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[wintry solar]

you're using the wrong context

[stiff locust]

what would be the right context

[wintry solar]

oh wait I cant read nvm

[stiff locust]

i need it to give mult during joker_main

i based the code on gros michel2 from the steamodded example mod

this like is g.scoring_hand[i] = g.play.cards[i] iirc which is the effect that makes it so every played card is scored

there's zero possible way it could be splash

I'm 99% sure this issue is being caused by banana tree

[wintry solar]

was that screenshot from the lua dump?

[stiff locust]

yes

and the highlighted line is 1445

reproduced it on red deck with no sleeve on red stake

it has to be banana tree

[wintry solar]

you've got an extra end before your return

[stiff locust]

huh

[wintry solar]

so you're returning this in EVERY context

[stiff locust]

oh

[wintry solar]

if you had proper indentation it'd be obvious

[stiff locust]

??

OH

I see

oh my god

[wintry solar]

also why do you track how many cards have been splashed in two variables?

[stiff locust]

that might be a logic error

[wintry solar]

I don't see the need for your remaining variable

[zealous glen]

And once again the day was saved thanks to the Powerpuff Modders

[stiff locust]

uhh

hold on

oh

it crashed when i played a splashed card

but this crash it different i can fix this one :D

i can't fix this one i don't understand it

crashing on 475 which is this one and it says it's a nil value??

well it says "attempt to index field extra (a nil value)"

but i defined the value properly and it works in the joker description

[wintry solar]

you redefine card in your loop

[stiff locust]

oh

[wintry solar]

to a playing card in the full hand

[stiff locust]

yeah that makes sense

it was trying to change the playing card's extra field

[wintry solar]

yup

[stiff locust]

it works now

i think i want to change one more thing about it though (before i test if the pool flag is working)

currently on the hand it goes extinct

it goes extinct before giving mult

i want it to give mult first, then die

but you can't execute code after a return can you

[wintry solar]

the destruction needs to be in context.after

[stiff locust]

gotcha gotcha

[nocturne garnet]

oh shit i think i see

[wintry solar]

did you fix it?

[nocturne garnet]

yeah

[wintry solar]

cool cool

[nocturne garnet]

i just forgot that it returns multiple things

[stiff locust]

the pool flag worked okay

[tepid sky]

how tf do i make a blueprint?! as a smods joker

nvm

i got it

i took some insparation from cryptid

[nocturne garnet]

why does it not undisable wtfff

[pine plover]

this mod crashes
did I typoed...?

when I started with this deck, it crashes

[proven lava]

my modded jokers show up as incompatible with jokers like blueprint and brainstorm but they work just fine, is there a way i can make them show as compatible?

[nocturne garnet]

is this on steamodded 1.0.0 or 0.9.8

that looks like steamodded 0.9.8

[proven lava]

nvm i think i got it

[pine plover]

other mod made on 0.9.8 was worked on 1.0.0, but this doesn't work

(other mods are here: https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1220733310360359033)

[wintry solar]

nobody will help you with 0.9.8 code

it's been depreciated for many months

[tepid sky]

ur code prob: "if flipped then disable"

[pine plover]

okay, I will make by 1.0.0 code

[tepid sky]

question, how do i check for the amount of jokers you have?

[stiff locust]

#G.jokers.cards

and the joker limit is G.jokers.config.card_limit i think

[tepid sky]

like the amount of slots?

[stiff locust]

joker slots yeah

[tepid sky]

nice

[stiff locust]

#G.jokers.cards is how many you have cause the # is length

and it's a thing with all your jokers in it

[tepid sky]

thanks!

[proven lava]

what do i use to update the amount of money during a blind?

like business card or to do list

[crisp coral]

ease_dollars

[proven lava]

that works but its not quite what i had in mind, im using this for a joker and theres no indication for it being caused by the joker

[wintry solar]

you can throw a card_eval_status_text in for a visual message on the joker too

[proven lava]

thank you

[dapper crown]

Where do i start modding

0 experience

0 skills

[tepid sky]

just like me, start with a crazy mod idea, and then begin easy against your will lol

or you can first learn coding and come back 🤷‍♂️

[nocturne garnet]

#1307744498360520805

gotta love self advertisement

[tepid sky]

so true

[nocturne garnet]

get stupid idea (preferrably a joker for beginners)
learn about stupid idea
create stupid idea
become famous

[tepid sky]

lol

[dapper crown]

[stiff locust]

this 4th step is still getting me

[nocturne garnet]

same........

one day ill be cryptid.....

right?

[stiff locust]

one day i'll make good enough art 😭 anyway how do I force deselect cards

figured it out

[frosty dock]

CardArea:unhighlight_all()

[rough furnace]

Does this break that one boss with the card must be highlighted?

[stiff locust]

actually, yeah, it probably does

this extra card selection stuff is all really out of my territory

i don't know how to fix it so i think i'll just leave it

selling this specific joker to deselect this specific card from this specific boss blind is very specific that i think its chill

it's essentially the same as "all cards debuffed until 1 joker sold" so /shrug

[young dew]

i'm having a weird error and i don't know how to solve it

[rough furnace]

as a sanity check, can you verifty file integrity in steam?

[young dew]

i figured out which part of the code provoked the crash

but thanks anyways 👍

[nocturne garnet]

chat how the fuck does the fish work

nvm im stupid

how do i get a drawn card tho

[stiff locust]

half of pot of greed

[zealous glen]

My suggestion is to try and make an one-Joker mod

[zealous glen]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1232074540633428028

[mystic river]

okay so how do we make a deck add playing cards to the deck

[mystic river]

specifically, at the beginning of a run

for that matter, how do you do things at the beginning of a run in general

i somehow just now remembered that sixsuits does exactly what i'm trying to do and i can just look at that
i've been trying to think of a mod that already did the thing for days <.<

[elder vapor]

how can i check to see if a card is a playing card?

ok got that figured out, do cards from the playing card booster packs have card.playing_card?

[tepid sky]

i know its not going to work

but imma try anyways

just like expected, didn't work

just retriggered the first joker a phew times

[wintry solar]

you never change the card.ability.extra.queue in your retrigger block

[tepid sky]

what?

[wintry solar]

when you enter this calculate function in the context you want (context.retrigger_joker_check) the queue is set to 1, and you return before oyu ever change it

[tepid sky]

hmm

so i need to put the queue +1 before the return?

[wintry solar]

you just always return after checking the first card

it's a logic error

[tepid sky]

so.. put the return at the end of the code with like a:

wait no, i don't make any sense

[wintry solar]

don't return in the else block

[tepid sky]

rn got this, keeps crashing the game (cuz like balatro stopeed working .exe)

[wintry solar]

again, you're only changing the queue value when you get a match and return

so this is infinitely repeating if the context.other_card isn't your first joker

[tepid sky]

ooh so i should put the repeat above the context.retrigger_joker_check line and add queue + 1 right under it

[wintry solar]

what are you trying to do?

[tepid sky]

just retrigger all jokers

[wintry solar]

look at cryptid's retrigger stuff, I'm sure there'll be something in there that does this

[tepid sky]

oh ye canvas

[zealous glen]

@wintry solar I have a question about Enhancements. In the documentation, you say config can hold default values that are calculated automatically, but both in the calculate example and in Ortalab you manually define {extra = {x_mult = …}} and calculate it

[wintry solar]

I never use the default stuff

[zealous glen]

Well, but it's there, so I would like to understand how it works

The documentation wasn't clear to me

[wintry solar]

afaik you can simply put config = {xmult = 2}, and it'll work

[zealous glen]

But I guess if I define x_mult inside config, then I don't need calculate unless the Enhancement does something else?

