I see
#plugin-lua-and-fun
green igloo
elfin geyser
I was wondering if there is an event listener that returns the city ID that was removed or reset.
grave haven
light plinth
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rare grottoBOT
Ppunish 718473535089279077
tender parcel
How can I detect an approaching train, everyone? For example, if I place a device tile at X and want to know if there is a train within 4 tiles around X, which function should I use? Any help would be appreciated since I couldn't find any suitable function @@
kind iron
Hmm...
cerulean crypt
Am I doing the right thing?
potent jolt
privilege codes are not needed anymore
instead use "require privileges": true
if you have a privileged forum account and youre logged it the privilege is applied
and itll work when you publish it
cerulean crypt
Ok noted thanks.
opaque fog
It is possible to make animation get played when you click on building and then building get changed after animation end
Like that as example
Low quality because I wouldn't make that as plugin, just for practicing animation
latent osprey
It is possible to make animation get played when you click on building and then ...
Yes
I can help
chrome cobalt
Anybody knows how to fix this error?
potent jolt
looks like the file youre importing already exists with the same name
void wolf
<@329729373441884172>
Can you kindly check this out?
Want me to download shady stuff?
haughty vapor
Want me to download shady stuff?
I not recommended
But it still suspicious
Especially when he send this on #town-memes
haughty vapor
Removed to be safe
One in #plugin-suggestions
void wolf
Hes going at it i see
light plinth
You may discuss about plugin fun and Lua scripting here.
random hamlet
((epic))
open arch
keep it clean guys, dont pollute the name of coding (or something like?)
random hamlet
how do I get user name?
open arch
and so I crashed vsc without saving the lua
potent jolt
wanna see my scripts
open arch
my all works gone
potent jolt
and so I crashed vsc without saving the lua
shouldve hit save after every button press smh
open arch
it is working but cant get it on windowed
gentle canopy
I use Visual Studio for Json....
random hamlet
maybe I'll make cool plugins with lua code someday
random hamlet
https://doc.theotown.com/modules/TheoTown.html#getUserName
thx
gentle canopy
Im interested in the GUI part of the TT Lua documentation
open arch
I am soo sad, my pc is that bad once I open gif search in discord web it crashes something
open arch
I am soo sad, my pc is that bad once I open gif search in discord web it crashes...
and vsc closed itself
gentle canopy
Wait, you cant edit TT GUI, right?
solid scarab
oh well , new channel
gentle canopy
vsc?
open arch
yes
gentle canopy
random hamlet
how do I make something like f"text{var}more text" but in lua?
I mean
some text and variable in it
random hamlet
found it
string.format('text %s more text', var)
oh
and this too
is making disasters possible with lua?
so I can code my own
what where
forgot a comma
maybe an error with calculations
@torpid spearmaybe you know... does it count the total playtime from account?
torpid spear
does what count
torpid spear
it's session playtime probably
random hamlet
I also had wrong number btw
random hamlet
does it count time spent in menu or somewhere else but not in city?
open arch
I learnt how to do math in lua now
I am soo happi
I am like archimedes when he found water's ability of lifting things
random hamlet
what math did you learn to do?
btw do you have any experience in coding except lua?
random hamlet
I mean how complex is that math
open arch
like <= , == stuff and some other things
open arch
it is easy, I am just bad at math
open arch
gotta try the 8th lua script that, isnt gonna work
random hamlet
what are you trying to do now?
open arch
I was trying city spawncar and car reached event but couldnt do it soo I am gonna try something easier. Which counts buildings and gives income with some calculations
random hamlet
@open archwhat do you think, is this worth uploading as a small plugin?
with changed caption probably
random hamlet
๐
open arch
finally something I made without someone changing my codes, it worked
soo many thanks to kulche and erksmit
this is a start
random hamlet
This is kinda low effort and if gets disapproved, I'll get two disapprovals in a row because of this :(
hope I won't get annihilated because of that
open arch
I am going to make a stupid youtube video for this first step
ugh there is only one simple issue, and thats it gives income even tho you dont have export
random hamlet
is there a way to check if is road near building connected to the edge of the map?
open arch
and once you remove the older factory it still gives the income of it.. atleast it shows a life sempthom
it is sure my lua code is going to be longer and more complicated
random hamlet
what the fu
um....
