Problems with NML Houses

[planetmaker]

The problem of all the houses not showing up seems to be because you aren't setting a house id in the item definitions. Adding one just before HOUSE_SIZE_1x1 seems to work:

item (FEAT_HOUSES, item_rij50, 01, HOUSE_SIZE_1X1) {
...
}

I'm not sure if that's working as intended or not, I just know it works

If that's the solution to all the trouble as described by YSH, that's interesting. It *should* work without as the ID is optional. But if it works with it, that's at least a good hint as in where the problem hides

[YSH]

Adding an ID of -1 to each item does indeed work, for the multi-tile houses also.

[Andrew350]

Hi all, quick question. If I try to set IDs for only a few houses and leave the rest blank, then only the ones which I've set IDs for will show up in-game. Leaving them all blank works fine though. Is this intentional (i.e. should you only assign IDs on an all or none basis), or is it possibly related to the bug above?

[planetmaker]

Hi all, quick question. If I try to set IDs for only a few houses and leave the rest blank, then only the ones which I've set IDs for will show up in-game. Leaving them all blank works fine though. Is this intentional (i.e. should you only assign IDs on an all or none basis), or is it possibly related to the bug above?

That does not sound like intended. It should - in principle - work with any combination and automatically assign an ID to the ones where you haven't defined explicitly an ID.

[Andrew350]

It seems that as long as the houses are defined "in order" everything works fine regardless of the IDs being set, but if I mix it up, say like this:

id 00
id 01
blank (no id)
id 03
id 02
blank
...etc


The first "blank" house in this scenario will not appear in-game, but any others defined afterwards will. And if I remove the house "id 02", then it shows up fine. The above setup should work, though, correct?

[andov3]

okay this thread about nml problem with houses right, i want to ask a question, how to match the houses direction with the road direction?

[planetmaker]

okay this thread about nml problem with houses right, i want to ask a question, how to match the houses direction with the road direction?

You can check the tile class of the adjacent tiles to be of type TILE_CLASS_ROAD by means of the variable nearby_tile_class. Choose the appropriate sprite(s) depending on the result of that check.

The more advanced solution, which also makes sure that the house does no change when the adjacent roads change, is to (mis)use the animation frame to store the result.

[YSH]

The more advanced solution, which also makes sure that the house does no change when the adjacent roads change, is to (mis)use the animation frame to store the result.

Or you can make a separate item for each direction of the house, and using construction_check only let them be build facing a road.

[planetmaker]

The more advanced solution, which also makes sure that the house does no change when the adjacent roads change, is to (mis)use the animation frame to store the result.

Or you can make a separate item for each direction of the house, and using construction_check only let them be build facing a road.

Yes, that might be a lot easier

[andov3]

nah i only got 2 sprites, the first one is facing south west, the second one is facing northwest, which variable ? the construction_check or the NEARBY_TILE_ROAD?

[YSH]

You would have a switch checking the road tile:

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// Road to the South
switch (FEAT_HOUSES,SELF, switch_roadS, nearby_tile_class(1,0))
{
		TILE_CLASS_ROAD: 1;
		return 0;
}

and place construction_check in the graphics part of the item:

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construction_check: switch_roadS;