💻・modding-dev

[maiden phoenix]

Oh yea I forgot G.consumeables:remove(card) also exists, try using that

[tall wharf]

uhm

i just called start dissolve on those cards

[woeful tundra]

I know you can dissolve it, just a lot more involved, then you gotta ease money, destroy the card and send the message, and I found that trying to do it that way, it plays the messages in a weird time

[crisp coral]

start_dissolve calls remove

bruv

[maiden phoenix]

Don't forget after G.E_MANAGER events

[coral cobalt]

Seeing all this im really not looking forward to making my own mod ;-;

[crisp coral]

you should try it out! this is like the advanced stuff

[woeful tundra]

its really not that bad, im making it sound like a bigger deal than it is 😛

[coral cobalt]

I plan to do some complicated stuff tho like custom face cards and what not

[maiden phoenix]

Then why the fuck does LT sometime not use it?

[coral cobalt]

Cant wait to make the art for em

[maiden phoenix]

is it a LT moment?

[crisp coral]

LT?

[maiden phoenix]

LocalThunk

[coral cobalt]

I can post some of the ideas if your curious:3

[crisp coral]

because dissolve has the dissolve animation, then removes

remove straight up removes it

[coral cobalt]

If not it will stay my evil secret mod

[maiden phoenix]

They didn't specify if they wanted the card to dissolve or not so 🤷

[crisp coral]

bruh

[woeful tundra]

in my mind destroy = dissolve, is there a bigger difference?

[coral cobalt]

Here me out

[crisp coral]

the difference is the animation

that's it

[coral cobalt]

We make the card explode instead and make a custom animation

[maiden phoenix]

If you don't use start_dissolve it just pops out of existence

[coral cobalt]

Thatd be way cooler fr fr

[tall wharf]

green screen explosion

[coral cobalt]

It would go hard

Or like

The stupid green screen car crash into helicopter falling into plane explosion

That ones always a banger

[maiden phoenix]

start_car_crash

[coral cobalt]

start_epic_car_helicopter_plane_crash *

[woeful tundra]

the message plays after the card is dissolved, and the money is added at the exact moment the consumable is dissolved, so it makes it difficult to tell where the money came from lol

[coral cobalt]

I think that seems fine

[wintry solar]

Send the destruction in a function through func = function

[woeful tundra]

                    card:start_dissolve()
                end``` like this?

                card.ability.extra.remaining = card.ability.extra.remaining - 1
                card_eval_status_text(card, "extra", nil, nil, nil, {
                    message = "Depleted!"
                })
                ease_dollars(1)
                func = function()
                    card:start_dissolve()
                end
            end``` is the entire thing with the context check

[wintry solar]

Probably needs to be in an event inside the function too

[coral cobalt]

Idk if its the lack of sleep but i cant even look at this

Its all just

Mush

Like my brain

[crisp coral]

sleep

[woeful tundra]

are you familiar with LUA?

[wintry solar]

Wait no where’s the return table gone

[woeful tundra]

you cant use that for consumables I thought, I tried a bunch of things with that and it wouldnt dissolve/destroy the consumable

[wintry solar]

Yeah you can

Just remove is only valid in very specific contexts

[coral cobalt]

Ive tried a few times, i lost my apartment so the stress probably keeping me up rn

Not even 2 melatonin knocked me out o.o

Ill hit a wall eventually tho so im not worried

[crisp coral]

[coral cobalt]

Hopefully when i move back home ill have a bit more freetime so i can start working out again, and work on a balatro mod

Ik this mod idea is a hit

[woeful tundra]

do you know which contexts it works in that would be relevant to consumables?

[coral cobalt]

Either way ik ill enjoy it

[wintry solar]

It wouldn’t be relevant to consumables which is why you need the function

[raw geyser]

I'm having a weird problem. Trying to space two strings on a button, and with a Row/Column setup the text keeps shrinking:

[long sun]

how do you add chips and mult, when scoring a joker?

[raw geyser]

I'd look into two simple jokers that do that. I'm pretty sure you return a table with "chips" or "mult". If you return both, it should add both.

[wintry swallow]

maybe your padding is too big?

[long sun]

which jokers do that?

none of the vanilla jokers add chips and mult when being scored

Walkie Talkie's method didn't work

[wintry solar]

The joker adds the chips and mult yea?

[raw geyser]

Scholar is the easiest one. Here's his bit of code:

if self.ability.name == 'Scholar' and
    context.other_card:get_id() == 14 then
        return {
            chips = self.ability.extra.chips,
            mult = self.ability.extra.mult,
            card = self
        }
    end

That's inside function Card:calculate_joker(context)

[wintry solar]

if context.joker_main then
  return {
    chips = X,
    mult = Y
  }
end```

[woeful tundra]

I got my thing working... it feels janky, but looks great lol

ignore the -2 dollars when I play a hand, its part of the custom deck im using to test things easier, if I dont play a straight, I lose 2 dollars

[raw geyser]

Found out that my scaling is dropping every few frames by 4%

Anyone got any ideas why scale is changing randomly?

[wintry solar]

Not without seeing any code

[raw geyser]

Haven't touched the UI.ua code besides looing into a debug print. Here's the UI table:

n = G.UIT.R,
config = { id = 'enter_shop_button', align = "cm", colour = shop_color, minh = 0.6, minw = 2.7, outline = 1, outline_colour = darken(shop_color,0.3),
   padding = 0.07, r = 0.1, shadow = true, hover = true, one_press = true, func = 'can_enter_shop', button = 'enter_shop', maxw = 2.7 },
nodes = {
   {
      n = G.UIT.C,
      config = { align = "cm", minw = 1.3, minh = 0.5, outline = 1, outline_colour = G.C.L_BLACK },
      nodes = {
         { n = G.UIT.T, config = { text = open_text, scale = 0.45, colour = G.C.UI.TEXT_LIGHT, shadow = true, minh = 0.5, outline = 1, outline_colour = G.C.L_BLACK } }
   }},
   { n = G.UIT.C, config = { colour = G.C.UI.TEXT_DARK, outline = 1, outline_colour = G.C.L_BLACK } },
   {
      n = G.UIT.C,
      config = { align = "cm", minw = 1.3, minh = 0.5, outline = 1, outline_colour = G.C.L_BLACK },
      nodes = {
         { n = G.UIT.T, config = { text = cost_text, scale = 0.45, colour = G.C.UI.TEXT_LIGHT, shadow = true, minh = 0.5, outline = 1, outline_colour = G.C.L_BLACK } }
   }},
}

The text keeps getting smaller, XD

[woeful tundra]

Ignore the -2 dollars when I play a hand, its part of the custom deck im using to test things easier, if I dont play a straight, I lose 2 dollars

I think this works nicely calculate = function(self, card, context) if context.before and card.ability.extra.remaining > 0 then card.ability.extra.remaining = card.ability.extra.remaining - 1 return{ dollars = 1, focus = card, card = card, } end if context.end_of_round and context.individual and card.ability.extra.remaining == 0 and card.ability.extra.destroyed == false then card.ability.extra.destroyed = true SMODS.eval_this(card, {message="Depleted!"}) card:start_dissolve() end end

[wintry solar]

Don’t use eval this

Use calculate effect instead

[woeful tundra]

                    message = "Depleted!"
                })``` this instead?

I dont need it to calculate at all though, just needs to display the message

[zealous glen]

Thank you 😭

[sudden meadow]

yes ofc

i saw that and i was like

thats gotta be in the vanilla game

it matches so well

[zealous glen]

Hey eremel, quick question: do you know what's the color used for face down cards in the deck? I think it's an orange but which orange

[zealous glen]

audghjdfvsjk 🥺

[woeful tundra]

I guess my question is, whats the difference in the 2 functions?

[raw geyser]

Think I found the infinite shrink recursion. If the container is having to be shrunk, it'll keep getting the shrink applied every update frame.

[woeful tundra]

where did you call the shrink to happen?

