💻・modding-dev

[frosty dock]

card.ability

[candid epoch]

john smods came into the chat

[long sun]

but

i mean, granted, Creates

[faint yacht]

I am quite hasty, I will admit. 🏃‍♂️

[frosty dock]

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {
            vars = {
                card.ability.extra.mult,     -- Current multiplier
                card.ability.extra.multmod  -- Multiplier per dollar
            }
        }
    end,

[vocal verge]

Create a planet card if poker hand contains exactly 2 aces

[candid epoch]

"creates" and "create" is not the same in the grammar

[vocal verge]

Base it on the jokers

not the seals

[long sun]

again, it's targeted

[vocal verge]

no i know

[long sun]

that implies the planet is random

[zealous glen]

why is he black and white 😭

[plain apex]

ill be honest i didn't even think of that when i was asked to make that in #🎙・server-chat lmao

[vocal verge]

so just change that to Mercury or whatever hte pair is

[zealous glen]

Cool art tho

[long sun]

but you can do it with Two Pair / etc. too

[vocal verge]

Create a Mercury card if poker hand contains exactly 2 Aces

[long sun]

thanks :D

[plain apex]

me when im stupid lol

[vocal verge]

then ot's not "exactly"

[long sun]

that would be Create a copy of Mercury if ...

[frosty dock]

also

self.config.extra.mult = mult

is just as wrong

[vocal verge]

oh wait

dumb

[candid epoch]

ah yes, mult = mult

[zealous glen]

I’d word it as

When you play a hand containing exactly 2 Aces, create its Planet card
But it’s not necessarily thunk wording

[frosty dock]

local multmod = card.ability.extra.multmod
        local mult = multmod * math.max(0, dollars)  -- Ensure multiplier does not go below 0
        card.ability.extra.mult = mult -- Store the calculated mult

[zealous glen]

But really why is it grayscale

[candid epoch]

its a mod, we dont have to exacly go by thunk

[zealous glen]

Blind people aren’t in greyscale 😭

[long sun]

it's to distinguish it from the other jokers ^^

[vocal verge]

then why is it called colorblind

eh?

[long sun]

otherwise it's Cool Jimbo

[zealous glen]

Colorblind also isn’t grayscale

[candid epoch]

how will you see its colors?

[vocal verge]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-seals-you-have-alerted-the-horse-you-have-alerted-the-seal-you-have-alerted-gif-6054433860451279286

https://tenor.com/view/seal-seals-you-have-alerted-the-horse-you-have-alerted-the-seal-you-have-alerted-gif-14515002308755240888

but yeah, idk why it's grayscale

[zealous glen]

Grey is a color; also neither black nor white is the absence of color

[vocal verge]

maybe he's from Grayscalia

[candid epoch]

i mean, technicly there isnt something that has no color

[zealous glen]

Ultraviolet radiation? Infrared? Microwaves? X-rays?

[vocal verge]

infrared is purple

[zealous glen]

Glass?

[vocal verge]

my phone told me

glass is technically green

[zealous glen]

Depends on the glass I guess

[vocal verge]

or rather, it's technically a very very very minor color

because it'll still affect the light, just not noticeably

[candid epoch]

⭐ transparecy ⭐

[zealous glen]

Anyways I prefer “When [EVENT], do [THING]” for effects

[vocal verge]

my brain isn't braining

my brain brained, miku says miku

[zealous glen]

miku

[sick sparrow]

teto

tetorisu

tetris

[vocal verge]

https://tenor.com/view/miku-miku-beam-magical-cure-love-shot-hatsune-miku-miku-expo-gif-15484895504650972590

[zealous glen]

https://tenor.com/view/brazil-hatsune-miku-brazilian-miku-dance-dancing-gif-5965172467703734946

[vocal verge]

banger

[zealous glen]

You can use the Midas Mask tech

[vocal verge]

i am

[zealous glen]

The cards look like they’re becoming Bonus immediately

Maybe it’s just the speed

But Midas avoids it

[vocal verge]

ah i see where i went wrong

don't need the event manager to play a sound without delay

miku crashed my game

[zealous glen]

I think with Steamodded you might be able to just return a sound

In the return table

Not sure

[wintry solar]

Only if it’s with a message

[vocal verge]

ok well

how would I go about flipping played hand here

trying to do it like ouija/sigil

[faint yacht]

Ah, the Bonus. 🤝

[vocal verge]

tryign to flip the played cards so it's a bit more seamless

i'm flipping cards
Just

the wrong ones

[sick sparrow]

card is composed of front, center, back

[faint yacht]

Flip the context.scoring_hand cards... you may want to also "chain" a bunch of events... flipping the cards first, then set the ability, then flip the cards again.

[vocal verge]

you'd think it'd be that easy

[merry raven]

Holy shit that's incredible
Say I got a few questions about shaders, there are rotations and scales that you can modify, but what about transparency? Does draw_shader support it? I want to do fade in and fade out animations

[faint yacht]

This again? Hang on, SMODS version..?

[vocal verge]

entirelyp ossible i'm just beign dum

[stiff locust]

wait this is fucking hilarious actually

[wintry solar]

What context are you using?

[stiff locust]

flipping all the wrong cards

might be my new favourite thing

[faint yacht]

See #💻・modding-dev message... they trying to flip the scored cards.

[vocal verge]

oop

nvm, no oop

[wintry solar]

Well yeah it says G.hand.cards to flip

Not play

[vocal verge]

                local percent = 0.85 + (i-0.999)/(#G.hand.cards-0.998)*0.3
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({trigger = 'before',delay = 0.15,func = function() G.scoring_hand.cards[i]:flip();play_sound('tarot2', percent, 0.6);G.scoring_hand.cards[i]:juice_up(0.3, 0.3);return true end }))
            end```

it's from ouija, i assume something isn't right here fo rwhat i need to do vs what it does

I shouldn't have gotten high

[runic pecan]

Is there really no G.C.PINK?

Can I define a colour myself?

Wait, I CAN PATCH.

[frosty dock]

you don't need to patch

[vocal verge]

got it to flip the right cards

[dim steeple]

You can, yeah

[merry raven]

How do I add them? Where do I start?

[dim steeple]

You have to add it to the args you pass to your shader

SMODS.Shader {

[wild patrol]

--- MOD_NAME: Yu-gi-oh Card
--- MOD_ID: Yugioh
--- MOD_AUTHOR: [elial1]
--- MOD_DESCRIPTION: An example mod on how to create Jokers.
--- PREFIX: xmpl
----------------------------------------------
------------MOD CODE -------------------------

SMODS.Booster = {
    name = "Yu-Gi-Oh Cards",
    slug = "t_yugioh",
  cost = 4,
  config = {},
    pos = {},
  discovered = false,
  weight = 1, 
  kind = 'Standard',
  atlas = 'con'
}```

making sure doing this right

slug = "t_yugioh", is meant to be the picture for the pack

[dim steeple]

sort out your indentation first for readability

[worthy stirrup]

why does this cause a crash?

SMODS.Keybind{
  key = 'PlayCards',
  key_pressed = '-',

    action = function(self)
        if G.hand and #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 and G.hand.discards_left ~= 0 then
        G.hand:discard_cards_from_highlighted()
    end
  end
}

[frosty dock]

that is not correct

[worthy stirrup]

ill grab the crash log in a sec

[frosty dock]

first of all delete the = in the SMODS.Booster line

you're assigning to the SMODS.Booster class instead of calling it's constructor

[frosty dock]

G.hand doesn't have a discard_cards_from_highlighted function

[wild patrol]

    name "Yu-Gi-Oh Cards",
    slug "t_yugioh",
    cost 4,
    config {},
    pos {},
    discovered false,
    weight 1, 
    kind 'Standard',
    atlas 'con'
}```

so more like this

[worthy stirrup]

what should i call for then?

[frosty dock]

I believe it's G.FUNCS.discard_cards_from_highlighted but I'd have to double check

G.hand.discards_left also doesn't exist

[worthy stirrup]

ah, FUNCs are something i havent heard of yet

[frosty dock]

G.hand is just a card area for the cards in your hand

it doesn't magically store random properties of your run

discards left would be G.GAME.current_round.discards_left iirc

[worthy stirrup]

my bad

[runic pecan]

You mean I can just put G.C.PINK = HEX("f7a6ca") in a file and it'll just... work?

