#plugin-lua-and-fun | TheoTown | Page 4

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:47 PM

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yeah its meant to be different, icons" is in a separate json file

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I reloaded the game so its supposed to be loaded

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only if I leave the 2nd line though

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:47 PM

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iconDraft is probably nil

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that's why it crashes

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Where do you run it in?

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As in, under what script event

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:49 PM

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it was out of all functions as in examples, I moved it into a function (that gets activated when you click a sidebar button) but it still doesnt work

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:50 PM

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Are you sure $sim_nationstates_icons is defined

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You could Debug.toast the iconDraft value

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and see what it returns

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:51 PM

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light plinth Are you sure $sim_nationstates_icons is defined

should be (if you mean in the json), I reloaded the game and it didnt throw an error

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:51 PM

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reloaded as in restarted?

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:51 PM

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yes

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:52 PM

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then it should work

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:52 PM

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it doesnt toast anything

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:53 PM

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slap a
"strict lua": true
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this will make it immediately crash when an exception is encountered

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rather than doing that silently

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:53 PM

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now it shows nil

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:54 PM

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that means that draft is undefined at that moment in time

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:54 PM

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because I moved the toast, was dumb and put it after .getdraft which causes the exception

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:54 PM

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light plinth that means that draft is undefined at that moment in time

why could it be if the id is right and draft is defined in json

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:55 PM

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I mean

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In this instance, you are getting the draft of dynamically defined draft

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:56 PM

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I tried both one defined by string in lua file and one in json

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btw Draft.append(iconImage) seems to cause an exception too

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:57 PM

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seems?

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if it crashes, it should be an exception

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not seem

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:57 PM

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I didnt enable strict lua yet

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:57 PM

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you should do that first

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:58 PM

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so this isnt reliable?

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:58 PM

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it does not give you details on why it fails if it crashes

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you'd have to read the log.txt in this instance

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 5:58 PM

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oh wait strict lua gives details?

light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 5:59 PM

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it immediately shows the error in your face rather than silently logging it in log.txt file

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 6:00 PM

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light plinth Oct 26, 2023, 6:00 PM

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According to that error, Draft.append cannot be called outside of init methods

random hamlet Oct 26, 2023, 6:20 PM

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im back

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now it doesnt crash but icons arent visible

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gonna continue tomorrow

zinc isle Oct 26, 2023, 6:24 PM

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trading

weak mural Oct 26, 2023, 6:42 PM

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the draft append and merge should be placed outside any script functions, e.g. init, earlyInit, lateInit, and so on. you can put under require function if you use modules or even the first line of your script.

and call Draft functions, e.g. getDraft, inside the script functions. when the scripts initialization, any plugin drafts are not loaded yet. and you will get the nil draft.

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after the read line, the draft append and merge are just an abstract function. after the blue line, all drafts are loaded properly.

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 1:34 PM

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HELL YES

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almost working

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these icons are kinda weird

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also maybe I should make them smaller

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 1:42 PM

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random hamlet these icons are kinda weird

well coal doesnt look too bad

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I dont like iron ore, its weird

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even though I took a real picture as reference

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also I should fix the outline in some places

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looks better

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@torpid spear sorry for pinging but I think you know the answer best out of people here

does the game have some "standart" icon size? (or sizes for different types of icons)

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they seem to just vary from 20x20 to like 26x26

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 2:13 PM

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complex industry uses 26x26 for the icons

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the sidebar doesnt quite fit that size though

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 2:25 PM

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my icons are 24x24 for now

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I hate this so much\

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it doesnt even show what happened in the logs

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after I reload the game it works fine but after any change it disappears unless I reload it again

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 2:43 PM

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some gui errors get supressed

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i just use strict lua for the rest

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 2:45 PM

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this makes me want to kill people

zinc isle Oct 27, 2023, 2:45 PM

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kill

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 2:45 PM

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this happens because of Draft.append(iconImage)

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which I put outside of script functions

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as I was supposed to

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tried loading from json again but it doesnt work anywhere

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 2:53 PM

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why are you using draft append anyway

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i have never found a valid use case for it

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 2:54 PM

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apparently thats what you use when you write json code inside lua

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 2:56 PM

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seems pretty impractical to me

torpid spear Oct 27, 2023, 2:57 PM

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yes icons should be 26x26

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:08 PM

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potent jolt seems pretty impractical to me

at least it almost worked

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well it did

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I forgot why it even broke

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idk what am I doing

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:09 PM

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i geuss thats better than mine rn

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:09 PM

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do your icons work?

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:09 PM

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well yea

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but my script dont

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:11 PM

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fixing a script is probably easier or at least not as frustrating as figuring out how tf do icons work

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can you tell me how do you deal with icons?

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:12 PM

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idk what the issue is

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works fine on my machine

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i just load them on startup and put them in a table

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similar to the game

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    {
        "id": "$industri_gui_icons",
        "type": "animation",
        "frames": [
            { "bmp": "icons/industry_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/port_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/wood_industry_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/warehouse_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/import_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/export_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/industry_info.png" },
            //problem icons
            { "bmp": "icons/warehouse_full.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/warehouse_problem_icon.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/input_empty.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/output_full.png" },
            { "bmp": "icons/industry_problem_icon.png" },
            //other icons
            { "bmp": "icons/resource_switch.png"}
        ],
        "meta": {
            "names": [
                "INDUSTRY",
                "PORT",
                "WOOD",
                "WAREHOUSE",
                "IMPORT",
                "EXPORT",
                "INDUSTRY_INFO",

                "WAREHOUSE_FULL",
                "NO_RESOURCE_SELECTED",
                "INPUT_EMPTY",
                "OUTPUT_FULL",
                "SUPPLY_NOT_MET",
                "SWITCH_RESOURCE"
            ]
        }
    },

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draft looks like this

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then i just Industri.ICONS.IMPORT

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:23 PM

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potent jolt i just load them on startup and put them in a table

pls define on startup

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outside of all functions?

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some script function?

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or when city loads?

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:24 PM

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script:init for me

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i get the draft, then put the frames in a table

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function Industri.earlyInit()
    -- load icons
    local draft = Draft.getDraft(draftId)
    local meta = draft:getMeta()
    for index, name in pairs(meta.names) do
        Industri.ICONS[name] = draft:getFrame(index)
    end
end

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earlyInit i suppose, but that doesnt matter

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its a simplified version of the actual code

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:28 PM

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doesnt work

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oh wait

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I put another id

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to see if it loads

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fixed the id, still doesnt work

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:30 PM

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whats the error

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also arent you just loading 4 frames out of a 2 frame draft

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:33 PM

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okay it works now

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I think

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potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:41 PM

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now you can do fancy gui stuff to it

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ninepatches my beloved

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:43 PM

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I havent even figured out simple gui

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custom icons is fancy enough for me

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:43 PM

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you could put them into a listbox to start

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easier for dynamic amounts of resource types

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:44 PM

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good idea

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hm, what other resources should I add... (useful but not too specific)

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:44 PM

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provides easier way of boxing each resource

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:44 PM

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thought of uranium

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and copper

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:44 PM

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rare metals?

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for advanced things

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:44 PM

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non-ferrous metals

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yeah

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:45 PM

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random hamlet non-ferrous metals

idk the common term in english, just googled

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in russian they're called colored metals

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I wont have complex industry levels of complexity but you will be able to produce some goods

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and sell them

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I will also add "consumer goods" which will be surplus from vanilla industry

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:48 PM

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random hamlet non-ferrous metals

okay these seem to be different things

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:50 PM

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maybe youre thinking of noble metals

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:51 PM

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nah, non-ferrous

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maybe I could add both non-ferrous and rare metals

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rare metals for most advanced stuff

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:53 PM

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if youre gonna have production buildings like complex industry oh boy

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the complex in complex industry also refers to the codebase

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:58 PM

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it will be much simpler

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also most of industry building will be out of the player managed city

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it'll be just clicking a button to construct an abstract factory somewhere else

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because the plugin is about countries

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 3:59 PM

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yea that simplifies things

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 3:59 PM

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you will be able to build factories in your city too, but it'll still be simple

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just 1 building

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 4:15 PM

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Now I need to "reset" a listbox

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to change a button when you click on it

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idk the best way to do it so I'll just make the onclick function delete the listbox and generate it again

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this functionality probably wont be needed in final version anyway

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random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 4:33 PM

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random hamlet idk the best way to do it so I'll just make the onclick function delete the list...

an issue is that it makes it scroll all the way back up but its not a big issue

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(right now there isnt any room to scroll down anyway)

elder glacier Oct 27, 2023, 5:08 PM

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potent jolt now you can do fancy gui stuff to it

that's amazing

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 5:09 PM

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my rock collection

potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 5:17 PM

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nice

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now its looking sharp

zinc isle Oct 27, 2023, 5:19 PM

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since when was oil a rock 🤔

light plinth Oct 27, 2023, 5:19 PM

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bear_diamond

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 5:22 PM

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I wanted to add diamonds but I cant come up with an use for them

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maybe sell to your rich population for extra money

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gonna start implementing abstract buildings

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I thought that players will only be able to build in cities (you'll be able to found them on any tile) which are also abstract

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but then you'll have to make cities almost everywhere

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so I'll make it just need at least 1 city within 2 tiles

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if I make it like 3 or 4 tiles, and make cities very expensive it'll create an interesting mechanic where you have to plan city placement to cover as much resources as you can

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 6:17 PM

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I wont even try making logistics

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so resource storage will just be global (country wide)

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and independent from buildings

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but buildings just affect how much can you store

trim remnant Oct 27, 2023, 6:23 PM

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Unbelievable low quality plugin

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 6:25 PM

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nooo

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imagine smooth integration between this and complex industry

zinc isle Oct 27, 2023, 6:26 PM

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i like the icon

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 6:40 PM

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potent jolt Oct 27, 2023, 6:47 PM

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no way

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industrial complex

trim remnant Oct 27, 2023, 7:02 PM

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Literally making the military industrial complex

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 7:23 PM

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I want to have rockets and planes at least

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Maybe land warfare but this means I have to code pathfinding

random hamlet Oct 27, 2023, 8:00 PM

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I kind of want to add bricks or concrete as resource

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But it feels weird to have them separately

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Maybe it's a good idea to add some combined "building material" resource representing bricks, concrete, stone, asphalt, etc.