[raw geyser]

I didn't. It's in the basic shrink ui code

[woeful tundra]

ahh

[raw geyser]

if v.config and v.config.scale then v.config.scale = v.config.scale*fac end

It'll keep applying that everytime fac isn't 1.0, and it's set based on maxw or maxh

AH! If you set your minh/minw too high and it's too large for the parent container, it'll keep trying to shrink the child container, and it'll only shrink the contents of the child

[wintry solar]

I would guess at attention

[wild patrol]

so I wanna try adding this card to the yuigioh card mod

is it possible to lower the game blind limit

in middle of a match?

was gonna do something where u could discard a card to lower the blind by like 100 or something

[vital rapids]

I think so yeah

[wild patrol]

damn scammers don't even try anymore

atleast spell steam right in ur dogshit urls

[violet void]

G.GAME.blind.chips = math.floor([your number])
G.GAME.blind.chip_text = number_format(G.GAME.blind.chips)```

this worked for me

[wild patrol]

i'm guess I need to do something with math.floor?

ok

is the you number how much to subtract or

[violet void]

it assigns a new value

[wild patrol]

ok

Guess i'll look and see how the big blind boss does it's colculation

and see if I can fiddle with that to

I need something based on how manay discards u do

Or do you think it would be better for deleting a joker card for 1000 offf a blind

🤔

[analog pilot]

if you’re going to take an amount off of the blind, do it multiplicatively

[faint yacht]

I have a Joker that reduces the Blind requirement per score of a card.

[wild patrol]

You think should go with the original design of destiny board

or use the censored final message

[long sun]

this doesn't work, it displays a blank message and does nothing

will try _mod

working slightly better, but not really.

it adds 2 mult and shows a red blank message

code:

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.joker_main then
        return {
            chips_mod = card.ability.extra.chips,
            mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult,
        }
    end
  end```

[maiden phoenix]

Which steamodded version are you dev'ing on?

[long sun]

checking

1.0.0~ALPHA-1230d-STEAMODDED

i'm guessing there's been an update?

[maiden phoenix]

Yea 😅

[long sun]

hokai ^^

now it's not displaying any message at all

[random sleet]

because you havent told it to

_mod are silent versions

[long sun]

aha, two seconds

bingo. thanks :D

(i changed the _mods to chips and mult)

[wild patrol]

what would be the script for a joker to trigger something on the end of round

when u win

[long sun]

if context.end_of_round and not context.individual and not context.repetition then

[wild patrol]

do I need to add a return

or just put a end at the end of the function?

[long sun]

what does your joker do?

[wild patrol]

just adds a card to the joker slot

[long sun]

so its ability is +1 Joker slot?

[wild patrol]

It's adding a custom joker card

[long sun]

ohh i see

if you want a message to be displayed, then you should follow the procedure for returning a message

if you want it to be silent, no need iirc

[wild patrol]

ok

[lucid sun]

anyone know of a mod that has a joker that makes a hand score as a different type of hand. for example a pair is actually scored as a 3oak.
tryna figure it out but am failing so would like to look at someones working code for it

[wild patrol]

        if context.end_of_round and not context.individual and not context.repetition then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key_append = 'Spirit_E' }
            card:start_materialize()
    end
})```

should I use calculation

[maiden phoenix]

(you forgot context in your param)

[foggy carbon]

perfect. I can write code in such a way that which variable is affected, is itself a variable. Making my plans compatible with other mods.

[violet void]

Does anyone know why my game gets really laggy when I tab out? The only thing I added is custom sprite for undiscovered cards with lovely patches

After testing a bit, this patch seems to be the issue

# Set Alignment undiscovered soul sprite
[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "card.lua"
pattern = '''
local shared_sprite = (self.ability.set == 'Edition' or self.ability.set == 'Joker') and G.shared_undiscovered_joker or G.shared_undiscovered_tarot
'''
position = "after"
payload = '''
if self.config.center.set == 'Alignment' then
    shared_sprite = Sprite(0, 0, self.T.w, self.T.h, G.ASSET_ATLAS[self.config.center.atlas or self.config.center.set],
    (self.config.center.undisc_soul_pos))
end
'''
match_indent = true```

thoughts?

-# and no its not debugplus' performance logging thing

[wild patrol]

?

[maiden phoenix]

calculate = function(self, card, context)

[wild patrol]

oh

SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key_append = 'Spirit_E' } created a radom card?

instead of the card I had set

[maiden phoenix]

Yes

[wild patrol]

?

[maiden phoenix]

If you want a specific joker you need to add a key field

[wild patrol]

SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'Spirit_E' }

also is there away to set this to do it only once?

or some ducktape work around to make it not do it again for another 9999999 rounds

[cursive glade]

Having some trouble with SMODS.add_card()
What are the proper arguments to use with it? I keep getting an error attempt to index local 'area' [a nil value], either 'area' or 'center' throws that error. i have no idea what i'm doing

SMODS.add_card{key = "j_prefix_myjoker"}

[maiden phoenix]

add set = 'Joker'

It can guess the area trough its set

[stray wing]

does taking ownership of jokers affect how they spawn for a given seed? I'm trying to modify the text of a joker that appears in the ante 2 shop for a given seed (greedy joker), but whenever I do that using take_ownership a different joker spawns, and if I take ownership of that one instead, I get greedy joker

[maiden phoenix]

add a config value like activated = false check if activated is false and if it is, create the card and set activated to true. If you want that card created once trough all copy of that joker you'll have to use a G.GAME variable

[cursive glade]

The add_card lines I'm using:

        local slotmaster_card = SMODS.add_card({
            set = "Joker",
            key = "slotmaster",
            legendary = false,
            rarity = 3,
            skip_materialize = true,
            soulable = true,
        })

The errors I'm getting:

(3) Lua global 'create_card' at file 'functions/common_events.lua:2213'
        Local variables:
         _type = string: "Joker"
         area = nil
         legendary = boolean: false
         _rarity = number: 3
         skip_materialize = boolean: true
         soulable = boolean: true
         forced_key = string: "slotmaster"
         key_append = nil
         area = nil
         center = nil
         (*temporary) = table: 0x08ead728  {j_mime:table: 0x08eb36e0, j_sdm_magic_hands:table: 0x08d81300, j_ring_master:table: 0x08ec3e48 (more...)}
         (*temporary) = number: 15
         (*temporary) = table: 0x08819590  {handle:function: 0x087ee168, __index:table: 0x08819590, init:function: 0x0881a3f8 (more...)}
         (*temporary) = table: 0x08819590  {handle:function: 0x087ee168, __index:table: 0x08819590, init:function: 0x0881a3f8 (more...)}
         (*temporary) = boolean: true
         (*temporary) = table: 0x08a0d700  {ref_table:table: 0x088f9c80, blockable:false, trigger:ease, func:function: 0x08f2f660 (more...)}
         (*temporary) = number: 14.2582
         (*temporary) = string: "TOTAL"
         (*temporary) = string: "contrast"
         (*temporary) = table: 0x08819590  {handle:function: 0x087ee168, __index:table: 0x08819590, init:function: 0x0881a3f8 (more...)}
         (*temporary) = boolean: true
         (*temporary) = table: 0x08c15288  {ref_table:table: 0x088f9db0, blockable:false, trigger:ease, func:function: 0x090bde18 (more...)}
         (*temporary) = number: 14.2582
         (*temporary) = string: "attempt to index local 'center' (a nil value)"

[maiden phoenix]

Your key is missing j + your_mod_prefix at the beginning

should be like j_modprefix_jokerkey

[cursive glade]

alright. let me dig around. I don't know if I set my prefix properly or what's going on.

        local slotmaster_card = SMODS.add_card({
            set = "Joker",
            key = "j_dexp_slotmaster",
            legendary = false,
            rarity = 3,
            skip_materialize = true,
            soulable = true,
        })

[maiden phoenix]

Did you make a header/metadata json file in your mod?

[cursive glade]

yeah, but the joker definition doesn't have a prefix config'd

[wild patrol]

here's the reason why need it to activate once lol

[maiden phoenix]

Ooh you could check if next(SMODS.find_card('j_modprefix_jokerkey')) is true and if not create the card then, it's easier this way

[wild patrol]

oh

Didn't know I could do that

[maiden phoenix]

If say, "E" is sold, would "D" be able to recreate a "E" or not?

[wild patrol]

I haven't gotten that far yet

[maiden phoenix]

Ah ok

[wild patrol]

if u sell it'll just destroy all the rest created

is probably gonna be the goal

[topaz sun]

Is there a way to conditionally load a lovely patch if a specified mod is present?

[maiden phoenix]

Idk, you could ask here https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1214591552903716954

[topaz sun]

Thanks 👍

[tepid crow]

I believe that's not possible, but you could do it the other way around?

using next(SMODS.find_mod("mod")) then*

[frosty dock]

next(SMODS.find_mod("mod"))

[cursive glade]

does it make any difference in add_card if I'm using smods-old-calc or the newest version?

