💻・modding-dev

[normal crest]

it retriggers the jokers themselves

[lucid owl]

ohh, okay

hmm

[normal crest]

in that code snippet i replied to they probably meant to type context.other_card ~= card instead of ==

[solar eagle]

getting the game's current jokers is G.jokers right? or have i misremembered

[lucid owl]

is there a context to check if a joker already has repetitions?

[lucid owl]

G.jokers.cards

[solar eagle]

ahhh

[normal crest]

i don't think so

[lucid owl]

damn, unfortunate

[solar eagle]

how often is in_pool on blinds called?

[opal spade]

probably after beating the current blind + on blind reroll

i dont see why it would ever be called at any other times

[shell lagoon]

just finished art and code for this joker, what do you guys think?

[runic pecan]

bump

[solar eagle]

to access the key of a joker can i just call G.jokers.cards[1].key for example? or is there something else i gotta do

[lucid owl]

what are you using it for?

[solar eagle]

i'm attempting to make it so my boss blind only shows up if you have a certain joker

[lucid owl]

pretty sure you can use SMODS.find_card() to check for a joker by key

[solar eagle]

lemme try

[runic pecan]

    if next(SMODS.find_card([Joker key])) then
        return true
    else return false end
end,```

[solar eagle]

i assume include the mod prefix?

so it'd be prefix_jokername

[runic pecan]

j_prefix_jokername

[plush cove]

what's the best guide to figure out how G.game works? (And all the variables associated with it)

[shell lagoon]

wait should this have gone in #⚙・modding-general instead

[rough furnace]

open up game.lua and read it

[runic pecan]

I guess the whole game.lua is the best guide out there about G.GAME until further notice.

also, bump again

[solar eagle]

how would i mark my mod to depend on talisman along with steamodded?

[runic pecan]

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

[runic pecan]

Emphasize on this part:

[solar eagle]

hmm lemme try again, i tried before

might have just messed it up

yea i guess i just messed it up before, works great now

[runic pecan]

Bump

[nocturne garnet]

that is NOT uncommon 🙏

negative playing cards are overpowered

[plush cove]

successfully reworked the Bunco joker system to better suit how I plan to develop my mods!

left: Bunco's Rarity system
right: my Rarity system

[ionic verge]

whats the key for the base edition, is it just e_base or something?

im trying to make a joker always the normal edition when spawned

[spark remnant]

is it possible to gave two copies of the game, one modded, one modded, both with different save files?

[shell lagoon]

changed to rare

also i made the odds 1 in 0 to see what would happen and... lua does Not care about divide by zero errors

[tepid crow]

Yup! Its what I do

You need a copied Balatro folder in the steamapps folder (I call mine BalatroModded) and rename the exe to the same as the folder name

that way your saves are completely seperate and cant accidentally touch - it of course does mean steam doesn't automatically sync your game

[spark remnant]

ty, thats perfect

[quasi comet]

im still getting this issue..This is a joker btw, and the add to deck is within the joker's field; it happens regardless of where I place the add_to_deck

[tepid crow]

anyway, question of my own:

what's a good way to make a retrigger joker that's blueprint compat not retrigger itself (easy) or blueprints of itself (hard)?

[runic pecan]

How do I apply vanilla enhancement cards with new sprites?

[wintry solar]

You mean change the sprites of vanilla enhancements?

[rose dragon]

how can i make a consumable card negative?

[crisp coral]

check key of other_card (or blueprint/retrigger)

[crisp coral]

card:set_edition('e_negative') iirc

[runic pecan]

Yes. And I want it to be configurable.

[wintry solar]

What do you mean by configurable

[runic pecan]

Players have option to switch it back in mod config page.

[rose dragon]

thx it works
idk why they dont do it like jokers (JOKER.set_edition({negative = true}, true))

[crisp coral]

because it's the thunk's way and it's awful

[wintry solar]

Just use Malverk

[wintry solar]

That way works it’s just ugly and not mod compatible

[runic pecan]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

[crisp coral]

what's the best way to save/load a card not in a CardArea (such as in a G.GAME variable)

[dire palm]

I want my joker to create a single random joker at the end of round. So, naturally I copied Riff-Raff's code to use as a base.
But for some reason, it creates as many jokers as there are free slots and I can't figure out how to limit it to only one Joker. Could someone help me please?

[violet void]

you might want to use SMODS.add_card instead (it includes card:add_to_deck)

[violet void]

and the issue is the context check, by itself end_of_round triggers per each hard held in hand

try if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over and context.cardarea ~= G.hand then

[dire palm]

That did the trick. Thank you.

[tepid crow]

but I do want to retrigger foil blueprints; just not when they're copying my retrigger joker

only checking other_card.<etc>.key (or whatev the path is) would stop retriggering foil blueprint completely

[foggy carbon]

if scoring hand contains a face card, adds the product of the lowest card in hand from each suit not included in the scoring hand to mult
Does this make sense or should I reword it?

The idea is, based on this hand, the joker would give +28 mult. 2x2x7, the 6 is ignored because it's the same suit as the played king

[maiden phoenix]

It somewhat makes sense after reading it 3 times with the pic

[stray wing]

If I use take_ownership, am I not able to assign "config" to an existing joker? My code looks like this

    "j_greedy_joker",
    {
        loc_txt = {
            name = "new joker",
            text = {
                "Gain 100 chips on the first hand",
                "of a round but lose 50 for subsequent",
                "hands"
            }
        },
        atlas = "Jokers",
        pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
        config = {extra = {chips = 100}},
        cost = 2,
        calculate = function(self, card, context)
            if context.joker_main then
                return {
                    chip_mod = card.ability.extra.chips,
                    message = localize {type = "variable", key = "a_chips", vars = {card.ability.extra.chips}}
                }
            end
        end
    }
)

(I know it doesn't do what the text says right now)

that code crashes the game, but it runs if I hard encode the 100 value in the calculate function

[wintry solar]

missing a comma

end of config line

[stray wing]

oh sorry, that is from me editing the code on discord

I have it commented out in my current code

let me just triple check it still crashes with comma

yep

"functions/misc_functions.lua:1827: attempt to index local 'args' (a nil value)"

[wintry solar]

spawned a new copy?

[stray wing]

what do you mean?

It crashes when I check the collection, but I imagine it would also crash encountering the joker in a game (I can check that quickly)

[wintry solar]

you cant use an existing save

the collection is because you havent given it loc vars

[stray wing]

okay, it also crashes if encountered in the shop

I will add loc vars in, something like this right? loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card) return { vars = { card.ability.extra.chips, card.ability.extra.chip_gain } }

(plus the "end")

same crash

[wintry solar]

send the crash

[stray wing]

I know I'm in a very strange corner case (modding existing jokers so that I can use a set seed and have them show up where I want)

[fallen pelican]

understood it right away but probably because of the pic helping too tho

[fallen pelican]

If scoring hand has a face card, add the product of the lowest ranks of each suit in hand to Mult

this is my attempt but it's more or less just shuffling words around

nah hold on... your description doesn't specify the exclude played cards' suits part

[foggy carbon]

Taking yours and adding back the "not in scored hand" gives me this

[stray wing]

could maybe say "unscored suit"? So something like "... add the product of the lower ranks of each unscored suit held in hand to mult"

[foggy carbon]

hmm

[fallen pelican]

from each non-scoring suit

I think

[foggy carbon]

that sounds more consistent with Balatro phrasing

[runic pecan]

When I use take_ownership, do I have to re-define everything or just the variables I want to change?

