💻・modding-dev

[solar eagle]

id test it to make sure, didnt test the code i sent you since i need to track down a bug in my mod lol

[graceful magnet]

do I just, run the game from Steam now?

[solar eagle]

is steamodded installed n everything?

[ionic verge]

ok well i looked through every lovely file and didnt find it

[graceful magnet]

yeah the folder's in the Balatro files Mod folder, not sure if there's any further steps than that, didn't seem like it

[ionic verge]

wait nvm i thought of something

[graceful magnet]

oop wait hold on

[solar eagle]

you launch balatro and the mod tab shows up?

[graceful magnet]

my ass forgot the Lovely Injector step!!

[solar eagle]

yea thats the most important one lol

[ionic verge]

ok nevermind i searched through it for 'cry_booster_packs' and it still didnt work

[daring stratus]

I was looking through cryptid for how they resize jokers and saw they did it through lovley TOML shenanigans, is there a way to do it just through steamodded LUA files?

[solar eagle]

doubt it

[graceful magnet]

game directory should look like this, data directory should look like this, and metadata should look like this, and the Joker is in the file that's declared as the main file

everything should be in order then?

[solar eagle]

looks right!

[graceful magnet]

banger!

[solar eagle]

ah

card.ability.extra.pool = card.ability.extra.pool
not +

[solar eagle]

which is line 48?

[daring stratus]

fair enough, thanks lol

[graceful magnet]

great question lemme open this in something that tells me

[solar eagle]

missing an end

place it after the first return

                card.ability.extra.pool + card.ability.extra.pool + card.ability.extra.mult_add
            return {
                extra = { message = localize('k_upgrade_ex'), colour = G.C.MULT },
                colour = G.C.MULT,
                card = card
            }
end```

[graceful magnet]

Yahoo

oop, went to view it in Collection

[solar eagle]

do you have an atlas defined for the art?

[graceful magnet]

ah, noo, it is currently just a single card png

[solar eagle]

where is it in the mod? and do you have an SMODS.Atlas defined so smods knows how to render it lol

[graceful magnet]

in these as shown, and, I guess probably not, though how do I go about getting that set up

[solar eagle]

    key = "atlas_name",
    path = "filename.png",
    px = 71,
    py = 95
}```

i've got a whole bunch set up, you can have many cards per atlas

this is what my joker atlas looks like

[graceful magnet]

it rendered!

and then when I hovered over it

[solar eagle]

you dropped config = { extra = { mult_add = 1, pool = 0 } }, this somewhere

its kinda important

[graceful magnet]

whoops

okay! It

shouldn't say nil

BUT!!

[plush cove]

what are your loc_vars set to?

[solar eagle]

lua starts arrays at 1

so

            "scored face card",
            "{C:inactive}(Currently {C:mult}+#2#{C:inactive} Mult)"```

is correct

[graceful magnet]

🫡

[cerulean rose]

might be in a lua file then

[ionic verge]

i actually also checked that too

nothin

[solar eagle]

is it possible to have jokers do things while you're selecting cards?

[ionic verge]

youd need to patch in a context for that i think

but no it doesnt sound impossible

[solar eagle]

figures

just trying to make it so a joker can tell you the mult it'll provide before you score it since it changes based on ur cards

to the game source

what determines contexts and the like?

[obtuse silo]

what is this meant to mean?

[cerulean rose]

implement the calculation into loc_vars

[cerulean rose]

png not found

[obtuse silo]

i see
so if the file is called "jokers.png" and it is in subfolder "assets", should the path just be "jokers.png"?

nvm still got the same error

[solar eagle]

am i also able to change the joker's text on the fly?

oh nice i think i can

hm, i can update loc_txt but the joker doesn't re-render

[novel dagger]

I'm trying to make every 4 scored give 4X mult but when I select a blind the game crashes and says,[SMODS GaryJOKER "main.lua"]:46: attempt to index field 'other_card' (a nil value) (Line 46 is if context.other_card:get_id() == 4 then)

[solar eagle]

can you send the calculate function?

[obtuse silo]

maybe because i need a 2x and 1x folder?

[novel dagger]

calculate = function(self,card,context)
if context.other_card:get_id() == 4 then
return {
x_mult = self.ability.extra,
colour = G.C.RED,
card = self
}
end
end,

[solar eagle]

you're missing the part where you make sure you're in the right context

place this around everything else:

place this if statement first:
if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and not SMODS.has_no_rank(context.other_card) then

[obtuse silo]

YEP, THAT WAS IT

i got joker working!!
only issue is the text isn't loading-

[gusty sequoia]

:0

[solar eagle]

how are you setting it?

[obtuse silo]

main.lua
i'm basically going off of the ModdedVanilla example
relevant code is thus

[novel dagger]

It keeps telling me [SMODS _ "src/loader.lua"]:571: [SMODS GaryJOKER "main.lua"]:54: unexpected symbol near ','

[tepid crow]

loc_txt

[novel dagger]

bruh i fixed it nvm

[obtuse silo]

thanks!!

[novel dagger]

Now it's saying [SMODS GaryJOKER "main.lua"]:49: attempt to index field 'ability' (a nil value)

[solar eagle]

card.ability.extra

as a rule of thumb, use card instead of self in steamodded

use card = card in the return as well

[novel dagger]

the 4s ain't giving the mult now

I got it

[cursive glade]

Can someone explain to me like I'm a dunce how SMODS.PokerHand and SMODS.PokerHandPart are supposed to interact to detect a custom played hand? Give me a blank example with the required params or something? Been bashing my head against it all day today...

[wintry solar]

This is unnecessary on new calc

[fringe ember]

How would I do it so it gives x2 mult and not +2 mult when heart faces are scored?

[graceful magnet]

hell yeah

[wintry solar]

Change the return table to be xmult = card.ability.extra

[fringe ember]

makes sense

[graceful magnet]

and it works!

[paper zealot]

Anyone able to give this a try on Steam Deck or OSX? Just want to make sure it's stable on all platforms over the weekend, since I won't have time next week to fix anything.

[fringe ember]

now the problem is drawing a hand with heart faces

[fringe ember]

also dumb question, do we have a list/reference of text formatting things? like how 'Played Face cards with Diamond suit give {C:mult}x#1#{} Mult when scored.' has {C:mult}

I tried looking in the .zip luas, no dice

[plush cove]

#1# is to denote where a variable should be used (you would use #2#, #3#, etc if you had multiple variables)
{C:}/{s:} denotes the styling of the text

there are definitely more guidelines but that's the most basic explanation I can give

[fringe ember]

Yes

Do we have a reference of what does what

like how **this** does bold

That's what I'm asking

Specifically looking for the ones that does this text [with or without the suit symbol]

[novel dagger]

How do I check how many of a card I have in my full deck

[fringe ember]

Found what I was looking for. It was in the localization folder

[stray warren]

It's in G.ARGS.LOC_COLOURS

under the loc_colours function in misc_functions

And you can add your own colors by adding to that list

[scarlet spire]

so, I have an enhancement for a card where the individual card gains 1.5 Mult when played and unscoring, but it isn't increasing under those circumstances. is this calculate function correct for this?

[stray warren]

I don't think context.unscoring is a thing

[scarlet spire]

hmm

cryptid uses it for the green seal

[stray warren]

they probably defined that context in the mod

But it's not a thing in SMODS by itself

[scarlet spire]

ahh okay i'll see where I can find that then

[fringe ember]

which file?

[livid tapir]

hello guyz

https://tenor.com/view/balatro-jimbo-wave-jump-hi-gif-4322737058573181479

[stray warren]

misc_functions, mentioned here

[scarlet spire]

alright yeah, it's patched in

hmm

[fringe ember]

i'm blind as hell thanks

[stray warren]

all good lol

[scarlet spire]

what is the usage license for cryptid's code? this patch is pretty much exactly what I need, but I obviously don't want to just Steal it

[orchid thunder]

any help?

[tepid crow]

The error implies it's an issue with Grim, but I can't tell for sure.
You probably shouldn't be enabling this many mods when trying to debug anyway

try reducing it to only your mod (and maybe debugplus or whatever), then making a minimum reproducible example that crashes

[orchid thunder]

what?