[maiden phoenix]

I don't know how old add_card is, I've just been using it recently in new calc

[hardy viper]

what more does this function add

[frosty dock]

add_card wasn't changed in new calc iirc

[frosty dock]

it accounts for disabled mods and provides

[cursive glade]

then I must be doing something wrong, still... hmm

[hardy viper]

ah

cool

[cursive glade]

Here's my full add_card code:

        local find_slotmaster = SMODS.find_card('j_dexp_slotmaster')
        if find_slotmaster then
            print("[DEBUG] Found Slotmaster!")
            local slotmaster_card = SMODS.add_card({
                set = "Joker",
                key = "j_dexp_slotmaster",
                legendary = false,
                rarity = 3,
                skip_materialize = true,
                soulable = true,
            })
        else
            print("[DEBUG] Couldn't find slotmaster")
        end

it prints the "Found Slotmaster", so it's definitely "j_dexp_slotmaster" key, so I'm not sure what's throwing the attempt to index local 'area' [a nil value] error

[runic pecan]

So I wanted to access a glass card's xmult like the Hiker joker but...
(See the screenshot from game.lua)
Does this mean that instead of
context.other_card.ability.extra.Xmult = context.other_card.ability.extra.Xmult + card.ability.extra.card_Xmult_mod
I'll need to use
context.other_card.ability.Xmult = context.other_card.ability.Xmult + card.ability.extra.card_Xmult_mod ?

[stray wing]

does take_ownership change the key of a joker?

[hardy viper]

only if you explicitly change the key yourself

[frosty dock]

it's actually context.other_card.ability.x_mult

yes that's a thunkism

[stray wing]

thanks, I'm trying to understand how take_ownership affects seeded runs

trying to change some text on a base game joker but it seems to stop it appearing where it should

[wild patrol]

so something like this if context.end_of_round and not context.individual and not context.repetition then SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E' } next(SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E')) SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A' } card:start_materialize() end

or do I have it backwards

or wold I have to use a elseif

[maiden phoenix]

Your card will add E for sure and then if it finds E (which it will) it will add A

Not sure thats what you're trying to go for

Btw the next(SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E')) bit needs to be an if check

[wild patrol]

Nutshell if previous card exists don't create that one create the next one

looking at the code that checks for if the exodia cards exists

SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E') = 0 then

would it be something like this?

[frosty dock]

either if not next(SMODS.find_card('...')) then or if #SMODS.find_card('...') == 0 then works

something ate my #

now it's correct

[wild patrol]

        if context.end_of_round and not context.individual and not context.repetition then
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E' }
            return
        elseif
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key == 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A' }
            return
        elseif
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_T') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_T' }
            return 
        elseif
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_H') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_H' }
            return 
        end
    end```

so would this work

or should I remove the returns

[timid star]

would anyone know how to display the current mult just like the Stone Joker would for jokers like these (live updating every time your deck updates)

[tepid crow]

that looks like you need to start learning how to code in lua

[wild patrol]

Damn like who asked u?

[wild patrol]

give it it a shot see what happens

[tepid crow]

people are trying to help you out but it doesn't seem like you understand what they're telling you

[wild patrol]

doesn't help when ur being condescending and going "just learn it"

[violet void]

bump
I was trying to give each card its own undiscovered sprite and soul sprite, but it keeps lagging like that for some reason

-# I guess I'll ask Aure later

[cursive glade]

FINALLY got this to work 😄
Huge thanks to everyone who helped!

[opaque tendon]

Guys, any help on how to count the cards in the deck and keep track? i want to make a joker work based on how many card of each suit i have. for example to give xmult if i have more hearts in my deck, etc

[wild patrol]

@frosty dock thx it worked

        if context.end_of_round and not context.individual and not context.repetition then
            if #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E' }
        elseif
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A' }
        elseif
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_T') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_T' } 
        elseif
            #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_H') == 0 then
            SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_H' } 
            end
        end
    end```

ducktape and glue works everytime

[merry raven]

EATH

[wild patrol]

Just need to add in the insta win code from the exodia one and it's basically done

which is just basically a copy paste job

btw what's the code again to detect if there is not enough room for joker slots lol

this is just broken lol

[wooden nexus]

Y’know what. Gonna do a poll for #1318248620125851749 after seeing this and the MTG one. Complete the trifecta possibly

[violet void]

debugplus has an instawin button btw

[tepid crow]

Yeah sorry, that wasn't very nice of me.

I've just seen this before where people come in with questions and others respond with helpful answers but because they're not familiar with Lua as a language or programming as a whole they don't know how to apply the knowledge they've been given.

I recommend taking a look at e.g.

• https://ebens.me/posts/lua-for-programmers-part-1/
• https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html
  or googling "learn to program in lua" and finding a guide/tutorial that works for you

[wild patrol]

It's good dude

I've been in a lot of modding groups and the attitude of just learn it doesn't really help ppl

It scares ppl off because they think coding is diffcult in scary when it really isn't it's like putting a puzzle together sometimes ppl just don't see the piece that's missing

[frosty dock]

it's ugly but it works haha

[wild patrol]

the ways of programming

[frosty dock]

lol I'd make that shorter for sure if it were my code

[wild patrol]

It's fine it's just a meme mod anyways

doubtful this will be the next cryptic mod everyone plays

[frosty dock]

mostly that's just me hating boilerplate code

[wild patrol]

it'll just be a nother haha funni then they delete it mod

[frosty dock]

so eh

[cursive glade]

next question, on a joker what context.* do I use to detect when a boss has been defeated?
if context.end_of_round and context.boss then ?

[wild patrol]

wondering if I should change my context to boss instead of round

just to nerf the insta win

🤔

[frosty dock]

if context.end_of_round and context.main_eval and G.GAME.blind.boss then

[violet void]

aure sorry if I keep asking you but do you possibly know why it does that

[crisp coral]

you are making a new Sprite every frame!

don't!

[frosty dock]

that looks like you're making extra sprites that aren't being cleaned up

[wild patrol]

me silently stealing this

[violet void]

ah dang

sorry for the ping

[wild patrol]

@frosty dock one last thing what's the line to check for if there's not enough joker slots

[crisp coral]

if you want your code to be long do this instead
if context.end_of_round and not context.repetition and not context.individual and G.GAME.blind.boss then

[wild patrol]

should probably add that in to

[crisp coral]

[bright moss]

Is there a way i can change the colors of the suit names in joker descriptions, for example ancient joker, through a texture pack?

[frosty dock]

if #G.jokers.cards + (G.GAME.joker_buffer or 0) >= G.jokers.config.card_limit then iirc

[tepid crow]

I understand, but I've also seen people in here whose questions eventually boil down to "code this for me", just spread out over 15 different questions
And sometimes people are willing to help with teaching Lua from scratch, but sometimes it's imo better to tell them they should learn the language itself first

[wild patrol]

do I need to put it in as another if statement with another then since I already have one with the if context?

[frosty dock]

I need to come up with a way to break that check specifically ngl

[crisp coral]

fuck you!!!!

let me not repetition and not individual in peace

[frosty dock]

if that's how you write code, sure

but you can combine it into the existing if statement with another and

[wild patrol]

i'm just asking becuase lol calculate = function(self, card, context) if context.end_of_round and context.main_eval and G.GAME.blind.boss then if #G.jokers.cards + (G.GAME.joker_buffer or 0) >= G.jokers.config.card_limit then if #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E') == 0 then SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_E' } elseif #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A') == 0 then SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_A' } elseif #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_T') == 0 then SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_T' } elseif #SMODS.find_card('j_tcgyugi_Spirit_H') == 0 then SMODS.add_card { set = 'Joker', key = 'j_tcgyugi_Spirit_H' } end end end

[wild patrol]

ok

so I can just do something like if context.end_of_round and context.main_eval and G.GAME.blind.boss and #G.jokers.cards + (G.GAME.joker_buffer or 0) >= G.jokers.config.card_limit then

[tepid crow]

yeah

[wild patrol]

running low on glue but ducktape is king

[frosty dock]

meh

if you wanna get to being able to make things by yourself, learning it proper is usually better for that

[wild patrol]

I've learned a bit from you helping me sometimes takes a second to stick

[frosty dock]

fair

[wild patrol]

gotten a little better at troubleshooting

with error codes

[icy cobalt]

Hola not sure if this is the right spot but I'm wondering if anyone can gauge the balance on this for me

[stray wing]

I don't think it seems broken but I also am not sure if it seems useful either

[frosty dock]

hm

[hot echo]

Not even in Checkered?