[stray wing]

just the ones you want to change

[worthy stirrup]

game seems to now just crash if i just click at the start up animation

im not sure if its a mod because ive not added any mods recently

[stray wing]

for instance, this alone is perfeclty valid SMODS.Joker:take_ownership("j_lusty_joker", {})

though there's not usually likely to be a point in only taking ownership and changing nothing*

* except for weird seeded run stuff

[worthy stirrup]

okay, i just have to wait or it will crash

[crisp coral]

pov: smallest lobotomycorp asset

[violet void]

whats the quick way to check if a card has any enhancement? seals have card.seal, editions have card.edition but there isnt one for enhancements it seems

[crisp coral]

the card's enhancements is its center

[violet void]

So if I want to check if a card has any enhancement would this work?

card.config.center ~= G.P_CENTERS.c_base

[crisp coral]

ya

prolly

[violet void]

it doesn't

[crisp coral]

you should just check the key instead

[wintry solar]

You can do card.config.center.set ~= ‘Enhanced’

[violet void]

Works, ty

[ionic timber]

how does one get the current score in the round ? (not the blind score, even though I would like to know how to get that aswell) but what the amount the player actually scored so far in the round

[crisp coral]

ugh moveables are so ass

i've been trying to offset a Sprite children with a Card major to no avail

just having role.draw_major seems to always force the Sprite's position regardless of whether its role is Major or Minor

[south folio]

Right so I'm trying to make Played Face Cards turn into Steel Cards here

    key = 'j_Helvi',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Queen(?) Helvi',
        text = {
          'All played {C:attention}face cards{} become',
          '{C:attention}Steel cards{} when scored'
        },
    },
    
    atlas = 'Jokers',
    rarity = 3,
    cost = 3,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    end,
    pos = {x = 6, y = 0},
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.before and (context.other_card:get_id() == 11 or context.other_card:get_id() == 12 or context.other_card:get_id() == 13) then
            for _, card in (context.other_card:get_id() == 11 or context.other_card:get_id() == 12 or context.other_card:get_id() == 13)[1] do
                  card_eval_status_text(card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {colour = G.C.UI.TEXT_INACTIVE, message = 'STEEL :D'})
                  card:set_enhancements('m_steel')
            end
        end
    end

}```

[violet void]

you can also do context.other_card:is_face()

[wind turtle]

how do I give the player money?

[crisp coral]

@wintry solar poke because ui wizardry

[violet void]

return { dollars = 1 }

in joker calc should work

[wind turtle]

didn't work

[south folio]

right, ok

[wind turtle]

is there any other way? like can i edit the global variable (probably horrible but would probably work)

[wintry solar]

Trying to offset a layer of the card?

[south folio]

ok it still crashes

[wintry solar]

Before doesn’t have other card

[south folio]

oh

context.individual then?

[wintry solar]

Depends what you’re trying to do

[south folio]

Kinda like Midas Mask but for Steel Cards?

[crisp coral]

basically

[wintry solar]

Just loops over context.scoring_hand within the before context then

[south folio]

soscoring_hand instead of other_card?

[wintry solar]

Yeah but it’s a table of cards

[wintry solar]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1209506360987877408/1274486872038707341/20240817-2155-04.8157304.mp4?ex=67a5d8a5&is=67a48725&hm=493398a17b3e591d76479517e79beaadd99807f209522452acee74f95d0a0ea4& something like this?

[crisp coral]

oh yeah howd you do that

[main mica]

soul sprite?

[wintry solar]

Would have to dig out the code, I’ll send it your way later today

[crisp coral]

swag

[south folio]

ok it didn't work

[violet void]

whats the code?

[wintry solar]

What’s your smods version?

[ionic timber]

hate to do this but, up

[modern kindle]

probably G.Game.chips no?

[ionic timber]

oh that would make sense

I was stuck on the fact that it was probably named "score" or something

[wind turtle]

i fixed it using ease_dollars

[violet void]

nice but returning dollars works too if you are using new_calc of smods

[wind turtle]

yeah i should probably update smods soonish

[wintry solar]

Do it now

Don’t develop on old calc

Waste of your own time

[nocturne garnet]

wtf this is peak

[foggy carbon]

If I want my joker to do something if the player has a specific other joker, how would I phrase that in the description?

[wintry solar]

Haha, I might come back to balloons at some point

[viral mesa]

oh no. i’ve gone too deep into this i’ve made a texture pack that makes all cards look like face cards as in they have a picture and they all look like hamilton characters… not sure if that counts as a mod but umm its cool ive also added sound effects specific to each card

i’m keeping this to myself. i’m the only one that wants an alexander hamilton king that sings 3 seconds of my shot when played

this was not worth the month it took

[rapid trail]

I would want it

I love hamilton

[viral mesa]

well you don’t deserve it

[rapid trail]

tf

:(

[viral mesa]

i’ll consider it

would i even be allowed to release it because it contains copyrighted material?

[rapid trail]

ah that's a fair

point

[maiden river]

is there a guide for making booster packs? I've looked at the docs but mine isn't working properly

[cerulean rose]

is it green particles that won't go away?

[maiden river]

yeah

[cerulean rose]

set skip_materialize = true

[maiden river]

thanks

lemme try it

it worked

[south folio]

Ok I figured out the function part, but it keeps giving me the messege "Steel!" Multiple times when scoring for some reason

        if context.scoring_hand then
            for k, v in ipairs(context.scoring_hand) do
                if v:is_face() then 
                    v:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS.m_steel, nil, true)
                    card_eval_status_text(card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {colour = G.C.DARK_EDITION, message = 'Steel!'})
                end
            end
        end
    end```

[timid parrot]

What exactly is new_calc?

[grand violet]

Hey Balapals™️.

I'm back.

~ Egg

[runic pecan]

Guess who just found out it's Two Pair instead of Two Pairs.

[broken cliff]

bcuz the message is steel

or do u mean like

2-3 times

instead of one

[south folio]

2-3 times instead of one

[violet void]

do you want it to happen before or after scoring

[hardy viper]

+$3

[broken cliff]

+$3

[sullen fern]

how do i edit the card textures

[south folio]

I want it to happen before the scoring

[violet void]

try adding context.before

[maiden river]

okay so I got the pack working
but I can't emplace the card into my custom card area
there are probably some shenanigans I need to get up to

[south folio]

got it

it worked!

[violet void]

what kind of card are you trying to emplace

[maiden river]

it's a consumable, technically

[wintry solar]

@crisp coral ```toml

Card:draw()

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = 'card.lua'
pattern = '''G.shared_seals[self.seal]:draw_shader('dissolve', nil, nil, nil, self.children.center)'''
position = 'at'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
if self.ability.floating_away then
self.ability.floating_away = self.ability.floating_away - 0.075
G.shared_seals[self.seal]:draw_shader('dissolve', nil, nil, nil, self.children.center, scale_mod, rotate_mod, self.T.w*-0.38 + 0.3math.cos(self.ability.floating_away), self.ability.floating_away + self.T.h-0.65)
else
if SMODS.Seals[self.seal] and SMODS.Seals[self.seal].balloon then
G.shared_seals[self.seal]:draw_shader('dissolve', nil, nil, nil, self.children.center, nil, nil, self.T.w*-0.38, self.T.h*-0.65)
else
G.shared_seals[self.seal]:draw_shader('dissolve', nil, nil, nil, self.children.center)
end
end
'''```
this is how I moved the sprite

[sullen fern]

how do i do it properly because i don’t wanna mess anything up

[violet void]

if its custom you probably need a way to differentiate it from the other consumables

[maiden river]

well it's in its own set

[chilly creek]

Can I do mods for balatro using my smartphone?

Or just switch jokers appearance

[sullen fern]

no

[violet void]

#📜・modding-rules message

[chilly creek]

Oh

Sorry

[marble flint]

How can I get an arbitrary modded sticker from a Joker?

[broken cliff]

as in deck skin?

[violet void]

thats cool, here's a lovely patch I used for my own set and own cardarea

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/button_callbacks.lua"
pattern = '''
elseif card.ability.set == 'Booster' then 
'''
position = "before"
payload = '''
elseif card.ability.set == 'Alignment' then 
    card:add_to_deck()
    G.cs_alignments:emplace(card)
    play_sound('card1', 0.8, 0.6)
    play_sound('generic1')
    dont_dissolve = true
    delay_fac = 0.2
'''
match_indent = true```

[maiden river]

I was looking at that one clip of the reverie film pack and I noticed that the cine in that pack said "select" instead of "use", probably has something to do with that

[maiden river]

I'll try this

[rapid trail]

hey so maybe stupid question, but I'm trying to figure out how to make a joker create a planet card when any tarot is used

if you respond, please piing me in the response as I am bad at checking back

[violet void]

no its because your consumable is not configured to be emplaced in that cardarea

[broken cliff]

you could try using event manager to create an event

when a tarot card is used

[hardy viper]

there's a context for that iirc

[rapid trail]

do you know the context?