is there any way to make cords relative to screen dimensions?
like, If i make the window smaller, text stays in the same place and I can't see it
potent jolt
youd have to get the screen size occasionally
id just get them in script:init
as 90% of poeple play on mobile anyways
potent jolt
have you tried getting the root gui element?
thatll most likely be a canvas of the entire screen
random hamlet
I didn't but I will
uncut field
The problem with grabbing the resolution once is that the plug-in will not display correctly if the window is resized on PC (or if the player puts the game in dual-screen mode on mobile)
I would do something like
width, height = Drawing.getSize()
I think that works
Then you can use width and height to make custom UI stuff stay relative with the edges of the screen
random hamlet
Well yeah, that's what I was thinking
I just didn't know how to grab width and height
Actually, I think grabbing resolution once will be enough
There is not much players on pc, and I don't think most of them will start swinging their window and check if a plugin by some random Simon works with that
potent jolt
thats why you should first check if youre on pc
and if on pc, get it per frame
pc has enough performance that its not aproblem
random hamlet
Just curious, is taking width and height that performance heavy for phone?
And I think recording these parameters once is enough
uncut field
Like I said though, it is possible for mobile users to change resolution through the split screen feature many phones have nowadays, so that's something to consider
open arch
I need a little bit help guys
I had two problems and now I fixed the one of them. Easiest one
Other problem is something I didnt get, here is the concept: lua counts the factories and gives the amount of income with a calculation. It was all great and working but and then I removed one of the factories and it started to overlap the new and the old income at the same time
I guess it has to reset city.count but it just overlaps it. How do I fix this?
I can give the code example from DMs if you are interested to help me
open arch
Other problem is something I didnt get, here is the concept: lua counts the fact...
Okay, I guess I somehow fixed it with changing the city.count things from script:daily to script:update
stoic vector
I would do something like
width, height = Drawing.getSize()
GUI.getRoot():getWidth() and GUI.getRoot():getHeight() are the same as Drawing.getSize() but according to gui scaling settings
If you don't believe me, try this code:
local width, height
GUI:getRoot():addCanvas {
onInit = function(self)
local paddingLeft, paddingTop, paddingRight, paddingBottom = GUI.getRoot():getPadding() --in case of notches
width = self:getWidth() + paddingLeft + paddingRight
height = self:getHeight() + paddingTop + paddingBottom
self:delete()
end
}```How can I detect when the city is in winter mode? I know there is a fun value for the winter mode setting (auto, on, off), but I don't know what to do if its set to auto
open arch
@potent jolt I cant send DMs, discord is broken soo
((amount_cokebatterychimney / amount_cokebattery) * 200) Imagine this number turning into income, what would happen if cokebatterychimney is 3 and cokebattery is 2
oh my
my math is soo bad
sorry
but what would happen if the numbers are like this? 457,5754..
maybe like chimney is 5 and battery is 3 soo 5/3*200 is 10000/3
potent jolt
Big number
open arch
wdym
open arch
soo it turns those strange numbers to nearest ones
open arch
yea
potent jolt
They become something like 1.333333333
Accurate enough
When theons can only be rounded as full numbers
open arch
They become something like 1.333333333
oh soo that is a legit income number in theotown?
stoic vector
How can I detect when the city is in winter mode? I know there is a fun value fo...
Debug.toast(TheoTown.SETTINGS.winter)
0 = auto
1 = on
2 = off
potent jolt
oh soo that is a legit income number in theotown?
It'd probably round it to 1
potent jolt
You gotta use the date but idk which ones
uncut field
That's annoying, and expected
potent jolt
I do wish there was an easier way to bind an event to a variable change
Instead of just checking if it's changed every frame
Maybe I could make a library for that
potent jolt
Shouldn't be too hard to make a function for it
That observes a variable and calls a callback when it changes
open arch
do you guys think if I use overlay for income once every in game year, or would it be annoying?
potent jolt
It wouldn't inform the user that the income came from your buildings though
Instead probably would be better to use a dialog of a yearly report
open arch
oh oh oh right there is city notifications, I might use it!