Oh

[tepid crow]

what's unclear about that message 🤔

[paper zealot]

The repo has no listed license, which means all rights are reserved and you cannot modify or redistribute the code without explicit permission from MathIsFun0. I'd recommend messaging him to ask, or to see if he's willing to open up to a more permissive license

[orchid thunder]

im just confused how

how i broke grim

[tepid crow]

like I said, I'm not even sure you did

[orchid thunder]

ok nvm

i fucked EVRYTHING up

this is now complaining about zodiac deck

[tepid crow]

look man I wouldn't be reading that crash screen unless there's less than 5 mods enabled

[orchid thunder]

want me to disable everything

[tepid crow]

basically yeah

something something minimum reproducible example

[cursive glade]

For some reason I can't get the example to show up for my custom SMODS.PokerHand. 🤔

[normal crest]

What's your example code

[cursive glade]

    example = {
        {'C_14', true},
        {'S_14', true},
        {'C_8', true},
        {'S_8', true},
        {'H_14', false},
    },

[normal crest]

Try 'C_Ace' instead

Same for the other 14s

[tepid crow]

what does royal flush use?

(iirc it's 'C_A'? but idk)

[normal crest]

Could be

[fringe ember]

so i might be a bit goofy, but how would i add additional face card sets? Like, not an override of the default face textures but as a separate one [like how Among Us and Cult of the Lamb have their sets]

[normal crest]

Oh yeah it's the first letter only

[fringe ember]

I know how to do it via texture override but not in adding sets

[cursive glade]

changed it to *_A for the aces, still not showing up. Not sure what's going on.

also tried _Ace

[normal crest]

it is definitely _A

[orchid thunder]

happy

[cursive glade]

    example = {
        {'C_A', true},
        {'S_A', true},
        {'C_8', true},
        {'S_8', true},
        {'H_A', false}
    },

That's how it's written now. Same issue.
Does it take anything from PokerHandPart into account? Or just what's in example = {}?

[normal crest]

Probably only what's in example

I am not sure what the issue could be

Did you start a new run, just in case

[cursive glade]

No, I'll try that. One sec.

[tepid crow]

I'm just trying to explain how I would approach debugging this 😅

have you gotten a chance to look at misc_functions.lua:1689 yet?

[orchid thunder]

ye

[sage reef]

hey there yall, so what do yall use in particular to mod the game itself? i am new to the concept as a whole so any way to get a start would help

[cursive glade]

Starting a new run did the trick. Thanks for the help!

[orchid thunder]

wait

center.text_parsed

[cursive glade]

Take a look at SDM_0's mods, and the #1209506514763522108 section and download some mods. look up SMODS (Steamodded) and Lovely on github, that's what you'll need to install mods. Asking questions here is the best way to learn, tbh. I started modding about 2 weeks ago and the lovely people here have been incredibly helpful and respectful.

[normal crest]

you misspelled labels

[sage reef]

thank you so much! i really appreciate it

[normal crest]

dunno if that matters but I noticed it

[orchid thunder]

: |

[tepid crow]

right so center is a string when it's expecting a table

[orchid thunder]

no it didnt

[orchid thunder]

i didnt touch center though

[tepid crow]

center's definition is basically equivalent to G.localization.<group>.<set>.<center>*

[orchid thunder]

so group is the mod

set is the key and center is idfk

[tepid crow]

wait hold on I might've messed that up 🤔

there we go

[orchid thunder]

oh

[normal crest]

labels is not part of descriptions

[orchid thunder]

its not?

[normal crest]

honestly your loc file is a bit messily formatted

[tepid crow]

^ it's part of misc

[normal crest]

and yes it goes to misc.labels

[orchid thunder]

: |||

[normal crest]

you even have this here

[orchid thunder]

yeah im a fucking idiot

its more progress

cant get the text to work though

[tepid crow]

and yeah, you should probably make your indentation consistent

[normal crest]

can you send your full generate_ui code

[orchid thunder]

ye

[orchid thunder]

i dont know

[normal crest]

yeah I've been looking at it and tbh I do not really understand what it's doing

[tepid crow]

I hate generate_ui code ngl

I have no idea what it's doing most of the time and I need to go 3 balatro files/functions deep to understand small parts

[orchid thunder]

i just want to make a new gameobject that is like seals i dont understand

[tepid crow]

anyway, can't you fallback on SMODS.Center.generate_ui?

(that's what I do for my sleeves anyway)

[orchid thunder]

maybe can i take a look at that code

[tepid crow]

https://github.com/larswijn/CardSleeves/blob/main/CardSleeves.lua#L309

oh and btw, don't forget to change the name of your obj to something other than SMODS.Sigil

(the SMODS part to be clear; Sigil is fine)

[orchid thunder]

why?

[tepid crow]

it gives people the wrong impression that SMODS is providing the Object instead of you

[orchid thunder]

i can do that?

i though smods was for the function

[tepid crow]

I just do CardSleeves.Sleeve = SMODS.Center:extend {

[normal crest]

Yeah don't put stuff on SMODS

[tepid crow]

so I suggest you do something like SigilsMod.Sigil or whatever you prefer as name

[orchid thunder]

yeah il do that

[scarlet spire]

alright I'm just going with a different "on discard" functionality, though I'm also seemingly messing up this as well, getting this error when discarding it

[orchid thunder]

great

[tepid crow]

SigilsMod isn't defined

mine's CardSleeves = SMODS.current_mod

[orchid thunder]

Oh

[scarlet spire]

to specify a little more in case it isn't obvious, the intention is that individual cards with this enhancement will permanently gain 0.5 mult when discarded

[tepid crow]

use .ability instead of .config in calculate

(at least, that's how you do it for jokers; I'm assuming it's the same for enhancements?)

[orchid thunder]

no idea what im doing

[tepid crow]

me neither tbh it just randomly worked out for me

[scarlet spire]

alright, it no longer crashes but discarding still doesn't increase the mult on the cards

[fringe ember]

re-asking this cause I can't seem to reverse engineer it from anywhere

[tepid crow]

do the same for loc_vars

[scarlet spire]

doing that caused it to crash

[normal crest]

https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/blob/master/Mods/DeckSkinTemplate/DeckSkinTemplate.lua

[fringe ember]

thank

[tepid crow]

use card not self

[scarlet spire]

works now, thank you!

[orchid thunder]

i just coppied ths seal generate ui because it works like a seal

[tepid crow]

that wasn't for you?

[orchid thunder]

ik

i was just saying i dont know what to do at this point

[tepid crow]

try taking a break, that's what I usually did when I couldn't figure out balatro's way too complex UI

[fringe ember]

have the exact code copy/pasted

[smoky talon]

im making a card that has a 1 in 10 chance to spawn a soul card. im adding the random element later, and trying to get the spawning working first. I can't get it to be usable though, and the use button is greyed out. all the consumables ive made so far are ones that only activate when selecting cards so im not used to coding for ones that just get used whenever. What am i missing?

[normal crest]

update steamodded

@fringe ember

[fringe ember]

o7

[smoky talon]

any idea why?

[normal crest]

if the use button is grayed out then you need to define a can_use function

and you can define whatever custom logic you want in there

return true if it can be used

[smoky talon]

it works

now how do i add a 1 in 10 chance?

[normal crest]

Also as a side note, you don't need to specify the set or area manually, it automatically detects it

[smoky talon]

isnt it something like pseudorandom < 0.1?

k

[normal crest]

if you want it to be hardcoded as a fixed 10% chance then yes

[smoky talon]

perfect

[normal crest]

if you want it to be compatible with oops all 6s and other jokers like that, use G.GAME.probabilities.normal

which is usually the first number you see in many jokers that say 1 in x chance

and then you can just do pseudorandom < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / 10

also you need to pass a string to the pseudorandom function as a seed

[smoky talon]

i dont understand what you mean by that

[normal crest]

pseudorandom("put whatever here")

[smoky talon]

why is the pseudorandom highlighed here?

