Getting started

[FranchuFranchu]

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)
Override ocean (by Lobby)
Override background (by Lobby)

Part 6. Security
Plugin encryption (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
Lua reference
How to use Lua scripts (by FranchuFranchu)
Lua API Documentation (by FranchuFranchu)

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)


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[Sparkle8538]

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Part 3. Advanced
Preview frames (by Sparkle8538)

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[CommanderABab]

Zikomo.

[KINGTUT10101]

Is there no custom zone tutorial?

[Deedzkie23]

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

[Lobby]

It should work now.

[Ilya strigo]

Как сделать електро станцию
(Показать коды для електро станции)

[RayXP]

Is there any videos on how to do animations?

[Jeremiah Stephens]

Is there no custom zone tutorial?

Custom zones (by CommanderABab)

[Jeremiah Stephens]

how to change the way how the building price increased on each build (by Jeremiah Stephens)@Lobby^[Posts][PM]

[Bearbear76]

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.

[Kiki012]

Please Add Night Animation Tutorial I Need it

[Bearbear76]

Please Add Night Animation Tutorial I Need it

Ok... added.

[hihihihi]

How to make decals??

[Bearbear76]

How to make decals??

Do you mean road decorations or just decorations?

[CommanderABab]

I think he means ground decorations like Josh made.

[Bearbear76]

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}],
  ...

[hihihihi]

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

[Kiki012]

Please add Influence tutorial

[Bearbear76]

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.