[frosty dock]

yeah

[dim steeple]

G.FUNCS.discard_cards_from_highlighted

[worthy stirrup]

SMODS.Keybind{
  key = 'DiscardCards',
  key_pressed = '-',

    action = function(self)
        if G.hand and #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 and G.GAME.current_round.discards_left ~= 0 then
            G.FUNCS.discard_cards_from_highlighted()
    end
  end
}
SMODS.Keybind{
    key = 'PlayCards',
    key_pressed = '+',
  
      action = function(self)
          if G.hand and #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 then
          G.FUNCS.play_cards_from_highlighted()
      end
    end
  }

so this should work?

gotta fix key pressed for Play Cards

[frosty dock]

you have two keybinds on the same key?

[worthy stirrup]

yea, i just noticed

let me try it and ill let yall know

[wild patrol]

    {
        name = 'Yu-Gi-Oh Cards',
        group_name = 'Yu-gi-oh', -- Pack group text while a pack is being opened, omit if using group_key
        text = { 'Time to Duel' },
    }
}```

this is the proper way of doing this right

[worthy stirrup]

discard works, but playing doesnt

[long sun]

how does this ability for Fainfol (Legendary) sound?

[frosty dock]

did you read what I was saying? you're overwriting the value of the SMODS.Booster class

please look at some examples from other mods

[worthy stirrup]

wait, does G.FUNCS.play_cards_from_highlighted() exist?

[frosty dock]

I think that's what it's called? can't check rn

I mean it'll crash if it doesn't, so just try

[wild patrol]

I've looked at a couple both mods that i've checked don't use the Booster like the document says

[worthy stirrup]

it doesnt crash but just doesnt do anything

[worthy stirrup]

no worries

i noticed that G.FUNCS.discard_cards_from_highlighted() asks for a hook while G.FUNCS.play_cards_from_highlighted() doesnt

heres the code if anyone wants to take a crack at the issue

-- Keybind for discarding highlighted cards, this one currently is working
SMODS.Keybind{
    key = 'DiscardCards',
    key_pressed = '-',

    action = function(self)
        if G.hand and #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 and G.GAME.current_round.discards_left ~= 0 then
            G.FUNCS.discard_cards_from_highlighted()
        end
    end
}

-- Keybind for playing highlighted cards, currently isnt working
-- no crash, cards just arent played
SMODS.Keybind{
    key = 'PlayCards',
    key_pressed = '+',

    action = function(self)
        if G.hand and #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 then
            G.FUNCS.play_cards_from_highlighted()
        end
    end
}

[dawn socket]

i am currently trying to make a single-joker mod just to mess around and the mod is not even registering in the game

[weary jungle]

do you have a json file in your mod

[dawn socket]

negative

[long sun]

hi, small bug i can't locate - the game's saying my for loop has an invalid length:

local igo = Game.init_game_object
function Game:init_game_object()
  local ret = igo(self)
  ret.current_round.fainfol_card = { suit = 'Spades' } 
  return ret
end

function SMODS.current_mod.reset_game_globals(run_start)
  G.GAME.current_round.fainfol_card = { suit = 'Spades' }
  local valid_cards = {}
  for i, j in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
    if not SMODS.has_no_suit(j) then
        valid_cards[#valid_cards + 1] = j
    end
  end
  if valid_cards[1] then 
      local chosen_card = pseudorandom_element(valid_cards, pseudoseed('fainfol'..G.GAME.round_resets.ante))
      G.GAME.current_round.fainfol_card.suit = chosen_card.base.suit
  end
end```

lemme grab the exact error

[dawn socket]

my asset tree rn

[weary jungle]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata

add a json file next to main.lua

[dawn socket]

ok that would explain why it keeps complaining that it can't find SMODS

[long sun]

Oops! The game crashed:
main.lua:1780: functions/state_events.lua:1158: 'for' limit must be a number

Additional Context:
Balatro Version: 1.0.1n-FULL
Modded Version: 1.0.0~ALPHA-1230d-STEAMODDED
LÖVE Version: 11.5.0
Lovely Version: 0.6.0
Steamodded Mods:
    1: Talisman by MathIsFun_, Mathguy24, jenwalter666, cg-223 [ID: Talisman, Version: 2.0.3~dev, Uses Lovely]
        Break Infinity: omeganum
    2: DebugPlus by WilsontheWolf [ID: DebugPlus, Version: 1.3.0, Uses Lovely]
    3: More Speed by Steamo [ID: MoreSpeed]
    4: Phanta by GhostSalt [ID: GSPhanta, Version: 1.0.0]
Lovely Mods:```

[dawn socket]

looks like the game doesnt like you haaving a dynamic loop length

[crisp coral]

nope, that's not where the crash is from

[weary jungle]

its not your for loop i dont think

[crisp coral]

do you happen to have a card = self in your joker calculations

[long sun]

likely! lemme check

card = self, in the returns?

that seems likely

nope

still busted =w=

[weary jungle]

im still confused on how this guy got an error https://discordapp.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1329513078269677649

it works on my machines (laptop and pc)

[dawn socket]

to circle back to this, everything works like a charm now, tysm.

[weary jungle]

yw

[dawn socket]

is there any way to get intellisense on the SMODS namespace / balatro namespace though?

i'm using VSCodium

i can live with this but every time SMODS is mentioned i get a warning, which is a little annoying

[worthy stirrup]

i got something, give me a sec

[weary jungle]

try opening up the mods folder in vscode

[dawn socket]

works like a charm

[dawn socket]

tyyyyy :3

[worthy stirrup]

Discarding works fine but playing doesnt

[dim steeple]

does anyone know if there's any way while using the API to stop the sprite from drawing using the Card:draw() method?

[dawn socket]

would someone be willing o help me out one more time? i am trying to make a joker that increases it's XMult every time a food joker gets "eaten", but it's just not increasing it's mult.

the following should be all relevant code:

SMODS.Joker{
    key = 'ari',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Aria',
        text = {
            'Increases multiplier by {X:mult,C:white}X1.0{}',
            'every time you consume a food joker.',
            'Current multiplier: {X:mult,C:white}X#1#{}'
        }
    },
    atlas = 'Jokers',
    rarity = 3, --rarity: 1 = Common, 2 = Uncommon, 3 = Rare, 4 = Legendary
    cost = 150,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = false,
    perishable_compat = false,
    pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
    config = { 
        extra = {
            Xmult = 1.0 --initial multiplier
        }
    },
    calculate = function(self,card,context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                card = card,
                Xmult_mod = card.ability.extra.Xmult,
                message = 'X' .. card.ability.extra.Xmult,
                colour = G.C.MULT
            }
        end
    end,
    handle_food_expiry = function(self)
        self.ability.extra.Xmult = self.ability.extra.Xmult + 1.0 --increase multiplier
    end,
    in_pool = function(self,wawa,wawa2)
        return true --available in the pool
    end
}

-- hook into the game's food expiry mechanic
G.on_food_joker_expire = function(food_card)
    local joker = G.jokers:get_card_by_key('ari')
    if joker then
        joker:handle_food_expiry() -- increment multiplier by +1XMult
    end
end

[shell timber]

is G.on_food_joker_expire a thing?

[runic pecan]

I know it shouldn't be working, but is it possible to put emoji in joker description?

[crisp coral]

nope

with a huge asterisk

[runic pecan]

Yeah I figured

[dawn socket]

it's what i've been told gets called on expiry lmao

is there any documented way to achieve what i'm trying to do then?

[crisp coral]

nope

[dawn socket]

:c

[shell timber]

what told you that? it's probably out of date

[dawn socket]

Google Gemini, so i'm not surprised it hallucinated that function lmao

should've known better but a central API Documentation would def help

[crisp coral]

🗿

[dawn socket]

seriously tho is there any kind of docs for balatro modding or is it all just handed down knowledge?

[crisp coral]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki for API docs

and the game source code

[autumn geode]

Just be careful with the wiki some stuff was outdated but it's a great resource regardless

[wild patrol]

maybe i'm overlooking something here

not entirely sure

at first lovely crash said it was because open brackets I closed them now this happens

oh I see the issue

[tepid crow]

you're missing loc_txt on some of those jokers

[wild patrol]

yeah

I noticed it right after I posted

[solar eagle]

how does one go abt testing a mod?

[wild patrol]

was focused on the }

[solar eagle]

i dont really want to depend on shop rng to find the single joker i've created

but choosefirstshopjoker doesnt work

[tepid crow]

use https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1228149931257237664

[solar eagle]

thanks!

