💻・modding-dev

[crisp elbow]

correct

as long as you have it like

mods/assets/

or mods/main.lua

just make sure to keep your heirarchies right

[static juniper]

It looks like this right now, is this correct?

[wintry solar]

that looks correct

[static juniper]

Glad you guys told me about this, probably should've known this from the start

[hoary moss]

Another question, How do you all create the custom assets for jokers, decks, etc?

[crisp elbow]

aseprite

[static juniper]

Like, how do we create the art or how do we implement them?

[hoary moss]

Both, like are their sites you used to make the assets for the jokers? Then I also do not know how to implement assets that well.

[wintry solar]

you can just use whatever graphics software you're comfortable with

[crisp elbow]

make sure Jokers are 71x95

same with playing cards

[static juniper]

You can create a sprite however you want. I personally use pixilart.com because it's free and I'm already super familiar with it, but I know other people use aesprite. I think #🎨・fan-art has a downloadable basic Joker if you need a template.

[hoary moss]

Thank you, I’m gonna start working on my mod today

[static juniper]

Good luck!

[hoary moss]

Thank you.

[wintry solar]

You can actually use any dimensions, the game will scale them to the appropriate size

[crisp elbow]

oh that's interesting

[hushed cradle]

uh so im tryna write api rn, and i got no idea what im doing really, ceres uses file loading so for the api should i chuck it into a file by itself, or do i make it another mod?

cos i take it a lot of people dont use file loading

[regal wolf]

api for what

[crisp elbow]

Perk cards (I think)

consumable type

[regal wolf]

as in like, a web api?

or like an "api" for mods to use

[wintry solar]

How did you make them originally?

[hushed cradle]

perk cards yeah

uh

so its just an extension of enhancement

[hushed cradle]

mod api

[hushed cradle]

i just have a file with SMODS.Perk = SMODS.Enhancement:extend { blah blah, and all the definitions of my own perk cards

and then i load that w nfs

[wintry solar]

Then you’ve already made the api!

[hushed cradle]

oh sick

lol

i wanna make it a bit easier to add more in the future tho

[wintry solar]

You could try it out by dropping one of your perks in a different mod to make sure it’s all accessing it properly

[hushed cradle]

if someone else wants to use it tho, will it be easy enough for them to load the file?

will they just need ceres to use it

ig that works

wait is that how it works

am i done?

so in future people can just download ceres and make their own right

but what if they dont wanna use ceres

can i seperate it out into its own mod or is that just too much hassle?

[wintry solar]

Yeah they’d just need ceres

You could pull it into a different mod if you wanted it to just be a perk api mod

[hushed cradle]

would you rather i make the api seperate from ceres?

[crisp elbow]

Nah I would rather keep it in

[hushed cradle]

cool

[crisp elbow]

lowkey

Cause it's like if need be you can make it a seperate one

but the last mod to do that was uh

[wintry solar]

It should probably be separate

[crisp elbow]

Oddities

[crisp elbow]

I mean for the sake of like

[hushed cradle]

i dont remember oddities

[crisp elbow]

easy dev probably

[crisp elbow]

Autumn's consumable type from TheAutumnCircus

[hushed cradle]

i feel like i vaguely remember that on the old mod index

[hushed cradle]

i think ill seperate it then

should be a nice challenge

[wintry solar]

You can bundle it in with the ceres git download like cryptid does with talisman

[frosty dock]

bleh

[hushed cradle]

thats a good idea

[wintry solar]

But I think it being separate would be better for other people using it if they don’t want to use ceres

[hushed cradle]

thats what i wouldve thought

[frosty dock]

they're always curved like that right?

feature™️

[wintry solar]

Is this cards now?

[hushed cradle]

yeah its meant to curve

[frosty dock]

yeah it's cards

fun

might try and add some padding so it doesn't go outside the borders

[mental nacelle]

nostalgic ox... my sworn enemy.....

[wintry solar]

Yeah I’d probably make them a bit smaller

[frosty dock]

eh, that's their original size

[wintry solar]

Maybe I am just used to the small smods versions now

Or maybe the cycle at the bottom makes the spacing look crowded

[hushed cradle]

should i name the api after another planet lol

introducing eris, perk api thing

[primal robin]

Question. Glob is lovely/*.toml or lovely/**/*.toml?

[frosty dock]

the former. no subfolders as far as I'm aware

[primal robin]

That's sad

[frosty dock]

how's this

gave the rows slightly more spacing as well as some more above the page selector

[drowsy tulip]

is there a way to check when a certain effect is triggered

[frosty dock]

#1247703015222149120

[drowsy tulip]

i tried reading through that but theres a lot of text and i cant quite seem to find what i need

[frosty dock]

or some function in the game's code, it really depends. Anything else I'll need a more specific question for

[drowsy tulip]

wait

[edgy reef]

I really don’t like how they’re curved.

[drowsy tulip]

lets say i want to see if a card triggers +mult

i assume this is the step where it checks for effects?

[frosty dock]

yeah that's a bit more complicated, you'd have to patch into that calculation step to catch it

[drowsy tulip]

so do i just check context.other_card.effects?

or am i missing something

[night pagoda]

Is there a reason for the arrangement to be a bit "rounded"?

[mental nacelle]

cards do that

[night pagoda]

but blinds do not?

[frosty dock]

I wasn't too sure about that, turns out there's a card area type that doesn't do that

[mental nacelle]

this is so epic

[night pagoda]

it just looks a bit drunk on blinds lol - it fits cards but not blinds imo

yeah that's awesome

[frosty dock]

how does this compare to vanilla, I think the blinds in each row are a bit too close together?

vanilla padding is .1, it seems

[night pagoda]

they're close but it works well anyway

[frosty dock]

I'll try making it slightly wider

[night pagoda]

I'm wondering if the left bar's contents should be spread out to the height of the box

antes/scores

[frosty dock]

I don't think it does that normally? could add more antes though

[frosty dock]

here's vanilla for scale

matches pretty well imo, just a bit more padded

[night pagoda]

maybe less of this space?

[frosty dock]

seems that's just how the hitboxes of the cardareas line up

actually no there's some padding in there too

sneaky config smh

[edgy reef]

The sprites are also... rotated?

The ones on the far left are tilted a bit

[frosty dock]

nah they just do that

they rotate

[frosty dock]

false alarm, the config value does nothing 💀

[edgy reef]

kek

magic

[languid mirage]

I'm sure he was having just as much fun making it

[frosty dock]

I'll leave the spacing in i guess, can't figure out exactly where it's coming from

uh

[edgy reef]

lmao

[regal wolf]

@coarse nest https://github.com/OceanRamen/ChallengerPlus I've created a better Challenge API for the challenge mod im making but it would also work for you.
I just added Challenge.author and Challenge.version.
All you'd need to do is create an SMODS file with ```
<header>
Challenge:new({<data>})
Challenge:new({<data>}) etc

All locs are handled by the API.

[tepid crow]

https://tenor.com/F9up.gif

[regal wolf]

LOL

[primal robin]

Can I safely adjust booster pack's card pool by using take_ownership?

[coarse nest]

Guess I'll have to update my code already XD

[regal wolf]

Haha sorry. Should be pretty similar

[regal wolf]

what's the goal? to decide exactly what goes into the booster pack?

[primal robin]

If condition, change pool, else work as usual

[regal wolf]

couldn't you just add a queue? if empty use default pack logic. if there's item in queue, bypass pack logic and create pack with set cards.

i wouldn't take_ownership of the pool. it might create unintended consequences.

[coarse nest]

Just some header changes, no biggie. I'm going to make a swappable header section anyway, so challenges can both be generated as their own mod or as a challenge to go into your mod. All from the same GUI with a checkbox to change the output. But gonna bother with that tomorrow.

[regal wolf]

Oh nice

[frosty dock]

you could certainly take_ownership of the pack and give it a custom create_card function, but I think the precedence for when that does or doesn't apply to vanilla packs is still a bit jank

[regal wolf]

I mean if it's not easier for you to use my mod as opposed to the way you were doing it before then you don't ned to. I just thought it might be easier/better for you

[frosty dock]

a

(mod additions menu)

[regal wolf]

I think they mean like taking ownership of the actual rng pool.

[coarse nest]

I mean, I'm fine tacking on and using your mod in the generation for those that want to just organise them better etc without having an individual mod for each challenge as you said.

[regal wolf]

up to you!

[coarse nest]

Alternatively I could help you with you ingame one if you've got anything as a base on that I can see what I can throw at it. I'm guessing you've got the actual generation and backend down though and it's just the GUI?

[frosty dock]

literal pools can't be taken ownership of as they're not steamodded objects

paginated blinds are now coming to your local copy of steamodded

[primal robin]

I want make a stuff like "If arcana pack has sticker on it, then only tarots with min_highlight value can appear, else works as usual"

[frosty dock]

well cryptid does stickered packs

idk maybe have a look at that?