[violet void]

context.using_consumeable

and use context.consumeable.ability.set == "Tarot"

[rapid trail]

the documentation for steamodded is great and all, just very vague and lacking a lot of things

tysm!

[marble flint]

specifically, I want to test for a sticker's presence

[maiden river]

that worked

thanks

[runic pecan]

Quick question: does a Full House contains a Two Pair?

[maiden river]

yup

[runic pecan]

Then why does spare trousers code need to check both next(context.poker_hands['Two Pair']) and next(context.poker_hands['Full House'])?

[broken cliff]

Yes

[broken cliff]

hm

-- (context.poker_hands['Straight']) checks if the current hand is a 'Straight'.
-- The 'next()' part makes sure it goes over every option in the table, which the table is context.poker_hands.

[runic pecan]

Can I put poker hand type into info_queue?

[broken cliff]

idk what it is xd

context.poker_hands contains every valid hand type in a played hand

[rapid trail]

Another question now, how would I create the tarot card 😅

[maiden river]

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

oh there's a cat pic

never noticed that

[marble flint]

figured it out

[broken cliff]

u can check example mods from smods in moddedvanilla
it has perkeo code, which creates consumables

[rapid trail]

👍

[broken cliff]

this is the snippet of its code, it gets the consumable from ur current ones
local card = copy_card(pseudorandom_element(G.consumeables.cards, pseudoseed('perkeo2')), nil)

                -- Vanilla function, it's (edition, immediate, silent), so this is ({edition = 'e_negative'}, immediate = true, silent = nil)
                card:set_edition('e_negative', true)
                card:add_to_deck()

-- card:emplace puts a card in a cardarea, this one is G.consumeables, but G.jokers works, and custom card areas could also work.
-- I think playing cards use "create_playing_card()" and are separate.
G.consumeables:emplace(card)
return true

[tepid crow]

Idk, thunk moment probably

[broken cliff]

wait can u send the if statement?

bcuz full house is technically a two pair too

but its not maybe

[maiden river]

I want to add specific jokers to a booster pack
is there a way to do that?

[cerulean rose]

so is flush house

which one?

[maiden river]

it's some of my modded ones

[wintry solar]

Show the create card function of your booster

[broken cliff]

well yh

the code is built to have every possible poker hand with ur hand

[broken cliff]

oh

so it checks if its two pair or full house

bcuz full house contains the two pair

thats why

[rapid trail]

So instead of G.consumeables, would specifics, like G.Tarot, work?

[maiden river]

I haven't written that one yet
but I have this one

SMODS.Booster({
    key = "basic_pack",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Basic Pack",
        group_name = "Basic Pack",
        text = {
            "Contains 5",
            "Friends Vs. Friends cards",
        }
    },
    config = {
        extra = 5,
        choose = 2
    },
    kind = "Weapon",
    create_card = function(self, card, i)
        return {
            set = "Weapon",
            skip_materialize = true,
        }
    end
})

[runic pecan]

I mean by the rule it is, but what about the code?

[wintry solar]

so with create card you can return a card as well, so you can just create your own pool and handle it within the function

[broken cliff]

what do u mean "about the code"

if u play a full house theres full house, three of a kind, two pair, pair

[wintry solar]

Riv it's just a thunkism, there's redundant stuff all over the palce if you look for it

[broken cliff]

the jokers usually say if the hand CONTAINS the played poker hand for it to trigger

the exception is check list or whatever its called

[runic pecan]

So let me ask this one more time:
Why Does Four Of A Kind NOT Contain A Two Pair???

[broken cliff]

bcuz two pair is 2 pairs that are different

afaik

[maiden river]

big

[broken cliff]

prob

actually u should check this
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Consumable

[topaz sun]

Because a two pair, by definition, is a hand with two pairs of differently-ranked cards. Otherwise, it'd be a 4oak

[violet void]

hand description specifically says two pairs with different ranks

[broken cliff]

it may be G.c.tarot or smth

[sullen fern]

yeah

[wintry solar]

no, G.consumeables refers to the area that consumables are held in

[broken cliff]

u can check examples mod deck skin template in smods example mods

https://github.com/Steamodded/examples

[runic pecan]

Also, how do I put this pic into info_queue?

[topaz sun]

Does anyone know where the code for when cards are drawn from deck is in the game's source code?

I've been looking for it for a quite a while now

[broken cliff]

are you creating ur poker hand? if so u can put example = {
{ 'S_A', true },
{ 'S_K', true },
{ 'S_Q', true },
{ 'S_J', true },
{ 'S_T', true },
},

first letter is suit

second is rank

[runic pecan]

No, just vanilla hand type

[broken cliff]

oh idk sadly

[rapid trail]

alright, I think I've got it. Wish me luck!

[foggy carbon]

I think it's this?

[topaz sun]

I think that's it. Thanks!

Was looking in the wrong file

[foggy carbon]

I had a joker that was changing the Blind:stay_flipped code, so I just did a ctrl+shift+f for that and looked through the results for any that looked promising

[broken cliff]

how do i get the whole mult so i could alter it myself? im making a 3x+1 joker which divides by 2 if its even and multiplied by 3 and adds 1 if its odd and runs till it gets the biggest number from the algorythm

[maiden river]

so how do you make your own pool 😭
I'm clueless

I guess it might be SMODS.ObjectType?

[cerulean rose]

check cryptid memepack

[wintry solar]

if they're equally weighted just use a table

[broken cliff]

istg G.mult better Not be a table

[topaz sun]

during the joker_main context you could add a check if mult % 2 == 0 then and then return the x3 mult and +1 mult

[topaz sun]

If you have talisman installed, it'll be a table

[broken cliff]

peak

[topaz sun]

but you can easily counter that

one sec

[maiden river]

so true

[broken cliff]

well i run 3x+1 algorithm until it reaches 4 mult(bcuz 4 will be stuck in a loop 4>2>1>4>... etc)
i based it on the math problem of same name

all i need is to modify the mult, i have everything else working

[foggy carbon]

you pinged me by mistake

I know that someone in the Ortalab chat made a Colatz joker as the reverse of the Fibonacci joker, so I was looking at their thread to see if I could find it.

[broken cliff]

oh

[topaz sun]

Sorry lol

[broken cliff]

Dayum

[runic pecan]

So Full House check is unneeded.

[topaz sun]

I meant to ping to this

[broken cliff]

Thunkism. You can never expect the Two pair to Not be in the full House

While being in Full house

[topaz sun]

  if mult % 2 == 0 then
    return {
      xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult
      mult = card.ability.extra.mult
    }
  else
    return {
      mult = card.ability.extra.badxmult
    }
  end
end```
I think this would work for ya, smell
Edit: xmult is 3, mult is 1, badxmult is 0.5

[broken cliff]

yh they made it ig

although its different than what i have in mind

[foggy carbon]

nah, they had someone who actually found what mult was at the time the joker calculated, then either multiplied it by 0.5 or 3 depending (they decided +1 was too trivial)

in here #1217704157574860810

[broken cliff]

it does it once, i run the collatz conjecture to find the biggest number in it

i cant see that message

[rapid trail]

My code is below. Sorry, I"m very new to lua and Balatro modding. I keep getting an error saying unexpected symbol near 'if'. It gives line 38 as the offending line, which I marked below.

SMODS.Joker {
  key = 'ethereal_j',
  loc_txt = {
    name = 'Ethereal Joker',
    text = {
      "Each played Planet Card gives",
      "a Tarot Card"
    }
  },
  config = { extra = { money = 1} },
  rarity = 1,
  atlas = 'vopjs',
  pos = {x = 1, y = 0 },
  cost = 6,
  loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    return { vars = { card.ability.extra.money} }
  end,
  if context.using_consumeable then
    if context.consumeable.ability.set == Planet then ###THIS LINE###
      return {
        local card = copy_card(pseudorandom_element('Tarot', G.consumeables, pseudoseed('ethereal_j')), nil)
        card:add_to_deck()
        G.consumeables:emplace(card)
      }
      end
    end
  end
}

Again, please ping me if you answer

[broken cliff]

2 if statements and 3 ends
try removing 1 end

maybe its that?