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Which will be used with steel to construct most buildings

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 9:59 AM

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light plinth Oct 28, 2023, 10:09 AM

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now you're looking sharp

zinc isle Oct 28, 2023, 10:12 AM

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Yeee looks amazing

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however ~~why are the first letters lowercase?~~

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 10:37 AM

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idk I'll fix that now

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industry buildings in the city consume a bit of timber

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but if there is no timber nothing will happen

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I dont think I can make random industrial buildings get abandoned

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more balancing, also made amount of forest on tile count

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gonna make sawmills produce a bit less wood

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for context this is my horrible testing city

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of 150k people

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I'm gonna give management buildings in my plugin an actual use

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I will have political power unit like in hoi4

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which will be used for some decisions

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you will be able to get more of it by building a management building in your city

dry fox Oct 28, 2023, 11:21 AM

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random hamlet more balancing, also made amount of forest on tile count

Yo what plugin is this

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 11:21 AM

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It's not finished

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I mean, this channel is usually used for taking about progress on unfinished plugins

dry fox Oct 28, 2023, 11:22 AM

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Oh

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True lol

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 11:22 AM

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But it'll be called nationstates mod or something

zinc isle Oct 28, 2023, 11:22 AM

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wow simon implementing a whole ass system

dry fox Oct 28, 2023, 11:22 AM

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Oh ok

zinc isle Oct 28, 2023, 11:22 AM

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DuckPray

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this is amazing

dry fox Oct 28, 2023, 11:23 AM

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Cool system tho, so i will be dowloading it when it finished

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 11:38 AM

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Gonna work on resources for some time

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Then switch back to countries

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 2:27 PM

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new resources (except the one in the middle)

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building materials, plastic, ~~non-ferrous metals~~ (old), rare earth elements, uranium

icy siren Oct 28, 2023, 5:15 PM

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random hamlet new resources (except the one in the middle)

man, how much i need to wait for this Warsaw Radio Mast plugin

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 5:15 PM

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oh right I should finish it

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I feel lazy rn but I just need to add the cables

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I'll do it at some point

viral ruin Oct 28, 2023, 5:58 PM

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random hamlet new resources (except the one in the middle)

Wth someone still makes an incredible mod like AoS

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 6:17 PM

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viral ruin Wth someone still makes an incredible mod like AoS

how's aos doing btw? I know its likely not being developed anymore but is there a playable public version at least

viral ruin Oct 28, 2023, 6:30 PM

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random hamlet how's aos doing btw? I know its likely not being developed anymore but is there ...

Yeah it is. I have it

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 6:31 PM

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okay

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not bad

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 6:58 PM

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the great and proud country of gm_vanillastruct

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🫡

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For now treasury is just the tax from your main city

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I want to start adding random things but I have to do important features first

viral ruin Oct 28, 2023, 7:37 PM

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It is right

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So it will be just the more detailed version of Theotown or the thematic mod?

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 8:22 PM

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viral ruin So it will be just the more detailed version of Theotown or the thematic mod?

Well the goal is to have a wider world with countries

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With which you can trade or wage war

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So it mostly spices up gameplay and adds more stuff to manage

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I'll also come up with more mechanics affecting the city building part

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E.g. your city will have its own resource map, and potentially it has more resources than any other region of your country

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This isn't very realistic but it encourages developing your city and establishing camps for surveying resources

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And gives purpose to building stuff like oil pump sites

random hamlet Oct 28, 2023, 8:26 PM

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random hamlet So it mostly spices up gameplay and adds more stuff to manage

I'd say a feature of nuking other countries will already make people download it

potent jolt Oct 28, 2023, 9:34 PM

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viral ruin Wth someone still makes an incredible mod like AoS

hey give me some credit, i work on complex industry sometimes

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 10:07 AM

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torpid spear Oct 29, 2023, 10:11 AM

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complex industry

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 10:34 AM

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beautiful

viral ruin Oct 29, 2023, 10:35 AM

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torpid spear complex industry

Complex industry pro max

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 10:35 AM

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viral ruin Oct 29, 2023, 10:37 AM

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random hamlet

Meh it looks interesting. So when you want to finish this masterpiece?(i guess)

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 10:37 AM

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honestly no idea

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especially since I have some other coding projects im switching between periodically

viral ruin Oct 29, 2023, 10:39 AM

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Well

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Your mod would be one of the best things of Theotown if you'll still finish it

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 10:41 AM

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yeah it'll probably be the second major lua mod after aos

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I dont know any other ones

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well, and complex industry

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but ci is unfinished

viral ruin Oct 29, 2023, 10:43 AM

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So good luck

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 11:17 AM

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finally added save&load

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now my world doesnt get erased every time I reload the script

icy siren Oct 29, 2023, 12:48 PM

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random hamlet

i think you making smth like CI

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 12:49 PM

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nah I have this

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random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 1:06 PM

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I thought there was a script:nextWeek but turns out I was wrong

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I guess this will do

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nextDay for updating everything seems too fast and nextMonth is too slow

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wait this isnt c

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thats probably not how I only count the 7th day

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nvm it works

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 3:01 PM

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settled a tile

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I suspect that for some reasons saves can break

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but maybe its just because of me changing the code

potent jolt Oct 29, 2023, 3:27 PM

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my solution was to just wipe the plugins city storage and then rebuild it

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 3:45 PM

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added crops

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idk why I didnt think of them before

zinc isle Oct 29, 2023, 4:13 PM

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whats a weird looking crop

torpid spear Oct 29, 2023, 4:14 PM

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have you ever seen a grain

zinc isle Oct 29, 2023, 4:14 PM

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i dont think it looks like that 🥺

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 4:19 PM

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its wheat but tortured by horribly low resolution and me not knowing how to draw it

zinc isle Oct 29, 2023, 4:21 PM

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how about kinda like this?

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these look nice too

torpid spear Oct 29, 2023, 4:22 PM

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the artstly doesn't look very theotowny

zinc isle Oct 29, 2023, 4:22 PM

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simon can smash them together :)
hes very good

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 4:25 PM

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basically early gameplay is

Set up a sawmill to start getting good amounts of wood
Build a timber storage to store wood
Build farms and grain silos, less necessary than other steps but grain is needed for rural population to grow, and more population means more taxes
Build a granite quarry (needs timber)
Build an iron mine (needs timber and granite)
Build a coal mine (needs timber, granite and iron)
Build copper mine (needs same as coal)
Build steel factory (needs granite, iron and copper, consumes iron)
Build construction material factory (needs granite and steel, then consumes granite, steel and copper)

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then more advanced thingamabobs follow I guess

light plinth Oct 29, 2023, 4:25 PM

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rocket industry when

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 4:25 PM

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I think I'll add rockets if I get into that stage of development actually

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(spy satellites)

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to detect rocket launches n stuff

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(if I get to that stage of development too)

zinc isle Oct 29, 2023, 4:26 PM

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this is advances, i love it

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 4:26 PM

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I should make categories for my building tab

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 4:26 PM

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random hamlet basically early gameplay is 1. Set up a sawmill to start getting good amounts o...

half of this is implemented, gonna start working on the other half

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 4:27 PM

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random hamlet basically early gameplay is 1. Set up a sawmill to start getting good amounts o...

also population consumes a bit of wood and wheat

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but you can actually produce a tiny bit of wheat by building real farms in your city

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how should I call the category of crop & timber related buildings

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I guess I'll call it renewable resources for now

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 6:32 PM

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added steel mill, testing now

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damn, I dont have coal on my territory... I guess its time to EXPAND

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there is a minor inconvenience with a bug that prevents me from expanding vertically but im too lazy to fix it and reopen the city

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thankfully I found a tiny coal deposit

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I forgot to make copper generate and when I fix it the savegame will break 💀

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now thats a real minor inconvenience

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at least for now the gameplay process is fast

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but before release I'll slow it down by making everything slower and more expensive

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since otherwise you wont have time to actually manage your city, and will finish setting up everything in your country before your main city becomes big

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 6:45 PM

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random hamlet I forgot to make copper generate and when I fix it the savegame will break 💀

actually it doesnt break, but tiles are already generated and dont have copper so same outcome

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 7:05 PM

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it works

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I didnt even have to conquer a single tile for this

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OP

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but I will fix

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bear_think

viral ruin Oct 29, 2023, 8:37 PM

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Why the developers doesn't make similar stuff for the updates

torpid spear Oct 29, 2023, 8:39 PM

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probably because tt is not a rts?

random hamlet Oct 29, 2023, 8:54 PM

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I'd rather take on making rts myself, so devs can finally make the transport update

viral ruin Oct 29, 2023, 8:59 PM

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torpid spear probably because tt is not a rts?

