plugin-support

[eager walrus]

yea

but

the first json I sent

also has an error

[steel verge]

i mean the error is right there

[low shoal]

okay wait

i figured it oout wtf are you doing 😭

why are you adding a opening square bracket after every array

[eager walrus]

oh

.

done

also deleted unnecessary commas

[low shoal]

yeah looks fine now

[eager walrus]

tank yu bnuy

U deserve dat plugin

tell me if you want

[low shoal]

i mean dont really need it but if you upload to the store im probably gonna end up having it (until i delete it)

[eager walrus]

until you delete?
uh

[low shoal]

i delete all the plugin store zip files in my plugin folder now and then

[eager walrus]

oh k

[terse gyro]

Hi everyone, good night. I have some problems about the plugin, it doesn't work and the system send for me a danger. Hope you will help

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1279465657125306465/1280194356816380007/image0.jpg?ex=66d73167&is=66d5dfe7&hm=cff618d10d6a351daa8fddc9b8c86038693b3859e181254bbcc07536e904ced9&

[steep dock]

Just try to clear cache and try if it work

[steel verge]

Read the error

[low shoal]

parent or sibling lmao

[crude topaz]

Installed plugin thumbnails showing up pixelated, any fixes? thanks

p.s. inactive ones are fine

[cosmic charm]

im pretty sure it will go away by itself

[low shoal]

im pretty sure its to save ram

[crude topaz]

ah alright thanks

[eager walrus]

Can anyone tell me the issue here?

[round oasis]

Remove spaces in png names

[eager walrus]

k

[eager walrus]

Not workin

bruh

lemme try something else

https://tenor.com/view/fade-away-oooooooooooo-aga-emoji-crumble-gif-20008708

[round oasis]

You get an error message when launching?

[eager walrus]

yuh

[round oasis]

Show it

[eager walrus]

ight wait a second

[round oasis]

You have too much }

Delete the } after each bmp

[eager walrus]

and then comma?

instead of }

isnt there a program or website to automaticly fix json codes

nvm did something else and its ok

[nova mural]

Are there any plugins with sidewalks as road decos?

[round oasis]

Not public

[steep dock]

Like which one ?? You can check Custom roads and Erin's road thing.

[nova mural]

Im looking for sidewalks that works for half roads.And i already tried erin’s road packs

[steep dock]

No idk than

[earnest pendant]

This may work

😉

For any help no matter if you reply or ping me

[eager walrus]

Oi thank yuu

[lime blade]

@wooden wharf I have to kindly ask. Where do you get those trees? They look nice.

I have something to ask. How do you allow pedestrians to walk on the pathway instead of beside it like the one in-game?

And here is another problem. This cop car eventually drove on my pedestrian road. How do you avoid cars from driving on pedestrian roads? How do you make it for only pedestrian use only?

[low shoal]

Flags

[lime blade]

What does that even mean?

[earnest pendant]

sc4 fan's trees

[lime blade]

@earnest pendant Any link to it?

[stiff ice]

Store

[lime blade]

Here's another question. Why does this happen?

[low shoal]

flags for different vehicles

have you read the tutorial?

[low shoal]

i think the animation is on top of the building

maybe use a bigger y coordinate for the top

unless thats not the issue

[earnest pendant]

On the store, the one from that image are from V1 of the plugin, although it may look a tad different when you download it as I believe that picture is using the atmosphere shader.

[compact yacht]

Iam looking for some historical buildings can any one help me

[low shoal]

search historiacal on the plugin store, does wonders

[earnest pendant]

genius

[charred harness]

Im back with a problem

Forum plugins somehow don't work for me

Like man

[low shoal]

Show code

If you hurry i can tell you before i leave

[charred harness]

Okay waiy

I changed nothing with the code

[low shoal]

I dont immediately see anything wrong with it

[charred harness]

Same

The code is correct

So I don't understand the error lol

[low shoal]

Theres a code verifier in the forum

Try that

Dont have time to find it myself

[charred harness]

Alright thanks

[charred harness]

Nvm it's an android problem, it's fixed now lol

[somber wasp]

Is this the right channel to report a plugin bug? It’s a minor bug just to make aware, not need any fix or anything

Night version of the bridge, the road deco part the light has wrong orientation, prob can make the night version also road direction aware (my guess how it work)

And It’s a great plugin and thanks the creator xd

[simple kernel]

I wanna make a plugin.

[lone heron]

Ok?

[earnest pendant]

Check the pins of #plugin-discussion

[simple kernel]

Thanks.

[signal star]

I uploaded the plugin to the forum and it was rejected for this reason. But I did not understand what this means. What should I do?

And one more thing: where download the plugin Advanced road

[vague scarab]

Respond: The definition of both words
-# Ответ: Определение обоих слов (на английском языке)

[vague scarab]

Answer: It's available in the plugin store.
-# Ответ: Он доступен в магазине плагинов.

[low shoal]

Contrast is making the light side lighter and dark side darker

[haughty canyon]

Hello

I have a question

There are about 600 plugins and I downloaded all of them from within the game

However, while I can navigate the main menu without any problems, the game starts to lag when I enter any city

Is there a solution to this?

[lone heron]

Not enough RAM on your device

So its lagging

Im not sure you can fix this

(only if buy new pc/laptop/phone idk)

[vague scarab]

Ptag memory

[tulip rock]

If you encounter java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space error, that means that the game ran out of memory (ram) while processing your request or action.

If you're on mobile, there's not much you can do to alleviate this issue, closing other applications in the background might help. For PC, you can simply increase the maximum heap space as a launch argument. For example -Xmx4G will let the game use up to 4 gigabytes of memory. That is, of course if you have enough memory. Generally, it's not a good idea to allocate more than 50% of your entire system memory. If that doesn't work and you're on PC, please check if you have 64 bit Java installed, because if you don't, game can only use 2 gigabytes of memory.