potent jolt
That would be best
open arch
and I might make a factory manager man saying that
potent jolt
Doesn't get in the way
The poeple all have their own draft IDs
Pretty sure they're available in the JSON article
uncut field
There is a way to add a custom income category to the Financials screen
open arch
yep I did it
and I might also make a notification once someone puts more factories than chimneys soo the factory has stoped due technical issues
stoic vector
There is a way to add a custom income category to the Financials screen
[
{
"id":"$budgetitemid00",
"type":"data",
"title":"My item...",
"meta":{
"tags":{
"budget item":{}
}
}
}
]```
open arch
this is the one I used
I should think about balancing
since it gives income
I am gonna use math for spendmoney, soo it is going to be strange to play with
open arch
amount_export > 0 and amount_blastfurnace > 0 and amount_blastfurnacechimney > 0 and (amount_blastfurnace <= amount_blastfurnacechimney) and amount_cokebattery > 0 and amount_cokebatterychimney > 0 and (amount_cokebattery <= amount_cokebatterychimney) and (amount_blastfurnace <= amount_cokebattery) then
this is looking soo dumb
I made this soo confusing that I dont even know the best combination
if you have the minumum requirements you just earn 330 monthly
open arch
if you have the minumum requirements you just earn 330 monthly
1 blastfurnace and a blastfurnace chimney for it, 1 cokebattery and 1 chimney for it
there is also gas silo for blastfurnace that can add some income to it but gotta do it hard to achieve
open arch
I am done with this, it was hard to balance. I hope I did it good. It is too complicated to get the best combinations. I might make a gui that does calculations and shows "estimated income" of the current factory
I might even add explosions if there is a false combination without fixing it in a year
open arch
city.countBuildings(), it works when I decrase the amount of buildings (like 2 to 1) but once I remove all buildings it doesnt change the number to 0
open arch
I can't see it inside the code but when in game it looks like it holds the latest numbers
open arch
is there a thing that checks if are some buildings in city?
I thought city.count would do that
random hamlet
try some debug stuff
open arch
hmm
open arch
yeah there should be something
you are right, count is working but somehow, spends is still going on
one last test and I will buy seeds for the chickens
random hamlet
does it return 0 but still spends?
open arch
found it, it was about a bool. Probably using it in wrong way
bool works like how it supposed to but doesnt run and close the functions
thank you dude for the help
random hamlet
figured out screen width and height stuff
okay this is not what I should've used
need subtraction i guess
it sucks
I made the x a static number and the y relative to screen size
got the cords
PERFECT
time to test on phone
random hamlet
I have no idea what basic thing should I make with lua to learn it
potent jolt
This is as a starting project as any
I started with the text placing tool
Maybe went in a bit too hard
misty python
cinematic camera tool is cool though
potent jolt
That took a while to get working
Had to take the 1st version of it down cuz it literally didn't work on mobile
gentle canopy
And touch screen UI
random hamlet
@potent joltdo you know why playtime counter doesn't work on mobile?
potent jolt
idk
random hamlet
sad momento
idk what should I make next
right now I am not in a mood to do sworldgen or normal plugins
potent jolt
world gen is complex
random hamlet
Actually my sworldgen is almost finished, I just need to make that customization thing
The point is
That I'll need to switch every number in formulas by a number
And some more stuff
It's easy but needs some time
Also I'll need to use a lot of global keywords which is not good
open arch
where do you guys put your notifications in? script:daily or monthly
do I need tables for notifications?
potent jolt
putting it daily is a terrible idea
open arch
oh sorry I meant script:nextDay
open arch
hmm okay I guess I will do monthly
random hamlet
Wdym tables for notifications
open arch
I though they were strange things to use but they are kinda like json, I got it
random hamlet
I don't understand what is that
Also arrays
I understand about arrays in python
Or something
But how can they be used in TT
Especially if they get erased after game is closed I guess
Ask I understand, arrays in TT are just arrays to
And you can add/remove stuff
open arch
I am not sure if I wrote this true but icon and text are contents of table probably
inside {}
open arch
yep
random hamlet
By the way
I like the idea of your plugin and it just looks epic already
I hope I'll be able to create something like this if I learn lua
Very nice
open arch
thanks, I have soo many ideas in my mind. This is just going to be start
I actually had a better idea other than counting buildings but for now this will stay
random hamlet
I have some ideas of stuff I can make with lua but actually I know almost nothing
open arch
I have 10 building textures and 5 truck textures left, possibly the thing that is going to take soo much time. Considering making industrial buildings harder
open arch
this is the manager for now
open arch
Are there any tutorials on how to make disaster?