[runic pecan]

Was curious what number would get_id() return if it's a stone card and this is NOT what I expected (but kinda reasonable)

[wild patrol]

all the text works now, but now none of the sprites don't

[elder vapor]

i was wondering why but its to prevent 5oak with stones

[wild patrol]

    key = "forbidden_one",
    loc_txt = {
    name = 'right leg of the forbidden one',
    text = {
        'An automatic victory can be declared',
        'by the player whose hand contains this card with the',
        'card with the Left Leg/Right Leg/Left Arm/Right Arm',
        'of the ForbiddenOne.'      
    },
    config = { payout = 4 },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        table.insert(info_queue, SMODS.Centers.j_pencil_left_arm)
        table.insert(info_queue, SMODS.Centers.j_pencil_left_leg)
        table.insert(info_queue, SMODS.Centers.j_pencil_right_arm)
        table.insert(info_queue, SMODS.Centers.j_pencil_right_leg)
        return { vars = { card and card.ability.payout or self.config.payout } }
    end,
    rarity = 1,
    pos = { x = 1, y = 0 },
    atlas = "Jokers",
    cost = 8,
    unlocked = true, --where it is unlocked or not: if true, 
    discovered = true, --whether or not it starts discovered
    add_to_deck = forbidden_part_added,
    calc_dollar_bonus = function(self, card)
        return card.ability.payout
    end
    }
})```

Do I have anything extra in here that shouldn't be there

sprite doesn't wanna load

[tepid crow]

yeah

name and text should be the only subkeys of loc_txt

[wild patrol]

oh

I see now

the } needs to close the loc_text

I just have it in the wrong place

[tepid crow]

indenting your code properly should help with seeing that easier next time

[weary jungle]

i dont want to make art

im not going to

[wild patrol]

now my game is crashing saing lovely.dll was not found

[dreamy thunder]

i saw it a bit late but thnk you it worked

[weary jungle]

how do i voucher

i want to add a voucher to increase spawn rate of runes, how would i do that

[urban veldt]

Workshopped the visuals of the Glyphs a bit more. (from The Owl House)

Gains X.01 Mult for each scored [Diamond/Club/Spade/Heart].
Currently X1 Mult.

[weary jungle]

what is the equivallent of G.GAME.tarot_rate for custom consumable types?

[wild patrol]

    key = 'Jokers', --atlas key
    path = 'Jokers.png', --atlas' path in (yourMod)/assets/1x or (yourMod)/assets/2x
    px = 71, --width of one card
    py = 95 -- height of one card
})
SMODS.Joker({
    key = 'derek', --joker key
    loc_txt = { -- local text
        name = 'Pot Of Greed',
        text = {
            'What does it do?',
            'Gives you two additional',
            '{C:attention}Joker{} Slots'      
        },
    },
    atlas = 'Jokers', --atlas' key
    rarity = 4, --rarity: 1 = Common, 2 = Uncommon, 3 = Rare, 4 = Legendary
    --soul_pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    cost = 10, --cost
    unlocked = true, --where it is unlocked or not: if true, 
    discovered = true, --whether or not it starts discovered
    blueprint_compat = true, --can it be blueprinted/brainstormed/other
    eternal_compat = false, --can it be eternal
    perishable_compat = false, --can it be perishable
    pos = {x = 0, y = 0}, --position in atlas, starts at 0, scales by the atlas' card size (px and py): {x = 1, y = 0} would mean the sprite is 71 pixels to the right
    config = { 
      extra = {
        card_limit = 3 --configurable value
      } 
    },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, center)
        return { vars = { center.ability.extra } }
    end,

    add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
        G.Jokers.config.card_limit = G.Jokers.config.card_limit + 2
    end,
    remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
        G.Jokers.config.card_limit = G.Jokers.config.card_limit - 2
    end,
})```

Lovely is saying G.Jokers.config.card_limit = G.Jokers.config.card_limit + 2 is a nil value but I haven't changed anything from this

and it worked before

[weary jungle]

insane

[wild patrol]

restarted now the mod works

everything works but doesn't seem any effects but head works for now

[zealous glen]

Did you want to avoid drawing the base card?

[weary jungle]

how do i make a voucher that increases the rate of my consumable type in the shop?

[tepid crow]

fletch is going crazy on the shaders lol

[weary jungle]

gosh darn you codex arcanum!!! why must you be so wierd!!!!!

[elder vapor]

got the card area working

[weary jungle]

10 tags max?? insane

(its not)

[elder vapor]

oh fuck i forgot tags go there i'm gonna die

😭

well now where do i place them

[weary jungle]

ive run out of conumable card mods to look at

[weary jungle]

what is this for

[wild patrol]

Is there away to get a debug to show if something isn't working

even if the game isn't crashing?

[elder vapor]

new thing, relics

[frosty dock]

plenty other mods add consumable types

[elder vapor]

basically permanent jokers but smaller effects

like relics from STS

[topaz sun]

SMODS.Joker.super.inject(self) is there a version of this for enhancements?

SMODS.Enhanced.super.inject(self) didn't work

[frosty dock]

it's SMODS.Enhancement

[topaz sun]

Thanks

[weary jungle]

Make them 10x bigger and put them across the screen

[elder vapor]

no

:3

[frosty dock]

I'm curious what you need it for though? You should only need to refer to parent classes when you're extending a class

if you're just trying to build something around the default inject function for enhancements, you should use SMODS.Enhancement.inject(self)

[dim steeple]

yeah

[wild patrol]

Hey question about this does debug menu allow u to test the insta win or do u have to get lucky and get the lastpiece for it to trigger

just wanna make sure not my poor coding or if it's just debug menu

can't tell because everything else seems to work

multipliers and all

and I add the function as well

[zealous glen]

I think there's an option somewhere when defining the

Edition or Enhancement or whatever it is

to request the base not be drawn

it might depend on the object type

[dim steeple]

its a card

[zealous glen]

So an Enhancement?

[dim steeple]

Nope, I'm adding a seal

the object im duplicating is a card from seal

[zealous glen]

There are ways to do it with Enhancements and Editions at least

[wintry solar]

It’s just a property on the card iirc, you should be able to set it whenever

[elder vapor]

oh uh... thats new

[zealous glen]

Yeah, I was looking at the code

The way that Enhancements do it have secondary effects, I think

But Editions might not

[wild patrol]

does { xchips = card.ability.xchips } not work anymore?

[zealous glen]

although I don't really understand how Editions do it

[wild patrol]

    key = "left_arm",
    loc_txt = { -- local text
    name = 'left arm of the forbidden one',
    text = {
        'A forbidden left arm sealed ',
        'by magic. Whosoever breaks ',
        'this seal will know infinite power.'      
        },
    },
    config = { xchips = 2.5 },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card and card.ability.xchips or self.config.xchips } }
    end,
    rarity = 1,
    pos = { x = 3, y = 0 },
    atlas = "Jokers",
    cost = 6,
    unlocked = true, --where it is unlocked or not: if true, 
    discovered = true, --whether or not it starts discovered
    blueprint_compat = true,
    add_to_deck = forbidden_part_added,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return { xchips = card.ability.xchips }
        end
    end,
})```

for some reason everything here works but the xchips multi

[wintry solar]

I don’t think enhancements do it

Editions just turn off the base layer from being drawn

[dim steeple]

Are you sure its just a property on the card?

[elder vapor]

thats better, now time to get them working

[dim steeple]

printing all properties at depth 1 gives this:

[wintry solar]

Should be card.ignore_base_shader = {‘seal’ = true}

[zealous glen]

where seal is the key to the seal?

[wintry solar]

It can be any reference

[dim steeple]

And this stops rendering the card if the condition in the table is met?

[wintry solar]

It’s just so you can turn it off again afterwards

No, it stops rendering if the table has anything that is true in it

Editions apply and remove it automatically if you specify a property

But you should be able to manually set it in a set_ability function

[dim steeple]

Excellent, thank you!

[solar eagle]

how does one add the lil tooltip on the side of jokers? i'd like to add a custom one

like this

[zealous glen]

adding to the end of the info_queue in loc_vars (see the signature in the Steamodded wiki)

[tight thistle]

can anyone explain to me how to "loop the played hand for queens"? i cant find anything on how to check for that

[zealous glen]

Not the correct formatting for variables

This is a Joker right

[autumn geode]

would anyone know the resources i can learn about lovely patching for my mod or generally know how i can go about it

[tight thistle]

it is for a joker, this is an image that someone sent to me to try and explain how to do it

[zealous glen]

Should be config = { extra = { queen_check = false } }

[viscid bough]

.