[signal star]

Yes? I didn't find it. Well, then look again, because I've been looking for him for a long time

[signal star]

Thank you very well

[tulip rock]

No plugin could be found by your query.

[vague scarab]

My bad

[vague scarab]

Try: Advanced road(Bus Lane Update)
-# Попробуйте: Продвинутая дорога (Обновление полосы движения автобусов)

[low shoal]

Ppunish 750422192725950515

[tulip rock]

Case #5203

arquitetogamer was banned for the following reason: Sharing or spreading scams or phishing content.

[signal star]

thank you, i'm found!

[compact yacht]

When i trun .plugin into a zip inside it there is no pics or json file can any one help me

[steel verge]

You can't turn .plugin into a zip

It's not possible

[compact yacht]

How can i make it work in my game

[earnest pendant]

You just put the .plugin into the plugin folder as you would a zip

[oak snow]

Ah
How can i change my old plugins to the new fourm?

[low shoal]

Do you have the zip files?

[oak snow]

Yes

[low shoal]

Yeah then put a manifest fils and you can encrypt by doing Penceypt-plugin in @tulip rock dms

[lime rapids]

What's going on?

[low shoal]

do you have to type .zip?

havent used that but i dont see that

[lime rapids]

No

It's a plugin folder

[low shoal]

does it have manifest

you can encrypt in dms with pidroid

[steel verge]

Export command no longer exists

https://forum.theotown.com/plugins/export

[lime rapids]

I see, thank you

[radiant basalt]

How to add Theotown building template to pixel art apps (i.e. Pixel Studio, Pixly, Novix)? I've downloaded the 2x2 template but I cannot find the icon that adds the template into Pixel Studio (the pixel art app I am using to make plugins) so can you guys please help me?

[lime rapids]

This button

[radiant basalt]

Thank you

[near elm]

guys, any ideas how to fix this problem ? 😢

[low shoal]

was it caused by a plugin ie. did the game work before you installed a plugina and this happening after you installed one?

[near elm]

its happening after I installed the plugin, the creator of the plugin told me to ask official Theotown forum for help

Since im the only one have this problem

[eternal lake]

"the plugin" what plugin

[near elm]

its "TheLeaf", still in beta and the author doesnt allow send it public

[eternal lake]

then take it up with him

can't help with private plugins

[near elm]

its funny how he not allow public it, but he told me to ask official forum for help

mannn this aint going to anywhere

[eternal lake]

leaf moment

[near elm]

lol you know him ?

[eternal lake]

yes??

[near elm]

nahh nothing, just trying to find a way to fix it

[wide quiver]

hello I need help all my plugins I bought were deleted from my account, you know why?

[low shoal]

Did you login with the samw account?

If you did, you just need to redownload them without paying additional diamonds

[toxic plover]

Hey

I want to know some stuff again about making plugins

Cuz i kinda forgot

And i want to make something

Like a pack

Can anyone help me out

<@&381899421992091669>

[eternal lake]

thank you for pinging the 1 person who is me

[toxic plover]

You're welcome

[eternal lake]

in the future I'd prefer you to avoid pinging roles

[toxic plover]

Okay

I'm kinda new tbh honest lol

Anyways can you help me

[eternal lake]

#plugin-discussion

check the pins

[toxic plover]

👍🏻

[fleet grove]

Need some help or thoughts on how to create a walkway segment over a road. Is that possible?

[low shoal]

You can create it as an elevated road

[somber wasp]

Is this 2 plugin working?

I installed but cannot find them in plugin, also didn’t find it anywhere else

[low shoal]

looks like they are type airplane

so they are probably functional

check the airport building

[somber wasp]

Ahh found it, thank you!

[low shoal]

youre welcome

i guess people are more used to decorative ones than real ones

[low shoal]

it doesnt have a manifest, thats why

[somber wasp]

Isee

Yes, I think it would be nice to have one as decoration as well lol, but that’s prob up to creator

[somber wasp]

I13 duplicator has error, any way can fix it?

[low shoal]

remove it

[fleet grove]

Would that be an attribute? And assuming it is, that portion of the pack could be in the same category/folder in game right?

[low shoal]

an elevated road is a road which is a level higher than 0

and yes they can be in the same catergory and making a category is rather easy

[fleet grove]

I believe the High Line pack I submitted was within it's own category. Going to test it before I resubmit

[fleet grove]

Having a brain fart/loss of knowledge, what category/attribute are roads? I searched draft types and didn't see it

[low shoal]

thay are placed in

https://forum.theotown.com/plugins/theotown_public_assets/content_category.json

[fleet grove]

So right now I have the High Line category in parks, I could make the road with this ID but still direct it to be in the same "folder" as the other High Line pieces?

[low shoal]

oh you made your own category right?

[fleet grove]

That is correct

[low shoal]

then you add "category": "your category id"

to your drafts

[fleet grove]

Like above, category $cat_PK00

[low shoal]

yes, make sure its correct

[eternal lake]

please don't use whitespace in ids 😩

[low shoal]

is pk supposed to be lowercase or uppercase

[low shoal]

oh shush, its an example

[fleet grove]

Sorry

[eternal lake]

I'm pretty sure that's more than just an example

[fleet grove]

It is from the json I made. I will update it though.

[low shoal]

oh lol in the draft

i thought you meant to me

[fleet grove]

If I use "underscores" or dashes will they show up that way in menu?

[eternal lake]

yes?

[fleet grove]

not familiar with coding

[eternal lake]

id != title

[fleet grove]

so "Stairway_Connection_to_Ground"

[eternal lake]

it can be anything

just avoid whitespaces

[low shoal]

!!=

[eternal lake]

????

[fleet grove]

oh boy, am confused haha

will take white space out

[steel verge]

$\neq$

[low shoal]

oh i do love money

[fleet grove]

So this is the part that should "float" above roadway, would I insert the "id":"cat$_road00", in here in place of the "Bridge_Crossing" ID?

