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Scripting Documentation

Last post by Wepf « Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:18
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by JustAnyone » Thu Jan 17, 2019 18:32

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Lua scripting is supported for several months now. It basically allows you to do more interactive plugins similar to fun.

The documentation...

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GUI Compendium

Last post by Wepf « Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:09
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by Lobby » Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:42
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Cover image by Bearbear76 .

TheoTown features a powerful framework of user interface elements that are used throughout the whole game....

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I guess it actually a time to put my brain in garbage incerator
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Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:09
Drawing basics

Last post by anakpelajarindo « Tue Nov 30, 2021 18:24
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by Bearbear76 » Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:58
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Introduction
Have you ever wanted to draw some image or text onto your screen?
If that's the case you came to the right place as I will tech you...

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But how to align the drawing to the left, right, center, top, and the bottom of the screen? (e.g. targeting circle on the rocket launcher shooting...
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Last post by anakpelajarindo
Tue Nov 30, 2021 18:24
Lua chatbox

Last post by Lobby « Sun Nov 21, 2021 21:56
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by Bearbear76 » Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:22
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A place to ask and share stuff about Lua!

Rules:

Must be about Lua, we have a general chatbox for other stuff.
Be nice to each other!

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You don't. The explosion animation when removing a building is drawn by the removal tool itself so it cannot be drawn if the tool is not active.
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Sun Nov 21, 2021 21:56
Saving data persistently

Last post by Lobby « Sun Nov 21, 2021 21:52

by Lobby » Sun Nov 21, 2021 21:52

Persistent data storage is about how to make the game remember things . In a normal computer program you would likely write data to a file in order...

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Sun Nov 21, 2021 21:52
Animation Dev Tool (Open Source)

Last post by Kamikazi « Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:13
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by ian` » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:08

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Since this plugin is open source, please do not commercialize or claim this plugin as yourself without any attempt to create a new one. This source...

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How am I supposed to save space by using the animation tool for future plugins? How?

Maybe this will help

The trick thay it's use is that...

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Last post by Kamikazi
Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:13
[Module] Custom GUI -Unofficial

Last post by Hadestia « Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:15
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by ian` » Sat Jan 30, 2021 13:47

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This is an unofficial GUI functions that i made for other plugin creators.

How To Use
Place the module in the same folder with the main script....

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Splitlabel require throws me an exceptions

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Last post by Hadestia
Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:15
Luacheck linting for TheoTown

Last post by Bearbear76 « Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:06
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by Bearbear76 » Sun May 24, 2020 9:00

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Hello!
If you ever wanted to use linting in your text editor but do not like the fact the every TheoTown global is linted as an warning, I got the...

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Windows/Lunix/Mac only!

You mean Linux, right?
This looks interesting and worth using I must say, keep up the effort.

Oof I'm going to fix...

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Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:06
[1.8.95] Plugin settings

Last post by Hadestia « Thu Nov 05, 2020 17:06
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by JustAnyone » Wed Jul 08, 2020 14:39

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Version 1.8.95 will allow your plugin to add own settings to the game's settings window by providing a script:settings() function in a Lua script...

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Is it really possible to add hidden :true for all the ingame drafts if a made plugin settings for it?

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Last post by Hadestia
Thu Nov 05, 2020 17:06
GUI example in Plugin Creator Tools

Last post by Hadestia « Sat Oct 17, 2020 20:48
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by JustAnyone » Fri Aug 28, 2020 21:34

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The Plugin Creator Tool contains an example to present the GUI creation possibilities using using Lua in plugins.

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Can we use gui on building taps? As substitute to the onClick notif or its info itself

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Sat Oct 17, 2020 20:48
Tree Planter Tool (Open Source)

Last post by Lobby « Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:04

by Lobby » Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:04

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As of version 1.9.32 the game contains the so called tree planter tool that allows to plant a variety of trees easily by...

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Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:04
[1.8.40] Draft.append & [1.9.23] Draft.merge

Last post by ian` « Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:23

by ian` » Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:23

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Draft.append(Json) is a function to load Json code and Draft.merge(Json) is a function to merge Json object via Lua . Could be useful to...

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Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:23
[792] Real time script editing

Last post by KINGTUT10101 « Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:50
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by JustAnyone » Tue Jan 07, 2020 18:28

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Hi,

if you tried to use Lua for your plugins in the past you may have noticed that restarting the game every time you made a change to the script...

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Thanks for the help, that fixed the issue.

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Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:50
How to use Lua scripts

Last post by Bearbear76 « Tue Dec 24, 2019 0:03
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by FranchuFranchu » Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:42

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Now Lua can be used in TheoTown. Lua is a real proggraming language. To learn it, read this .

To include a Lua file in your plugin, use this:...

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Lua is still on the fast side though

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Last post by Bearbear76
Tue Dec 24, 2019 0:03
Lua API documentation [780]

Last post by Imran M « Sat Oct 26, 2019 21:40
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by FranchuFranchu » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:07

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Also see doc.theotown.com
void function Analytics.log(category, action, label)
void function Array:new(arr)
void function Array.normalize(arr)...

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isBuildingFullOfDeadPeople
Wow, that's a bit dark.

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Sat Oct 26, 2019 21:40

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