[zealous glen]

It does say to “return it as card.…” so I’m not sure there’s another layer here

If that does get saved to config.extra (also known as ability.extra) somewhere else then it’s fine

Anyways, the cards in the hand would be G.hand.cards if I remember correctly

So you can loop over the cards in hand in that table

[zealous glen]

Is there a lovely wiki?

[worthy stirrup]

How could i make every joker into a negative one

[tight thistle]

thank you!

[zealous glen]

Try printing to see if the block executes to try and identify where the error happens

[zealous glen]

Iterate over them and set their edition

[worthy stirrup]

cheers

[zealous glen]

Also you should access the variable inside extra to save and retrieve it

I also think you’re missing a check

[tight thistle]

am i? this is what the actual code is looking like

would appreciate knowing whats wrong with it

[zealous glen]

What is create_joker

[tight thistle]

ah, so the tutorial in SMODS wasnt working out entirely for me (the joker had no custom texture and all the numbers in the description said nil) so i tried coding following bunco's code, apologies

[weary jungle]

you are missing some ends in the calculate function

[tight thistle]

oh i know, i was going to get to that later

[weary jungle]

ok mb

[vagrant cedar]

Is there a way for me to make it to where only one Joker in a lua file is able to appear in the shop per run?

[candid epoch]

considering sometimes a joker will never appear in your run, god forbid you

[elder vapor]

global value & use in_pool

[vagrant cedar]

yeah well they're all common and I want them to stay that way but I also only want one of them per run because they all BASICALLY do the same thing (and that's by design)

[candid epoch]

why you have multiple if they all do the same thing?

[vagrant cedar]

how would I go about using this

[elder vapor]

actually i'm a little confused

[candid epoch]

whats the point?

[vagrant cedar]

Each gives chips based on the year the album came out, but they each play the album instead of the balatro music

[candid epoch]

you can just... make it dependant who is leftmost?

[vagrant cedar]

I want them to be common enough that you can use them, but also I don't want 4 of them appearing in one run, replacing slots that other Jokers could've used

[vagrant cedar]

the sounds don't overlap

[runic pecan]

So it'd be like Cavendish but reversed

[candid epoch]

makeing so only 1 out of 4 cards appear per run makes people like needing alot before they see everything out from mod, more than they need

[vagrant cedar]

this is a wild opinion that i honestly do not care about

i'm making this for me and my friends, when did i ask for the opinion on how i want it to work

[runic pecan]

There are several vanilla jokers that only appear in the shop at certain conditions, maybe start from there.

[vagrant cedar]

yeah I'll try looking at cavendish and gros michel

[weary jungle]

why can i not find a simple voucher that does 2x the chance a consumable type in the shp[

[autumn geode]

does anyone know how to use the new joker sizing thing added to SMODS so that i can set one of my jokers to the same size as the square joker

[weary jungle]

every mod is all wierd

[runic pecan]

Also Stone joker, Steel joker, Glass joker, Golden ticket, and Lucky Cat.

[vagrant cedar]

sorry to everyone (except newcat) for being rude, I didn't appreciate having 4 messages in a row that were just negative about what I'm working on

[elder vapor]

so you only want 1 album joker to show up?

[vagrant cedar]

yes

[elder vapor]

and no albums show up while there is one in a joker slot

[vagrant cedar]

yeah

[elder vapor]

but albums can show up when there isn't

okay one second

[vagrant cedar]

yes

sorry i know it's complicated

that's why i didn't know how to do it 😦

[elder vapor]

whats your mod prefix

[vagrant cedar]

MUSC

[upper fern]

7th Heaven (Common)
Art: Jimbo with an angel halo and wings
Effect: Retrigger each played 7

Random question for whoever wants to answer, for a common card that retriggers a card of one specific rank and no other qualifiers, do you think it should retrigger once, or twice? Trying to make it vanilla-balanced

[solar eagle]

rename to Seventh Heaven

inline with the game's existing styling

[elder vapor]

in_pool = function(self, args)
  for i = 1, #G.jokers do
    if G.jokers[i].rarity == "MUSC_album" then
      return false
    end
  end
  return true
end

try that

[solar eagle]

i'd say once

[weary jungle]

it feels like i have to do a patch, or hooking but it seems like this is too much of a common thing to not have a specific function for this

[solar eagle]

two retriggers on every 7 would be insane especially with an idol

cause this would also stack with stuff like hanging chad, red seals

[elder vapor]

literally just G.GAME.(consumable set)_rate = G.GAME.(consumable set)_rate * 2

[maiden river]

how do you split up mod code into several different files?
I have sets of jokers in my mod and having different files for each set would be preferred

[viscid bough]

So it seems like using_consumable is never true, even though it definitely should be. And i thought it had something to do with my hook on the Card.use_consumable function, but i commented out anything that wasnt just returning the default return values and it still didnt help

[weary jungle]

oh my god

[frosty dock]

this is in the docs

[weary jungle]

im crying right now

[elder vapor]

tbh i didn't know it was the docs i just had to look at other mods lol

[weary jungle]

where is this?

[frosty dock]

blame this one on thunk

it's using_consumeable

[vagrant cedar]

where do i put this

[weary jungle]

there is no consumabletype section in the docs?

[viscid bough]

oh my god its just the letter e i was missing??

[frosty dock]

Under ObjectType

[vagrant cedar]

and does the MUSC_album target everything in the lua?

[elder vapor]

in where you make the SMODS.Joker{} stuff

[frosty dock]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.ObjectType#api-documentation-smodsconsumabletype

[elder vapor]

like that

[weary jungle]

wow

insane

[proper stratus]

Wait what's the difference between what you and I did

[zealous glen]

The British send their regards

[vagrant cedar]

so put it in every joker?

[elder vapor]

yeah

[vagrant cedar]

ok

[viscid bough]

i knew about the colour instead of color but i had no idea they spell it with an extra e

[frosty dock]

they don't

[zealous glen]

Then why 😭

[frosty dock]

because

[zealous glen]

[vagrant cedar]

do i then change rarity to MUSC_album on the jokers?

[frosty dock]

same reason that we had caino, I presume

[vagrant cedar]

And then how do I get that rarity to appear in shop

[zealous glen]

At least there’s Cain

[elder vapor]

no, i only put your mod prefix at the beginning because mod prefixes are appended to rarities

[viscid bough]

the global thunk strikes again...

[elder vapor]

it should if you just reroll

[vagrant cedar]

they're currently just rarity 1 though

[elder vapor]

oh

[weary jungle]

so this would work for a voucher right?

[elder vapor]

rarity = "album"

[frosty dock]

you do need the prefix here iirc

i could make it prefixable tbh

[vagrant cedar]

wait so what do i do to make it appear in the shop as its own rarity

[frosty dock]

not what i meant to say there 💀

you can give a shop rate to your SMODS.Rarity by defining default_weight

[vagrant cedar]

I'm looking at https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Rarity rn but I'm not understanding how to implement the default_weight

It should function as a common, just with the code we have to not allow the others in the same pack at the same time

[frosty dock]

I'm not following, do you want them to be in the same rarity pool as commons and have a separate pack where only these can spawn?

then you don't need a rarity

you need an ObjectType

[vagrant cedar]

I don't really care one way or another about the pack part

I just want them to be in the same pool as common, but unable to be in the shop if you own another in the modpack

[solar eagle]

i have this joker set up to do some experimenting with face cards and chips but whenever an applicable card is discarded the game crashes with "engine/text.lua:114: functions/misc_functions.lua:1808: attempt to index local 's' (a number value)"

[vagrant cedar]

doesn't have to be booster packs or anything

[solar eagle]

looking at the game src for those two doesnt really clear anything up unfortunately

is there something obvious im missing?

[zealous glen]

You can use in_pool

[vagrant cedar]

yes we have this part

in_pool = function(self, args)
for i = 1, #G.jokers do
if G.jokers[i].rarity == "MUSC_album" then
return false
end
end
return true
end,

[zealous glen]

Instead

Use a global variable

“global”

[solar eagle]

the joker's display works fine, it shows +0 chips before any kings or jacks are discarded (also is that the proper way to check for kings/jacks? view the ranks?)