[wintry solar]

I believe so

[zealous glen]

Something like this (WIP)

[wintry solar]

looks good, give it a try

[elder vapor]

is there any way to remove the yellow squiggly line under every global variable 😭

[zealous glen]

The nameplate needs work. Now let me test it

[wintry solar]

yeah I don't know why the name plates have a title in the collection

[edgy reef]

It's something to do with Enhancement API using SMODS.Center's generate_ui function, which forced the name to show up even when they shouldn't.

[zealous glen]

I didn't even notice the name plate on the bottom

I was talking about the white one on top

[zealous glen]

The x_mult didn't x_mult

Are contexts for cards in the deck or discard pile evaluated?

[wintry solar]

no

maybe the default stuff doesn't work?

[zealous glen]

It starts at 1 so it should only work after you defeat a Boss

But if it doesn't look everywhere then I guess nothing got upgraded

[wintry solar]

you'd have to patch your own upgrade evaluation in

[zealous glen]

I just realized I wrote something stupid

Lemme fix the code and try again

But I guess I will need to end up patching anyways

[wintry solar]

you will

[zealous glen]

Also I don't think the description automatically updates to show the default bonuses?

[wintry solar]

what do you mean?

[zealous glen]

Like Hiker

Also the default value does work

[wintry solar]

you need to add it in the description yourself

it's not a bonus value like hiker

[zealous glen]

I thought Bonus and Hiker shared a variable

Or maybe they just have the same name

But are in different tables

@wintry solar how do I change the name plate color?

White on white is hard to read

[wintry solar]

that name plate shouldn't be there

[wintry solar]

errrm, any vscode experts know why my explorer button is showing my git stuff and I can't browse my project?

[rough furnace]

send screenshot

[wintry solar]

I have no idea how this has happened

[rough furnace]

did you accidently drag the tabs into the thing?

[wintry solar]

seems so

yeah got them back now

[zenith rover]

Ok so it seems Lovely won't work on apple arcade macOS

Only modifying files directly will work

[restive laurel]

Hii, im planning on making a reskin mod of the game with my assets n whatnot, but I dont know a lot abt the modding stuff here, is there any kinda beginners guide or somewhere i could get started on coding wise? Art's literally all done already

[rough furnace]

Steamodded has a wiki but it's kind of incomplete in some areas. https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started If you want to just replace all the sprites take a look at this example mod https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/tree/main/example_mods/Mods/NegateTexturePack and also take a peek at https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1300851004186820690

[restive laurel]

ohh alrighty!! thank you v much :D

[gritty valley]

How would I detect if both the small and big blind are skipped?

[rough furnace]

There's an object you can check somewhere

I forget what

But probably somewhere in G.GAME

[meager aspen]

anyone know where I can find a blank template for jokers to draw my own textures for them?

Made a shitty copy of one incase anybody needs

[gritty valley]

Where does the game trigger the fire effect for score

[meager aspen]

At the score counter

[shell tangle]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1238654488131272729

[hot drift]

How would I detect whenever money is earned? I want to make a joker that gains 1 chip for every $1 you earn

[hybrid iris]

hmm

you could try making a new context by hooking into the ease_dollar function thing?

[mystic river]

i should probably figure out localization files at some point
i don't understand how these things work

[mystic river]

what we did works as far as we can tell but it involved deleting some of the code we had lifted from bunco

    in_pool = function(self, args)
        if args and args.initial_deck then
            return false
        end
        return exotic_in_pool()
    end

this is from the old suit code
the question is: what does args and args.initial_deck actually check?
(in case it matters, the current version is:

in_pool = function(self, args)
        if G.GAME.starting_params.treat_Deck then
            return true
        end
        return exotic_in_pool()
    end```
and treat_Deck is set to true by the deck that adds the suit)

we played through a run and didn't find any unexpected behavior

[hot drift]

I've come to the conclusion that this is a bit out of my league for being the literal first joker I am attemping to code

[real sun]

bro i get this

[meager aspen]

Nevermind figured it out

[elder vapor]

how can i add custom challenge rules? ex. no planet cards

[crystal willow]

Does anyone have tips for learning how to code new jokers in? I’m having trouble getting started 😭

[stiff locust]

https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/blob/main/example_mods/Mods/ExampleJokersMod/ModdedVanilla.lua

example mod with vanilla jokers recreated in smods format

refer to it for things like probabilities, incrementing a value, end of round and mid round money, etc

also this https://www.balaui.dev

i learned about this recently its very helpful

it'll give you code structure for things

[molten ice]

maybe a bit late since you already got it working but still

the question is: what does args and args.initial_deck actually check?
it checks if args is not nil (so, in_pool is called with argument), and in_pool check is called by SMODS with the argument initial_deck = true when the playing cards first populated by the deck in general

For Bunco's code case - otherwise (like in shops, standard packs, Grim, etc), it fell out of that block and return the result of exotic_in_pool() function instead, where additional suit can spawn when exotic suit system is active (played spectrum hand once)
You might want to change that part of your code as well if you aren't tying it to Bunco's exotic suit

[crystal willow]

Oh thats sick as balls tysm

[mystic river]

i see, i think
i did copy the exotics unlocking system since i wanted my custom suit to have similar "unlock during run" traits
though i never really decided whether or not i actively want it to unlock at the same time as fleurons and halberds if someone is playing both mods

[nocturne garnet]

woo

[nocturne garnet]

M

[weak depot]

hey, how would i make it so press_play's effect doesn't trigger if the hand is debuffed (and thus it doesn't crash the game from having a hand with no cards scored)?

SMODS.Blind {
    name = 'The Fracture',
    key = 'bs_fra',
    atlas = 'frabossatl',
    dollars = 5,
    mult = 1,
    boss = { min = 1, max = 10 },
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'The Fracture',
        text = {'Destroy first scored card',
                'Must have 2+ scoring cards'}
    },
    discovered = true,
    boss_colour = HEX('672A62'),

    debuff_hand = function (self, cards, hand, handname, check)
        if #cards < 2 then
            return true
        else
            return false
        end
        return false

    end,
    press_play = function (self)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({func = function() G.play.cards[1]:start_dissolve(); return true end })) 
        return true
    end
}

[gritty valley]

Where are the valid hands stored? Like all hands that have been unlocked for that run?

[placid frigate]

Hey, I'm trying to have my Joker destroy played hearts cards and add it to Xmult, I tried putting this into my .lau file, but when I hover over it in-game, it crashes.

this is the error message

[wintry solar]

Send your code

[placid frigate]

  key = "P5JokerMod",
  path = "p5card.png",
  px = 71,
  py = 95,
}

    SMODS.Joker {
  key = 'P5JokerMod',
  loc_txt = {
    name = 'Phantom theif',
    text = {
      "NOW {X:mult,C:white} X#1# {100} Mult WILL: destroys playes {C:hearts}Heart{} cards and adds {X:mult,C:white} X#1# {} Mult "
    }
  },
  config = { extra = { Xmult = 100, Xmult_gain = 1 } },
  loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    return { vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult, card.ablity.extra.Xmult_gain } }
  end,
  rarity = 1,
  atlas = 'P5JokerMod',
  pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
  cost = 2,
  calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.joker_main then
      return {
        Xmult_mod = card.ability.extra.Xmult,
        message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_xmult', vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult } }
      }
    end
  end
}```

it might be the text because I haven't changed it to the new one

wasn't it

[placid frigate]

^

[wintry solar]

You have a typo in loc vars

ablity instead of ability

[placid frigate]

god damn it

thank you

I also thought card.ablity.extra.Xmult_gain was it because I don't think a card existed with that

[stiff locust]

persona mod? 👀

[placid frigate]

Yes, it’s based off Joker from Persona 5.The idea for it is to have him destroy played heart cards (stealing your hearts) and adding them to xmult (like vampire)

[stiff locust]

makes sense

[placid frigate]

If you have any insight feel free to share

I would also like to make a challenge where you have a deck full of hearts and star off with the Joker

[stiff locust]

i'm more experienced with 4 than 5

[restive laurel]

I managed to get everythin goin and put the texture pack in game (not using Malverk's texture pack manager though..)
Ive been lookin around but haven't been able to find it, how can i rename the existing jokers so they'd fit with the ones I made? (for example Luchador to Luchadora since it's a female character in that joker lol, or renaming the legendary jokers n stuff)

[shell tangle]

You could either take ownership with SMODS.Joker:take_ownership('joker_key',{code here}), I think loc_txt.name = 'whatever' might work, if not, just do loc_txt = {} and then grab the description and name from the localization files and throw them in.