[stray warren]

do you have pseudorandom in a find box in VSCode? That's an IDE thing, not a code check warning

[smoky talon]

ah im stupid nvm

[stray warren]

although you aren't using it right there now that I see

[smoky talon]

ok it works now

thanks so much

now i just need the wheel nope text lol

i added the nope text but it spawns in the top left of the screen

how do i fix that?

[fringe ember]

so. i don't know what i did but now the deck skin's invis. gonna upload relevant code one sec

^ relevant png

[normal crest]

try changing 'lc' to 'def'

in palettes

if that doesn't do anything I can only imagine you setup your atlas incorrectly, make sure you have a 1x and 2x versions under assets and the path matches the file name

[fringe ember]

where exactly?

or just in general

[normal crest]

the key of the first palette

i'm not confident it'll do anything

but might as well try

[fringe ember]

yeah, i do have a 2x and 1x folder

nope, didn't do squat

[normal crest]

and both files have the same name in each folder

[fringe ember]

yes

it worked before

[normal crest]

do you have any other mods

[fringe ember]

uh.

only one, but it's my default reskin mod

[normal crest]

i am not sure then, maybe a recent steamodded update broke it? I doubt it but it could happen

[fringe ember]

wait a sec i think i see it

nope

[normal crest]

yeah I don't know what's wrong, hopefully someone else can help you

[fringe ember]

well that's new

[normal crest]

what'd you change

[smoky talon]

how would i change the money by a multiple of 10 or set it to a flat value? i dont know what variable the money uses.

[normal crest]

you might need to include your mod prefix when putting the key directly into palettes

[small moon]

Is there any way to check when a function is called?

For example, if smth were to trigger whenever a card is debuffed, can you check when Card:set_debuff is called?

[plush cove]

i dont know about functions overall, but for debuffs specifically you'd do

if context.debuffed_hand and context.cardarea == G.play then

[normal crest]

you can hook into the function to make your own context

[small moon]

Is there an example of hooking on the wiki?

[paper zealot]

It's more of a general Lua feature. This is a good explainer:
https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/129557-tutorial-function-hooking-and-you/

