plugin-lua-and-fun

[torpid spear]

..why would you reply ping a message from january

[dusky pike]

😔

idk

[surreal tinsel]

Helo

[surreal tinsel]

What is this channel for

[potent jolt]

this channel is for questions about the lua scripting that plugins can use

or FUN

[native timber]

What is metatables for

[kindred nest]

finally, a fun channel

[potent jolt]

metatables are used to give a table "fallback" keys (thats are usually functions) that are retrieved when a value isnt found in the actual table. Theyre also used to overwrite mathmatical operators for tables

[native timber]

but what idiot decided to choose a double underscored name for em

[potent jolt]

probably a python fan

[stoic vector]

How can I make a plugin that lets me spray paint any building I desire?

[trim remnant]

I don't think that's possible

[stoic vector]

Is this the right channel to talk about this stuff?

[trim remnant]

Sure

But I don't think it's possible in general

[stoic vector]

I was thinking about it, as I feel like there's not enough crime in this game

[stoic vector]

Maybe Lobby knows more about this stuff, but I cannot ask him about it as he blocked me

[native timber]

Skill issue

@stoic vector your idea basically means a new sprites for every game building and no plugin compatibility, if i got it right. Just drop it bro

[stoic vector]

No, not new sprites

[neon mason]

You WILL require new sprites

Safely assuming that you want the Vandalism to be visible in your city

[torpid spear]

that's not what they meant

they just want to issue the graffiti disaster

that's what I think they meant, at least

in that case it's City.issueDisaster

[stoic vector]

Right

[native timber]

I dont think its a good idea to make plugin which only usage is making the game harder

[stoic vector]

Well true. But I feel like watching my city crumble is sometimes very fun, especially in sandbox

[native timber]

Dont make it to plugin just then

Just have fun with lua (its actually fun)

[zinc isle]

Why are you so worked up about a plugin they want to make for themselves? Isn't that the whole point of "private plugins"?

[native timber]

By plugin i meant a plugins store plugin, not a plugin as it is

Language inconvenience

[zinc isle]

Did he imply he wanted to share or upload it to the plugin store?

[native timber]

By plugin i consider uploaded plugin, so its an issue from my side. You want to continue this useless argument, or whatever it is?

[zinc isle]

Well yeah, seeing as how you support private plugins. Realistically, their idea sounds good. If they can pull it off, that's amazing. And if they post it on the store, there's no issue with that as long as it complies with store rules. It would add something new and valuable and a lot of time would be put into it as well so 🤷‍♀️

[native timber]

I didnt even got their idea
Just more spray paint disasters?

[kind cairn]

Build less police stations 😊

[zinc isle]

Not understanding isn't a reason to demotivate though. A better approach would be to ask more questions.
Might be more of a visual thing for screenshots and videos. They said specific buildings so I assume that's what it's for. And even if it isn't, who are we to judge lol.

[native timber]

Making "no supply" achievement impossible yeah

[native timber]

Why demotivation? I said, if you making it for fun, for yourselves, just dont upload it

They agreed as i see btw

[zinc isle]

Would you like me to quote you or what?

[native timber]

Misunderstanding i dunno

Think what you want to, but i meant what i just said

[zinc isle]

Why shouldn't they upload it then?

[native timber]

Because they said that "they love to see their city crumble" and they agree that you shouldn't make plugin which only makes game harder

What are we even talking about?

[snow arrow]

Hello. How can i fix that ? When use drawCity(), the object seem to be in front of the building, but i want it to be behind all the buildings

Or is there any other function that can help me do it?

[potent jolt]

if you want to draw on your building you can use script:draw

depends on what exactly you need

[snow arrow]

I want to draw an object that behind all the building, such as stars 🥲🥲🥲

[potent jolt]

thats gonna be a hard one

you could draw the stars, then draw the building's frame over it a second time

[gaunt owl]

Are you anhkatori?

Man I love your plugins

Huge fan

[snow arrow]

Yeah

[potent jolt]

forgot to mention script:draw only gets called if the building is visible on the screen

so if you draw next to it it might cut off early

[gaunt owl]

Woah dude 🥹

I'm lucky

[snow arrow]

thank you 😄

[mighty cargo]

?

[trim remnant]

@mighty cargo #language-bar

[kind cairn]

I have a question
Why TT doesn’t use Phyton for coding plugins

Just curious

[torpid spear]

why would it...

lua is more widespread

[light plinth]

Also very slow

Python, I mean

[snow arrow]

AI plugins go brrrr

[potent jolt]

it happens more often than youd think

[potent jolt]

how do i determine whetehr the gui is hidden

thought i ought to fix those screenshots with complex industry sidebar buttons on them

[light plinth]

Settings.hideUI or whatever its called

[potent jolt]

im literally only asking for the key

if i knew what it was called i would have it fixed already

in other news, check out what ive managed to do

[light plinth]

try hideUI

[potent jolt]

looks like the settings table isnt called Settings to begin with

[potent jolt]

for future askers, it was Theotown.Settings.hideUI

[potent jolt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/881143448017727598/1369023778696462413/TheoTown_-_2025-05-05_8-51-13_PM.mp4?ex=681a5a40&is=681908c0&hm=350b0b2e60885200ff3ce152ba7135a35a477d0a373d30741c566b76c38e5645&

we have technology

for horizontal rainbows

[sharp belfry]

Great!

[elfin geyser]

hey guys, i wanted to ask cuz I'm having "rawget" not implemented on nil error with 1.12.24 when my GUI gets closed calling window.delete() but seemed to work and fine with my other devices having version 1.12.23, any thoughts?

[light plinth]

There have been no GUI related changes between 1.12.23 and 1.12.24

[elfin geyser]

ohh thanks for letting me know

[elfin geyser]

does the game support comparator lua function?

[potent jolt]

depends on what you want to do

[edgy tundra]

Whats the way to make script which sense chat message,"error blahblahblah" if you haven't upgraded some building and trying to build another which requires the upgrade

So like if you have b1 upgraded you can build b2, if not, it just returns error via debug.toast or whatever.

Im familiar with lua but not theotown ways of scripting using it.

[potent jolt]

i have done this before, you can lock the building behind a FUN variable that is set to 1 when the required building gets upgraded

i will share the script momentarily

[potent jolt]

this is the script i use

now i just need to find where i put the code for locking buildings behind it

ah yes

in your draft you can put ```json
"requirements": [{
"type":"CONDITION",
"text":"Upgrade a building to unlock this! (or whatever requirement you want)",
"condition": {
"type":"value",
"code":"The id of the upgrade",
"z":1
}
}],

@edgy tundra

this way you can use the game's way to lock upgrades

[edgy tundra]

Oh wait i thought code needs to be lua

Tyyy :3

[potent jolt]

its a bit of both

[edgy tundra]

It doesn't work

Building is still locked

Or wait maybe I'm stup and this isn't the way it works

[potent jolt]

did you add the script to the building that has the upgrades

[edgy tundra]

Yeah

Linked it via "script" thing (is this the right way to do it?)

[potent jolt]

yes

[edgy tundra]

So no idea

I did just copypasted the script and requirements module (inserted id into it obviously)

And nothing works

Like it is locked still

Weird

[torpid spear]

I love lua

local draft = draft get draft draft draft draft

the code looks sound to me so if it doesn't work, you're doing something wrong

[edgy tundra]

Local draft = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.draft literally

Idk why it doesn't work really

I do understand lua well and heres the proof but i don't really understand why doesn't it work in this case.

