lake]

is there any way to select which road gets autobuilt for custom zones

I combed the forums but I don't think I saw anythin related

[steel verge]

Nope, it's hardcoded

[eternal lake]

sounds like an easy change

maybe will beg lobby later

[fiery olive]

do decals support rotation frames?

i assume they do

[eternal lake]

decals?

that's just ground

and ground never supported rotation

(I think)

[steel verge]

Correct

It's not rotation aware

[eternal lake]

I did in fact try to create rotation aware ground at some point

the game just said no

[molten sand]

have you tried cityRotation fun for that?

it should work, provide 4 different decal objects for each 4 rotations then have fun

[limber vigil]

Is the Light Rail Transit plugin buggy for anyone else? mine keeps locking up the trains and the wagons walk separately and alone, I've demolished and rebuilt the deposits several times and nothing (sorry for my bad english)

it's like this

[earnest pendant]

what does light switching and light do?

nvm figured it out

[fiery olive]

if i want to grab terrain map edge textures from the world texture, what coordinates do i have to specify in world_0_0.png?

[eternal lake]

for your reference you can use an inbuilt template to use those for ground type drafts

[fiery olive]

how do i use it

since i only want these regular ones

default vanilla grass textures

oh wait i gotcha i think

is the default grass template "$template_ground"?

[eternal lake]

I think

it's said in the tutorial

[fiery olive]

am i doing this correctly

[eternal lake]

probably

"count": 1 😩

[fiery olive]

suffer

oopsie i forgot to remove edge frames

[limber vigil]

the wagons should walk together like a train, but they walk apart as if only the driver's wagon was operating

[earnest pendant]

what

[molten sand]

He's refering to the vid

it was a game bug, and it's already fixed on the later version of the game, ig

[low shoal]

what does it want 🥺

[eternal lake]

make it a type decoration or something

[proud finch]

Aaaa scripts

Idk how to script.

[low shoal]

this isnt a script

and i dont think my composition is going to work

[vague scarab]

Does the listed animation id are overrideable?
$anim_connection_overlay00
$anim_ui_tilehighlight00
$anim_weather_fog00

Found in 11083 source.

[molten sand]

for vanilla animation, yes it is, ig

[fiery olive]

there's no tutorial on rotation frames

how do they work

[rich tundra]

I'm looking too, all I know is that u have to add "rotation aware" true

[molten sand]

and provide 4 different frames (for buildings, at least)

[bronze wren]

I created a decoration to spawn cars, but when I enter the game and go to: public>decorations the object I created is not there

even if my puglin is activated

[eternal lake]

the crystal ball says: "🔮 show me your json"

[molten sand]

"category":"$cat_decoration00"

[bronze wren]

okay

[eternal lake]

you create the main array like [{}, {}], not [{}][{}]

[bronze wren]

ok

thanks

[bronze wren]

it worked great, thanks a lot

[eternal lake]

you're welcome

[glossy kettle]

Hi does anyone know how to install forum plugins onto iPadOS? I am using an iPad Pro with iPadOS 16.6, thanks

Also the plugin is japan buildings pack 2.3.1 so i dont know if its an issue with the plugin itself

[low shoal]

hello! I think they would work the same way as with apple devices. You would move the downloaded plugin inside the folder in the theotown foldar (through your files manager)

[glossy kettle]

Yeah for some reason it does not appear in the app when i opened it, even though i moved the entire pack into file manager lol

[glossy kettle]

Thanks for the help tho

[low shoal]

Not all plugins appear in the plugins menu

its likely there, if you look, you may find it in manual build

[tawdry quest]

Can someone tell me how to make a decal ??

[eternal lake]

"level": 1

for a ground type draft

[tawdry quest]

Is there any blue print ??

[eternal lake]

a what

[low shoal]

Probably asking for the tutorial

[tawdry quest]

No

[grave sonnet]

code

[tawdry quest]

Something like this

[grave sonnet]

check #plugin-discussion pins

[low shoal]

need help

[eternal lake]

with what

[low shoal]

so i was trying to make the polluted water look polluted
lobby suggested i can use an invisible tile to do that

except when i place it on my water it goes back to the default water

[eternal lake]

what is the json

[eternal lake]

you don't have to create a separate empty png

use a null value

also try draw ground

[eternal lake]

"frames": [null]

[low shoal]

ohh

doesnt let me place it on the water

oh actually nvm, it works

thanks kulche :D

also any idea how to make it frame align which ever like the water does?

that line of code is really doing nothing

weee awesome but so time consuming to place them one by one

[eternal lake]

cool

[low shoal]

^^?

[eternal lake]

probably providing 16 frames would be a good step

[low shoal]

like null, null, null?

[eternal lake]

how do you want anything to align if it doesn't have frames

[low shoal]

🤷‍♀️

should i go back to using empty pixel then?

[eternal lake]

I have no idea what are you trying to achieve

[low shoal]

a pollution tile that i can spawn in a line or area at a time instead of one tile at a time

well yeah but how do i make it have frames. by using null, null, null or using the empty pixel one i had

[eternal lake]

"frame alignment area": true

allows you to build buildings in rectangels

[jagged tree]

Is there any way to solve this, the trams keep automatically disappeared

[terse void]

no, thats just what happens once they arrive

[jagged tree]

But there is still another stations to go and it's all circular routes but they just keep despawned

[eternal lake]

that's just how the game works

[jagged tree]

Damn

[low shoal]

frame alignment area doesnt work for some reason

[eternal lake]

wtf is this frame array 😩

also you can't spell

[low shoal]

oh

lmao

did not notice that

[low shoal]

you said to start with 16 frames, so now we have 16 null frames

[eternal lake]

and what do you expect it to do when they are all empty

[low shoal]

🤷‍♀️

a null frame is still a frame ig? xD

do i not need all of those?

[eternal lake]

I have no idea what is your point

you need 16 frames if you want stuff to align like roads

[low shoal]

eh its working with one null frame

but its WORKINNGGGG tysm kulche <33

i cant believe that type was the problem the whole freaking time 😭

[eternal lake]

wtf is the coordinates format for v2

if I have 8 frames and 16 coordinates does it go like [x0, y0, x1, y1 .... x7, y7] or [x0, x1, x2, x3, ... y6, y7]

[vague scarab]

It's only for y axis unfortunately, something like a convenient way to handle y a car.

[eternal lake]

it's actually either [y0, y1, y2...] or [[x1, y1], [x2, y2], y3...]

[tranquil ridge]

P I P E S

[low shoal]

indeed

[tranquil ridge]

yes.

wait I think it's pipe 5 actually I'm stupid

[low shoal]

nah, i thought it was 5 too lmao

and i made it

[earnest pendant]

Why the residents number still be default?

Anyone know what’s wrong with this JSON

[low shoal]

you mispelled it

habitants

[jade gull]

Can anyone send me the plugin creator website plz

[hollow flax]

#information

[flat sonnet]

Hello

Is there any wrong?

       {
         "condition":
         { 
           "type":"and","inner":[
             {"type": "fence","id":"$E_Electric_wire_W"}
             
           ]
         },
         "actions":[
          {"type":"build","id":"$decores01","x":1,"y":0}
        ],
        "p":1
       }
       
     ]```

[steel verge]

is there such a type?

[steel verge]

Doesn't look inherently wrong

[wide rock]

I can't choose a prewiew. Loading and loading only... (WI-FI is good)

[wicked frigate]

How is this plugin related?