YourMod.start_run_ref = Game.start_run
function Game:start_run(args)
  --do things immediately before Game.start_run here
  YourMod.start_run_ref(self, args)
  --do things after Game.start_run is called here
end
``` Would allow you to hook the `Game.start_run` function, for example

Just don't forget to call start_run_ref in your replacement function and return a relevant value otherwise you'll be effectively deleting the original function

[cursive glade]

Welp. Noob question, again.
How do I make a joker add to mult, or xmult when calculate meets the joker's requirements? is it in the calculate's return{}?

[sullen fern]

this is by the guys who made eets? damn

[cerulean rose]

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

[tepid crow]

that is a great tutorial dang

[plush cove]

hooking seems like a very powerful tool! how would this work in the context of jokers?

like if I wanted to take a function and have it trigger a Joker, how would I do that without using the pre-existing context feature (when there isn't one for my situation?)

[random sleet]

you can call SMODS.calculate_context with any context, including madeup ones you come up with

https://github.com/AutumnMood924/AutumnMoodMechanics/blob/d5833b270d26b22c5dfe09e9a88e6f2a33d420e9/lovely.toml#L314

[plush cove]

so hypothetically, if I wanted a card that activated once the Plasma deck balanced itself (and was only accessible in the plasma deck), I could insert an SMODS.calculate_context({balanced = true}) after the balancing happens using lovely?

[random sleet]

i suppose

"balanced" might be a bit generic of a name

[plush cove]

well I don't actually plan to add any cards like that, it was just the first example that cropped up

[random sleet]

i'd recommend keeping your mod prefix on the context name, like i did here

that way you dont bump elbows with other mods

(hopefully)

[plush cove]

for sure

[meager socket]

How can I get current handsize (after modified by G.hand:change_size) ?
-# (I'm fixing other mod's bug actually)

[scarlet spire]

this enhancement calculate function adds 0.5 Mult to the card itself whenever the card is discarded, but for some reason it's adding it for every card I discard, so if I discard the ehnanced card alongside three other cards, the mult on it will go up by 2 instead of 0.5
I can kind of see the issue, but I'm not quite sure what to do in order to fix it

any ideas?

[rose dragon]

maybe check if the card discardeds ID is equal to the card itself id? all card objects (i think) have an ID value.

[rose dragon]

how can i get the current deck as a table?

[frosty dock]

G.GAME.selected_back

for the Back instance, that is

for the prototype, G.GAME.selected_back.effect.center

[rose dragon]

does that contain the cards that are inside of the deck?

[frosty dock]

oh, that isn't what I thought you meant

G.playing_cards is the table of all the cards in your full deck

G.deck.cards contains only the cards currently in your deck pile

[sturdy compass]

Holy shit I can't believe I got that to work

[plush cove]

wow you cut it very close with that small blind

[rose dragon]

honestly this is awesome

[sturdy compass]

Incredibly

[sturdy compass]

Big Number = Dopamine lol

[rose dragon]

balatros core principal

[sturdy compass]

To the n-th degree now

I genuinely can't believe I actually got this deck to work tho lmao

[plush cove]

somewhat cursed idea but now I'm thinking of making a "Root Deck" where right before scoring, both your chips and mult are square rooted

[sturdy compass]

Oh I hate it lmao

[plush cove]

of course the blinds would have to be horribly scaled down

because it'd be literally impossible otherwise

[rose dragon]

or just start every hand at level 10 or something

[sturdy compass]

I have a challenge that scales blinds by X8 that people have beat so I think you might be fine lol

[plush cove]

root deck is also intended to be a shittier Plasma Deck

with that, your number becomes really big when the chips and mult balance out
with this, your number shrinks greatly lmao

[plush cove]

i like this concept

maybe I can also have it so that planet cards level up everything by two instead of just one

[sturdy compass]

Both of those honestly wouldn't be too hard to do

[daring warren]

This deck is even easier than plasadeck I think. But the concept is vert cool ngl

[plush cove]

i'd figured, but I never know cause I am still relatively new to balatro modding

[sturdy compass]

You get bigger numbers than plas so

[plush cove]

it'd be like a scale
root deck is horribly underpowered
plasma deck is balanced (no pun intended)
nuclear deck is overpowered

[daring warren]

What the root deck does

[rose dragon]

praying that talisman is a depo for the nuclear deck

[foggy carbon]

if I have a joker, card what do I do to card in order to properly use set_sprite_pos?
card:set_sprite_pos({x = 9, y = 2}) didn't work

[plush cove]

right before scoring, your chips and mult become their respective square root

[sturdy compass]

I might have to do that

[rose dragon]

sounds like a boss blind ngl

[plush cove]

i feel like as a boss blind, it would kill most runs

[sturdy compass]

Suggest that to Cryptid lol

Sounds like a cryptid boss

[rose dragon]

maybe it appears after ante 5-8?

[daring warren]

Hummm, yeah

[plush cove]

making the root deck and I'm realizing I have no idea how the hell to use the new calculate function in the way I want to

can anyone provide a brief idea of how the calculate function works in the context of a deck, and how I can convert this to not use the depreceated system?

[rose dragon]

jetbrains user detected

[plush cove]

how'd you know~?

[rose dragon]

syntax highlighting and font

[plush cove]

yeah I like jetbrains

but also I want some help figuring out how calculate() works when it's used on a deck

yeah I'm scanning through the steamodded code and I'm still completely lost on how calculate() works when I use it on a back

[sturdy compass]

I take it you saw this part of the Back documentation?

[plush cove]

yup

[foggy carbon]

dunno if the odds seem balanced

[sturdy compass]

It looks to me you are trying to define your own trigger_effect function, which, as stated in the docs, is no longer supported

So instead of that, just check for context.context == ‘final_scoring_step’

[foggy carbon]

correct, they're asking how to translate that into the new calculate feature

[sturdy compass]

I just noticed my bad

[plush cove]

yeah, but my main problem is that I don't know how to get the chips and the mult as arguments with this new format

with trigger_effect, there's a whole args thing built in, so that stuff's real simple

with this new calculate() function, i haven't found anything

[foggy carbon]

context.chips and context.mult?

[sturdy compass]

hand_chips and mult are global variables holding the current chip and mult values. I’d say try using those

[rose dragon]

context.chips is round score

[foggy carbon]

ahh

[plush cove]

it yells at me for trying to perform arithmetic on hand_chips as a table value

[wintry solar]

Ahhh talisman how lovely you are

[plush cove]

i dont even have talisman enabled

[sturdy compass]

Wtf lol

[crisp coral]

talisman moment

[plush cove]

https://tenor.com/view/tiktok-dampsausage772-emporershmingleblorp-idgafwar-falling-gif-700044825151028376

talisman isnt even installed

[crisp coral]

err

[rose dragon]

print(hand_chips)

prints a # for me

[wintry solar]

Oh, you’re making it a table then

[plush cove]

why

does it think

it is

a

table

if i cant figure this out ill just use the depreciated system LMAO

[sturdy compass]

[plush cove]

i genuinely dont know what to do about this

[sturdy compass]

Does the game actually accept that return?

[wintry solar]

It just won’t do anything with the hand chips part

[sturdy compass]

I think you should just be setting those values as opposed to returning them

[plush cove]

that actually seems to have fixed it! ty!

[manic rune]

https://streamable.com/90jjv0

[plush cove]

I honestly just assumed you had to return the values since that's how it works with Jokers

[sturdy compass]

Nice

[plush cove]

talisman_ready btw

[frosty dock]

this specific deck context is special because it's a vanilla context

you can use context.final_scoring_step instead if you want it to behave like joker calc

[frosty dock]

to_big = to_big or function(x) return x end

[plush cove]

tried that, no cigar. but hey, I've got a working solution!

[wintry solar]

Oh of course that’s why it complained at a table

[plush cove]

i had an inkling of what the issue was when I changed it to "return true" and it complained about it being a boolean

[south folio]

having trouble with it not counting the cards here

like. it should give +20 mult right out the bat right

[rose dragon]

source code?

[south folio]

    key = 'j_dafisha',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Dafisha',
        text = {
            'Gains {C:red}+#1#{} Mult',
            'for each {C:attention}8{} card in Full Deck',
            '{C:inactive}(Currently {C:red}+#2#{C:inactive} Mult)',
        },
    },
    atlas = 'Jokers',
    rarity = 2,
    cost = 3,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    pos = {x = 9, y = 0},
    config = { extra = { mult = 0, mult_gain = 5 } },
    
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult_gain, card.ability.extra.mult } }
    end,

    calculate = function(self, card, context)

        local eight_count = 0
        for _, deck_card in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
            local card_id = deck_card:get_id() or (deck_card.base and deck_card.base.id)
            if card_id == 8 then
                eight_count = eight_count + 1
            end
        end

        card.ability.extra.mult = eight_count * card.ability.extra.mult_gain

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

[manic rune]

if you want the "Currently +0 Mult" to update in real time, then you should probably use update instead of calculate

[runic pecan]

What about #G.deck.cards ?

Wait

Yeah, you should iter G.deck.cards instead of G.playing_cards

[manic rune]

update = function(self,card,dt)
        local eight_count = 0
        for _, deck_card in ipairs(G.deck.cards) do
            local card_id = deck_card:get_id() or (deck_card.base and deck_card.base.id)
            if card_id == 8 then
                eight_count = eight_count + 1
            end
        end
        card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult_gain * eight_count