I don't know what is "rts" but i know his mod looks awesome

elder glacier Oct 30, 2023, 12:57 AM

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random hamlet <:bear_think:431390001721376770>

Your plugin reminds me of worker ans resources lol

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 10:06 AM

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added a basic energy system

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 10:28 AM

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gonna make sure oil works and then work on something else

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 11:17 AM

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🦅🦅🦅🦅

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 12:15 PM

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me and my new friends

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ignore the names they're random placeholders

zinc isle Oct 30, 2023, 12:18 PM

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American states

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 12:18 PM

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only most of them

zinc isle Oct 30, 2023, 12:18 PM

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Yes

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 12:19 PM

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ok gonna turn this into usa battle royale temporarily

zinc isle Oct 30, 2023, 12:19 PM

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Tell me which state wins

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 12:19 PM

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I'll just change the placeholder names, I didnt add war yet

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but I'm gonna start implementing basic ai, so they'll at least build stuff and settle nearby tiles

zinc isle Oct 30, 2023, 12:21 PM

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Cooool

viral ruin Oct 30, 2023, 1:25 PM

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zinc isle American states

And Russian Komi

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

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(had to fix a lot of bugs on the way) Now they build sawmills

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and once they have enough timber, they build storages for it

stoic vector Oct 30, 2023, 2:11 PM

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Player is my favorite state

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 3:02 PM

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well technically countries expand now

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but I have no idea why are they doing it this way

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nvm figured it out

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if I said how I truly feel about lua, I'd get demoted for breaking server's record of excessive swearing

elder glacier Oct 30, 2023, 4:19 PM

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real

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 4:54 PM

#

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rn they expand, build sawmills, timber storages and farms

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wtf is new mexico up to

zinc isle Oct 30, 2023, 5:55 PM

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omg they are growing???

random hamlet Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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Yes

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They're settling unoccupied tiles

zinc isle Oct 31, 2023, 12:32 AM

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thats so cool

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 8:26 AM

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on mobile this will probably be only playable with a smaller map with less countries

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but it'll probably be absolutely playable with a map 2 or 3 times smaller

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(in fact I think I made it too big anyway)

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 9:07 AM

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now countries can reach the stage of getting oil

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worth noting that they have infinite money for now tho

zinc isle Oct 31, 2023, 9:13 AM

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looks nice

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 10:17 AM

#

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my worldgen looks surprisingly cool despite not using perlin noise

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:25 AM

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saves properly, (size of stg.nations is right), loads 0

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thats after reloading the game

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@potent jolt do you have experience with saving and loading tables, how to do this properly?

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oops attached the same screenshot twice

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storage itself seems to be working

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:30 AM

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random hamlet <@308903727928967169> do you have experience with saving and loading tables, how...

as long as you got the reference from a table out of storage itll update it storage correctly

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:30 AM

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okay now it works

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:30 AM

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but simple values like numbers and strings must be set directly in storage

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better to use tables

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:31 AM

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map is a 2 dimensional array (table)

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:31 AM

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you should nest all your storage in a dedicated table

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for your plugin

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that way you dont accidentally have a number that doesnt get saved

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:31 AM

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local stg = getStorage()

    return Util.optStorage(TheoTown.getStorage(), script:getDraft():getId())
end```

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function I totally didnt steal

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:32 AM

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yea basically

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:32 AM

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I use this already

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:34 AM

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pretty much how ci does it

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-- Gets the industri storage table from gamewide storage.
---@return table storage The gamewide industri storage table.
---@nodiscard
function Industri.getStorage()
    return Util.optStorage(TheoTown.getStorage(), Industri.INDUSTRY_ID, {})
end

-- Gets the industri storage table from city storage.
---@return table storage The city industri storage table.
---@nodiscard
function Industri.getCityStorage()
    return Util.optStorage(City.getStorage(), Industri.INDUSTRY_ID, {})
end

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:38 AM

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then whats the problem in my script

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why dont nations load normally

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or map

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whatever

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my load function clears nations array and then loads it from the save

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but for some reason nothing changes

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:40 AM

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how does it do that

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i dont have dedicated save functions

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i just work on references to the storage directly

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as long as the table was retrieved from storage itll always update in storage

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:43 AM

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then local stg = getStorage()
val = stg.val

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honestly idk how am i supposed to do this

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and I dont know why

nations = stg.nations ```
doesnt do anything

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:46 AM

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youre assigning an empty table to nations

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then overwriting it with a referencr to stg.nations

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which is nil

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youll have to initialise stg.nations first

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so

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stg.nations = stg.nations or {}
nations = stg.nations

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:48 AM

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doesnt change anything for some reason

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How am i supposed to save this value?

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 11:51 AM

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if you edit nations after that point it will save automagically

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you could use util.opstorage to simplify those 2 lines too

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stg.nations = Util.opStorage(stg, 'nations', {})

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becausr thats really all the function does

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 11:54 AM

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potent jolt if you edit nations after that point it will save automagically

so it copies reference, not value?

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I hate lua

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save:

stg.nations = nations```

load (called when you enter city):

local stg = getStorage()
stg.nations = stg.nations or {}
nations = stg.nations

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after I click save, wait, and click load nothing changes (it should)

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or when I reload the game it doesnt load anything either

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I thought it just copies values

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and they are independent

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 12:00 PM

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random hamlet so it copies reference, not value?

yea tables copy references

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dedicated save function is not needed

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 12:01 PM

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should I do smth like nations = stg.nations somewhere in the beginning of the code or what

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when city loads

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and dont use save or load?

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or just replace every mention of nations with stg.nations

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which if tables copy references would be the same thing

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 12:07 PM

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random hamlet should I do smth like `nations = stg.nations` somewhere in the beginning of the ...

tried it, also the opposite, still doesnt work

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I may be stupid

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 12:48 PM

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i got

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function IndustriBuilding.enterCity()
    Industri.debugLog('IndustriBuilding module enterCity')
    -- get all buildings from storage
    IndustriBuilding.buildings = Collection.new(Util.optStorage(Industri.getCityStorage(), 'buildings', {}))
    for _, building in pairs(IndustriBuilding.buildings) do
        setmetatable(building, IndustriBuilding.meta)
    end
end

function IndustriBuilding.exitCity()
    IndustriBuilding.buildings = nil
end

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and it just works

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i just work on the buildings table

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this is in a module, but it should work for you

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dont mind the Collection.new, thats a wrapper class i wrote for tables

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i dont think i even use it

random hamlet Oct 31, 2023, 4:50 PM

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potent jolt ```lua function IndustriBuilding.enterCity() Industri.debugLog('IndustriBuil...

what does it do? load some kind of buildings and loads&assigns their information to them when you enter the game?

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I'll try figuring out save/load tomorrow

potent jolt Oct 31, 2023, 5:01 PM

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the only important part is that it just fetches a table from storage and assigns it locally

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from there i can manipulate it however i want

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the exitcity isnt even needed

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the whole setmetatable thing is cuz i wanted to pretend its object oriented

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id have to see more of the code to know what youre doing wrong

random hamlet Nov 1, 2023, 1:14 PM

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Don't want to deal with saves for now so I'll do something else

random hamlet Nov 2, 2023, 3:10 PM

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im gonna take a 3-4 day break because I have another unrelated project I promised someone I'll work on

royal pollen Nov 2, 2023, 7:31 PM

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hi, I need to code my plugin, I don’t know how since I’m doing it for the first time

potent jolt Nov 2, 2023, 9:40 PM

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you can start by checking the guides on the forum

naive marsh Nov 5, 2023, 3:23 PM

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😎

torpid spear Nov 5, 2023, 3:24 PM

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stop spamming and use proper channels, thanks

trim remnant Nov 5, 2023, 10:38 PM

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The context is that user was spamming lmao

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Why doe it concern you/

random hamlet Nov 7, 2023, 4:33 PM

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some sprites for nationstates plugin

zinc isle Nov 7, 2023, 4:40 PM

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Cool

weak mural Nov 7, 2023, 4:43 PM

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looks like PCB

random hamlet Nov 7, 2023, 7:44 PM

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What's PCB

weak mural Nov 7, 2023, 8:18 PM

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snow tapir Nov 7, 2023, 9:33 PM

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random hamlet What's PCB

Do you think your plugin could have multiplayer functionalities? It would enhance the interactions between players a lot if so, and would be pretty usefull for roleplay

potent jolt Nov 7, 2023, 9:34 PM

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snow tapir Do you think your plugin could have multiplayer functionalities? It would enhanc...

theotown doesnt offer any ability to do this

snow tapir Nov 7, 2023, 9:35 PM

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Yeah, sadly true

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Although resource sharing is already in game

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So it could work like that

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There is even ways to share the money of two cities, so maybe at least resource sharing could work

random hamlet Nov 8, 2023, 4:14 AM

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Not sure I can code that in, especially for online regions

snow tapir Nov 8, 2023, 11:21 AM

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random hamlet Not sure I can code that in, especially for online regions

Still how far is the plugin from release?

random hamlet Nov 8, 2023, 11:23 AM

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Pretty far

snow tapir Nov 8, 2023, 12:04 PM

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K

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Still, it would be funny if for the npc nations names you used the names of the nations of the reddit rp community

stoic vector Nov 10, 2023, 12:43 PM

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why is this? I'm new to creating plugins, please help

Screenshot_2023-11-10-19-43-03-338_info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown.jpg

zinc isle Nov 10, 2023, 1:27 PM

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stoic vector why is this? I'm new to creating plugins, please help

You have two of the same ids

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Remove one or rename it

wraith garden Nov 10, 2023, 4:12 PM

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Could someone tell me how to alter a tool plugin's title in the building tool(Pic. 1) without changing its title in the toolbar(Pic. 2) programmatically in Lua?

zinc isle Nov 10, 2023, 4:19 PM

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"title":

wraith garden Nov 10, 2023, 4:36 PM

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It will also change its title in the toolbar.

zinc isle Nov 10, 2023, 4:40 PM

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wraith garden It will also change its title in the toolbar.

theres no way around it

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also you should use #plugin-discussion ad lua is a different coding language

wraith garden Nov 10, 2023, 4:43 PM

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So, how does this plugin(Terrain Tool++) implement it? It has a mutable elevation counter in the title.

zinc isle Nov 10, 2023, 4:45 PM

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who made it ian?

weak mural Nov 12, 2023, 5:09 AM

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not possible if you are not in TPC. you only can obtain the tool name with City.getToolName, but can't change it.