[primal robin]

Oh cool, i'll take a look

[lusty epoch]

It uses a lovely patch for that though

Just a heads up if you can’t do that

[drowsy tulip]

im still confused about this

how do you get the effects that a card has triggered when scored?

[hoary moss]

Quick question to y’all, what programming software do you use to code your mods for balatro?

[mental nacelle]

lua

i think thats the only option

[shell tangle]

Software is different from language, a lot of people use Visual Studio Code.

[hushed cradle]

visual studio

[mental nacelle]

oh i'm silly

i use vs code

[static juniper]

VS code

[drowsy tulip]

Please

[hoary moss]

i have no clue how visual studio code works

help please

[shell tangle]

I mean, you can search the hand for cards to see if any have mult enhancements, if that's what you're asking?

[coarse nest]

It's pretty much just a text editor with so so so so many more features when and where needed. But if you just make a new .lua file you can just start going as you would in notepad or notepad ++.

[hoary moss]

ok

[drowsy tulip]

yes

i figured i need to get the variables from effects but idk how to do it properly

[shell tangle]

Look at how Golden Ticker does it in card.lua.

[coarse nest]

I've never coded in lua so can't tell you what it offers for lua but at the very least it will be stuff like suggested completion for commands already written and used, putting opening and closing brackets when you use one, some form of debugging etc. It'll at the very least have more QOL than just barebones text editors.

[drowsy tulip]

where is that

also i wasnt talking about enhancements, but specifically effects

[shell tangle]

Extract Balatro.exe, and drag the files out somewhere to look through the source code. If you want effects, though, that's a ton more complicated to do.

[drowsy tulip]

what kind of dark magic is this

is there like a list of all the card effects by id

if i understand correctly this might work

[coarse nest]

Like the enhancements like lucky, bonus etc?

Line 647 in game if so

[drowsy tulip]

no like +mult or +chips

[coarse nest]

Not sure, but in the enhancements it does have the code used to make them perform what they do and you can get the id for it that way I assume

Mult card just has mult = 4 for example on it

[hoary moss]

wish me luck i will need it, i may not make it out alive, thats programming folks.

[drowsy tulip]

can you like

check if a card has the mult variable

[tepid onyx]

I've been modifying the Choose First Shop Joker Mod. I've got 15+ years of experience developing in JS, Java, Python, etc. , but this is my first time working with Lua. It's tough for me to wrap my head around it, but I'm getting there. I'm trying to add to the Choose first shop joker mod, and enable the user to choose the two first shop jokers instead of just one.

Usually you hover over the joker you want to select in your collection, and then press f4. The joker turns negative in your collection, and then it shows up in the first shop. I've added another keyboard input handler for F5 to do the same thing F4 was doing with some changes. That part is working, but I can only get one of the jokers I select to show up in the first shop or any shop.

Here is my code so far:

--- STEAMODDED HEADER
--- MOD_NAME: Choose 2 First Shop Jokers
--- MOD_ID: choose_two_first_shop_Jokers
--- MOD_AUTHOR: [Luke]
--- MOD_DESCRIPTION: Choose first joker with F4 and second joker with F5
----------------------------------------------
------------MOD CODE -------------------------
local forced_joker_shop = nil
local forced_joker_shop_add = nil  --// Added by me

Orginal_get_current_pool = get_current_pool
function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    sendDebugMessage(inspectDepth(G.GAME.current_round)) 
    if forced_joker_shop and forced_joker_shop_add and G.shop and (_type == 'Joker' or _type== 'Tarot' or _type== 'Planet') and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop)  then
        local _pool, _pool_key = EMPTY(G.ARGS.TEMP_POOL), ''
        G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop = true
        G.GAME.
        _pool_key = 'Joker'..(_rarity or pseudorandom('rarity'..G.GAME.round_resets.ante..(_append or '')) )..(_append or '')..G.GAME.round_resets.ante
            _pool[#_pool + 1] = forced_joker_shop
            _pool[#_pool + 1] = forced_joker_shop_add --// Added by me
        G.GAME.dollars = 25
        G.GAME.shop.joker_max = 3

        return _pool, _pool_key
    end
    if G.shop and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) then
        G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop = true
    end
    return Orginal_get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
end

local Original_Controller_key_press_update = Controller.key_press_update
function Controller:key_press_update(key, dt)
    Original_Controller_key_press_update(self, key, dt)
    if key == 'f4' then
        if self.hovering.target and self.hovering.target:is(Card) and G.SETTINGS.paused and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) then 
            local joker_name_with_j = self.hovering.target.config.center.key
            if string.find( joker_name_with_j,"j_" ) then
                local edition = {negative = true}
                self.hovering.target:set_edition(edition, true, true)
                forced_joker_shop = joker_name_with_j
            end
        end
    end
    if key == 'f5' then  --// Added by me
        if self.hovering.target and self.hovering.target:is(Card) and G.SETTINGS.paused and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) then 
            local joker_name_with_j_add = self.hovering.target.config.center.key
                if string.find( joker_name_with_j_add,"j_" ) then
                    local edition = {negative = true}
                    self.hovering.target:set_edition(edition, true, true)
                    forced_joker_shop_add = joker_name_with_j_add
            end
        end
    end
end
----------------------------------------------
------------MOD CODE END----------------------```

[drowsy tulip]

and if it gets triggered

[coarse nest]

I'd imagine there's something for that for sure yes.

[drowsy tulip]

i mean worst case scenaro i can check for mult enhancement and if lucky card triggers

[coarse nest]

You're wanting 3 ` for code haha. It's the key next to 1

[drowsy tulip]

and holo

its better than nothing

[regal wolf]

and a lua

you can do

like this

to get synatx highlighting

[tepid onyx]

Got it lol. Any ideas why it's not working? All I did was create another var to hold the selected joker, and then added that to the pool just like the original mod did

[regal wolf]

are you getting a specific error?

[tepid onyx]

No, I'm getting no errors at the moment, but when I start the game only one of the selected jokers shows up in the shops. Is there some reason it wouldn't let you populate the _pool with more than one item before returning it?

[wintry solar]

it only runs your force code once

it will call get_current_pool for every card spawn, so when it runs the first time it executes your code, sets the G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop to true, which then means the second time it goes through it doesn't enter that block

[tepid onyx]

Ah okay! So could I just add another part that's like:

local firstSelect = true

if(firstSelect)
  was_forced_joker_shop = true

So that it runs one time for the first one to set firstSelect and doesn't set the was_forced_joker_shop = true until the second run?

[wintry solar]

I would probably structure it as your buttons adding the keys to a table, say forced_joker_shop = {}, then in your get_current_pool override check for #forced_joker_shop > 0, and just put the first element of it in the pool. It'll force the order but it will ensure that each card is forced before running the rest of the function normally

[tepid onyx]

Okay so I change forced joker shop into a table, and then use something like table.insert("forced_joker_shop", joker_name_with_g) in the button handlers? I'm really new to love2d and lua. Once I've done that and check whether #forced_joker_shop > 0, should I just use the same for of adding them to the pool as I was? for example:

   _pool[#_pool + 1] = forced_joker_shop[1]
   _pool[#_pool + 1] = forced_joker_shop_add[2]

or is there a better way to add them?

Also are tables 1-indexed? Never dealt with a lang like that lol

[wintry solar]

they are 1-indexed, yeah

I'd add the first one and then remove it from your forced_joker_shop table

You don't need to add the second one to the pool as it'll get picked up the next time round

basically the pool is send to the card creation and a random element of it is chosen, then when it wants to create another card it requests a new pool. If you send just one joker back as the pool it'll have to be that one

hopefully that makes sense

[tepid onyx]

I think it makes sense. I really appreciate your help either way! Here's what I've got at this point:

local forced_joker_shop = {}
local forced_count = 0
local forced_joker_shop_add = nil  --// Added by me

Orginal_get_current_pool = get_current_pool
function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    sendDebugMessage(inspectDepth(G.GAME.current_round)) 
    if forced_joker_shop and G.shop and (_type == 'Joker' or _type== 'Tarot' or _type== 'Planet') and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop)  then
        local _pool, _pool_key = EMPTY(G.ARGS.TEMP_POOL), ''
        _pool_key = 'Joker'..(_rarity or pseudorandom('rarity'..G.GAME.round_resets.ante..(_append or '')) )..(_append or '')..G.GAME.round_resets.ante
        if #forced_joker_shop > 0 then
            _pool[#_pool + 1] = forced_joker_shop[1]
            table.remove(forced_joker_shop, 1)
            forced_count = forced_count + 1
            if forced_count > 1 then
                G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop = true
            end
        end