The issue is pretty stupid ig but u can't for some reason figure it out

[potent jolt]

whats your draft look like

(the json)

[edgy tundra]

I sent already in #plugin-support

The only thing I changed is requirements thing

[potent jolt]

hm, it should work

it works on my plugin

[torpid spear]

can't help without your plugin

[potent jolt]

actaully, did you let the game tick for a day? Fun takes a day to update

its an old logic system

[potent jolt]

but i cant help you more unless i have the full plugin

so i can check your implementation

[elfin geyser]

Hi, may I ask something?
I'm currently using a module to cache data during runtime, and I was wondering... does this cached data get cleared when a user switches tabs or minimizes the game, especially on mobile devices?
I'm targeting mobile users in particular and want to make sure runtime data isn't unexpectedly lost when the app is backgrounded.

Any insights would be appreciated!

[light plinth]

I'm not aware of any game functionality that would unload scripts in the background. Users switching tabs or minimizing the game should be treated as the game being force closed unexpectedly.

[devout cargo]

Hi

[elfin geyser]

quick question..

does using function script:init() in a module also get triggered when the main script uses that module with require()?

[potent jolt]

no

youll have to call an initialization function

can be a problem with a external plugin

[elfin geyser]

dang.. thanks

[thorn sentinel]

is there a pedestrian bridge plugin or not

[molten fable]

There is.

[thorn sentinel]

can you tell me which plugin is it?

[final silo]

What lua does mean?

[tired escarp]

Another script of code

[final silo]

Ohh

[tired escarp]

It's a programming language

Hope u understand it

[elder sail]

Where can I learn Lua for free?

[torpid spear]

on the forums/lua api

[runic cedar]

Can i ask something?
I'm using mt manager to create plugin, but for some reason It's not working. Game doesn't load it anyway,i tried in z archiver, cx but still looks like game can't read my commands.... Guys ignore my grammar....
And please help, if someone can

[cosmic igloo]

And can you show your json or lua file?

[torpid spear]

are you sure this isn't something spewed out by ai...

[devout wyvern]

Are we gonna blame ai on everything now

[potent jolt]

this is exactly how ai generated code would look

[torpid spear]

yes???? if it spews out unusable garbage, who else can I blame it on (other than the user of said ai of course)

[potent jolt]

the code in question uses event functions that dont exist and api calls that dont exist

ai would dream something like that up, humans dont do that

[torpid spear]

I love how ai will never say 'idk' and it will just make the most ridiculous shid up

[potent jolt]

and the onCustomButton function does not make sense in the context it is being used

either way its a trainwreck

[elfin geyser]

what is this.. a show off

[light plinth]

Ppunish 667883088172285962

[rare grotto]

Case #6035

pato0mg was banned for the following reason: Sharing or spreading scams or phishing content.

[haughty vapor]

A Helldrivers have arrived

[light plinth]

Rather stupid of them to do that in the only channel I read.

[potent jolt]

the honeypot

[native prism]

can a gui access plugins list?

can i modify how plugins show in a certain gui?

[potent jolt]

if its your plugin, yea

retrieving the gui components can be a bit complex because the id's are hidden

[native prism]

yes

oh you mean 'my' plugin. I mean, if I created a gui, can I somehow show the list of the users currently installed plugins?

[potent jolt]

oh

no

you cant do that

[native prism]

figures why there's no in-game plugin manager

give me 4 months

[potent jolt]

why would you need that

games already got the plugin menu

[native prism]

compendium; if you have thousands of plugins installed (me) it'll be harder to find that specific plugin you need and sometimes you'll forget its name which makes it harder to search. So instead of going through that hell, I will make (if feasible) a plugins folder maker or something like that, I'll figure it out

[tired escarp]

It's literally the same as the plugin folder within the game

[potent jolt]

fair enough

but unfortunately you wont be able to detect plugins

[native prism]

can I somehow somehow use this?

it compiles all the plugins, so instead of users able to create files, I'll just sort out their plugins ✊🏻

[native prism]

it's not, trust 🙏🏼

[tired escarp]

Wait hold on
Are u referring to the plugins that have no plugin manifest?

There's two ways to find the plugin file
The actual plugin file in the plugin category or just remember what their ids are

[native prism]

and that

[tired escarp]

Tbh it's also the creator's fault for not sorting in the right category or alternatively makin their own category

[potent jolt]

it may be possible if you retrieve the gui objects

im not sure they can be retrieved if the menu isnt open

youd have to figure that out

[native prism]

okay, I'll be back in 3 months, if I dropped no update after that it's safe to say I've given up

[native prism]

I wrote a "discovery" snippet that logs child IDs under GUI.getRoot() during runtime and it crashed 😭

[native prism]

I figured something out

still couldn't get the GUI ids though

[tired escarp]

Dawg... Why this image??? 😭

[potent jolt]

yea a lot of gui objects will just not have an id

[native prism]

I give up 🥀💔

[dusky pike]

what are you trying to does?

[dusky pike]

ooo

😔

[native prism]

Yeah, I've spent my days trying

and today is the day I'm actually giving up

[vapid vessel]

Never back down, never what?

NEVER GIVE UPPP

[terse blaze]

I wonder what this channel for, because I never been here before and it seems abandoned

[torpid spear]

maybe read the channel description......

[terse blaze]

Oh yeah, never thought about that

[brisk mason]

Hi

Is there a function that returns the current ui size?

I tried to look for it on the Lua API website, but I failed

[light plinth]

As in, the user setting or?

[brisk mason]

I mean this

[light plinth]

Try TheoTown.SETTINGS.uiSize

[brisk mason]

Works well, thanks

[light plinth]

Ppunish 1336067779350102107

[lost forge]

Pls plugin ikn plis

[potent jolt]

[lunar sail]

Please make an IKN

[potent jolt]

dont wanna

[potent heart]

Hello

[somber notch]

Is there a way to get the camera position without isometric transformation like City.getView?

I just want the raw xy position of the camera.

[somber notch]

well that was hell lol

figured it out

spent so many hours trying to think out the math lol

[potent jolt]

ah supporting rotation

a classic

[somber notch]

I had to convert screenspace coords to world space for my shader so I could properly anchor effects to the city

Like cloud shadows, so they don’t just disgustingly shift around when panning, zooming, and rotating the camera

[somber notch]

Cloud shadows! (and dynamic time of day/weather)

[somber notch]

Now I'm working on fog:

[weak mural]

isnt it just a simple math?

rotation: x, y
0: x, y
1: y, city width - x
2: city width - x, city height - y
3: city height - y, x```

[uncut field]

It's cool to see that people still make cool stuff that isn't just more skyscrapers

[somber notch]

https://streamable.com/jwnfr9

More progress on my shader plugin

[potent jolt]

its looking good

[somber notch]

Made some tweaks to the sunshine effect so everything gets a dose of sunshine, alongside cloud shadows (I need to make it so that shadows project differently onto buildings so they don’t just look flat):
https://streamable.com/dzeuzz

And of course a comparison screenshot with just the Classic/default shader:

Looking to get this released in the next few days hopefully. Got a lot of cleanup to do.

Also need to figure out how to publish a plugin.

[somber notch]

Got the world position calculation for building sprites to scale their Y component to stick closer to the ground position, so that effects such as cloud shadows project onto them differently and don’t just appear flat as it moves across the city.

[river stump]

Hello, I use your help, this is the code but when you click nothing appears

It literally appears as if to build a building but without doing anything, or graphics at all

[potent jolt]

are you calling the showDialog function?

if you want it to be called when the user enters the tool, you may want to add this section ```lua
function script:event(x, y, _, event)
if event == Script.EVENT_TOOL_ENTER then
showDialog()
end
end

[river stump]

Thanks

[median condor]

Hello, would any of you have a sample for a lua code that generates a sound when you zoom in on a building ? Like when you zoom on roads and they produce a road sound, trees and they have birds chirping, etc...

[torpid spear]

...how is that related to anything here?

[cloud flame]

Ii want to use it for animation but it keeps giving me BARBATOS value frames12 speed200 loop true at animation of type info.flowersoft.theotown.utiljson.JSONObject cannot be converted to JSONArray

[torpid spear]

that's not lua/fun

[cloud flame]

It's coding problem

[torpid spear]

use the other plugins channels (and provide json)

json and lua are two separate languanges

[cloud flame]

Oh ok

[light plinth]

You would use City.playSound function. A plugin that makes use of the functionality is attached.