[wide rock]

Wdym

[severe leaf]

Hello, what does this mean in a plugin file exactly?
"id":"$E_Electric_wire_W"

You can reference this from another plugin using the "$E_Electric_wire_W" string ?

[steel verge]

Correct

Game uses it as a unique identifier.

[severe leaf]

@steel verge just curious, is this hashed? to a 64 bit or like 128 bit uuid?

[steel verge]

no

[severe leaf]

I mean inside the game

[steel verge]

It is not

[severe leaf]

I thought it was stored inside a hash map for fast access when needed like:
unordered_map<u64, AssetDescriptor> or something like that :S

[steel verge]

It's internally stored in a string hashmap, the actual hashing is done by Java, not at the higher level

[severe leaf]

nice thank you

[flat sonnet]

There's someone who has already done this.

[bronze wren]

how to make the price of some building be in diamonds

and what is modular building

[eternal lake]

pretty sure that's a privileged function

[bronze wren]

I could be wrong, but I think that you forgot to put a space between the function and the input:
"A":"B"
↓
"A": "B"

[eternal lake]

that does nothing....

[bronze wren]

so i don't know

[eternal lake]

then don't answer

[hollow flax]

"diamond price": n

[bronze wren]

tyvm

[marble hollow]

is there anybody with experience making a road plugin?

[lime rapids]

I'm sorry buddy

[marble hollow]

Yep, nobody

I gib up

[low shoal]

why, whats your question?

[quiet geyser]

can theotown of pc playing?

[low shoal]

yeah

[quiet geyser]

for free?

[low shoal]

using an emulator like bluestacks yeah

[quiet geyser]

The app Not power on win7

[low shoal]

lets move on to #town-square and can you elaborate your problem there

[flat sonnet]

Can someone tell what is use of
"invert" and "p":1

There's any fun discussion group on forum? How can i join?

[potent folio]

Hello, I'm new to this server.
Today I'm trying to add a LineTool Codes for the mdk_813's breakwater & sunken highway walls plugin.
Unfortunately, i am a freshman here for both the codes and the sprites.
So i need some help of how does a linetool frames work?
I'm using mdk_813's traffic barrier as a reference but idk how this frames work for the Linetool.

[low shoal]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewforum.php?f=81

[flat sonnet]

Im talking about group just like trusted creator group

[flat sonnet]

He use "frame alignment":true
Instead of "line tool"

Frame alignment is good for making separate frames join each other
But i don't think u can use same method on water breaker because it has 4 rotation frames

[potent folio]

Hmmmm...what about the sunken highway?

[flat sonnet]

Yah sunken highway has frame alignment code

[potent folio]

But does it have 4 rotation frames?

[flat sonnet]

No If u combined water breaker frames it will become 32 frames
His sunken has only 16 frames
If u looking his code u can find count 16
U can do some experiments if u want,
Frame alignment work like a road frames

[flat sonnet]

If u are confused
Just look on road frames
Ordinary road has only 16 frames,
One way roads has 32 because of their rotation.

[potent folio]

Sure, thx for the help.

[low shoal]

there isnt one

https://forum.theotown.com/ucp.php?i=181

[wet notch]

how do you put age of sail on iphone

[flat sonnet]

Try to Ask @rocky geode

[flat sonnet]

How new meta tags system works?

{
    "id":"$train_freight_station00",
    "type":"railway station",
    "template":"$template_train_freight_station00",
    "frames": [{"x":896,"y":220,"w":32,"h":19,"count":4,"offset x":2048,"offset y":1024}],
    "car spawner": [{
      "tags":["freight_train"],
      "count":1,
      "radius":128,
      "target tags":["freight_train_station", "heavy_freight_train_station"]
    }],
    "meta":{"tags":{"freight_train_station":{}}}
  }```

I need some answer pls

[molten sand]

it seems roaddeco defined "dirs":[]" are broken eh?

v1119

from: #updates message
🌟 Allow road decorations to define "dirs", "sidewalk offset" and "sidewalk size"

[steel verge]

Hey @dusty stirrup

[hollow flax]

looks like the bug only occurs in > 2 directions road.

[molten sand]

still broken on symmetric roads (road frame 5 and 10)

[hollow flax]

if you use 2, 2, 2, 2 in the 6th row, it will be like -> -> | <- <-

so there are no way for the car to moving on.

[molten sand]

I intended it to work on road frame 7 (row 8), 11, 13, 14, 15

right in the intersection

[molten sand]

"dirs":[
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0, // rf3
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0,
  1,1,1,1, //rf7
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0,
  0,0,0,0,
  8,8,8,8, //rf11
  4,4,4,4,
  2,2,2,2,
  0,0,0,0  //rf15
]

it seems to be working but why some random cars dont follow and just disappear? I've waited enough time

[dusty stirrup]

Pathfinding doesn't seem to respect it

[rocky geode]

No comment

[earnest pendant]

how do i select a certain frames?, do i use x n y?

nvm i figured it out

[trail furnace]

Is it possible to make a plugin that adds a night animation to vanilla buildings???

[low shoal]

yes

[trail furnace]

how?

[low shoal]

youd need building id (and thats all i know)

[trail furnace]

well building id isnt an issue bc i can see them easily

just how do i make it work

[eternal lake]

you inherit the attributes

[trail furnace]

inherit?

can you give an example or something

[eternal lake]

"inherit": true

it's a bool

[trail furnace]

alr, ill try to mess around with it and figure it out

[safe magnet]

Hi, guys, it’s my 1st. Wanna make a set of fancy bridges. Made 1 fully rotational. But how to put it into water???
I can build it only on land :/

The second question: how can I put my fancy bridges in a new folder? “Transport/Bridges”. Or “transport/road/road decorations/bridges”.

[wide rock]

Add to your code:
"needs land": false

[wide rock]

Do you mean a new category?

[safe magnet]

Yea, that things in construction menu

[wide rock]

One moment. I'll send the code for it

[safe magnet]

Thanks! Btw, are u that guy who made St Pancras Station?

[wide rock]

Yeah I'm.
Okay you just should write this code(change the id, these names and the icon. "$cat_tree00" should be)

[
{
"id":"$JustTreess00",
"type":"category",
"category": "$cat_tree00",
"title":"JustTrees",
"frames":[{"bmp":"ikonka.png"}],
"ordinal":0
},

Next you should add "category": "$id"
To the code with your objects

[safe magnet]

Thank you! It works!

[wide rock]

You're welcome

[inner haven]

Woah cool

[wide rock]

Nice plugin btw

[safe magnet]

I like ur St Pancras St. Plz, fix rotation. I ll put it in every city )

[wide rock]

Alright. I see you use ")". You're Russian, right?

[safe magnet]

I am

[wide rock]

If you want tell me something you can dm me. I speak Russian

[safe magnet]

Thanks!

[wide rock]

Nice plugin really

[safe magnet]

I’m still struggling with this.

What is the size of the icon, I should make?

[wide rock]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=4269

[wide rock]

26x26

[safe magnet]

Mmmm! Thank you!

[wide rock]

No problems

[worn locust]

This one seem like retexture of existing plugin...

[wicked frigate]

It's not?

[worn locust]

i guess it's only concidence

[safe magnet]

I held that plug-in u mean at hand as an example. But I totally painted my bridge from scratch, all the sides.

[safe magnet]

Thank you! The folder works well. Now I can add more colour versions of ma bridges.