[frosty dock]

you'll never get a lot of mult out of it

but the extra discards are a good tool

it's fairly situational, which makes for a good rare

[lavish folio]

checkered is a weird deck. a lot of jokers that arent normally great are amazing like the castle

[frosty dock]

I'd consider increasing the mult probably

[stray wing]

it'll be easy to activate but idk like 5 hands discarded (albeit for free) to get to 2x seems like a lot of work.

[frosty dock]

I mean HtR is 0.5 for a single card

I feel like that's more reasonable of a value for a rare

[icy cobalt]

I did think that initially, but it does also offer the refunded discard but not sure how much that's worth Xmult-wise

[crisp coral]

this scales slightly slower than Yorick

let that sink in

[lavish folio]

i would almost go .75 like the glass joker if you dont refund the discard. the checkered deck is about the only deck that could really abuse this but it makes for an ambitious deck building goal like Flower Pot and Drivers License

[frosty dock]

it resets each round

[tepid crow]

and this also resets at end of round

[crisp coral]

oh resets

then it's dogshit at X0.2 LMAO

[icy cobalt]

LOL

Where would you put it then?

[woeful tundra]

.5x

[cursive glade]

It'll print "A BLIND WAS SKIPPED" but not "A BOSS WAS DEFEATED". I don't think that context is detecting the boss blind defeat.

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.end_of_round and context.main_eval and G.GAME.blind.boss then
            print("[INFO] A BOSS WAS DEFEATED!")
        elseif context.skip_blind then
            print("[INFO] A BLIND WAS SKIPPED!")
        else
            -- print("[INFO] Waiting...")
        end
    end

[crisp coral]

X0.5 with refund or X0.75 without refund

[crisp coral]

...are you sure you're defeating blinds and not skipping them

[woeful tundra]

The end of the day if you discard 5 flushes to get 2.5x that’s 25 cards out of your deck, potentially 16 if you have the 4 finger joker

[crisp coral]

oh wait refund the discard

[lavish folio]

also it should be "contains a flush" because what if you accidentally discard a straight flush or flush house or thats your build

[cursive glade]

I want it to trigger differently when a Small or Big is skipped than when a boss is defeated. it's a high risk high reward kind of joker.

[crisp coral]

i read that as discarded cards go back to hand

[woeful tundra]

No. So you are still limited to how many cards you have in your deck

[stray wing]

that would have made it infinite right

[icy cobalt]

good point, I do have it working that way in the code already

[wild patrol]

this doesn't seem to work

game doesn't crash

[frosty dock]

oops

you need to invert the check of course

[wild patrol]

oh lol

[frosty dock]

this only works when your slots are full

[wild patrol]

so I got it backwards

[frosty dock]

change >= to <

[wild patrol]

LOL

[stray wing]

Have been messing around with this for a while and can't figure it out. What I want is to be able to modify the text on a base joker and have it show up in the shop as it would have done unmodified. When I set a seed, the expected joker does not show up if I have used take_ownership.

Essentially, I'd like to be able to guarantee that a number of modified jokers turn up in shop 1, shop 2, etc. I'm using a set seed so I know which should show up, but it deviates from the expected sequence when I take ownership, even if I don't do any changes to them. Any ideas on how I could achieve this?

[wild patrol]

the winning a boss blind doesn't seem to be working

not even sure it it was the <=

[frosty dock]

🤔

[cursive glade]

I'm having the same problem.
if context.end_of_round and context.main_eval and G.GAME.blind.boss then doesn't seem to work

[wild patrol]

i'm gonna dig into the vanilla game

[frosty dock]

what smods version?

[wild patrol]

i'm on the alpha

1315b

[cursive glade]

i'm using whatever the latest -old-calc is

[wild patrol]

unless there's been a big update

[frosty dock]

what I've said is specific to new calc

[cursive glade]

ah, makes sense

[frosty dock]

1315b is like 2 weeks old, I think main_eval was added after that

[wild patrol]

ok

i'll update real quick

[frosty dock]

yeah in fact you're one version off from when I added main_eval

imagine not developing on latest 💀

[wild patrol]

That means my lazy ass has to update

[frosty dock]

just learn git (updating is just typing two words in terminal)

[wild patrol]

I know but still too lazy

[cursive glade]

I read this and thought -old-calc would be the way to go, but apparently not

[frosty dock]

Regular users stands for "people that don't develop mods"

[night pagoda]

why using git when you have github desktop (press one button instead of typing two words)

[frosty dock]

Also I should remove that note

[cursive glade]

makes sense. I'll update and try again.

[frosty dock]

if you haven't updated your mod to new calc yet, tbh fuck you

it's been 4 weeks

[frosty dock]

because I hate myself

[cursive glade]

i just started modding

[frosty dock]

I meant other mod devs for mods that already existed

you're not at fault

[cursive glade]

bah. it's early enough in the dev of my deck/joker mod that it wont be painful to switch

[storm kraken]

um how would i go about changing the hand selection size
like how many playing cards you can select

[tall wharf]

ok so i am trying to port my mod to new calc

[frosty dock]

change G.hand.config.highlighted_limit I think

[frosty dock]

do you have a hook on eval_card?

[tall wharf]

oh riught

[frosty dock]

it has two return values now

[tall wharf]

oh

[wild patrol]

yup that was it

updated my smod and it worked

everything functions

well bed time

[storm kraken]

well it would work if it werent for the fact that i cant play the hand

[slender island]

can i make joker changing music?

[storm kraken]

select_music_track = function()
        return next(SMODS.find_card("your joker key here"))
    end,

put this in the smods for your music file

[frosty dock]

right that's a thing that exists

[storm kraken]

fuck i pressed enter too early

[cursive glade]

HUZZAH!
thanks for the kick in the pants

[frosty dock]

note: you might want to give it a priority value. just returning it like this will have or overwritten by most other sources of music changing

return next(...) and 100 or nil

[stray wing]

okay woo I solved my problem in the ugliest way possible (it doesn't matter too much, this mod is for me only). If I just take ownership of every joker in order, then it seems to preserve things.

[frosty dock]

I don't recall what function you need to hook, but cryptid does something like that

[frosty dock]

that's... concerning

taking ownership shouldn't change the order

[lavish folio]

is there a joker template? ie - what font is used, what is the aspect ratio size of joker cards?

[frosty dock]

the size is 71x95 including a 1px border on each side

I think the font is somewhere in the modding forum, idr where

[lavish folio]

theres a modding forum?

👀

[frosty dock]

#1209506514763522108

discord loves to hide some of these channels

[storm kraken]

the game font is 6x11m (im pretty sure)
however as far as i know there isnt a font for the joker text

[frosty dock]

yeah there's not an "official" font for the joker text but I'm pretty sure someone made one

[stray wing]

from my testing that seemed to be the case. So for instance on seed "4QS4EVER", shop before ante 2 should give greedy joker. If you take ownership of greedy, you get lustful instead.

[crisp coral]

if you keep telling people to use 100 prio ill need to change mine to 1.8e308

[frosty dock]

ok I'll use 99

[crisp coral]

thank you

[stray wing]

also, if I take ownership of every joker in order, but greedy is first instead of 2nd, that shop will spawn Joker instead

[crisp coral]

(i use 20

god damnit)

[frosty dock]

lmao

I think I used 10 last time though

[frosty dock]

yeah that doesn't seem right. I'll investigate

[maiden phoenix]

WOW lmfaooo

[crisp coral]

ah no, i use FIVE for boss themes

god damnit aureeeee

1.8e308 it is

[storm kraken]

sob i cant find this 😭
all i can find is this which isnt that helpful if i dont even knoww where it defined

[wild patrol]

Is it possible to get a video file like an ogv or avi to play within balatro

I got an idea I wanna try out

[crisp coral]

ask love2d

[maiden phoenix]

Reading Cryptid code sounds like a recipe for disaster

[violet void]

Is this the correct way to get the atlas?