[torpid spear]

oh yeah that one plugin lol

[median condor]

Thanks JA, that will prove very helpful !

[potent jolt]

didnt this plugin stop working at some point 🤔

that could just be on my end

[devout wyvern]

They're multiplying

[lavish thistle]

Thank you so much, it is help me so much. I was looking for it

[modest olive]

yo coders

quick question

how do you define 0 pollution on the json?

Or are industrial buildings bound to emit pollution whatever?

https://pastebin.com/SurjfLF7

[zinc isle]

"influence pollution" : 0

[modest olive]

Did I write it in the correct place? Maybe the game just ignores it? Because when I wrote "influence noise" it also didn't seem to be changing anything

[torpid spear]

you cant change influences of rci drafts unless youre privileged

which is a shiddy change and should be reverted, at least for the basic influence types

[modest olive]

oh my gof

god*

[modest olive]

what if I create a new category?

[torpid spear]

....a new category??

what do categories have to do with anything

[modest olive]

oh right

WELL DAMN

my whole plan is foiled

[torpid spear]

in the future, please use support or discussion channels if you're not looking for lua related help

[modest olive]

will do

[zinc isle]

Use type building

But no one would live there

[modest olive]

also no workers, I imagine?

[potent jolt]

yep

[inland birch]

It's growing.

[potent jolt]

your intention is to open a dialog when the user enters the tool?

for starters, the onClick in the luawrapper doesnt exist and wont do anything

[potent jolt]

youll need this code

and you can put the GUI.createDialog inside the if instead of showDialog()

[stone saffron]

Is it possible to make a bus station compatible with the trans upd,by using the plugin creator Web only?

[thorn jungle]

I guess so. Check the plugin forum.

[stone saffron]

Thx

[fringe mica]

Thanks erksmit. I'll try that 🙂

[trim remnant]

@icy peak please issues from other server's out of this one, and please keep messages on topic to the channel description

[haughty vapor]

I think he underage

[trim remnant]

Even so, unless I know for sure I'm not going to ban someone for that

Furthermore as staff we do not ask

[mighty ridge]

I need plugin car br

[summer aurora]

Its not car 🗿

[tall cave]

Lua

[river stump]

Hello, a question, What else is missing for it to be another transport system?

[torpid spear]

where on earth did you find that...

oh that actually exists? zamn

is your plugin privileged

[river stump]

Is in the page of the Guide Plugin Creation, dont is the Forum is other page of Theotown, but there have much import information.

But it still doesn't work and I don't have permissions to see that full information in the Forum

[river stump]

I wish it was

[torpid spear]

then it aint gonna work

[river stump]

Yes, already see this ;-; just is for privilege user

How can I get of the permission?

[torpid spear]

become a trusted member of the plugin creator community

[river stump]

And how can i be a trusted member of the plugin creator community?

[zinc isle]

basically just be active and well-known I guess
enough that the devs take notice

well i guess not just active and well-known bt in a good reputation sort of way - which would not get you there if you try to extract the source code like 5 times

[river stump]

Ok? Active here in Dircord, in the forum?

[zinc isle]

either or both

[river stump]

What? I don't try extract the source code (I think, if I think wrong sorry) just I use the tools in this link:
https://pca.svetikas.lt/docs/

[zinc isle]

that was a reference to something else entorely, sorry

you just have to be active to become trusted

oh man youre working with lua?

[river stump]

Ok, is fine

[river stump]

Yes

[zinc isle]

honestly you can create a privileged creator request through

uh @torpid spear do you remember the new protocol for this

[torpid spear]

nope

[zinc isle]

probably shoot justanyone or lobby a direct message through forum maybe? never hurts to ask i suppose. Tell them what you are trying to do with examples of your past work if you do and whatyou are trying to accomplish

I dont remember how I did mine

[river stump]

Ok, thanks

[lavish thistle]

Hello, is it possible to add audio to a plugin with a duration of 30 seconds to 1 minute?

I've tried several Lua codes, but the audio gets cut off after 10 seconds.

However, this issue doesn't occur on PC; it only happens on Android (and potentially iOS as well)

[frosty zinc]

Yo does anybody know how to get the empire State building as a plugin just asking

[thorn jungle]

Plugin store.

[zinc isle]

Can you not spam this everywhere

[dreamy meadow]

Sorry, where should post that?

I am new

[zinc isle]

In one channel

[lost sluice]

hey im new here can anyone tell me where or on which software do you build these plugins

[zinc isle]

Ptag creation

[rare grotto]

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

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

[frigid rose]

plugin thats make more income please

[zinc isle]

Wrong channel, you might be looking for #plugin-suggestions
You can type income or monthly income on the plugin store to find buildings though

[frigid rose]

thanks a lot and sorry

[clever bronze]

.

[spare terrace]

i wish we could have websockets e_e relying on log.txt suck

[short laurel]

Hello

[lean snow]

how do i install plugin?

*desktop

[rare grotto]

TheoTown files are located under such directories:

• Windows: C:\Users(insert username)\TheoTown or %USERPROFILE%\TheoTown
• Linux: ~/TheoTown
• MacOS: /user/TheoTown
• Android: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/info.flowersoft.theotown.theotown/files
  By default you should be in /storage/emulated/0/. Uninstalling the game on Android will delete all files, unless you decide to keep the files when prompted by uninstaller. (android 11 onwards restricts access to external storage for apps, so if the files cannot be accessed this way, opt for the in-build manager explained below)
• ios: Search "TheoTown" in the file manager app

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

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

[peak pine]

E

How do I make my own plugin

I don't know where to start

[torpid spear]

Ptag creation

[rare grotto]

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

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

[torpid spear]

in the future, please use #plugin-discussion or #plugin-support @peak pine

[violet sorrel]

Any List For Type Value?

[torpid spear]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1355 again, not lua related

[peak pine]

Oh ok

[cursive skiff]

What script function is used to make local news appear when a building is being built?

[torpid spear]

local news..??

as in notifications?

[cursive skiff]

Yes, it's like that, but the notification only appears when the building is being built, is that possible?

[torpid spear]

so a notification on building placement? use fun or lua

there are tutorials on the forums exactly for that

[potent jolt]

you can listen for event.building_finished and send the notification from
there

[torpid spear]

or use fun 🥰🥰🥰

[potent jolt]

may as well end it all now

[cursive skiff]

I'm using "script:event", but why does it come out three times? during construction, when it's built, and when it's destroyed.

[torpid spear]

how does your script look like

you're probably not actually checking what event it is

[cursive skiff]

what should it be like?

[torpid spear]

😭

I won't comment on the quality of your code but you're missing the event type check

https://doc.theotown.com/modules/Script.html#Event_types

[cursive skiff]

sorry i'm so bad, i just learned about lua😅

[torpid spear]

lol

[cursive skiff]

I used "EVENT_FINISHED" before but nothing happened

[torpid spear]

how did you do it

[cursive skiff]

just changing part of the script function, I don't understand😭

[torpid spear]

you have to pass event as a function parameter and compare it to the constant

[cursive skiff]

Is this?

[torpid spear]

well, you're already using that one

so.. yes?

[cursive skiff]

and yes, new problems🗿

maybe i will give up

[torpid spear]

can't help without code

[cursive skiff]

function script:event (0,0,0,0,0)

[torpid spear]

what.........

[cursive skiff]

I don't even understand what I'm writing🗿

[torpid spear]

yeah you're gonna have to either have someone do it for you, or learn programming basics

[cursive skiff]

You’re right, thanks for helping me out😔

[past tree]

Hey guys Can I ask something? Where can I get the Sunray pluglin?