        G.GAME.dollars = 25
        G.GAME.shop.joker_max = 3
        return _pool, _pool_key
    end
    if G.shop and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) then
        G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop = true
    end
    return Orginal_get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
end

local Original_Controller_key_press_update = Controller.key_press_update
function Controller:key_press_update(key, dt)
    Original_Controller_key_press_update(self, key, dt)
    if key == 'f4' then
        if self.hovering.target and self.hovering.target:is(Card) and G.SETTINGS.paused and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) then 
            local joker_name_with_j = self.hovering.target.config.center.key
            if string.find( joker_name_with_j,"j_" ) then
                local edition = {negative = true}
                self.hovering.target:set_edition(edition, true, true)
                table.insert(forced_joker_shop, joker_name_with_j)
            end
        end
    end
    if key == 'f5' then  --// Added by me
        if self.hovering.target and self.hovering.target:is(Card) and G.SETTINGS.paused and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) then 
            local joker_name_with_j_add = self.hovering.target.config.center.key
                if string.find( joker_name_with_j_add,"j_" ) then
                    local edition = {negative = true}
                    self.hovering.target:set_edition(edition, true, true)
                    table.insert(forced_joker_shop, joker_name_with_j_add)
            end
        end
    end
end

I changed forced_joker_shop to a table, made the buttons insert the joker into the forced table, and then when running the override I'm checking if there's a joker in the table and if so adding to the pool and then adding 1 to force_count. When forced_count > 1 I'm setting was_forced_joker_shop to true.

Does that seem right or am I off base somewhere?

[wintry solar]

that looks okay but you have some extra logic in there that's not needed. You can remove the entire forced_count bit, remove the and not(G.GAME.was_forced_joker_shop) from the if, and actually remove the if #forced_joker_shop > 0 check as you already check for the existance of the table

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    sendDebugMessage(inspectDepth(G.GAME.current_round)) 
    if forced_joker_shop and G.shop and (_type == 'Joker' or _type== 'Tarot' or _type== 'Planet') then
        local _pool, _pool_key = EMPTY(G.ARGS.TEMP_POOL), ''
        _pool_key = 'Joker'..(_rarity or pseudorandom('rarity'..G.GAME.round_resets.ante..(_append or '')) )..(_append or '')..G.GAME.round_resets.ante
        _pool[#_pool + 1] = forced_joker_shop[1]
        table.remove(forced_joker_shop, 1)
        G.GAME.dollars = 25
        G.GAME.shop.joker_max = 3
        return _pool, _pool_key
    end
    return Orginal_get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
end

like this

you can also neaten up those set editions to be self.hovering.target:set_edition('e_negative', true, true)

[tepid onyx]

Okay I gotcha. I tried to run it with those changes, and it crashed when it was about to load the first shop. I'm not sure why, but have you used the mod I'm talking about? If not, you have to select the jokers from your collection before you ever select new game or continue, so I'm starting to wonder if it's even possible to select two different jokers before the game starts based on what you told me about the pool. I attached my stack trace btw

If it's a lot easier to implement, I know the two jokers I want to use most games(Burnt Joker and Blueprint). Idk if it's possible to just set that value at some point in the game if I'm not able to get the two joker selection to work

[hallow forge]

do stakes that apply multiple stakes have working ui's in the stakes section of thr run UI, i keep crashing

[hushed cradle]

uh oh

so steamodded isnt recognizing Ceres

apparently its a lovely mod

anyone know any common causes for this?

minus stupidity

[hallow forge]

I don't think it does

[hushed cradle]

fixed it lmao

spelling mistake in my dependency somehow 😭

[wintry solar]

The entire stakes section of the run ui is pretty scuffed tbh

[wintry solar]

Do you have the actual crash? I don’t see where it’s going wrong here

[coarse nest]

Ayy, got my challenge generator supporting a toggle between itself being an individual SMODS or being a BU_CB file. Changes how the file starts etc. Just need to adjust formatting of the output and build the first page that takes the inputs of author and banned stuff etc. Eh, mostly tomorrows job I've slacked a lot today and don't intend on changing it XD

The toggle should be coded in clearish enough as well that if anyone else has a different header set for a challenge file it can be coded in as an option.

[coarse nest]

Is there a list of the steammods 1.0 language code things?

        ['en-us'] = {
              name = 'Genchal'
         }
      },```
For this. I need to make a dictionary up in my code and do a dropdown for all the language options so they can be added in to the generation.

[opal spade]

all the files in Balatro.exe/localization/ (you can open it with an archive tool like 7Zip or WinRAR) are named after language codes available in vanilla

[coarse nest]

Ah yeah so there is, didn't check that XD

[opal spade]

smods has something in the works regarding custom languages afaik but no idea how far they've done with it

[coarse nest]

The 15 in localization are enough for me to work with for now at the very least

[coarse nest]

Localisation has been added.

Oh wait, need to do a , after it right?

Answer is yes, yes I do.

[coarse nest]

For anyone interested, if you have multiple entries in loc_txt for the same language, it thankfully doesn't crash and just uses the last in the list.

So woohoo I don't have to code a lockout in the dropdowns for each language added XD

[hushed cradle]

what does this even mean 😭

[opal spade]

something tried to play a sound using something that is not a valid pitch

[hushed cradle]

i figured that much

just im not sure why or how

fixed it

somehow

[hushed cradle]

if i want to add the basic joker description to an info queue

ik that i can do

info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS['j_joker']

but how do i pass in vars when i do it like that?

figured out i can use localize{type = 'descriptions', key = _c.key, set = _c.set, nodes = desc_nodes, vars = specific_vars or {}} i think

[opal spade]

i had an idea and so far it seems possible

want to try making a mod that makes more contexts work in more cardareas

[hushed cradle]

those cards and stickers do not go there lol

[opal spade]

why not

[zealous glen]

Artifacts and enchantments

[hushed cradle]

so if i do this info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS['j_joker'] then

i end up w this

how do i stop ending up w that?

[zealous glen]

I think instead of passing the center like that you pass a table that has the key and the loc_vars

I always have to look at an example for how to format the table

I think it needs at least three items

Localization set, key, and vars (if any)

[hushed cradle]

i tried {type = 'descriptions', key = 'j_joker', set = 'Joker', vars = {4}}

but that caused a crash i think

ill try again

[zealous glen]

I think it’s something like that

See if you can find an example

[hushed cradle]

this is ripped directly from the game itself

well almost

if v == 'negative_consumable' then info_queue[#info_queue+1] = {key = 'e_negative_consumable', set = 'Edition', config = {extra = 1}} end

thats how its done for negative ones

but that didnt work

[maiden phoenix]

Oh lets go!

[wintry solar]

I’ll check how I do it, one sec

[hushed cradle]

thank you

ah i finally got it

info_queue[#info_queue+1] = {set = "Joker", key = "j_joker", specific_vars = {4}}

thats what i have to do apparently

[wintry solar]

yeah I thought it might be specific_vars

[hushed cradle]

went digging around in cryptid cos i had a feeling there would be an example there

[wintry solar]

but my code for seals is {key = card.ability.extra.balloon.."_seal", set = 'Other', vars = G.P_SEALS[card.ability.extra.balloon]:loc_vars(info_queue, card).vars}

🤷‍♂️

[hushed cradle]

that looks confusing

maybe its because theyre different places in the loc files?

[wintry solar]

I think the type argument is probably what caused your crash

[hushed cradle]

oh maybe

it seems odd that i dont need it tho

now got perks working completely separate from ceres

local example_perk = SMODS.Perk{
    key = 'example',
    atlas = 'perks',
    pos = {
        x = 0,
        y = 0,
    },
    config = {
        jokers = {
            {
                key = 'j_joker', 
                amount = 5,
                edition = 'e_negative',
                sticker = 'eris_temporary',
                ignore_space = true,
            },
        },
        consumables = {
            {
                key = 'c_fool',
                amount = 2,
                edition = 'e_negative',
                ignore_space = true,
            },
        },        
        tags = {
            {
                key = 'tag_buffoon',
                amount = 1,
            },
        },
        money = 10,
        -- burn/shred card
        burn = true,
        shred = false,
        message = 'Example!',
        colour = G.C.GREEN,
    },

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue)
        -- you will have to manually add any tags/joker/consumables to the info queue
        -- theres no easy way for me to pass in the correct vars to jokers that have them
        info_queue[#info_queue+1] = {set = "Joker", key = "j_joker", specific_vars = {4}}
        info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS['c_fool']
        info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_TAGS['tag_buffoon']
        info_queue[#info_queue+1] = {set = 'Other', key = 'eris_temporary'}
        return {
            vars = {
                5,
                'negative',
                'Joker',
                2,
                'negative',
                'The Fool',
                'Buffoon',
                10,
                'temporary'
            }
        }
    end,
}```

this is what the code for a the example perk code is

would you say this is simple enough?