It keeps crashing

[frosty dock]

yeah someone made Balatro play an episode of family guy recently

[storm kraken]

its like a bowl of spaghetti if the spaghetti was somehow more tangled than regular spaghetti

[wild patrol]

Lmfao

Can u link it

I gotta see it

[frosty dock]

uh I don't think they published it

[wild patrol]

It's fine I just want to see it lol

[frosty dock]

I have the code for playing the video somewhere though

[wild patrol]

I was gonna add to the instant win condition cards

Where just plays a video file of the cards winning animation from a gane

Try to send it back to main menu

After the video is over

[frosty dock]

function create_UIBox_custom_video()
  local episode = pseudorandom('familyguy', 1, 7)
  local file_path = SMODS.Mods["Buddy"].path..("/resources/episode%s.ogv"):format(episode)
  local file = NFS.read(file_path)
  love.filesystem.write("temp.ogv", file)
  local video_file = love.graphics.newVideo('temp.ogv')
  local vid_sprite = Sprite(0,0,11*16/9,11,G.ASSET_ATLAS["ui_"..(G.SETTINGS.colourblind_option and 2 or 1)], {x=0, y=0})
  video_file:getSource():setVolume(G.SETTINGS.SOUND.volume*G.SETTINGS.SOUND.game_sounds_volume/(100*100))
  vid_sprite.video = video_file
  video_file:play()

  local t = create_UIBox_generic_options({ back_delay = ({73,whatever})[episode], back_label = localize('b_skip'), colour = G.C.BLACK, padding = 0, contents = {
    {n=G.UIT.O, config={object = vid_sprite}},
  }})
  return t
end

[wintry solar]

Even debugging peoples code where they’ve based it off cryptid is a pain, it’s written so unintuitively imo

[storm kraken]

im gonna die from all of this code searching 😭

[wild patrol]

You've not seen my coding then

[frosty dock]

yes the whatever is a placeholder

[storm kraken]

has anybody else ever made something related to playing more than 5 cards

[wintry solar]

The wordle mod does

[storm kraken]

well funny thing idk what thats called

[maiden phoenix]

You mean Aikoyori's Shenanigans?

[crisp coral]

it's G.FUNCS.can_play

[wintry solar]

I don’t know what it’s called either 😂

[maiden phoenix]

Reminds me of the era when everyone based their mod on Mika's mod, making one of their joker crash 😂

[stray wing]

it's very possible that I am misunderstanding the mechanics of why it is happening, but that is definitely the outcome

[storm kraken]

thank you blind person

[frosty dock]

blind person playing balatro?

[maiden phoenix]

is that a Black Hole mod reference??

[crisp coral]

yea i use black hole to play bal

fuck you you stole my joke

[violet void]

-# Ok I get it, Im totally getting ignored lol

[storm kraken]

nevermind it didnt work goddamit

[maiden phoenix]

That's for using "bruh" twice on me today

[crisp coral]

vrej

[storm kraken]

fuck you blind person

[maiden phoenix]

Wow

[frosty dock]

should I unmake black hole

you're not worthy of playing

[crisp coral]

wowwwww

[frosty dock]

jk

[maiden phoenix]

Make black hole mod but for people who can see

[crisp coral]

white hole

real

[frosty dock]

white hole lmao

[wintry solar]

Only after we add the alt f4 quick restart keybind

[crisp coral]

just nil the draw function

now you're also visually impaired

[frosty dock]

that's how I test black hole

[crisp coral]

fr

[maiden phoenix]

lol

[frosty dock]

actually I just turn my monitor off smh

[maiden phoenix]

Why don't you just stab your own eyes?

[frosty dock]

because I don't hate myself that much

[crisp coral]

mf playin inscryption

[storm kraken]

are you 100% sure

[frosty dock]

100#

[crisp coral]

100#

[maiden phoenix]

I'm choking stop

[storm kraken]

def not me reaching to the wrong side of my keyboard

[frosty dock]

imagine having to reach for any keys

[storm kraken]

sob

[maiden phoenix]

I'm just typing with brooms from my bed smh it's easy

[storm kraken]

anyways please guys i need mental health help

[frosty dock]

then go to #mental-health-help
-# what do you mean that doesn't exist
-# okay okay go ahead

[storm kraken]

https://tenor.com/view/die-just-die-gif-23172530

[maiden phoenix]

No more SMODS...

[timid parrot]

I’m not actually sure. What’s your mod prefix?

[frosty dock]

okay I will

https://tenor.com/view/cat-explosion-sad-explode-gif-15295996165959499721

[storm kraken]

hmm so im pretty sure this is not it

[crisp coral]

oh right i just pulled up code from uhhh

9 months ago

[storm kraken]

😭

[crisp coral]

actually how is it not it

[violet void]

cs_

[storm kraken]

alas i did not know that was a function please forgive me

gets exploded

[violet void]

I tried with and without but it keeps crashing

[crisp coral]

okay you can stop pinging me now

[storm kraken]

ok

[violet void]

myst may I ask for your assistance

I tried making the sprite outside of that function but im stuck with getting the atlas

It says atlas is nil

[old bane]

what color is the random chance text (i.e. the 1 in 2 chance text for jokers)?

[crisp coral]

green

[timid parrot]

Wait, did you set your prefix to “cs_”

[crisp coral]

iunno

[timid parrot]

Ok good

[wintry solar]

Why can’t you use the standard undiscovered sprite in smods?

[violet void]

my cards arent exactly rectangle shaped so I made a custom undiscovered sprite for them

[wintry solar]

That’s what SMODS.UndiscoveredSprite is for

[violet void]

the floating question mark is also placed incorrectly so I have to replace it

[violet void]

I did try that but it doesnt seem to work for custom centers

[wintry solar]

How so?

[violet void]

because the check for undiscoveredSprite is placed inside an if that checks for specific centers

[violet void]

but however, what's the correct way?

im stuck there ç-ç

[wintry solar]

Looks like it allows any centers to me?

[violet void]

it does?

[wintry solar]

From what I can see on mobile yeah

[violet void]

It goes to the default one

[old bane]

i know, but like what's the {C:} code for that

[crisp coral]

...green

[wintry solar]

That is a custom sprite…?

[violet void]

its not :l

[wintry solar]

You mean the question mark?

[violet void]

yes

[wintry solar]

That’s not what the undiscovered sprite is

[violet void]

not even no_overlay?

[wintry solar]

You can turn it off by setting no_overlay = true, I don’t think there’s functionality for a custom one right now

[runic pecan]

What expression should I put in there?

[violet void]

I see, and is this not possible either?

[wintry solar]

What is this code trying to do?

[violet void]

which one

mine or riv's

[wintry solar]

The one you linked

[runic pecan]

Revive the shattered glass cards, even though not the case

[violet void]

Long story short, I made it work earlier but I was creating the sprites inside the function which apparently kept creating sprites

So I had to make the sprites outside somewhere else, for which I need to get my atlas

But it keeps crashing

[wintry solar]

The question mark?

[violet void]

the floating question mark yes

[wintry solar]

I can just patch smods later today to let you control it easier if you prefer?

[violet void]

that would be neat

[tall wharf]

oh

[violet void]

how are you planning to do that

[tall wharf]

i think i do card instead?

[wintry solar]

It’s just be a property on the undiscovered sprite,

[crisp coral]

sometimes other_card is nil and idk why

just add a nil check

[wintry solar]

There’ll be other contexts that have individual = true`

Actually maybe not

Why is other card nil? 🤔

[tall wharf]

why is the card null

[violet void]

# Set Alignment undiscovered sprite
[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "card.lua"
pattern = '''
                elseif self.config.center.consumeable and self.config.center.demo then 
                    self.children.center = Sprite(self.T.x, self.T.y, self.T.w, self.T.h, G.ASSET_ATLAS["Tarot"], G.c_locked.pos)
'''
position = "after"
payload = '''
elseif not self.params.bypass_discovery_center and _center.set == 'Alignment' and not _center.discovered then 
    self.children.center = Sprite(self.T.x, self.T.y, self.T.w, self.T.h, G.ASSET_ATLAS[_center.atlas or _center.set], 
    (_center.set == 'Alignment' and _center.undisc_pos))
'''
match_indent = true```

For the undiscovered sprite I've used this lovely patch, since in the dump code the sprite is only set after it checks for specific centers

Same goes for undiscovered description

lmk if I got it wrong

[proper stratus]

hey fellas

can i get some help with texture stuff

why is it so blurry?

[tall wharf]

OOPS

WHAT THE FUCK

[proper stratus]

this is what its supposed to look like

(i know it darkens in the game)

((im just talkjing about how not crisp the texture is))

[tall wharf]

is this 1x

or 2x

looks like your 2x export is very blurry

[proper stratus]

oh

maybe

i used a website to upscale it

[nocturne garnet]

Joker

Joker reskin as this would go hard ngl

[proper stratus]

(is there another way to make a 2x export easily???)