[valid pike]

That cool

[earnest pendant]

what does x and y do again?

[dark dawn]

can u check the pins of plugin discussion...

[eternal lake]

it shifts the affected image along those axes

[earnest pendant]

oh okay

[low shoal]

is it the animation top left corner assigned to the point of origin?

[earnest pendant]

i think it goes like this

ロ→ x
↓
y

[low shoal]

yes thats basic math

⬅️ ➡️ is x axis, ⬇️ ⬆️ is y axis

[safe magnet]

Bunny, do I have to unite all the png files into one and rewrite the code if I decide to publish my plugin?

[low shoal]

no

[jovial panther]

Where i get this bridge???

[earnest pendant]

is it possible for me to override a vanilla vehicle?

[eternal lake]

yes

[earnest pendant]

how do i do it?

[eternal lake]

with override or inherit

[earnest pendant]

like override id?

[eternal lake]

yes

that's how override is used

[earnest pendant]

aight thanks

[safe magnet]

Man, plz, hold on, it’s not finished yet.

[low shoal]

From the in game store

Why?

no???

Pc?

Ptag java

[tulip rock]

https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

[low shoal]

install java, restart your pc

64 bit

Because you need java to download plugins and play online?

If they are available on forum then you can, but i dont think they are

Theotown uses java

[terse void]

it will let you access the plugin store in the game

after you install it

[low shoal]

I dont know why uou wouldnt want to install it tbh

its a safe website and install

[steel verge]

Java is required to run the game. The game already comes bundled with Java, however the bundled Java has issues with connectivity to our services so it is advised to install Java at a system level.

[terse void]

yes

[low shoal]

Did you restart your pc?

64 bit java?

[shell coral]

Guys!!, do you have any recommendations for plugins to make money quickly?

[molten sand]

yes, build a city quickly

[trail furnace]

can level 1 decal have night anim???

[earnest pendant]

well you could experiment

[trail furnace]

i did, it did not crash, but the night anim is not showing.

[eternal lake]

ground type drafts never supported animations

[trail furnace]

rip

guess ill just make road decors now

[trail furnace]

uh, any tutorials for the diagonal part??

[eternal lake]

diagonal roads are just curved roads

there is no special stuff for diagonal roads

[lime rapids]

What about a tutorial to do diagonal roads directly, like the vanilla, instead of going zigzag?

[eternal lake]

it already exists?

[trail furnace]

i hope figuring out the night anim wouldnt be hard

[lime rapids]

Link?

[eternal lake]

roads tutorial?

[lime rapids]

Okay?

[molten sand]

1.11.20 seems to have a huge bug on roads or vehicles, I only used vanilla roads and doesn't have any road decoration placed on it

[trail furnace]

road have been acting kinda weird for me too, cars drove to a disconnected road that has a fence seperating it (didnt despawned tho)

[molten sand]

gonna ping ja for that

[trail furnace]

i dont think its plugin related but here it is

i don't really understand what the frame animation indices work

[eternal lake]

first array denotes the first frame

[trail furnace]

uhuh

[eternal lake]

and the indices within denote the indices of the animation which you'd want to show up for that frame

I prefer using frame as it's more concise but to each their own

[trail furnace]

well, gonna take 60 trials and errors before i fully understand how this thing works i guess

[eternal lake]

it really isn't that hard to grasp

there as many arrays as your frames

"frame animation indices": [
    [], [], [], [],
    [], [0], [], [],
    [], [], [], [0],
    [], [], [], []
]```
is equivalent to simply using `"frames": [5, 11]` in your animation spots of index 0

[trail furnace]

a.. i have not reached this far and this is new to me so im not entirely grasping it

ill just read these first

[eternal lake]

yeah fg simply stands for foreground

regular animations are background in relation to cars

[trail furnace]

got it

what about middle frames? how does it work

[eternal lake]

that's the 16th frame

[trail furnace]

ohhhh

[eternal lake]

see how roads are defined

[low shoal]

i use the wire frames to see what direction the roads and stuff go

[eternal lake]

there are a plenty of examples for that

[trail furnace]

i think this will help me alot

i have been gathering sources of information lol

[low shoal]

yeha but the wires are easier to look at than the road tutorial

[eternal lake]

you don't have to have a tutorial for that lol

[trail furnace]

i dunno mane

[eternal lake]

be aware that those do not reflect the indices values

as indexing starts from 0

[low shoal]

to what?

[trail furnace]

i think ill just start with simple steps, ill try making a light pole or sum

[low shoal]

i can show you how they work

[trail furnace]

huh, wdym?

the comment i can really understand so far

[earnest pendant]

can i sum it up for you

[molten sand]

1.11.20
Cars also drive on the wrong side of the road

I doubt it from

1.11.12 #updates message
🌟 Add directionality to non one-way roads so they can be kind of rotation aware like one-way roads

1.11.19 #updates message
🌟 Allow road decorations to define "dirs", "sidewalk offset" and "sidewalk size"

1.11.20 #updates message
🌟Fix road decoration dirs were not considered by pathfinding

[low shoal]

haraya finding all the road bugs

[hollow flax]

i'm not found that bug, with vanilla or plugin roads.

[molten sand]

But how? I already disabled all plugins including local plugs
1.11.20

[low shoal]

ja said to make a log of it in #1085157639706640414

#general message

[molten sand]

Done

#1153962785122824203 message

[livid pasture]

Hello,i just created a plugin,i added transparent ground so you can use the decal you want,but ingame ground transparency is replaced by water..how Can i fix it plz 🙏

And plz can you tell me the difference between "density" and "people" ?

[earnest pendant]

"draw ground": true,

[livid pasture]

Oh Thanks mate 🙏🙏🙏

[steel verge]

Usually, you don't touch the density attribute

You should let it be calculated by the game

The higher the values, the higher expectations the building will have. Only useful in specific cases where building expectation management should be deferred to the plugin creator, which is rare.

[livid pasture]

Thank you for your answer

[earnest zinc]

Hmmm when I try to start TheoTown, I get this

[
{
"id": "obeliscodaherth",
"type": "commercial",
"author": "Daherth",
"width": 3,
"height": 3,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "obelisconuevo.png"
}
],
"title": "Obelisco",
"text": "Un edificio comercial de nivel 3 que alberga a 9000 trabajadores.",
"level": 3,
"workers": 9000,
"draw ground": true,
"requires road": false,
"build time": 5
}
]

This is the json

I would greatly appreciate help solving it.

[low shoal]

is there anything else in the json?

whatever the error is, doesnt look like its in the part you just sent

[earnest zinc]

Hmmm there is no more

Quickedit capture

[low shoal]

why is it in sample plugin folder btw

try moving it outside into the plugin folder

should be here

not inside the sample folder

[earnest zinc]

Oh ok, tsym, i'll try

[low shoal]

Heyy, did it work?

[earnest zinc]

Hey, hmmm I've been busy today, it's already night in my city, tomorrow morning maybe I could try 👍🏻

[low shoal]

sure, just let me know if it works or not

[earnest zinc]

Okay

[scenic heart]

What part of it is wrong?

Category not found

[{ "id": "$cat_australia00", "type": "category", "title": "Australians Road", "category": "$cat_road00", "frames": [{ "bmp": "auroad.png" }] }]

[low shoal]

Can you show the whole json?

did you define the category first?

