Starting out on making plugins

[ThaineXylon]

Hello, this is (technically) my first post on this forum. As the title says, I am starting out... As well as posting on a forum for the first time (technically.)

And for my first plugin, here's a statue of Rimuru in a 2x2 grid. With the day, night and the original frames attached.

Slime_Plugin_Day.png (4.11 KiB) Viewed 11270 times

Slime_Plugin_Night.png (4.13 KiB) Viewed 11270 times

Slime_Plugin.png (4.24 KiB) Viewed 11270 times

...These are just the images so far... I still haven't figured out the back-end code (if that's the right term) for this. And not only I'm starting out in making a plugin for the first time... But also using the forum for the first time...

While still not being made into an actual plugin for now, I'd like to see and hear some feedback and... If this is okay? I've read the part on the copyright on plugins with the understanding of "until you got permission, you can't just take any licensed works and make it into a plugin without it."

But then again, there's AdmiralCarl's Bikini Bottom Pack and a Luffy (from One Piece by Eiichiro Oda) statue by Jefri a.l that I got the other day for my region, and it's still there to this day (I mean the plugins are still in the store)...

So, I'm left confused. Am I on the verge of infringing copyright or is it okay?

With that being said, thanks in advance for the feedback

[Fyonche]

Am I on the verge of infringing copyright or is it okay?

I don't think you are. From my understanding, the copyright system here only works for plugins that have stolen textures. For example, directly copy-pasting textures from another game (city building/anyother type) and turning it into a plugin.

You, AdmiralCarl and Jefri did not copy-paste textures, your plugins have actual input by yourselves.
I hope this much helps!

Anyone is free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[ThaineXylon]

Ah, I see. Thank you fellow user! (Or should I say fellow citizen?)

Update: Okay, there's actually Rules for Using the Plugin Store (Dec 2018)

No copyright infringement! A copy of a plugin, images or other media is allowed if the original author explicitly permits it to be uploaded to the Plugin Store or if the copy is a replica of the original and recreated from scratch. Plugins cannot contain "memes" or copyrighted trademarks in general (unless you have explicit permission and are able to prove that). If a plugin consists out of memes, it has to be an original creation that is somewhat related to TheoTown. Memes that have copyrighted content like Spongebob or Minecraft in them are not allowed.

And I just realized that now the moment I made another different plugin... On Gold Magnet from PvZ.

goldmagnet.zip

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[Danish wow3]

Hotel Troika in Kota Bharu Kelantan

[Katon sun]

Garuda statue

[ThaineXylon]

Revisiting here just to let you know... I finally made the Rimuru Sculpture here.

[Hsjsuw7271]

Why am I getting an error and unable to access the game?

[Hsjsuw7271]

I can't download slime.

[ThaineXylon]

I can't download slime.

Oops, sorry. This is an old post, WAYYY before I had any idea on how to make a simple plug-in.

But, I did make the Rimuru Tempest Sculpture. It's here in this link: viewtopic.php?t=29453 (the zip file is at the very bottom of the first post, the "RimuruTempest.zip" file.)

If you need any help with downloading the zip file, let me know!

[Kribas]

Am I on the verge of infringing copyright or is it okay?

I don't think you are. From my understanding, the copyright system here only works for plugins that have stolen textures. For example, directly copy-pasting textures from another game (city building/anyother type) and turning it into a plugin.

You, AdmiralCarl and Jefri did not copy-paste textures, your plugins have actual input by yourselves.
I hope this much helps!

Anyone is free to correct me if I'm wrong.

There was this one guy named Sergio2203 who spammed plugins, but most were ripped from OpenTTD/SimCity mods

[Hsjsuw7271]

Oh, thank you so much. You're a good friend.

[ThaineXylon]

Oh, thank you so much. You're a good friend.

Aww, thanks fellow user! Did you finally download my plug-in that I linked to you?

[[TR] pro]

But creating plugins requires a great deal of patience. For example, I spent 10 hours building each of the two towers in my plugin called Pasinler TOWERS. That doesn't even include code sharing and the cover photo!

[Hsjsuw7271]

I've already downloaded it.

[Hsjsuw7271]

Can you create a military weapons plugin?

[ThaineXylon]

Can you create a military weapons plugin?

Unfortunately, not at this time. I'm burnt out from Theotown entirely, especially with making plug-ins.

I also have some other obligations to do in life such as my incoming final year in college and stuff... But I think I have to sort my head first before anything else.

I'm not really good with sorting things out well, as I get easily swayed off.

Probably the best military plug-in I can think of that can be done easily is some... Concrete bunker.

Just draw an ellipse, detail it with shadows and now you have a graphics for a bunker plug-in. (Graphics are always the longest and most tedious part about plug-ins.)

I wish I could... But, I don't think I can at the moment.

Consider this as my hiatus, for I'll have to work on some things now (and definitely stave off the procrastinating now.)

I hope you have a good day ahead, fellow user... And to everyone else as well.

[Hsjsuw7271]

Try your best on the exam, keep going!