end,

oh yeah, it should be deck instead

probably that, idk

[south folio]

ohhh

[manic rune]

for the calculate part, you can just leave the context.joker_main there

[runic pecan]

By the way, just curious: are you intentionally making your joker's full key be j_[mod prefix]_j_dafisha?

[south folio]

I am intentionally making the prefix j_ yes

for the jokers

I think

[runic pecan]

Odd, but not illegal.

[south folio]

I think I just some mod do it and just kept that

[runic pecan]

I was asking about the second j_ but OK.

[south folio]

wait, second j_?

[plush cove]

by default, your jokers are already named j_[prefix]_[jokername]

if you name it j_dafisha then it's gonna be j_[prefix]_j_dafisha

[rose dragon]

SMODS automatically prefixes your joker with j_

[south folio]

Oh

yeah I didn't know that

[runic pecan]

Nah you could keep it, as a style.
As I said, it's not illegal, it'd be just mildly inconvenient for yourself.

[south folio]

Ok finally it works, thanks y'all

[wintry solar]

Please don’t put counting effects in update

Just do the counting within joker main and loc vars

[foggy carbon]

I actually did this for one of my jokers on purpose, but it's literally to prevent update from running for 30 frames after you sell the joker

[zealous glen]

Thunk:

[foggy carbon]

inb4 posts the code for cloud nine

[wintry solar]

Does that even do anything?

[plush cove]

?

[foggy carbon]

no need to make a new function, plus, don't detect Talisman from SMODS since it's not a dependency

I'd argue the code that aure posted, while efficient, is so condensed as to be nearly illegible, but that could be solved with a few newlines

[plush cove]

so how would I use that line of code?

[wintry solar]

This basically does what your function does but much cleaner and without making a new function. You just throw it anywhere in top level

And then you just wrap stuff in to_big instead of your new talisman ready function

[plush cove]

So in my general dependencies, I just chuck that line of code in

And whenever I refer to a number, just do to_big(number)?

(General dependencies is a bunch of functions I like to re-use wrapped up into one file. I reload it every time I load a file so it's functions can be easily used)

[random sleet]

oh boy do i get to analyze some code

so basically that line reads as:

set to_big to itself
if to_big doesn't already exist, instead define it as the following function:
to_big = function(x)
  return x
end
which effectively just means that it becomes a pass-through for the number,
since Talisman isn't loaded (to_big would already exist!)
there's no "big" numbers to embiggen a number into so it remains as-is;
your code will work the same way if Talisman is or isn't loaded
(as long as you don't need to do anything too complicated)```

hee hee hoo hoo

i have solved nothing leaves

[rapid trail]

Ping me if you respond, but I just can't get this to work. Says it's expecting a }.

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

[foggy carbon]

the return has two } when you only need one

[wintry solar]

You also don’t need to return those things

[manic rune]

i have a question, is i in this case "musketeer"?

for some reason, it wont run even bother printing "Phase 2" which is making me tweaking rn 😭

[wintry solar]

No

Use pairs not ipairs

[manic rune]

oh

ohh, thanks

[rapid trail]

Appreciated

[vapid mango]

hmm

why would the joker not be showing up here

[wintry solar]

show code

[wintry solar]

you have a second position value

[vapid mango]

Hm..

Which one should I get rid of here?

[wintry solar]

the 2nd one

[manic rune]

is it possible to make a booster pack which i can manipulate the odds of cards spawning in there?

[vapid mango]

atlas = "TheGorgonAtlas",
pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },

this one?

[wintry solar]

no keep that one

[manic rune]

the x=6 one

not that

[vapid mango]

OH

That worked!

ty!

dumb lookin little guy

I wonder if there is a way that I can like

use the dissolve looking effect to make it look like the card is turning to stone

instead of what it does now

rn it just turns the card stone and says Stoned! under the joker

but the effect I have in mind is like, that dissolving-in visual the main card on the title screen does, over the card itself, giving way to the stone card texture

And potentially make the Stoned! pop up above the face cards themselves

[signal glacier]

maybe you could something similar to mida's mask

[vapid mango]

I considered it, but I wanna try and give it that specific creep-in effect

Make it look like the stone is spreading onto it, yk?

[signal glacier]

fair enough

[vapid mango]

I just can't find anything in the steamodded api documentation that would let me do something like that

so if anyone has any idead/solutions for how to do this, I'd be happy to hear em

[wintry solar]

I'm not aware of that being possible

[signal glacier]

destroy the card in hand with that effect and quickly add a card to the deck which is the one that is going to be played

[signal glacier]

maybe it doesn't work since I haven't read the documentations myself, but I feel like it's possible

[vapid mango]

My assumption was actually something like that!

I assumed the function for the main menu card exists somewhere in the game, so it would be possible for me to make it do that effect into a stone card, have that card placed directly over the face cards in hard with some sort of jank overlay, and then as soon as it's finished, it deletes the original face card and then stores the stone card into the deck

But that feels a little beyond smn that can be done with the current system

[signal glacier]

feel like it's gonna be a mess to code, but still possible nonethanless

[wintry solar]

that's not going to play nicely with effects that look at cards being added/removed

[vapid mango]

I figured as much

If I can't figure it out, I'll probably just go with the Midas style effect like Market suggested

[manic rune]

if i want to add a global variable, i assume i will need a patch for this?

[maiden phoenix]

Depends when you need that global, sometimes you can init it yourself

[worthy stirrup]

I have an idea but first I need to know, are you able to apply shaders to seals?

[vocal verge]

Someone already made once a card that renders another sprite on top of itself

So you could play the card
Draw sprite
Turn card to stone
Dissolve sprite somehow
Tada

[novel dagger]

How do I check how many cards of 1 rank I have?

[obtuse silo]

got this error message when trying to look at a deck that was part of the mod

i know this is the offending code because when I removed it the mod worked normally

[broken cliff]

i think u could js do G.whateverglobaluneed = value...?

what u want to add, btw

[broken cliff]

where is line 76 at

[obtuse silo]

that's the odd thing
line 76 in this file is completely irrelevant

[broken cliff]

well is it a joker?

[obtuse silo]

yea
but this error occurs upon looking at a deck

i think this might be because i'm using the T: indicator to bring up the pop-ups

[vapid mango]

Any idea where that code is so I could take a look, or who did it so I can ask them for assistance?

[obtuse silo]

actually
why would it be
i tried looking at the other deck which doesn't have these and i got the same error

[broken cliff]

oh yh its in engine so its in main

maybe the deck isnt added properly?

idk.

maybe its bcuz theres no methods like calculate?

[obtuse silo]

maybe

ig they might be different from jokers in that way

[broken cliff]

like i think its bcuz of apply method missing

since most of the decks have it

like +1 hand, +1 discard, or getting a voucher/consumables

[obtuse silo]

probably
every joker has some sort of caveat to it

[broken cliff]

js put smth like apply(self,back)
end,
to the deck ur trynna add

[urban veldt]

`SMODS.Joker {
key = 'glyph_draft',
loc_txt = {
name = 'Glyph Draft',
text = {
"Gains {C:chips}+#2#{} Chips",
"if played hand",
"contains a {C:attention}Flush{}",
"{C:inactive}(Currently {C:chips}+#1#{C:inactive} Chips)"
}
},
config = { extra = { chips = 0, chip_gain = 10 } },
rarity = 1,
atlas = 'PowerOfTheGlyphs',
pos = { x = 1, y = 0 },
cost = 4,
loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
return { vars = { card.ability.extra.chips, card.ability.extra.chip_gain } }
end,
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

    if context.before and next(context.poker_hands['Flush']) and not context.blueprint then
        card.ability.extra.chips = card.ability.extra.chips + card.ability.extra.chip_gain
        return {
            message = 'Upgraded!',
            colour = G.C.CHIPS,
            card = card
        }
    end
end

}`

If I programmed this right, it's "gain 10 chips everytime you play a Flush"

Gonna test it, but is there any obvious glaring flaws?

[broken cliff]

prob bnot

[obtuse silo]

nope

[broken cliff]

well i based it off smods.back documentation

perhasp i was Wrong

[young dew]

help i've resized a joker but the stickers doesn't resize, i've done everything like wee joker and i don't understand what's the problem

[plain wyvern]

Is there a way to get/set chips/mult directly?

[broken cliff]

yh

u can js use mult ig

but beware

if ur using talisman its a bignum

[crisp coral]

doesnt matter?

[broken cliff]

which could cause problems if ur wanna alter them in sum way ig
but in most cases it works fine

[crisp coral]

you can either do some math to get the chips/mult difference or use hand_chips and mult globals

[broken cliff]

i tried to alter it once
almost died

from what i got told in cryptid server, normal operations work fine with bignum

[plain wyvern]

oh, they're global, I didn't know lol

[obtuse silo]

okay so how do i unfuck the decks, we went from being able to play the game as long as i didn't look at them to not being able to play at all

[broken cliff]

wait hold on

are u making a deck skin

or what

[obtuse silo]

two new decks

one makes the mod's jokers more common

the other gives a bunch of stuff
-Eternal "Oops! All 6s"
-Two copies of Wheel Of Fortune
-Tarot Merchant
-starts you off with -10$

(yes, you start in debt with that deck)

[dense vector]

Even when you gamble into debt, you can still win it big

Just trust me

[obtuse silo]

that's literally the deck, omg..

[pastel dagger]

What's the safest way to change ingame sprites and then be able to revert it?

[plain apex]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1327844797653843978