Alternatively, you can do function SMODS.current_mod.process_loc_text() followed by SMODS.process_loc_text(G.localization.descriptions.Joker.joker_key, "name", "NameReplacement"), but it's a bit overkill for just switching joker names, but it's useful if you want to change the name of anything else, say an effect that gets triggered, like if you wanted to change Gros Michel's extinct for some reason.

[stiff locust]

does SMODS.Mods["<mod here>"] search by mod name, mod ID, folder name or something else

[restive laurel]

oh thanks a lot!! :D helps a lot

[shell tangle]

My first assumption would be most likely ID, then mod name, then possibly folder name, I don't think it'd be that hard to test for, though. Just try renaming your mod ID and name and such and see when it can find it and when it can't.

[stiff locust]

well that's what I have been doing

but none of those three have worked

[shell tangle]

What are you trying to do?

[stiff locust]

check if a mod, in this case, SDM_0's stuff, is loaded

[shell tangle]

There's something about dependencies somewhere, I assume you mean for compatibility reasons, give me a second to find an example,

[stiff locust]

yeah for this I can't have them marked as dependencies because that disables the mod if the dependency isn't found

i did also increase the priority to even higher than cryptid in case loading after/before the mod caused it and that didn't work

[shell tangle]

I'm pretty sure there's a SMODS specific line to check for it, but, I can't remember where I saw it,

[shell tangle]

Actually, double checked, though I checked Galdur instead, SMODS.Mods[ID] should work, are you specifically searching for SMODS.Mods['sdm0sstuff']?

[stiff locust]

i tried that and I also tried SMODS.Mods["SDM_0's Stuff"] and SMODS.Mods["SDM_0-s_stuff"]

none worked

[shell tangle]

Maybe try setting it to a lower priority as well.

[stiff locust]

the priority of this mod is like e308 is that not enough to load after

[shell tangle]

Probably, I'll download SDM0 specifically and see if I can find it.

After a lot of testing, I've realized, it's a lot easier to check a mod when you have it installed - I was testing in my dev copy of the executable, and, installed it into my normal copy, so, obviously, it wasn't finding anything. Still, though, this worked perfectly fine for me.

[stiff locust]

hhuh

well then i'm lost

maybe i just need to update steamodded

i'll try that before anything else

[shell tangle]

Possibly, and if it still doesn't work, maybe either directly copy and paste your code or send a screenshot?

[wintry solar]

That’ll also match when the mod isn’t loaded but is installed

You need to do the can load stuff

[young dew]

does someone know how to add text in description of modded ranks?

[stiff locust]

what would you add
+0 chips?

[young dew]

i want the 0 to have every suit, like a wild card

i implemented that, it's working very well

[stiff locust]

why would you want a second wildcard 😭

[young dew]

for reasons

but i don't know how to add text

[restive laurel]

Also, does the current version of steammodded not have a way to replace the seals and the soul sprites? (The ones in the enhancements picture) Looking at the API, it seems to talk abt jokers n consumables, but not seals or the floating soul sprite

[proven lava]

i'm trying to apply Xmult when a certain rank is scored but its not working

the return works if its activated with context.joker_main but thats when the joker is triggered

nvm i got it working

whats the context if i want to check each scoring card before they are scored? like how vampire clears all the enhancements before the cards are scored

[maiden phoenix]

context.before

you could also checks vampire's code see which context it uses

[proven lava]

thank you

will do that in the future

actually where can i find the source code for jokers in the game?

[cold peak]

If you open the .exe as a zip/archive using something like 7zip or winrar you can access all the source code

[proven lava]

thank you

[nocturne garnet]

guys i might start using lovely patches

wish me luck yall im boutta explode this pc

[nocturne garnet]

how do you make Sprites 😭

[wintry solar]

How are you trying to make a sprite

[mystic river]

one, it's probably easier to use steamodded for atlases than lovely
and two, did you make a double-size copy for the 2x assets

[elder vapor]

trying to make it so the values of a joker increases when a blind is defeated but its upgrading multiple times

[nocturne garnet]

ong im so used to not needing the steamodded wiki that i forget to check it time to time

[nocturne garnet]

well im trying to make a sprite like this

G.ASSET_ATLAS['littleguy'] = {} --line 7514
            G.ASSET_ATLAS['littleguy'].name = 'littleguy'
            local filename = 'littleguy.png'
            G.ASSET_ATLAS['littleguy'].image = love.graphics.newImage(jimbomod.path.."assets/"..G.SETTINGS.GRAPHICS.texture_scaling.."x/"..filename, {mipmaps = true, dpiscale = G.SETTINGS.GRAPHICS.texture_scaling}) --line 7517
            G.ASSET_ATLAS['littleguy'].px = 177
            G.ASSET_ATLAS['littleguy'].py = 100``` but i do not know how to make it load a sprite

[elder vapor]

nvm i just added a check

[nocturne garnet]

my title as the worst balatro modder of all time ™️ shall remain

[wintry solar]

why aren't you using SMODS.Atlas?

[placid frigate]

would I need to make a new game object for having my joker take played hearts cards and delete them?

[weak depot]

any help?

[weak depot]

i don't think you would? i'd imagine you'd be able to check your hand and then use the G.play.cards[x]:start_dissolve() function to destroy the card, right?

[placid frigate]

would it not be '''card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain'''

[weak depot]

for trying to delete cards? no that's for multiplicative mult scaling jokers (eg. hologram)

[placid frigate]

oh ok

so I would put G.play.cards[x]:start_dissolve() in loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
return { vars =

[placid frigate]

I'm just a beginner but why would it be else false then false again?

[weak depot]

no, if you want to destroy a card it would be in the calculate() function of a joker

also you would replace x in there with the preferred card

[placid frigate]

the preferred card being the joker's key

[orchid thunder]

what am i doing wrong

im trying to change blind size

[weak depot]

i presume you have talisman enabled?

[orchid thunder]

yeah it requires it

[nocturne garnet]

dont do to_big(G.GAME.blind.chips) = num

[orchid thunder]

then what do i do

[nocturne garnet]

just do G.GAME.blind.chips = num

[orchid thunder]

but what if its a big num

[nocturne garnet]

G.GAME.blind.chips = to_big(G.GAME.blind.chips) * to_big(0.95)

[nocturne garnet]

so what if its a big num?

you wouldnt be changing the blind's chips, you would be changing the result of to_big(blind's chips)

[weak depot]

i'm kinda struggling here, i could use some advice

[weak depot]

nevermind, figured it out!
it's this ```lua
press_play = function (self)
G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({func = function()
if #G.play.cards > 1 then
G.play.cards[1]:start_dissolve()
end
return true
end}))
return true
end

[proven lava]

i have a :start_dissovolve() event in context.after but its activates before the cards have been scored

the message appears at the right time but the card is destroyed pretty much as soon as the hand is played

[rough furnace]

Neee to add it to an event so it doesn't disolve until the last queued event is run

[proven lava]

i'll have to look into how to create an event but thank you

[proven lava]

have ran into another issue, when the round ends and the cards return to the deck it comes back up to 52 despite there only being 51 in there

1 sec

[rough furnace]

hmmm possibly ghost card

I'm not sure what causes them

[proven lava]

this has also caused this

[rough furnace]

yeah thats a ghost card

[proven lava]

will have a look at how the cards in game do this sort of thing

[zealous glen]

game's haunted

[proven lava]

like sixth sense

[proven lava]

ok i'm now using context.destroying_card instead of context.after which stops ghost cards from being created

however after destroying the intended card it then destroys the entire hand

i think it chains off of each other

https://gyazo.com/1c12b61c5ecf7003e61cf57fd71ea082

[orchid thunder]

how do i make a G.Game value

[shell tangle]

It's just G.GAME.key = whatever value. Can't be local, though, since it's meant to be a global.