[sturdy compass]

[crisp coral]

i require... balancing assistance. this generates a bit much planet cards

[violet void]

flower pot treatment

[tall wharf]

no but srsly why is other_card null

[crisp coral]

how much flower pot do i need

[dusk shoal]

does anyone know how to use has_enhancement? im trying to count how many wild cards are in the deck like stone or steel

[proper stratus]

ok it looks a little better

[tall wharf]

maybe remove the first part entirely

@frosty dock mr smods why is the other card null sometimes

[maiden river]

how do I add my own rules text right here?

[crisp coral]

one effect is LAME

[maiden river]

I've been trying for a bit now

[crisp coral]

and BORING

[violet void]

and balanced

altho im not sure what youre going to do with eternal rental spectral cards, isnt that a downside?

[crisp coral]

chat do they know

[violet void]

no lol

[crisp coral]

everything in lobcorp has a downside lol

[violet void]

I see no upsides in that card tho

are you supposed to get it while eternal so your consumable area is doomed

[crisp coral]

you can use eternal consumables

they just can't be sold

vanilla quirk

[violet void]

ah ok understandable

[coral cobalt]

I slept a bit :^)

[crisp coral]

welcome back

[coral cobalt]

Hai myst, i see your still busy

[crisp coral]

im in bed

lol

[coral cobalt]

Oh chat its over

I have a lot of stuff to do today but as soon as im done im gonna start working on my epic chess themed mod

[old bane]

yippee!

also how would I change jimbo to have another sprite/be another Joker? cause I have a Joker in my mod that's going to be pretty similar to Jimbo's ability and I don't want him appearing all the time in my shops

[tall wharf]

1 in 3 chance of creating planet card then

[nocturne estuary]

how can I check if the flames are showing?

[tall wharf]

if current hand score is more than requirement 😭

[coral cobalt]

Love your pfp

[nocturne estuary]

thankies

[nocturne estuary]

how do I get the requirement?

also, would it still work at the end of round?

[frosty dock]

no clue if you don't show me your context checks

[wintry solar]

Did this crash?

[tall wharf]

crash yea

n

[wintry solar]

It’s because of the event

[tall wharf]

ah right

[wintry solar]

You’ve destroyed the card in the bottom check

So by the time the event fires the card has already gone

I think

[ivory coral]

hi chat, im trying to make a joker that copies glass cards when they break, im at a bit of a loss though, i've tried looking at Glass joker's code but didnt get anywhere, and here i've just tossed DNA's code into context.glass_shattered which expectedly didnt work, any ideas how to make it work

        if context.glass_shattered then
            G.playing_card = (G.playing_card and G.playing_card + 1) or 1
            local _card = copy_card(context.full_hand[1], nil, nil, G.playing_card)
            _card:add_to_deck()
            G.deck.config.card_limit = G.deck.config.card_limit + 1
            table.insert(G.playing_cards, _card)
            G.hand:emplace(_card)
            _card.states.visible = nil
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                func = function()
                    _card:start_materialize()
                    return true
                end
            })) 
            return {
                message = localize('k_copied_ex'),
                colour = G.C.CHIPS,
                card = self,
                playing_cards_created = {true}
            }
        end
    end```

[violet void]

not even this works sob

I dont think I can even add my atlas with lovely patches since files are loaded with smods ç_ç

-# will be waiting for an update

[proper stratus]

I GOT HERE FIRST

[proper stratus]

SCREW YOU SKY

[dusk shoal]

couldnt tell you why its mad at me

[tall wharf]

how do i destroy card after the hand finishes scoring

[deft fjord]

hey everyone! sorry for bothering, I am very new in modding stuff but I would really like to learn how to, does anyone know a good tutorial or a way to learn how to mod balatro?

[frosty dock]

context.destroying_card

[frosty dock]

https://github.com/steamodded/smods/wiki start here

[tall wharf]

so like this?

[frosty dock]

you can ask here if you have any questions

[deft fjord]

thank you a lot!

[frosty dock]

yeah seems alright

[tall wharf]

😭

[proper stratus]

guys can you help i need the bowling rail guards why doesnt this work :(

[tight thistle]

i figured out why SMODS.add_card wasnt creating a card... it was, but the card was invisible cause i fucked up the pos, lol

[proper stratus]

@tight thistle nice pfp

[dusk shoal]

genuinely seems like such an insane mod

[proper stratus]

that looks so fucking cool

[pallid jay]

How do you access and change variables in the global variables script?
For example if you wanted to change the colour of the small blind or a card suit.

[tight thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/slay-the-princess-i-agree-stp-the-damsel-deconstructed-gif-11403085968555063459

[tall wharf]

guys i am fixing bug

[nocturne estuary]

how would I get the chips and mult after each card and joker is evaluated?

[dusk shoal]

i know that this is definitely possible i just forgot how:

how do i check how much a hand scored?
and what the current blind is?
and how much you currently have to the current blind?

basically i wanna check if a played hand beats the blind or not

[nocturne estuary]

only the played hand without the additional joker calculations?

[dusk shoal]

i guess with them

[nocturne estuary]

then idk

I'm also trying to find that out

I just know how to do it without the joker calculations

[dusk shoal]

what is it?

might help

[twin basin]

me and joe are making a joker that gives you money if after all the joker calculations, you get more score than the blind requirement

and we know how to check for it, just not how to check after all the calculations

[dusk shoal]

do you know how to check for the blind?

[twin basin]

yeah, this i believe

[dusk shoal]

G.GAME.blind.chips is the amount of the blind then

[twin basin]

yeah

[dusk shoal]

are you sure this doesnt work? would this not account for all the jokers

like have you tested it

[twin basin]

it does work, but it triggers before the cards are even scored, probably because its in "if context.joker_main then"

[dusk shoal]

yeah, when it gets to that joker

so this code is fine

it just has to trigger after the calculations

[twin basin]

thats my problem

i dont know how

[wintry solar]

Delete your dissolve line

[twin basin]

like is there another context.something that triggers after the calculations but before context.end_of_round

[dusk shoal]

preferable a context.after_hand or whatever

[twin basin]

yeah

[maiden phoenix]

'context.after' ?

[twin basin]

i tried that, it just doesnt trigger

[cursive glade]

What do I use to have a joker destroy another random joker currently in play?

[maiden phoenix]

Check "Ceremonial Dagger" code

[maiden phoenix]

What your Joker does exactly?

[wintry solar]

if context.after and context.main_eval and hand_chips * mult > G.GAME.blind.chips then should be what you’re looking for

[dusk shoal]

would this work for a seal ?

thats how my seal triggers as well

but i dont know if this translates 1 to 1

also, for the seal, would i put that in calculate?

[wintry solar]

What does the seal do?

[twin basin]

it gives $10 at the end of round if the burning effect is triggered (if score of hand > than blind requirements)

[dusk shoal]

x2 mult (have that), if the played hand doesnt beat the blind, it has a 1 in 2 chance to break

[wintry solar]

Wait hang on why did I put end of round, should be context.after 🤣

[wintry solar]

So not if it one shots, just if it beats generally?

[dusk shoal]

well preferably the second thing

but im willing to settle for the first if possible

[proper stratus]

fellas i need help

i just want to check if a card is played but not scored and it wont do the thing 😭

[wintry solar]

Yeah I’d just need to check some code before writing the check, give me a few minutes

[dusk shoal]

k thanks!!

ping me when

[tall wharf]

😭

[wintry solar]

Have you added this unscored context?

[tall wharf]

anyway how do i set ability one by one

[proper stratus]

?

what?

[maiden phoenix]

Its more complex than that, check the Tsunami mod, it has plenty of effect with unscored cards

[proper stratus]

right, sounds good

[wintry solar]

Use the delay sprites argument

[proper stratus]

i mostly took this from the green seal from cryptid

[wintry solar]

context.unscored isn’t a thing unless you’ve added it

[proper stratus]

AH

THAT

[tall wharf]

why did iset that to null lmao

[proper stratus]

CHECKS OUT

[wintry solar]

But generally, cards that are played and unscored don’t have any calculations thrown at them

[proper stratus]

(how would one do that.............)

well i guess i can see how cryptid added that context

because that would be incredibly useful to have in our dev

we have a buncha stuff with unscoring

[wintry solar]

This is a seal right?