[orchid thunder]

Can I see your code?

[sullen fern]

oh hey it’s the guy who made showdown

hi!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/balatro-jimbo-wave-jump-hi-gif-4322737058573181479

[prisma loom]

context.discard is for discarding but what is used to check if card is scored?

[obtuse silo]

WAIT
MAYBE I NEED TO GIVE THE THING A CONTEXT

[plain apex]

context.scoring_hand

[wintry solar]

Yes you can

[prisma loom]

I want "money" var to lose -1$ each time you PLAY a card. Am I doing it right?

[wintry solar]

dollars = -1

Oh wait

The money var of your joker

[prisma loom]

its a local var

money = 50

[wintry solar]

On the joker?

[prisma loom]

yeah

[wintry solar]

card.ability.extra.money = card.ability.extra.money - 1

Not in the return

[obtuse silo]

to recap
this code causes this error
can someone help

[wintry solar]

That’s just incorrect syntax

What are you trying to do?

[fringe ember]

still getting this error when trying to do the card skin part of the mod

[prisma loom]

Apparently it checks for SCORED cards but I need it to check for PLAYED cards

what is the context?

[obtuse silo]

ok, the first deck is to make the mod's jokers more likely to appear
the second deck adds a bunch of stuff, an eternal joker, two wheels of fortune, the tarot merchant voucher and starts you off with -$10

[fringe ember]

and when i copy the code exactly as the example mod had it, blanks

[wintry solar]

You need to add the apply function properly then

[wintry solar]

There isn’t an individual context for played cards

[vapid mango]

Is there any way to make a joker only apply it's effect AFTER a card is scored?

Like, if I wanted this to score the face cards, then turn them to stone before they go back into the deck

[dreamy thunder]

how do i check if the played card has an enhancement or not? i have a joker which gives scored cards a random enhancement, but i dont want it to work if the card already has one

[obtuse silo]

how would I go about doing that

[wintry solar]

@prisma loom

[smoky talon]

what variable do i use to change the player's money?

[wintry solar]

The same way you add functions for any other object

[south folio]

just checking here from the example mod, from where does the mod call for the #2# there?

[obtuse silo]

okay but i'm looking through the api and i'm getting no clues

[lucid owl]

variables like #2# are set/called in loc_vars, if you'll look the base probability isn't set for a joker variable - it's set as a value the game itself has, to account for when odds are doubled by jokers like all 6s

[obtuse silo]

handhold me as much as necessary, i'm sorry

[prisma loom]

ok is there a context or way to just count how many cards were played?

like The Tooth boss

[lucid owl]

i don't remember what exactly the base probability is but it should be the second item in loc_vars

[south folio]

got it

[wintry solar]

When do you want the effect to happen?

[dreamy thunder]

^?

[lucid owl]

config declares the variables themselves, while loc_vars is what actually sets the variables for use in text descriptions by the game - so you could set a text variable to a value that isn't explicitly declared by the joker, it can be arithmetic or maybe the value of a function to do with other jokers or cards

[prisma loom]

when hand is played, each card is a succession jiggles and says -1$ (Just like vs Tooth boss)

idk how this timing is called

ig just right when hand is played

[regal ether]

what file do i mod in

[wintry solar]

context.other_card.config.center.set ~= ‘Enhanced’

[dreamy thunder]

right after i figured it out. Thanks though

[regal ether]

eugh lua 😭

[wintry solar]

So even on unscored cards makes it a bit trickier, can you wait until I’m on pc and can type easier? 😂

[regal ether]

how do i get the code to mod does it work from the steam .dll files?

[prisma loom]

no problem lol im just here sitting here and eating away your time folks

I think this could work but the context is wrong

[regal ether]

uh this doesnt look right

[prisma loom]

yeah, thats what im sayin

[regal ether]

no i mean this

that doesnt seem like the ritght code

[wintry solar]

Yeah you won’t get any unscored cards using context.individual

[prisma loom]

extract files from here via 7zip

(folder on the top is where all code and assets are gonna be)

[regal ether]

is 7zip a program i download

[prisma loom]

after extraction

[prisma loom]

yes

[regal ether]

how do i extract

[prisma loom]

"extract"

via 7zip

[regal ether]

i only have compress

[proper relic]

"Open Archive"?

[regal ether]

found it

it was under more

what script has the jokers in it

[prisma loom]

yeah sorry

open archive > then extract

[regal ether]

i got the lua files

but like which script has the jokers in it

[prisma loom]

cards.lua

but dont try to copy 1:1

it works differently

(ik now lol)

[regal ether]

idk what that means lol

[prisma loom]

if u try to use this code and copy it 1:1 it wont work

[regal ether]

BRO WHAT IS LUA

[prisma loom]

coding language

[regal ether]

WHAT IS THIS WEIRD SYNTAX

ok but where does it define the powers?

those are the cards wheres where it defines the joekrs abilities

[tall wharf]

index starts at 1

[regal ether]

ew...

[tall wharf]

except the times programmers decide it starts at 0

[regal ether]

-_-

[tall wharf]

like x and y on atlas

[regal ether]

do you know what file the jokers abilities are in

[tall wharf]

game.lua

[regal ether]

yk what i shoud ctrl f to find it

[tall wharf]

and card.lua

[tall wharf]

P_CENTERS

[regal ether]

i see where it defines the jkoekrs but it doesnt bvioe them the powers there

[tall wharf]

then ure lookin for card.lua

[regal ether]

yeah thats defiuning the jokers but it doesnt give them the powers

[regal ether]

what so i crtl f for the jokers here

[tall wharf]

Caino

[regal ether]

no results

im gonna do a get used by nintendo speedrun and put all of their IP in the game

oh i found it

[tall wharf]

i live caino

[regal ether]

wtf does this mean

[tall wharf]

what does what mean

[obtuse silo]

said by the last face card in the deck

[regal ether]

the code 😭

like what part of the code does what

do i go from

if self.ability.name yap yap yap then
yap yap yap

if self.ability.name ~= 'Seeing Double' and self.ability.x_mult > 1 and (self.ability.type == '' or next(context.poker_hands[self.ability.type])) then
                            return {
                                message = localize{type='variable',key='a_xmult',vars={self.ability.x_mult}},
                                colour = G.C.RED,
                               

like how does the game know how much mult to give for this?

[wintry solar]

A better question is what are you trying to achieve

[regal ether]

just how to create new jokers and what i change to change the chips/mult/multipler/econ/creation

i just kinda need to understand what the code does to udnerstand how to change it

fyi i have no experience with lua :3

[wintry solar]

Looking at the game source code isn’t really going to help then

You need to look at smods and see how modded items work

[regal ether]

can i not just copy and paste the joker declaration and change the stuff

[wintry solar]

If you’re only working personally I suppose you can modify the direct source code sure

But it’s more complicated than using the modding tools that have been made for you

[regal ether]

theres tookls that make it easier

ive never modded a game before

[wintry solar]

I’d recommend playing with mods before looking to create them

Then at least you are aware of the systems they use

[regal ether]

but thats so much effort 😭

[wintry solar]

If you’re not prepared to put effort in I’m not sure making a mod is going to be something you enjoy

[regal ether]

i perfer coding then actually playing the game 😭

cuz im like hyperfixated on coding a mod rn and i cant get myself to do anything else like play a video game 😭

[wintry solar]

Then go and read the information about the modding tools

[regal ether]

is their a link you can give me?

[lucid owl]

yeah you're not going to make a mod easily without checking the tools people use to do that lol

[regal ether]

everything ive googled gives me instructions to download mods not to make mods

[lucid owl]

cause modifying the source code is very different from making a mod

[regal ether]

i didnt knwo their were special tools for it

i just kinda guessed

[wintry solar]

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

[lucid owl]

i mean i'm not sure how else people would make mods lmao

[regal ether]

i thought they edited the source code ngl

[lucid owl]

if they did that, there'd be no easy way to distribute mods and have multiple installed

[pulsar flower]

does text formatting color support arbitrary colors

or better yet, could i set up a custom one

mostly for convenience

[regal ether]

ok i downlaoded that stuff what now

[humble gale]

read the github wiki page

[regal ether]

i did

like how do i mod it now

i have it all installed but what do i do to start modding

do i just change the soruce code now?

[humble gale]

the wiki should tell you how to make a mod

[cursive glade]

No, you make your own mods.
Your First Mod ► https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Your-First-Mod

[regal ether]

it doesnt

now it does :3

[cursive glade]

the whole right bar on the wiki is PACKED with info on how to make mods and what you can do with SMODS. Read that and try your own solutions before you come here, please.

[regal ether]

it just says to do it and doesnt say anything else

[regal ether]

ohhh

otay

[stiff locust]

how do I modify a sound such that it sounds normal while it's in balatro

game fucks with the sound ingame so it sounds different

[graceful magnet]

is there a check for if a card is Enhanced? I'm surprised the example Jokers don't have stuff like Vampire and Bloodstone as examples you can look at. Right now I just have the empty context and I'd like to have it check if the scored card has any Enhancement, and then score some XMult if it is

[normal crest]

You can always look at the base game code to see how vampire or bloodstone work

to answer your question tho, in your situation you can check with

context.other_card.set ~= "Enhanced"

[graceful magnet]

I haven't quite figured out how to navigate the base game code aha

[normal crest]

to check whether a card has no enhancement

Most of the logic for jokers is in card.lua

You can ctrl + f their name to quickly find it