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maybe lobby should add City.setToolName.

analog sentinel Nov 12, 2023, 7:01 AM

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random hamlet some sprites for nationstates plugin

what plugin 😯

zinc isle Nov 12, 2023, 11:08 AM

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analog sentinel what plugin 😯

the one hes still working on....

analog sentinel Nov 12, 2023, 11:09 AM

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no i mean
nationstate plugin??

zinc isle Nov 12, 2023, 11:11 AM

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analog sentinel no i mean nationstate plugin??

yes a war ish plugin

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theres resources and trading between imaginery cities

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it all really sounds cool and simon is doing an amazing job

analog sentinel Nov 12, 2023, 11:12 AM

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damn 😮

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finally

analog sentinel Nov 12, 2023, 11:15 AM

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zinc isle yes a war ish plugin

did he has a server or something
i do love to see the developtment

zinc isle Nov 12, 2023, 11:17 AM

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analog sentinel did he has a server or something i do love to see the developtment

not that i know of, he posts them here

random hamlet Nov 13, 2023, 12:51 PM

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I don't have a server for it

exotic zodiac Nov 13, 2023, 5:29 PM

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Is there some guide or documentation for creating plugins?

zinc isle Nov 13, 2023, 5:31 PM

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exotic zodiac Is there some guide or documentation for creating plugins?

in #plugin-discussion yes

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they are pinned there

orchid crater Nov 16, 2023, 5:45 PM

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print ('hello i will steal your food')

torpid spear Nov 16, 2023, 5:46 PM

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this isn't a channel to mess around and if you keep it up you will simply get warned

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thanks

light plinth Nov 16, 2023, 8:44 PM

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Ppunish 480662509096009739

rare grottoBOT Nov 16, 2023, 8:44 PM

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light plinth Ppunish 480662509096009739

Case #4056

kaijuno.87980 was banned for the following reason: Sharing or spreading scams or phishing content.

random hamlet Dec 11, 2023, 7:22 PM

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I hope I'll have more free time and motivation to work on nationstates plugin in late december

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(I haven't forgotten about it)

jaunty blade Dec 12, 2023, 11:37 AM

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would this kind of building look good in theotown?

spring veldt Dec 12, 2023, 11:38 AM

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The contours on the house in this game are strange to be honest

jaunty blade Dec 12, 2023, 11:39 AM

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i dont understand sir

spring veldt Dec 12, 2023, 11:40 AM

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This is an example of a building that you are going to introduce into the game, is the sprite ready?Because it confused me a little

jaunty blade Dec 12, 2023, 11:42 AM

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This is nothing, I just made the design. because I want to know first whether this style is suitable for the game

torpid spear Dec 12, 2023, 11:42 AM

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this isn't the appropriate channel for this

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also no, it would not

jaunty blade Dec 12, 2023, 11:43 AM

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Ahh I'm very sorry sir, I don't know, I'm new here

native timber Dec 20, 2023, 7:04 PM

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How can I edit the GUI that appears when I click on a drafted building?

potent jolt Dec 20, 2023, 8:22 PM

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you can use https://doc.theotown.com/modules/Script.html#script:finishInformationDialog

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if you want to replace the dialog entirely, use https://doc.theotown.com/modules/Script.html#script:click and return false

zinc isle Dec 23, 2023, 3:12 PM

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okay so

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now it kinda works, just not the way its intended to

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it doesnt stop after animation has ended and both animations run at the same time

median condor Dec 24, 2023, 11:58 AM

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Asking something for the Lua pro experts:

Would it be possible to make a plugin centered on ski resorts that relies on a system of "tickets" to provide income? Essentially, a share of your population + a number of "tourists" (who need hotels to sleep in) would generate income based on the number of ski slopes and lifts that you have.
Reaching a certain treshold of tourists / skiers would unlock new facilities.

I am currently trying to see if modding a ski resort mod would be possible, essentially a new "free dlc" centered around giving an additional income.

torpid spear Dec 24, 2023, 12:02 PM

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you very much could

median condor Dec 24, 2023, 12:07 PM

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Okay thanks Kulche!

torpid spear Dec 24, 2023, 12:12 PM

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I think there are even some inbuilt lua functions for adding a custom 'currency' like tickets

potent jolt Dec 24, 2023, 12:18 PM

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its very much possible but it will not be easy

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also earncurrency and spendcurrency require privilege

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its probably easier to just manage the currency yourself

median condor Dec 24, 2023, 12:39 PM

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potent jolt also earncurrency and spendcurrency require privilege

Which I got so that’s good

zinc isle Dec 24, 2023, 4:31 PM

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I dont think on tap fun is working as intended

📎 SNOW.zip

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I press and it does nothing. Very anti climatic

random hamlet Dec 26, 2023, 12:53 PM

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should I post the code of my atmosphere shader?

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with ids changed because I think thats how people do it usually

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maybe it could help some people with understanding glsl

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but also maybe anyone who cares about it will just read the tutorial

zinc isle Dec 26, 2023, 12:55 PM

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random hamlet but also maybe anyone who cares about it will just read the tutorial

have you seen the tutorial lol.

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all i saw was a lot of math

random hamlet Dec 26, 2023, 12:56 PM

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Yeah that's how shaders are

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Although the atmosphere shader isn't too complicated

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https://doc.theotown.com/ - Lua api

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=12185 - GUI compendium forum post

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=16838 - Forum GLSL shader tutorial

random hamlet Dec 26, 2023, 1:01 PM

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random hamlet https://doc.theotown.com/ - Lua api https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=...

weak mural Dec 26, 2023, 1:31 PM

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zinc isle all i saw was a lot of math

a reason why im not really interested with shader. lol

zinc isle Dec 26, 2023, 1:33 PM

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I thought i wanted to make a shader, until I saw the tutorial and didnt

random hamlet Dec 26, 2023, 2:15 PM

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I guess then im the only one working with them lol

#

although I havent made any shaders in a while

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especially complex ones

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I wish there was a postprocessing shader

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where I can work with the whole screen and not separate sprites

misty python Jan 6, 2024, 1:22 PM

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shader monopoly

uncut field Jan 7, 2024, 3:55 PM

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Their conversation actually got me to look into shaders for love2d

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I think I'm going to use a fragment shader to improve rendering performance for my falling sand game

random hamlet Jan 10, 2024, 6:01 PM

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compute shaders exist

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outside of theotown though

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and I have no idea how to make them

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(yeah ik 3 days passed)

true sentinel Feb 2, 2024, 3:04 PM

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Helo

torpid spear Feb 2, 2024, 3:05 PM

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#general

zinc isle Feb 2, 2024, 4:52 PM

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maybe he wanted to ask a question about lua, or fun even

light plinth Feb 2, 2024, 5:00 PM

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it's ian's Brazilian alt account

zinc isle Feb 2, 2024, 5:01 PM

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unreal

elder glacier Feb 2, 2024, 5:07 PM

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Lmao

torpid spear Feb 2, 2024, 5:11 PM

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lol

weak mural Feb 2, 2024, 5:23 PM

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im prefer make japanese alt account

novel badge Feb 18, 2024, 4:02 AM

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Is it normal some fun function not work properly on IOS?

torpid spear Feb 18, 2024, 6:47 AM

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what do you mean "not work properly"

magic pier Feb 18, 2024, 7:13 AM

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Where to get this ?

zinc isle Feb 18, 2024, 8:37 AM

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magic pier Where to get this ?

#event-entries-plugins

novel badge Feb 19, 2024, 3:59 AM

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torpid spear what do you mean "not work properly"

The TNT plugin for example

#

#

It cannot detect activated firework wires

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Only on IOS

weak mural Feb 20, 2024, 12:30 PM

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this is how to fix your issue.

torpid spear Feb 20, 2024, 1:51 PM

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lol

#

that's quite the way out

icy siren Feb 22, 2024, 7:02 AM

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weak mural im prefer make japanese alt account

ian i need this railway platform which works as bus station

weak mural Feb 22, 2024, 6:54 PM

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isnt it there?

vestal storm Feb 22, 2024, 9:26 PM

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Are these acc hacked

trim remnant Feb 22, 2024, 10:01 PM

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yeah they are

icy siren Feb 22, 2024, 10:32 PM

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weak mural isnt it there?

also i would do setting up routes as with Bus depot

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but this will be on train depot

viscid lily Feb 23, 2024, 6:18 AM

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Sorry, what does lua even mean?

zinc isle Feb 23, 2024, 6:27 AM

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viscid lily Sorry, what does lua even mean?