I tried decoration to see if work. will take that out

[eternal lake]

what?

what are you trying to accomplish

also it might be useful to see your whole json

[fleet grove]

ah ok sorry. I have a piece of the High Line park I want to cross over above a road.

[eternal lake]

you can't have 2 buildings on the same tile

at least not 2 decoration type buildings

[eternal lake]

I know what "above a road" means

[fleet grove]

no insult meant

[eternal lake]

decorations cannot be built over roads

you probably want to make it a road type draft

[fleet grove]

what Bunny was helping me try was to classify it as a road for that segment

yes

I didn't see road in the draft type though when was on plugin creator website

[eternal lake]

it probably doesn't support it

you have to do it yourself

[low shoal]

it doesnt support yet yes

jas been slowly adding stuff though

[fleet grove]

So should "road" show up in the draft type?

wasn't seeing it

[eternal lake]

bunny is probably having a brain fart as usual

[fleet grove]

😭

I love the camaraderie

[eternal lake]

follow the forum tutorial on roads

[low shoal]

i forgor the nt

i said yet so

[eternal lake]

classic

[fleet grove]

lmaoo

[low shoal]

ive been distracted

[eternal lake]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=2964&sid=6649fa6d55c2936ccd0e18a818097265

[fleet grove]

sweet mother of god I"m a dummy

I just need to add Road under type lol

[eternal lake]

that's not the only thing

[fleet grove]

I see now

[fleet grove]

Something backfired 😂

[low shoal]

random game textures?

do you have 16 frames?

[fleet grove]

I tried this way, although I may need to specify the end pieces

[low shoal]

you need to have 16 frames in the same order as road frames

[fleet grove]

so best not to use "count" and list them out maybe?

what throws me in the tutorial is I believe their frames are in the same file where mine are separate

maybe need to just make a wide frame and do the same?

[low shoal]

they need to be in the same shape order

you can have it in a 32 pixel tile if you refer to them in the correct order

[fleet grove]

Like this one

[low shoal]

yes

[eternal lake]

you have to provide exactly 16 frames in that order and they have to be "ground" frames

as in no pillars and whatnot

[fleet grove]

so flush to ground

per se

not floating

[eternal lake]

yes

[fleet grove]

Just wondering how to make 16 frames if all I am aiming to use is the one walkway frame. Like in the image above, there is one "tile" that has the 4 rotational awar views, I think my hangup is aligning them to the orientation like that strip of roads I posted

[eternal lake]

one walkway frame?

[fleet grove]

this one

the one without "pillars"

[eternal lake]

your whole pedestrian walkway has to be a road type draft

[fleet grove]

ahh. Not just the one portion

[eternal lake]

besides, you can't just place a single road tile above a road, it needs pillar supports on at least one side

[fleet grove]

well heck, gotta rethink this I guess

[low shoal]

are you implying that we wont have floating roads by 2050?

what if he wants futuristic roads kulche

[fleet grove]

even if the tile is "floating" there is an implied brace in the segments next to it haha

but I understand the mechanics don't factor

I do appreciate the patience and help gang!

[eternal lake]

you would preferably want 16 ground path tiles without any supports or railings plus bridge frames that consist of railings, slopes and pillars

you're welcome

[fleet grove]

Yeah I might just have to abandon that idea for now. Won't be any sloping pieces per se or 4-way intersections

I know changing the ID once submitted is frowned upon, but if I take the spaces out and resubmit for review once completed is that ok since it hasn't been approved yet?

[eternal lake]

well if your plugin wasn't approved yet you can freely change your ids

it only matters if the buildings already exist because if you change their ids they will disappear from cities and will have to be rebuilt

[fleet grove]

10-4

[eternal lake]

not sure if i follow

[fleet grove]

the ID's? If it's the '10-4' that just means "Sounds good"

haha

maybe a saying I heard growing up

[eternal lake]

I have no idea what are you talking about

[fleet grove]

You said "not sure if I follow" was trying to understand what you didn't follow

[eternal lake]

the "10-4" message

[fleet grove]

Ah, yeah that just means "Sounds good" maybe it's an amaerican saying

[eternal lake]

just never heard of anything like that

might be

[fleet grove]

It's a police code thing, Calling "10-4" on a radio means "Understood"

[hollow flax]

please, send this and log.txt (and out.txt if desktop) files.

[somber wasp]

No file there

[hollow flax]

so send the log.txt only

[somber wasp]

That 1 item is empty folder, sry ☹️

[hollow flax]

in the TheoTown folder

tap the back button 3x

[somber wasp]

Send in dm

[sonic tree]

How do I prevent this?

(The plug in in photo is not mine)

But i seen that some has this effect and other ones haven’t so I want to prevent it from happening

[lone heron]

"draw ground": true

[sonic tree]

How do i activate it?

[lone heron]

Its plugin json problem, so you need to fix plugin file

[sonic tree]

Ok

[fleet grove]

@eternal lake / @low shoal getting closer 👀

[low shoal]

Ouuu

Not a fan of the shader cause i cant see it properly

Might be better to remove the shadows entirely

Unless you can do it onevery tile

[fleet grove]

Yeah I’m not thrilled with the color and may need to look at adjusting it.

By shader do you mean shadows? Or a color overlay? I’ve seen reference to shaders and don’t know quite what that is

Unless it’s shadows haha

[low shoal]

Shader in game, smooth shader something (settings)

[fleet grove]

I must have changed it and love it so much more with classic look

[somber wasp]

You prob have fancy or Xfancy on xd, it did create a painting effect which is noice

[fleet grove]

@low shoal and @eternal lake I did it!

[eternal lake]

congratulations

[low shoal]

now do something about those shadows

[fleet grove]

ground shadows I am assuming?

I can tweak the bridge portion ones

Is it possible to cast a shadow under the portion that spans road?