[orchid thunder]

yeah thanks

[orchid thunder]

do you know how i could tell how many of a aspecific joker i have

[crystal willow]

having trouble with this, is anyone able to tell me why this is happening?

[cerulean rose]

how do i add eternal to info queue

[royal seal]

I ran into this problem before. It's actually pretty simple. You have to set a variable on the card itself
Like so

[elder vapor]

wouldn't it be smth like info_queue[#info_queue+1] = { key = "eternal", set = "Other", vars = {} }

[gritty valley]

How would I pull a random tarot card

Where's the array I need to call pseudorandom_element on

Nvm realized I can just use the way emperor does it

[cerulean rose]

you used () instead of {} for your return table

[jade finch]

Hi friends! Im new to balatro modding and want to try my hand at making a custom deck with textures.

I know to open the archive and edit the 8bit decks, but i dont have the actual dimensions for when a suit is counted as a new texture. Would anyone happen to know that ratio? like is it 500 x 500? etc.

I guess in short, im looking the pixel dimensions for the idividual cards, and not the entire sprite sheet

[cerulean rose]

71x95

[jade finch]

Thank you!

[placid frigate]

It’s there a place that says all functions and where to put theme in your code?

[elder vapor]

can you elaborate a bit more?

[placid frigate]

Like each function that’s used for certain jokers and have it listed out so you know what to add to the code and where

[elder vapor]

if you're talking about documentation: https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/05.-SMODS.Center

[placid frigate]

Let me check it out and I’ll see thanks

[placid frigate]

how would I implement a card for every played heart card it destroys it and adds to a mult (like vampire

[gritty valley]

I would start by looking at the code for vampire

[placid frigate]

Looking through the card.lau in the source code, it seems it uses something {self.ability.extra, self.ability,x_mult}

[stiff locust]

calculate = function(self,card,context)
---context.after is after the hand is scored
---not context.blueprint means this part cannot be copied by Blueprint
  if context.after and not context.blueprint then
  ---loops through every card in played hand
    for index, card2 in ipairs(context.full_hand) do
      ---check for hearts suit, card2 is the value in the current loop
      if card2:is_suit("Hearts") then
        ---destroy the card
        G.start.dissolve(card2)
        ---increment xmult value by adding increase to the xmult value
        card.ability.extra.xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult + card.ability.extra.increase
       end
    end
  end
  ---return the xmult if it's above 1, this removes unnecessary animations/calculations if the xmult is 1, because no change would be made anyway
  if context.joker_main and card.ability.extra.xmult >= 1 then
    return {
    ---text pops up below the joker to show it's giving xmult
    message = localize{type='variable',key='a_xmult',vars={card.ability.extra.xmult}},
    x_mult = card.ability.extra.xmult,
    ---card = card tells the game the message refers to this joker
    card = card,
    }
  end
end

something like this probably

this assumes your joker has config = { extra = { xmult = 1, increase = 0.25 } } where increase is the value it increments by
it should start at xmult 1

you do also need to actually return the xmult during joker main though which is really easy

edited the message to include that part i'm not sure if it'll work or not i'm just writing from memory

[stiff locust]

card.ability refers to the values in config, and you should put all joker values in the extra table in there

because the extra table is saved when the game is reloaded

cards in card.lua use self.ability.extra instead of card.ability.extra, if you ever copy code from card.lua you'll usually need to change self to card

steamodded stuff /shrug

[crystal willow]

Assuming I did it right, I wasnt able to fix the problem

[loud shell]

You'd likely wanna add a debounce if you wanna stop the chaining

code would likely turn into smth like

if context.destroying_card and not already_destroying then
  already_destroying = true;
  G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
    func = function()
      context.full_hand[#context.full_hand]:start_dissolve();
      already_destroying = false;
      return true;
    end
  });
end

which'd then make it so it wont destroy more than the 1 card

[cinder briar]

Is there a way to give myself my custom joker using DebugPlus? Also, are there any common reasons for the message "Failed to connect to the debug server"?

[hardy viper]

open collection/tmj, find the joker, hover over it and hit C

[cinder briar]

tyty!

[proven lava]

thank you!

helped me find a solution that worked

[cinder briar]

Is there a way to display the +mult value of a playing card? The +mult applies correctly but from checking the code there don't seem to be any display strings

[proven lava]

how would i make it so that a joker can only appear in the shop if a stone card is in their full deck?

like stone joker

[weary jungle]

check what stone joker does i guess

[crisp coral]

enhancement_gate = "m_stone"

[proven lava]

thank you

[tepid crow]

Also, are there any common reasons for the message "Failed to connect to the debug server"?
This message pops up when you don't have the optional debug server running. It doesn't break anything, it's just a scary message haha
The actual debug server: https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/blob/main/debug/tk_debug_window.py

[wooden nexus]

Hey all

Trying to see if this all work with some stuff, but idk how to even test it

What mods add new handtypes?

[elder vapor]

where is the config stored for a consumeable card?

would it be smth like card.config or card.ability.config

[stiff locust]

it depends where you're referring to it

it's only card as a prefix because the value is defined as card in function = (self,card,context) (at least I think that's how it works)

like on vouchers because it's redeem = function(self), you refer to its own values as self.config.extra

if it's in a loop say like for index, value in ipairs(G.consumeables) do (i don't actually know if that's the name for the consumable area or not)
then it would be value.config.extra or value.ability.extra
I don't 100% know any of this but this is my best guess from successfully implementing vouchers

[elder vapor]

G.pack_cards

so a consumable

[stiff locust]

so then you can do for index, value in ipairs(G.consumeables) do and it'll be value.config.extra try that

[elder vapor]

trying to make it so i can use a gemstone consumable directly from a pack, not going well lol

unless i'm really stupid, i should be putting G.pack_cards.highlighted[1] instead of c1 lol

[elder vapor]

nvm i figured it out, thanks for the help

[mellow sable]

balatro in 2024

[elder vapor]

illusion of free choice

anyways is there a way to force a set of consumable cards (ex. planet) to not spawn in a challenge?

[nocturne garnet]

THIS WILL BE CRYPTID IN 2014!

[stiff locust]

chat how do I check the stake sticker of a specific joker

[rough furnace]

Carefully

[zenith rover]

Damn I wish I could play mods with the Apple Arcade Mac version but injecting into it doesn't work

You can only modify the lua

[languid mirage]

Vanilla (M is crossed so no M)
Moderate
Madness
Monstrosity

[mellow sable]

good guesses

disabled/modest/mainline/madness

[nocturne garnet]

M?

how about n

[stiff locust]

explain

[rough furnace]

IDK

[wintry solar]

There some functions I don’t remember the name of that’ll give you the key of the stake

[stiff locust]

do you know where i can find them

[wintry solar]

core/overrides.lua in smods

[zenith rover]

Some updates on modding Apple Arcade on macOS. You can pass --game with a path to a custom game folder inside ~/Library/Containers/com.playstack.balatroarcade/ and it will use the lua files from there

[rough furnace]

you can probably just take a normal install of love and see if you can get it to load the game.love, and then put lovely in that one

[zenith rover]

The game folder is uncompressed in the Apple Arcade version

[rough furnace]

oh intresting

[zenith rover]

Issue with Lovely is that isn't it injected with native code?