kingtut may have some, not sure tho
random hamlet
Like so you can activate it with a button and select cords and all
random hamlet
this is the manager for now
LMAO
light plinth
sick textures
random hamlet
I think disasters is just destroying buildings on certain cords near activation cords, with some fancy animations
But I have no idea how to activate it using fancy button and how to make cords selection
Hm I got some nice idea, wonder if will it work
That feeling when you're randomly checking api, and see some function which feels very epic and useful even though you don't have an idea of how can you use it
open arch
lol
open arch
yes
open arch
So it leaves that dirt or something
wdym
random hamlet
I mean
One second
Destroy a building so it disappears but leaves this terrain on it's territory
So you can use this for disasters
open arch
you can use build
and use that dirt's draft
but you know what, you can make disasters with fun codes too
I dont know which one is harder tho
random hamlet
Okay
open arch
oh his old site link isnt working anymore, try this https://sites.google.com/view/retrocitycenter/theotown/plug-ins/other?authuser=0#h.p_ojHRM7bM6Ub_
open arch
you can open it and check the json
random hamlet
Thanks
uncut field
I havent made any tutorials about custom disasters because there isn't a clear-cut way to create them
You need to have underlying knowledge of either lua or fun to make them work
Fun is okay for simple disasters, like the slime, but lua is recommended
random hamlet
K, thanks
I'll make some less complicated stuff before anyways
Just don't know what ones
Maybe I'll get an idea soon
uncut field
You are right about most disasters being fancy animations though
Tornado, meteor, flood, nuke, etc all fit this description
If you think about it, most of these disasters just replace nearby tiles with rubble
You just have to find a cool way to do that
Maybe a black hole that expands outwards and shrinks back down would be neat
open arch
I break the code I made, it acts strange now
potent jolt
lots of potential with those for sure
random hamlet
I have a pretty cool idea for a plugin I might make with lua, may start tomorrow
But I may be overrating my knowledge
Let's see how it goes
open arch
this is smallest steel factory income
I forgot to add building monthly spends soo with that, monthly income changes from 820 to 300 theons for it
I hope this is balanced
the buildings and factories prices are near millions and you wont get refund if you remove them
light plinth
dw wbyk iid
open arch
I am not sure if I wrote this true but icon and text are contents of table proba...
is this true
light plinth
might be
open arch
management office is 1, good to go is true and total_steelfactory is 1470
notification isnt poping up, that how it is intended but it is not spending the money now
light plinth
those warnings
open arch
I think I am using not good_to_go wrong
stoic vector
Drawing.drawImage(1, 0, 0)```English pls
potent jolt
management office is 1, good to go is true and total_steelfactory is 1470
What you're doing Here is essentially passing a table to city.shownotification
{} means a table
And in lua putting {} after a function is the same as doing function ({})
It's a convenience thing
open arch
thank you, looks like I am going to look into tables
๐
my guy
it works, it does reduce the monthly spendings to quarter and removes the income and also show the dude if there is a combination fail
appearently there is a blast furnace that needs atleast 1 chimney
in future might make the dude say the exact problem about the factory
uncut field
This reminds me of when I first started working on the prison expansion
potent jolt
That res
open arch
this is be similar to prison expansion but way simplier in coding
I mean I dont know much about coding yet
open arch
Can I have requirements for upgrades? or do we still need fun codes or lua for that
median condor
I might end up creating a ski resort pack after all
With lua to get ski resort income and stuff
open arch
like music in game?
potent jolt
use Theotown.playsound
open arch
which one has x and y?
potent jolt
yes
random hamlet
how do I create a sound draft?
potent jolt
well it has some old legacy code in there thats not understandable
and also the code to make the rgb window
random hamlet
how do I make a sound draft aa
potent jolt
gimme 1 sec
open arch
well it has some old legacy code in there thats not understandable
hmm soo party house is older than city.playsound
potent jolt
{
"id":"bluepickle.plugin.meme.song",
"type":"sound",
"file":"file.mp3",
"volume":1.0
},
thanks
potent jolt
hmm soo party house is older than city.playsound
correct
open arch
niceee
potent jolt
--[[
Update 1.9.06 should implement City.playSound function which would allow for location based sound.