Its a programming language which you can use to implement complicated features in your plugin.

viscid lily Feb 23, 2024, 6:48 AM

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zinc isle Its a programming language which you can use to implement complicated features i...

Ouh i see, thx for the explanation. 🙂

deft rune Feb 23, 2024, 8:22 AM

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Can someone help me with my code?

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Its giving errors for no reason

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Oh wait wrong place sorry

vestal storm Feb 23, 2024, 12:19 PM

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ip stealer

vestal storm Feb 23, 2024, 5:46 PM

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Ping

vestal storm Feb 24, 2024, 7:52 AM

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I have a problem with the vanilla plugin mainfest

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From the pickle

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As i didint have a problem before importing it

torpid spear Feb 24, 2024, 7:58 AM

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that's not lua

#

also how are we supposed to help if you didn't even say what's wrong

vestal storm Feb 24, 2024, 8:06 AM

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Well

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When you download the one from the pickle

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It comes set with the stuff you need to put it into the plugin to have a mainfest

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But

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When i did that

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This appears

#

south garnet Feb 24, 2024, 8:08 AM

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vestal storm

manifest files must be called Plugin.manifest

vestal storm Feb 24, 2024, 8:09 AM

#

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Should i remove the .json

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Ima try that

torpid spear Feb 24, 2024, 8:14 AM

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yes you should

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manifest is the extension

vestal storm Feb 24, 2024, 8:15 AM

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Thank you

zinc isle Feb 27, 2024, 6:03 PM

#

Ppunish 983497746772295703

rare grottoBOT Feb 27, 2024, 6:03 PM

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zinc isle Ppunish 983497746772295703

Punish 12\_jiwoo

stoic vector Feb 28, 2024, 8:53 AM

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:+

reef ocean Mar 2, 2024, 11:29 PM

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Hello, does anyone have the code that is set when a building does not have a floor?

reef ocean Mar 3, 2024, 4:03 AM

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Hi???

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Bruh

rugged night Mar 3, 2024, 4:08 AM

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reef ocean Hello, does anyone have the code that is set when a building does not have a flo...

“draw ground”: true, //this will make your building don’t have floor

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note: remove the comma when you wanna put it on the last line

reef ocean Mar 3, 2024, 4:22 AM

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Thanks

torpid spear Mar 3, 2024, 6:06 PM

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should be good, but wrong channel

reef ocean Mar 3, 2024, 6:08 PM

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A sry

native timber Mar 4, 2024, 6:14 AM

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Can i redact or create a json file, using lua?

torpid spear Mar 4, 2024, 8:31 AM

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yes

potent jolt Mar 4, 2024, 8:57 AM

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but only during initial loading of the game

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not during runtime

maiden dome Mar 9, 2024, 6:57 PM

#

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What is the name of the diagonal building plugin?

potent jolt Mar 9, 2024, 7:16 PM

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this isnt the place for that

stoic vector Mar 10, 2024, 5:08 PM

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Hnn

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Soo can we make plugin for the leftovers of a destroyed building?

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Dont like the dirt blob we have rn

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I want a bit of destroyed structure

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At leasr

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If we can make it then great!

torpid spear Mar 10, 2024, 5:10 PM

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how is this lua related

stoic vector Mar 10, 2024, 5:10 PM

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If we can code it

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I mean is it possible to code it in?

torpid spear Mar 10, 2024, 5:10 PM

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destroyed by a disaster?

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not that I'm aware of

stoic vector Mar 10, 2024, 5:12 PM

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Dang :(

light plinth Mar 10, 2024, 5:12 PM

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You can specify the destruction attribute with an ID

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It will replace the destroyed building

#

the building of the specified ID must have to be 1x1 or match the size of the building thats being destroyed

torpid spear Mar 10, 2024, 5:13 PM

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I don't think that's exactly what they are looking for

#

but good to know

stoic vector Mar 10, 2024, 5:20 PM

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Ouh i know its official name now

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Scraps

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Yea i dont like the texture. I want to make plugins that bring the building leftover atmosphere

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Like an actually destroyed city like in ww2

lament drift Mar 14, 2024, 5:17 AM

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Scrap as hell WHY DOES FIRE HAPPEN TO ME

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i mentioned RESIDENCIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRY

shell pawn Mar 14, 2024, 5:27 AM

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You sure this is the right channel?

stoic vector Mar 17, 2024, 3:50 AM

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This channel we can talk about animation too right?

torpid spear Mar 17, 2024, 5:01 AM

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no

stoic vector Mar 17, 2024, 5:22 AM

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Dangit

#

Well i gave up on that with a less efficient code anyway <[

stoic vector Mar 20, 2024, 10:32 PM

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Wow so cool

fleet falcon Mar 28, 2024, 4:30 PM

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i know lua from roblox 🗿

torpid spear Mar 28, 2024, 4:43 PM

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ok?

quiet pagoda Mar 31, 2024, 9:50 PM

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vestal storm

Hi. Srbios. Rename and remove .json

potent jolt Mar 31, 2024, 10:14 PM

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with all due respect that was almost 3 months ago

vestal storm Apr 1, 2024, 5:05 AM

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Aprilfools

zinc isle Apr 1, 2024, 5:05 PM

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Ppunish 1174724196807491685

rare grottoBOT Apr 1, 2024, 5:05 PM

#

zinc isle Ppunish 1174724196807491685

Case #4469

apeng0803 was banned for the following reason: Sharing or spreading scams or phishing content.

stoic vector Apr 8, 2024, 2:38 PM

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hmmm

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how to lua

#

?

zinc isle Apr 8, 2024, 3:26 PM

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stoic vector how to lua

Unless you are searching for soething specific, here the lua forum https://forum.theotown.com/viewforum.php?f=115

stoic vector Apr 13, 2024, 1:14 PM

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I gave up

#

Yea lua is hard af

potent jolt Apr 13, 2024, 1:25 PM

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theres a reason programming is a job

weak finch Apr 13, 2024, 1:55 PM

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stoic vector I gave up

Never give up 😤

stoic vector Apr 13, 2024, 2:35 PM

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weak finch Never give up 😤

Perhaps i should just stick to JSON untill i really need lua

zinc isle Apr 13, 2024, 2:36 PM

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why would you use lua when you can use json?

torpid spear Apr 13, 2024, 2:36 PM

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because fun sucks?

zinc isle Apr 13, 2024, 2:37 PM

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well if fun is the alternative, use lua DuckPray

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fun is torturous, never using it again

stoic vector Apr 13, 2024, 2:38 PM

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Wait whats fun then?

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Now i want one for fun!

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How to fun

weak finch Apr 13, 2024, 2:53 PM

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stoic vector How to fun

That's the attitude never give up 😤

stoic vector Apr 13, 2024, 3:00 PM

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I check a little and hell it is more understandable than lua

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Yep im really thinking things weirdly

potent jolt Apr 13, 2024, 3:41 PM

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stoic vector I check a little and hell it is more understandable than lua

more understandable until you try to make anything statefull

weak finch Apr 13, 2024, 5:11 PM

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potent jolt more understandable until you try to make anything statefull

Please 🥺 explain me?

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What you mean with statefull?

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Example please 🥺

torpid spear Apr 13, 2024, 5:12 PM

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probably meant something like meaningful

potent jolt Apr 13, 2024, 5:21 PM

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weak finch What you mean with statefull?

tapping a building and the buiding remembering how many times you tapped it

stoic vector Apr 14, 2024, 7:45 AM

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Wait talking about that, what if make 100 frames for 100 taps, of a building

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For whatever reason it could be a thing piling up like gold

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🤑

torpid spear Apr 14, 2024, 7:46 AM

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was that a question

stoic vector Apr 14, 2024, 7:56 AM

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More like a tought 😔

weak finch Apr 14, 2024, 2:39 PM

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Lmfao

weak finch Apr 14, 2024, 2:39 PM

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zinc isle fun is torturous, never using it again

What happened to you with fun?

lavish nexus Apr 14, 2024, 2:40 PM

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weak finch What happened to you with fun?

Most complicated theotown related coding ever

zinc isle Apr 14, 2024, 2:40 PM

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weak finch What happened to you with fun?

you dont want to know

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also it just didndt work

lavish nexus Apr 14, 2024, 2:40 PM

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Bluds traumatized

zinc isle Apr 14, 2024, 2:40 PM

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they way i wanted

weak finch Apr 14, 2024, 2:41 PM

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zinc isle you dont want to know

😳

zinc isle Apr 14, 2024, 2:41 PM

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i have it as a lua file but its sitting to be released with new buildings this december ig

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fun is deginitely not fun

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apparently fun works faster than lua and its all json but fun 😩

weak finch Apr 14, 2024, 2:43 PM

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The fun be like
Expectation Reality
Fun 😊 💀

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You didn't fun 😊 💀

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Hahaha 😂😂

native timber Apr 14, 2024, 4:19 PM

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I have a problem, I need your help. Is there any way I can tell if a building is present on the screen? I really need it.

torpid spear Apr 14, 2024, 4:20 PM

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as in in the viewport?