[eternal lake]

not by any convenient means

[low shoal]

i say get rid of the shadow altogether

[fleet grove]

For the ground plane of whole span of raised park? Or only bridge portion

[lone valve]

hi everyone!

[cerulean crag]

Hi

[earnest pendant]

Hello

[lament hinge]

Why?

[low shoal]

which plugin?

[lament hinge]

From Lucian

His first plugin

[low shoal]

thats really unhelpful

unless its a private plugin

if it is, make sure there isnt a repeated instance, if its a zip, you can dm me and ill take a look

[lament hinge]

It was private. But he realeased it on the plugin store

But i deleted tge zip

[low shoal]

maybe you still have it in the folder?

whats it called

i need it to check on the plugin store even

[sinful hazel]

How to code fences?

🧱

[low shoal]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=13521

[lunar raft]

The plugin screen does not open. What could be the reason?

[eternal lake]

what version are you on?

[lunar raft]

1.11.82a

[fresh phoenix]

I dont see anything about a console written anywhere here, in-game, or on any docs Ive browsed... Until I saw people mention it today. Im studying as a developer, where would I satisfy this curiousity? Sorry if wrong channel. (Also Im exclusively mobile user, sorry if its obvious on PC version)

[low shoal]

you need to enter a city, then press the gear icon, and scroll to the bottom

console is basically a place in the game where you can run certain commands such as help or pt for plugin texture space

or cr for region creation

[fresh phoenix]

I enabled debug mode in the settings but couldnt find console, checked every menu. If its not available on mobile, that would not surprise me.

[lone kite]

How to make a plugin

[earnest pendant]

check the pins of plugin discussion

[lone kite]

I want the app

[earnest pendant]

?

[lone kite]

The app to make a plugin

[earnest pendant]

There's tutorials on youtube, and as I said check the pins, they will give you all the info you need along with the apps you need.

[languid copper]

What do people use to make plugins? I'm trying to make a Ford Field plugin but the pixels seem to small

Im using Ibis X

[dusty folio]

so my friend here reinstalled theotown and he mived all his plugins into the game folders but not all of them are loaded

heck only a few out of hundreds of the plugins loaded

[earnest pendant]

I believe it's related to this #city-showcase message

[dusty folio]

but what about the plugin folder?

[stiff ice]

F

[low shoal]

they dont show in that tab because they dont have manifests

but they are there

[worldly fiber]

how to make a pack plugin?

[lone heron]

Wdym

[worldly fiber]

plugin pack

like

[lone heron]

Pack is actually just a plugin with more content

Theres bo difference

No*

[worldly fiber]

i mean how to make a zip file with 2 or more plugins in it

[lone heron]

Plugins?

What?

You want to do this plugin yourself? @worldly fiber

[worldly fiber]

yes

[lone heron]

If yes, just add more ids to the json

Thats all

Theres different syntax a bit, but thats not that hard

[worldly fiber]

Ohh I understand now

Thanks for helping

[lone heron]

Single id:

Code
}```
Multiple ids:

[
{
Code1
},
{
Code2
}
]

[worldly fiber]

okay

[paper berry]

Yo how can i do a plugin?

[lone heron]

check pins in #plugin-discussion

and game forum, if you can

[paper berry]

Okay thx

[spice grotto]

okay, so i got the tram plugin from "somegermanguy" i think is their name. and its literally exactly what ive wanted. however this hurts my brain 😭. im sure there's a way to make it only run on the rail, but if its too hard dont bother lol

[low shoal]

thats a funky bus

[spice grotto]

its meant to be part of this thingy lol. but im not completely sure its possible to make only the trams drive on one specific lane tbh

[low shoal]

looks bugged compared to the preview

maybe clise and reopen game?

[spice grotto]

i'm in the process of doing that lol, i'll let you know if it works

nah still happens lol

[keen bay]

oh no, what is it this time....

[low shoal]

remove plugins by bokoblo which are in.ttplugin file type

[keen bay]

what does that exactly mean...

[low shoal]

we havent figured out the reason for the error so once we find bokoblo will fix it

[keen bay]

ah ok

[low shoal]

exactly what it means, .ttplugin files have a signature which pretty much is like made by this user and is linked to their forum account

[keen bay]

wait, what if there are 2 signatures on a plugin?, is that even possible?

[low shoal]

why would there be 2 signatures?

[keen bay]

im sorry im just rly curious..., but, some plugins that i have were mostly from vonark, but also bokoblo, so is it included to the problem?

like the recent massive airport plugin made by vonark with* bokoblo

do i also have to remove that?

[low shoal]

it seems to mostly be with the plane plugins

and i dont think 2 people can sign on a plugin

[keen bay]

ah ok, thanks for the help 😄

[low shoal]

its signed by the person who makes it into a .ttplugin

[keen bay]

oouuuuhhh

[somber wasp]

Try only remove .ttplugin first

Most vonark plugin is .plugin not ttplugin, remeber to check file postfix

[low shoal]

yes .ttplugins are the only ones with a signature

[worldly fiber]

hey

[low shoal]

Hello what do you need help with

[worldly fiber]

nothing

im just here

doing nothing

I guess

[willow mantle]

How to fix that

[low shoal]

protip, use a square preview

so it doesnt get chopped off

also consider following some of the tutorials here to improve it (as it is, it wont be approved)

Ptag creation

[tulip rock]

Step 1: Download a baseplate of your choice It is recommended to keep it small if you are just starting.
Step 2: Download a pixel drawing app. It is recommended that you get one with layers and transparency options. You can find a list of suggested options here
Step 3: Here are some tutorials that show how to make a house. One by Theo and one by Kulche
Here's a tutorial by rtobby that provides tips on improving the plugin quality
You may find more tutorials in the getting started page and on the forum
And even more tips pinned in plugin discussion
Step 4: Last step is to create a json. You can create one by using PCA or use this tutorial here to make one. To make one manually, you can use any text app which allows you to save files as a .json
Feel free to ask for help or suggestions on the forum or on the server

Bonus step: Once done, you can upload your plugin on the store which once approved can be downloaded in-game by anyone or post it on the forum showcase or both! Remember that store plugins must oblige to the store rules

[fleet grove]

Is the player theomomo in this discord? Their @ didn’t come up but didn’t know if they had a different DC name

[willow mantle]

Help me what wrong?