[edgy reef]

The if statement is not inside a calculate function.

Or a function at all

[south folio]

Ok so

what if I want it to have a different effect for a different card?
Like. +1 Chip for J, and +2 Chips for Q

[wintry solar]

You check what the card is

[broken cliff]

if context.other_card:get_id() == 10 or context.other_card:get_id() == 4 then -- id refers to its rank

for ur purposes, J is 11

Q is 12

K is 13

A is 14 i think?

the context to check each card is individual btw

[south folio]

do I set the ranks like, in the configs?

not ranks

chips

amount of chips

[wintry solar]

It would be sensible to, yes

[south folio]

But do I set it up like. this?

      extra = {
        chips = 1,
        chips = 2,
        chips = 3,
        chips = 4
      }```

[wintry solar]

They’d need different names

[broken cliff]

u would have to change all those names and then return { chips = sum of triggered ones }

[foggy carbon]

I've seen some jokers that change their appearance so I know it's possible. I'm assuming that I can just change card.pos mid-game?

[wintry solar]

You need to use card:set_sprite_pos() iirc

[south folio]

how.....do I do that while also making it still be a chips thing

[wintry solar]

You can use whatever names you want in the config

[broken cliff]

js rename the chips to different things then u can do chips = the chips path

[foggy carbon]

yeah, I've seen people use total and xmult both for the same thing

[south folio]

Oh huh

[foggy carbon]

the name of the variable is only important to the person actually writing the code

[broken cliff]

the path would be smth like this - card.ability.extra.NameOfUrThing

[south folio]

Ohhhhh

[broken cliff]

i recomend u to check https://github.com/Steamodded/examples

it has runner, which is based on the mechanics of checking what cards are scored

walkie talkie*

sorry, I named the jimbos wrong

[south folio]

Oh Wow

Yeah thanks for this I really needed that

Ok it just doesn't add the chips now

      extra = {
        chips_11 = 1,
        chips_12 = 2,
        chips_13 = 3,
        chips_14 = 4
      }
    },
    loc_vars = function(self,info_queue,center)
        return { vars = { center.ability.extra.chips_11, center.ability.extra.chips_12, center.ability.extra.chips_13, center.ability.extra.chips_14 } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self,card,context)
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play then
            if context.other_card:get_id() == 11 or context.other_card:get_id() == 12 or context.other_card:get_id() == 13 or context.other_card:get_id() == 14 then
                return {
                    chips_11 = card.ability.extra.chips_11,
                    chips_12 = card.ability.extra.chips_12,
                    chips_13 = card.ability.extra.chips_13,
                    chips_14 = card.ability.extra.chips_14,
                    card = context.other_card
                }
            end
        end
    end,
}```

[broken cliff]

bcuz ur supposed to add them to chips = sum of those things

and u can also get the id and subtract 10 from it to get the index of ur chips bonus table

and return {
chips = card.ability.extra["chips" .. index],
card = context.other_card
}

the index approach might work

actualyl wait

u can js do return {
chips = card.ability.extra["chips_" .. index],
card = context.other_card
} i tihnk

no need to change anything

since the table will only return if its a face card

[wintry solar]

dude it is so hard to read your code without code blocks

[broken cliff]

eh i understand his code

his problem is that he did chips_11 = whatever

and not chips = card.ability.extra["chips_"..index] -- the "chips__"..index" is the key to get the value of the table

editing mult is Pain

[wintry solar]

not his, yours

[broken cliff]

oh

ok wtf
mult is a table that stores OTHER tables

[south folio]

I am new to just. coding in general and it crashed and I am So Lost

it is notepad++ yes, I know

[broken cliff]

whats the error message

[wintry solar]

you haven't assigned anything to the index value you're using

[broken cliff]

oh yh

index is js the id of the card scored

i forgot about that

[south folio]

so like

wait what do I do with it

[broken cliff]

u can replace index with context.other_card:getid()

or introduce the index to be equal the context.other_card:getid()

[south folio]

uhhhhh

[broken cliff]

Bro im SO CONFUSED WITH HOW THE MULT WORKS

[wintry solar]

just don't use talisman ezpz

[broken cliff]

ITS A TABLE THAT STORES TABLES YET WHEN I TRY TO ITERATE THROUGH ONE

IT BECOMES A NUMBER

THEN WHEN I DONT DO THAT IT BECOMES A TABLE

[rough furnace]

is this a talisman moment

[broken cliff]

Yes

Yes it is

its fine ill figure it out

or die trying

[south folio]

                    chips = card.ability.extra["chips_" .. context.other_card:getid()],
                    card = context.other_card
                }```

im kinda stupid is this ok

[broken cliff]

yh like that ig

[south folio]

yeah that crashed

[broken cliff]

error screen?

[wintry solar]

should be message_card = card btw

wait no

you don't need the card arg at all

[broken cliff]

it was used in the walkie talkie 2 joker from example mods pack

[broken cliff]

-- Specifically returning to context.other_card is fine with multiple values in a single return value, chips/mult are different from chip_mod and mult_mod, and automatically come with a message which plays in order of return.

[broken cliff]

oh its bcuz its get_id()

[wintry solar]

I don't care what the example mod says, you don't need the card arg

[south folio]

don't I need the getid()?

[broken cliff]

i made a mistake

to get the id of the card u do get_id()

                    chips = card.ability.extra["chips_" .. context.other_card:get_id()],
                    card = context.other_card
                }```

[rough furnace]

you or someone else with some more knowledge on the best practices on calc should maybe go through the example joker mod and make sure everything is still the best way

[wintry solar]

yeah I will do at some stage, I've also toyed with the idea of just making all the vanilla jokers 🤣

[broken cliff]

so the mult has 3 things
a table
a signtest 1???
and a numbervalue

im so Confused

man talisman is peak

[topaz sun]

you gotta use to_number(mult) i think

that makes it able to be used in equations and such

[broken cliff]

well mult stores 3 things i dont think u could do that

[rough furnace]

probably disable talsiman's bignum/omeganum for testing stuff

[cerulean rose]

well that would corrupt it if its bigger than e308 tho?

[south folio]

hell yeah it worked thanks

[topaz sun]

I have a joker in my pack that uses it to do calculations with hand_chips and mult. I had to put this to_number thing there to make it compatible with tali

[urban veldt]

Eclipse, (Spectral): Destroy all cards in your full deck of a random suit.
Is this doable?

[rough furnace]

you can also stick your regular number into to_big() to compare with talisman numbers

[broken cliff]

yes

[rough furnace]

(to_big won't exist without talisman, but you can do a to_big = to_big or function(n) return n end)

you only need that for comparisons, math works with talsiman numbers and real numbers

[topaz sun]

Idk tbh

would it?

