💻・modding-dev

[normal crest]

In apply_to_run then

[lethal mural]

where the starting values change each time

o

[normal crest]

Same concept

[lethal mural]

i tried setting it there but it didnt do anything

[normal crest]

Also you should use pseudorandom so ingame seeds are applied

[normal crest]

What'd you try?

[maiden river]

is there a way to watch a file with debugplus in my code?
I get kind of tired typing the thing in

[lethal mural]

i think i have an idea

[normal crest]

Good luck

[grim remnant]

hey, it's me again. uh. i realized it wasn't giving chips earlier but couldn't tell you why. i think i narrowed down why, but is there a better answer to it than just. a second line in the calculate function?

        -- Tests if context.joker_main == true.
        -- joker_main is a SMODS specific thing, and is where the effects of jokers that just give +stuff in the joker area area triggered, like Joker giving +Mult, Cavendish giving XMult, and Bull giving +Chips.
        if context.joker_main then
            -- Tells the joker what to do. In this case, it pulls the value of mult from the config, and tells the joker to use that variable as the "mult_mod".
            return {
                mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult,
                -- This is a localize function. Localize looks through the localization files, and translates it. It ensures your mod is able to be translated. I've left it out in most cases for clarity reasons, but this one is required, because it has a variable.
                -- This specifically looks in the localization table for the 'variable' category, specifically under 'v_dictionary' in 'localization/en-us.lua', and searches that table for 'a_mult', which is short for add mult.
                -- In the localization file, a_mult = "+#1#". Like with loc_vars, the vars in this message variable replace the #1#.
                message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
                -- Without this, the mult will stil be added, but it'll just show as a blank red square that doesn't have any text.
            }
        end```

[lethal mural]

nope still nothin

i tried setting the values as variables in a function and running the function each time in apply_to_run but it still has the same issue

[normal crest]

Did you modify 'back' in apply to run

That was my idea

[lethal mural]

back?

[plush cove]

"back" is the internal name used for decks

[normal crest]

the 2nd parameter of apply to run, should be your deck instance

[past forge]

bump

[lethal mural]

i did not

i didnt know that was a thing you could do

[lethal mural]

this is what i tried originally

it successfully randomized the initial variables but it just picks the same numbers every time until you restart the game so that was a bust

[past forge]

why c is 0.8 instead of 0, 8

[red flower]

idk if your patch will work but the way you do conditions in tables is
condition and value_1 or value_2

[lethal mural]

typo but i dont think thats the reason ist not working ol

[normal crest]

Try the apply to run thing

[lethal mural]

i put the function in apply to run though it didnt work

[normal crest]

Modify 'back'

back.config.smt = smt

[lethal mural]

o

[normal crest]

Might not be structured like that exactly

[lethal mural]

i tried that with self originally lol oops

nope

attempt to index a nil value

[normal crest]

And I thought it was apply to run, not just apply

[lethal mural]

in smods documentation its apply

[red flower]

is that your code or an example?

[grim remnant]

that is from my code, yes

[normal crest]

Do you have debug plus

[lethal mural]

yes

[grim remnant]

(tho i mean. it's an edit of a sample mod dfgjks)

[normal crest]

Try print(inspect(back))

And see how it's structured

[red flower]

replace the return with this and see if it works
return { mult = card.ability.extra.mult, chips=card.ability.extra.chips }

[scarlet spire]

okay, what am I doing wrong with the event manager?
this calculate function (for a seal) is supposed to score all cards, apply random seals to all cards except the card it is on, wait a moment, destroy the card, wait a bit more (to show you what happened), then the cards go away as normal. instead, it waits a bit, applies the seals, destroys the card, and instantly ends the hand, making it really hard to tell what's going on

[normal crest]

You have your inner add event outside func

[scarlet spire]

ah, they should be nested in the funcs

okay

[grim remnant]

well now neither chips or mult works???