In addition, it would solve the issues with leaveCity() and leaveStage() events.
]]
as stated at the start of its lua
open arch
I can now put the same sound of the factory 500m near me. I just have to record it at the roof (also at night cus otherwise there are annoying birds)
jk birds are way better than factory sounds
potent jolt
id just steal borrow some sounds from online
*without copyright infringement
theres probably plenty of factory sound effects out there
random hamlet
I remember that you can play sounds from several buildings but it's pain to make
open arch
the first sound thing I made is impos tower, it doesnt use lua but really bad
you can spam click it and sound will overlap
what is this
misty python
color
open arch
I thought we cant use color for buildings but animations
random hamlet
(it doesn't work so it's more than a maybe)
potent jolt
You do not want to do that
random hamlet
it's for testing
potent jolt
That will start playing the sound every frame
random hamlet
a
potent jolt
Then you get a table back where with which you can control it's position and stop/play it
random hamlet
how do I wait until disaster happens or something
open arch
there should be script event
potent jolt
There is
potent jolt
Not sure if that works for custom disasters
random hamlet
I mean any disaster
open arch
I think he is trying to use it for in game disasters
random hamlet
vanilla at least
open arch
there was a plugin tornado siren by mg but it is kinda broken, another siren would be nice
mg probably used fun**
random hamlet
where pickle
open arch
mg probably used fun**
soo I guess it was overlapping once there was multiple disasters
lua should be better
misty python
plot twist: a pickle is just green slime in disguise
random hamlet
now I should learn to use events
potent jolt
Pickle is a DSA thing
open arch
i tried them to make a sand spider, I failed a lot but it was my first tries in lua
potent jolt
Blame ja for having a bad api
random hamlet
how do I make an event lmao((
potent jolt
ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
misty python
blame it all on JA
random hamlet
what
open arch
I guess he meant how he uses it
open arch
nope
open arch
init works since the start of the game and update works 60fps once you are in a city
potent jolt
Well
open arch
oh
potent jolt
Technically they're event functions
open arch
there isnt events for disasters?
potent jolt
They just don't fall under script:event
open arch
oh okay
potent jolt
There is not
random hamlet
how do I make an event function
potent jolt
But you could check for a disaster daily
random hamlet
so it does something when disaster fire happens as example
potent jolt
Check for it daily
random hamlet
how
potent jolt
Then raise the function you want
City getdisaster
Then compare it with DISASTER_FIRE
To check if it's going on
random hamlet
I don't really understand.. every day it checks for a disasters and if it's fire it calls function which does something?
potent jolt
Yes
random hamlet
okay
open arch
wow
potent jolt
Using daily cuz every frame is way too often
random hamlet
I will try
open arch
@random hamlet I want to suggest this, make the sound come from the siren pole. It would be nicer. But I guess you are just testing things now
random hamlet
yes
I may try making sound play only if at least 1 siren is in city
I also had an idea of making different sounds for different disasters like in cities:skylines but It may be too hard
idk I'll see
open arch
also different siren poles / sources for different disasters also different sounds. Like nuclear disaster is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_vZk1f353I
random hamlet
yeah and this too ofc
open arch
I also had an idea of making different sounds for different disasters like in ci...
yoo you write that already while I was trying to find yt link
random hamlet
ah you mean different poles to react to different disasters
open arch
yeah
random hamlet
I'll think
open arch
also you can do this, make a code that checks if any nuclear power plant is on fire and then if it is yes some sound like this plays
random hamlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhWUUblpDZA I thought something like this by default
sounds epic tho
open arch
this is exact same sound like ra2 nuclear silo lol
random hamlet
actually I have a fart sound effect for testing now lol
open arch
open arch
~~actually I have a fart sound effect for testing now lol~~
bruh
open arch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhWUUblpDZA I thought something like this by def...
this is clean, try asking in the comments sometimes they give permission
random hamlet
btw what does getDisaster() return when there is fire?
random hamlet
DISASTER_FIRE ?
open arch
it returns yea
that
probably
Returns the name of the curretly active disaster or nil if no disaster is is active right now.