the fallback calculate function can handle money, jokers, consumables, and tags

and ive got more to add too

[wintry solar]

ewww hardcoded loc_vars D:

[hushed cradle]

oops yeah thats my bad

the values are all in tables within tables so kinda annoying to get to

at least thats my excuse

[wintry solar]

but hardcoding like this is just a bad as hard coding them in your localization file itself

also I don't think any of them other than the numbers need to be variable

[hushed cradle]

ill fix that up rq then

[royal ridge]

they added dndg to my balatro

funniest thing i've ever seen

[hushed cradle]

lol

ive been playing way too much of it

[surreal marsh]

why wild cards dont work

[royal ridge]

yeah it's good

curious how the mechanics will be adapted to balatro

[hushed cradle]

well atm im got it set up so

you have a seperate hand area for any perk cards

you get 1 advantage after winning each round

ive already got a few perk card effects made

but atm im tryna make some kinda api thing for them

for anyone else interested in making their own

ah im now getting this

tried moving the card loc txt into the smods object instead of the loc file

[woeful epoch]

youre not playing a straight

youre playing 9-8-6-5-4

[surreal marsh]

it should be a flush

[woeful epoch]

oh right LMAO

uhh

krill issue

[surreal marsh]

i just installed Familiar 🤔

return value of ref function isn't used 💀

[wintry solar]

have you got a process_loc_txt on your api object?

[hushed cradle]

i do now

working as intended

mostly

still a couple things i need to fix up

but i changed a lot of the base game i feel like

[wintry solar]

I think that's okay for an optional module

[frosty dock]

hm

what layout should i use for seals?

2 rows like the rest?

[wintry solar]

I would prefer 2 rows, yeah

can the page toggle be outside the black background?

[zealous glen]

A circle

Actually a spiral

In perspective, so they shrink in the middle and grow larger in the edges of the screen

When you select the next one, it “zooms” in or out

[unkempt thicket]

are you going to do pages for suits?

[frosty dock]

uh yeah mb

[regal wolf]

It could be an idea to maybe have like, different background colours for vanilla vs modded tags?

might be too annoying to do tho

[zealous glen]

Background colours where?

[regal wolf]

like the black box

[frosty dock]

aight

[frosty dock]

no

at least not exclusively for tags, and I'm not doing it for everything

[tepid sky]

so uuh- my Xmult seems to be working like regular mult? anyone got any idea why?

[hushed cradle]

return Xmult_mod

[tepid sky]

oh- that was it?

[hushed cradle]

yeah

[tepid sky]

wow, such a small error :(

[drowsy tulip]

is there an easy way to give yourself cetain jokers

for debugging purposes

[frosty dock]

#1228149931257237664

[drowsy tulip]

also is this correct for checking the first card in the scored hand

[hushed cradle]

lua starts at 1

[night pagoda]

How to make SMODS.Booster act as a consumable booster pack (with playing cards drawn to the middle of the screen)?

[edgy reef]

draw_hand = true

[night pagoda]

awesome, ty!

[coarse nest]

It works!

Just got a bit more of output stuff to link, the rules stuff and to adjust the text box locations for mod name, id, author etc and boom this is an easy challenge mod generator

[hushed cradle]

do editions have calculate functions?

surely right

[unkempt thicket]

not really, i got around it using a lovely patch though. there's also several config stuff you can do for money, chips, Mult, ect

[hushed cradle]

damn, what im tryna do isnt available as a config thing

so guess i gotta patch

[wintry solar]

They don’t no

They were lost to better calc

[opal spade]

not a unique idea but yeah

[coarse nest]

Is there any way I can add a version into a SMODS file? I'm guessing I can just put in a line with --- Version: to have it at least written in the file to see and check. Or is there a way to make it also display as well?

[opal spade]

--- VERSION: 1.0.0

[opal spade]

this displays in the mod list

[coarse nest]

Oh nice. Where abouts do I put it in? Up in the header?

[opal spade]

ye

[coarse nest]

Thanks

[opal spade]

for other mod devs here: would it be worth for me to pursue the playable joker angle or should i keep this to just adding calculate checks into consumables

[hushed cradle]

playable jokers sounds funny

[coarse nest]

And we have a full header generated with all the inputs.

I just need to add a section for rule stuff, tidy up the UI a little, maybe make some more pages to the app etc and it's done

[hardy viper]

i don't think you need the -------mod code bit

[coarse nest]

Correct, it's not needed. May as well remove it then

[opal spade]

joker retrigger api at home 😭

[crisp coral]

lol???

that's hilarious

[opal spade]

i do need to change that so it runs a new calc for joker retriggers

cus that square joker should've grown

[regal wolf]

i imagine it takes all the jokers in the joker card Area

so if its not in the card area it wont get triggered on action

[night pagoda]

What is the second layer sprite position for the SMODS.UndiscoveredSprite? I assumed it was soul_pos but it's not

[coarse nest]

Acceptable GUI, yes or no?

[tepid sky]

yes

[coarse nest]

Personally I'm slightly bugged by the Mod Description not matching with the way the languages section is done but it's a while ordeal to tackle and match XD

[hardy viper]

looks nice

[coarse nest]

I'll take it.

[tepid sky]

if its easy and working it doesn't need to be looking amazing, simplicity looks great too

[coarse nest]

I'll have to make Rules with the custom and modifiers have it's own page, should I still roll with this or should I split it into two pages, one being jokers and cards and the other being consumables and vouchers?

So 3 page program or 4 basically

[tepid sky]

👍

[coarse nest]

I'm asking which haha

[frosty dock]

I've been wanting to make that change for a while tbh

[coarse nest]

Was reffering to my own code lol.

[frosty dock]

yeah I also wasn't being clear lmao

steamodded handles mod names and descriptions differently from everything else, too

[coarse nest]

Yeah I could tell you meant that haha

Would be great if they could handle for localisations both descriptions and names

Something like loc_txt = { ['en-us'] = {name = 'Nom Nom'}, ['en-us'] = {description = 'this is a mod I made, have fun'}, },

[shell tangle]

Double checking - the only deck trigger_effects are at final_scoring_step for plasma and eval at the end of the round during the money totaling for other stuff, right? And any new ones effectively require a lovely patch?

[edgy reef]

The only time they're used is for Plasma and Anaglyph yes.

[wintry solar]

local total_rate = G.GAME.joker_rate + G.GAME.playing_card_rate
  for _,v in ipairs(SMODS.ConsumableType.obj_buffer) do
    total_rate = total_rate + G.GAME[v:lower()..'_rate']
  end```
getting a crash on this for a custom consumable type, it's set up exactly the same as another one I have but that one seems to work fine?

[zealous glen]

What's the crash?

Also, how to apply Hologram's effect to a soul sprite?

Okay looking at Ceres apparently I do need a lovely patch

[hushed cradle]

yeah thats what i did lol

[wintry solar]

arithmetic error on the total_rate line

[wintry solar]

I think you can actually do this with a hook

[zealous glen]

which one

[wintry solar]

hook at the end of Card:draw and check for your card and just put the shader on the floating sprite

[zealous glen]

local total_rate or total_rate =?

[wintry solar]

the second one

[zealous glen]

But then wouldn't it draw the Soul sprite normally too?

So I'd stack two draws?

[wintry solar]

oh possibly

[zealous glen]

If you're going to lovely, I have a better suggestion

The way you're doing it makes it incompatible with other mods if they use the same line

But there's a patch which should make it compatible

[wintry solar]

crash screen for reference

[zealous glen]

Have you tested which of the two values is nil?

[cedar flame]

my best guess is that some value of v:lower()..'_rate' isn't initialized for some reason

[zealous glen]

Wait it should be the second value since otherwise it would break earlier

[cedar flame]

the stack trace says the local value of total_rate is 30

[zealous glen]

Either that or converting it to lowercase isn't the correct way to retrieve the key

[cedar flame]

oh, and v = "Zodiac"

so my guess is zodiac_rate is nil

in which case the game can't add it to a number

[hushed cradle]

im tryna make a deck thats just spades

but i cant get it to remove the non spades before the screen finishes wiping

because im using events

but if i dont use events

then G.playing_cards is nil and itll crash

[edgy reef]

..But that should be impossible, G.GAME[self.key:lower() .. '_rate' is created every time the game calls init_game_object (which turns into G.GAME after a run is started).

[hushed cradle]

so im a bit stuck

[edgy reef]

So this is exactly how it's accessed

[zealous glen]

There's a deck that's just Spades and Hearts

[hushed cradle]

yeah but it changes the suit

i wanna remove non spades

[edgy reef]

In the case here it would be zodiac_rate

[zealous glen]

also @hushed cradle change your patch

[hushed cradle]

gimme a sec

[cedar flame]

yeah, i figured that out :D

[zealous glen]

you can not add them to begin with

[hushed cradle]

how do i do that?