[potent jolt]

not in this channel, thats for sure

[zinc isle]

He said if you share the code (as text or a file) he can help

[mellow herald]

help😅

[torpid spear]

not lua related

[fluid badger]

plugin can use json?

[torpid spear]

yeah..?

[ancient heron]

hi, how can u use plugin on windows??

[haughty current]

what is fun ? is it Json too ?

[random stratus]

It's extra code

It's a bunch of stuff, you'd learn it later in plugin developments

[olive lava]

Hi

[haughty current]

im currently on the json stage of plugin creation

[olive lava]

I'm a new member

[zinc isle]

you can use fun to create more advanced feature
unlike the ame suggests, it is not fun. Trust me.

you can use it to make a building make noise on click etc

[cursive skiff]

does this work also for Lua?

[torpid spear]

no idea but you'll be better off using TheoTown.translate

[cursive skiff]

how do I actually use TheoTown.translate? Do I just write the dialog in English and the game will automatically translate it?

[torpid spear]

lol what

this ain't google translate

[cursive skiff]

ah, wait

[wheat valve]

Does anyone else find the Lua documentation somewhat confusing, particularly the drafts section? It appears that many functions include parameters related to drafts, but not all of them clearly explain what drafts are or where they can be found. This can be quite overwhelming for new developers who are trying to use Lua. I only understood this better after discovering the “list of drafts” plugin by 1code. Thank you to whoever created it.

[summer terrace]

yo guys can u help me for make a income code

[zinc isle]

Not possible without being a trusted plugin creator

Also exploiting the game like this will get you banned in the future.

[slender sail]

Hey guys, where can I show progress on my plugin?

?

[rose spindle]

Dont get me wrong im against cheating but getting banned on discord for single player plugin is wild

Maybe just let the game itself block the OP code?

[torpid spear]

it wouldn't be a problem if theotown was a normal paid game on all platforms

but with the freemium model we do have to enforce stuff like that

[rose spindle]

Whats the corelation with Theotown being freemium or not? isnt the difference is only about the existance of diamonds instead of income

Also idk if he meant to publish the plugin or not

[torpid spear]

it's probably a pretty thin line, but most "lazy" ways or getting extra money are gated behind diamonds

I really fail to understand why would you want to figure out such an elaborate way to cheat when there's literally a free sandbox mode

anyway, let's stick to lua here

[cosmic igloo]

Are people still cheating in this game where it literally give you diamonds in a daily basis. Impatient

[rare tundra]

[summer terrace]

omg.....

[lilac spire]

Okay, guys, I have a problem, so, i was making a supermarket plugin right? I added Price, Monthly Price, Build Time attributes and etc, I typed the numbers in on the other attributes, but when I tried to type the numbers on thr price and monthly price, it won't work, I clicked multiple time, but still won't work

[torpid spear]

not lua related

[lilac spire]

nope

I'm using the theotown plugin creator

[torpid spear]

then use the correct channel

I'm going to warn the next time someone misuses this channel

[potent jolt]

thats exactly what happens

[plucky glacier]

Where i get a template?

[strong musk]

still in island development

[pliant glade]

im sorry, but.. anyone here that have a sun beam (ig) plugin?

[dull python]

How do I install the plugin via Zacher?

zachiver

[silk crest]

sunlight you meant?, search it on theotown forum

[open dagger]

if i use on click fun, then how to see building attributes?

[brave spade]

plugin buar kerajaan gitu ada gak?

[cerulean hawk]

Tuto oii gwe newbie

[tired escarp]

Can you two speak English please

[crimson fable]

Flezi asked if there was a plugin to create a kingdom or not.

As for Dadang, he asked for a tutorial on how to play because he is a beginner.

[patent crescent]

Do you want to make a spidermon logo 😭😭😭

[red igloo]

That’s either a ribcage or a tree

[pure raven]

pls help me, is the coding correct? please correct

[light plinth]

No, it is not.

[torpid spear]

I love ai slop

[green umbra]

Bruhh

[pure raven]

I tried using AI bro, and yep it turned out to make me even more dizzy

[tired escarp]

Dawg ... Are you seriously trying to make a money-making plugin?

[green umbra]

The code doesn't work like that

[pure raven]

Actually, I'm just confused about trying to make a plugin that makes the game easier, it does have a sandbox mode but I just want to try using a plugin, because if you just use buildings the logic sometimes doesn't work.

[torpid spear]

the images don't even fully load for me

you ain't getting anywhere with this pal

[pure raven]

sorry, I mean if you only use the building, sometimes the bugs become - all of them, and the residents' section becomes -2, I want to make it using Lua but I don't know what the logic or Lua coding system is like

[torpid spear]

"i want to exploit the game so that i don't have to play it" get out of here

[smoky glacier]

Peak user

Comes to the official server and ask the official staff on how to exploit the game

[olive summit]

Hi

Me want a very nice plugin from money and lvl city have names or plugins???

[zinc isle]

what do you mean?

[olive summit]

I'm looking for a plugin that generates money and city level; could it be one?

[zinc isle]

No, that is not allowed

[olive summit]

¿¿No?? y el de cocacola? genero muchos ingresos

Sorry im not use traductor wait

No?? And what about Coca-Cola? It generates a lot of revenue.

[zinc isle]

Income generating is restrcited to privileged creators

[brazen crypt]

For me, this is a plugin that generates a lot of money.

[torpid spear]

next offtopic message here yields a warn and I won't even feel bad about it

thanks

[twin creek]

There's a plugin that generates diamond

It's called diamond mine project

I got 410 diamond and idk where that came from but I think it's the diamond plugin

[potent jolt]

(it doesnt do that)

maybe read the description before claiming there are cheat plugins

there are no cheat plugins

if you want money and city level, why are you not playing in sandbox

[twin creek]

Okay then who gave me 410 diamond?

[torpid spear]

that's a question only you can answer

next time please use appropriate channels

[torpid spear]

.

[agile garden]

It that possible make this?
As the view zooms in, the building gradually becomes transparent, rather than suddenly disappearing.

[zinc isle]

probably not, you can make the building stay when youre zoomed in with the correct build height but not make it transparent

[potent jolt]

that wont be possible with lua or fun

[torpid spear]

unless you do some magic with 39825203853 draw calls

[potent jolt]

that just sounds like the volumetric fog plugin

[random stratus]

Yuhh, how to make something blow up

Like that DSA ICBM thing

[potent jolt]

you could draw a explosion animation and use the Builder to remove buildings and spawn debris

[torpid spear]

or just spawn a nuke lol

[urban hemlock]

Hello dev,

How can I show a dialog when a building is fully constructed, and also when it is deleted?
Which function or callback should I use for this?

I tried using the "onClick function", but when I do that, the notification always appears and the building stats window (like hospitals, etc.) cannot be opened.

Thank you.

This my json dev 🫰🏻

[potent jolt]

you have to use lua and use the events

[frigid stirrup]

Plugin ap ni bg

[urban hemlock]

Try make anti polution building

[frigid stirrup]

Owhhh

Gimana tuh bg bikin nya

[urban hemlock]

Could you please explain this in more detail?
I would like to understand how it works and how to trigger it properly.

I have read all the information on this website, but unfortunately it did not provide any clear instructions or guidance.
https://doc.theotown.com/modules/Script.html#Event_types

[urban hemlock]

You can make the building a park type and add anti-pollution.
But this no longer works properly because the developer has fixed it, so it’s basically just decorative now.

[potent jolt]

check the forums too

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=8588

[urban hemlock]

Wow it's work man, thanks a lot 🙏🏻
Now how to show my icon?

[random stratus]

How to make like, a thing blow up a certain moment after it's built, and play a custom sound

Nothing in documentations

[dreamy ingot]

use fun

:D

[green umbra]

Alhamdulillah

[urban hemlock]

Could you help me?
how do I add sound to a plugin?

[green umbra]

Try screenshotting the file contents and the json

[urban hemlock]

Cek this

[urban hemlock]

Could you check what I’m doing wrong?
I want the sound to play when the building is placed and when it is removed, like a notification.