[proper stratus]

yea

[proper stratus]

ill check on this

[wintry solar]

I’m not sure there’s a clean way to calculate unscored cards

[tall wharf]

thank

[dusk shoal]

oh yeah, whats the like, exact thing to destroy a card?

im guessing its not

[hardy viper]

Card:destroy()

[dusk shoal]

context.destroying_card = card

[dusk shoal]

so like

Card:destroy(card)

?

its a sigil

or

seal

sorry

[hardy viper]

okay depends

[hardy viper]

first of all not this ever

[dusk shoal]

LOL ok

[hardy viper]

technically you can do Card.destroy(card) but card:destroy() is the exact same thing

[dusk shoal]

mhm

so would it JUST be that

like is there any other things i need to add for a seal ?

[hardy viper]

if you're doing it in a calculation there's a context that checks for that, you just return true when you want the card to be destroyed

[dusk shoal]

            if pseudorandom('overclocked') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / self.config.odds then
                card:destroy()
            end
        end```

this is in calculate

im honestly not sure if the IF statement works

so im using this to check if it does

[hardy viper]

don't straight up call card:destroy()

[dusk shoal]

i imagined not lol, sorry im new to most of this

[hardy viper]

that just immediately vanishes the card out of existence

[dusk shoal]

i see

[hardy viper]

yeah that's okay

if it's in context.after you need to do something a bit more complicated

oh wait

nvm you can just do card:start_dissolve()

[dusk shoal]

like above card:destroy? or replacing it

[proper stratus]

tsunami is the one that fuses splash with everything right? i cant find any code for unscoring cards

[hardy viper]

replacing

[dusk shoal]

kk!

[proper stratus]

is there actually no way to check if a card is unscoring

[tall wharf]

ok how do i do the same with dissolve card

[maiden phoenix]

Ask the mod author

[wintry solar]

if context.after and context.cardarea == G.play and G.GAME.chips > G.GAME.blind.chips then I believe

[dusk shoal]

thank you!

[proper stratus]

god damnit

[wintry solar]

wait no hold on

fixed

[pallid jay]

why can I not access G.GAME?

error says it is nil

[dusk shoal]

            if pseudorandom('overclocked') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / self.config.odds then
                card:start_dissolve()
            end
        end```

didnt break

this was in calculate, which may be a problem?

[wintry solar]

oh its destroying, hold on

[dusk shoal]

oh lol?

[hardy viper]

G.GAME is nil when you're in the main menu

[pallid jay]

I just have it on the first indent, so I need to wait for the "game" to start before I can change things?

[hardy viper]

yeah

[pallid jay]

is there a way to change the values that the game uses though

[hardy viper]

also indent doesn't matter so im going to assume you mean the outermost scope

[hardy viper]

what specifically are you looking to change

everything can be changed

[pallid jay]

blind colours

[hardy viper]

all colour info is inside G.C somewhere

you can change specific colours fairly easily with https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1248865517112918016

[tall wharf]

how do i delay this

[pallid jay]

I would like to find out how to change it directly. Can you do it with localization?
I can see the first message in that thread is returning a large table of colour values. Is that something I can do?

[hardy viper]

delay(time)

[proper stratus]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Guide-‐-Event-Manager

[hardy viper]

before the line

[proper stratus]

i give up, i have no way how to check if a card is played but not scored

@dusk shoal

[dusk shoal]

hi

[proper stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/throwing-at-someone-ll-cool-j-mama-said-knock-you-out-song-take-this-towel-try-to-catch-gif-9364448841177534860

[wintry solar]

if context.destroying_card and (hand_chips * mult) + G.GAME.chips > G.GAME.blind.chips then and do return { remove = true }

@dusk shoal

[dusk shoal]

!

[hardy viper]

looks like G.C.BLIND has all of them
you can change those directly (e.g. G.C.BLIND.Big = RGB(255,0,0))

unless im misreading?

[wintry solar]

you use the destroying context like I just posted

[dusk shoal]

            if pseudorandom('overclocked') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / self.config.odds then
                return { remove = true }
            end
        end```

so like this?

[wintry solar]

looks good

[dusk shoal]

because if so THAANKS !! and that looks good !

yay alright i'll test

[tall wharf]

ah ok

[pallid jay]

not sure what you mean by RGB instead of HEX, but I will test the line

[wintry solar]

it's slightly different if its from a joker

[dusk shoal]

aghk didnt destroy it

wait

do i replace return (remove = true) with card.dissolve maybe?

[hardy viper]

both exist, HEX is for hex codes, RGB is for 0-255 red-green-blue values

[wintry solar]

it might have just failed your roll

[dusk shoal]

nah i set it to 1/1

for testing

a 1 in 1 chance

[wintry solar]

🤔

let me throw it in a qucik local test

what smods version are you on?

[pallid jay]

rgb throws an error, but anyway I did a hex black value, but instead of changing the small blind's colour, it changed the whole background to the black

G.C.BLIND.Small = HEX("000000")

[dusk shoal]

errr

i know

how ot

check that

[wintry solar]

main menu top right

[dusk shoal]

ty !

[wintry solar]

of course, nearly 2 months out of date

[dusk shoal]

wuh woh

blame my friend

he gave me the link

wheres the new one then ?

i can probably find it myself but

i trust you more than me

[wintry solar]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

[dusk shoal]

ty !

[wintry solar]

this might break some stuff you have atm because you are on old calc, not new calc

[dusk shoal]

so i just delete steammodded-main?

[wintry solar]

yup

[dusk shoal]

alright so

the destroying works

but now it triggers like 5 times 😭

[maiden river]

made a great challenge

[dusk shoal]

        if not context.repetition_only and context.cardarea == G.play then
            return {
                x_mult = self.config.x_mult,
            }
        end
        if context.destroying_card and (hand_chips * mult) + G.GAME.chips > G.GAME.blind.chips then 
            if pseudorandom('overclocked') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / self.config.odds then
                return { remove = true }
            end
        end
    end,```

[pallid jay]

for some reason this is not the blind's colour, but the ante's background colour

G.C.BLIND.Small = HEX("50946e")

[wintry solar]

change not context.repetition_only to context.main_scoring

[dusk shoal]

kk!

[wintry solar]

you'll also want to reference this page for all the calculation contexts

[dusk shoal]

ok so its not repeating a bunch but NOW its not destroying 😭

[tight thistle]

question! is there a way for an event to stop its function and ALL subsequent events in the case of an emergency?

like a full stop?

[wintry solar]

what did you change?

[dusk shoal]

        if context.main_scoring and context.cardarea == G.play then
            return {
                x_mult = self.config.x_mult,
            }
        end
        if context.destroying_card and (hand_chips * mult) + G.GAME.chips > G.GAME.blind.chips then 
            if pseudorandom('overclocked') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / self.config.odds then
                return { remove = true }
            end
        end
    end,```

just context.main_scoring

[wintry solar]

the destruction should still work then

[dusk shoal]

well . it doesnt

not sure why

[wintry solar]

did you beat the blind?

[dusk shoal]

nop

[wintry solar]

it onlly works when you beat the blind

thats what you said

[dusk shoal]

. no

when you DONT beat it

😭

im guessing i'll just flip the greater than huh

[wintry solar]

@violet void on newest version (1331a) add overlay_pos = {x = 0, y = 0} (uses your undiscovered atlas)

[stiff locust]

how does the game do the random misprint text
it's empty in localization

[dusk shoal]

alright cool destroying works

[wintry solar]

sorry I must have misread

[dusk shoal]

WOOHOO!! overclocked works

[pallid jay]

do I need to make this much code to colour the blinds?
the trance one has 579 lines, and another script aswell

I'm assuming this is the actual colouring part

--color injection
function Trance_set_globals(G, dt)
    for k, v in pairs(Trance) do
        if is_color(v) then 
            if is_color(G.C[k]) then ease_colour(G.C[k],v,dt) else G.C[k] = v end
        elseif type(v) == 'table' then
            if not G.C[k] then G.C[k] = {} end
            for _k, _v in pairs(Trance[k]) do
                if is_color(_v) then 
                    if is_color(G.C[k][_k]) then ease_colour(G.C[k][_k],_v,dt) else G.C[k][_k] = _v end
                end
            end
        end
    end
    if Trance.MULT then ease_colour(G.C.UI_MULT,Trance.MULT,dt) end
    if Trance.CHIPS then ease_colour(G.C.UI_CHIPS,Trance.CHIPS,dt) end
    if G.P_BLINDS then
        for k, v in pairs(Trance.BOSSES) do
            if G.P_BLINDS[k] and G.P_BLINDS[k].boss_colour then G.P_BLINDS[k].boss_colour = v end
        end
    end
end```

finding the thing to colour with the index of the colour's name from the globals variables but I don't think this is different than how I am currently finding it?