[graceful magnet]

and if I want to check if it does, swap out the ~ for another =?

[normal crest]

this is vampire, for example

[normal crest]

correct

[graceful magnet]

if Visual Studio wanted to run it'd be real handy

[graceful magnet]

okay so I think that's right, so now I just need to find the applying mult code

goody

oop!

I see

so in theory, this, should do what I'm hoping?

[mystic river]

not quite
you have to return those values in a table

return {
 values go here, 
 comma separated
}

[graceful magnet]

like so?

[mystic river]

right, like that
also for reasons i don't actually know you want to use card in smods wherever vanilla uses self

[graceful magnet]

so that makes the card = self redundant yeah?

[mystic river]

i think card means two different things in that context? but also smods makes card = card default anyway iirc

[graceful magnet]

alright so this should work, and if it doesn't I should probably uncomment the card = self

[wintry solar]

Just xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult is needed here

Though this won’t trigger

Because of the cardarea check iirc

[graceful magnet]

oh?

[wintry solar]

Wait never mind ignore me

This is fine

[graceful magnet]

alright sweet time to

hopefully get this Rare card in a run so I can make sure it works. :)

[wintry solar]

Use debugplus

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

[graceful magnet]

you are in fact correct

it did not trigger

[frosty dock]

for the love of God please use a code editor that isn't notepad

context.other_card.ability.set is what you need for the set

[graceful magnet]

swap out cardarea for that?

or

wait

fix this line with that

[frosty dock]

yeah, that line

context.other_card.ability.set == 'Enhanced'

[graceful magnet]

hell yeah

okay well this is really convenient to make sure copying works

and it does, sweet

[south folio]

for some reason this just. deletes the entire score instead of adding anything?

        extra = { 
            chips = 0, chips_gain = 1, 
            mult = 0, mult_gain = 2, 
            Xmult = 0, Xmult_gain = 0.3, 
            odds_chips = 2, odds_mult = 3, odds_Xmult = 4 
        } 
    },
    
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {
            vars = {
                (G.GAME.probabilities.normal or 1), 
                card.ability.extra.odds_chips, 
                card.ability.extra.odds_mult, 
                card.ability.extra.odds_Xmult, 
                card.ability.extra.chips_gain, 
                card.ability.extra.mult_gain, 
                card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain, 
                card.ability.extra.chips, 
                card.ability.extra.mult, 
                card.ability.extra.Xmult
            }
        }
    end,

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.after and context.cardarea == G.jokers then

            if pseudorandom('j_roxanne') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / card.ability.extra.odds_chips then
                card.ability.extra.chips = card.ability.extra.chips + card.ability.extra.chips_gain
                card_eval_status_text(card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {colour = G.C.BLUE, message = 'Chip!'})
            end

            if pseudorandom('j_roxanne') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / card.ability.extra.odds_mult 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 = 'Mult!'})
            end

            if pseudorandom('j_roxanne') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / card.ability.extra.odds_Xmult then
                card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain
                card_eval_status_text(card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {colour = G.C.RED, message = 'XMult!'})
            end
        end

        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                chips = card.ability.extra.chips,
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
                Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult
            }
        end
    end
}```

[graceful magnet]

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult_add, card.ability.extra.pool } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and not SMODS.has_no_rank(context.other_card) then
            if context.other_card:is_face() then
                card.ability.extra.pool = card.ability.extra.pool + card.ability.extra.mult_add
                return {
                    extra = { message = localize('k_upgrade_ex'), colour = G.C.MULT },
                    colour = G.C.MULT,
                    card = card
                }
            elseif context.joker_main then
                return {
                    message = localize { type = "variable", key = "a_mult", vars = { card.ability.extra.pool } },
                    mult_mod = card.ability.extra.pool
                }
            end
        end
    end
}```

After having a chance added and then removed, this no longer scores its stored Mult

[smoky talon]

what variable is tied to the money? Im trying to make a joker that changes your money but cant find the variable it uses.

[wintry solar]

XMult is 0

[sturdy compass]

I'm trying to make a Boss Blind that randomly disables 1/4 of the full deck. Anyone have any ideas as to why none of the cards are getting disabled?

[graceful magnet]

man this is like identical to the code from yesterday, what the helll

[wintry solar]

your joker main is within a different context

it'll never trigger

[graceful magnet]

ohhhh yeah that'd do it

yeah that worked

[prisma loom]

Im going to bed soon

[wintry solar]

ah right I'll do it now 👍

[prisma loom]

no I mean like I might not respond XD

dont rush urself for that

[wintry solar]

it's fine I'm on my pc now

can you send the full joker for me then I can get variable names correct?

[wintry solar]

and what do you want to happen?

[wintry solar]

it decreases whilst still charging right?

[prisma loom]

charging?

[wintry solar]

the 3 round count

[prisma loom]

yeah

even at 3/3

[stiff locust]

how do you add temporary discards

[violet void]

ease_discard(1)

[wintry solar]

if context.before then
            for _, played_card in pairs(context.full_hand) do
                card.ability.extra.money = card.ability.extra.money - 1
                SMODS.calculate_effect({
                    message = '-$1',
                    colour = G.C.RED,
                    message_card = card,
                    juice_card = played_card
                }, card)
            end
        end
        if context.end_of_round and context.main_eval then
            card.ability.extra.coffee_rounds = card.ability.extra.coffee_rounds + 1
            if card.ability.extra.coffee_rounds == card.ability.extra.target then
                card.ability.extra.active = true
                local eval = function() return card.ability.extra.active end
                juice_card_until(card, eval, true)
            end
            return {
                message = card.ability.extra.active and localize('k_active_ex') or card.ability.extra.coffee_rounds .. '/' .. card.ability.extra.target,
                colour = G.C.FILTER
            }
        end
        if context.selling_self and card.ability.extra.active then
            return {
                dollars = card.ability.extra.money
            }
        end

this should work

[desert ore]

is there any reference sheet on common/needed balatro code and what they do? I'm having trouble misunderstanding what a lot of this stuff does and why this is needed

[runic quiver]

Hello, i have this error, could you guys please help me?
It happens when perkeo duplicates a tarot card i have if i then sell the non-negative card.

[primal robin]

Hm, most likely Saturn is not compatible with better-calc or smth

[wintry solar]

does saturn stack the negative and non negative cards?

[primal robin]

It definitely stacks negative cards

[runic quiver]

it doesnt stack them together

[runic quiver]

better-calc?

[primal robin]

Treat it as "new versions of Steamodded"

[runic quiver]

oh ok

the same thing happens without Saturn

[primal robin]

[wintry solar]

let me see if I can reproduce

[primal robin]

Her'es a thing

#⚙・modding-general message

3 mods = same crash

My mod definitely not intersect with editions

Removed saturn not fix an issue

So problem with Brainstorm

[runic quiver]

probably then

[wintry solar]

yeah I don't get that crash

[runic quiver]

without brainstorm (in same run)

[primal robin]

Saturn still in mod folder

Remove it better

[runic quiver]

i tried removing only saturn then only brainstorm, am doing for both

btw, those crashes happens in the same run, they might not happen if i start a new run idk

it doesnt happen in a new run without every mod

@primal robin do you use Saturn and/or Brainstorm ? might i ask you to send me the version you have for each of those QOL mods you use and dont have the crash with? that'd be great

[wintry solar]

it seems like one of them is tainting the cards

[runic quiver]

i believe it is saturn

[primal robin]

None of them. I'm not playing a game, only developing mods

[prisma loom]

minor bug but it "repeats" -1 on first card for some reason

[wintry solar]

oh okay hold on

try this

if context.before then
    for _, played_card in pairs(context.full_hand) do
        card.ability.extra.money = card.ability.extra.money - 1
        SMODS.calculate_effect({
            message = '-$1',
            colour = G.C.RED,
            message_card = card,
        }, played_card)
    end
end

tracked down the saturn thing, it sets the card.edition to an empty table instead of nil if it's not present

[graceful magnet]

Tried my hand at writing one independently

    key = 'revolver',
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Revolver",
        text = {
            "Every {C:attention}sixth{} card scored",
            "gives {X:mult,C:white} X#1# {} Mult {C:inactive} [#2#] {}"
        }
    },
    rarity = 1,
    discovered = true,
    cost = 5,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    atlas = "jokers",
    pos = { x = 2, y = 0 },
    config = { extra = { Xmult = 2, cardTrack = 1 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult, card.ability.extra.cardTrack } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play then 
            if card.ability.extra.cardTrack == 6 then
                return {
