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#1

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Hello
Do you need help well Here is tips for your plugin
1. Templates
1x1
For small plugins
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2x2
For a little bit bigger plugin
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3x3
I recommend this size for a plugin :D
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4x4
For a big plugin
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5x5
For a huge plugin
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6x6
For a giant plugin...
It's huge :shock:
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A truck
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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
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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
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Then add the shadow
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I just used red so it was more easier to see but at this point it should look like this
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Bad Examples
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Doors
making doors were hard for me at first but it's actually quite simple

This is wrong it looks werid :?
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First Choose the height of the door
(I will recommend 4 pixels :wink: )
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poke one pixel out of the top
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Next go one down and two to the right
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Next go one down and one pixel to the right
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Go straight down and boom you have a good looking door
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you can make the door any hieght and any lenght
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Now I will teach you how to make a cylinder
First choose the length
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Next add two pixels to both sides
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Next add one pixel to both sides
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Choose the hieght of the cylinder
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Do the same thing that you did at the bottom and do it on the top but lower it one pixel down
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Add a color
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Now the shadows it's quite hard to explain
It should look something like that
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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)
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if you're going to add a label make sure it matches the shape and Shadow
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How to make your buildings not look too cartoony
Replace the black lines with a light version of the color of your building
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Make sure you change the brightness at the shadows​
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Don't change all of the black lines you might want to keep some the way they where ;)
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You should only change the black lines that are facing you
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#2

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

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Lookatmemeow wrote:Amazing I needed the templates
And I like that you just put a random truck out of nowhere
Thanks and :lol:

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former member_danevich wrote:Wow, it's really helpful! Well done :wink:
Thank you :D
I will make more just ask me what kind of tutorial you want :wink:

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

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Lookatmemeow wrote:Ok,I want a tutorial on how to do train tracks
How to make tracks
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First get the brown color and make a 2x1 line down
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Add the rails like so
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Make sure that there is a 4x1 gap between each rail
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Add some details

added some light brown on one side of the wood
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added dark gray on the rail
(It's hard to see)
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added some light gray to represent that it's sinning
Added shadows
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How to make the curve

make a reverse C with the wood
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go down
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Go two down and make a small reverse C
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Go down
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Add rails
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Add a rail in the middle
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Add some details and Shadows
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I hate you XD

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Lookatmemeow wrote:I hate you XD
???? :lol:

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That is not what I meant but ok XD

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Lookatmemeow wrote:That is not what I meant but ok XD
I know :lol:

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Well done, Bearbear65, you provide a lot of details :)

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

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Oh it got stickied !
Great

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Lobby wrote: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 :wink:

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

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Yes I am curently making one

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Oh cool :wink:
You're good with JSON.

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Yes I am
But the best is still commander

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Agreed

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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

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Oh so you finished the codes wiki, I see.....

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