G.C.BLIND.Small

[tall wharf]

what is eff and post in eval_card

[pallid jay]

G.C.BOSSES

this is considered nil

even though the Trance mod has it listed as such

so the "C" is wrong?

[placid ledge]

[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]:1203: attempt to index local 'edition' (a nil value)

any idea why i'm crashing when playing a hand?

[pallid jay]

Ok I figured it out by looking more at the Trance script. You have to use this directory if you want to colour blinds. Apparently the blind boss colours are not in the globals script, and the small/big blinds are considered bosses.

G.P_BLINDS.bl_hook.boss_colour = HEX("10000e")
G.P_BLINDS.bl_small.boss_colour = HEX("10000e")

[normal crest]

dynatext or something, it's probably in ui_definitions

nvm it's just on card.lua

[stiff locust]

is there a function i can run to update the card ui box

ive managed to get it to change every time you hover over the joker but I want it to change while you're still hovering over it

[tight thistle]

not to interrupt any conversation but i finally got this finished and im so proud of it

[tall wharf]

can i have an explanation as to what does eval return now

eval_card

[wintry solar]

It returns the ret table and the post table

[zealous glen]

Dynamic Joker UI for Skyscraper and Lvl. ? Death

[deft fjord]

am I supposed to write all the code on "main.lua"? I'm sorry I'm just starting to learn how to use everything

[stiff locust]

bump

[zealous glen]

you can specify the main file and call other files from it

[zealous glen]

how so

[deft fjord]

ohhhh, thank you a lot

[stiff locust]

i'm trying to do the misprint +mult text thing and ive got it updating every time you hover over the joker but not while you're still hovering on it

i want it to update while its still being hovered

[zealous glen]

You shouldn't need to create anything new

Just reuse the code for Misprint

[stiff locust]

using the misprint method won't work for my purpose because I need other text in the description

[zealous glen]

which uses a DynaText object

It works

[stiff locust]

misprint leaves its entire description blank in localization and i need to put other stuff there

[zealous glen]

#⚙・modding-general message

[zealous glen]

also something like this but with a DynaText object has the same result

It's not what I did for Cow IIRC but it's probably what I'd do nowadays… maybe

[violet void]

😢

[stiff locust]

but i don't want it to look like that colored bubble

i just want it to have the misprint text with other text around it

[zealous glen]

That's fine

[zealous glen]

As I said you can probably just do this

but with a DynaText object somewhere inside

[zealous glen]

What I did was to add a main_end function to the return of loc_vars

Which manually creates the UI

so you can have it look like whatever

[stiff locust]

none of this makes any sense to me

[faint yacht]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/530650774246785025/1093860712046153788/caption-18.gif

[zealous glen]

Here's the relevant code from Lvl. ? Death, @stiff locust:

local misc = NFS.load(SMODS.current_mod.path .. "/misc_functions.lua")()

local _generate_main_end = function(card)
    local main_end = 0
    if not misc.is_in_your_collection(card) then
        local handname, _ = G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info(G.hand.highlighted)

        local backwards = false
        for k, v in pairs(G.hand.highlighted) do
            if v.facing == 'back' then
                backwards = true
                break
            end
        end

        local active = false
        if handname and handname ~= 'NULL' then 
            local lvl = (G.GAME.hands and G.GAME.hands[handname] and G.GAME.hands[handname].level) or nil
            active = (not backwards) and (lvl and lvl % card.ability.extra.lvl_mod == 0)
        end

        local colour = (backwards and G.C.FILTER) or (active and G.C.GREEN) or G.C.RED
        local txt = (active and localize('k_active')) or (backwards and "???") or localize('k_vic_inactive')
        main_end = {
                {n=G.UIT.C, config={align = "bm", padding = 0.02}, nodes={
                    {n=G.UIT.C, config={align = "m", colour = colour, r = 0.05, padding = 0.05}, nodes={
                        {n=G.UIT.T, config={text = ' '..txt..' ', colour = G.C.UI.TEXT_LIGHT, scale = 0.3, shadow = true}},
                    }}
                }}
            }
    else
        main_end = nil
    end
    return main_end
end

return {
    …,

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {vars = {card.ability.extra.Xmult, card.ability.extra.lvl_mod}, main_end = _generate_main_end(card)}
    end,
}

[stiff locust]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-hitori-gotoh-bocchi-anime-dazed-gif-27118681

[zealous glen]

the important part is that the function _generate_main_end defines main_end and returns it

That's an old implementation so it could probably read better

Here's Skyscraper:

They're both more complicated since they need to check what cards the player currently has selected

Including possibly face-down cards

For you, you probably only need to directly return main_end

[cedar stream]

so how would one take ownership of a edition that doesnt have a shader?

[zealous glen]

and main_end should probably be a column with one or more rows, and each row has one or more text and/or DynaText objects

[zealous glen]

For some reason Lvl. ? Death has just column instead of a column with a row inside, but it looks fine, so

[zealous glen]

Actually, that's not quite true; if you want e.g. xMult text, you need some extra columns inside the row

[runic sinew]

Lovely has finally updated

[zealous glen]

That's why the outer column in Lvl. ? Death contains a column with text inside, instead of just text

[stiff locust]

i hate to repeat myself
you're making less sense the more you explain it

[zealous glen]

To do what you want, I reckon the easiest way is to build a main_end manually, which means you need to construct the UI manually

This part from Lvl. ? Death, for example

[stiff locust]

the easiest way right now would be to run a function that updates the joker's ui box

[zealous glen]

I think this is easier to read

[zealous glen]

I mean that doesn't exist

and I think it introduces overhead every frame the game is running

[stiff locust]

overhead

that's a fighting game thing

[maiden phoenix]

Try 5L2L'ing it Marie 👍

[stiff locust]

no it's better to start with 2L then 5LL because that gives you 3 hits instead of 2 and you can't go back into 5L a second time in the same blockstring graaagh

[stiff locust]

what does that have to do with balatro

[zealous glen]

So, for example, here you'd replace the inner column node into a row, then have it contain text and/or DynaText nodes

[stiff locust]

why does my card pay rent now

[zealous glen]

Overhead in programming is similar

You'd be adding a function to the update loop which runs every frame

[maiden phoenix]

Yea but if they block high it can go for a quick weak mixup

[zealous glen]

that's the cost of running the game

[stiff locust]

it's not a table

well it is a table
columns and rows don't make sense to me here

[stiff locust]

nobody does that, people block fuzzy which means to block low and react to overheads because overheads are generally slower and less common than lows

[zealous glen]

from the mouth of spoketh the

[maiden phoenix]

We don't play against the same ppl ig

[zealous glen]

thus G.UIT.C is a column

[stiff locust]

why is it so hard

[zealous glen]

that's why

[stiff locust]

there's 3 different things here

the only code i've understood so far is the code where level ? death checks hand levels

and you loading a different lua file

[zealous glen]

again all you probably need is to return main_end; you probably don't need anything else

so you just need to write the tables that represent what the UI should look like

[tall wharf]

it's funny how my aikoshenanigans mod is my first balatro mod

[stiff locust]

you say that like it's so easy

[zealous glen]

I think it's easy to mentally visualize what the UI should look like

do you have a non-updating example of what the text looks like

[stiff locust]

i do

[wintry solar]

can you show your code?

[stiff locust]

["j_tsun_oil_spill"] = {
                ["name"] = "Oil Spill",
                ["text"] = {
                    "Every {C:attention}played card{} counts in scoring",
                    "{C:attention}Extra scored cards {}give {C:red}+#1#{} Mult",
                    "{}when scored",
                    "{s:0.7}{C:inactive}(Misprint + Splash){}",
                },
            },

the #1# is the text that randomly changes

[zealous glen]

So, you can keep the first line there

The rest would go into main_end

What you have is a column containing three rows

one row for each line of text; the column stacks them vertically

the second and third lines have a single text node each

the first line has three text nodes and one object node

IIRC

as in: text, text, object, text

First for attention color, then the normal color, then Misprint, then normal color again

[stiff locust]

so it's a new text node for each color?

[zealous glen]

yes

[stiff locust]

okay