[rough furnace]

no the issue with it is there no framework for it to find offsets for lua functions

[zenith rover]

?

Manual patching works

[rough furnace]

the love engine in the apple arcade version is a bit different that the standlone version and due to this lovely can't get info it needs

[zenith rover]

Ah

Right because of FairPlay DRM

[rough furnace]

no

I think it's just the iOS version

[zenith rover]

Nope

It isn't

[rough furnace]

ok can you check smth then

[zenith rover]

Sure

[rough furnace]

in the apple arade version of the app does Contents/Frameworks/Lua.framework exist?

[zenith rover]

Nope

[rough furnace]

yeah lovely needs that to function

try downloaidng this version of love https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/download/11.5/love-11.5-macos.zip, and pointing it at balatro's files. If it works then try setting up lovely (you might need to change the paths in the run_lovely.sh)

[zenith rover]

https://github.com/ethangreen-dev/lovely-injector/issues/86

[rough furnace]

not sure how the issue is related to my message'

[zenith rover]

Attempt to index nil field platform

Using a different version of love probably won't work because it's modified to support Apple apis

[rough furnace]

Oh I see

[zenith rover]

The iOS and Apple Arcade version on macOS are the same

(The same in the sense that the lua code is the same)

Except iOS has https://support.singular.net/hc/en-us/articles/12054824479387-iOS-SDK-Integration-Guide

Well it doesn't matter anymore because I got my steam key from humble

[zenith rover]

Damn the save files are not compatible between steam and Apple Arcade

[rough furnace]

they are probably stored in diffewrent spots

[zenith rover]

What I mean is the files aren't compatible

[rough furnace]

oh really?

[zenith rover]

I tried copying Apple Arcade to steam and nothing

[rough furnace]

could you send them

[hardy viper]

can https://balatro.shorty.systems/ parse them

[zenith rover]

Error loading file: JSON Parse error: Unexpected identifier "nan"

[hardy viper]

there should not be nans in the save

[zenith rover]

There is no meta or profile in the apple arcade save

[rough furnace]

the website can't load all valid save files

intresting there is no meta or profile

[zenith rover]

It can load a fresh save

From Apple Arcade

Oh wait that site is for a saved run

[rough furnace]

the site should be able to open every .jkr file the game makes (other than a few weird ones from the demos)

but it's kinda a hacky parser so some things dont work right

[zenith rover]

It can open settings.jkr

[rough furnace]

it can open the save.jkr in 3 as well

[zenith rover]

Yes

But not 1

WHich has a lot of stuff unlocked

[rough furnace]

this file isn't resposible for what's unlocked or not

[zenith rover]

What file is?

[rough furnace]

uhhh meta.jkr iirc

is this a glitched seed?

[zenith rover]

Nope

Actuallly maybe

[rough furnace]

I think it is

thats funny

[zenith rover]

Yep

I vaguely remember it having the other files but only temporarly

[rough furnace]

odd

can you copy them while they exist?

[zenith rover]

Oh no

I may have wiped my save

[rough furnace]

that would explain why there was no meta or profile

[zenith rover]

Thank goodness I made a backup of my saves

The backup did not have meta or profile

[rough furnace]

hmm

I wonder why it doesn't

where is it storing the profile info?

[zenith rover]

Cloudkit maybe

[rough furnace]

can you launch it offline?

[zenith rover]

Yes

That has a SQLIte DB

[rough furnace]

looks like something is in there

which profile did you want?

hmm it has some kind of header not sure how to tell when the actual file starts

[zenith rover]

1

It's a SQLite DB

With binary data in it

[rough furnace]

yeah I know

but the binary data isn't the raw profile data

[zenith rover]

That showed up on my saves

Also I may have actually lost my save data now

@rough furnace can I dm you about some things?

Oh I didn't lose my saves I was just dumb and was running my modded version that has different save locations

Ok so it is using Cloudkit since my modded saves are showing up in ./Preferences/com.playstack.balatroarcade.plist

Ok figured where it's saved

It's stored in that plist file as binary data

[crystal willow]

Would anyone know the cause of this and how to fix it?

[placid frigate]

where would I put this in my code (assuming it's ok with you to just put this in there)

[stiff locust]

the calculate function is where the joker's ability goes

and yeah idm

[placid frigate]

ok thank you for the help

[nocturne garnet]

The two sides

[stiff locust]

https://www.balaui.dev/joker for code base

[placid frigate]

what is this?

[stiff locust]

a link

[placid frigate]

... I meant a link to what

[stiff locust]

oh right my bad

a website

[zenith rover]

So just confirmed it's in the plist file

[stiff locust]

get_joker_win_sticker?

its arguments are (_center, index), what do those mean

[rough furnace]

well center would be the cards center (probably card.config.center)

[stiff locust]

i don't know what that means so just
how do I run this for splash

[rough furnace]

looks liek the index is optional

[proven lava]

what do i need to put in :set_ability({}) to actually set the ability?

[placid frigate]

I see thanks (did actually click on it)

[rough furnace]

do you have a splash or just what splashes would be?

[stiff locust]

set ability is run when the joker appears in a pack or the shop, you just put code in there to do things

[proven lava]

i'm trying to add an enhancement to a card

ah

[stiff locust]

just what splashes would be

i need this to be able to run even when you dont have splash

[rough furnace]

you'd have to look up it's center

just a sec

G.P_CENTERS.j_splash should work

yeah

[zenith rover]

I'm going to hack together a save extractor for Apple Arcade macOS version

~/Library/Containers/com.playstack.balatroarcade/Data/Library/Preferences/com.playstack.balatroarcade.plist is the path to the save file

[proven lava]

how would i apply an enhancement to a card via a joker? before they are scored like an inverted vampire

i have it working for editions but i dont know what to use to enhancements

[rough furnace]

like mida's mask?

[proven lava]

yes

[stiff locust]

i'd guess either card.ability.name == "Steel Card" or card.config.center = G.P_CENTERS.m_steel

[proven lava]

i should look at how the game does that actually i forgot about mask

[stiff locust]

as an example for steel cards

[proven lava]

thank you

[wintry solar]

Don’t do that

Use Card:set_ability

[stiff locust]

that makes more sense

[proven lava]

having another issue now I set the ability and edition at the same time but the edition appears before the ability does?https://gyazo.com/0f16f922b86e0ac5f46e93c1c1610b4f

putting the set_edition in the event causes it to appear at the right time but the effect doesn't apply to the played hand

[tepid crow]

:set_ability and :set_edition both have arguments by which they can (optionally) delay the visualization.
For some reason, the argument names and order are completely different, so you doing , nil, true for both messes it up.
Check the basegame code and you'll see what the issue is and how to solve it

[tribal ocean]

Where did all of you get your start with modding? I'm trying to finally get around to making my mods, but figuring out where to start is a nightmare

[faint yacht]

A simple Joker. Steamodded has example mods for you to work with.

[rough furnace]

I very much did not but I would probably recommened taking a look at Steamoddeds examples and wiki https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/tree/main/example_mods/Mods https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started#creating-your-first-mod

[tribal ocean]

Thank you!

Already huge place to start, though I wanna ask: how possible is it to modify existing content?

[rough furnace]

yep

[proven lava]

the second argument for :set_edition appears to be if it will play its sound and juice up

[rough furnace]

most objects can be taken over using steamodded and if you want to modify stuff further you can use lovely or overwrite functions

[rough furnace]

probably silent then

[tribal ocean]

Alright, alright, neat. I suppose it'd be fastest to post the planned patch notes for my mod before I go any further and see how possible everything is

[rough furnace]

lets just say pretty much anything is possible, as logn as you have enough time and deitcation

[tribal ocean]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WebkwV_19CaxLMSkVsYb56IjVliTzQs8BoLlY099Zr4/edit?usp=sharing

This is what I'm planning so far, though I haven't updated joker pricings, which are probably going to change.