[wintry solar]

yeah I have no idea why this crashes

as you can see, there are other custom types that are previously accessed

time to examine some tables

oh

I might know why this has happened

was using a save state from before this type was created 🙃

[zealous glen]

idk but check Bunco

[hushed cradle]

is that better?

[zealous glen]

That's what I was going to suggest, but there's another suggestion

Wait, why is the name j_cere_miku? Shouldn't that be the key, and the name "Hatsune Miku"?

[zealous glen]

I'm testing to see if it works before I suggest it

[hushed cradle]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[zealous glen]

Okay, it doesn't. How do I access the key of a Joker while it's being drawn?

[wintry solar]

card.config.center_key

[zealous glen]

Is that underscore correct?

[wintry solar]

yes

[zealous glen]

oh

[wintry solar]

it can also be a . though

it doesnt matter

[zealous glen]

actually the . didn't work

that's why I asked

[wintry solar]

the config has the center_key saved, or you can access the center directly and grab the key

it should do

[zealous glen]

Neither worked

oh wait

I was stupid

[wintry solar]

oh it'll be self.config.center_key in the draw function

[zealous glen]

No, no, I think I just forgot to update the Atlas

Well, it almost worked

Miku is there but not the card

[hushed cradle]

this is the only deck that bunco adds i think , and it doesnt even have an apply func?

[zealous glen]

She's also not Hologram

[cedar flame]

it's right above the trigger_effect function

[hushed cradle]

💀

thank you

i dont even have an excuse for not seeing that

[cedar flame]

happens to me all the time 😛

[hushed cradle]

im still not really sure how much this is gonna help me tho

it doesnt seem like it removes any cards from the deck

just changes the suit

[primal robin]

How I can define multiple config tabs for mod?

[zealous glen]

I think it avoids adding cards in the first place

[zealous glen]

Neither option works. But I suspect there's yet another issue since the localization doesn't show up either

[wintry solar]

sounds like a wrong key issue to me

[zealous glen]

Okay the localization did have the wrong key

[zealous glen]

The localization works, but self.config.center.key == 'j_vic_brazilian_miku'… well, it definitely doesn't apply the Hologram effect, but the missing background is confusing too

[wintry solar]

what does the patched file look like?

[zealous glen]

Ah wait I think I was off by one in the atlas coordinates

So the background is the soul and the soul is empty

wh

where did she go 😭

[tepid crow]

did you swap the soul and background

[tepid crow]

like outside the sprite sheet or inside the sheet, on an empty spot?

[zealous glen]

I've fixed the coordinates now, I think, but I don't understand why I have the outline of Miku but no Miku

[tepid crow]

oh yeah you can actually see the outline

[edgy reef]

Is the shader bonking the Miku sprite?

[zealous glen]

what

also maybe I need to make it transparent so it will work?

[tepid crow]

it's probably the shader doing something yeah

[wintry solar]

yeah the shader nukes anything that has no transparency

if (tex.a > 0.999){tex = vec4(0.,0.,0.,0.);}

[zealous glen]

Not sure why it shows the specter (outline) of Miku but ok

[wintry solar]

it adds some glow too

[coarse nest]

Do I do this monstrosity between the buttons to keep the window the same size as all the others or have it in between the jokers and cards (or maybe below) and as a result have a bigger window and go through the ballache to resize the others? Or should I just not care about the window resizing as you click next and back?

[zealous glen]

Thanks everyone for the help!

[coarse nest]

Love the Brazillian Miku heavily

[zealous glen]

@hushed cradle use your Joker's key instead of their name in the patch, that's my suggestion

[tepid crow]

I'd say avoid the window resize if you can

[coarse nest]

So do I go with the monstrosity of deck between back and next or do I add little bits to the height of each text frame for the other sections in order to compensate?

[tepid crow]

could theoretically also include it under the cards header?

[coarse nest]

But as it stands, once window size stuff is done, I just need to make a dictionary for custom and modifier options, build the stuff for restriction generation and it's complete. There'd be nothing more to add or update in this other than possible bug fixes/adding options for it to detect dictionaries added into it's folder which would allow modded jokers/effects/consumables etc to be used easier.

[tepid crow]

in any case, resizing the window just feels kinda weird to me

[wintry solar]

I'd just dump the whitespace between the content and the nav buttons

[coarse nest]

Cards header is a scrolling box that you populate with add card

I have it a fixed size to show 3 at once with any more being viewable by scrolling.

I could split jokers and cards into seperate windows though. Would make making a full custom card loadout easier instead of a tight 3 space thing

Yeah that's probably the best option. Gives a big box for jokers which will be more than most people would give but eh haha

[primal robin]

When i'm set G.GAME.used_voucher['v_planet_metchant'] = true for example, it doesn't appear in "vouchers redeemed this run" page. What i'm doing wrong?

[tepid crow]

I think you misspelled both used_vouchers and merchant

(it also should've resulted in an error since used_voucher doesn't exist... 🤔)

[primal robin]

What about G.GAME.used_vouchers["v_magic_trick"] = true?

It also don't work

[tepid crow]

works for me - make sure you "apply" it after any resets are done to G.GAME and G.GAME.used_vouchers

[primal robin]

So weird

[tepid crow]

G.GAME gets completely rebuilt at the start of each run for example

[primal robin]

Like this code works well before. But today it crashes and after crash fix voucher doesn't appear.

I did not change it at all

[tepid crow]

good old "but it was working yesterday"

[primal robin]

Lol, if i remove Cryptid, all works perfectly fine

With cryptid crash

Looks like issue

[coarse nest]

Oof I went from 657 lines of code to 1135 XD

[tepid crow]

Mod incompatibility? that's a fun one.

[primal robin]

Yea... So I made an issue

[coarse nest]

How simple of a mistake?

[primal robin]

Card:apply_to_run(G.P_CENTERS["v_magic_trick"])

Easy crash

Now 2 of my boss blinds crashes because of it

Well

Waiting for fix

Because i'm too stupit to implement better voucher applying, with animation, etc

[rigid moss]

Hey guys, does anybody know how enhancements draw their sprites on cards? Like where in the code does steel enhancement is applied to card sprite? Im making a mod that adds consumables capable of upgrading/modifying jokers and I would like to see applied cards on jokers visualy.

like for example when I use autograph card, I want to see actual autograph (or multiple of them) on a selected joker

[tepid crow]

enhancements are done by rendering the enhancement, then the suit/number on top of it

iirc

I should probably double check that

[rigid moss]

do you know in which file the rendering is implemented? Because i'm having trouble finding it

[zealous glen]

I think it might be Card

Look for draw

[tepid crow]

probably Card:draw if I had to guess yeah

[coarse nest]

Does anyone know where I can find all the custom rules and modifier ID's or are lines 6-22 in challenges.lua my best bet and anything else I can pick from challenges.lua is all I'll be able to find?

[zealous glen]

But not draw_from

[zealous glen]

If it’s on top of the Joker it could be a sprite draw at the end of the Card draw step

If it changes the colours of the Jokers it’s likely it needs to be a shader

[mellow sable]

You could maybe use sticker API, unless you need shaders

[zealous glen]

I think this should have its own API

RIP Joker Stamp API

[rigid moss]

ok thanks guys

[mellow sable]

Hope more of AutumnMood’s stuff makes a return, I’ve seen some resurface in Jen’s Almanac

I’m also down to implement Joker seal effects in Cryptid at some point

[rigid moss]

and how about consumables that should make part of a selected joker invisible? Like for example c_tearedChunk? Is there some built in function for applying masks?

[mellow sable]

You’d have to get a shader applied on it

[tepid crow]

shader would probably work, and LÖVE itself also might have something implemented

[tepid crow]

I doubt anything that's implemented went completely unused

[zealous glen]

As others said, a shader, and I think Betmma had one to apply transparency.

You probably to have to replace the standard shader for affected cards since otherwise the base image would also render underneath/on top

[wintry solar]

theres a shader property now to stop the base layer being drawn

[regal wolf]

the dissolve effect is done through shaders so it's definately possible

[zealous glen]

Where

[zealous glen]

I wonder if that’s why the base shader is the dissolve shader

[coarse nest]

So, {id = 'daily'}, only appears in challenges in TEST where it's --'d out. But here it is working. Same with {id = 'set_seed', value = 'SEEDEEDS'},

[wintry solar]

I don't remember what it's called but it was definitely added

[coarse nest]

I can't seem to find results for daily in any of the main folder files. So it must be tucked away somewhere

[wintry solar]

no_base = true on the shader object or something like that

[zealous glen]

Is that for Steamodded Editions or does Steamodded have a shader object

[wintry solar]

steamodded has a shader object

[tepid crow]

I'm not sure if you can trust whether these actually work or not though 😅

[coarse nest]

Only one way to find out XD Not 100% sure what they're supposed to do though.