Is that not how it works?

[green umbra]

I need the file
Btw what are you make?

[harsh cradle]

👍

[long hinge]

@urban hemlock ada plugin cuan ga yah

[dreamy ingot]

Speak English please

No no Indonesia

[solar spear]

✅🗣️🇮🇩 https://discord.com/channels/365478391719264276/692830641728782336

[urban hemlock]

Never mind, I’ve already managed to get it working for the icon.
I just have one question: is it normal that sounds in this game can’t play fully?

It keeps looping every 5 seconds.
Is this expected behavior, or should it be able to play the full sound?

[urban hemlock]

I’ve already implemented it exactly as shown in the example.

Could someone help me?

[silk crest]

who have Ren's Wilderness plugin?

[urban hemlock]

Even if I change the song, it still doesn’t play fully.
Is this a limitation of the game?

[livid prism]

help.. i need info on commercial plugin zone

[zinc isle]

Try asking in #plugin-discussion instead

[potent jolt]

whats triggering the song to play

[urban hemlock]

I'm using

if bx and shouldPlay() and not song then
if CEOsong then song = City.playSound(CEOsong, bx, by, 1.0, true) end
elseif song and not shouldPlay() then
song.stop()
song = nil
end

[torpid spear]

that's... your entire code?

[urban hemlock]

Cek this

[urban hemlock]

This my entire code

[torpid spear]

jesus christ

[urban hemlock]

What's wrong? 👀

Can you tell me please?

[torpid spear]

what exactly are you trying to achieve

[dreamy ingot]

First I think that is a song code ?

[urban hemlock]

Play fully song on building, if impossible I'll give up

[urban hemlock]

Exactly

[dreamy ingot]

Is that hard lua ?

[torpid spear]

what does "play song on building" mean

something like ambient sound from the building?

[urban hemlock]

Exactly That's on my mind

[urban hemlock]

@torpid spear Please check this video.
The original music is 2–3 minutes long, but it keeps looping every 4–5 seconds.

Does that make sense?

[torpid spear]

see TheoTown.playSound

oh you're using the one from the City module

[potent jolt]

you need to keep track of whether the sound is already playing otherwise it just restarts

also the logic you copied from the sample plugin is partially wrong

[urban hemlock]

So what exactly should I do? Could you point out what needs to be changed or fixed in my script?

This is actually keeping me up at night 😵

[urban hemlock]

Where i can see this ?

[torpid spear]

are you telling me you "wrote" this without ever seeing the documentation

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

[urban hemlock]

Got it, thanks.
So the issue is that playSound is being called repeatedly without checking whether the sound is already playing, right?
I’ll try adding a state flag and test it.

[torpid spear]

don't take it as a perfect solution, but maybe you could try playing the sound on construction complete and city load instead of every day

I'm not sure about moving/deleting the building though

I'm unfamiliar with how the playsound function works

[urban hemlock]

That makes sense , thanks for the suggestion.
I wanted to try this because I don’t see many plugins exploring this idea, so I’ll experiment with the approach you mentioned and see how it behaves.

Especially among plugins in my local Indonesian community, or maybe I just haven’t seen many yet since I’m still new here 😅

[urban hemlock]

Btw, after trying it last night using event_place, event_finish, and other events (day, month, & year), City.playSound only plays the song for about 4–5 seconds. Even when not looping, it’s still the same.
I’ve decided to stop this project for now. This might simply be a limitation of the game.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer my questions. Much appreciated.

[frigid stirrup]

Di antara ku dan sawit di antara ku dan sawit

[opaque fable]

Super easy

[dreamy ingot]

Teach me lua

[wanton isle]

guys hwo you guys can program plugin with lua even tho you can only upload it by json and images?

[potent jolt]

the json can mention a lua file that will be run

the json defines the building and lua can do extra things

[frank shoal]

So Json makes the building and lua adds🤔 some fun stuff?

[torpid spear]

json records data

lua performs actions

[potent jolt]

yea

were all about having fun with lua

[zinc isle]

I dont think kulche particularly likes lua, but he also like torturing himself with new lua experiments every now and then

In the name of fun

[torpid spear]

I wish theotown used a less unhinged language for plugins

but at least lua is pretty flexible and easy to learn

[urban hemlock]

Sometimes I wish the game supported Java too, so plugins could be more flexible and fun haha.

[zinc isle]

Oh that would not end well

Imagine all the chances of it being malicious

Someone had in the past figured out how to make a malicious plugin

Java would probably make it so much easier

[urban hemlock]

Oh, I didn’t know about that. If there’s already a history of malicious plugins, then it’s probably safer to avoid that idea.

True, Java could make it easier to access user identities or abuse devices.
I was thinking it might be safer if Java plugins were restricted to the creator only and not shared publicly, but even then it could still pose a security risk to the game.
Never mind that idea.

[timber flicker]

Please post your city in #city-showcase , this is not related to any plugins

[brisk mason]

Hello, is there a script that gets called when the settings panel is closed? Like script:leaveSettings or something similar.

[light plinth]

You may want to look at stage enter and leave events

[brisk mason]

Thanks

[potent jolt]

what kind of animation

[whole falcon]

Animation that is adjusted according to random frame, so if a random frame of certain set of wall colors is selected, the animation will automatically be adjusted so it has the same set of wall colors with the selected random frame

[potent jolt]

thats doable but couldnt you do that with regular animations

[zinc isle]

My lua doesnt work

Was trying to randomise my animation frames when placed

My json worked fine before I made the lua file

I dont know why it crashes loading the template

[zinc isle]

Guess ill throw in he log file as well

I dont know what the issue is, I even added an object for the lua

[thorn jungle]

What the hell is "Ě"? Did you really put that on your code?

[torpid spear]

what is oncreate???????????

your indices have to start from 1, not 0

[whole falcon]

Can someone give me a code example of random animations using lua?

[torpid spear]

it's easier to just have a bunch of identical frames and attach a different animation to each frame

[zinc isle]

Ask chat gpt 😭

[zinc isle]

Its like I understand any of that

Can I pretty please have the code you used

[zinc isle]

Clearly not, is sent my json and script here

[torpid spear]

you'd use script event and then check if the event is placed (or whatever event you want to use)

[thorn jungle]

Damn.

[whole falcon]

But how?
How do you attach an animation to a frame?

[torpid spear]

"frame": index

or "frames": [array of indices]

[whole falcon]

But I want a certain frame in the animation to be selected randomly than painstakingly code everything manually

[torpid spear]

yeah, and I gave you a solution to that...

[whole falcon]

?

Do you just put the anim index casually or what?

[whole falcon]

Or do you mean to use fun instead?

[hearty hearth]

Hi, somebody. I come here for know where server to download rock and grass decal. Sorry my English so bad.

I spend 5hours for searching that decal on forum. But didnt find it, a friend said it was only on discord.

[whole falcon]

Not here

[zinc isle]

is this true?

[torpid spear]

lua uses indexing from 1

json from 0

[zinc isle]

it told me that doesnt make sense but anyway my json doesnt even reach the script before it crashes. It crashes at the template of all things and I cant figure out why. It tells me I have a trailing comma at price but like what?

[torpid spear]

guess send me the plugin

[potent jolt]

theres a misplaced comma or } somewhere

id need to see the whole thing

vscode should point it out too

[zinc isle]

There isnt, vsc showed 0 errors

[whole falcon]

Can you show me an example, i don't think you can just put anim index in the frame attribute directly

[torpid spear]

"animation":[{"id":"id", "frame": index}]

or

"animation":[{"id":"id", "frames": [index 1, index 2, ...]}]

[whole falcon]

But I'm still curious how did they make random roofs like this?

