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[Uncle Koala]

Thanks! That works nicely!

[Uncle Koala]

How can I get the y position of a building using City.getBuilding? I can get x by doing

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 local draft = $ktt_koala01
City.getBuilding(1, draft)

but I don't know how to get y value

[ian`]

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local x, y = City.getBuilding(1, draft)

local x,y,scale = City.getView()

local draft, number = City.getRank()

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[Uncle Koala]

I knew I was missing something simple. Thanks!

town of marble.gif

[Uncle Koala]

Builder.BuildBuilding doesn't seem to work with RCI.

Building a park works...

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function script:nextDay()
draft = Draft.getDraft("$park01") 
Debug.toast("Building", draft)
if Builder.isBuildingBuildable(draft, 0, 0) 
then Debug.toast("Buildable!" ) 
else Debug.toast("Nope!" )
end
Builder.buildBuilding(draft, 0, 0, 0)
end                          

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... but if I change it to a residential house, it doesn't work.

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function script:nextDay()
draft = Draft.getDraft("$res01") 
Debug.toast("Building", draft)
if Builder.isBuildingBuildable(draft, 0, 0) 
then Debug.toast("Buildable!" ) 
else Debug.toast("Nope!" )
end
Builder.buildBuilding(draft, 0, 0, 0)
end                          

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I also tried manually placing a zone across the entire map, but it still doesn't want to build residential stuff on it.

[CommanderABab]

Is it zoned?

[Uncle Koala]

Yes, everything is zoned. I also tried adding Builder.buildZone to my script. The zone is built but the house isn't, and the toast still says Nope! which means Lua doesn't see that tile as buildable even if it's zoned.

[CommanderABab]

Why don't you try testing for buildable park and if that is true, build the zone and the res01 anyway.

Is it next to a road?

[Uncle Koala]

Thanks , it only builds if there's a road next to that tile. A bit weird, but understandable. I was trying to build RCI stuff just to see if they will be set as "Untouchable" if they are built by Lua. Turns out they won't be set as untouchable.

Suggestion to devs: please add something like Tile.setUntouchable(x, y)

[MarioBitMap]

Why isn't my script working?
When playing, I can Access to the menu I've created, but when pressing the button it doesn't shows the next menu.

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 local function showMenu(dialog)
  local parent = GUI.get'$menuparent'
  local d = '$townhall01'
  local x = City.countBuildings(d)
  
  GUI.createMenu{
    source = parent,
    actions = {
      {icon = Icon.BUILD, text = 'Town Halls:' , onClick = function() Debug.toast(x) end},
    }
  }
end
local function showDialog()
  local dialog
  dialog = GUI.createDialog{
    icon = script:getDraft():getPreviewFrame(),
    title = 'Test 1',
    text = 'Will this work? lol',
    width = 250,
    height = 120,
    actions = {
      {
        id = '$menuparent',
        icon = Icon.BUILD,
        text = equis,
        onClick = function() showMenu(dialog) end,
        autoClose = false
      },
 
      }
  }
  closeDialog = dialog.close
end

function script:init()
  if closeDialog then
    closeDialog()
    closeDialog = nil
    showDialog()
  end
end

function script:event(_, _, _, event)
  if event == Script.EVENT_TOOL_ENTER then
    GUI.get('cmdCloseTool'):click()
    showDialog()
  end
end

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Thanks in advance!!

[Lobby]

Hi, I guess it's because of these lines:

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local d = '$townhall01'
local x = City.countBuildings(d)

City.countBuildings expects a draft rather than the id of a draft. This should work:

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local d = Draft.getDraft('$townhall01')
local x = City.countBuildings(d)

[MarioBitMap]

Oh I see, thankyou very much!
Just testing the implementation of a new resource as a variable through

[MarioBitMap]

Is there any way to load and image with lua and use it as an icon? I mean, can I assign an image to a variable wich will be shown when I use that variable in
... icon = Icon.EXAMPLE, ...
or are Icon.EXAMPLE a type of harcoded resource that can't be added by users?
Thanks in advance!

[ian`]

I think Icon.EX is hardcoded, because its actually return number.

If you want to add your icons, you still have to write the Json code to making a draft for the image.

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[
 {
  "id":"iconId",
  "type":"animation",
  "frames":[{"bmp":"icon.png", "w":24, "h":24}]
 }
]

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If you want to use it on multiple line, you can assigned it to a variable.