I guess you need something like this
if DISASTER_FIRE == true then ...
potent jolt
If DISASTER_FIRE == disaster
open arch
oh
potent jolt
Where disaster is the disaster city getdisaster returned
open arch
that kinda strange
open arch
oh oh oh yeah , I see now
random hamlet
will something like this work?
open arch
yeah probably
random hamlet
no quotes?
open arch
' this?
potent jolt
Use City.DISASTER_FIRE
open arch
oo
open arch
confused ungaa bunga
random hamlet
I got it wrong when trying to explain what did i get wrong
potent jolt
City getdisaster doesn't return a string
It returns a number
If it's a fire disaster it will match the number of City.DISASTER_FIRE
open arch
o thats good
random hamlet
okay
now where should I put it\
because if it's nextday
it will still call repeatedly
potent jolt
Nextday is spare enough that it's acceptable
But you have to make sure it only gets run once
Or it will be called every day the disaster is ongoing
open arch
it would overlap if there are two nukes
potent jolt
just have a bool to keep track of if youre running the sound
if yes, dont do it again
then when getdisaster is nil, stop playing the sound and set it to false
random hamlet
will this work or no?
potent jolt
yes
open arch
then when getdisaster is nil, stop playing the sound and set it to false
this is too true
open arch
for the function siren right?
potent jolt
unless siren needs the variable it should be local
open arch
I cant hear images
potent jolt
and also city.disaster_fire to check if they match
random hamlet
maybe that's because it's debug and not Debug?
open arch
constant fard.mp3 plays
misty python
lmao
random hamlet
I should record this
open arch
btw what happened to your modular buildings pack and light fences
random hamlet
a very quick break for lua
bc I was not in a mood to draw
I'll continue very soon
open arch
I can relate
open arch
cursed
misty python
lmao
open arch
sound matching of fire and fard
random hamlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbemVRN03OI I should make this for tornado
open arch
I think use normal tornado siren and at april fools change it with siren head one
open arch
o yeah
misty python
keep it like this. it's perfect.
open arch
this should be for pickle disaster or slime
random hamlet
I hope I won't get disapproved for that lol
potent jolt
i dont even know what this means
random hamlet
does the code wait until sound stops?
or it starts playing sound and continues?
@open archdo you know?
potent jolt
it starts playing and continues to run
potent jolt
otherwise the game would freeze
random hamlet
how do I make it run until the sound ends so it can switch the variable to false
i want to indicate if sound plays or not
potent jolt
you can set a sound as looping
random hamlet
I want to know if sound plays or no
open arch
he doesnt needs to tho
open arch
start it once and also add something to stop it
random hamlet
how do I stop noise though
open arch
sound?
random hamlet
k
random hamlet
something like this
open arch
yeah
random hamlet
should I use .stop() like sound draft.stop() ?
open arch
and from what erksmit teach me use if not is_disaster_active then
open arch
what?
open arch
I dont know how .stop works
random hamlet
I'll try something now
open arch
I gtg now have to water the plants
random hamlet
k
I messed something up with bools
nvm, fixed
time to try with actual siren
I should have a siren sound effect somewhere on my pc
can't find it tho
potent jolt
wait wheres the sound
random hamlet
yup found it
exactly what I need
just perfect
(don't mind me having random air raid siren files on my computer)
random hamlet
potent jolt
bit of a struggle but we got it
light plinth
glad I made a scripting channel
potent jolt
glad I made a scripting channel
so they wont ask you?
light plinth
yes
potent jolt
ofc
potent jolt
hmm
random hamlet
siren works
I hope this is not too much bools
oh it makes sound when you leave the city, I'll fix that
it lags a bit
maybe it does too much for every day
potent jolt
maybe because all of your variables arent local
potent jolt
also it can be simplified
light plinth
yandev code with bugs
random hamlet
I think this should work for all disasters, but I can simplify it even more
it worked with tornado
doesn't stop the sound though
random hamlet
I think this should work for all disasters, but I can simplify it even more
I think I can put condition for siren() into the condition that defines is_disaster_active bool
and remove the variable
potent jolt
can you paste the bit here so i can change it
random hamlet
one second I'll try this myself
@potent joltcan you tell me how do I stop sound? what should I put in .stop()?