This plugin

[lone heron]

Wdym

Is theres something wrong

[lone heron]

Its mean your plugin not approved YET

And yeah, as Bunny said, it wont be

Bad graphics + bad preview

[low shoal]

so when you submit a plugin, plugin mods (moderators) go through the files and check if your code and graphics are okay and if it causes any crashes. Right now, they have not approved or disapproved it after reviewing it

[willow mantle]

Check this and what wrong?

[low shoal]

Can you send the files instead of screenshots

also please provide what the error is

[willow mantle]

Please fix plss

@low shoal

[low shoal]

whats the error first of all

[willow mantle]

Can you fixed please

[lone heron]

bruh.

[eternal lake]

can you read please

[lone heron]

Game launch fine with it?

[low shoal]

tell me what the error is

[willow mantle]

sample.shop.night01 (animation)
sample.shop01 (commercial)

This

[eternal lake]

that's not an error

that doesn't explain anything

[lone heron]

Does your game work normally with it?

Without any error and crashes?

[willow mantle]

Yeah sometimes crashes the game and error

[lone heron]

Which error

What does it display

Or say

Send screenshot or just tell

[willow mantle]

Now no error and crashes

[lone heron]

Then what the problem

[willow mantle]

My plugin i din not uploading to forum

[eternal lake]

I don't speak gibberish

[lone heron]

You what

[eternal lake]

please learn some reading comprehension

[lone heron]

Maybe he wants to say smth, let him continue

[lone heron]

Whats wrong there

[low shoal]

plugin store - and it literally is?? its pending approval and may take several weeks

[willow mantle]

This wrong no approval yet, 2 I'd(s)

[eternal lake]

yeah???

and what about it???

[lone heron]

Because it wasnt approved yet

[low shoal]

actually guys, give me a minute

[willow mantle]

Ah I'm first time creating ah plugin I'm sorry

[lone heron]

And will be approved/disapproved after being check by forum's moderators

[willow mantle]

Guy

[lone heron]

Everything is fine for now. Just wait it to be checked by forum moderators.

[willow mantle]

ah ok plss give ah file plugin for learning creating pls

[lone heron]

I dont have any

[eternal lake]

check the pins in #plugin-discussion

[low shoal]

okay you can check now

refresh the page

[willow mantle]

Guys give any file of plugin for more learning of creating plugin ah I'm sorry guys very very sorry I'm first time pls

[lone heron]

Now you need to go back to the forum page

Check your plugin

[willow mantle]

Ok

This

[lone heron]

You see what does it say?

[willow mantle]

Problem to graphics

[lone heron]

Yeah

[lone heron]

What you need to do?

[willow mantle]

I'm creating new ?

[lone heron]

Noooo

[willow mantle]

Why?

[lone heron]

You take this build's sprite and making it better

[willow mantle]

Ah good building better

?

Ah design?

[low shoal]

Ptag creation

[tulip rock]

Step 1: Download a baseplate of your choice It is recommended to keep it small if you are just starting.
Step 2: Download a pixel drawing app. It is recommended that you get one with layers and transparency options. You can find a list of suggested options here
Step 3: Here are some tutorials that show how to make a house. One by Theo and one by Kulche
Here's a tutorial by rtobby that provides tips on improving the plugin quality
You may find more tutorials in the getting started page and on the forum
And even more tips pinned in plugin discussion
Step 4: Last step is to create a json. You can create one by using PCA or use this tutorial here to make one. To make one manually, you can use any text app which allows you to save files as a .json
Feel free to ask for help or suggestions on the forum or on the server

Bonus step: Once done, you can upload your plugin on the store which once approved can be downloaded in-game by anyone or post it on the forum showcase or both! Remember that store plugins must oblige to the store rules

[low shoal]

follow these tutorials

[willow mantle]

Ok

[lone heron]

This communication was hurt for me

[willow mantle]

Oooooh!! My brain

Plss help me

Pls fix the problem this plugin

[lone heron]

oooohhhh

[lone heron]

Theres no problem with plugin, theres problem with sprite

Sprite of the building

You need to draw it yourself

Its kinda bad for now

Redraw it better

[willow mantle]

Ok

[low shoal]

what does that sign even say lol

[willow mantle]

This ok for design?

[low shoal]

yeah

[willow mantle]

Ok this width and height

[lone heron]

çIIł, it's obvious

[lone heron]

What size do you want for it

1x1 ; 2x2

??

[willow mantle]

1x1

[lone heron]

Then use 1x1 template from #plugin-discussion

This one

Dont forget to make bigger height @willow mantle

[low shoal]

see this?

[lone heron]

Oh no

Outline

[low shoal]

his on the right

mine left

[lone heron]

Lets count it

• no volume
• no contrast
• outline
• no shadows
• bad colors
• Egyptian text

[low shoal]

you can see his does have shadows but he kept the baseplate and the ones on thr roof are too short

[lone heron]

This need a big rework

Why door is cyan

[keen bay]

guessing its supposed to be a sliding glass door

[willow mantle]

Ah ok

[willow mantle]

This @low shoal

Is ok to upload?

[lone heron]

Still not enough i think

No so

[willow mantle]

What wrong this image?

[lone heron]

Nothing really changed

[willow mantle]

Pls help me

@lone heron

[lone heron]

How

[willow mantle]

To graphics

[lone heron]

How?

[willow mantle]

This

@lone heron

[lone heron]

Better

[lone heron]

Now increase contrast

[willow mantle]

How to design window 🪟

@lone heron ?