[cerulean rose]

yeah

[topaz sun]

dayum

[cerulean rose]

cus lua's number type is a float

[rough furnace]

#💻・modding-dev message

[wintry solar]

lets normalise not using talisman instead

[topaz sun]

Oh okay

[rough furnace]

you can be compatible with it without requiring it

(see my message litteraly one message down)

[broken cliff]

u would be Handicapped by Ante 38

[cerulean rose]

*39

[rough furnace]

I've never made it past ante like 12 and also I did make a mod to not be stuck there without talisman

[wintry solar]

I know it's just such a pain that every mod has to design around it's existance

[rough furnace]

but numbers would just be inifnity

[rough furnace]

well the issue is cryptid requires and it's also the most popular mod

although you can get talisman to use vanilla number for compat

ideally though talisman would be transparent and not matter whter it's installed or not

[topaz sun]

I think the issue is that Balatro itself was never intended to go after ante 38, apparently

[rough furnace]

but as far as I know not possible

[rough furnace]

it wasn't intended to go much higher than endless

but you can make future ante's all have infinity requirment and make inf score passable with a few simple lovely patches

[topaz sun]

Personally I just use tali for the absolute sick ass sounds it provides for emult, xchips and stuff like that. Whoever made those is a wizard

[broken cliff]

put a boss on ante 39 which kills u irl

Call it smth Like Super Joker Extra Pro max

If u beat it, it would kill u

if u dont u would lose

Simple Solution

[upper ibex]

im trying to get it to give 4x mult when a four of clubs is scored

what part of the code did i fuck up

[broken cliff]

well u have to

Error message

[upper ibex]

see the thing is that it doesnt crash the game, it just doesnt trigger

[topaz sun]

no end to the if statement with the return part

oh no wait

[broken cliff]

well uhh

change the context to individual

[wintry solar]

change context.main_scoring to context.individual

[normal crest]

also does is_rank even exist

[broken cliff]

if it didnt exist then he would error i think

[wintry solar]

it doesnt exist

it breaks out before that though

[broken cliff]

talisman comprehension update: the table STORES NOTHING so i think its used for numbers above e308

[normal crest]

gotta fix that in the wiki

[topaz sun]

I think it's context.other_card:get_id()

[wintry solar]

thats not incorrect

[broken cliff]

so ill js ignore the values

[normal crest]

it's not?

[broken cliff]

yh its taht

[normal crest]

what does "modifiers to cards" mean

[broken cliff]

i think it means editions, enhancements prob

[wintry solar]

^

[upper ibex]

ok the context individual worked

which then made me find out that is rank infact does not exist

[broken cliff]

yh use get_id()

[topaz sun]

Do you guys know a way to make a button change color when pressed?

[normal crest]

but then that means the code would be executed and their game would crash cus is_rank doesn't exist, so does it just never happen

[broken cliff]

and check if its 4

[wintry solar]

this is on a joker, not an enhancement or edition

[normal crest]

Oh I SEE

My bad

[wintry solar]

so the joker's main_scoring is never in the G.play area

I can maybe clarify that a bit better on the wiki though

[upper ibex]

context.other_card:get_id("4")? (im sorry if im being a dumb fuck, im very new to this)

[broken cliff]

no js get_id() == 4

if context.other_card:get_id() == 4 then

and the individual context

[upper ibex]

so this?

[broken cliff]

replace get_id() with context.other_card:get_id()

[fallen pelican]

it's bc ur calling a function that exists in context.other_card ig

get_id() will be the function that returns the corresponding rank

[solar eagle]

is there anything in this boss blind that's set up wrong?

[broken cliff]

does it Error out

[solar eagle]

yeah, getting to ante 8 in a run causes the game to crash

functions/common_events.lua:2689: attempt to compare number with boolean

[broken cliff]

what line?

[solar eagle]

2689

[topaz sun]

it's some lovely patch then

[broken cliff]

i think it has to do with in_pool?

since its the only one with boolean in it

or boss table

[solar eagle]

yea i just dont know what it would be, since my in_pool is just return true

[cerulean rose]

why do you even have an in_pool?

[topaz sun]

try disabling all mods but this one and seeing if it works

[solar eagle]

that is the case

well, i have my mod, steamodded, talisman (dependency), and debugplus

i can try removing debugplus i guess?

[broken cliff]

boss: Marks this Blind as a Boss Blind and specifies on which Antes it can appear ({ min = 1, max = 10 }). max is an artifact and not functional. Use in_pool instead for advanced conditions.

boss.showdown: Marks this Blind as a Final Boss Blind that shows up on every multiple of the winning Ante. min is ignored, use in_pool to restrict spawning.

[solar eagle]

mhm i read the smods.blind page

i can try removing in_pool

ok this is interesting

the problem seems to be that i was returning true, i instead need to return

0?

that wasnt it

[cerulean rose]

check the lua dump

[broken cliff]

what the fuck does it expect from me

talisman is Such a Headache

[normal crest]

you are missing a comma after "scaled up!"

[broken cliff]

OHHH

[normal crest]

this isn't really talisman, this is lua syntax

[old bane]

how would i load other files for jokers? i would like to be able to organize jokers into their own files so that I don't just have all of them in the mod lua file (and also so I can have different rarities of jokers that can be turned off in config)

[broken cliff]

yh my fault gang

[high stag]

Talisman still probably is such a headache

Just unrelated

[solar eagle]

load multiple lua source files?

[broken cliff]

oh Fuck i struck it hard

[solar eagle]

what i do is i have a folder src, then this section at the top of your main lua file

for _,v in pairs(NFS.getDirectoryItems(path)) do
    assert(SMODS.load_file('src/'..v))()
end```
works great

[upper ibex]

it is still not working.
it doesnt crash but it doesnt give Xmult when a four of clubs is scored

[broken cliff]

its bcuz i put a mult = mult

[solar eagle]

try Xmult_mod

[old bane]

ah i see

[upper ibex]

where exactly

[normal crest]

what version of steamodded are you using @upper ibex

[broken cliff]

in return

[solar eagle]

instead of Xmult

thats what i use

works fine

[solar eagle]

mod structure looks like this in terms of lua files

[cerulean rose]

update smods

[normal crest]

Xmult_mod does not automatically show the x mult message

[cerulean rose]

latest is 1406a

[normal crest]

that version is months old!

[solar eagle]

message = localize { type = "variable", key = "a_xmult", vars = { variable_goes_here } },
also in the return

[cerulean rose]

Xmult_mod was deprecated over a month ago

[normal crest]

yeah but why do that when you can do x_mult = wahtever for the same effect

[solar eagle]

didnt work for me

[normal crest]

are you in 1304a too

[cerulean rose]

update steammodded

[solar eagle]

1326a

[normal crest]

then it should work

[solar eagle]

is Xmult_mod going to be flat out removed at any point or is it just not recommended

[normal crest]

No idea if it'll be removed, but it's not even mentioned in the wiki

[high stag]

It's used in the example jokers for steammodded

Their Cavendish implementation uses it

[solar eagle]

mhm

[old bane]

okay, do i need to do anything else? im planning on having multiple atlases so that I can:
A. use different images for each of their atlases, for example, all of the Legendaries and "Things" get their own image because they have to be able to have a 3D effect
B. turn them on and off using configs and lovely patches

[solar eagle]

multiple atlases is just multiple SMODS.Atlas objects

[old bane]

ah gothca

[normal crest]

which are outdated too

[solar eagle]

and then multiple files for each

[normal crest]

I'm just saying you're adding unnecessary work to it by using any _mod

do whatever you want tho I guess

[high stag]

I was afraid you'd say that 😔

[solar eagle]

does lovely have a way to dump the patched file from memory?

i feel like that was mentioned here but i do Not remember it

aha found it

[broken cliff]

ok my joker finally works

[solar eagle]

if eligible_bosses[k] > min_use then is the offending line??

[broken cliff]

oh god i think i created a monster

this jimbo makes ur mult skyrocket im gonna nerf him LMAO

if u put smth like 50 mult it will turn it into 88 mult and if u put 530 it will make it 9k mult

[solar eagle]

ok ive found the issue but i dont understand how its breaking

[upper ibex]

ok so i updated steammodded and it works but wrong

it triggers on all fours and not just four of clubs

[solar eagle]

this for loop is the problem, eligible_bosses[k] on my finisher blind results in true not 0 like the other boss blinds?

[normal crest]

in the code right above it sets eligible_bosses[k] to a number

[solar eagle]

yea im looking now

[normal crest]

are you using save states to test

[solar eagle]

no

[normal crest]

do you have debugplus

[solar eagle]

Yes

[normal crest]

run eval G.GAME.bosses_used

do you see yours

[solar eagle]

yeah

bl_TWT_final_curse: 0

[sullen fern]

is it easy to make a balatro mod

[broken cliff]

if u know lua then its semi-easy

[solar eagle]

lua isnt too hard to pick up either

[broken cliff]

personally i recommend checking https://github.com/Steamodded/examples for examples of jokers

and then checking the api reference

[normal crest]

surely ur boss isn't in G.GAME.banned_keys

other than that i cannot see why your blind wouldn't work

[solar eagle]

it shouldnt be?

let me try

banned_keys is empty

[broken cliff]

there are banned_keys?