[zealous glen]

That is set when the Joker is created anywhere

[solar eagle]

but as soon as any king/jack is discarded the game dies

[vagrant cedar]

I am lost

I will return to this after a break

I will play some Rivals for a little bit while I can and then come back to this

[frosty dock]

you can just check with any other property, like some config value that's shared between your jokers

[vagrant cedar]

I don't think their config values are the same

They all give different chip amounts

Depending on the year the album came out

They all use atlas = 'albums' though?

[zealous glen]

Again just set a global variable

That also avoids two showing up in the shop at the same time

[vagrant cedar]

But how do I do that 😦

[zealous glen]

Look at the Castle example

In Example Mods

[vagrant cedar]

stressed, will return

[viscid bough]

Idk why this suddenly stopped working (it was working earlier and i dont think i really changed anything) But my consumable card isnt duplicating cards. It prints out the right card key, but it never duplicates it. any idea why? p.s. i only included the consumable and hook in this file

omg im sutpid

found my issue.

[frosty dock]

yes I'm saying you add a config value that's shared between those jokers

[main mica]

meme joker https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1167436161946484786/1329869826922905611/image.png?ex=678be94a&is=678a97ca&hm=29bbaa6a3a87af381b9471e6feac30c4a8a16de3ce6048ae7ac2f9fb2ac45659&

[solar eagle]

how to defeat the wheel

[weary jungle]

is this a valid loc_txt for a voucher?

its not showing up in game

[wooden badge]

maybe {C:attention} the 2X

[weary jungle]

if i have a en_us, can i not use loc_txt?

[frosty dock]

no

[weary jungle]

whats wrong

[frosty dock]

it's just name and text, there is no label

use set_card_type_badge if you want to change the Voucher badge

[tight thistle]

why, is there something wrong with it?

[wooden badge]

It might be better to use the SMODS.Joker way of making Jokers - I think it's the way mostly used so you'll be able to find help easier

[autumn geode]

question how do I look for the context of a played card with a specific enhancement basically just want to +mult for each played card with x enhancement

[wooden badge]

You can use if context.other_card.ability.name == /enhancment/ then and then return the relevant flat mult in that branch

[autumn geode]

does it work with an enhancement i have added myself?

sorry i dont think i was clear

i want a joker to trigger that

[wooden badge]

So it depends what you have named it, you will need to add the mod prefix underscored before the name. If your mod prefix is 'mymod' and the enchancement is 'toxic' then you would replace the /enhancement/ bit above to 'mymod_toxic'

[wooden badge]

I assumed this was a joker effect anyway

just goes in the calculate function for that joker

[autumn geode]

ah ok

ty ty

[wooden badge]

make sure you are checking each card individually as well with context.individual

[autumn geode]

perfect thanks

[wooden badge]

working?

[raw geyser]

Is there a way to save config to files?

[autumn geode]

yep thanks

[weary jungle]

do vouchers have a calculate in new calc

because that would be really helpful

[wintry solar]

no

[weary jungle]

man

[maiden river]

just saw this while searching - it's my mod, but it's not currently available, I plan to remake those cards and add them to a new modpack I'm making

[wintry solar]

what are you trying to do?

[weary jungle]

spawn a consumable on boss blind enter

[livid tapir]

ok cool

[maiden river]

it's gonna be in #1329163669501644914 , so I'll let you know when I add it

[livid tapir]

ok

[weary jungle]

do i have to do like globals or something?

[wintry solar]

a voucher that spawns a consumable on entering a boss blind?

[weary jungle]

yes

[wintry solar]

yeah you'd need to patch in a check for your voucher and then do the creation

[weary jungle]

darn

[weary jungle]

where should i patch? i was thinking of the calculate function but that seems volitile

[wintry solar]

you need it in the function that starts the blind

[weary jungle]

Blind:press_play()?

i would rather do a hook

[vagrant cedar]

I have returned equally as confused as before

This is what my album jokers look like right now (each one is just edited from this one)

How do I set the global pool to make each of the album jokers not appear in shop if you already own one?

I want them to be common rarity, or at least functionally the same, but you can only own one per run

Or is this just going to function as I want it to but with extra steps?

[sturdy compass]

You may want to patch into get_current_pool in common_events.lua to create a new gate as opposed to setting a pool

That's how jokers like Stone and Glass are set to appear whenever you have the relevant enhancement in your deck

I've created a few new ones to check for jokers in hand, editions, seals, and collections of some of those, I think you could do something similar

I have a question myself now. I'm interested in creating a new card area, just a simple 1-slot area for a new card type. How would I go about doing that?

[urban veldt]

if context.scoring_hand and not context.other_card.debuff and context.other_card:is_suit(G.GAME.current_round.castle2_card.suit) and not context.blueprint then

How do I make this specifically Diamonds? (code comes from Castle2 is the examples thing)

Is it just replaced is_suit(G.GAME.current_round.castle2_card.suit) with is_suit(diamond) or something?

[autumn geode]

is_suit("Diamonds") i believe

[urban veldt]

Thank you!

[sturdy compass]

Also is it possible to patch into Steamodded yet? It keeps hijacking functionality I would like to change and it's getting on my nerves

[upper sigil]

im sure this has been asked before, but whats the best place to start when learning to make your own jokers, with having 0 coding experience?

[wooden badge]

Use G.play.cards to access the array of cards that are played or context.scoring_hand to only access the scored ones.

[autumn geode]

would anyone know how i can copy the functionality of Jolly joker cant seem to find anything in the actual balatro source code for the calc of it

[cerulean rose]

requires talisman

[cerulean rose]

yes, although the dialog takes a second or two to appear

[wooden badge]

Check the if branch at line 3660 in card.lua

[autumn geode]

thanks

[wild patrol]

Ah so it's a custom mod

[wooden badge]

that is where those types of jokers are being calculated

[wild patrol]

I'll just change it to a multi or something

[cerulean rose]

not custom necessarily

talisman is a separate mod

[wild patrol]

Anyways to increase the odds of a card showing up so not hoping to get the last card

So I can test make sure it works

[cerulean rose]

#1241172556849876993

[cerulean rose]

you can summon all 5 with debugplus

[wild patrol]

Then I guess it's not working on my end because I added all 5 to joker slots nothing happens

Try both on the card but screen and in middle of a game

[cerulean rose]

what code do you have right now?

[wooden badge]

yeah it does those ones quite scattered, the t_mult value is defined in the config in game.lua then during the main joker eval bit it checks if t_mult > 0 (not nil I suppose) and then it knows that it's one of the 5 "flat-mult-for-hand-type" jokers. Pretty sure line 3660 is what you want.

[wild patrol]

It's on my steam deck in bed right now

Essentially I just have a slightly modified version of what u had

[wooden badge]

Are all the internal tables that hold information about consumeables and such hashed? Would there be any way to manipulate their orders and refer to them without them being jumbled?

[cerulean rose]

did you change the joker keys in the function

[wild patrol]

Only thing I really changed was the name and sprite

[wild patrol]

No everything should be the same

The only thing I changed was adding description and name to the cards

And the sprite coordinates

[rose hamlet]

guys how do i install a mod thats a .lua

[wild patrol]

Actually hold on I think I have the latest Lua on my phone I made

[cerulean rose]

yeah forbidden_part_added has the joker keys that it checks for listed inside it

so you need to change those to your jokers

[wild patrol]

I left that in

So not sure why

[rose hamlet]

.

nvm got it but how do i show fps

[wooden badge]

its a setting in the smods config

in game

[rose hamlet]

thx

wait i dont see it

[wooden badge]

'show hud information' or something like that

[wooden badge]

oh shit

sorry you need the debugger mod as well

[rose hamlet]

np imma get it

[wooden badge]

Wilsonthewolf

[rose hamlet]

where do i get it

[wooden badge]

https://github.com/WilsontheWolf/DebugPlus

[rose hamlet]

kk thx

whast the save loader mod?

is using the balatro calculator mod cheating?

or not

[wooden badge]

nothing's really cheating as long as you're having fun and others aren't losing out

[blissful dagger]

how do I get an enhanced card to destroy itself like glass cards without it triggering jokers like Canio twice

[rose hamlet]

kk

ah its a site not a mod thats a shame

[autumn geode]

Thanks it also has the seeing double effect which I'm also trying to use

[rose hamlet]

is there any qol mods that i should get

[wooden badge]

the debugger will be plenty tbh

[rose hamlet]

kk

i beat my first run today so i thought why not get a few mods

[wooden badge]

nope check again, it's a NOT equals

If you mean line 3653

[autumn geode]