[past forge]

i think i did it correctly now but i guess is not working because this values are defined at the start or smth like that

[normal crest]

What steamodded version

[normal crest]

You need to update

[red flower]

yeah that's probably only run when the game starts

do you want to change the chance?

[past forge]

im trying to do this effect

i already have the lucky card part

[red flower]

I would probably patch out where it calculates the probability

[past forge]

but i can not find where it calculates the probability 😭

[broken cliff]

pseudorandom function prob?

[plush cove]

off topic but I love seeing how many different ways mods do credits

[red flower]

i think there was a shatter function? try looking for that maybe? I'm not on my pc to look myself sadly

[lethal mural]

holy shit

i figured it out

config is basically entirely worthless here

what i actually have to do here is modify G.GAME.starting_params directly

[past forge]

the shatter function is for the animation, it doesnt calculate the probabilities there

[red flower]

i know, I mean look for when it's called

[grim remnant]

okay, THAT much worked. for whatever reason though, on scoring, it displays an extra mult pop-up that's yellow??? NO idea what that's about, frankly.

[red flower]

you don't need the messages

it does it automatically now

[grim remnant]

oh!

uh. what if i want a custom one on purpose though. (this may have given me a dastardly idea to replace the duplicate +1 Mult with just. "Paul.")

[red flower]

well in that case yes
if you change them to mult_mod and chips_mod they don't get the automatic message i think

[grim remnant]

would i just replace the two specified messages with like. what, message = 'Paul.'?

[lethal mural]

trying to find what other starting params there are though because it doesnt seem to be listed in game.lua where i thought it'd be

[red flower]

try it and see if it works

[scarlet spire]

okay this works now, but how do I keep the cards onscreen? the card does wait a bit before destroying itself, but it does so off-screen after the played cards have already left

[past forge]

i think i found it

but im not sure how to patch it, will try a couple things

[red flower]

maybe after the dissolve you can put a delay(0.5) or something?

[red flower]

lovely patch the condition to add the joker check

[sturdy compass]

This might be a bit of a technical question, but how would I get DebugPlus to spawn a card with a custom set in a new card area? (Art is a placeholder, it is not a Planet card in code)

[red flower]

i don't think you can without modifying it but i would also like to know if there's a way

[sturdy compass]

The waiting game we shall play then lol

[red flower]

i just give myself infinite rerolls to find my custom cards lol

[plush cove]

https://tenor.com/view/jenny-jenny-wakeman-xj9-mlaatr-my-life-as-a-teenage-robot-gif-26251131

[lethal mural]

IT WORKS

FINALLY

basically if anything is super large it comes at the cost of another stat

[scarlet spire]

I mean, the cards go offscreen as soon as the seals are applied, which is also an event with a delay, by the time the dissolve happens the cards are already offscreen

delay(...) isn't doing anything no matter where I put it

[past forge]

I think the patch is not able to get the scoring hand

should i put it inside the joker?

this is the patch btw, i dont know if its right:

G.FUNCS.evaluate_play = function ()
    if not G.GAME.blind:debuff_hand(G.play.cards, poker_hands, text) then
        for i=1, #G.jokers.cards + #G.consumeables.cards do
            for i=1, #scoring_hand do
                if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and not (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and self.base.id == 4) and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then 
                    destroyed = true
                end
            end
        end
    end
end

[maiden river]

is there a nice way to make a joker automatically win a blind?

[red flower]

yeah you're just deleting the entire function
a hook is going to be hard, you should try a lovely patch

[plush cove]

why would you want that

[hallow slate]

Three pair?

[past forge]

honestly, i dont know how to do that

[maiden river]

oh I know this one

[sturdy compass]

I have a deck that lets you play 6 cards lol

[past forge]

today i made my first patch and it was a very small function so i dunno how to patch bigger functions

[maiden river]

local emplace_ref = CardArea.emplace
function CardArea:emplace(card, location, stay_flipped)
    if self == G.consumeables and card.ability.set == "Weapon" then
        G.weapons:emplace(card, location, stay_flipped)
        return
    end

    emplace_ref(self, card, location, stay_flipped)
end

this is what I use

just add your set name

[hallow slate]

Same

It's a great concept

[sturdy compass]

I have that but as an injection. Still no go tho

[maiden river]

I have both

[sturdy compass]

Oh I see

[maiden river]

and it works that way

[sturdy compass]

Gotcha

[past forge]

i know it should be something like this but i really have no idea

[sturdy compass]

Alright that did it, thank ya

Now to get the actual sprite there lol

[maiden river]

no problem

😭

does it not go in there?