[wintry solar]

I don't think you can delay edition application in the same way you can enhancement

[proven lava]

no jokers in game apply an edition so i cant reference it for that. when the spectral card "aura" applies an edition it simply just has the edition and true

[proven lava]

thats unfortunate

[tribal ocean]

I predict the trickiest thing to do will be to indicate which spectral card will be created with Sixth Sense and Seance in the joker description

[rough furnace]

Just went through the jokers:

Joker: probably need a lovely patch
Marble: Probably just take ownership reimplement calculate_joker
Loyalty Card: Probably just take ownership reimplement calculate_joker
Misprint: I think take ownership and change config works
Sixth Sense: This may be a bit trickier, but for the most part, just reimplement calculate_joker + loc_vars.
Seance: Same as above
Ancient: I think this would need a lovely patch.
Certificate: See Sixth Sense
Throwback: I think take ownership and change config works
Rough Gemstone: I think take ownership and change config works
Glass Joker: Probably needs a lovely patch to keep track when any glass shatters + calculate_joker change
Matador: Probably just a lovely patch(?)
Chicot: Probably a lot of lovely patches. Maybe could take ownership of blinds. WOuld need mods to add support```

the rest ```
Nebula: I think just take ownershop and change a config (not too familar with decks)
Antimatter: Probably needs a lovely patch. Make sure to account for antimatter not unlocked
Ouija: This might need a lovely patch. Debuffing is weird
Hex: Same as above
Wild card: Lovely patch
Blue Seal: Take ownership reiplement whatever methods seals use
Etheral Tag: Take ownership and reiplement (I think tags can do thata)

[orchid thunder]

Why is ti NIL

[rough furnace]

any chance you spawned the card before it had the config option set?

[orchid thunder]

thats a fair point

[orchid thunder]

great

[rough furnace]

daisy_discount isn't defined

[orchid thunder]

its = 1

[rough furnace]

where is it set?

[wintry solar]

thats not G.GAME.daisy_discount

[rough furnace]

and does that match anything?

also did you make a new game after adding the patch?

[orchid thunder]

yeah

[orchid thunder]

the variable need to be G.GAME?

[wintry solar]

well the one you're trying to use is

[orchid thunder]

its not patching?

[wintry solar]

did you start a new game?

[orchid thunder]

yeah il try again

nope still

[wintry solar]

oh

yo need a comma at the end of your patch payload

[orchid thunder]

bRUH

hat am i doing wrong

[tribal ocean]

Damn, thanks so much!

[cerulean rose]

how do i check if a card has a valid rank (ex. doesn't have stone or another enhancement that disables rank)

[mystic river]

stone gives cards a negative id number
if other mods make cards rankless they'll probably copy that

(if your mod makes cards rankless you can just check for whatever you do :p )

[cerulean rose]

smods apparently has a field no_rank on enhancements

[orchid thunder]

IM GOING TO FUCKING LOSE MY MIND MY PATHC IS NOT PATCHING

[cerulean rose]

check the lua dump

[orchid thunder]

its not patching

[cerulean rose]

there might be another mod patching at the same spot that could affect your mod's ability to match its pattern

check the place where you expect the patch to be

[orchid thunder]

its unchanged

[rough furnace]

card:get_id() <= -100 is how I detect stone cards

[orchid thunder]

but ima cry ina ball in teh cornner

[edgy reef]

Enhancements can have a no_rank variable in their config so you can check for that and cover modded enhancements with no rank

[tepid crow]