[normal crest]

maybe it's a glitch in the version of steamodded u are using

[solar eagle]

actually what it could be

the run i was testing on i beat the blind on ante 1 to make sure it worked

lemme make a new one

yeah that was it??

[normal crest]

so you were clicking continue instead of new game

[sullen fern]

how hard is it to say
make a new consumable type

[solar eagle]

yea

interesting bug

[normal crest]

kind of basically a save state

[smoky talon]

im trying to make a joker that adds +1 to the mult for every additional copy of that joker you have. I assume i should use a variable to check how many I have at once (im sure im doing it all wrong lol)

[smoky talon]

not hard at all

just copy this and replace the info with your consumable type's info

SMODS.ConsumableType{
key = 'Drugs', --consumable type key

collection_rows = {4,5}, --amount of cards in one page
primary_colour = G.C.PURPLE, --first color
secondary_colour = G.C.DARK_EDITION, --second color
loc_txt = {
    collection = 'Drugs', --name displayed in collection
    name = 'Drugs', --name displayed in badge
    undiscovered = {
        name = 'Hidden Drugs', --undiscovered name
        text = {'Check under', 'the couch'} --undiscovered text
    }
},
shop_rate = 2, --rate in shop out of 100

}

theres a text version

to copy

you also need this

SMODS.UndiscoveredSprite{
key = 'Drugs', --must be the same key as the consumabletype
atlas = 'Jokers',
pos = {x = 0, y = 0}
}

[broken cliff]

so if u have 2 jokers u would have 2 jokers with 2 mult

[smoky talon]

yep

and 3 would have 3 jokers with 3 mult each

its kinda broken lol

[broken cliff]

maybe u could do a global value

[smoky talon]

where in he code woould i puut it

[sullen fern]

i obviously need some sort of jumping off point

[broken cliff]

when the joker is added to deck u can add +1 to the global one

[sullen fern]

so how do i start making a mod

[broken cliff]

do u have steammodded and lovely installed?

[sullen fern]

i have steammodded and lovely

(i have old-calc steamodded)

[broken cliff]

do u know lua?

[sullen fern]

maybe…?

[smoky talon]

i just need to know where to declare the global varialble ( i assume i have to declare it towards teh start)

im stilll learning lua

[sullen fern]

idrc though

[broken cliff]

prob when u declared ur joker

[broken cliff]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Your-First-Mod start from here

and check the example mods of steammodded

[smoky talon]

so in the smods.joker section?

[broken cliff]

yh

the joker gets created then the global value gets created

then u can add this, which will trigger when u buy/get that joker
add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
-- part where u add to that global value
end,

[smoky talon]

i have all that just need the variable

ill let you know if it works

[sullen fern]

im gonna hate creating sprites because i have to make a 1x and 2x version of them

[broken cliff]

thats the part of the Pain

the other part of the pain is dealing with talisman

[smoky talon]

i put it in here, is this how i declare it?

[broken cliff]

do G.gorb_count ig

OH WAIT

u forgot to put comma

[smoky talon]

that makes sense

ohh

[broken cliff]

after the declaration

[smoky talon]

got it

[broken cliff]

put a comma after 0

[solar eagle]

what i do is draw everything at 2x

then export at 50% scale for 1x

[high stag]

I just set the scale to 200% after making the x1 version

[smoky talon]

closer

still no dice

[upper ibex]

i have a problem

so i was able to get the first effect to work with a lovely patch
but i have no idea how to go about coding the second effect
does anyone have any advice

[solar eagle]

do you care about compatibility with other mods? or just base game is fine

[upper ibex]

i mean rn im playing with cryptid so i think mod compatability would be nice

[smoky talon]

@broken cliff any idea why it still doesnt work?

[violet void]

the ultimate flush enabler

[broken cliff]

why is there no space between joker and {

i think it might be that

[smoky talon]

its always been that way

[wintry solar]

missing a bracket at the end

[solar eagle]

see if the current boss blind has any suit parameter in debuff, like debuff = { suit = 'Hearts' } for the Head
then just

play_sound('timpani')
card_eval_status_text(self, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {message = localize('ph_boss_disabled')})```
(stolen chicot handling code)

could honestly just check if debuff.suit exists

[smoky talon]

where doe sthe bracket go?

[violet void]

at the very end

[south folio]

this was so much work for very little effect in the actual scoring

[smoky talon]

if i just do an ending one it closes the rest of the joker code beneath it

and a front and back doesnt fix it

[broken cliff]

u have to put } not {}

at the end of the joker

[smoky talon]

that isnt the end of the joker

theres more code below

with an ending

[wintry solar]

then show the whole code

[smoky talon]

thats whats below

[wintry solar]

oh

[solar eagle]

you have a trailing comma

[wintry solar]

delete that gorb_count line

[solar eagle]

remove the comma from the last end

[wintry solar]

it can't go there

[wintry solar]

this doesnt matter

[smoky talon]

where do i put gorb coujnt then

[solar eagle]

really??

lua's that generous

[smoky talon]

it needs to be before the setting blind part i think

[solar eagle]

im used to my programming languages executing me if i have a trailing comma

[wintry solar]

what is the gorb count?

[rough furnace]

most programming languages let you have trailing commas in tables

[solar eagle]

none of the ones i learned

[broken cliff]

he wants to have a joker that scales with how many jokers of same kind are in the hand

[wintry solar]

then it needs to be in add to deck

[smoky talon]

counts how many gorb jokers i have, for each gorbh joker it increases the gorb joker's mult by 1

[broken cliff]

so if thers 2 jokers of same kind then it would be 4 mult(2 per joker)

[smoky talon]

this is the joker that spawns gorb jokers

yep

i have the thing that adds to it but i need ot declaere it first

[sullen fern]

i like writing mod idea things down in my notes app

[violet void]

wouldnt that only be possible with showman

[broken cliff]

1 joker 1 mult
2 joker 4 mult(2 per joker)
3 joker 9 mult(3 per joker)

[violet void]

and something else probably

[solar eagle]

not if you have a joker that creates them

[broken cliff]

@smoky talon 's joker creates a negative copy of itself

[smoky talon]

not of itself but of another joker

but yes it is possible ive tested it with jimbos

[rough furnace]

what languages did you learn?

[runic pecan]

Nice

[solar eagle]

java at first (sadly), then swift, then objc a bit as well

i dont use objc nearly as much as swift though because objc is Ass

[sullen fern]

the self destruct seal does what you think it does

[broken cliff]

doofershmertz ahh card

Jimbo-inator

[smoky talon]

if i dont declare it it gives this when setting bling which makes sense

i just need to find where to declare the count for the first time

[broken cliff]

maybe declare it at the start of ur mod?

[sullen fern]

cards with the self destruct seal give x2 chips and add x2 mult but self destruct after being played

[violet void]

couldnt you put it in card.ability

[old bane]

would i be able to get the last played hand at context.end_of_round

[broken cliff]

no atleast i dont think so

u can check how many played hands there were

[sullen fern]

subject to change btw

[broken cliff]

and if only 1 hand remains then do the ability

[smoky talon]

it works but the count isnt incrementing for each additional one and the joker just says xnil

[broken cliff]

kaif

[smoky talon]

prob bc this is what i have for setting the xmult to gorbcount, it prob doesnt work lol

[broken cliff]

did u put g.gorb_count = 1 anywhere

or js declared it

[smoky talon]

i delcared it and it stays at 1 even when adding multiple m,ore

i put that at the top like u said

[sullen fern]

actually i might bump up the amout of mult the seal applies

2.5?

[smoky talon]

so either the gorb count isnt incrementing or the xmult isnt tied to it

whats that debug command that lets me check a variable's count again?