Daily might only give one attempt per day and is tracking the date and time somewhere. In which case would have to fail or beat the run to test either.

[tepid crow]

daily challenge is something thunk talked about - iirc it was about getting the highest score on a specific seed

set_seed is probably a helper for that

[coarse nest]

Ahhh so would have a web server connection etc, yeah definitely not going to work then XD

Going through challenges though these are all the custom rules I could find.

Need to work out how to get a value input box to appear on the ones that have values which is why I currently have them omitted

If anyone knows of any more that work without additional mods they'd be hugely helpful

[tepid crow]

quick question, what's up with the random ' in the reward_specific lines

is that... string injection?

[coarse nest]

So the code between the " " will be inserted between two ' ' for the generated output. So because they have the worded value also having ' it's a way I can impliment the fixed value without needing another addition for them

Otherwise I'd need to have a second area they could inject etc.

[tepid crow]

yeah, string injection

doesn't that break for non-string value = ?

[coarse nest]

For the others that have value's I'll probably write something to tack on the value if it's reading it from a box made for them.

Would be a second if line where the number is a second variable.

[tepid crow]

I feel like the (kinda janky) string injection is unnecessary if you're gonna have an edge case anyways, no?

[coarse nest]

Since for those I'd need to add the value section anyway as part of an if statement. Since if I had something like all_eternal, value = it'd probably break

Chances are they'd end up similar to my card code.

I could probably optimise it a little by having it do the dictionary compare in the if statement but there's no need for optimisation at this level

[tepid crow]

me after looking at lua for hours: "huh this kinda looks like python"

[coarse nest]

Haha. It is lol

[tepid crow]

I know. I should probably go to bed soon lol

[coarse nest]

I mean, it's important to look after yourself so yes. Get a drink of water and go to bed

[opal spade]

ok i just woke up and realized that my method of appending extra area calculations after jokers are calculated simply wont do

i need to override the joker calcs to be a part of my calc because red seal

or maybe i should wait till joker retrigger api is released bcos thats a major update that might break everything im doin rn

[opal spade]

why does evaluate_play fire twice

upd: nvm im just stupid

[opal spade]

that marks the second time i accidentally had the same mod loaded twice and thats two times too many

[opal spade]

going a bit wrong bcos leveling up mid hand is not intended but its working

[tepid sky]

nice!

[cunning barn]

i actually think that this is a fun idea
this gives me a challenge deck idea if this becomes like a Thing
jokers don't spawn in shops but they can show up in card packs and things that give consumables
and when they're triggered as part of a hand they affect that hand
that would be sick as heck

[opal spade]

the idea for this mod is to rewire enough of the game to allow for any card to work in any context, it by itself wont add any new content

[cunning barn]

i wonder what a normal playing card would do in a joker or consumable slot

[opal spade]

rn the plan for that is to have it act the same as held in hand with exception of edition

[cunning barn]

interesting...

[opal spade]

btw by default jokers (and consumables bcos for this anything thats not a playing card is a joker) have no suit, no rank and are always included like stone

the plan for that is to make an api that would allow to define that per joker

so like lustful joker would be hearts

[languid mirage]

🦭

[tepid sky]

flames option? >_>

[languid mirage]

was already there

funny vanilla settings support

[tepid sky]

ah okay

prob would be my playing corner :>

[tepid sky]

if i wanted to play a sound when a spesific vanilla joker scores, how would i do that?

[solid salmon]

does anyone have the link to debug+

[frosty dock]

#1228149931257237664

https://github.com/WilsontheWolf/DebugPlus

[primal robin]

Still have empty tooltips. How to fix? Steamodded APLHA-0820c

[primal robin]

In last Steamodded my shop hijacking created new funny bug

[hushed cradle]

think you just need to update

mine are working

[night pagoda]

I have 830b and my sticker tooltips aren't working either

[hushed cradle]

thats odd

im not sure then sorry

[solid salmon]

where are the decks in the game files

[coarse nest]

In what way? They're all listed below line 626 if you just need the names, I'm guessing you're wanting to edit the functions though?

Which they have some effects there, but not everything

[hushed cradle]

if you go to backs.lua, the apply_to_run function shows you a lot of stuff you can do

like vouchers, discards and hands etc

[hushed cradle]

if i use in_pool for an edition

how do i make it return false for jokers

also is there a global list of every card in use?

like every card in the deck, consumables, and jokers

[tepid sky]

like a SMODS.sound {
if this spesific joker scores
play sound [sound]
}
or am i totally wrong

[tepid sky]

i prob am

[zealous glen]

I know there’s G.playing_card (s?) but I think that’s for playing cards

[hushed cradle]

ive figured it out kinda

local ease_dollars_ref = ease_dollars
function ease_dollars(mod, instant)
    local inc = 0
    local areas = {
        G.jokers or nil,
        G.hand or nil,
        G.deck or nil,
        G.play or nil,
        G.discard or nil,
        G.consumeables or nil,
    }
    for _, area in pairs(areas) do
        for __, card in pairs(area.cards) do
            if card.edition and card.edition.type == 'cere_mint_condition' then
                inc = inc + card.edition.extra
            end
        end
    end
    ease_dollars_ref(mod, instant)
    ease_dollars_ref(inc, instant)
end```

think thats a decent way of doing it

[opal spade]

G.playing_cards ye

[opal spade]

reading this while doing ishowspeed smile gif tbh

[stray orbit]

i want to make a joker that turns some percent of +chips into +mult, will i have to patch every single instance where chips are added or is there a less complicated way?

[crisp coral]

hook to these four functions that manage the evaluations

alternatively just calculate it during context.joker_main as normal

although that might not be accurate to your desired effect

[opal spade]

context.other_joker and context.other_joker == G.jokers.cards[#G.jokers.cards] if you want it to be fired off last although it might not for with that exact wording

basically u need to calc other_joker with other joker being the rightmost non-debuffed joker (or consumable)

other_joker fires off after joker_main for that specific joker

also this is how i find out other_joker is one of the few calcs that fires off for consumables

[stray orbit]

i shouldve been a little more specific, do these encompass every single instance of +chips?

including when cards initially score

also which file are these in

[brisk pond]

how do you get the name of a joker?

i tried config.center.name but it gives me the key sometimes

[opal spade]

localize({type = name_text, set = 'Joker', key = 'j_joker'})

why would you need the name anyway

[languid mirage]

use key

[crisp coral]

should be!

if not then i'd also be worried

eval_card in state_events.lua iirc?
calculate_joker and get_edition in card.lua
eval_this implemented by steamodded

[opal spade]

*PARTIALLY

[stray orbit]

tyvm

idk much about lobotomy corp but i watched my friend play ur mod and its awesome

[opal spade]

jokers receive other_joker = <consumable>, consumables dont receive other joker

[crisp coral]

thank you!

[brisk pond]

In one joker's text I need to put the name of the joker to its right

[nova mortar]

Talisman keeps crashing my game

main.lua:1333: attempt to index global 'SMODS' (a nil value)

Additional Context:
Balatro Version: 1.0.1g-FULL
Modded Version: ???
Love2D Version: 11.5.0
Lovely Version: 0.5.0-beta6

Stack Traceback
===============
(3) main chunk of file 'main.lua' at line 1333
(4) global C function 'require'
(5) Love2D function at file 'boot.lua:323' (best guess)
Local variables:
 c = table: 0x0102f0b010  {gammacorrect:false, version:11.5, audio:table: 0x0102a85700, title:Balatro (more...)}
 openedconsole = boolean: false
 confok = boolean: true
 conferr = nil
(6) global C function 'xpcall'
(7) Love2D function at file 'boot.lua:362' (best guess)
Local variables:
 result = boolean: true
(8) global C function 'xpcall'
(9) Love2D function at file 'boot.lua:377' (best guess)
Local variables:
 func = Lua function '(Love2D Function)' (defined at line 355 of chunk [love "boot.lua"])
 inerror = boolean: true
 deferErrhand = Lua function '(Love2D Function)' (defined at line 348 of chunk [love "boot.lua"])
 earlyinit = Lua function '(Love2D Function)' (defined at line 355 of chunk [love "boot.lua"])

Mods are Talisman, lovely, Cryptid, and steammodded

Talisman has 'Talisman' as the name

[opal spade]

you dont have steamodded

check inside the steamodded folder

[nova mortar]

Huh

Seems to be an issue of steammodded having wierd

[opal spade]

it should be something like this

you might have it nested

[nova mortar]

No, fixed the issue

It's steammodded-main not being steammodded

[frosty dock]

steamodded doesn't need a specific name

it just can't be nested

[nova mortar]

No, no

The way I solved the game to play Cryptid is by renaming Steammodded-main to steammodded

[languid mirage]

I can assure you it doesn't matter how steamodded folder is named

[nova mortar]

I can also assure you that this made me be able to play Cryptid

And if it is steammodded-main it doesn't work

I cannot explain to you how that worked, I only know that it does

[frosty dock]

are you sure you didn't rename anything else?