                    x_mult = card.ability.extra.Xmult,
                    --card = self
                }
                card.ability.extra.cardTrack = 1
            else 
                card.ability.extra.cardTrack = card.ability.extra.cardTrack + 1
            end
        end
    end
}```
If I could get a once-over to see if I've properly written it

[wintry solar]

need to move the reset above the return

[graceful magnet]

kk, fixed that

[wintry solar]

rest looks good

[graceful magnet]

didn't crash when loading!

[prisma loom]

All good now!

Huge thanks for help

[wintry solar]

no problem!

[prisma loom]

does this set cost to zero?

[orchid thunder]

did you help make the process_loc_text function for steammodded

becaus ei need a lot fo help

[graceful magnet]

worked exactly how I wanted first try let's fucking gooo

[cursive glade]

On a joker, are you supposed to increment a multiplier before or after scoring? Like if a card starts at X1 but gains X0.5 when Two Pair is played, do you increment after scoring the X1? or is that all based off how the ability is written?

[pulsar flower]

both are possible, but i think it's usually before the hand scores

[wintry solar]

I do t think you need to process loc text in that situation

[orchid thunder]

seals needed too

[orchid thunder]

huh anyways this wont work either

[wintry solar]

Seals don’t need you to

[orchid thunder]

its a seal like object

but is not a seal because its its own game object

[pulsar flower]

hm, i have a tag that creates a booster pack, but unlike the vanilla tags multiple of them are able to trigger at the same time and it breaks everything

i'm unsure what prevents this from happening

[wintry solar]

Hmm maybe it does, let me compare to my new object

Can you show a sigil definition?

[prisma loom]

All credit to ya! Card in action:

[orchid thunder]

this ?

[wintry solar]

Add _sigil to the key

[orchid thunder]

: |

[wintry solar]

I think that’ll work

It’ll break the badges but they can be fixed too

[orchid thunder]

nope

[wintry solar]

Oh I see where you were adding that across them all anyway, nvm

Hmmmm

[unkempt thicket]

Could it be adding insc_ before it?

[orchid thunder]

il try

[wintry solar]

Do you have any lovely patches regarding this?

[orchid thunder]

uh maybe not sure

[orchid thunder]

if i did i dont know wher ei would patch in

i have this one for badge

[orchid thunder]

didnt work

[wintry solar]

Cool I have a couple of others that I think relate to it but I don’t remember

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = 'functions/common_events.lua'
pattern = '''local seal = G.P_SEALS[v] or G.P_SEALS[SMODS.Seal.badge_to_key[v] or '']'''
position = 'before'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
local curse = Ortalab.Curses[v] or Ortalab.Curse.badge_to_key[v] and Ortalab.Curses[Ortalab.Curse.badge_to_key[v]]
if curse and curse.generate_ui ~= 0 then
    local t = { key = v, set = 'Curse' }
    info_queue[#info_queue+1] = t
    if curse.loc_vars and type(curse.loc_vars) == 'function' then
        local res = curse:loc_vars(info_queue, card) or {}
        t.vars = res.vars
        t.key = res.key or t.key
    end
end
'''
[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = 'functions/common_events.lua'
pattern = '''elseif _c.set == 'Joker' then'''
position = 'before'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
elseif _c.set == 'Curse' then
    localize{type = 'descriptions', set = 'Curse', key = _c.key, nodes = desc_nodes, vars = specific_vars or _c.vars}
'''

should be able to adapt these

don't remember what they do lol

[weak gate]

How can I know in code which deck/back the player is using?

[orchid thunder]

can you tell what value is nil

[wintry solar]

not without your dumps

[fringe ember]

Any idea on how/why this happens? I keep trying to do the deck skin part of the mod and it never works.

Actually. I think I see what my problem is now

[orchid thunder]

wait i found this patch

wait nvm thtas the new one this is the one i found

[fringe ember]

How do we set the mod prefix again?

iirc it had to do with something in the mod header

--- STEAMODDED HEADER
--- MOD_NAME: Astarion - Joker
--- MOD_ID: ascendant_joker
--- MOD_AUTHOR: [shadowfelled]
--- MOD_DESCRIPTION: Adds a matching Joker that gives X2 Mult when Diamond face cards are scored.

----------------------------------------------
------------MOD CODE -------------------------```

that part

[orchid thunder]

--- PREFIX:

[fringe ember]

thank

[wintry solar]

what was the line that crashed in the dump?

[orchid thunder]

misc_functions.lua:1974

[wintry solar]

yeah I'm not scrolling through your dumps

[orchid thunder]

well i have another crash

[south folio]

ok I give up, the function of it upgrading works (I think?) but it just doesn't wanna give me the score to it

[paper zealot]

I think the newer .json meta format is preferred
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata

[fringe ember]

gotcha

[wintry solar]

whats the problem?

[south folio]

it just doesn't. add the amount the joker has to the calculation

did I accidentally made it random?

[wintry solar]

I'd need to see more of the code

[south folio]

got it hold on

[wintry solar]

and how are you testing it?

[south folio]

by....playing it with the debug mod?

[wintry solar]

because the first time you play cards this will do nothing, and then randomly upgrade some of the values, but if it doesn't upgrade all 3 it'll continue to not trigger

[graceful magnet]

how would I modify the ability.set to check for both Stone and Steel cards?

[wintry solar]

so you're kind of just waiting for it to upgrade all of them at some point before it will do anything

[orchid thunder]

any idea why this is whats crashing

[south folio]

Oh

[wintry solar]

what set are you giving it?

[orchid thunder]

oh that would make sence

[wintry solar]

you can change the equality checks to be >=

[south folio]

which one?

[graceful magnet]

or is it as easy as
if context.other_card.ability.set == "Stone" or context.other_card.ability.set == "Steel" then

[wintry solar]

all of them

[wintry solar]

context.other_card.config.center_key == 'm_stone' or context.other_card.config.center_key == 'm_steel'

[graceful magnet]

ahh

[south folio]

?

[wintry solar]

no

[wintry solar]

not those ones

the ones in the joker_main check

[fringe ember]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-panda-break-computer-rage-gif-14539932

might have to redo the atlas for the mod

[south folio]

oh ok

[maiden river]

btw @wintry solar in the current implementation of the select_card thing for boosters
is there a way for the select to work for different types of cards in the same pack

[wintry solar]

how do you mean

[maiden river]

well for my mod, I have some consumables that go to the consumable area, and some that go to my custom cardarea

[wintry solar]

no

[maiden river]

I see 😔

back to the scuffed method

[wintry solar]

whats the custom type with an area?

[maiden river]

I have cards that go on the right here (G.weapons in the code)

in mimicking the source game, the booster pack has a lot of different types of cards in it

[wintry solar]

I can maybe add that functionality then

[graceful magnet]

        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play then 
            if context.other_card.config.center_key == 'm_stone' or context.other_card.config.center_key == 'm_steel' then
                return {
                    mult = card.ability.extra.multWM,
                    card = context.other_card
                    --card = self
                }
            end
        end
    end```

So when I was using `mult_mod` it worked but didn't have the +Mult message, but then I read the Example Walkie Talkie which uses `mult` because that comes *with* the +Mult message, but when I implemented that, it doesn't score at all now

[wintry solar]

remove the card = line

[graceful magnet]

I know that won't fix it, because it wasn't there the first time I tested mult

[wintry solar]

is your config table set to multWM?

[orchid thunder]

why dis no work

[graceful magnet]

yes!

[orchid thunder]

also i got erh text to work thanks Eremel

[wintry solar]

are you sure it's not working?

[graceful magnet]

I'll test it again but pretty confident

[wintry solar]

there's no reason mult_mod would work and mult wouldnt

the only thing I can think is that putting card = context.other_card is messing with where the message would go because of how contexts have been reworked slightly

[graceful magnet]

it indeed is not

[dapper sun]

hi, i'm new to balatro modding. how do i add my own hand card style like the collabs?

[graceful magnet]

I'm gonna try the mind-blowing solution of just, checking if instead of a variable, I just, put mult = 18

[dapper sun]

i have smods set up (i think), some lua experience, and texures for the face cards

[zealous glen]

I recommend the Deck Skin Template example mod

[graceful magnet]

this worked

[wintry solar]

you might jsut need to respawn your joker

[dapper sun]

thanks. i wasn't sure as it seems to contain the whole 2-a suit

[zealous glen]

You can just add less ranks, although if you want to use a different format for the atlas you also need to change the setting for that

[dapper sun]

i think i saw where in the lua to set that

[zealous glen]

I think I have a working example

[dapper sun]

thanks

[iron iron]

how would i check for how many fours there are in the deck?

[sturdy compass]

Quick bump to this one

[dapper sun]

pls can u send,,

[sturdy compass]

Create a tally variable to keep track of the number, do a for k, v in ipairs(G.playing_cards) and iterate your tally variable if v:get_id() == 4

[wintry solar]

local four_count = 0
for _, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
  if v:get_id() == 4 then
    four_count = four_count + 1
  end
end```

[cerulean rose]

working on a dynamic blind scaling system (https://github.com/DigitalDetective47/strange-library/tree/90920c5660c81889e4905144d32b7720af6e195f) and am getting an error that i can't seem to debug
get_blind_amount just returns nil for no reason??

[dapper sun]

what are the icon_lc/hc images in the deck skin example?

ok i got it

[graceful magnet]

what's the way to get the chip value of the card being scored?

hmm, ssssomething with these?

[frosty dock]

indeed, context.other_card.base.nominal assuming you're accessing it in individual context. else replace context.other_card with whatever the scored card is