[zinc isle]

Erionit? He makes a lot of roofs and a lot of buildings and then uses json animations to make building variations

I am very sure he doesnt use lua

[sonic citrus]

but that’s the european buildings expansion by lobby

and it is the case that every time you place one of those buildings, the roof and colour get randomised

[torpid spear]

i will kill you

[stray crater]

Thats not very nice kulche

[torpid spear]

the plugin does, in fact, use lua and animations

[zinc isle]

Ive seen his files though

I remember going through the json

But I assume that your European pack

[torpid spear]

it sure is

[urban hemlock]

It's easy if you use Lua

[whole falcon]

Kulche, since you're the one who also made the European tenement pack (besides Lobby), can you teach me how to do these random roofs, or can you just give me the code?

[torpid spear]

you can either set animation's transparency to 0, or use an animation with speed 0 and an extra empty frame that you can switch to

[whole falcon]

Can you explain it more?

[torpid spear]

no, because there's nothing left to explain

if you have any specific questions I'll answer them

I'd advise against dabbling in lua if you have no prior experience in plugin creation

[whole falcon]

So, do you just use math.random for generating random roofs in European tenements plugin, or do you tweak it further to increase randomness?

I tried setAnimationFrame where i use math.random, but the animation didn't generate randomly

[torpid spear]

I can't help without your code

and yes, it's completely random

[whole falcon]

I used the code from this
#plugin-lua-and-fun message
And adjust it to my own plugin

And it didn't generate randomly

Already try math.random as frame but it still didn't work

[light plinth]

That code is non functional whatsover

[torpid spear]

my guy, did you really use code from a message that says "my lua doesnt work"

what did you expect

[zinc isle]

amazing

keep doing that and your lua will never work

[whole falcon]

Can you just give me the code that you use in the European tenement plugin to randomize roofs?

[torpid spear]

no, figure it out yourself

it's not open source

[zinc isle]

Ppunish 667407171859775499

[urban hemlock]

Hi Dev, where can I find the complete list of language IDs used in the game?
I checked the Lua documentation, but it seems incomplete. It only shows default [de] German and [fr] French.

[zinc isle]

which language are you doing?

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=9016

this is the tutorial on inline translations

[urban hemlock]

I’m planning to add a few more languages, maybe around 10 major ones, based on the countries where most players are from.

[urban hemlock]

Oh, this is exactly what I was looking for, and it turns out it’s already in the GitHub repository. Thank you so much

[whole falcon]

Can someone tell me how to get all the coordinates of a specific building by draft?

[torpid spear]

as in you want to find all the instances of a select building and get their positions?

https://doc.theotown.com/modules/City.html#getBuilding

[whole falcon]

Can i use countBuildings ([draft]) as index in getBuilding?

[torpid spear]

that's the intended use

[urban hemlock]

Sir, where can I find the complete list of available icon enums in the game? For example, all Icon constants such as Icon.CITY, Icon.RESIDENTIAL, Icon.EDUCATION, etc.

[torpid spear]

use the assets plugin from lobby

I believe it was called plugin creator tools or something

[urban hemlock]

Thank you very much, sir

[last path]

What is the ideal size for a thumbnail?

[torpid spear]

not lua related

pretty sure there isn't one

[urban hemlock]

Sir, would making a plugin like this break any rules?
I noticed the weather control feature only exists in the vanilla version of the game.
If it’s not allowed, that’s totally fine, I’ll just keep it for myself and won’t publish it 😄

[zinc isle]

Considering the vanilla weather thing costs diamonds, this would be unfair to the game as it doesnt have any negative consequences. So it wouldnt be allowed.

Also no idea why you always ping kulche, he will answer even if you dont when hes available

[urban hemlock]

Oh, that’s my mistake, I probably mentioned him accidentally. Sorry about that.
Yes, I was thinking the same, it might be a bit unfair. But what if I set a high diamond price for it in the store, since it adds some extra features? Would that still not be allowed?
I’m just curious, that’s why I experimented with making a plugin like this.

[zinc isle]

Well for that you would have to ask the dev

You can reach out to him on [e-mail] or through forum dms

Usually for any features ikey that you acquire permissions for from lobby since its related yo monetization

[whole falcon]

Can someone help me?
I want the toast to appear right after the building finishes but it didn't

function script:init()
    local house = Draft.getDraft("$coalition_mapping.decoration.2026-02-06-23:25:29.64")
    end

function script:event(x,y,level,event,source)
    if event == Script.EVENT_FINISHED then
        Debug.toast("thanks for building "..house:getTitle())
    end
end

[urban hemlock]

house is declared as a local variable inside script:init(), so it’s not accessible in script:event().
Move the variable outside the function (script scope) so the event can use it.

[gilded ridge]

who knows how to make it like this

[torpid spear]

the plugin creator tools code could provide some insights

[gilded ridge]

I have reviewed it but not very helpful😭

when json i relax, but when lua i surrender🥲

[torpid spear]

if you don't have experience with lua, I'd recommend starting with something simpler

[gilded ridge]

wait wait what are you doing here?

[gilded ridge]

Yes, it seems like it's also an easy thing, but indeed information about Lua scripting in Theotown is not yet massive.

[torpid spear]

..whatever that means?

[gilded ridge]

I mean there are still not many tutorials about Lua

for theotown

u feel me?

[torpid spear]

no, what kind of a tutorial do you expect

most functions are documented

I've just taken a look, the plugin is in fact all you need https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=12183

the bottom fragments of the code are probably the most important

[gilded ridge]

hmm I reviewed it yesterday, but it didn't refer to what I wanted, but never mind I'll try it again

[gilded ridge]

@torpid spear wow, thanks its work

[torpid spear]

congratulations

[whole falcon]

Can i set an animation inside another animation using lua?

[zinc isle]

Why would you want to do that exactly?

[whole falcon]

For efficiency, of course

[whole falcon]

Random animation

[zinc isle]

random animations? what do you need an animation inside an animation for that?

[whole falcon]

So i don't have to write much code in JSON for a consistent anim for each floor
So each floor is an anim and has an anim inside it for consistency

[urban hemlock]

By the way, thank you for the suggestion. I’ve already received permission from the lobby 🫰🏻

Thanks you so much @zinc isle

[zinc isle]

amazing, good luck!

[whole falcon]

So, Can i set an animation inside another animation using lua?

[urban hemlock]

Now I have one major problem left, I absolutely can’t draw at all 😭

Would it be okay if I use the sample assets?

[zinc isle]

Yeah you just have to credit theo and lobby

[urban hemlock]

Of course, I’ll credit them. Thank you so much!

[whole falcon]

How does draft:setFrame(frameIndex,frame) work?
Since frame is an int, if i set it to 2, does it take the second frame in the specified draft?

[torpid spear]

it sets the buildings frame to the specified index

[potent jolt]

although frame is a number you should only use numbers you got from a getFrame call

if you set it to 2, youll set it to the 2nd frame ever loaded by the game

and who knows what that is

or it might crash, who knows?

[shy locust]

should I make a transpiler for javascript -> lua?

I do have alot of experience in both so it wouldn't be hard

plus I've made python -> other language compilers too

why does nobody does nothing here

[timber flicker]

you have to wait for someone who has knowledge of this

[shy locust]

ohk

[potent jolt]

sure

[urban hemlock]

Most contributors focus more on visual design than Lua or feature development, so technical topics don’t always get much attention. That’s probably why discussions like this can take a bit longer to get responses.