@low shoal

[low shoal]

try doing it as i did

[willow mantle]

@low shoal ok thanks

[lone heron]

why

[proven crest]

dude chek the pins of plugin-discussion

[willow mantle]

This?

@low shoal

[stiff ice]

Please screenshot in high resolution

[glossy vault]

Wait which app is that?

[worldly fiber]

Probably pixly

[glossy vault]

Ah okay :)

[low shoal]

paint.net

[low shoal]

Looks good now, you should add something to the roof to make it less plain, but its good good
also, please do avoid pinging me and velan, even if im not pinged, i will respond when i have the time and see it or someone else could too

[sonic tree]

How can i eliminate the “Draft” thing from the name of the plugins?

[steel verge]

give them a title and text

[sonic tree]

Ok

thanks

[eager viper]

What App Do You Guys Use To Make Plugin?

[low shoal]

Mobile? PC?

[eager viper]

Mobile iOS

[uncut hollow]

Someone, can you tell me where i can get flame and smoke texture from theotown??

[low shoal]

world texture: https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=5659

[keen bay]

has the ttplugin problem been fixed?

i still encounter this:

[barren escarp]

Please help I can't create really big maps it said out of memory

[low shoal]

remove them, only the plugin creator can fix it, #information

[keen bay]

can i share a video 1code shared to me in VPS to #tips-n-tricks ?

i hes figured it out

[low shoal]

whats he figured out?

yeah, no

[keen bay]

...

[low shoal]

its not much of a tip

thats literally the same as deleting it from the folder

[keen bay]

it works fine by me

[low shoal]

how does it work any better than deleting it?

anyway, since youre taking so long to reply, either take it up with evan or wait till i come back from school

[uncut hollow]

Then how to download the texture?

[eternal lake]

save the images

[sonic tree]

How can i make a fence plugin?

[calm island]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?p=194150&hilit=fence#p194150

[sonic tree]

what i have to do with this code?

[eternal lake]

...create a plugin?

[sonic tree]

Yeah i know

but how does it work?

[simple kernel]

Inside is the .json script for the fence

[sonic tree]

ok

I have the texture of the fence

how i make the fence work?

[eternal lake]

lua script???

wtf are you talking about

[eternal lake]

you use the json provided in the tutorial and change the attributes to match your own fence

[sonic tree]

ok

Here i put the texture?

[low shoal]

thats the id, you put the texture in frames. Since the tutorial uses the world texture, its done differently

"frames": [
{"bmp": "filename.png"}
]

[sonic tree]

Where i put this?

[low shoal]

^

[sonic tree]

So, if i understand, i put the cose you gave me after “frames” :, change the id, and the rest i let it how it’s already wrote?

Or i have to change these too

[eternal lake]

x/y without bmp grabs images from the world texture

[sonic tree]

So what i have to do?

[eternal lake]

use frames the way bunny suggested

and preferably read tutorials on how to create a basic plugin

fences aren't exactly beginner stuff

[sonic tree]

I tried to search some tutorial but i haven’t found

[eternal lake]

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

[sonic tree]

is this code right?

[eternal lake]

that's just a snippet from the tutorial?

[low shoal]

Edited snippet

[eternal lake]

I'm not reading that, create a proper json file

[idle nacelle]

Plugin store is always loading

[worldly fiber]

Internet problem?

check your internet

[idle nacelle]

Ok

[crisp cypress]

how do i make plugins

[earnest pendant]

Ptag Creation

[tulip rock]

Step 1: Download a baseplate of your choice It is recommended to keep it small if you are just starting.
Step 2: Download a pixel drawing app. It is recommended that you get one with layers and transparency options. You can find a list of suggested options here
Step 3: Here are some tutorials that show how to make a house. One by Theo and one by Kulche
Here's a tutorial by rtobby that provides tips on improving the plugin quality
You may find more tutorials in the getting started page and on the forum
And even more tips pinned in plugin discussion
Step 4: Last step is to create a json. You can create one by using PCA or use this tutorial here to make one. To make one manually, you can use any text app which allows you to save files as a .json
Feel free to ask for help or suggestions on the forum or on the server

Bonus step: Once done, you can upload your plugin on the store which once approved can be downloaded in-game by anyone or post it on the forum showcase or both! Remember that store plugins must oblige to the store rules

[earnest pendant]

And check the pins of plugin discussion

[crisp cypress]

okok

[idle nacelle]

How to fix

Plugin error 😑

[low shoal]

press the error button

[idle nacelle]

Ok

[low shoal]

and then send a screenshot of that

[idle nacelle]

Ok

[idle nacelle]

..

[low shoal]

which plugin is that?

you should let the creator know since we cant fix that

[idle nacelle]

Vincom landmark 81

Hm

[steel verge]

actually no

they ran out of texture space

[low shoal]

interesting way to get that error then

[steel verge]

Plugin store plugins if they fail, they do not block the loading of the game

[low shoal]

yeah i know that, just different from the usual error

[mint seal]

Hi

Is it possible to make plugins on iOS

Lol no one online

But I just want to make a small cool building plugin

[low shoal]

were online

Ptag creation

[tulip rock]

Step 1: Download a baseplate of your choice It is recommended to keep it small if you are just starting.
Step 2: Download a pixel drawing app. It is recommended that you get one with layers and transparency options. You can find a list of suggested options here
Step 3: Here are some tutorials that show how to make a house. One by Theo and one by Kulche
Here's a tutorial by rtobby that provides tips on improving the plugin quality
You may find more tutorials in the getting started page and on the forum
And even more tips pinned in plugin discussion
Step 4: Last step is to create a json. You can create one by using PCA or use this tutorial here to make one. To make one manually, you can use any text app which allows you to save files as a .json
Feel free to ask for help or suggestions on the forum or on the server

Bonus step: Once done, you can upload your plugin on the store which once approved can be downloaded in-game by anyone or post it on the forum showcase or both! Remember that store plugins must oblige to the store rules