variable with sound draft?
random hamlet
okay, thanks
random hamlet
@potent jolt can you give me an example of how should it look if my sound draft var is called s?
i tried it
didn't work
potent jolt
just do s.stop() to stop the sound
random hamlet
didn't work
maybe I am doing something wrong
?
the condition calls once but doesn't stop sound
I even tried putting this into a separate function, didn't work
had to sacrifice the ladder for a test :(
it stopped randomly before 5-10 secs the tornado disaster ended though
doesn't stop with meteorite too
@potent joltthis thing doesn't work for me
I messed something up again
the function doesn't activate probably even though it's nil
potent jolt
put a debug toast there to make sure it gets run
random hamlet
It was there and I think it actually did, lemme do it again
it gets called
but sometimes randomly, because of the condition I think
@potent joltit gets called but doesn't work
I can't understand why doesn't it work
random hamlet
also this function is supposed to be called if these is no disasters but siren is on
but it doesn't
aaaand the function still isn't called as I can see
light plinth
you're passing the draft there, not the playSound function object
random hamlet
how do I pass playsound
light plinth
sound = TheoTown.playSound(...)
random hamlet
okay, let me try
it worked
thanks
works just perfectly
NO NO NO UFO WHAT ARE YOU DOING
I made a separate "outro" sound
so when siren ends it plays a fade out sounds
it stutters a bit now
light moon
NO NO NO UFO WHAT ARE YOU DOING
Its doing the right thing
random hamlet
but I recorded a video
random hamlet
Its doing the right thing
u hate amogus??????????????????????
random hamlet
kinda sus ngl ๐ซ
and as I already said don't mind the stuttering
@potent joltso how do I optimise it?
I remember you saying about local variable
but will it work if it's used in 2 functions?
open arch
so they wont ask you?
I mean he could atleast just say "I dont want to help" then we can understand it
random hamlet
it's defined to false on startup (not sure it's necessary), used to check in some daily conditions and it's important in stop siren function
potent jolt
you can define the variable outside the function
and stilll have it local
just put local varName
at the top of your file
random hamlet
so I can make it local without changing code?
potent jolt
yes
random hamlet
I have this
will it work or It should be outside all functions?
yup I changed it to local there and it works I guess
ngl that siren over disasters is kind of epic
it works with pickle disaster omg
imma record
it's epic but man that stuttering
potent jolt
you dont need a plugin to change disaster music though
random hamlet
I don't need a plugin to what...
open arch
make it fard because it is literally the weakest
random hamlet
I dunno, the air raid siren over a huge pickle is hilarious
go ahead, take a ride
wait I can't do that in lua
random hamlet
why is "in" thing not an actual code
light plinth
That's a python only thing, as far as I'm aware
random hamlet
sad
it would be an easy way to blacklist some disasters
I shot a meteorite and the game suddenly played openTTD soundtrack
I forgot that i added it, thought it doesn't work
It means I just openTTD'ed myself
potent jolt
youd have to make a table, iterate through the table and compare each of its elements
it would take a lot of space
and be slow
lua is very barebones
random hamlet
idk I just blacklisted fire by condition
(because who would start air raid siren across the entire town when a building starts burning)
random hamlet
hm yes an achievement
light plinth
Why not just use the City.playSound then?
random hamlet
That's what I use lmao
light plinth
potent jolt
that's why it's faster than python
until you start iterating through things
also
is it really faster than python if youre running it on java
light plinth
is it really faster than python if youre running it on java
do I look like we have a hidden python API for TheoTown?
potent jolt
well
i doubt that python will be faster if its also running on java
also
perhaps
light plinth
Factor in the overhead and you got extreme speed
light plinth
java api when
never
potent jolt
tru
theres really no need
i dont have a very good device but i have no noticable impact with my scripts
light plinth
android api changes every year and keeps privacy and IO changes which you need to spend time to patch to support newer versions
Android development is a huge pain
potent jolt
light plinth
Not even full Java 8 experience
potent jolt
i see only 1 solution here
drop 90% of the playerbase and go pc only
nintendo switch release when
light plinth
or drop the 2% of the playerbase and go Java
potent jolt
ah yes
random hamlet
Lol I showed video of my siren to my friend
and then remembered he lives in Israel
open arch
._.