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check if the building is currently rendered?

native timber Apr 14, 2024, 4:30 PM

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yes, like this

native timber Apr 15, 2024, 8:53 AM

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Still waiting :3

stoic vector Apr 15, 2024, 2:10 PM

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After some thinking...

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Damn i have no need for fun

weak finch Apr 15, 2024, 5:14 PM

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Then you will be sad 😢

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Ever

uncut field Apr 15, 2024, 5:46 PM

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stoic vector Wait talking about that, what if make 100 frames for 100 taps, of a building

that's basically what I did before fun variables were added

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that's how the Theos worked if you guys even remember that plugin

uncut field Apr 15, 2024, 5:48 PM

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native timber Still waiting :3

I tried to make a plugin that would give you info about a building you're looking at, but could never get it to work with the elevated terrain. So that might pose an issue to you if you try to make something like that

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But im not sure what lua functions are available to you guys these days, so maybe that's easier to figure out now

uncut field Apr 15, 2024, 5:50 PM

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stoic vector I check a little and hell it is more understandable than lua

It might be more understandable on the surface, but lua and fun actually do similar things when you take a closer look

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In fact, much of the fun stuff is simpler to do in lua. It just takes a little bit to figure out how to type everything if you've never programmed before

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Lua is a very forgiving language though, so there's really no better place to learn how to code than with lua

stoic vector Apr 16, 2024, 9:35 AM

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uncut field It might be more understandable on the surface, but lua and fun actually do simi...

ye it do similar thing

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but now when i try to learn, i realise for what i must learn these? i dont make weird mechanics

native timber Apr 16, 2024, 1:50 PM

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Can I play the sound only once/turn off (stop) the sound?

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*custom sound

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**custom sound, played by lua

stoic vector Apr 16, 2024, 1:52 PM

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I think we can, but i dont do that

zinc isle Apr 16, 2024, 1:53 PM

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native timber Can I play the sound only once/turn off (stop) the sound?

yes

native timber Apr 16, 2024, 2:05 PM

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zinc isle yes

Can I track whether this sound is playing now?

zinc isle Apr 16, 2024, 2:07 PM

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I can only tell you it can be done, I cant tell you how, I do not know

native timber Apr 16, 2024, 4:11 PM

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Not cool

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 9:23 AM

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Due to my inexperience with programming, I would like to ask what is the most effective way to check tiles? Like how I wanted to make from #plugin-discussion how can I check all the tiles of residential zone on all map?

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 9:41 AM

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doing this would be very inefficient

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why do you want to check them

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maybe we can find a method that doesnt require doing that

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 9:52 AM

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Whether zone on sand tile

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 11:21 AM

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for what purpose

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 11:33 AM

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potent jolt for what purpose

Doesn't matter yet

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Can we access an object by its index?

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If yes then I have an idea

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It would be possible to enter all the residential areas on the map into a large array once, and then check each object in turn, assigning it a variable depending on its location. This way we can check all zones only once. Then all that remains is to compare the number of elements in the array.

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 12:25 PM

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native timber Doesn't matter yet

matters, a lot

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if you cant program you cant tell me if it matters

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your solution is incredibly slow and what if the user builds new areas

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you can attach a script to the residential zone draft that will check for the EVENT_PLACED event

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then check the underlying terrain

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 12:33 PM

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potent jolt you can attach a script to the residential zone draft that will check for the EV...

Can i get x y with this thing?

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 1:03 PM

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potent jolt your solution is incredibly slow and what if the user builds new areas

So, any suggestions?
Yes, by the way, it is written there that periodically the array of the number of buildings will be checked, if it is not equal to zero, all operations are repeated

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 1:05 PM

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native timber Can i get x y with this thing?

yes

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 1:05 PM

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Cool, but how i saw, it requires x y

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 1:10 PM

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a script would look something like this ```lua
local attached = false

function script:init()
if not attached then
local name = script:getName()
local residentialDraft = Draft.getDraft('residential zone id')
script:addScript(name, residentialDraft)
attached = true
end
end

function script:event(x, y, _, event)
if event == Script.EVENT_PLACED then
-- a residential tile has been build, now we can do other things
end
end

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do not blindly copy this, i have not tested it and ive never used addScript

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 1:21 PM

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What if the city already had zones that met the condition when the plugin was turned off?

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 1:37 PM

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we can run through those on entering the city

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 1:56 PM

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potent jolt we can run through those on entering the city

What if the map was already built before purchasing the plugin?

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 2:08 PM

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on entering the city

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then use script:event for times that they are placed while inside the city

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 2:10 PM

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As I understand it, this script only tracks the option to build new zones. What if the zones were already in the city?

zinc isle Apr 17, 2024, 2:11 PM

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Well youre going to have to restart the game and enter the city

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 2:11 PM

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use script:enterCity

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and check the tiles

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but only then

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this is already a bad idea, this will make entering cities pretty slow on phones

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 2:13 PM

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its necessary

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So

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The best way is to combine checking tiles and script.*

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 2:17 PM

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yes

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but you may want to reconsider the whole thing

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it could end up too slow to release

native timber Apr 17, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Would comparing <300 tiles really tax the CPU THAT much?

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 2:31 PM

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<300?

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what about a built up giant city

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thats going to have thousands of them

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you can make a naive solution first reading all the tiles every time

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and later add a system to store the tiles in city storage

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i reccomend you just start trying things

light plinth Apr 17, 2024, 2:55 PM

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consider a city that is very big, 1024 tiles in length and 1024 in width

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you would have to check

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Pjsk py 1024*1024

rare grottoBOT Apr 17, 2024, 2:55 PM

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1048576

light plinth Apr 17, 2024, 2:55 PM

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tiles

uncut field Apr 17, 2024, 2:59 PM

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You might have to chunk that sort of thing with coroutines to avoid causing so much lag, but that's a pretty advanced topic tbh

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Maybe you could attach a script to the zone for a single frame when the city loads that gets all their positions and then remove it afterward

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But I'm not sure if that's possible in the game since I've never attached scripts either

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 3:43 PM

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i would do the collection process once, save it between reloads and use events to register new zoning

uncut field Apr 17, 2024, 3:55 PM

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Well the issue with that is when the user uninstalls the plugin between saves

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Then if they reinstall it later the data will be stale

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So you would need a way to overcome that

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A refresh button might do, but it would be better to automate that somehow so the user doesn't have to manually refresh it

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Or maybe you can somehow track when the map was last saved and compare it to when the data was last saved. If the plugin data is older then you can recount the tiles

potent jolt Apr 17, 2024, 4:35 PM

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thats a case where i call it good enough

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the worst case is that sometimes, when reinstalling the plugin multiple times it will leave some tiles unchecked

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alternatively we ignore existing tiles entirely and only check newly placed ones

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this way a user won't be griefed by unknowingly getting his entire city's zoning replaced

weak mural Apr 17, 2024, 9:12 PM

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the time to collecting the tiles from the 512x512 map with coroutine. bear_shrug

weak mural Apr 17, 2024, 9:17 PM

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uncut field You might have to chunk that sort of thing with coroutines to avoid causing so m...

actually i want to share about the coroutine, but the advanced thing is to make the process run safely since you need to call coroutine.resume for each frames.

uncut field Apr 17, 2024, 9:20 PM

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What do you mean about running it safely?

weak mural Apr 17, 2024, 9:24 PM

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the coroutine will produce the "dead" coroutine and it will give you the infinity errors if there is a fail to clean/stop the coroutine.

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or at least the fps will drop because of it.

uncut field Apr 17, 2024, 9:34 PM

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Ah, I see

potent jolt Apr 18, 2024, 8:24 AM

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im just not gonna get into using them

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better not to risk any concurrency problems

native timber Apr 18, 2024, 4:35 PM

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ohohoho

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Taxes update

weak finch Apr 18, 2024, 4:42 PM

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Hehehe

native timber Apr 18, 2024, 5:30 PM

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I forgor how to determine the draft by ID 💀

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Help pls

torpid spear Apr 18, 2024, 5:37 PM

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Draft.getDraft('id')?

native timber Apr 18, 2024, 5:40 PM

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Oh thanks

rain pumice Apr 20, 2024, 12:55 PM

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Hi to all! I'm a new member here and I need help to create a plugin for TheoTown game in lua because I don't understand this topic, can you help? Plugin description: when building, for example, a school, the happiness of the inhabitants of the education increases by 50

torpid spear Apr 20, 2024, 12:55 PM

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you can't modify happiness with lua

rain pumice Apr 20, 2024, 12:57 PM

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Pity. Are there other ways to change happiness?

torpid spear Apr 20, 2024, 1:05 PM

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provide the actual influences

rain pumice Apr 24, 2024, 9:41 AM

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Which TheoTown system features can I work with in lua? That is, those system functions that the developers themselves added when creating the game.

zinc isle Apr 24, 2024, 9:47 AM

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rain pumice Which TheoTown system features can I work with in lua? That is, those system fun...

https://doc.theotown.com/topics/00-intro.md.html API
https://forum.theotown.com/viewforum.php?f=115 Lua forum

rain pumice Apr 24, 2024, 9:59 AM

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zinc isle https://doc.theotown.com/topics/00-intro.md.html API https://forum.theotown.com...