[scenic heart]

Yes i think

[low shoal]

would like to see it

doesnt seem to be a problem in the part you showed here

[scenic heart]

Here, i created a category for road pugin that have decoration

[low shoal]

oh i see the problem

your roads json is loaded in before your category

[scenic heart]

Bruh

how to fix it?

[low shoal]

try renaming the catgory json something like "00category.json"

alternatively, you can combine the jsons into one

[scenic heart]

I'll try

[low shoal]

its not that hard :)

[scenic heart]

Yeashshss finally, Im stuck wasting time because of things like that

Thank you again bunny🙌

[low shoal]

Youre welcome!

[earnest zinc]

Hey Bunny, If the plugin worked, thank you, I just changed something in the files, It was just a simple error, there were two different jsons, one old one trying to work, and the new one that did work, I just deleted the old json and put the new one in its place, anyway tysm

I was stupid for a moment until I checked the json properly

[low shoal]

Its great that you were able to find the error

[earnest zinc]

Yes, sorry for the inconvenience, but when I place the building there is water on the land, I think there should be land

I'm going to go to college, when I get back I'll take a screenshot and send the image

[grave sonnet]

i believe you did put in the code of your building "draw ground": true,

[earnest zinc]

Ah yes I did it

How could I solve it?

[grave sonnet]

in that case idrk, double check your code ig, that line is what makes the ground underneath your building texture seem solid

[earnest zinc]

Ok

[indigo sierra]

[
{
"id": "$METROBUS",
"type": "car",
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "MB1.png",
"w": 22,
"h": 16,
"count": 4
}
],
"v2": true,
"tail":["$MBTAIL"],
"override":true
},
{
"id": "$MBTAIL",
"type": "car",
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "MB1.png",
"w": 15,
"h": 13,
"count": 4
}
],
"v2": true
}
]

How can I make a car chain?

xd

[indigo sierra]

@vague scarab do you know?

[low shoal]

please do not ping users, wait till someone with the answer gets back to you

[vague scarab]

Maybe later on after i finished preparing for school.

[indigo sierra]

thanks

[indigo sierra]

How can I make a car exclusively use those cables? it's an elevated road

[vague scarab]

Use flag

[indigo sierra]

Uh

Why can’t place Road deco?

Damn

a few moments ago yes I could xD

[uneven marlin]

Just wondering something related to the official "european building" plugin, does anyone know how the devs made it so each building could have a randomised colour palette? I’d like to use this tool for future creations of mine but find myself unable to understand how it was made

[low shoal]

lua

kulche can probably tell you since he did that

[final stream]

Hey I'm a newbie and I don't know how to add multiple buildings in one plugin someone pls explain

[low shoal]

you put them all in the same square bracket and separate the different buildings by putting a comma after closing the curly bracket

[uneven marlin]

I’ll have to ask him then

[final stream]

So I created one plugin using yt tutorials so I didn't know any json.I got the code from the website.
So I need to learn json to do this?

[low shoal]

json is as easy as copy pasting

infact, you can use jas pca website for the json

https://pca.svetikas.lt/

[indigo sierra]

Is it possible to put cars under the road?

in this case, under the cable?

Something like this

[final stream]

How should I add the png file for multiple buildings in the website?

[low shoal]

when youre here, make one for each building

[indigo sierra]

Hmmm

[final stream]

I didn't noticed that.Thank you 🙂

[indigo sierra]

Flags affect road deco?

[livid pasture]

Hello ,where Can i find a post about how to create animated plugins and how to open .mpf file plz? I would like to learn how plugins works 🙏

[cedar stone]

You can't open .mpf as they are encrypted

For animations, check this
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=7455

[livid pasture]

So there IS no way to see how downloaded plugins works?

[cedar stone]

Nope, you cannot get the raw files from plugins downloaded from the plugin store

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

If you want to learn how to make plugins, you should check this

[livid pasture]

Thx ! I I had lost the link 👌

[molten sand]

Yes

• Your current road texture should be defined on road deco animation fg, and adjust it just 12px above
• then, make this animation as a built-in road deco for this new road

id : $new_cableway,
type : road,
... // more stuffs
animation fg : [ 
     { id : $anim_cable00 }, // index 0
    { id : $anim_cable01 }, // index 1
      ... // 16 defined animations for 16 road frames
    { id : $anim_cable15 } // index 15
],
frame animation fg indices : [
     [0],[1],[2],[3],
     [4],[5],[6],[7],
     [8],[9],[10],[11],
     [12],[13],[14],[15]
]

More on road decoration tutorials

[final stream]

How long does it take to get the plugin approved?

[low shoal]

Within a month

Plugin mods are volunteers

[final stream]

KK

[final stream]

My plugin got disapproved.It said insufficient graphics quality.How can I fix this?

[low shoal]

what does it look like again?

you have to make the texture look better

[low shoal]

understandable

you can look at #plugin-discussion pins to get tips on how to improve

[low shoal]

probably something like this

[final stream]

Nice

Didn't know anything about shading

[low shoal]

exactly why i recommend taking a look at the pins

they are very helpful for beginners and experienced players alike

[final stream]

Also it took me like 45 minutes

[low shoal]

though i dont think it will be accepted like this either

[final stream]

What you mean?

Should I add more buildings?

[low shoal]

try to make them more like the ones in game

[final stream]

Ok

[indigo sierra]

Why happen?

[molten sand]

Roof texture is too low with respect to its bridge level in order to draw cars just below them, the only solution I can see here, is to move that roof a little higher (my best example would be Monorail Suspension)

[earnest pendant]

How long does it take to wait for approval?

[eternal lake]

a few weeks max

depends on the activity

[earnest pendant]

got it. thank you for your reply

[earnest pendant]

If I am not approved, can I get approval again?

[eternal lake]

no, not if you keep stealing graphics

[earnest pendant]

Fixed a plugin that was pointed out as having "poor graphics".

[eternal lake]

they still don't fit in the game

[earnest pendant]

Please tell me more about the poor graphics.

[eternal lake]

look at the world texture

[earnest pendant]

You look at Japanese buildings.

[eternal lake]

lol

[earnest pendant]

What's wrong? Are you making fun of Japanese architecture? I'm using Google Translate, so my English may be strange.

[eternal lake]

you are not going on the plugin store with those graphics

either improve them or release them on the forums

[earnest pendant]

got it. thank you.

[low shoal]

where is it

[eternal lake]

on the store

in the queue

[low shoal]

awh i wanna see it

[indigo sierra]

I need emotional support

What si happening?!

Why only spawn 3 cable cars

"car spawner": {
"cars": [
"$CABLEBUS01"
],
"radius": 200,
"targets": [
"$CBendPoint",
"$CBStation"
],
"count": 24

Sorry…

[molten sand]

what tt version you're working on?