Trying to get my joker to basically add mult to itself when hand contains a pair and at least one heart

[rose hamlet]

what does mipmap do

[wooden badge]

It's checking that seeing double is not included so that it can return x mult freely without needing seeing double's condition

[urban veldt]

SMODS.Joker { key = 'light_glyph', loc_txt = { name = 'Light Glyph', text = { "Gains {C:x_mult}X0#01#{} Mult", "per played Diamond,", "{C:inactive}(Currently {C:x_mult}+#3#{C:inactive} Mult)", } }, blueprint_compat = true, perishable_compat = false, eternal_compat = true, rarity = 2, cost = 6, config = { extra = { x_mult = 0, x_mult_mod = 0.05 }}, atlas = 'ModdedVanilla', pos = { x = 5, y = 0 }, loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card) return { vars = { card.ability.extra.x_mult_mod, card.ability.extra.x_mult, }} end, calculate = function(self, card, context) if context.scoring_hand and not context.other_card.debuff and context.other_card:is_suit("Diamonds") and not context.blueprint then -- extra.mult_mod = 0, -- Mult to add card.ability.extra.x_mult = card.ability.extra.x_mult + card.ability.extra.x_mult_mod return { message = localize('k_upgrade_ex'), colour = G.C.CHIPS, card = card } end if context.joker_main and card.ability.extra.x_mult > 0 then return { message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_xmult', vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult } }, Xmult_mod = card.ability.extra.Xmult } end end }

So, trying to make this increase by 0.05 per scored Diamond,

Is this, like, the right direction?

[tepid crow]

use triple backtick for multi-line codeblocks

(you can then also do the ```lua for the language highlighting)

[rose hamlet]

?

[cerulean rose]

so yeah it's not working cus your jokers will have a different mod prefix

[wooden badge]

what's this in context with?

[rose hamlet]

its in the graphics option

in the settings

[wooden badge]

well it's an image processing technique to reduce aliasing

[rose hamlet]

does it affect fps or smth

its on 4 by default

[wild patrol]

Still trying to figure this out do I need to set the key to Derek like the pot of greed card

[wooden badge]

I don't think it's anything to worry about

[rose hamlet]

kk

[cerulean rose]

no it should be the keys for the 5 parts of exodia

[wooden badge]

I assume a higher level just means higher processing required

[upper sigil]

would anyone be willing help someone make their first joker mod? Im following this youtube video but it totally doesn't account for someone having 0 coding experience which i dont blame it

[cerulean rose]

the mod prefix is set to pencil, needs to be xmpl

[tight thistle]

this is what happens when i try to use the SMODS guide and the other one is when i use my current one

[wooden badge]

so it could affect frame rate although I doubt it, it's not incredibly intensive

[tight thistle]

not sure why

[wild patrol]

So I changed j_pencil to j_xmpl?

[cerulean rose]

yup

[wild patrol]

Alright I do that tomorrow and see what happens

[wooden badge]

the nil returns if it can't find the vars anywhere, so it's likely they were named/referenced incorrectly when you tried to insert them into the card text

[tight thistle]

wait, i just found the issue, nevermind

[wooden badge]

Just a quick tip with the text, you could probably change the opening sentence to "If played hand contains at least one Queen" without the king bit - considering the kings will always have to be there to give the Xmult anyway (capitalised King and Queen as well).

How about "X1.5 Mult per scoring King if played hand contains at least one Queen" - a bit more concise.

[bold sleet]

So uh, for some reason, when hovering over 'the fool' after using this card the game crashes, for some reason finding center.ability.extra.cards inside loc_vars being nil or something, idk. Is there a fix for this?

SMODS.Consumable { -- Summer
  key = "summer",
  set = "Tarot",
  atlas = "tarot",
  pos = { x = 1 , y = 0},
  config = {
    extra = {
      cards = 3
    }
  },
  loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, center)
    return {
      vars = {
        center.ability.extra.cards
      }
    }
  end,
  can_use = function(self,card)
    if G and G.hand then
        if #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 and #G.hand.highlighted <= card.ability.extra.cards then --if cards in hand highlighted are above 0 but below the configurable value then
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end,
  use = function (self, card, area, copier)
    for i=1, #G.hand.highlighted do
      G.hand.highlighted[i]:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS["m_sbc_fire"])
      G.hand.highlighted[i]:flip()
      G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = "after",
        delay = 0.5,
        func = function()
          G.hand.highlighted[i]:flip()
          return true
        end
      }))
    end
  end
}

[frosty dock]

yes, there is no card available when there's just a tooltip being made

I provide you with a fake card on latest steamodded, so I think this should no longer crash if you update

[bold sleet]

I'll check that.

ok

[tight thistle]

i still dont know how to do this and im afraid of asking over and over

[bold sleet]

It doesn't implode now.

[tight thistle]

whatever i try the game either freezes hard or the joker does not work at all

[vagrant cedar]

this is a very me thing to say lmao

[tight thistle]

ive just been stuck on this for days

[wooden badge]

Use G.play.cards to access the array of cards that are played or context.scoring_hand to only access the scored ones.

[bold sleet]

yay, something completely unrelated broke. What am I doing wrong here?

[vagrant cedar]

Speaking of being stuck on something:
I still don't know how to get these Jokers into a global pool.
I just want them to be common rarity, but I don't want you to be able to grab multiple of them in the same run, so I want only one from this mod to show up in each run.

[wooden badge]

context.other_card won't work here because you haven't punched in using context.individual

other_card isn't populated otherwise

so it's trying to index a nil value

[bold sleet]

why tf did it work like a few versions ago then?

[dreamy thunder]

how to make a config tab

[bold sleet]

do i like, add context.individual to it and run with it?

[wooden badge]

Should work, it''s how I've fixed problems liek that in the past

[bold sleet]

ok

[vagrant cedar]

Anyone know the code for this?

I was told in.pool(global) I think, but I still don't know how to work that

[cosmic vigil]

im playing the negative deck, but almost everything i do makes my game crash, is there something i can do about this?

[cinder elk]

chat how do i make it so a card detects a certain rank of card no matter if it's played or unplayed

[tight thistle]

can anyone please just give me an example so i can learn from it? i want to understand what im doing wrong

[foggy carbon]

is there a way that I can give a Joker like, two rarity squares in its description? I don't want it to have two rarities for RNG, just so that I can do something like this:

[foggy carbon]

If you're asking what I think you're asking, this is how Midas Mask checks for face cards

[tight thistle]

im only checking for queens specifically

[foggy carbon]

so change v:is_face() to v:get_id() == 12

[tight thistle]

ok, ill try that

[tight thistle]

IT WORKS

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[ionic verge]

does anyone here know how to code a blueprint type joker?
cus im trying to make one that copies a random joker every round and at this point i dont know what im doing and need help

the game doesnt crash when i try to use the guy, but he doesnt actually copy anything either

desc

[sudden dew]

I would try

return other_joker:calculate(context)

Returning whatever value is returned by calculate is important

[sturdy compass]

I know this sounds like a weird solution but instead of not other_joker == nil try other_joker ~= nil. Changing that ordering around has fixed things a surprising amount of times for me

[ionic verge]

what is ~= ?

[sturdy compass]

Also yeah there's no return

[ionic verge]

i keep seeing it and being confussled

[sturdy compass]

not equal

opposite of ==

[ionic verge]

i see

[sudden dew]

You can just do if other_joker, nil evaluates to false

[ionic verge]

used to it being != in other languages

[sturdy compass]

same lmao

[ionic verge]

so its still currently not working but this part is fine right?

[sturdy compass]

Also instead of checking for specific joker names, I'd recommend checking for not context.no_blueprint since that checks for cards that act like blueprints. I'd recommend taking a look at vanilla blueprint code to see how that's set up and implement it into your Joker too

[sudden dew]

Don'

Don't put other_joker:calculate(...) in brackets

[ionic verge]

ok

[sudden dew]

It's already returning a table

[sturdy compass]

Was gonna say, you're returning a table with the calculate inside

[ionic verge]

got it

there's still a problem outside of it though

i have something telling which joker is copied tied to the desc

[sudden dew]

Also 90% sure it should be context.blueprint and not G.Game.context.blueprint, but that shouldn't keep it from working

[ionic verge]

and it still sayse none

got it

[sturdy compass]

What does your loc_vars look like

[sudden dew]

get center.xyz out of brackets

wait nvm

[sturdy compass]

You're setting the randomJoker variable at calculate

So it won't show until after calculating

[ionic verge]

mhm

so is there a way to do that better?