what's wrong with

        if context.before then
            for k, v in ipairs(context.scoring_hand) do
                v:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS.m_bonus)
                v:set_edition({polychrome = true})
            end
        end
```???

[orchid thunder]

how is this failing there is nothign wrong with my patch

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
dump_lua = true
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = 'game.lua'
pattern = '''discount_percent = 0,'''
position = 'after'
payload = '''
daisy_discount = 1,
'''
match_indent = true

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = 'card.lua'
pattern = '''self.cost = math.max(1, math.floor((self.base_cost + self.extra_cost + 0.5)*(100-G.GAME.discount_percent)/100))'''
position = 'after'
payload = '''self.cost = self.cost / daisy_discount'''
match_indent = true

[tepid crow]

is it not G.GAME.daisy_discount? 🤔

(to read the value, not to set it)

[cerulean rose]

would this work?

for k, v in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
    if v.ability.name ~= "Stone Card" and not v.ability.no_rank then
        table.insert(rank_suffix, v)
    end
end

[orchid thunder]

il try that

[proven lava]

i tried that but its the same result, polychrome visually appears early ☹️

[edgy reef]

no_rank is in card.config.center, not card.ability. But from the look of it this should work.

[proven lava]

i think editions and abilities are just treated differently

[cerulean rose]

so it should be

for k, v in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
    if v.ability.name ~= "Stone Card" and not v.config.center.no_rank then
        table.insert(rank_suffix, v)
    end
end

[edgy reef]

yea

[orchid thunder]

nope

same crash

i fucging hate modding now

[tepid crow]

when does this crash?

[orchid thunder]

when i get the joker i think i see te problem

nope nvm

[orchid thunder]

my patch is not patching

and idk why

[tepid crow]

well that might explain it haha

[tepid crow]

looks like this for me, is that not what you want?

[tepid crow]

seems to patch for me 👀

[orchid thunder]

What

The

Fuck

idk what to do

[tepid crow]

what does your folder structure look like?

[tepid crow]

😩

you spelled lovely wrong

[orchid thunder]

Omfg

[proven lava]

oh how strange, i must have made a mistake somewhere then. thank you😃, will look back at my code when i can. what you have there is the same as what you posted right?

[tepid crow]

it was even in the uploaded file 😭

[tepid crow]

Yup, exactly like in the code snippet I uploaded earlier

[proven lava]

alright

thanks again

[orchid thunder]

how can i check when a joker si gettin added or destroyed

[crystal willow]

Still having trouble with this, idk whats wrong with it 😭

[zealous glen]

Try updating Steamodded

[crystal willow]

Do I need to update the code at all? I have the latest version

[weary jungle]

i should mod

i just remembered why i put off modding

[uncut knot]

Hi guys, is there a getting started modding for balatro guide?

[shell tangle]

loc_vars = function(fel, info_queue card)?

[crystal willow]

That was supposed to be self, idk why it got changed back 😭

That didnt fix it though 😔

[shell tangle]

Check out these two.
https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started
https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/tree/main/example_mods/Mods

[shell tangle]

Same exact error, or did it change?

[crystal willow]

Same error

[edgy reef]

This isn't tied to the code you screenshotted tho

This is from the loader

This is well before the mod file is loaded

[shell tangle]

What's your header?

[crystal willow]

So this is something else entirely? It doesn’t show up when the mod isn’t in

[edgy reef]

Specifically, some mod failed to load

[crystal willow]

This is an older screenshot (cant use my computer atm) but header is the same

[shell tangle]

Mod author needs to be in [] brackets.

[edgy reef]

And said failure has mod.load_issues.dependencies set to nil instead of a table

[crystal willow]

How would I go about fixing that then?

[edgy reef]

I don't know, I haven't seen an error like this

Does the mod load by json by any chance?

I see some mod with prefix "ExtraCredit" but it doesn't show up on crash log

I found it!

Whatever mod is loading through json cannot find it's main_file

[shell tangle]

Also, looking at the line numbers, it's missing --- STEAMODDED HEADER as the very first line.

That seems like something that'd cause it to not load rather than a crash, but, there's been weirder things.

[edgy reef]

Nah, this wouldn't be it

I just recreated the above crash myself.

[quiet frost]

there we go
#⚙・modding-general message

[nocturne garnet]

that sprite is so offcenter

also how the hell does {V:1} color stuff work

[wintry solar]

you pass the colours through in loc vars

return {vars = {X, Y, colour = {colour1, colour2}}} iirc

[gritty valley]

I would probably just embed the color data in the strings for each suit no?

[shell tangle]

It's colour = {ColourVariable}, but, yeah.

[wintry solar]

that's what I said?

[gritty valley]

Yeah it’s essentially the same thing just dif var names

[shell tangle]

Colour only reads 1 object, which has to be a variable that changes, I'm pretty sure, so the colour2 wouldn't get used. But I might be wrong.

[wintry solar]

it reads however many you pass, you just use V:1 V:2 etc.

[shell tangle]

Makes sense, thought you were passing both to V:1. My fault.

[wintry solar]

no worries!

[hybrid iris]

do lovely patches work if they're not in the first folder?

[shell tangle]

Don't think they do, but it might've been changed since I tried it which was quite a while ago - But, it either checks for lovely.toml or a folder called lovely and reads all .toml files inside of it - useful for organizing a mod, not as useful if you're trying to group your mods up into specific folders.

[hybrid iris]

ahhh gotcha

[zealous glen]

What mods do you have?

[north gale]

is there any one looking for a modeler

[hardy viper]

i hear that the 2d in love2d stands for 3 dimensional

[elder vapor]

is there a way to add a joker to the soul?

[zealous glen]

A Legendary Joker?

[elder vapor]

yeah

[zealous glen]

Add a Legendary Joker

[elder vapor]

done

i already tried spawning it from soul but after the base 5 it started returning the default joker

[mystic river]

how does one go about making a soul-alike that summons from a specific card pool? i looked at #1292971421349445785's poke balls and #1219749193204371456's gateway, but i couldn't really work out what they were doing
-# (actually maybe spaghetti would be a better model, I'll look at that one when i get a bit)

[mystic river]

as for this i'm reasonably sure that being legendary is the only condition for the soul to be able to summon a legendary; i'll double check but i recall being able to summon lucky in my mod without doing anything special (e: yes confirmed, the soul can summon this cat)

[tepid sky]

how i make a animation atlas? i cannot look it up since the wiki is outdated

i assume its the same as a normal atlas but with frames?

[wintry solar]

the wiki has stuff for animation atlases

https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/04.-SMODS.Atlas

[tepid sky]

oh then i was looking at the sprites

mb

thanks!

[north gale]

no response since, i mean i need a modeler for a model pls

[mystic river]

this game is 2d, it doesn't use models

[crisp coral]

let them cook

[zealous glen]

Depending on what you want it needs to be a custom pool

[mystic river]

yes true
how do i construct that pool?
i already know what jokers i want to put in it

[nocturne garnet]

undeniable combo

[nocturne garnet]

basically, the create_card function has this big ass thing in the start of it
so basically:

if not forced_key and soulable and (not G.GAME.banned_keys['c_soul']) then
  if (_type == 'CardType' or _type == 'Spectral') and not (G.GAME.used_jokers['c_thecardkey'] and not next(find_joker("Showman")))  then 
            if pseudorandom('soul_'.._type..G.GAME.round_resets.ante) > 0.997 then
                forced_key = 'c_thecardkey'
            end
        end
end

[crystal willow]

Lovely, steammodded, and the custom one

[tepid sky]

did it like cryptid does, idk what went wrong? ._.

[mystic river]

hm
it looks the same as how i did it in my mod, too
what's 777.png look like?

[mystic river]

that looks fine enough
where is it located in your mod's file structure, and does it have both a 1x and 2x version?

[tepid sky]

ye it does

[wooden nexus]

Idk what's going on

[tepid sky]

litterally same problem?

with animation atlas?

[mystic river]

certainly looks the same!

[tepid sky]

._.

[tepid sky]

what fixed it for you?

[mystic river]

minirebel's lovely is outdated but crimson heart's isn't
other than that you have the same versions

[mystic river]

i don't know what's different, i never got this error

[tepid sky]

damn, didn't know that lol, never noticed

[wintry solar]

How are you trying to use it?

[mystic river]

my version of steamodded is 1122a
maybe updating will fix it

(and if it doesn't, well, you'll still have updated steamodded, which is useful)

[tepid sky]

lol

true

[tepid sky]

just a animated joker

[wintry solar]

I don’t remember if the game can handle animated jokers by default

I would air on the side of it can’t

[tepid sky]

broke my game lol, no mods anymore

[mystic river]

oof

[tepid sky]

would suck for aura (animated jokers) if so

[wintry solar]

Aura works around it by updating the position every frame

I’d imagine that’s also what math does for his animated jokers in cryptid

[tepid sky]

what about blinds then?

they are animated in base game?

same with the shop sign

[wintry solar]

They have their own update and draw functions iirc

[mystic river]

hologram is animated but i think it uses a shader
it doesn't have animation frames

[wintry solar]

Hologram isn’t an animated sprite

[young dew]

hologram, legendary jokers and soul card have another texture on top of the card

[mystic river]

legendaries aren't even animated, they just have two layers

[young dew]

yes that's what i'm saying

[mystic river]

hologram does a flickering thing and soul beats

that's more than simply having a second layer

[young dew]

oh that

[tepid crow]

that's the shader

[mystic river]

(i use soul_pos for my many placeholders, so i am quite familiar with that function :p )

[tepid sky]

its fine if not possible tho

[young dew]

does someone know how i could add text here

[tepid sky]

i think i just timetraveled

vscode went ahead and got rid of my work space 🤦‍♂️