[indigo sierra]

v1.11.19i

[gray marsh]

[
{
"type": "animation",
"id":"$Power-light",
"light": true,
"light switching": true,
"frames":[{"bmp":"Power-light.png", "hande y": 8}]
},
{
"type": "animation",
"id":"$Water-light",
"light": true,
"light switching": true,
"frames":[{"bmp":"Water-light.png", "hande y": 8}]
},
{
"type": "energy",
"id": "$Power-building",
"title": "POWER-BUILDING",
"text": "Powering your city",
"author": "Zakira.Zen78",
"frames": [{"bmp": "POWER-BUILDING.png"}],
"animation": [{"id": "$Power-light","x": 0 , "y": -10 }],
"width": 2,
"height": 2,
"price": 10000,
"monthly price": 100,
"power": 400000,
"water": -100,
"build time": 25,
"draw ground": true
},
{
"type": "water",
"id": "$Water-building",
"title": "WATER-BUILDING",
"text": "Watering your city ",
"author": "Zakira.Zen78",
"frames": [{"bmp": "WATER-BUILDING.png"}],
"animation": [{"id": "$Water-light", "x": 0 , "y": -10 }],
"width": 2,
"height": 2,
"price": 10000,
"monthly price": 100,
"power": -100,
"water": 40000,
"build time": 25,
"draw ground": true
}
]

Can you guys help me
Why my custom night animation does not showing at night?

[eternal lake]

most likely incorrect coordinates

[gray marsh]

Yes but after i change the coordinates it still dint worl

Work*

[molten sand]

deep look on plotting coordinates, I doubt it on handle y

[eternal lake]

there really is no point in setting handles if you're gonna use regular coordinates as well

[gray marsh]

Oh okey let me try

Still not showing

Never mind im just wrong at coordinates
Sorry

[molten sand]

does it refer to the road "frames":[null] tag ???

[eternal lake]

what?

wdym "tag"?

[molten sand]

key tags

"key":"value"

btw I'm working on road type objects, and it seems [null] is not a valid value, am I wrong?

[low shoal]

when loading " "

[molten sand]

let's say it's ||$unique_id_of_confidential_road||

blurred turns out to be an erase tool, blame me for tht

[eternal lake]

roads need 16 frames

null provides 1

[low shoal]

16 null frames

i think i did that for something

found it xD

[molten sand]

that works?

impressive

[low shoal]

nope

apparently it wasnt working cause i mispelled something

lemme check

no, it only has one frame now

[molten sand]

well, ig im coming to my last resort, to use a dummy texture 16x1 px

[low shoal]

make it 1x1

i dont think it matters

[molten sand]

it is

[eternal lake]

it does not

if it does you're doing something we're not aware of, or you're doing it wrong

[low shoal]

it gets anchored on the point of origin which is the left most pixel on the template

[molten sand]

ahh

[molten sand]

"copies":15 makes it more neat

badly waiting for 1.11.21

[hollow flax]

hmm

[molten sand]

would love to see valid "copies":15 of none for frame tags

[earnest pendant]

When will it be approved?

[low shoal]

@earnest pendant

[earnest pendant]

I tried to remove the disapproved plugin, but it didn't work.

[low shoal]

you can delete it, but that wont help

[safe magnet]

Hi, I keep on doing my bridge. It’s much faster to get an answer here than through searching at the forum. Does anyone know how to deal with the slopes? I need to put my fully rotational superfancy bridge extender on the slope. Are there any tags to stop showing that platform underneath and put my bridge extender one level lower so that it connects my bridge to the ground?

[steep dock]

Bridge plugin??

[wicked frigate]

It's not out...

[steep dock]

Ohh

[eternal lake]

sir this is plugin support

[steep dock]

He is working on it right

[low shoal]

yeah i think hes making that

[final stream]

Did a little better

[low shoal]

i mean its better

but its not going to be accepted

[wicked frigate]

There's no door?

[low shoal]

it looks of the quality which couldve been put together in 5 minutes (esp if youre experienced)

[final stream]

No

[final stream]

I will add

[low shoal]

cmon dual, pretend the door is behind the building :)

[wicked frigate]

Oh right

[final stream]

What should I do with the land?

[wicked frigate]

The building looks kinda small maybe make it a bit taller? Not too tall

[low shoal]

leave it transparent and set to draw ground true on the json

[low shoal]

^^

[final stream]

Idk json

[low shoal]

you dont need to know json

its just copy pasting and changing some things

[final stream]

KK

[indigo sierra]

hmmm. I hate JSON

[low shoal]

i like writing my own jsons, its kinda therapetic. Until the game refuses to work cause theres like 5 bugs in the json i missed

[eternal lake]

json is like linear algebra, once you get how it works it's really piss easy

[low shoal]

yeah

[safe magnet]

@indigo sierra I guess you are the guy who knows the answer to the attached question above since the poles of your cable cars are usually built on the slopes. Do you?

[low shoal]

you need to make slope frames

[eternal lake]

that's not correct

[safe magnet]

Thanks. I’ve found how to make slope frames for the road (written by Lobby). https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2964
Should I use the same tag for my deco? Just add it to my json?
Like below?

"slope frames":[
{"x":120,"y":311,"w":32,"h":32,"count":4,"offset x":2048,"offset y":1024}
],

[eternal lake]

pretty sure there is an attribute to disable those foundations

should be "supports slope" I think

give it a try

[low shoal]

i meant for that red floating thing

[eternal lake]

depends on the implementation

[safe magnet]

Yea, my red floating thing is not a road, it’s a deco in the nearby tile. And it wants to stop hovering over the bridge. I will try “supports slope” tag first. Thanks.

[indigo sierra]

Hmmmm

Maybe, if you create a fence for this?

[safe magnet]

And your cable car poles, did you define them as a fence type?

Is it ever possible to make such a super high fence that it would look like a bridge part? I got rotation aware images, and I’m ready to split them and define as a fence, if it’s ever possible.

[indigo sierra]

what

I was just referring to the final part of the bridge.

[safe magnet]

Thanks. It works.

[indigo sierra]

@low shoal

[low shoal]

thankyou

@coarse flare Please refrain from sending messages unrelated to the channel

[earnest zinc]

Hiii

I have been downloading some plugins but I can't find them in Zarchiver but

Example

[low shoal]

try searching php or 92

[frigid arch]

Go to your download folder

[low shoal]

seems like thats the downloaded file name, can you search y=using that?

[earnest zinc]

Oh ok

[grand spruce]

I wouldn't suggest using plugins by Jeremiah

some of his stuff is rather buggy

[earnest zinc]

And then, it's a .plugin file, That's what worries me

[grand spruce]

The .plugin doesn't really matter it's just been encrypted by the plugin dev

[earnest zinc]

Ok

Then?

[low shoal]

move it to your plugin folder

Ptag files

[tulip rock]

TheoTown files are located under such directories:

• Windows: C:\Users\(insert username)\TheoTown or %USERPROFILE%\TheoTown
• Linux: ~/TheoTown
• MacOS: /user/TheoTown
• Android: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown/files
  By default you should be in /storage/emulated/0/. Uninstalling the game on Android will delete all files, unless you decide to keep the files when prompted by uninstaller.

If you cannot access game files through these directories, game has an in-built file manager for mobile devices which is accessible from the region view menu.

You can find your plugin, music, region and city files there as well as logs for debugging purposes.

[earnest zinc]

I already did it, I'm going to try

[safe magnet]

Is it possible to show a shoreline under a transparent deco object?

[earnest zinc]

It definitely didn't work

[cedar stone]

That is not a plugin file

That's a totally different thing

[low shoal]

well Jеrеmiah said to rename the file extention from .php to .plugin and it should work

[earnest zinc]

Well, I'll try it

[earnest zinc]

Is he 1code?

[eternal lake]

yes

[low shoal]

Yes

[earnest zinc]

Oh

I didn't know

[earnest zinc]

Something like that?

[low shoal]

I suppose so

[earnest zinc]

I guess it must make sense

Ok

Alr, I hope it works

[earnest zinc]

Nice

It worked

tsym

[indigo sierra]

Anybody have elevated train json?