[nova mortar]

Yes

[frosty dock]

because it very much does matter for cryptid/talisman

[nova mortar]

I changed Steammodded-main to steammodded

Suddenly, it worked

[hushed cradle]

do stakes have loc vars now?

[brisk pond]

Can you tell me whats wrong with this?

local UTIL = SMODS.load_file('Util/Util.lua')()

if THEMED.CombatAces then
    THEMED.CAJOKERS = {
        [1] = 'j_Themed_CA-General',
        [2] = 'j_Themed_CA-Mercenary',
        [3] = 'j_Themed_CA-Promotion',
        [4] = 'j_Themed_CA-Recruiter',
        [5] = 'j_Themed_CA-Secret Agent',
        [6] = 'j_Themed_CA-Soldier',
        [7] = 'j_Themed_CA-Supplies',
        [8] = 'j_Themed_CA-Veteran'
    }
    SMODS.Consumable {
        key = 'CA-Contract',
        loc_txt = {
            name = 'The Contract',
            text = {
                'Creates a random',
                '{C:attention}Combat Ace Joker',
                '{C:inactive}(Must have room)'
            }
        },
        atlas = 'Tarots',
        pos = {x = 1, y = 1},
        cost = 3,
        unlocked = true,
        discovered = false,
        can_use = function()
            if #G.jokers.cards < G.jokers.card_limit then
                return true
            else
                return false
            end
        end,
        use = function(self, area, copier)
            UTIL.createJoker(THEMED.CAJOKERS[UTIL.randomInt(8)])
        end
    }
end

UTIL.randomInt(N) gives a random int from 1 to N

[frosty dock]

your consumable doesn't have a set

[brisk pond]

thanks

[frosty dock]

that should probably be required

[nova mortar]

Cryptid has crashed my pc - and subsequently my sound

[hushed cradle]

my apply stakes isnt working and im not sure why

local steel = Ceres.CONFIG.run_modifiers.stakes.enabled and SMODS.Stake{
    key = "steel",
    pos = {
        x = 0,
        y = 0
    },
    sticker_pos = {
        x = 0,
        y = 0
    },
    atlas = "stake_atlas",
    sticker_atlas = 'sticker_atlas',
    applied_stakes = {"gold"},
    unlocked_stake = "cere_carbide",
    colour = HEX("8E989E"),
    shiny = true,

    modifiers = function()
        G.GAME.starting_params.consumable_slots = G.GAME.starting_params.consumable_slots - 1
    end,
}```

[nova mortar]

I think it just crashed youtube, actually

And the internet, apperantly.

[hushed cradle]

could this be because the loc txt is in a loc file?

[nova mortar]

Cryptid bricked my computer

[frosty dock]

you need to add it yourself if it's in a loc file

[hushed cradle]

nws

thanks for letting me know

[frosty dock]

https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/pull/250 putting this out somewhere as I work on it just to track progress

[rough furnace]

Ooh api design

TBH I would replace the steamodded header with a configuration file that has all its props plus some more [such as main file (for steamodded to load) and the source repo/download link]

Could still load steamodded headets for files without the configuration file to support backwards compatibkity

Also you should let me disable the config loading in said conifg file to prevent it from trying to load my config.lua

[frosty dock]

hm ideally it's just the same file between the mod's manifest and what you upload to the index

[zealous glen]

Do you want an opinion

[hushed cradle]

uh

sure

i mean i know why it wasnt working

but if you have an opinion on smth else feel free

[zealous glen]

I don’t really like the added challenge provided by the stake. It limits how you can interact with the game, but not in a particularly interesting way (also, I don’t think it’s very impactful, but anyways)

Thunk did have Stakes which similarly limited how you interacted with the game by increasing costs

But I think the change to Stakes that add Stickers was a smart move, because they instead allowed you to interact with more of the game

The off-the-top of my head suggestion is to make Stickers that make Tarots disappear at the end of turn; I have a similar mechanic which is just temporary cards (which could be anything), so that’s why I thought of it

It’s not a Sticker although the placeholder graphic is reusing the Perishable sticker

[hushed cradle]

💀

probably a better idea tbh

[zealous glen]

Great minds etc.

[hushed cradle]

oh yeah ofc

i didnt have many ideas for stakes apart from the defective sticker

which i quite like

so ill probably change the stake to implement that sticker somehow

[solid salmon]

what's the boss version of G.GAME.Round?

[zealous glen]

Although I’ve been thinking about this mechanic, and while I intend to make it synergize with destroy effects, I do wonder if that would be too strong

[zealous glen]

Usually I’d try to provide mild-tempered criticism, but I think that Sticker is awful :<

[hushed cradle]

aw

[zealous glen]

It just feels terrible to the player

I probably would go with this alternative either, but at least consider giving it a chance to double the effect

[hushed cradle]

it can have positive effects tho

[zealous glen]

Although I don’t like that either

I don’t see what benefits it could provide

[hushed cradle]

any joker that resets or loses value can not

[zealous glen]

That’s not really worth it

Besides for most of them you can just not reset them

[hushed cradle]

i mean i kinda struggle to see how im supposed to make any stakes that are enjoyable then

idea is meant to be theyre hard

harder than gold

gold stake isnt exactly a fun time

[zealous glen]

Again the challenge ideally should expand the player’s options

Stickers make Jokers cheaper, but furthermore they make holding onto Jokers worse, which encourages more dynamic, changing gameplay

Alternatively, they encourage skipping more, which, as much as I think it’s a bad, boring mechanic, is what thunk would like to encourage

You can make the game harder by turning it into a nail and making anything other than a hammer unable to beat it, but is that fun?

[hushed cradle]

i do understand what youre saying

im just not good at coming up w ideas that are both challenging and fun

[solid salmon]

how do i make this work for boss blinds (i have never done something like this before)

[zealous glen]

It’s not just you

I think it is hard

Otherwise game design would be easier

But try thinking of trade-offs for the player

[zealous glen]

And actually trade-offs that seem appealing rather than this :P

[zealous glen]

Try checking how Rocket does it

[solid salmon]

i did

and it said boss was a boolean value

[zealous glen]

Do you want it to be retroactive or not

[solid salmon]

if that means repeating then yes

[zealous glen]

No it doesn’t mean repeating

[solid salmon]

then idk

what it means

[hushed cradle]

retroactive is something like fortune teller

it keeps track of all tarot cards used

so when you get it

its mult starts at whatever number that is

something like constellation isnt

when you get it it starts at 0

then only counts planets used after you get it

[hushed cradle]

yeah thats true

[coarse widget]

is there a good example of a mod that patches the joker and card art? i made some modifications but im not sure how to patch them into the game. just want a really basic example i can copy for personal use

[hushed cradle]

i will, thanks for the advice

[solid salmon]

then no

i want it to start at 0

[hushed cradle]

okay well your joker needs a config table

something like

config = {
  mult = 0,
  chips = 0,
}```

then in the calculate function

youll need

you can use this function to see if the current blind is a boss

[zealous glen]

Try Faces of Sin; it’s for playing Cards but it shouldn’t be too different. Alternatively, wait for @wintry solar to release the Texture Mod

[hushed cradle]

then do card.ability.mult = card.ability.mult +100

to increase the mult for example

similar thing w chips

and use this function for changing handsize

[zealous glen]

The 100 could be values stored in the extra table

While they don’t change, I think it’s good practice especially because you can dynamically add it to tooltips with loc_vars, which means you can later change it automatically by changing a single number

[solid salmon]

would i put this in william or just anywhere?

[hushed cradle]

yeah ik but i wanted to give a super simple example

so dont put that actual function anywhere

you can just do if blind:get_type() == 'Boss' then

where blind is the blind

im not sure what the blind is tbh

G.GAME.blind maybe

[zealous glen]

Here’s a suggestion for you:

Glass Stake
Glass Sticker: 1 in 2 chance to trigger twice & 1 in 6 chance to be destroyed at the end of round

[hushed cradle]

i like that that feels pretty vanilla ish

i might not use that idea exactly but i def see what you mean now

[coarse widget]

thanks, thats what i needed

[solid salmon]

can you just copy it instead of showing an image?

[hushed cradle]

you dont copy that function

[frosty dock]

uh why

you just need to use that function

[hushed cradle]

do G.hand:change_size(1)

that and Blind:get_type() are already in the game

so you can use them yourself

[solid salmon]

ok

i think i got it

[hushed cradle]

you should make extra a table

with +10 and +100

and then add extra[1]

to mult

and 2 to chips

its better practice to not have them hardcoded in the calculate function

[solid salmon]

so another config?