[potent jolt]

i simply dont need it

and i dont think a transpiler would handle the intricacies of metatables properly

complex industry works just fine without it

and yea of all the scripts CI has the gui ones are by far the longest

[shy locust]

it's made for simpler plugins with simple logic

[shy locust]

perhaps I could make the transpiler advanced

or potentially loca ai powerd or using my frnd's online ai powered transpiler

[shy locust]

only downside it'll be unreasonable large for a plugin

[shy locust]

it's for those who know javascript but also want to do theotown plugin scripting, context switching from a language to another (unless python -> lua) is always a pain since you are already adapted to do In a language

I'm gonna make for more languages, just not those like c, c++, java etc

[potent jolt]

i dont see the application since lua is very easy to adapt to if you know javascript or python

it would need to be able to handle script event functiond well at the least

[zinc isle]

The game can do with json 90% if what most people want to do
Theres very few people that actually know how to use theotown lua

[shy locust]

there's bugs in the current version (v1.2) but script event works quite decently

[shy locust]

JavaScript is roughly 100x more popular than Lua globally,. so making a JS→Lua compiler could make TheoTown plugin dev more accessible to more devs

[shy locust]

one of the problems of this is context switching

[zinc isle]

I don't think thats happening

[potent jolt]

theres only like 30 poeple actually doing scripting

[shy locust]

I do think that's happening

[shy locust]

that's the 2nd reason I'm making this transpiler forr

[shy locust]

It’s not about mass migration. It’s about lowering the entry barrier for people who already know JS and are interested in Theotown plugin dev

[zinc isle]

Im not going to argue with you but im just saying that the probability of that happening is close to none

[shy locust]

I'm not arguing either

I'm js saying this is for some ppl

like really niche so yea

[potent jolt]

well were not going to stop you

[vast juniper]

Can i use Draft:getContent() for other draft types?

[potent jolt]

nope, data type drafts only

youll need to use the other get functions for other properties

[vast juniper]

So, is there a way to count animations inside a building draft?

[potent jolt]

doesnt seem like it, you could ask lobby about it on the forum

[urban hemlock]

Hello sir, may I release this topic plugin on the store?
This plugin allows players to write their own custom topics, and it will not interfere with the game’s default topics, as the chance of appearing is very low.
If this is allowed, what would be a reasonable diamond price? 👀

[zinc isle]

Sounds cool actually. I would be willing to bet a normal price of 30 also works for this.

[urban hemlock]

Okay, thank you, @zinc isle 💜

[shy locust]

this is one of the things I don't know how I didn't live without

[urban hemlock]

What do you mean?

[shy locust]

i mean that i didnt knew it was a nessessity for me :)

[urban hemlock]

Thank you!, It is fully built with Lua.

[weary portal]

Halo

[torpid spear]

please use #general if you don't have any lua questions

[urban hemlock]

Is it possible to change the game’s day/night cycle and in-game clock using Lua,
or is it limited by the engine?
The documentation only exposes getTime, not setTime.

[potent jolt]

yea thats not possible

[potent jolt]

you used to be able to change a users settings but that may not work anymore

if you want to force only day or night

[urban hemlock]

Understood. Thank you.

[elfin geyser]

Do Tile and Building libraries be use during enterCity?

[elfin geyser]

i think there's a bug using Tile.getBuilding(x,y) always returning nil value on version 1.12.61a

[potent jolt]

i can confirm this happens to me too

[torpid spear]

@potent jolt any way to make finishInformationDialog not display the default building info panel

no I'm not waiting for a response from anybody else

[potent jolt]

you literally return false

and it wont open

[torpid spear]

lol

sure

[potent jolt]

wait finishInformationDialog?

i mean

at that point, its already finished

why not use script:click

[torpid spear]

doesn't change anything

[potent jolt]

let me refer to complex industry

yea no it is script:click you want

function script:click(x, y)
    local building = Tile.getBuilding(x, y)
    if building:isInConstruction() then
        return true
    end
    x, y = building:getXY()
    local id = City.hash(x, y)
    local export = IndustriBuilding.getById(id)
    if not export then
        error(string.format('User clicked on a export building with id %d but it is not registered.', id))
    end

    ---@cast export export
    ExportGui.showExportDialog(draft, export)
    return false
end

just returning false will prevent the default dialog from opening

alternatively you can just wipe the contents of the dialog in finishInformationDialog

[torpid spear]

oh yeah that works fine, thanks

any ideas if I can automatically open a building info panel via lua without reconstructing it manually?

aka the dialog from when you click a building in the build bar

I can't find anything in the docs about that

[potent jolt]

oh that panel? yea no idea

[torpid spear]

guess it's time to dm ja

[potent jolt]

you could try dumping the gui structure while that menu is open and check what its made out of

[torpid spear]

sounds like effort

[potent jolt]

indeed

[lone temple]

indescribable how much i love the word indeed

[light plinth]

Ppunish 784062770256543744

[elfin geyser]

quick question, how do i update the "tool" title realtime while using it?

[potent jolt]

its probably a label with a certain id, youd just need to find the id

[elfin geyser]

you're right nice..

Anyway, is there an event listener that triggers when a GUI is deleted? something like an onDelete event for a target GUI?

[potent jolt]

i dont know if gui tables are read only or not

but if they are not

you can get the onDelete function and overwrite it with one that calls the original ondelete at the end

[urban hemlock]

Sir, I want to ask, when I try to open the video, nothing happens. Is something wrong, or does it require a privileged key or something else?

[potent jolt]

i dont know how this works, but i am certain privilege is required

[urban hemlock]

Oh, got it. No wonder nothing happened. I already tried changing the whole script and JSON, but it still didn’t work. Thank you, sir.

[weak mural]

i want to share my plugin codes, but there are undocumented function and method.

[vast juniper]

Can someone tell me, how do i check if an animation in certain slot (for example, 10th animation) even exist in the first place, using Lua?

[timber flicker]

@zinc isle apologize for pinging

[formal cove]

Im working on lua script and shader stuff

I had a question, if possible, could future updates allow setting custom #define values from lua side before shader compilation?

(im using translator, sorry for my bad grammar)

[potent jolt]

have you looked into using https://doc.theotown.com/modules/Drawing.html#setUniform

[formal cove]

Yes, I’ve seen that documentation before. Currently it only allows setting uniforms, but not #define directives.

If I use a uniform (for example a float used as a boolean flag) to enable or disable certain shader effects

uniform float enable_waving_trees;

if (enable_waving_trees == 1.0) {
...
}

it would still require branching in the shader.

That means the code may still run even when the feature is disabled, which can be less efficient

But if using #define would allow the shader to exclude that code path entirely at compile time

#define ENABLE_WAVING_TREES // enabled
// #define ENABLE_WAVING_TREES // disabled

#ifdef ENABLE_WAVING_TREES
...
#endif

[urban hemlock]

Yes, it can be toggled using Lua. Maybe this example can help.

But I'm curious why you want to use #define for the waving trees if you plan to enable it again later.
In Lua, you can't rewrite or remove code from inside the game, so changing a uniform value is usually the only way to toggle the feature at runtime.

[potent jolt]

then it is not possible

[formal cove]

setUniform is better for runtime toggling, especially for adjusting values like multipliers (like waving speed or color grading values).

But for heavy features like clouds or water shader, using #define is more efficient than if-else branching. Even if the branch is false, the GPU may still evaluate parts of it.

With #ifdef, the code is completely stripped at compile time, so there’s zero cost when disabled, which improves performance and reduces unnecessary computations.

It also helps avoid maintaining multiple shader variants (like lite/low/medium/high), since I can control features through compile-time flags instead.

[urban hemlock]

You’re right about #define being more efficient in general.
But in TheoTown Lua we don’t have access to shader compilation or preprocessor, only uniforms at runtime.
https://doc.theotown.com/topics/00-intro.md.html

[potent jolt]

why not make it first and then see if the performance is ok

premature optimisation is usually a bad idea

[elfin geyser]

plugins/tx-terminal-exchange/scripts/station_assigning.lua:365 vm error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'char[] java.lang.String.toCharArray()' on a null object reference
stack traceback:
    plugins/tx-terminal-exchange/scripts/station_assigning.lua:365: in function <plugins/tx-terminal-exchange/scripts/station_assigning.lua:361>

Is this a bug?

the error occurs when a building has no custom name. function works correctly once the building is manually renamed.

it should return nil when the building has no name (or is using the default name). However, instead, it triggers a NullPointerException

[potent jolt]

probably related to tile.getBuilding not working, try it outside of the beta branch

[elfin geyser]

how can i rollback with playstore

[zinc isle]

Rollback in what sense?