[mint seal]

And I failed horribly

[low shoal]

its usually created the same way on all devices

[mint seal]

👍

[low shoal]

the only things that changes are the appps we use

[mint seal]

Do you know which apps I should use on iPhone and what to use on windows

I may be asking to many questions lol

[low shoal]

windows: paint.net

i dont use iphone, so no idea

[mint seal]

I found a good app I think will work

Ibispaint

I even made a box shape

[earnest pendant]

Not 100% isometrically correct but its a start

[mint seal]

Yeah

Im not good at pixel arts

I don’t even know how to make a sloped roof

[low shoal]

it is isometrically correct

[low shoal]

check the pins

[mint seal]

Oh okay

[low shoal]

oh

wait

pins of #plugin-discussion

[mint seal]

Thanks

[earnest pendant]

I'm not really good at roofs but perhaps these can help a tad

[mint seal]

Wow nice

[mint seal]

Can I use them but change colors maybe

[earnest pendant]

Do whatever you want I don't care whatsoever

[mint seal]

Thank you

[mint seal]

Lol my windows look off

[mint seal]

I think I’m done now

[low shoal]

youre right, the windows do look off, but thats because you did them incorrectly, ill show you how to do it later

have the roof cast a shadow on the red pixel right below it, or 2

[radiant rune]

Wtf?

Why

[lone heron]

Bruh, just decrease building's cultural influence

[radiant rune]

how is the cultural influence here

[lone heron]

Wdym how

[radiant rune]

What is the cultural influence here? A small flag???

[fleet grove]

No no, the attribute cultural influence

what do you ahve it set at?

[radiant rune]

Such an original building..

[fleet grove]

My guy, you coded the building right? what is the level of cultural influence in the json

[lone heron]

Bro trying to get offenced

Open your json

Find "culture influence": or line like this

Decrease value

[radiant rune]

aaa

Oh

I'm understand, sorry

sorry for the misunderstanding

[fleet grove]

It is all good. I misunderstand things on the daily 😄

I should add that I do like it

@radiant rune

[low shoal]

actually

i didnt mean to disapprove that

resubmit it without any changes

why does it have religion influence though, rather than management

[low shoal]

oh there was no cultural influence, and i guess there could be but no, i did not mean to disapprove that

id you submit within the like next 6 hours, i can approve it, otherwise youd have to wait till sunday

[somber wasp]

@fleet grove noice plugin, thank you! Have a q, is there any suggestions on bridge plugin that can connect?

[fleet grove]

That is a good question. I didn’t explore the different bridge plugins when I was connecting it but am curious if there is one that can “float” just above water surface.

[somber wasp]

Tried several thing, they all kinda not working, all have a gap between park and leave water in between hmmm

[somber wasp]

My personal thought is, maybe could include 1 or 2 bridge segment (no need to be bridge, just a decoration is enough, that visually can connect the bridge perfectly maybe on the 2 circled point, so that people with different angle can use it as bridge to connect

It prob just need the customized bridge to “over extend” a bit in drawing to leave no gap with park, and also “on same level as park” on that 2 circled point (also align it at right place)

But that’s just suggestion, no need to do anything xd

[fleet grove]

This is a good thought. Wonder if I can make just a 1x1 “bridge” and set the attributes to “needs land” false and whatnot. Then people can link it together. I’ll play around a bit with it!

[somber wasp]

Yess that would be great, thank you! though no pressure xd 👍

[fleet grove]

You know I always like to solve problems! Especially for people who help me out too

[low shoal]

You can :)

[idle nacelle]

Is there any solution

[grand spruce]

It is says they aren't available

Can't magically change that

[mint seal]

Okay

[mint seal]

?

Sorry for being useless but I am not good at this yet

So I will add roof shadows to all sides of the building

Done

I think I improved the windows

[mint seal]

I feel pretty done with it now

What to do next?

Oh no

Now it’s the json stuff

No one online :(

[mint seal]

I downloaded my pca json thingy

I clicked this one

[mint seal]

W I submitted

[fleet grove]

Heck yeah! I’ll add a few segments and send an update out soon.

[mint seal]

Farming house

I can find a photo of them irl

They’re kinda different from normal red houses

And almost all of them look completely the same

[earnest pendant]

Shadow is on wrong side

[mint seal]

Oops

Sorry for that lol

Now

[earnest pendant]

@grand spruce

[mint seal]

Delete this

Scam ahh link

[grand spruce]

Pmodmenu @fair hamlet

[tulip rock]

Case #5257

mathiaas_05 was banned for the following reason: Sharing or spreading scams or phishing content.

[mint seal]

Btw do you know how long does it usually take for a plugin to get reviewed?

Sorry for ping

[earnest pendant]

I believe bunny is going over them sunday

[grand spruce]

Not my job couldn't tell ya

Plugin approval is an mostly independent forum team we have very little direct idea as to when they do things

[mint seal]

Oh okay

Its fine

I think I’m done with my Norwegian houses now

[low shoal]

Yeee, need to be at my pc

[mint seal]

Hello

[low shoal]

Okay so you didnt correct your window
And also we dont ban someone for poor graphics. People only get their uploaading perms revokes after multiple submissions without improvement

[mint seal]

Oh

Idk how to make the windows better

Sorry

My next building I will improve I hope

[low shoal]

Yeah give me a few minutes and ill show you

[low shoal]

Just edit it and upload, youve got time

[mint seal]

Okay thanks

[mint seal]

Like this?

[low shoal]

Yeah

Kind of

Okay yeah that works

Whats happening on the left

[mint seal]

Idk

Hmm

Longer up maybe

[earnest pendant]

You should probably erase the baseplate, if you do then make sure to add draw ground:true in your json, or you could use the grass texture which is publically available

Or make whatever ground you want ig

[low shoal]

Remove the grey thing on the left

[earnest pendant]

Window on the far left is a tad wacky

[mint seal]

Ye

I have no idea how to fix it lol

I think I made it better

But one question @earnest pendant

[earnest pendant]

mm

[mint seal]

Are these supposed to be 1?