[minor trail]

Does anyone know what the code for the DSA space rocket launcher is? I'm making a military and space mega-pack 🙂

[final stream]

I added doors

[final stream]

But I'm having trouble with the sign board's shadow. How can I fix this?

[wraith ice]

What is this Red Bridge plugin name ??

[final stream]

Changed the roof

[low shoal]

for the trees use the in game textures

they are available on the forum

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=4231

[final stream]

How can I apply the textures?

Couldn't find anything

[low shoal]

what app are you using?

[final stream]

Pixly

[low shoal]

still havent figured out how to do that in pixly but there is a way in settings

[safe magnet]

It doesn’t exist yet. I’m still working on it.

[final stream]

what about novix?

[earnest zinc]

Could someone provide me with a cable car json template?

or any idea

And also how to encrypt a .zip file to .plugin

[molten sand]

there's a lot of plugin tutorials on forum for you to learn, look for Road, Cars, and Plugin Encryption tutorials there 😉

[earnest zinc]

Ohhhh right the forum

tsym

[gaunt fiber]

Some industrial plug-ins have Broken transportation? Coca cola and fertilizer not sure why but transportation is stuck at 50

[low shoal]

Seems to be a problem with that plugin

[vague scarab]

Does anyone have the same issue after an android security update?

[hollow flax]

14.0.6?

[low shoal]

ive always had that, have to use file when importing to game

[steel verge]

More like

[vague scarab]

Here's more detailed specifications:

Device: Redmi Note 10 (2021 edition)
Android version: 12
MIUI: 14.0.4 Global
Android security update: 01/04/23
Model: M2101K7AG (show in linked picture)

[steel verge]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=13317

[vague scarab]

Using MT manager as an example of the issue I faced:

[steel verge]

Well yeah

Android does not allow that anymore

[vague scarab]

Well maybe the only option i had is either use the built-in file manager or repair my android 8 tablet.

[low shoal]

use Z archiver

[earnest zinc]

I try to select a plugin, in this case the Ciudadana Tower, but I can't access the page to download it

[steel verge]

You have to use in-game plugin store to download those

[wide rock]

How can i make a category in a category?

[molten sand]

{
id: $myCustomCat,
category: $cat_road00
},
{
id: $myCatInCat,
category: $myCustomCat
}

works the same way as simple category objects, but nested

[wide rock]

Тнаик уоu

[dusty folio]

can someone help me with this? i just updated theotown and this error started to happen
`In @nature.+.zip:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: When loading "$K012_deco_Bone": No value for id`

even though there is a line that says "id":"$K012_deco_Bone"

[vague scarab]

The same

[ivory drum]

Use X-plore

[low shoal]

ohhh sucks

[wide rock]

Gudafternum. How can i fix this texture? Yeah i made a oversized texture for 1x1 baseplate. But only this side is wrong. Other parts of building aren't showing

Because these houses are too big for 1x1 but too smal for 2x2

So i made them so

[eternal lake]

of course it's gonna get cut off if the tile size is incorrect

[wide rock]

But another side look good

[eternal lake]

yeah because thats how it works

[wide rock]

Meh

So how can i do it

[eternal lake]

increase the tile size

[wide rock]

2x2? It will be too big for my houses

[eternal lake]

what can I do about that

[wide rock]

Well

Meh

[olive kernel]

This error only started appearing today, which is also the day I updated Theotown to the latest beta

[safe magnet]

If I update TT, will my own local plugins be deleted from the device? I don’t have the copies. :/

[molten sand]

No, updating the game doesn't affect your local plugins

[olive kernel]

Plugin: @nature+

[molten sand]

at least updating on the stable version

[olive kernel]

I downloaded it on Yakka's github

It's the latest version of the plugin

[molten sand]

Yeah, and I'm talking about theotown app

public version, not beta

[olive kernel]

So should I wait until a new public version is released

[molten sand]

you can enjoy the current version while waiting

[olive kernel]

Problem is I already updated Theotown to the latest beta

No way to turn back now

[molten sand]

It's fine

[olive kernel]

How

[molten sand]

leave beta tester, if it's your intention to do so

[olive kernel]

Okay

[low shoal]

Remove the plugin

[olive kernel]

Bruh the city I'm currently working on uses things from this plugin

Im probably just gonna wait until some miracle happens and it starts working again eventually

[low shoal]

I believe the team that made it is just busy with school and life

[vague scarab]

Nature Plus,The plugin has been discontinued for several weeks now,most updates are just a compatibility fix,planning to rewrite it,but i didn't really have time to make a big update for a plugin with this android security issue too...

Well,i guess in the newer beta version,the plugin had some issues then.

[grand spruce]

You know it's hard for people to give support if you don't point out your issue

[earnest pendant]

Maybe there's no issue, just wrong channel

[grand spruce]

Possibly

[thick mountain]

?

[grand spruce]

What do you need support with. This is #plugin-support

[grave sonnet]

do you need anything

[toxic plover]

Yo

I need help with plugin

I want to make a personal plugin and i don't know how

To release it on public

And I don't know how to do that either.

[low shoal]

you havent made the plugin yet?

[toxic plover]

Nope

I don't know how.

[low shoal]

in that case you would want to check the pins of #plugin-discussion or watch a youtube video

[toxic plover]

Alright, ty.

[olive kernel]

How does one make trees

[low shoal]

Stare at real trees, use a reference, colour pick from reference, use dark and light colours for shadows and light. 3 pixels is 1.8 m or 2 m scale.

[olive kernel]

No, like, how to code them

Sorry if there's any misunderstanding

[eternal lake]

"type": "tree"

if you have wind frames you can also use "frames per tree": int

[safe magnet]

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[wide rock]

What's it

Hold on, why did you added these grounds

[safe magnet]

Cuz I want it to be able to deal with different types of surfaces

[wide rock]

Show that texture please

[safe magnet]

What do you mean?

[wide rock]

I dm you

[turbid skiff]

hello, what software to edit mpf files?

[eternal lake]

you can't

that's the point of .mpf files, they are encrypted

[turbid skiff]

ahh okay sir, thanks for answering

[safe magnet]

Guys I want to make that small red light on the bridge flick. The problems is that the bridge is rotation aware. Can u drive me to the tutorial, which describes the code needed for that?

Also I got a 4x4 tile bridge part. Rotation aware. I want to split it into 1x1 tiles. Is it possible to do it with code? Without splitting the image into 4 new pieces

[vague scarab]

[
  {
    "id": "$K012_biome_grass_plains",
    "type": "biome",
    "title": "Tall Grass Plains",
    "preview frames": { "bmp": "blank.png", "handle y": 0 },
    "noise factor": 1,
    "noise scale": 4,
    "coverage": 0.3,
    "ground": ["$K012_grass_00"],
    "tree": {
      "id": "$K012_tree_grass",
      "noise factor": 1,
      "noise scale": 0.5,
      "deriv factor": 1,
      "deriv radius": 0.5,
      "offset": -1,
      "precedence": 0.3
    }
  }
]

[eternal lake]

-1 offset?

[vague scarab]

Copied the code from docs.

[dusty folio]

guys, how do i fix this problem?

[vague scarab]

Get the newer version (11).

[olive kernel]

God cursed me

Every version on the github always have this error

[wicked frigate]

Because it doesn't work I'm sorry but there's no other way to get aos

[low shoal]

that plugin is outdated

[dusty folio]

ah okay, thanks

[slate sable]

what's wrong?

