Shadows & templates

[Ølsken]

Hello
Do you need help well Here is tips for your plugin
1. Templates
1x1
For small plugins


2x2
For a little bit bigger plugin


3x3
I recommend this size for a plugin


4x4
For a big plugin


5x5
For a huge plugin


6x6
For a giant plugin...
It's huge


A truck


Shadow tutorial
lots of people get the shadow wrong so I will tell you how to get it right

Step one add the shadow!
add the shadow to the building it's simple



Adding the building shadow
This is a little bit more harder
First draw a line to the right from the bottom corner of the building
Like this

Then add the shadow

I just used red so it was more easier to see but at this point it should look like this

Bad Examples



Doors
making doors were hard for me at first but it's actually quite simple

This is wrong it looks werid


First Choose the height of the door
(I will recommend 4 pixels )


poke one pixel out of the top


Next go one down and two to the right


Next go one down and one pixel to the right


Go straight down and boom you have a good looking door


you can make the door any hieght and any lenght


Now I will teach you how to make a cylinder
First choose the length


Next add two pixels to both sides


Next add one pixel to both sides


Choose the hieght of the cylinder


Do the same thing that you did at the bottom and do it on the top but lower it one pixel down




Add a color


Now the shadows it's quite hard to explain
It should look something like that


It should become darker at the right and lighter at the left
Something like this (but don't​ make the colors change drastically I just made it like this because it's easier to see)


if you're going to add a label make sure it matches the shape and Shadow


How to make your buildings not look too cartoony
Replace the black lines with a light version of the color of your building


Make sure you change the brightness at the shadows​


Don't change all of the black lines you might want to keep some the way they where


You should only change the black lines that are facing you

[Lookatmemeow]

Amazing I needed the templates
And I like that you just put a random truck out of nowhere

[Ølsken]

Amazing I needed the templates
And I like that you just put a random truck out of nowhere

Thanks and

[danekbel]

Wow, it's really helpful! Well done
Thank you

[Ølsken]

Wow, it's really helpful! Well done
Thank you

I will make more just ask me what kind of tutorial you want

[Lookatmemeow]

Ok,I want a tutorial on how to do train tracks

[Ølsken]

Ok,I want a tutorial on how to do train tracks

How to make tracks


First get the brown color and make a 2x1 line down



Add the rails like so


Make sure that there is a 4x1 gap between each rail


Add some details

added some light brown on one side of the wood


added dark gray on the rail
(It's hard to see)


added some light gray to represent that it's sinning
Added shadows


How to make the curve

make a reverse C with the wood


go down


Go two down and make a small reverse C


Go down


Add rails


Add a rail in the middle


Add some details and Shadows

[Lookatmemeow]

I hate you XD

[Ølsken]

I hate you XD

????

[Lookatmemeow]

That is not what I meant but ok XD

[Ølsken]

That is not what I meant but ok XD

I know

[Lobby]

Well done, Bearbear65, you provide a lot of details

I stick it as I think it's really helpful.

[Lookatmemeow]

Oh it got stickied !
Great

[Ølsken]

Well done, Bearbear65, you provide a lot of details

I stick it as I think it's really helpful.

Yes I'm trying to help other people

[Mayor Jeffrey IX]

I think there is a train track plugin..........
Maybe.

[Lookatmemeow]

Yes I am curently making one

[Mayor Jeffrey IX]

Oh cool
You're good with JSON.

[Lookatmemeow]

Yes I am
But the best is still commander

[Mayor Jeffrey IX]

Agreed

[Josh]

And if you need help with the codes,
Here is the code wiki with a lot of codes explained!
http://theotownwiki.weebly.com/codes-wiki.html