Thank you.

random hamlet Apr 29, 2024, 10:59 AM

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Would be cool if this was officially established as the main channel for talking about glsl

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but nobody does that for now

potent jolt Apr 29, 2024, 11:21 AM

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shaders make my brain hurt

random hamlet Apr 29, 2024, 11:40 AM

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I should make a few shader plugins later

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this community needs a bit more variety

icy siren Apr 30, 2024, 8:49 PM

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you gotta complete Warsaw Radio Mast plugin

weak finch Apr 30, 2024, 9:10 PM

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random hamlet I should make a few shader plugins later

Is possible make something similar to the military rocket launcher in LUA 🥺

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Just asking please 🥺

zinc isle Apr 30, 2024, 9:15 PM

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why ask him specifically? theres a couple more people around that knows lua

weak finch Apr 30, 2024, 9:26 PM

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Because he's a pro

zinc isle Apr 30, 2024, 9:28 PM

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everyone who provides actual lua help is profiecient in it

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like erk, ian, ja and kulche!

potent jolt Apr 30, 2024, 9:31 PM

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weak finch Is possible make something similar to the military rocket launcher in LUA 🥺

yes

weak finch Apr 30, 2024, 9:32 PM

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Thank you 👍

torpid spear May 1, 2024, 8:15 AM

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any ideas if I can append multiple lua script files to a single draft?

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can't find anything anywhere

light plinth May 1, 2024, 8:16 AM

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you can

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script: [firstFile, secondFile]

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in the draft definition

torpid spear May 1, 2024, 8:18 AM

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cool

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thanks

rain pumice May 9, 2024, 4:24 PM

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Is it possible to write random fires in lua? And as?

torpid spear May 9, 2024, 4:27 PM

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random fires?

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that's a pretty vague description of what you're trying to accomplish

rain pumice May 9, 2024, 4:41 PM

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Here is a detailed description of what I want: I want some building to catch fire at a random time, it should also be random. P.S. I hope you understood what I want.

torpid spear May 9, 2024, 4:41 PM

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yes it is possible, but can't you just enable fires in the random disasters menu?

rain pumice May 9, 2024, 4:55 PM

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So only: a meteorite, a flood, a tornado, an earthquake, a nuclear weapon and a UFO and there is no accidental fire.

torpid spear May 9, 2024, 4:59 PM

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hm they must've removed it at some point then

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well, depending on your implementation you'd probably just select a random building/tile every once in a while and just set it on fire

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doesn't sound particularly difficult

rain pumice May 9, 2024, 5:08 PM

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Well, what will you do? But I don't know how to do it.

torpid spear May 9, 2024, 5:11 PM

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what will I do?

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not much, best I can do is give you links to the resources

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https://doc.theotown.com/topics/00-intro.md.html

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have a look around

rain pumice May 9, 2024, 5:15 PM

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Thank you.

trim remnant May 9, 2024, 7:49 PM

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I'm not really sure what to make of that

cursive crypt May 9, 2024, 7:52 PM

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The_Rock_Stare

zinc isle May 14, 2024, 12:03 PM

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youre in the wrong channel, youre probably looking for #plugin-discussion

swift ember May 14, 2024, 12:04 PM

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zinc isle youre in the wrong channel, youre probably looking for <#640521940519485441>

Ahh...

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Sorry

dry violet May 18, 2024, 3:11 AM

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Created an elegant, easy way to create adaptive GUI bear_img

Screenshot_2024-05-18-11-09-41-625_bin.mt.plus-edit.jpg

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🙂

dry violet May 18, 2024, 5:43 AM

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up

Screenshot_2024-05-18-13-43-06-060_info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown.jpg

zinc isle May 18, 2024, 5:47 AM

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Cool

dry violet May 18, 2024, 9:57 AM

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Screenshot_2024-05-18-17-57-28-416_mark.via-edit.jpg

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So, where's the documentation of BiomeMaker?

torpid spear May 18, 2024, 9:58 AM

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it doesn't exist

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as you can see

light plinth May 18, 2024, 10:33 AM

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It's not a library, but some code that is mistakenly being generated a documentation module for

empty cairn May 18, 2024, 10:43 AM

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dry violet up

is this plugin just called terrainx?

dry violet May 18, 2024, 10:45 AM

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nope，it hasn't be named

empty cairn May 18, 2024, 10:45 AM

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ohh

elder glacier May 18, 2024, 1:50 PM

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dry violet up

Cool

shell pawn May 19, 2024, 10:32 AM

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dry violet up

Cliff? Hmm

dry violet May 19, 2024, 3:02 PM

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digital kindle May 19, 2024, 3:03 PM

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Finally,the cliff plugin.

drifting bramble May 19, 2024, 3:10 PM

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dry violet

Is that an actual cliff? Can you build on it?

dry violet May 19, 2024, 3:17 PM

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dry violet May 19, 2024, 3:18 PM

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drifting bramble Is that an actual cliff? Can you build on it?

actually

drifting bramble May 19, 2024, 3:23 PM

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dry violet actually

Man that's awesome! Incredible job 💜

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This will revolutionize

naive terrace May 19, 2024, 3:29 PM

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dry violet

Minecraft × Theotown

weak finch May 19, 2024, 5:05 PM

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Real

drifting bramble May 19, 2024, 11:20 PM

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dry violet

Also another question, what are those lines on the floor?

dry violet May 20, 2024, 7:17 AM

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drifting bramble Also another question, what are those lines on the floor?

area plugin

weak finch May 20, 2024, 12:37 PM

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dry violet Created an elegant, easy way to create adaptive GUI<:bear_img:366015429757501440...

JSON?

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Is possible to make something like the DSA moon colonization with LUA?

potent jolt May 20, 2024, 12:41 PM

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yes

weak finch May 20, 2024, 2:41 PM

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dry violet

In which programming language you made those?

drifting bramble May 20, 2024, 4:54 PM

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dry violet area plugin

Where to download?

dry violet May 20, 2024, 11:10 PM

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drifting bramble Where to download?

maybe it's already removed from store? but you may find it in forum

digital kindle May 20, 2024, 11:11 PM

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dry violet maybe it's already removed from store? but you may find it in forum

Yep removed,but once i was able to download it on the creator server.

uncut field May 21, 2024, 4:37 PM

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dry violet up

That's pretty sick

weak finch May 21, 2024, 11:25 PM

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uncut field That's pretty sick

You have in your website all your plugins?

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Or more in servers?

uncut field May 21, 2024, 11:25 PM

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I never upload my plugins here

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Just links to my website

weak finch May 21, 2024, 11:25 PM

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Another question please 🥺

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You're making a city building game right?

lavish nexus May 21, 2024, 11:26 PM

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Kingtut seems like a familiar name

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Oh yea hes a youtuber lol

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Im subscribed even before i went here st the server

uncut field May 21, 2024, 11:26 PM

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weak finch You're making a city building game right?

No

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I worked on a city building game called cytopia for a couple years as the lead artist, but the devs abandoned the project

weak finch May 21, 2024, 11:27 PM

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uncut field I worked on a city building game called cytopia for a couple years as the lead a...

That's

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They planned to add military just asking 🥺?

uncut field May 21, 2024, 11:28 PM

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This is what I'm working on rn:
https://kingtut-10101.itch.io/just-another-sand-game-sequel

itch.io

Just Another Sand Game (Beta) by KINGTUT 10101

An advanced falling sand game with hundreds of elements

uncut field May 21, 2024, 11:28 PM

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weak finch They planned to add military just asking 🥺?

To cytopia? Probably not

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We never had plans for that afaik

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Not that it matters anyway. The game isn't going to be finished

weak finch May 21, 2024, 11:29 PM

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Thank you so much 😊

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For the answers 😊👍

uncut field May 21, 2024, 11:29 PM

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Youre welcome!

near kelp May 22, 2024, 3:14 PM

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dry violet

minecraft 2d

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can i get the plugin pls

zinc isle May 22, 2024, 4:31 PM

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near kelp can i get the plugin pls

I dont think it is out yet, keep an eye on #plugin-showcase for when it gets released

near kelp May 22, 2024, 5:37 PM

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oh thank you

faint whale May 28, 2024, 3:50 AM

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Some silly things that one does to test the GUI

Screenrecorder-2024-05-27-23-42-57-924-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif

zinc isle May 28, 2024, 4:11 AM

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This man made the snake game in theotown, this is funny

royal basin May 28, 2024, 4:22 AM

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faint whale Some silly things that one does to test the GUI

what plugin is this, it looks fun

zinc isle May 28, 2024, 4:45 AM

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royal basin what plugin is this, it looks fun

Its not a plugin rn, he was messing with lua

faint whale May 28, 2024, 5:40 AM

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zinc isle This man made the snake game in theotown, this is funny

I also did a test with Space Invaders

faint whale May 28, 2024, 5:43 AM

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royal basin what plugin is this, it looks fun

For now I have no intention of making an arcade plugin, they are simply tests of GUI and FPS, to check the performance and how much movement I can put in without overloading the game

royal basin May 28, 2024, 11:16 AM

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faint whale For now I have no intention of making an arcade plugin, they are simply tests of...

wow, thats really impressive man

mild thistle May 28, 2024, 12:56 PM

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faint whale I also did a test with Space Invaders

Nice use of the map size sprites lmao

potent jolt May 28, 2024, 8:03 PM

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you can do a ton as long as you dont use too many draw calls

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the real performance impact is really just how many TT calls you make

faint whale May 29, 2024, 5:17 AM

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Hey, this might be a dumb question, but my brain is fried today. Is there a way to resize an icon?

digital kindle May 29, 2024, 12:55 PM

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Sir,you might post it in the incorrect channel.

royal pollen May 29, 2024, 1:00 PM

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digital kindle Sir,you might post it in the incorrect channel.

ow sorry

dry violet Jun 1, 2024, 3:39 AM

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is there any function that shows building tool of certain building Draft?