[glad aspen]

Ooo lua

Haven't used it in a while

[zinc isle]

time to pick up the pen again

[glad aspen]

Also wait in confused do I use json or lua I read the tut on how to create plugins

[rare grotto]

Press the link for a more comprehensive guide for plugin creation for beginners
The key points are summarised below:

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

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

[glad aspen]

That's it?

Wait if lua is limited what's the point of using it instead of json

[torpid spear]

limited slot?

[glad aspen]

Edited

[torpid spear]

you don't use lua instead of json

it's a completely different thing

[glad aspen]

I mean in September I used to code lua

[torpid spear]

okay?

[glad aspen]

So I'm more familiar with it

Instead of json but okay

Ig I'll use json

[torpid spear]

you have to use json

lua is not an alternative, it's for additional functionality

[glad aspen]

Like what

[torpid spear]

refer to the lua apo

api

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

[glad aspen]

I'm assuming the API is like a translator from one coding language to another right?

[torpid spear]

..translator?

no????

[glad aspen]

Not literally

[torpid spear]

please just read the link

[glad aspen]

Ty I understood everything

[random hamlet]

oops

Ppunish 564780556651462657

[random hamlet]

cant believe I opened the channel for several seconds and a scambot popped up out of nowhere

[elfin geyser]

do we have custom filter for specific drafts using TheoTown.setToolFilter?

[potent jolt]

undocumented functions! yipeee!!

[torpid spear]

how refreshing

[urban hemlock]

Wow interesting

[wraith sparrow]

i13 terrain plugin isnt workin, please someone tell the creator

helpp

[zinc isle]

He knows I think

[urban hemlock]

This for you sir @weak mural

[torpid spear]

there's EVENT_PLACED, but can I somehow differentiate whether a building was built by the user, or automatically by the game (as rci)?

[urban hemlock]

It should be possible. The only difference lies in the “Untouchable” building. When it’s enabled, the building is placed by the user, when it’s disabled, the building is generated automatically by the game. Is that what you mean?

[torpid spear]

no

untouchable doesnt mean built by the user

[urban hemlock]

But in cases like this, I believe that distinguishing between manually placed buildings and those generated automatically through zoning (RCI) can be handled by checking is.Untouchable in Lua. I suspect that privileged access may be required, although I’m not entirely certain since I haven’t been able to test it myself.

[torpid spear]

as i said, that doesnt work

a building placed by the user doesnt have to be untouchable

[urban hemlock]

Hmm, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the clarification.

?

What the

Ban them please

@zinc isle

[clever gulch]

i like your plugins

[torpid spear]

okay im glad but this is lua support

[clever gulch]

ok

[lyric rampart]

So guys about road decorations fun, can I set the condition to road usage to check whether there's something on that tile, then make the road decorations switch to another image?

[digital kindle]

In what line specifically?
-# loud warning

[lyric rampart]

Are you reacting to my questions or, to different people?, cause if I answer it then it's not reacting to my questions it'll be very embarrassing

[floral dome]

Nyawit ni orang

[digital kindle]

I'm trying to figure out my lua issue

[potent jolt]

Would need to see the log or the source code, it probably happened in a gui callback or something

It loses the line number sometimes

[lone dawn]

@zinc isle

Eh

@void wolf we got some scam

[void wolf]

Pmodmenu 1374764571323138059

[void wolf]

Pmodmenu 1374708137961197569

[void wolf]

cheers

[lone dawn]

Cheer

[digital kindle]

Derived from ian` 's code

[lyric rampart]

Looks like freakin complicated logic

[potent jolt]

im pretty sure drafts need to be gotten in script:init and you cant get them outside of it

otherwise the code runs before all drafts are loaded

[lyric rampart]

Question, say I use the same logic to that barrier to detect the train to change the state of a road deco I place on the train track, does that work?

[potent jolt]

im not sure, its not how ive wouldve written something like this

[lyric rampart]

But the logic is the same no?

[potent jolt]

yea looks like it

[dusky maple]

Does anyone have the Discord link for Yakka plugin center? 😭

[zinc isle]

Join the server in his bio @digital kindle

[dusky maple]

I tried the link in @digital kindle's bio but it shows a 404 error

[digital kindle]

I deleted the server,merged with kri.

[dusky maple]

Can anyone share the Rays Overlay plugin like this? Please 🙏

[lavish thistle]

KRI server at plugin creator share channel

[brisk mason]

How to use require()?

[elfin geyser]

https://www.lua.org/manual/5.5/

[lyric rampart]

Have a question, do fun have a condition Index for the time of day, and the weather conditions?

[light plinth]

You'd check weatherTime variable against a constant value defined here:
https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?t=5959

[lyric rampart]

Thanks

[lyric rampart]

But that's for controlling it no?, what I'm curious about is whether I can set up the fun attributes to detect the current time or weather

For example, this building will have animation playing when there's rain, or when it's in the middle of the day

[light plinth]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=5903
Last sentence:

You can also read from these virtual variables.

[lyric rampart]

Now I get it thanks

[woeful osprey]

how to write a click fun that change the specific frames of roads?

or change the total graphics of it or turn it into another id?

[light plinth]

To change it to a different ID, you'd need to demolish and build a new road. There is an action for frame changing, not sure what you want to accomplish.

[woeful osprey]

I just wanna change one of 64 graphics of a road id when click it. forum's tutorial doesn't have how to make it. so I think it may need to change another id that with graphic i wanna

[light plinth]

I'm pretty sure changing the road frame will also change its connection status, unless that's what you intend.

[woeful osprey]

I think so. that way doesn't work so I may find another method.

and is it possible to replace the existed road id to another one by click fun? could you show an example or a tutorial?

[woeful osprey]

return to this question, if I though a method by road decos, how to make it change graphics when click it?

[lyric rampart]

Something like this?

[woeful osprey]

yeah, that's I wanna

[lyric rampart]

https://forum.theotown.com/viewtopic.php?p=152001&hilit=Slow+traffic#p152001, That's basically what you want

[woeful osprey]

thanks~

[cerulean crypt]

"build time": 0,
Does this code really work?

[torpid spear]

try privileges

[median cypress]

They can be obtained through a Facebook account.

irumi Kun

[opaque fog]

This has nothing to do with lua

[cerulean crypt]

Is this right?

‘’"meta": {"tags":
｛"elevated_train_station"{}}，
{"elevated_train_platform": {}}
},’’

[river stump]

Mmm... No, cuz "station" is a thing and "platform" is other thing... You can put:

"meta" :{"tags" :
"elevated_train_platform": {},
"elevated_train_station": {}
},

But is as say "Tea with Tea"...

The difference between "Station" and "Platform" is:

• Station: Is for open the Transport Panel (This depends of the System mentioned, for example "elevated_train_station" that is for open the Transport Panel of Elevated Train).

• Platform: Is for extended or mark the build as part of the station... If you put a "Platform" without a "Station", the platform is just other build, but with the "Station" close this work in conjunction

[lyric rampart]

So it's click on fun, it's just adding another one instead of removing the other and replacing it, did I miss something?

[cerulean crypt]

Thanks

[lyric rampart]

Did I mess up somewhere?

[zinc isle]

what eerror are you getting/

[lyric rampart]

This

Not an error per se, just it didn't remove the other and replacing it

[zinc isle]

You probably have multiple road decor on in settings

[lyric rampart]

Soooo, nothing I can do?

[dreamy ingot]

turn off your multiple road decore

[sonic citrus]

"exclusive":true?

[lyric rampart]

That makes more sense, thanks

Well that'll do it

[green igloo]

Bmp?

[potent jolt]

BitMaP......