[mystic river]

ouch

[tepid sky]

fuck

even tho i saved a backup, that one also went back

[nocturne garnet]

ermmm

i have a feeling i messed something up

[mystic river]

uh oh!

[nocturne garnet]

i used a spectral card and i crashed

[mellow sable]

Why is there a nil in your spectral pack

[nocturne garnet]

its supposed to be a special spectral thing

i have like 3 of those special spectrals

i forgot about nil though 😭

[mellow sable]

m7

[nocturne garnet]

its like soul and blackhole

but like not consumables

[tepid sky]

ig am remaking the jokers i lost and wth? it looks good, i think i had them like before

1105 is the row with G.jokers.cards[schemetic - 1]

[nocturne garnet]

chat, is it possible to make a lovely patch about other lovely patches

steamodded has this negative thing that allows negative playing cards to give +1 handsize

[wooden nexus]

Simple question: How do i target another item's loc_Var?

See, I wanna get the config for investment tag for a card I have

[nocturne garnet]

yeah uh

you dont

you kinda have to hardcode it

unless its modded

(afaik)

[hardy viper]

depends, you can probably patch such that you have a goto before the smods patch attached to a label that you patch in after and just skip over the SMODS line

[wooden nexus]

okay then what about this

no that wouldn't work

I was gonna say have a variable that checks a specific config

[zealous glen]

take ownership

[tepid sky]

lol i added a # where it wasn't needed

[hardy viper]

now that i think about it it'd be easier to replace said goto with "if false then" and said label with "end"

[zealous glen]

redefine loc_var

[wooden nexus]

I don't wanna just take ownership

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
return{"Investment Tag's config.dollars"}
end,

that's all i wanna do basically

[zealous glen]

You can take ownership and redefine loc_var

as I said

[wooden nexus]

okay and i don't wanna do that because i don't know anything about it

[zealous glen]

It's like defining a Joker

Steamodded uses the vanilla base and only replaces what you tell it to

I think there's an option to do it quietly

if you don't want to attach a modded badge to it

[wooden nexus]

only reason I was asking was because of Misprint Deck in Cryptid and stuff like that

But tbh, not worth my time. Just gonna just put the number in as is.

make it Future Me's problem

because once again, I don't know anything on what or how ownership works

and idk if me doing that will break other mods, which is kinda bad for a lib to do

[zealous glen]

I think you just need to do

SMODS.Joker.take_ownership(`joker`, {
  loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    return {vars = {…}}
end
},
false)

[zealous glen]

it's the other way around

if you don't take ownership, you can break other mods

[wooden nexus]

huh?

[wooden nexus]

It's not a joker i'm doing though

[zealous glen]

If two mods try to change a Joker, and they don't communicate, unexpected things can happen

[zealous glen]

You can change it to whatever it is

[wooden nexus]

including tag?

[tepid sky]

then we should test and make it expected :D

lol

[zealous glen]

Should be, there exists SMODS.Tag

[zealous glen]

Take ownership manages conflicts as AFAIK the first mod to try to change a specific value is the one allowed to do it

[wooden nexus]

ok so how is this gonna help me ?

[zealous glen]

Well, it allows you to redefine the loc_vars function of whatever Tag

[wooden nexus]

but i don't wanna edit the tag

[zealous glen]

You don't edit the Tag, only its loc_vars function

[wooden nexus]

ok I'm not understanding

I'm making a consumable to have the description of Investment tag to make it nice to look at

[zealous glen]

Ah, wait

You just want the variable from another object?

[wooden nexus]

YES

lol

I want the variable from Investment tag

That way Investment Card and Investment tag have the same number

[zealous glen]

I think I just hardcoded when I tried to do it XD but in theory the object exists somewhere and can be accessed

[wooden nexus]

elseif name_to_check == 'Investment Tag' then loc_vars = {self.config.dollars}

[zealous glen]

Since it's a Tag, I don't think the Tag pool is every emptied, so you can probably iterate over the pool, find the Tag, then retrieve the value

Actually you don't need to iterate since you have the key

So you just access the object directly from the Tag pool

[wooden nexus]

Hm?

[zealous glen]

Hmm?

[wooden nexus]

I haven't put anything in

So for Investment tag having "loc_vars = {self.config.dollars}"

I put then...

idk

I'm having dumb crim moment lol

[zealous glen]

Let me see

[wintry solar]

Why don’t you just calculate it in the loc vars yourself?

[wooden nexus]

Becuase all it does is give you a tag

I just wanted it to have the effect of the tag in the description

[wintry solar]

Yeah so just do the calculation that the tag would do

[wooden nexus]

What? self.config.dollars?

[wintry solar]

No, however that is calculated

[wintry solar]

You can, but what are you trying to adjust?

[wooden nexus]

What this then?

wait wrong tag

[zealous glen]

I think I found it

G.P_TAGS[_tag]

That's where Tag prototypes are

So you can find the config there

Thus G.P_TAGS['tag_investment'].config.dollars should be the variable you want

@wooden nexus

[wooden nexus]

I see

Lemme try

of course i have to change self to whatever it is

[zealous glen]

also format the loc_vars output correctly

[wooden nexus]

yeah... if i can figure that lol

[zealous glen]

It's on the wiki

[wooden nexus]

oh that, yeah

gimme a moment

Again, I'm slow

[zealous glen]

https://tenor.com/view/slow-down-speed-camera-speed-trap-dont-speed-no-speeding-gif-6727764203319799926

[wooden nexus]

lol

well the game didn't crash

yet

Heeey!

Thank you!

[nocturne garnet]

negative card things

[zealous glen]

Now I've learned how to do this

[nocturne garnet]

thas basically it

[zealous glen]

My Milk gets stronger

[wooden nexus]

Hopefully this will work for the other tags too

Because I know I'll need to do it for other tags

[wintry solar]

Yes but what specifically?

[nocturne garnet]

I'm such a great coder

[nocturne garnet]

im tryna make a joker that makes spades act as negative cards

[wintry solar]

You can duplicate the patches then in that case

[zealous glen]

do you even need the patches

I feel like it would be doable with hooks

[nocturne garnet]

omg i think i found an easier way

didnt need to do anything interesting really

[faint yacht]

In calculate function of a Joker, if modifying own values, is it better to use self instead of card?

[elder vapor]

card

[faint yacht]

...as I was using, whew.

[wintry solar]

self refers to the framework of the object itself stored in G.P_CENTERS, whilst card is the individual object that you're calculating

[faint yacht]

Was just wanting a "juice up" animation on a Joker when during the Voucher purchase, the card = self part confused me on the wiki.

[rough furnace]

if you look at the games calculate_joker function, self there is equivalnt to what card is in SMODS calculate_joker

this is due to differences in what the function belongs to

[stiff locust]

chat i got two new things to do

i need to display custom info queue and i need to display multiple info queue

can't figure out how to do that

[rough furnace]

display on a card you control or another card?\

[wintry solar]

you can add as much as you want to info queue

[rough furnace]

Also that

[stiff locust]

a joker that is in my mod

[rough furnace]

You should just be able to push it in your loc vars function iirc

[stiff locust]

well I tried that but it didn't really work

[rough furnace]

You can define a new one like I do here https://github.com/WilsontheWolf/JamMod/blob/master/Jokers.lua#L14 (or in a localization file)

[rough furnace]

Send code

[stiff locust]

infolist is a list with a bunch of entries that have name and text fields
from looking at how other jokers do it it made sense that it'd be set up that way
but it doesn't display anything so /shrug

yes i closed locvars properly it's just cropped

[rough furnace]

The values your pushing should look something like

https://github.com/WilsontheWolf/JamMod/blob/master/Jokers.lua#L669

[stiff locust]

so i need a key

what's that for

how does the code know where the key is from

my mod doesn't use a separate localisation file so idk

[rough furnace]

The key points to a localization entry

#💻・modding-dev message

[stiff locust]

i probably should use a separate file for localisation idk if anyone cares enough about my mod to translate it

[proven lava]

whats the internal id of oops all 6's? i cant find it in the source code (i.e: j_vampire)

[stiff locust]

j_oops

[rough furnace]

You can add entries without a localization file if you want

[proven lava]

thank you

[wintry solar]

what does your infolist look like?

[stiff locust]

yeah i'm gonna try that and see if it works

but how would I loop it such that it goes through all of them

is that possible

[rough furnace]

Yes

[wintry solar]

loop through a list of keys

[frosty dock]

damn I've been stalling with steamodded quite a lot, we should get beta out

[stiff locust]

secret

what does the set field mean

if anything

[rough furnace]

we should wait for the meta tags pr (there will never be a beta)

[faint yacht]

Can the path to a sound contain a subfolder too?

[rough furnace]

try it and see

[frosty dock]

it should

[frosty dock]

dep branch is one month stale

i don't even remember if there was something that was yet to be done for that

[faint yacht]

[SMODS _ "core/game_object.lua"]:410: Could not open WAVE
The path is defined as "plus95/Windows 95 menu command.wav" and the path is valid under the sounds folder.

[rough furnace]

oh yeah that too

[rough furnace]

show directory structure

[frosty dock]

might just merge and see if any issues come up :zany_joker:

[rough furnace]

was it ever finished?

hmmm

see if it works without the sub directory

and if not the spaces could be throwing it off maybe

not sure

[frosty dock]

seems unlikely

[faint yacht]

Moved to root of sounds, still crash. Removed spaces (i.e. Windows95menucommand.wav), nothing.

[frosty dock]

it might not like wav format, I can't recall

try converting to ogg

[faint yacht]

That is what I was actually wanting to avoid by using the .wav files directly.

[frosty dock]

i think so, but I don't think it's all been properly tested

[rough furnace]

does it parse the new format we decided on in #1301298485127282698

for JSON/

[stiff locust]

well that's not good

oh wait I think I know what the issue was