[steep dock]

Is this available

[vague scarab]

Available in my GitHub.

[mellow otter]

What is plugin name?

I forgot

[frigid nexus]

Hello, I want to create a road decoration plugin.What should I choose for this? Can you please help?

[steel verge]

Not possible

[frigid nexus]

So how can I create a road decoration plugin?

[cedar stone]

Check this tutorial
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=7211

[frigid nexus]

I just did an experiment. I have no information about the sequel.

[grave sonnet]

do you need support with anything

[frigid nexus]

I want my plugin not to be affected by the directions of the roads like the "road stripes" plugin. I want them to appear individually in the road decoration category. Just like the "road stripes" plugin. I don't need animation. What should I do in json?

[grave sonnet]

a guide to it is in here

[slate sable]

Name plugin sidewalk?

[frigid nexus]

Still under construction.

[slate sable]

what is the name of the highway sign plugin?

[stoic oyster]

How to make Plugin on mobile?

I already have the image, now how to turn it into a plugin?

[low shoal]

Did you draw the image yourself?

[stoic oyster]

Yea

[eternal lake]

create a json for it

[low shoal]

You can use pca website to make the json, it will also create you a manifest. I suggest downloading it as a zip

Ptag pca

[tulip rock]

Plugin creator app (PCA) is a website to create plugins for the game using a UI interface.

It can be accessed at https://pca.svetikas.lt/

[eternal lake]

visit the forums to see how

[stoic oyster]

Oh ok

Thanks

[stoic oyster]

" Please use only self-created buildings for your TheoTown plug-ins!
For legal reasons, we are not allowed to provide plug-ins on this website that contain graphics in which you do not have copyrights."
What does that mean?

[low shoal]

it means you cant use something someone else created without their permission or steal graphics from the internet and make it a plugin

[low shoal]

its basically what i asked you here^^

[stoic oyster]

Then idk why i still can't make a plugin

[low shoal]

whats happening?

[stoic oyster]

I fill all the information in that

And download the file

What i have to do next to make it work?

[low shoal]

you have to move it to your plugin folder

Ptag files

[tulip rock]

TheoTown files are located under such directories:

• Windows: C:\Users\(insert username)\TheoTown or %USERPROFILE%\TheoTown
• Linux: ~/TheoTown
• MacOS: /user/TheoTown
• Android: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown/files
  By default you should be in /storage/emulated/0/. Uninstalling the game on Android will delete all files, unless you decide to keep the files when prompted by uninstaller.

If you cannot access game files through these directories, game has an in-built file manager for mobile devices which is accessible from the region view menu.

You can find your plugin, music, region and city files there as well as logs for debugging purposes.

[stoic oyster]

If i do that, it will work, right

I did it

Enter the game

And still nothing happened

[eternal lake]

and what is the json

also that's a horrid name to give your png

[low shoal]

try looking in manual build

[stoic oyster]

Still nothing

Idk what is wrong to fix

[low shoal]

you can show the json like kulche suggested

[low shoal]

you can send the file

[eternal lake]

please use a different file name 😩

also, there is no such category as "indochinese houses"

and that's certainly not an id

[low shoal]

thats what happens when you use pcs

along with that nice json naming

[earnest zinc]

Hey, could someone send me the 3x3 building template?

[vague scarab]

Check #plugin-discussion pins 📌

#plugin-discussion message

[grand spruce]

Pmodmenu @daring crane

[tulip rock]

Case #3972

jttfoxofficial0281 was banned for the following reason: Spam.

[keen bay]

ok how do i download .zip files to my oppo phone

i have ZArchiver installed

[wicked frigate]

You can find .zip files on the forum or discord server

[keen bay]

no need figured it out

i think i have most of my plugins restored by either buying them,watching ads, or going to the forums

[safe magnet]

//Definition of bikes night animation
{
"id": "$FancyFirewatchBikeNightAnimation02",
"type": "animation",
"light": true,
"light switching": true,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "FireWatchBikeNightAnimation02.png",
"count": 8,
"w": 12,
"h": 12
}
],
"frames per animation":8,
"rotation aware": true
},

//Motorbikes definition. It has diagonal frames.

{
"id":"$FancyFireWatchBike01",
"type":"car",
"frames":[
{"bmp":"FancyFireWatchBike01.png","w":12,"h":12,"count":8}
],
"frames per variant": 8,
"v2":true,
"speed": 1.3,

"animation":[
  {
    "id": "$FancyFirewatchBikeNightAnimation02",
    "pos": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
  },
  
  {
    "id": "$FancyFirewatchBikeNightAnimation02",
    "pos": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
  }
]

}

Is it supposed to work? With night animation count =8 ?

[eternal lake]

you have 8 frames and use 8 frames per animation

[safe magnet]

Yes

[eternal lake]

how do you expect rotation aware to work

[safe magnet]

I need answers. Not questions.

[eternal lake]

you provide 8 frames and 8 frames per animation

rotation aware needs a multiple of 4 animations to work

[safe magnet]

Will it work if I split animation in two files with 4 frames each? Like this:

//Definition of bikes night animation
{
"id": "$FancyFirewatchBikeNightAnimation02",
"type": "animation",
"light": true,
"light switching": true,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "FireWatchBikeNightAnimation02Normal.png",
"count": 4,
"w": 12,
"h": 12
},
{
"bmp": "FireWatchBikeNightAnimation02Diagonal.png",
"count": 4,
"w": 12,
"h": 12
}

],
"frames per animation":8,
"rotation aware": true

},

[eternal lake]

just remove the frames per animation part

no splitting necessary

[safe magnet]

I deleted this line. The result is the same: normal frames work well; diagonal frames have an offset, unique for each diagonal frame.

[eternal lake]

then adjust those offsets

pretty easy job considering you already have the arrays set

[safe magnet]

@eternal lake I can fix them but what’s the reason of this offset? Why only diagonal frames? Will I have to fix it each time I do new animation for a new object of a different frame size?

[eternal lake]

I can't say much without your frames

you also simply adjust your pos values

[safe magnet]

My night animation is a layer of bike frames. I couldn’t make a mistake in positioning. Here you can check.

[eternal lake]

that's pretty wasteful of plugin space

but still, car animations are wacky

it'd be much better to simply use the ingame car lights and position them using pos

[safe magnet]

I know. I could use just a red and a yellow dot. I’m checking this method for possible future uses.

[safe magnet]

I tried to change the pos manually as you said, began with the 2nd diagonal frame (the red frame I sent above), the result was unexpected: it duplicated and moved the 2nd normal frame and the first diagonal.

"animation":[
  {
    "id": "$FancyFirewatchBikeNightAnimation02",
    "pos": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
  },
  {
    "id": "$FancyFirewatchBikeNightAnimation02",
    "pos": [0, 0, 10, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0]
  }

[eternal lake]

yeah because you append the same animation twice

yet only provide 4 coordinate position pairs for an 8 frame animation

[earnest pendant]

Hey, can I send here my code and image of my plugin ingame and maybe someone could help me with my night lights?

[eternal lake]

sure

[earnest pendant]

I have internet problems TT I'll screenshot my post and upload it later on, thanks in advance!