potent jolt
lua is fast until you do this
random hamlet
If I link my script to a building, sounds will overlap when there is a lot of them, right?
burnt fox
How tall could you make a building?
random hamlet
nah limit is not what I want to make
potent jolt
in 1 frame
as tall as texture size
with animations
as tall as youd like
although it will stop rendering when it goes offscreen
theoretically
burnt fox
hmm.........
potent jolt
you could use lua drawing to make sure it always gets drawn
burnt fox
If I wasn't on a chromebook, I think I would start breaking the game at this point in time
or at least try to
random hamlet
you can change building height as I remember
and add a ton of floors with animations
potent jolt
yes but that will stop drawing the building when the base goes out of frame
using lua you could bruteforce it
so it always gets drawn
potent jolt
maybe sprinkle in some optimization to only draw the visible part
random hamlet
if you scroll up, building height prevents that?
random hamlet
you can change building height
random hamlet
I did
I mean you should know it
but you can put it in json
I fixed my animated skyscrapers disappearing like that
open arch
you can use animations to make the tallest possible thing too but there might be texture glitches
idea: space elevator
light plinth
there is a limit
open arch
ok then you need lua anyways
open arch
I actually wanted to do that for cyberpunk plugin
nice
random hamlet
@potent jolthey can you give tips with optimising the script, if you're not busy or something?
I can send code to dms if needed
I made some variables local as possible
I think it lags the most because of this but idk what should I do with it
potent jolt
can you paste it here so i dont have to type it over
random hamlet
idk maybe dms? I don't really want to paste my code in public channel tbh
light plinth
lua random?
random hamlet
I can do this
and it works
but it's not TT
also, I used math. thing in another code and It may be the cause it didn't work on mobile
(I suspect)
light plinth
the amount of method calls
random hamlet
๐คทโโ๏ธ yeah not mine code
probably should avoid it
but... so there is no a good way to get random number?
this should be an important thing
random hamlet
yes
light plinth
And then, the random becomes the same value every time
random hamlet
idk
without it, the random returned the same thing
now it returns different numbers, at least every launch
I would like to make an easter egg which would be activated with certain probability
but I'll need random
random hamlet
this will work on mobile?
potent jolt
why wouldnt it
misty python
man, lua looks complicated and people say it's simple
random hamlet
I mean
Depends on what are you going to make
And on who wrote the code you're seeing
random hamlet
man, lua looks complicated and people say it's simple
Do you have experience with programming in general?
misty python
ye
i've wrote some vbs and batch programs
(html and json as well but i mean, you just assign tags and stuff)
random hamlet
It's actually not that complicated for real
Well, mostly
Except if it's some super complicated code
Or it's spaghetti (by me)
misty python
https://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html currently reading this
misty python
man
random hamlet
@misty python lol I just started with doing some print() and If conditions
And testing if will stuff from python work
I made a siren thing after 2-3 days of doing first ever thing in lua
misty python
i want to make something like this. pretty complicated for a first lua project, but i mean, where's the fun in starting small, haha
random hamlet
I know doing small things may not be fun
But dude
You said you don't have much experience in coding and lua
light plinth
all your variables get garbage collected eventually
if only
potent jolt
once you figure out how to do 1 chain the rest is easy
light plinth
although you're not entirely wrong
System crashing IS garbage collection on its own
misty python
You said you don't have much experience in coding and lua
i'm just gonna do stuff bit by bit i guess, see what works and what doesn't, has never failed me even once ;)
light plinth
not like theres much to gerbage collect in my plugins
you can't collect garbage from garbage
potent jolt
you can't collect garbage from garbage
isnt the point of garbage to collect it
random hamlet
I thought you meant literally first project
light plinth
isnt the point of garbage to collect it
I am saying your plugins are garbage
potent jolt
ok
light plinth
If didn't catch my meaning
misty python
go big or go home
exactly
random hamlet
Also, if you don't know basics in lua, I recommend you making something standalone as I did
potent jolt
anyways