TheoTown • Getting started

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Getting started

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 22:32

by Lobby

Here you find useful links about plugins and how to create them

Copyright
Recommended to read before starting

Copyright (by Ølsken)
Copyright is a serious thing. Obey copyright rules or you might get punished

1. Installation

How to install plug-ins (by KINGTUT10101)

2. JSON

Part 1. Creation

How to write a plugin (by Lobby)

Advanced tags for building plugins (by Lobby)

How to make a json with Json Genie (by KINGTUT10101)

Part 2. Animation

Advanced smoke types (by Lobby)

Date dependent animations (by Lobby)

Custom animations (by FranchuFranchu)

Night Animations (by Kulche)

People animation (by Lobby)

Road with borders using "animation fg" feature (by danekbel)

Firework (by Josh)

Part 3. Transportation

Higher level bridges (by Lobby)
(Note: Will need prior knowledge of bridges!)

Roads (by Lobby)

Cars (by Lobby)

Tunnels (by Lobby)

Car chains (by Lobby)

Airplanes (by Lobby)

The ACTUAL tutorial on flags (by FranchuFranchu)

Road decoration (by Lobby)

Helicopter (by Lobby)

Change in res/ind car identification (by Lobby)

Determining vehicle direction on roads (by CommanderABab)

Part 4. Upgrades & requirements

Upgrades (by Lobby)

Building requirements (by Lobby)

Enabling and Disabling Your RCI Spawning (by KINGTUT10101)

Part 5. Override

Explicit plugin overriding (by Lobby)

Custom water (by Lobby)

Override background (by Lobby)

Part 6. Security

Plugin encryption (create .plugin file) (by Lobby)

Hide id (by Lobby)

How to Add a Hidden Signature (by KINGTUT10101)

Part 7. Others

Categories (by Lobby)

Templates (by Lobby)

Custom zones (by CommanderABab)

Preview Frames (by Sparkle8538)

JSON (by Lobby)

Writing plugin.manifest files (by Kamikazi)

3. Functions

Fun basics (by Lobby)

Functionality using fun (by Lobby)

Variables (by Lobby)

Animation control (by Lobby)

Notifications (by Lobby)

Date dependent fun condition (by Lobby)

Weather manipulation (by Lobby)

Sound with Fun (by Lobby)

Action Index (by Lobby)

Condition Index (by Lobby)

4. Lua

How to use Lua scripts (by FranchuFranchu)

Lua API Documentation (by FranchuFranchu)

GUI Compendium (by Lobby)

5. Graphics

Part 1. Creation

How to create a small building in 10 steps (by theotheoderich)

Shadows & templates (by Ølsken)

How to draw winter graphics (by Ølsken)

Creating a quality house plugin (by Kulche)

How to create a plugin (by actemendes)

How to apply textures to surfaces in Pixly(by KINGTUT101)

Part 2. Resources

World texture (by Lobby)

Tree graphics (by Lobby)

Building templates (by Lobby)

Legend:

Video.

Textual, increasing difficulty. (beginner, intermediate, expert, extreme)

Images.

Lists.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 20:07

by Sparkle8538

...continued to 5. Graphics
Part 3. Advanced

Preview frames (by Sparkle8538)

Legend:

Video.

Beginner.

Intermediate.

Expert.

Extreme.

Images.

Lists.

Reusing certain content without permission/credit from/to a plugin creator may result in punishment.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 21:46

by CommanderABab

Zikomo.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:32

by KINGTUT10101

Is there no custom zone tutorial?

Re: Getting started

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:14

by Deedzkie23

How to upload plugin if i am not allowed to upload here on forum? I am just a newbie here.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 17:46

by Lobby

It should work now.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:06

by Ilya strigo

Как сделать електро станцию
(Показать коды для електро станции)

Re: Getting started

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:01

by RayXP

Is there any videos on how to do animations?

Re: Getting started

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 18:35

by Jeremiah Stephens

KINGTUT10101 wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:32
Is there no custom zone tutorial?

Custom zones (by CommanderABab)

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:10

by Jeremiah Stephens

how to change the way how the building price increased on each build (by Jeremiah Stephens)@Lobby

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:46

by Bearbear76

Jeremiah Stephens wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:10
how to change the way how the building price increased on each build (by Jeremiah Stephens)@Lobby^[Posts][PM]

I don't know if it's significant enough to be on the list.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 16:13

by Kiki012

Please Add Night Animation Tutorial I Need it

Re: Getting started

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:45

by Bearbear76

Kiki012 wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2020 16:13
Please Add Night Animation Tutorial I Need it

Ok... added.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:59

by hihihihi

How to make decals??

Re: Getting started

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:36

by Bearbear76

hihihihi wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:59
How to make decals??

Do you mean road decorations or just decorations?

Re: Getting started

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 19:39

by CommanderABab

I think he means ground decorations like Josh made.

Re: Getting started

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 0:13

by Bearbear76

CommanderABab wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 20, 2020 19:39
I think he means ground decorations like Josh made.

I use this as a template for ground plugins.

Code: Select all

  ...
  "type":"ground",
  "border frames":[{"bmp":"frame.png","w":32,"h":15, "count":16, "handle y":8}],
  "edge border frames":[{"h":16,"handle x":0,"handle y":3,"w":32,"x":0,"y":320}],
  "edge frames":[{"count":12,"h":48,"w":16,"x":0,"y":96}],
  ...

Re: Getting started

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:52

by hihihihi

Ølsken wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 21, 2020 0:13

CommanderABab wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 20, 2020 19:39
I think he means ground decorations like Josh made.
I use this as a template for ground plugins.
Code: Select all
  ...
  "type":"ground",
  "border frames":[{"bmp":"frame.png","w":32,"h":15, "count":16, "handle y":8}],
  "edge border frames":[{"h":16,"handle x":0,"handle y":3,"w":32,"x":0,"y":320}],
  "edge frames":[{"count":12,"h":48,"w":16,"x":0,"y":96}],
  ...

THXS

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:43

by Kiki012

Please add Influence tutorial

Re: Getting started

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:53

by Bearbear76

Kiki012 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:43
Please Add This Tutorial
How to Make train Plugin(By: Kiki012)
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=10975

That's not a tutorial, there's no teaching aspect in there.

That's like me saying this is how you do derivatives:

\(\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} tan(sin(x^2)) = sec^2(sin(x^2)) \cdot cos(x^2) \cdot 2x\)

Instead it should have some teaching aspects such as:

First understand the power rule.

\(\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} x^n = nx^{n - 1}\)

Then learn how to differentiate trig functions.

\(\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} tan(x) = sec^2(x)\)

\(\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} sin(x) = cos(x)\)

Then, use the chain rule (differentiate from outside to inside):

\(\therefore\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} tan(sin(x^2)) = sec^2(sin(x^2)) \cdot cos(x^2) \cdot 2x\)

why math? idk just felt like it.