[safe magnet]

Is it supposed to work if I use my animation only once and state 8 positions in one line? Like this:
"pos": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0]

[eternal lake]

yes

that changes the 2nd diagonal frame

or the one of index 5

[safe magnet]

That’s exactly what I wanted to do. I’ll try.

[safe magnet]

Yay. It works. Thanks. Now I’ll have to delete all this and rewrite animation as two coloured dots.

[earnest pendant]

The code (please do not steal):
[
{
"type": "animation",
"id": "$nightanimation4",
"light": true,
"light_switching": true,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "NightAnimationStock.png",
"z": 2
}
]
},
{
"type": "commercial",
"id": "lt.svetikas.pca.6a64fe231912cdb38a83b1fc8720aa79",
"author": "MeUsic",
"meta": {
"pca": {
"version": "4.0.3"
}
},
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "StockExchage4.png",
"z": 1
}
],
"width": 3,
"height": 3,
"level": 2,
"price": 65000,
"auto_build": false,
"influence_noise": 2
}
]

The in-game footage

I'd be more than happy if you look into that and maybe find the problem

[eternal lake]

what is that "z" attribute?

I'm not sure if the underscores do anything but generally you'd want to simply replace them with spaces

you also didn't actually append the animation to the building itself

[earnest pendant]

What do you mean?

[eternal lake]

wdym "wdym", there are 3 sentences

[earnest pendant]

I'm new to this stuff

I have 3 days of experience, I didn't dig into it

[eternal lake]

attaching the animation to the building with the "animation" array would be a solid first step

did you see any tutorials on the forums

[earnest pendant]

I tried, but they were sort of complex

I just want the image to show up when it turns night

[eternal lake]

then start with easier stuff

animations are rather intermediate

[earnest pendant]

I have the model ready, the night lights ready, I just need the .json to work

[eternal lake]

the only thing you're missing is the animation array in your building

the tutorial tells you how to create that

[earnest pendant]

Can you specify which? I've been through so many

[eternal lake]

custom animations

[earnest pendant]

Fine, thanks! I'll try it

Will it be okay for you to help me if I'll not understand?

Update: I did not in fact understood. I'll try though

May I send you the video I used as a tutorial? They used the same technique as I did, but it worked for them...

[earnest pendant]

Sir?

[eternal lake]

there's more than 1 being on the server

you have no "animation": [{"id": "animation-id"}] in your building definition

[low shoal]

kulche, what does "z" do

[eternal lake]

I asked the same thing

might be layering order

[low shoal]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=7455
try reading this

[earnest pendant]

Yeah, it was supposed to be

[earnest pendant]

Already tried..

[low shoal]

I mean, you have to add this, you can do it after influence noise after putting a comma after the 2

#plugin-discussion message

for how x and y works

also after animations, remember to close all the brackets

[earnest pendant]

I'll try it tomorrow, thank you :)

What do I put in the id?

[low shoal]

this ig

but that id isnt very unique lol. it might possibly conflict with some random plugin

[safe magnet]

I’m doing a night anim for my building rn. This is an example for you from the forum. Change ‘count’ from 4 to 1; change h, w; delete ‘rotation aware’ and it will work for you:

{
    "id": "$Themax_TrExpStandardPlatform_Side_2Night",
    "type": "animation",
    "light": true,
    "light switching": true,
    "frames": [
        {
            "bmp": "Themax_TrExpStandardPlatform_Side_2Night.png",
            "count": 4,
            "h": 32,
            "w": 32
        }
    ],
    "rotation aware": true
},
{
    "id": "$Themax_TrExpStandardPlatform_Side_2",
    "type": "decoration",
    "category": "$cat_Themax_Train_Expansion_0_Stations",
    "author": "Themax",
    "width": 1,
    "height": 1,
    "frames": [
        {
            "bmp": "Themax_TrExpStandardPlatform_Side_2.png",
            "count": 4,
            "h": 32,
            "w": 32
        }
    ],
    "animation": [{"id": "$Themax_TrExpStandardPlatform_Side_2Night", "x":0,"y":-25}],
    "price": 200,
    "monthly price": 0,
    "rotation aware": true,
    "draw ground": true,
    "water": "0",
    "power": "0",
    "build time": 0,
    "ordinal": 2,
    "needs road": false,
    "text": "Decorative platform to improve your train station.",
    "title": "Decorative platform 1.2"
}

]

[low shoal]

I dont think they need to use count and rotation aware. Its just one frame

[earnest pendant]

So far so good, I'll change it tho

[earnest pendant]

W and h depends on the size of the .png?

[earnest pendant]

Is this what you meant? (Except w and h, I still need to figure this out)
[
{
"id": "$StockNightAnimation4",
"type": "animation",
"light": true,
"light switching": true,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "NightAnimationStock.png",
"count": 1,
"h": 32,
"w": 32
}
],
},
{
"id": "$lt.svetikas.pca.6a64fe231912cdb38a83b1fc8720aa79",
"type": "commercial",
"author": "MeUsic",
"width": 3,
"height": 3,
"frames": [
{
"bmp": "StockExchage4.png",
"count": 1,
"h": 32,
"w": 32
}
],
"animation": [{"id": "$StockNightAnimation4", "x":0,"y":0}],
"price": 65000,
"monthly price": -500,
"draw ground": true,
"needs road": true,
"text": "This stock exchange building may even make profits.",
"title": "Stock Exchange Building"
}
]

[safe magnet]

W stands for width, h stands for height. U should measure your png and put there the right numbers.

Change the id of your animation. This one might conflict with hundreds plugins of other users who might have written the same. For example add “caistro”: “$CaistroStockNightAnimation4”.

Count 1 is right. But you also can just delete this line.

“CaistroStockExchange4”

And price -500. Isn’t it cheating?

[molten sand]

"only once":true

[low shoal]

you dont need h and w if count is only 1. its for when there is more than one frame on the same image

[low shoal]

eh it wont work, its monthly income when you write that way and thats for previleged creators

[vague scarab]

Monthly income code is only working if you have privilege code, which is you need a privileged creator level of permit.
As i could remember,it could only work with -1 value,and no more.

[low shoal]

yep

[molten sand]

It works on any value under privileged code

[earnest pendant]

I want the building to give you money. It's expensive, but the stocks are always growing, right?

Wait, i meant monthly price

Thank you all!!

I'll fix it all, thank you so much for helping!

[earnest pendant]

What's about "x" and "y"? Is it about the light source?

[tranquil ore]

Hi

[vague scarab]

Check #plugin-discussion pins

This one specifically:
#plugin-discussion message

[low shoal]

No its because animation starts at the point of origin

so you need to move its position

[low shoal]

No that one is for cars

[safe magnet]

Yesterday my 1 frame non rotational night animation didn’t work until I stated h and w. I don’t know why.

[low shoal]

It doesnt need that if its just one frame

[safe magnet]

If your night animation h and w equals to a size of a day image, then x = 0, y = -h (put in a number, You’ll have to adjust it a bit).

[low shoal]

No???

thats literally not how it works

please stop spreading misinformation

[safe magnet]

?? Ok, that’s not my kitchen.

[low shoal]

Night animation has to be cropped for plugin size

its height doesnt matter since youll have to adjust height either way

If its wifth is less than the basplate then you have to use x

[earnest pendant]

It's the same size... both files are the exact same size, I just saved a specific layer in the model drawing

[earnest pendant]

Do I just have to play with it until it works?

[low shoal]

okay then you dont need x

for y yeah, you need to mess a bit to find the height

use a negative value