[earnest pendant]

well your baseplate is a 1x1 isnt it

[mint seal]

Oh

Yeah it is

Thank you

I was a little confused

[earnest pendant]

I'd recommend adding "title" and "Text" in the optional attributes section too

[mint seal]

Okay I’m starting on my next building

Office building

Something similar to one of these

[lament hinge]

hmmm

nice

[mint seal]

Hi

[lament hinge]

hi

[lament hinge]

are you a new plugin maker?

[earnest pendant]

Just don't go too big, work your way up.

[mint seal]

A very new one

[mint seal]

I thought 4 tiles was a good idea

[lament hinge]

nice

[lament hinge]

nice plugin btw

[mint seal]

Thank you very much

Its my second plugin

[lament hinge]

np

[lament hinge]

ohh, nice

[inland hornet]

Это круто

[mint seal]

This is cool?

I tried to learn Russian before

[distant sluice]

i suggest to desaturate it

[mint seal]

Maybe

[distant sluice]

oh wait

[distant sluice]

this is maybe wrong place to discuss, lets move to #plugin-discussion

[inland hornet]

Да

[hexed wren]

hey whats up

so uhh i need help with an plugin bro

i dont know how many pixels i have to use to draw a building

[earnest pendant]

Check the pins of #plugin-discussion for tips, and there's plenty of tutorials to get you started on youtube.

[hexed wren]

ok thanks

[novel thunder]

When i Will finished my plugin into PCA there is Teks pop up (this is not PCA project) why??

[low shoal]

teks popup?

[mint seal]

Btw what’s game preview

[low shoal]

Which one are you referring to

[mint seal]

Small office building

[low shoal]

In game

So inside the game

A screenshot of it while playing if you will

[mint seal]

Oh okay

I didn’t know how

If I found out I will fix it

[low shoal]

Settings, take map picture

Or I think picture

As well as the devices native screenshot thing

[mint seal]

Oh okay

But I don’t have the plugin

So I can’t take a photo of it

[low shoal]

Why don't you have the plugin?

[mint seal]

Idk

[quiet forge]

Try searching In commercial buildings

[low shoal]

Check commercial category in manual build

If you specified a level check that, if you didn't, see level 1

[mint seal]

Bruh I think I logged on my old account on the forum thing

Nvm it’s my new one

[mint seal]

It’s not appearing

[low shoal]

did you place it in the plugin folder

[mint seal]

Sorry, what’s that?

[earnest pendant]

you folder you put your plugin in...

[mint seal]

Hmm

[earnest pendant]

or .zips, .plugin. or .ttplugin*

[mint seal]

Oh those

[earnest pendant]

mpfs go in managed plugins

[mint seal]

What should I do with the zip files?

[earnest pendant]

take a guess

[mint seal]

Add them somewhere I guess

[earnest pendant]

Put it in the plugins folder, should probably unzip it too, I dont and it works for me but

[mint seal]

Yeah

I can try

[earnest pendant]

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 pendant]

^if you dont know where it is

[mint seal]

Me when no iOS :(

[mint seal]

I found it

So I’m gonna just add the zip file here? @earnest pendant

Sorry for many pings and questions

I found out how

[earnest pendant]

I believe so (i never use mobile files so im a tad clueless)

dosent really look like the plugin folder

[mint seal]

Yeah I found out

But I accidentally deleted the zip

[earnest pendant]

well uhm

cant really help with that lol

[mint seal]

I know

I will fix it now

[low shoal]

dont place it inside sample plugin folder

place it in the plugin folder

[mint seal]

I found it out

But now I’m fixing the ground

[low shoal]

good

[mint seal]

Should it be grass or concrete lol

Idk

[earnest pendant]

could just make it invisible too

let the plugin downloader decide

[mint seal]

Idk

Okay

But I think concrete is good

Maybe not

[earnest pendant]

@low shoal

[low shoal]

Ppunish 1055807541164126219

[tulip rock]

Case #5263

ignoreme_exe was banned for the following reason: Sharing or spreading scams or phishing content.

[low shoal]

thanks

took me a while to process why i was pinged

[earnest pendant]

Yes that huge scam link was very hard to see

[mint seal]

Lol I thought it was you that sent it to bunny

[low shoal]

i was more focused on the reddit part and wondering if it was a link to cracked theotown lol

i also thought it was rayne (pinging me to warn about illegal theotown activities)

[mint seal]

Does anyone have concrete texture for the ground

[earnest pendant]

It might be in the public textures, but i dont recall seeing it there

[mint seal]

Okay

I will try to find it

[lone heron]

this one, probably

[mint seal]

Thank you very much

I think this is good

Bunny

Is it good enough now

[low shoal]

not really

[mint seal]

What to do then?

[low shoal]

youre missing the shadow (1 pixel on the roof) amd till the edge of the baseplate on the ground

and im too tired to criticise the rest

you didnt really do noise correctly

[mint seal]

Yeah sorry

[low shoal]

use a black brush of like 2%

[lone heron]

Windows dont have any shading and shadows

[mint seal]

It’s fine

[lone heron]

Theyre just wrong

[mint seal]

Idk how

[lone heron]

See pins in #plugin-discussion

[lime blade]

Can some help. I went to the website but I still don't understand it.

How do you use animation for color variants?

How do you make the colored part a separate PNG?

[low shoal]

i separated it for you, ill dm it

[heavy solstice]

Guys,how to make decal?

[lime blade]

Please and thank you

[low shoal]

make a ground type draft with level 1 attribute

[earnest pendant]

I'd like to know about plugins that have a humorous element or industrial plugins.

[low shoal]

Coke factory

[earnest pendant]

I already have it!

[low shoal]

Have you got these #event-entries-plugins

[earnest pendant]

Thanks