[proper stratus]

hey fellas! i need help figuring out how to make probabilities

[sturdy compass]

Yes. Since you're rotating the joker every round, you'll want to create a new global variable that holds your target joker and hook into reset_game_globals to have it rotate every round (like an Idol for example)

[proper stratus]

like, im looking over here at the modded vanilla gros michel. im just looking at the text and i understand that the #2# is refering to the extra = {..., odds = 6} in the config, but where's the #3# come from?

[frosty dock]

scroll down, there's a loc_vars function

[ionic verge]

wait is there modded implementations of every joker

[proper stratus]

right, is it somewhere in here?

[proper stratus]

no, just some

[ionic verge]

ok

[proper stratus]

look in your SMODS folder

example mods

[sturdy compass]

loc_vars

[ionic verge]

got it

[frosty dock]

(example mods were moved to a separate repo recently, so it won't be in your smods folder if you're on latest)

[sudden dew]

Your loop that picks a joker also has faulty logic. Should be something like:

for i,v in ipairs(G.jokers.cards} do
    if v.name ~= 'Blueprint' or v.name ~= 'Brainstorm' or v.name ~= 'Mimic Joker' or v.blueprint_compat then
        jokerList[#jokerList + 1] = v
    end
end

[proper stratus]

well this is what i have on my end, what have i done wrong?

[frosty dock]

blueprint_compat is actually only cosmetic

v.name however doesn't work, it'd be v.ability.name

[proper stratus]

(this is on a playing card, so the (self, info_queue, card) might be just for jokers or something)

[ionic verge]

i thought #[array] was just the length?

[proper stratus]

all i want for now is for the text to reflect the 1 in 4 odds i want, and change with oops

baby steps 😅

[frosty dock]

use self.config.odds here

[proper stratus]

this is one of those things where you figure it out for the first time and it takes like an hour but you just know what you did wrong for the rest of your life

[frosty dock]

actually this is bad advice because it doesn't work with values that need to be changed

[proper stratus]

crashes when i hover over it now

[frosty dock]

you put a comma instead of a .

[frosty dock]

card.ability.seal.odds is better

[proper stratus]

[sudden dew]

saying myArray[#myArray + 1] = xyz means "add the value xyz to the very end of myArray". But also see what john smods said about some errors in the example loop I sent you

[proper stratus]

understood and replaced :3

[vivid forge]

is there a list of contexts i can check out?

[ionic verge]

ooooooo

thats clever

[sturdy compass]

mr. smods I have a question while you are here, is it possible to patch into smods yet? Stuff I wanna change keeps getting hijacked by smods first lol

[ionic verge]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Guide-‐-Joker-Calculation

[vivid forge]

Awesome ty

[ionic verge]

among a couple other things this lists just about every joker context

[sudden dew]

You can always set your patch's priority to be after smods' and then have your pattern look for whatever smods changes the code to

[frosty dock]

there's also this which is currently incomplete

[sturdy compass]

It's not smods' patches I'm concerned about, it's moreso stuff smods explicitly takes ownership of

[ionic verge]

how do i hook into resetgameglobals?

[proper stratus]

when i tried putting that instead of self.config.odds it crashed so i put it back and-
success!

well, thats the text, now to do the actual functionality

[ionic verge]

(and making a global variable is just doing 'global thing = 'xyz' ' right?)

[sturdy compass]

I apologize but it's not actually a hook, it's an integrated SMODS function. iirc there's a page on it that I can get you

[ionic verge]

got it

extremely good news
the game crashed inside the if other_joker ~=nil block

[frosty dock]

right, seal things. i don't think you actually get the card

[ionic verge]

that means its actually getting there

[frosty dock]

actually just thing = 'xyz'

[ionic verge]

i see

[proper stratus]

(i wanted to make it as a sticker first, because i want it to also be able to stack with seals but :( )

[ionic verge]

HOLY SHIT IT COPIED SOMETHING

i however dont think its doing so randomly

in a test it copied the same joker 4 times in a row

i have three compatible jokers

so a 1/3^4 chance

[sturdy compass]

I actually cannot find the page so I just took the liberty of writing it out for ya:

function SMODS.current_mod.reset_game_globals(run_start)
    local eligible_jokers = {}
    local new_target = [TARGET JOKER VARIABLE]
    if #G.jokers.cards <= 1 or not next(SMODS.find_card([YOUR JOKER KEY])) then
        new_target = nil
    else
        for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
            if G.jokers.cards[i].config.center.key ~= [YOUR JOKER KEY] and G.jokers.cards[i] ~= new_target and G.jokers.cards[i].config.center.blueprint_compat then
                eligible_jokers[#eligible_jokers + 1] = G.jokers.cards[i]
            end
        end
        if next(eligible_jokers) then
            new_target = pseudorandom_element(eligible_jokers,
                pseudoseed([whatever you want]))
            else
                new_target = nil
        end
    end
    [TARGET JOKER VARIABLE] = new_target
end

and in your loc_vars you can check if the variable is nil

[ionic verge]

mhm

rq is this part set up right?

cus i dont like thinking i got a 1/81 chance to roll the same joker 4x in a row

5x even i think

[sturdy compass]

The block I just sent handles no repeats

[ionic verge]

im talking about my joker selection

[cerulean rose]

well ur using the same roll every time

[ionic verge]

not the global variable stuff

do i just leave it empty?

[cerulean rose]

you need to use pseudorandom

[ionic verge]

you think that'd be covered by pseudorandom_element

[sturdy compass]

Not if you're using the same key every time

[cerulean rose]

you'd think

but no

[sturdy compass]

pseudorandom is the illusion of randomness, in reality it's either taking or creating a key and putting it through an algorithm. So if you're putting the same key through the same algorithm, you'll get the same result

[proper stratus]

hey quick question, im looking at the lucky card code and got a little lost, how does pseudorandom and G,GAME.probabilitie-

well perfect timing then

[sudden dew]

You should be good to put the same seed in every time

[cerulean rose]

no

well to pseudorandom yeah

[sudden dew]

Every example in the vanilla game code has the same seed every time 🤔

[dim steeple]

Creates a random float between 0-1

[proper stratus]

right

hm

[dim steeple]

The condition checks that that value is less than the normal probability (1) divided by 15

Meaning that the probability of it landing within that threshold is 1/15

[proper stratus]

oh, so if you have oops it just does that automatically

[dim steeple]

Oops increases the normal value

[proper stratus]

yeah

[dim steeple]

From 1 to 2

[proper stratus]

so its double as likely

[dim steeple]

Exactly

The threshold is twice as big

[sudden dew]

Looks like when you're using pseudorandom_element you might have to wrap your seed in pseudoseed()

[ionic verge]

i did that

[sturdy compass]

pseudoseed, not pseudorandom

[ionic verge]

i see

[devout pewter]

Is there a visual interface or something like that to make balatro jokers? Something like clickteam?

[proper stratus]

yes actually! https://www.balaui.dev/joker

im not using it because i want to understand how everything works, but it very much is here!

[devout pewter]

ohhh??

interesting

[ionic verge]

ok
it selects a random joker now
just need for it to tell what joker it's copying

[proper stratus]

ive been staring at my pc for like two hours and i havent done anything

all ive done is just the text

[ionic verge]

so where do i put this code block?

[sturdy compass]

anywhere really, it's self contained

I keep mine above where I define my jokers

[proper stratus]

im trying to figure out how to do this but i think im just missing something

like im looking at the vanilla lucky card code and i cant figure out how to check if a card scores

like literally just scores

thats all i need rn

baby steps and all

[sturdy compass]

context.cardarea == G.play and context.individual maybe?

[proper stratus]

well, it doesnt scream at me when i put it in so thats a good sign

also for some reason i cant do if statements

it just doesnt recognise the word if

[ionic verge]

another thing, what should i be replacing [target joker variable] with

little confuzzed

[sturdy compass]

what IDE are you using?

[proper stratus]

vsc

[sturdy compass]

Your global variable you defined to hold the joker info

[sturdy compass]

Do you have the Lua extension?

[proper stratus]

yes

[sturdy compass]

Huh

[proper stratus]

dunno but whatever

guess im not using if statements

[sturdy compass]

can you send a screenshot without the big popup in the way?