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-- you also can make the Json code from lua and call it with Draft.append
local iconImage = [[
[
 {
  "id":"iconId",
  "type":"animation",
  "frames":[{"bmp":"icon.png", "w":24, "h":24}]
 }
]
]]

Draft.append(iconImage)

local yourIcon = Draft.getDraft('iconId'):getFrame(1)

-- Or you can make it to be a table
local icon = {}
icon.FIRST_ICON = Draft.getDraft('iconId'):getFrame(1)
icon.SECOND_ICON = Draft.getDraft('iconId'):getFrame(1)
icon.ANOTHER_ICON = Draft.getDraft('iconId'):getFrame(1)

-- To use
GUI.createDialog{
  icon = icon.FIRST_ICON
}

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[MarioBitMap]

I'll test it tomorrow, it's 4am lol. It makes sense I have to draft the json and get the image from there.
Thanks for the help and spending your time into this, hope you have a great day/night!

[MarioBitMap]

There's an error. It says attempt to call a nil value, at
Draft .append(iconImage)
However, the forum's lua tester doesn't agree with the error given at the game with loading the lua file.
Looks like the game doesn't recognizes Draft functions.

When cut- pasting the code into a local function the error disappears, but the game isn't able to show the icon or open the menu it is linked to.

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--This is a test for TT:TT plugin, (TheoTown Time Travel)
--Sill got to move part of this into a data type json object, not a menu.
local function showMenu(dialog)
  local parent = GUI.get'$menuparent'
local d = Draft.getDraft('$res00') 
--Will be woodcutter00 in a future.
local x = City.countBuildings(d)
local x2 = 1.15
local wood = math.floor(x2*x + 0.51)

local woodIconJson = [[
[
 {
  "id":"WCRIcon",
  "type":"animation",
  "frames":[{"bmp":"ancienticon.png"}]
 }
]
]]
Draft.append('woodIconJson')

local iconWOOD = Draft.getDraft('WCRIcon'):getFrame(1)
  
  GUI.createMenu{
    source = parent,
    actions = {
      {icon = iconWOOD, text = "Houses: "..wood, onClick = function() end},
    }
  }
end
local function showDialog()
  local dialog
  dialog = GUI.createDialog{
    icon = script:getDraft():getPreviewFrame(),
    title = 'Test 1',
    text = 'Will this work? lol',
    width = 250,
    height = 120,
    actions = {
      {
        id = '$menuparent',
        icon = IconWOOD,
        text = equis,
        onClick = function() showMenu(dialog) end,
        autoClose = false
      },
 
      }
  }
  closeDialog = dialog.close
end

function script:init()
  if closeDialog then
    closeDialog()
    closeDialog = nil
    showDialog()
  end
end

function script:event(_, _, _, event)
  if event == Script.EVENT_TOOL_ENTER then
    GUI.get('cmdCloseTool'):click()
    showDialog()
  end
end

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[ian`]

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Draft.append(woodIconJson) -- variable name aren't string, don't use quotation marks.

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[Hadestia]

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-- Let's use a unique, own key for the table that we will create within a storage table
local key = script:getDraft():getId()

-- Let's get our personal storage table within the city storage table (will be created if it doesn't exist)
local table = Util.optStorage(City.getStorage(), key)

-- Let's put something into it; this should still be there after saving the city, ending the game, and then coming back
table.x = 42

Ahmm is the "x" Here from "table.x" Is the name of my variable? One more thing is what should i put inside script.getDraft():getId()? it's my time again to comeback here i want a refresh

[Lobby]

Nice comeback!

Ahmm is the "x" Here from "table.x" Is the name of my variable?

The x is the name of the "variable" that is stored inside the table. For illustration how tables work (they are basically containers that contain variables, so to speak):

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local table = {}  -- Creates a new, empty table
table.x = 42
print(table.x)    -- Will output 42

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what should i put inside script.getDraft():getId()?

You can just use it like that in order to use the id of your plugin as key. Alternatively, you can use any unique string, e.g.:

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local key = 'd3020030-1aa0-477e-a04f-0801e3546329'

[Hadestia]

@Lobby can the value of a variable that is in process such as in script:update() would be stored insidr tables even if it is pre-defined from local declaration .... I think it the game should read and used the value of the variable that is in pre-defined in var-declaration than the saved values
Here's my example

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local var = 0

function script:init()
  Loadstate() -- loading variable stored ingame
end

function script:nextMonth()
  var = var +  50
end

function script:update()
   SaveState() -- saving var values
end

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