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🤔

digital kindle Jun 1, 2024, 12:22 PM

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dry violet is there any function that shows building tool of certain building Draft?

You can do that in the debug menu,but also consider if the plugin didn't hide the id.

faint whale Jun 2, 2024, 9:15 AM

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I'm leaving this lua game for TT here in case anyone wants to experiment with the GUI.

I understand that having a "Tetrix" in TheoTown might seem unusual, but it's simply code for those who want to explore the GUI, conditionals, saving functionality, etc.

Good luck!

//Clarification: The code was only tested on PC, so on the phone you might see smaller UI and larger text. The code is not fully optimized to be a plugin, but rather serves as a guide. Any further improvements will depend on each person.

faint whale Jun 2, 2024, 10:51 AM

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📎 tetrix.lua

green umbra Jun 2, 2024, 11:50 AM

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faint whale I'm leaving this lua game for TT here in case anyone wants to experiment with th...

Damn cool

versed bear Jun 3, 2024, 10:30 AM

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Hello where can I get stairs plugin

faint whale Jun 3, 2024, 12:16 PM

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versed bear Hello where can I get stairs plugin

Wrong place to ask that, try asking in #plugin-discussion and be a little more specific about which stairs you are referring to...

vestal storm Jun 3, 2024, 1:04 PM

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Def jacked acc

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I mean hacked

faint whale Jun 6, 2024, 2:56 AM

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Is there a way to change the Setting Dialog Title? (plugins/clouds/cloud.json)

silk pecan Jun 6, 2024, 3:39 AM

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faint whale I'm leaving this lua game for TT here in case anyone wants to experiment with th...

this would be a great minigame for a special building

weak mural Jun 6, 2024, 3:47 AM

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faint whale Is there a way to change the Setting Dialog Title? *(plugins/clouds/cloud.json)*

try to create a plugin manifest.

faint whale Jun 6, 2024, 3:54 AM

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weak mural try to create a plugin manifest.

There is already one, is a specific tag?

weak mural Jun 6, 2024, 4:01 AM

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no, maybe it depends on the file type, because .plugin and .mpf files have different names.

faint whale Jun 6, 2024, 4:04 AM

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Got it, it means that if its uploaded to the plugin store it would show it correctly, thx mate

random hamlet Jun 8, 2024, 12:01 PM

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is there a way to make a postprocessing shader?

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so it's applied to the whole screen and not individual textures

faint whale Jun 8, 2024, 1:47 PM

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To continue the conversation about Shaders, there are some usage examples with setUniform (Lua) in the src, and how is it defined in the json? as type Data? Script?

faint whale Jun 8, 2024, 3:24 PM

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Some small change

unique maple Jun 19, 2024, 1:22 AM

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Need explanation to this error

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So i could repair it myself

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For now i'll have to delete this

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Fun, no monthly income yay

unique maple Jun 19, 2024, 1:49 AM

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Nevermind, it requires elevated privelleges

light plinth Jun 19, 2024, 11:37 AM

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If you do not provide the code, we cannot help

stoic vector Jun 29, 2024, 10:00 PM

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@trim remnant

trim remnant Jun 29, 2024, 10:00 PM

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Pmodmenu @shrewd fable

rare grottoBOT Jun 29, 2024, 10:00 PM

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trim remnant Pmodmenu <@670244566309273630>

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trim remnant Jun 29, 2024, 10:00 PM

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Thanks

potent jolt Jun 30, 2024, 8:40 AM

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unread messages

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look inside

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scam

stoic vector Jun 30, 2024, 3:41 PM

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Like 20$ to 50$?

light plinth Jun 30, 2024, 4:13 PM

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5 bucks is 5 bucks

stoic vector Jun 30, 2024, 4:13 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/colors-meme-kila-uchis-anime-gif-4922495855587374597

Tenor

faint whale Jul 3, 2024, 4:47 PM

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Hey! Is there a way to use the setBuildingIcon without the default red icon? Thx

torpid spear Jul 3, 2024, 4:48 PM

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I mean wouldn't it be easier to just use the drawing module

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unless you want all the fancy features like icon merging

faint whale Jul 3, 2024, 4:52 PM

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torpid spear I mean wouldn't it be easier to just use the drawing module

True, ngl was just for testing jajaja

faint whale Jul 3, 2024, 4:55 PM

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torpid spear unless you want all the fancy features like icon merging

Na, it is not necessary, since only one "taxi trip" is possible at a time, thx

potent jolt Jul 3, 2024, 6:50 PM

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faint whale Hey! Is there a way to use the setBuildingIcon without the default red icon? Thx

nope

faint whale Jul 3, 2024, 7:05 PM

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potent jolt nope

Thx, in any case it works spectacularly, I'm about to change the icon to one that looks good with that red background, since doing it with the drawing module gives me pain having to use 10 more lines of code with setTile and drawImage, to just 1 line of setBuildingIcon.

weak mural Jul 3, 2024, 7:30 PM

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Drawing.setTile(tileX, tileY, ((32 * buildingWidth) - frameWidth) / 2, -50)
Drawing.drawImage(frame)```

faint whale Jul 3, 2024, 7:52 PM

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weak mural ```LUA Drawing.setTile(tileX, tileY, ((32 * buildingWidth) - frameWidth) / 2, -5...

Yes, yes, it works perfectly, the "problem" (just laziness), is that doing with that module also requires adjusting Y based on the height of the building and that's practically doing more code for the same function, but that works too.

In any case if I see that when I decide to publish it in the plugin store and it would look better with the other one, I change it, so everything stays with the vanilla icons.

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In any case I know that Kulche will come and tell me "Skill issue"😅

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Btw, the Cars module is quite fun, I don't understand why there are so few plugins that use it 😅

weak mural Jul 4, 2024, 4:44 AM

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you can understand because there are so few creators that use lua. maybe less than 10 or 20 persons. bear_shrug

potent jolt Jul 4, 2024, 7:52 AM

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faint whale Thx, in any case it works spectacularly, I'm about to change the icon to one tha...

setbuildingicon also requires you to clear the icon when it needs to be removed

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so its not entirely less work

faint whale Jul 4, 2024, 7:53 AM

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potent jolt setbuildingicon also requires you to clear the icon when it needs to be removed

Its just a nil, I do it automatically with onCarReached

faint whale Jul 4, 2024, 7:59 AM

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weak mural you can understand because there are so few creators that use lua. maybe less th...

In any case what you have in 0dump_ is enough for about 100 plugins, freedom for Lua. bear_fire_st

uncut field Jul 5, 2024, 8:51 PM

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weak mural you can understand because there are so few creators that use lua. maybe less th...

It seems like Lua plugins aren't nearly as popular as building plugins too

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 3:18 PM

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function script.Builder.buildBuilding( draft, x, y, frame)

Would this lua code work if i put it into a plugin?

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 3:22 PM

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no?

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it does nothing

faint whale Jul 7, 2024, 3:22 PM

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Wdym? I don't get it

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 3:22 PM

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Damn looks like i got it wrong

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Soo how do i do it 🤔

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 3:22 PM

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lua is a programming language, not a single..........

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line

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please read tutorials

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 3:26 PM

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Imma try testings first with the 1st documentation

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Hmm

potent jolt Jul 7, 2024, 4:50 PM

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youll have to make a seperate lua file as your script

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then use the script event functions

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:11 PM

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potent jolt then use the script event functions

Demonstrate me 🥺

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 5:12 PM

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I don't think anyone's got the time or will to explain the entirety of lua scripting to you

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did you read the tutorial and follow the steps

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:15 PM

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I read some of it

faint whale Jul 7, 2024, 5:18 PM

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dusky pike I read some of it

You read all the Lua API documentation in 2 hours? You are a beast and the fastest person in the world, I have 2 months reading that and I still haven't finished everything.

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:18 PM

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faint whale You read all the Lua API documentation in 2 hours? You are a beast and the faste...

No, i read like a portion of it

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 5:19 PM

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and what was it exactly

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which part did you read

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:22 PM

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Oh. I realised i am reading in the wrong direction

faint whale Jul 7, 2024, 5:24 PM

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https://doc.theotown.com/topics/00-intro.md.html

Better not to fool yourself, start with the introduction, it is quite simple and gives you examples.

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:24 PM

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I read this https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=8587

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 5:24 PM

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"readinig"????

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what were you trying to achieve, memorize all the methods??

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:25 PM

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faint whale https://doc.theotown.com/topics/00-intro.md.html Better not to fool yourself, s...

Exactly where i done wrong, thx for the correct place for read

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 5:25 PM

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lol

dusky pike Jul 7, 2024, 5:26 PM

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torpid spear what were you trying to achieve, memorize all the methods??

I need the buildings to allign basically, and to some extent maybe colours as well

torpid spear Jul 7, 2024, 5:26 PM

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once you've figured the basics out feel free to ping if you want to learn how the road alignment script works (it's shrimple)