[broken cliff]

did u add add_to_deck to increment

[broken cliff]

print would work i think

[broken cliff]

no as in print(G.gorb_count) in the joker

[smoky talon]

ah

gorb count is going up

just not linked top mult

which is what i predicted

so the linking code needs fixing

[rough furnace]

java arrays can, not sure if java really has an equivelent for a table, swift arrays let you, but structs don't, objc c arrays let you, NSArray doesn't seem to let you

[broken cliff]

do you increase it when the joker is added to deck

[smoky talon]

yep that works fine, just need to fix the mult in the gorb joker

i just need to find out how to tie the gorb joker xmult to the gorb_counter variable

i assumed Xmult = G.gorb_count would work but it didnt

[broken cliff]

shouldnt it just be mult

since ur adding +1 mult

not x mult

[smoky talon]

ill try that

i think xmult means that when scored it would be x3 instead of +3 instead of being tied to incrementing it

but i can try it

ok i kinda fixed it

i changed the scoring code to pull from gorb count instead fo xmult but the only issue is that the card still says xnil mult

WAIT
IDEA

nevermind my idea dont work

rip

[long sun]

hihi, what does this portion of Stella Mortis do?

if Incantation then
  quota = planet_to_destroy:getEvalQty()
end```

[broken cliff]

{X:mult,C:white} X#1# {} is actually confusing line of strings

[smoky talon]

i think i figured it out

i was missing a line

[normal crest]

The X means the color of the background text basically, C is color of the text (in the {})

[broken cliff]

huh

mult isnt a color tho

is it a placeholder of sorts

for red?

[rough furnace]

it is

[frosty dock]

same way chips is for blue

[rough furnace]

and attention for orangish

[smoky talon]

wait therye not doing anything

they just say x2

they dont change the score at all

[broken cliff]

ok and what does X#1# do
does #1 pull from config.extra.mult?

[frosty dock]

it pulls from loc_vars

[broken cliff]

Oh

[rough furnace]

side note if I return a loc_vars like { vars = { test = 1 } } and do #test# does that work?

[smoky talon]

i fixed it

finally

thanks so much

[long sun]

(bump)

[broken cliff]

i dont know what stella mortis is

[broken cliff]

prob not

[long sun]

it's an Exotic joker from Cryptid

i'm looking at its code to see how to destroy a random Tarot card

[normal crest]

Its probably compatibility with another mod called Incantation, not relevant to what you're trying to do

[long sun]

ah icic :D

thanks!!

[smoky talon]

wait i have anothe rproblem now lo;

[long sun]

i thought it meant Incantation, the Spectral, but that didn't make any sense — your explanation feels obvious now =w=

[smoky talon]

the description isnt updating with the card

i assume it onluy activates when the game starts and doesnt update

how do i fix that?

[frosty dock]

it does not, but it'd be fairly easy to make it work iirc

[rough furnace]

I don't have any use for it but it may be neat

[broken cliff]

finally, free at last

now i have x25 properly showing

[frosty dock]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/pull/330 there's this rejected PR that did that along with default loc_vars using those string keys. I think I said it'd be best to stick to vanilla conventions to not make things more confusing

i guess it's debatable if that should also generally disallow string keys

[normal crest]

I know that vanilla uses the colours key from vars for whatever the {V:1} thing means

[frosty dock]

yeah that's a special case

[long sun]

hmm, so hovering over one of my jokers in the collection crashed the game

[rough furnace]

those ones should let you pass strings for custom colouyrs though, right?

[long sun]

i know why, but i've no idea how to fix it

[rough furnace]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1335885215616208906.png?size=160&name=Send+the+Crash+log!!!!!

[long sun]

it was this line:
return { vars = { count_planets(), card.ability.extra.out_of_odds, card.ability.extra.x_mult } }

it tried to count the number of planets when i was on the title screen

aha wait no i can fix this. maybe.

i've seen some or 0s around some people's code, and now i know why :}

[smoky talon]

i fixed it

[long sun]

hmm, no, still bugged. it tried to index consumeables which was nil

but my count_planets() function checks if it's nil first:
if G.consumeables.cards then

...ah wait, nevermind. it counts indexing as the .cards bit right?

[normal crest]

Remove the .cards from that if

[long sun]

hokai

[rough furnace]

if you need to index something that doesn't exist the standard behaviour is G and G.consumables and G.consumeables.cards instead of G.consumeables.cards (although you can proably skip the G part for this one as it should always be defined in balatro)]

[long sun]

there we go, cheers :D

[normal crest]

Love seeing well written descriptions

[long sun]

mm?

(are you talking about Luke?)

[normal crest]

Yeah

[long sun]

awesome, thanks ^^

oh also Candle works now :D!!

[cyan dune]

Hi, apologies for this likely easy to solve issue, but I'm starting to lose my mind a little;
Updating my own deck skin series to work with the new DeckSkin API, but try as I might I cannot get the cards to show up in-game. I've been following the Cardsauce Experimental Skins formatting, but in messing around with the key and atlas variables (switching which one references FoLK and which one points to the deck) I've only gotten a crash, the original cards showing up, or, for this current iteration, the 4, 3, and 2 of Hearts. Would anyone be able to point out the area I'm going wrong in?

[rough furnace]

you will need your prefix on the atlas keys

[cyan dune]

Ahhhh. I... never set one. That would explain a lot.

[rough furnace]

it's just for the reference not the defijitoon

[south folio]

is there a context for it to count things in the Full Deck?

like cloud 9

[frosty dock]

how exactly is that an in-game action that happens?

[south folio]

you know what that's a fair question

[normal crest]

iirc cloud 9 counts them on the update function

[frosty dock]

it does but that's inefficient and not really needed

in the case of cloud 9, calc_dollar_bonus and loc_vars would suffice

or more generally, before any calculation that uses the value and in loc_vars

[red osprey]

I need help regarding custom palettes: I'm trying to add an alternate high contrast option to the default suits and the existing collabs (green clubs and blue diamonds). This is my current code, and while the option appears, the atlas are not applied (the cards use the default low contrast atlas). The atlas work fine if I just override the High Contrast Colors option, by using the cards_2 key and prefix_option.key = false. Any ideas on what is wrong?

SMODS.Atlas{ key = 'cards_2Alt', path = '8BitDeckAlt_opt2.png', px = 71, py = 95 }
SMODS.Atlas{ key = 'icons_2Alt', path = 'ui_assetsAlt_opt2.png', px = 71, py = 95 }

SMODS.DeckSkin:take_ownership('default_Clubs', {
    palettes = {
        {
            key = 'lc',
            ranks = {'Ace', 'King', 'Queen', 'Jack', '10', '9', '8', '7', '6', '5', '4', '3', '2'},
            display_ranks = {'King', 'Queen', 'Jack'},
            atlas = 'cards_1',
            pos_style = 'deck'
        },
        {
            key = 'hc',
            ranks = {'Ace', 'King', 'Queen', 'Jack', '10', '9', '8', '7', '6', '5', '4', '3', '2'},
            display_ranks = {'King', 'Queen', 'Jack'},
            atlas = 'cards_2',
            pos_style = 'deck'
        },
        {
            key = 'hc_alt',
            loc_txt = 'High Contrast Alternate',
            ranks = {'Ace', 'King', 'Queen', 'Jack', '10', '9', '8', '7', '6', '5', '4', '3', '2'},
            display_ranks = {'King', 'Queen', 'Jack'},
            atlas = 'althico_cards_2Alt',
            pos_style = 'deck',
            suit_icon = {
                atlas = 'althico_icons_2Alt',
                pos = 1,
            },
        },
    }
})
-- Repeated code for Diamonds

[livid tapir]

gyuys pleasehelp

i need to know why im getting this error when i open collectible types (ill show the error and the code)

im trying to add a collectible type, but smth is def wrong

[worthy stirrup]

Do vouchers have a shader associated with them?

[wintry solar]

yes

[livid tapir]

as far as i can see the error isnt saying anything about my mod file, but ik its the mod as it only happens when the uno stuff is not commented

[worthy stirrup]

damn, i was gonna try to make it have the negative shader

[wintry solar]

you can change what it uses

[worthy stirrup]

nice

[south folio]

Might be overthinking this but how do I Count (in this case) 8's I have in the full deck?