[sturdy compass]

You don't have your calculate function defined

[proper stratus]

oh right

[ionic verge]

oh so the global var goes outside of the joker even

[sturdy compass]

Yes

[ionic verge]

i wasnt sure where exactly to put it

but i was expecting within the calculate function

[proper stratus]

im trying to figure out what piece of code just goes "hey! the card's scorin'! "

also is this right for the calculate function

like is this the right function

[sturdy compass]

no

[proper stratus]

mm

[sturdy compass]

after loc_vars, you want to have something like this:

calculate = function(self, card, context)
   -- ALL JOKER CALC CODE WITHIN THIS FUNCTION
end

[proper stratus]

well its not a joker though, its a seal

same thing?

[sturdy compass]

Oh I see

[proper stratus]

yeah

this is a thing thats added to a playing card

[ionic verge]

i think seals still get calculate, but it works differently

[sturdy compass]

It looks like that is still correct though

[ionic verge]

from my limited knowledge

[proper stratus]

alright

again, this is the first thing im ever coding

so

[ionic verge]

gl!

[proper stratus]

thanks! long way to go..

[sturdy compass]

From there on though I don't know how to guide ya, as I haven't implemented a seal. I'd recommend rummaging through Cryptid's code for its seals as reference. Here's a link to where some of that code may be https://github.com/MathIsFun0/Cryptid/blob/main/Items/Misc.lua

[proper stratus]

yeah i have lol

this should just make it do the little bloop animation when it scores, then?

[sturdy compass]

Not when it scores, you don't have a context defined

[tight thistle]

hello! i have a question, how would i make a joker destroy a random card of a specific rank, rather than destroying each card of that specific rank?

[proper stratus]

right, how would one do that?

oh

wait

its just 'if context.card whatever" right?

[toxic ibex]

where can I find the documentation on the G/G.GAME object so I can see what all is callable?

[proper stratus]

probably the Smod docs!

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki

[toxic ibex]

I was looking through there, and didn't find it. it's all the SMODS functions and such

[zealous glen]

I don’t think it has anything on that

[proper stratus]

right

[zealous glen]

I don’t think that exists

[ionic verge]

ok so, first off the [JOKER KEY HERE] is this key right?

[toxic ibex]

I assume it's looking through the lua game files to find it then

[sturdy compass]

I once again am not sure where to go from here due to my own lack of experience with seals

[sturdy compass]

No. [JOKER KEY HERE] represents the key of the joker you're rolling for. IIRC you called it a mimic? If yes, the mimic's key is what should be in that

This way it doesn't pick up a mimic to copy

[ionic verge]

ooooh that key

mb mb

wait what's going on in these blocks?
this is from the code block you sent me

[ionic verge]

@sturdy compass bc i forgot to make the above a reply

also current status, the global var works before i enter a game, which i can check by looking at the collection, but not after

[sturdy compass]

That first loop goes through your joker hand and adds them to the eligible_jokers table if A.) It's not a mimic, B.) it's not the same card as last round, and C.) it's a blueprint compatible card. After that, it checks if eligible_jokers has anything in it. If it does, it populates new_target with a pseudorandom_element from eligible_jokers. If not, new_target becomes nil

also your mimic key should be 'j_[MOD PREFIX]_mimic'

[ionic verge]

oh

so wait is it also trying to choose the joker mimic is selecting?

[sturdy compass]

Yes

[ionic verge]

mhmmmm

ok

[wraith topaz]

Dang, this is some premium spagetti code.

[sturdy compass]

ouch

[ionic verge]

this is this person's joker

im just coding it for them

[wraith topaz]

Nah, because I understand ZERO codin

[sturdy compass]

dawg 💀

[wraith topaz]

Good work btw.

[ionic verge]

this looks like pretty normal code tbh btw

one note btw, and ill just implement this myself, the joker also blacklists blueprint and brainstorm

[wraith topaz]

I don't know any code of this game so that's probably why.

[ionic verge]

where can i find the keys for vanilla jokers?

[sturdy compass]

game.lua

[autumn geode]

how do you make it so certain scored cards give you money ive tried returning money = card.ability.extra.money but that does not work

[sturdy compass]

you wanna use ease_dollars(card.abililty.extra.money) instead

Not in the return btw

[autumn geode]

oh right

where does that want to go then

[sturdy compass]

somewhere before the return

Actually I just remembered, instead of ease_dollars you could just return dollars = card.abililty.extra.money

That's probably an easier solution

[autumn geode]

ill give that a go

[vagrant cedar]

I still don't know how to do a global pool if anyone is able to help me finish up my album jokers

[ionic verge]

sanity check, this is how you get the name of a joker in string form right?

well, yeah by the looks of it

cus thats how it works in an earlier part of my code

[sturdy compass]

ok hold on lmao

You want G.localization.descriptions.Joker[other_joker.config.center.key].name

That way if the target is a modded joker it gets the actual name

[autumn geode]

lol my shit just crashed now what that should just work says that its a nil field for ability

[proper stratus]

well now im confused

its saying there's a problem on line 721

[ionic verge]

G.etc after or replacing other_joker.

[proper stratus]

and my mod is like 40 lines long

[autumn geode]

bruh spelling mistake moment hahah

[ionic verge]

not your file

[proper stratus]

yeah i assumed so

[sturdy compass]

replacing

[proper stratus]

what file is it on then?

state_events.lua

[ionic verge]

functions/stateevents

[proper stratus]

hm

[ionic verge]

probably in SMODS

[proper stratus]

right

[proper stratus]

its a lovely problem?

state_events.lua is in lovely > dump > functions

[ionic verge]

ok so here's the deal, the line i posted is in the mimic joker's code block, because i just want the targetJoker global var to remember the name of the joker chosen by mimic

[proper stratus]

hmmmmmmm

[sturdy compass]

the lovely dump is essentially the new code the game runs after injecting mods

[proper stratus]

right

ive just done messed somethin up then

something's wrong with this then

[ionic verge]

not for it to choose the joker the mimic is trying to copy

[proper stratus]

because thats all i added, and now it crashes whenever i try to play a card with the seal

[frosty dock]

context.cardarea == G.play isn't a unique context

[proper stratus]

(i know what we're talking about dont worry)

[ionic verge]

i believe you also add 'and context.jokers'

[proper stratus]

how do i fix :<

[ionic verge]

i think

[frosty dock]

i see you're on old calc?

[proper stratus]

yeah

[ionic verge]

you check for both of these

[frosty dock]

isn't this not a joker?

[ionic verge]

oh wait

[sturdy compass]

It's a seal

[ionic verge]

dur

[proper stratus]

its a seal yeah

[ionic verge]

i forgot

mb

[frosty dock]

for better calc it's context.cardarea == G.jokers and context.main_scoring

[proper stratus]

here's the api for seals

[frosty dock]

you don't need to show me, I wrote that

[proper stratus]

(for the other guy :3 )

[ionic verge]

i imagine these then

depends

[frosty dock]

which translates to... what exactly for old_calc? context.cardarea == G.play and not context.repetition?

[proper stratus]

i can just switch SMODS version

[frosty dock]

that's defo the better thing to do, the less code still getting written for old calc, the better

[wintry solar]

I should finish my calculate guide

[sturdy compass]

I hate to butt in, but how would I go about editing something that SMODS took ownership of? This edition in game_object.lua for example, I want to edit what's being returned slightly

[frosty dock]

just uh

take ownership of it again

[proper stratus]

WAIT

IT WORKED

alright

we're getting somewhere

(i cant believe the problem was a wrong version of smod im jumping off a balatro shaped building)

[sturdy compass]

Do I just copy paste that code with my change? I'm sorry if this is dumb, I just never took ownership of smthn yet

[frosty dock]

you need to put only the function/value you're changing

[sturdy compass]

ah ok

[frosty dock]

the rest will stay put

[sturdy compass]

Ok, but what about for a function itself, i.e. random_destroy? There's something in that I need to edit as well

[frosty dock]

oh, that's a local function to game_object.lua

[sturdy compass]

yes

[frosty dock]

that should maybe be made a global util function

[long sun]

really proud of this one, so forwarding it here :D

[proper stratus]

oh wow that looks amazing

[frosty dock]

hopefully lovely 0.7.0 is soon, in which case you'll be able to patch into it

[sturdy compass]

Ah that's what I'd be waiting for, alright

[frosty dock]

other than that, you'd have to redefine your own version

[wintry solar]

did you add the unique identifiers yet aure?