McDonald's Theme Pack - MM and CC

[searain79]

Here is the McDonald's Theme Pack for MM and CC. The pack includes the McDonald's bench, food stand, sign, and table. (Configuration note: the stand removes money.) The food stand and sign work in any ZT version. The bench and table are meant for MM and CC. The messages for the bench and 2 of the food items are in langdj_pluffs.dll. The messages for 2 other food items and the food stand are in LANG--ZKL.dll. The table uses ZT's Umbrella Table messages. Since ZT's tooltip for the Umbrella Table is a placeholder message, lang999-override.dll can be used to get a complete Umbrella Table tooltip message.

Created by dj_pluffs.



Updated December 9 and 10, 2020 by Jay. The original McDonald's Theme Pack released at Zookeeper's Lounge in 2002 used a Setup.exe file, which extracted a single ztd and patched ZT's lang0.dll file. This theme pack no longer uses a ".exe" or touches ZT's files. The single ztd was split into 4 ztd files. Unnecessary files and configuration lines were removed. For the stand, all 4 of the food item icons were very tiny. So 2 of them were enlarged. The other 2 were replaced with versions done by Devona, which used the same dj_pluffs messages but with their own IDs. Also for the stand, the configuration was adjusted to not conflict with CC messages. Since ZT cannot properly handle buildings that sell both drinks and takeaway food, the stand now only sells takeaway food and its configuration was changed to work like a food stand rather than like a restaurant with takeaway food. The fee settings were adjusted for the stand to make it easier to understand in ZT. The sign was changed to prevent it from crashing non-English versions of ZT and to correct spelling. The bench and table configuration were changed to be more similar to ZT''s bench and table configuration, and to not conflict with CC messages. The bench and table were also updated to not include a guest hack. These bench and table versions are meant for MM and CC. Since they use a separate guest hack to make them work, they could be used with the original ZT or DD if a guest hack was made for those that allows these to work. But since more people have MM or CC rather than only the original ZT or DD, currently there is only a combined guest hack for MM and CC that will make these bench and table versions work.

This food stand uses the same messages as Devona's McDonald's Food Stand. So if both are in the purchase menu at the same time and one is highlighted, and then one rotates the icons in the purchase menu, that will cause the purchase menu highlight to go to the first McDonald's Food Stand in the purchase menu. Therefore, after rotating the icons, it is always good to select the desired icon again. There are other times when the highlight can move in the purchase menu: when the menu is closed and reopened, when the menu is switched to a different one and then back to the structures purchase menu, and when ZT goes through its unlocking logic that occurs at the beginning of some game months. So it is good to check which icon is highlighted after any of those as well. We live with this in order not to use up IDs too quickly.

Note: This table uses ZT's guest graphics. Since ZT's picnic table does not have an umbrella but this does, a small part of the guest will show through the umbrella in some views.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All working benches and tables need a guest hack to work. To make this bench and table work, the Combined Guest Hack For ZT Community is required. If that hack is not used, guests will get stuck at this bench and table. The Combined Guest Hack For ZT Community can be downloaded at ZTCDD:

http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/index.php?topic=11622.0

zip sizes:
- McDonaldsBenchBydj_pluffs.zip: 10.6 KB
- McDonaldsFoodStandBydj_pluffs.zip: 41.2 KB
- McDonaldsPicnicTableBydj_pluffs.zip: 11.9 KB
- McDonaldsSignBydj_pluffs.zip: 8.91 KB

current ztd dates:
- McDonaldsBenchBydj_pluffs.ztd: December 9, 2020
- McDonaldsFoodStandBydj_pluffs.ztd: December 10, 2020
- McDonaldsPicnicTableBydj_pluffs.ztd: December 10, 2020
- McDonaldsSignBydj_pluffs.ztd: December 10, 2020

Download the McDonald's Bench here.
Download the McDonald's Food Stand here.
Download the McDonald's Picnic Table here.
Download the McDonald's Sign here.


Download the most recent langdj_pluffs.dll here.
(The langdj_pluffs.dll file date must be November 29, 2020 or newer for the messages of this pack.)
For more info on the langdj_pluffs.dll file, go here.

Download the most recent LANG--ZKL.dll here.
(The LANG--ZKL.dll file date must be November 29, 2020 or newer for the most recent messages.)
For more info on the LANG--ZKL.dll file, go here.

For more info on the lang999-override.dll file and to download it, click here to go to its download page at the ZT Designer Guild site.
(The lang999-override.dll file date must be October 26, 2020 or newer for the Umbrella Table tooltip message used by the table in this pack.)

[Jay]

The McDonald's Theme Pack was updated December 9 and 10, 2020 by Jay. The original McDonald's Theme Pack released at Zookeeper's Lounge in 2002 used a Setup.exe file, which extracted a single ztd and patched ZT's lang0.dll file. This theme pack no longer uses a ".exe" or touches ZT's files. The single ztd was split into 4 ztd files. Unnecessary files and configuration lines were removed. For the stand, all 4 of the food item icons were very tiny. So 2 of them were enlarged. The other 2 were replaced with versions done by Devona, which used the same dj_pluffs messages but with their own IDs. Also for the stand, the configuration was adjusted to not conflict with CC messages. Since ZT cannot properly handle buildings that sell both drinks and takeaway food, the stand now only sells takeaway food and its configuration was changed to work like a food stand rather than like a restaurant with takeaway food. The fee settings were adjusted for the stand to make it easier to understand in ZT. The sign was changed to prevent it from crashing non-English versions of ZT and to correct spelling. The bench and table configuration were changed to be more similar to ZT''s bench and table configuration, and to not conflict with CC messages. The bench and table were also updated to not include a guest hack. These bench and table versions are meant for MM and CC. Since they use a separate guest hack to make them work, they could be used with the original ZT or DD if a guest hack was made for those that allows these to work. But since more people have MM or CC rather than only the original ZT or DD, currently there is only a combined guest hack for MM and CC that will make these bench and table versions work.