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult_gain, card.ability.extra.mult } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.cardarea and context.cardarea == G.jokers then
            card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult + card.ability.extra.mult_gain
            card_eval_status_text(card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {colour = G.C.RED, message = localize('k_upgrade_ex')})
        end

        if context.joker_main then
            local mult_to_add = card.ability.extra.mult
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult
            }
        end```

[normal crest]

Loop thru G.playing_cards which is your full deck

[livid tapir]

maybe i did the loc_txt on the consumable wrong?

[long sun]

these are all rare btw

subtle synergy between Canio and Triboulet

[frosty dock]

chicot's soul is lowkey better than chicot

[livid tapir]

i think i realized why the error is happening

id guess the colours

it just doesnt tell me how youre supposed to do them

in the wiki

ajhhhhhh i got it

its supposed to be a hex code

[cerulean rose]

when using take_ownership, how to reference the default behavior of the object you're overriding?

[frosty dock]

make a local reference to what you're modifying before the take_ownership call

[livid tapir]

didnt fix it

💀

[worthy stirrup]

Do vouchers also use the 71x95 per voucher like how jokers do

[cerulean rose]

yes

[worthy stirrup]

okay thanks

[red osprey]

Found the solution: I was suppoed to use the add_palette function, not redefine the object manually. Here is the working code:

SMODS.Atlas{ key = 'cards_2_alt', path = '8BitDeckAlt_opt2.png', px = 71, py = 95 }
SMODS.Atlas{ key = 'ui_2_alt', path = 'ui_assetsAlt_opt2.png', px = 18, py = 18 }

SMODS.DeckSkin:take_ownership('default_Clubs', {}):add_palette{
    key = 'hc_alt',
    loc_txt = 'High Contrast Alternate',
    ranks = {'Ace', 'King', 'Queen', 'Jack', '10', '9', '8', '7', '6', '5', '4', '3', '2'},
    display_ranks = {'King', 'Queen', 'Jack'},
    atlas = 'althico_cards_2_alt',
    pos_style = 'deck',
    suit_icon = {
        atlas = 'althico_icons_2_alt',
        pos = 1,
    },
}

[livid tapir]

nvm I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A G.C
MY DUMBASSSSSSSS 💀

I GOT IT WORKING LETS GO

i havent come up with a mechanic so just take this pluh

Now its time to make a booster

yippee!!!!

[sullen fern]

pluh!

[cerulean rose]

remember to set skip_materialize = true

[livid tapir]

thx for the tip

[sullen fern]

all of the alabell cards i have planned

which i should get to work on

[worthy stirrup]

is there a way to make it so theres only a more chance of a negative without upping the other chances of holos and that stuff

[cerulean rose]

check cryptid wormhole deck

[worthy stirrup]

okay

okay, i found it calls for cry_negative_rate = 20, now i gotta find where cry_negative_rate is made

okay i found these and i dont understand at all

if self.effect.config.cry_negative_rate then
                G.GAME.modifiers.cry_negative_rate = self.effect.config.cry_negative_rate

---

SMODS.Edition:take_ownership("negative", {
            get_weight = function(self)
                return self.weight * (G.GAME.modifiers.cry_negative_rate or 1)
            end,
        }, true)

[urban veldt]

Haha, is there a way to check if Wheel of Fortune fails?

[livid tapir]

do boosters use 71x95 like jokers and vouchers

[timid parrot]

I think the order you've written them in is a good order to make them in lol

[frosty dock]

yes

[livid tapir]

im assuming they meant they should get to work on what theyve concepted

[livid tapir]

thx

[frosty dock]

the sprites are scaled up by x1.3 or so in-game

[livid tapir]

makes sense

thx!

[normal crest]

1.27

[frosty dock]

ty

[sullen fern]

well first i have to actually create the self-destruct seal

[worthy stirrup]

yea, ive been looking all over and i dont understand at all

[vocal verge]

idk specifically what the first part does, i assume it'll update itself when you get the voucher
but the 2nd part takes ownership of negative edition so it can modify it using smods
it then multiplies the odds

it's actually on the wiki

[vocal verge]

cryptid has a joker about it, you can look at it's code

[urban veldt]

Oooh, perfect

Huh

Damn I actually was gonna make the same effect

[vocal verge]

do it anyways so it's not bundled with the rest?

[urban veldt]

Oh, yeah, but like

huh

Didn't expect that

[maiden river]

is there a card area specific to booster packs

[cerulean rose]

G.pack_cards

[sullen fern]

i think i'll have to create both the alabell card and the seal at the same time

[maiden river]

big

[sullen fern]

so i should create the seal first then the alabell card

which is how the seal example mod does it

but i also have to create the consumable type

there’s a lot i have to do…..

[smoky talon]

how do i make a custom joker rarity?

[topaz sun]

With SMODS.Rarity

Here's an example from my mod:

    key = "spc",
    loc_txt = {
        name = localize('k_buf_spc')
    },
    badge_colour = HEX('ee8f8d'),
    pools = {["Joker"] = false},
    get_weight = function(self, weight, object_type)
        return weight
    end,
}```

but in my case, the rarity doesn't show up in game. You gotta edit the `pools` part and add a `rate`. Check out the wiki above

[sullen fern]

okay, time to make the cards, and the seal, and the consumables.

[topaz sun]

Does anyone know how to force an UI update on these buttons? I'm trying (and failing miserably) to make the "Auto" button change colors dynamically as it's pressed

[smoky talon]

so the rarity is there just not in the shop?

thats what i want

i just want to spawn them in

through a new skip tag

[wintry solar]

look at how the play and discard buttons update

[smoky talon]

i made the rarity but the joker jus says common and still shows up in the shop

[sullen fern]

now that i have my metadata set up...... its time to code

[topaz sun]

you gotta set the joker's rarity to pfx_rarity where pfx is your mod's prefix and "rarity" is the rarity's key.

[smoky talon]

ah

[topaz sun]

Will do. Thanks!

[smoky talon]

still no

apostraphes around it?

[topaz sun]

Oh yea, with quotation marks or apostrophes

i forgor

[smoky talon]

now it says error

better

[topaz sun]

what does the error say?

[smoky talon]

the jkoker rarity is just ERROR

[topaz sun]

But it's there?

[smoky talon]

yeash

[topaz sun]

That's probably bc you dont have a localization for the rarity's name

or did you just use like a string?

Try using name = "ultrameganice"

[topaz sun]

see if it shows up

[topaz sun]

Take the cat outta the localize

[smoky talon]

k

that fixed it

thx

[topaz sun]

also you can change the HEX to whatever you want the badge color to be

[smoky talon]

i like the one you have lol

but understood

[topaz sun]

lol

[worthy stirrup]

how do i make a function thats ran when the voucher is bought

or when a specific voucher is bought

[cerulean rose]

redeem

[worthy stirrup]

thanks

[cerulean rose]

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

[sullen fern]

now how do i actually start making the mod once i'm done with the metadata

sorry if this sounds like a stupid question i just don't really understand that much about actually creating a mod

[cerulean rose]

check out the example mods

[weak gate]

If there was an example sticker mod I would be able to make a sticker 👀 '

[worthy stirrup]

just to check, am i doing this right

note, i did already make an atlas, its just not included

[livid tapir]

im trying to make a booster
id just like to know how to make it only include consumables of a specific consumable type

any advice cuz the wiki isnt very helpful so far

[maiden river]

I just went through the booster trials
in the create_card function, you can return a table with a set key that's the set of the consumable type

[livid tapir]

ok

[maiden river]

SMODS.Booster({
    key = "basic_pack",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Basic Pack",
        group_name = "Basic Pack",
        text = {
            "Contains 5",
            "Friends Vs. Friends cards",
        }
    },
    config = {
        extra = 5,
        choose = 2
    },
    kind = "Weapon",
    create_card = function(self, card, i)
        return {
            set = "fvb_cards",
            skip_materialize = true,
        }
    end
})

like so

[livid tapir]

thanks!

[maiden river]

also you should also put skip_materialize or your cards will be haunted by green particles

[livid tapir]

LOL