[red flower]

something like this

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/state_events.lua"
pattern = "if destroyed then"
position = 'before'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card'  and (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and scoring_hand[i].base.id == 4) then
    destroyed = false
end
'''

[past forge]

whats exactly the pattern?

[maiden river]

I tried to do this by setting the scored chips to the blind amount, but then the cards score after that and bring it back down

[red flower]

pattern is where you want to put the code, so I put it right before the destroyed check

[past forge]

and should i put the patch just like a hook in the main.lua?

[red flower]

no, you make a .toml file

[red flower]

https://github.com/nh6574/JoyousSpring/tree/main/lovely

[grim remnant]

so uh, stupid question. how do i make a joker give an extra joker slot (like it's negative, even if it isn't actually negative)? is that a function in smod, orrrr? (asking because i have a good few ideas that involve joker slot shenanigans)

[maiden river]

G.jokers:change_size(1), I believe

[sturdy compass]

I mean... kinda?? 😭

[maiden river]

oh!

[past forge]

i guess i can also do one file lovely.toml instead of putting it in a folder?

[plush cove]

in terms of cards, we have no cards

[red flower]

no idea

[sturdy compass]

Well yes but actually no

[maiden river]

no idea how that happens 😭

[sturdy compass]

Who knows, maybe (probably) there's a part of the CardArea that I messed up

[atomic edge]

is there a mod i can look at that has a joker/card that checks wether something happens at any point in the game (like a card that needs three tarots to be played for it to work) or something like that

[sturdy compass]

Here are the three injects I'm doing for it (not counting the hook that you just recommended to me)

[maiden river]

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
priority = 15

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]'
pattern = "-- TARGET: add your own CardAreas for joker evaluation"
position = "before"
match_indent = true
payload = "table.insert(t, 1, G.weapons)"

# Emplace weapons in their own area
[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/button_callbacks.lua"
pattern = '''
elseif card.ability.set == 'Booster' then
'''
position = "before"
payload = '''
elseif card.ability.set == 'Weapon' then
    card:add_to_deck()
    G.weapons:emplace(card)
    play_sound('card1', 0.8, 0.6)
    play_sound('generic1')
    dont_dissolve = true
    delay_fac = 0.2
'''
match_indent = true

# Add Pool and Global Object
[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "main.lua"
pattern = '''function love.load()'''
position = "before"
payload = '''
FVB = {}
FVB.cards = {}
'''
match_indent = true

this is my whole toml file 😭

[wintry solar]

Change the type of your area

[sturdy compass]

Oh my goodness LOL

[wintry solar]

I’m pretty sure the cardarea functions don’t support new types without rewriting them

[past forge]

so this patch should work?

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/state_events.lua"
pattern = "if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then"
position = 'at'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
"if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and not (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and self.base.id == 4) and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then"
'''

[wintry solar]

But you also shouldn’t really need a new one

[grim remnant]

what calculate function do i put that under--or do i even put it under one at all?

[sturdy compass]

What to? Does it matter?