[hushed cradle]

nono just change extra from 100 to {10, 100}

well probably {mult = 10, chips = 100}

and then do card.ability.mult = card.ability.mult + card.ability.extra.mult

same w chips

[solid salmon]

ok

i think im getting it

[hushed cradle]

youll want to change if blind:get_type() == 'Boss' then tho

blind isnt actually the blind

i just dont know what its called

[solid salmon]

G.GAME.Blind?

[hushed cradle]

might be

anothing neat thing you can is

                ['name'] = 'Large Joker',
                ['text'] = {
                    "Gains {C:mult}+#2#{} Mult when each",
                    "played {C:attention}Ace{} is scored",
                    "{C:inactive}(Currently {C:mult}+#1#{C:inactive} Mult)"
                },
            },```

if you have #1# and #2#

in your loc txt

instead of +10 and +100

then you can have a function that passes in the correct values to the text

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {vars = {card.ability.mult_mod, card.ability.extra}}
    end,```

[hushed cradle]

youll have to start a new run if you havent

[solid salmon]

ok

bruh

[hushed cradle]

can i see your joker code?

[hushed cradle]

okay you probably need to stop just copy pasting my code because im not rewriting it specifically for your joker

that loc vars func is specific to one of my jokers

in yours you want to return your extra values from your extra table

not mult_mod (doesnt exist)

[solid salmon]

so like this

[hushed cradle]

yes

perfect

well it should be

[solid salmon]

ok

it still crashed with the concatenate error

[hushed cradle]

lets see the whole code?

and maybe send the error again too

[solid salmon]

fun fact this is my first legendary

[hushed cradle]

you might need help from someone smarter than me

im not sure why thats not working

[solid salmon]

i know

mathisfun

he has experience

[hushed cradle]

he is def way smarter than me

[solid salmon]

also i feel like this joker is imbalanced so perfect

[mellow sable]

You’re not actually doing anything with the mult/chips

Look at Supercell from Cryptid for an example

Wait nvm I think ability covers that

[nocturne perch]

did you actually close the SMODS.Joker table?

there's no closing bracket in the image

[mellow sable]

Based on the crash it looks like a loc vars issue

[hushed cradle]

yeah thats why i was confused

the return looks formattted right

[primal robin]

For now I'm using G.GAME.pool_flags as a storage for all my mod's run data. Maybe there's "better" place?

[unkempt thicket]

what file is the planets calculated?

[hushed cradle]

i just use G.GAME.(modname)

[tepid crow]

what do you mean? where the values for the hand level change?

in any case, the answer is probably Card:use_consumeable(...) @ lines 1264-1267

[brisk pond]

how can I get the cardarea of a joker from its card?

[hushed cradle]

card.area

also its probably in G.jokers

[primal robin]

Looks like it's working, thanks

[hushed cradle]

nws

G.FUNCS.hit = function(e)
    if not (G.STATE == G.STATES.TAROT_PACK or G.STATE == G.STATES.SPECTRAL_PACK or G.STATE == G.STATES.SMODS_BOOSTER_OPENED) and
        G.hand.config.card_limit <= 0 and #G.hand.cards == 0 then 
        G.STATE = G.STATES.GAME_OVER; G.STATE_COMPLETE = false 
        return true
    end

    delay(0.3)
    
    G.hand:emplace(G.deck:remove_card())
end```

anyone know why this isnt working?

could it be another state issue?

[unkempt ridge]

Welp this is working
But not with base game enhancements??? somehow??
If anyones curious and wants to peek, check here. Considering it's something involving rand_enhancement.name. Not sure how we'd get the name/key of both modded and unmodded things

[frosty dock]

name is not actually used to index G.P_CENTERS. It's more that steamodded fills name with the object's key when it is absent because the game expects that a name exists in some places

you should use rand_enhancement.key instead

looking at it, even that's unneeded

you can just pass rand_enhancement into set_ability directly

[unkempt ridge]

rand_enhancement doesn't work, but rand_enhancement.key does

[hushed cradle]

are you planning on adding all the minor arcana?

[unkempt ridge]

Yes actually :)
We have Ace of Cups done

and tehcnically Ace of wands too

[hushed cradle]

awesome

i wanted to but i was too lazy

so im glad someone is

are you gonna do reversals for all of them lol

[unkempt ridge]

Don't count on it, but we'd love to

[hushed cradle]

yeah it seems like just way too much hassle tbh

[zealous glen]

Maybe that’s why @hushed cradle’s Miku patch works… ?

[hushed cradle]

im slowly getting round to the major ones tho

[unkempt ridge]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1270210678635892809 Here's our mod thread btw

[hushed cradle]

was just thinking that

she doesnt have a name

[hushed cradle]

awesome, ill check it out

[zealous glen]

Her name is Hatsune Miku 😭

[hushed cradle]

not in the game lol

[zealous glen]

That emoji got blue striped tattoos so its mouth would look like Miku when their eyes are closed

[charred harbor]

Hey, I'm making my first mod here. Using Steamodded can I just drop in a SMODS.Joker line instantly?

[hushed cradle]

for sure

[hushed cradle]

yea

[frosty dock]

to be clear I meant v:set_ability(rand_enhancement, ...), not passing it through G.P_CENTERS or anything like that

[unkempt ridge]

Oh lemme test that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-tCvwqYXo

[zealous glen]

https://tenor.com/view/religion-bill-wurtz-dont-history-gif-14178134

[charred harbor]

The API guide for Steamodded is a bit sparse...

[hushed cradle]

steamodded itself has some example mods which are pretty good

and you can unzip a copy of the games exe to look through the source code too

which is def recommended

[charred harbor]

Yeah, I've been looking around, it's just hard to isolate what I'm actually looking for

[charred harbor]

Where can I find the examples?

[hushed cradle]

in the steamodded folder itself

[charred harbor]

Sick, ok

[hushed cradle]

if youre wondering how to make a joker functional, then if its similar to any in game jokers you can look around the Card:calculate_joker function to see how to game calculates that

and apply something similar to yours

[opal spade]

modded vanilla is an example mod that's rlly good at teaching smods via vanilla jokers

[charred harbor]

That's very helpful, totally missed those examples

[hushed cradle]

fixed this btw

play button has a thing for one_press only

then that gets reset

which i wasnt doing

[unkempt ridge]

Might be a lil strong
May nerf it? But, also it feels fitting

[hushed cradle]

might be a bit strong

but the idea is awesome

[unkempt ridge]

Now to just figure out if there's a way to undisable a boss blind after a hand is played

[zealous glen]

Maybe set_blind?

[primal robin]

Did Ctrl + LMB on stacked tarots works well?

[unkempt ridge]

Surprisingly yes, for what we've tried so far with Ace of Cups and Pentacles

[primal robin]

Cool

[haughty wraith]

somewhere in my texts, they described how they would work and how they worked in the deck and the remaining 52 cards were ordinary and inverted.....in my opinion, all the ideas have already been described in my texts (I have too much free time....)

[brisk pond]

guys i've got this function that creates a joker from its key

function UTIL.createJoker(key,edition,forced)
    if THEMED.Debug then
        print("Creating Joker: " .. key)
    end
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        func = function() 
            if forced or (#G.jokers.cards < G.jokers.config.card_limit) then
                local _card = create_card('Joker',G.jokers, nil, nil, nil, edition, key)
                _card:start_materialize()
                _card:add_to_deck()
                if edition then
                    _card:set_edition(edition)
                end
                G.jokers:emplace(_card)
            else
                if THEMED.Debug then
                    print("Cannot create Joker: "..key.." because there is no room")
                end
            end
            return true;
        end}))
end

can I put a return somewhere so that the function returns that card or its position?

[night pagoda]

Is there a reason a drawn card using draw_card() might appear invisible? Losing my mind

[sonic mortar]

still trying to figure out how to resize a card on the fly

[unkempt ridge]

Maybe jus have it check for context changes and then modify the hitbox size? Not sure if that'd do anything.
We know lambert kinda does a similar context check thingy but

[night pagoda]

Something stupid happens and I'm going to explode:
Whenever I pull a card from G.deck to G.hand using draw_card, it appears invisible, BUT if I don't specify the card it is visible!
???

😭

[languid mirage]

do you have cartomancer mod?

[night pagoda]

yup

...fuck

[languid mirage]

:)

[night pagoda]

I deal with this for like three hours and it's not even age?

[languid mirage]

if I dont hide cards then the shadow stacks

and looks weird

[sonic mortar]

it's also why during the animation of my zen consumable, some of the cards pulled are invisible

spooky

[night pagoda]

anyway, thanks!

[unkempt ridge]

Not a very glamourous card idea but, this is close enough-

[night pagoda]

I feel like I lost too much braincells