[wintry solar]

I think jokers will be fine

[sturdy compass]

alr

[sturdy compass]

Changing it to that still left me with this

[scarlet spire]

okay, i'm back on this. cards i've just played in a hand keep leaving the screen, even when an event I've started hasn't finished?
here's the current code (on a seal), which is trying to, after all cards are scored: apply seals to all cards except the owner of this seal, wait a bit, destroy the owner of this seal, then delay a bit longer.

but the played hand won't stay on screen long enough, and the cards go offscreen even though an event is still happening

[wintry solar]

Unnest them

[wintry solar]

I don’t remember the type keys, it might be something else

[scarlet spire]

fully? someone else just told me to nest the second event inside the func of the first one

[wintry solar]

No if you do that it’ll only add it to the event stack when the first event is run, so it goes after all the following events

You want to add them consecutively

[sturdy compass]

ah yep it was

Oh huh that's a weird one lmao

[scarlet spire]

ahh okay that makes sense, it's working now, thanks

[plush cove]

$1

ignore how long it took me to do that

[sturdy compass]

lmfao

[grim remnant]

uh, sorry to nag about this; how can i make a joker give an additional joker slot or otherwise influence joker slots? like, where would i put that in the code of the joker?

    key = 'paulJoker',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Paul',
        text = {
            "{C:chips}+#2#{} Chips",
            "{C:mult}+#1#{} Mult",
            "+1 Joker Slot",
            "Paul."
        }
    },
    config = { extra = { mult = 1, chips = 1 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult , card.ability.extra.chips } }
    end,
    -- 1 common, 2 uncommon, 3 rare, 4 legendary.
    rarity = 1,
    atlas = 'StellationJokers',
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    cost = 1,
    -- G.jokers:change_size(1), --idk if i put it in the right place lol
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
                chips = card.ability.extra.chips,
                message = 'Paul.'
            }
        end
    end
}```

[sturdy compass]

You should probably add an add_to_deck and remove_from_deck function

Change the size there

[scarlet spire]

okay... this is a bit odd, but i'm now getting smods related crashes? in this video, I have two debugplus savestates. I load the second one, play a hand with the beige seal, and then load the first save state, which crashes the game

it's crashing at line 304 in smods src/utils.lua, which is the SMODS.find_card function

[obtuse silo]

okay so i'm gonna be going to bed rn so i'm putting some code here, could someone unscrew this because I am too tired to learn how to refer to the length of a lua array

[left lance]

What is supposed to go in the main.lua type file referenced in line 8 of the example code of https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata ? Looking at examples that's where people seemingly put their Atlas, but also I've seen other things loaded in there as well

[past forge]

the name of your main file

if your name file is called projansky.lua, then you put that there

[left lance]

Oh sorry, I didn't mean what file to put in line 8 of that example code, but like, how to actually write that main file. Right now all I'm really seeing is that the Atlas should most likely go in that projansky.lua file

[maiden river]

well, under whatever calculate function you want to trigger the effect with
i believe you mentioned a joker?

[past forge]

if you are starting, you will probably put there everything related to the mod

jokers, seals, editions, etc

while you learn and you write more code, youll figure out if you need more files and how to use them

[left lance]

Putting all code for custom jokers/seals/etc. in this one file rather than managed in separate folders such as a 'cards' folder or an 'assets' folder? I mean it just seems messy for now but if it's the way then sure

[plush cove]

there are different styles of organization. some people have individual files for each joker, others have one file for everything. i use the middle ground solution of separating joker files by rarity

[grim remnant]

yeah, this is a passive ability for a joker. if you own it, you have +1 joker slot. (yes this is a fundamentally useless ability beyond letting you have the joker for free, this is part of the joke)

[past forge]

i dont really know Lua so that way is how i do it for the momment, but if you manage to do it better just go for it

[left lance]

Hey you and me both

[past forge]

as im learning how to code ill organize everything, but for now im not doing that big of a project

i just have this

[maiden river]

oh
so there's an add_to_deck and remove_from_deck function on your joker
that's where you'd put it

you'd just put G.jokers:change_size(-1) in the remove_from_deck

add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
  -- Changes a G.GAME variable, which is usually a global value that's specific to the current run.
  -- These are initialized in game.lua under the Game:init_game_object() function, and you can look through them to get an idea of the things you can change.
  G.GAME.round_resets.discards = G.GAME.round_resets.discards + card.ability.extra.discard_size
  G.hand:change_size(card.ability.extra.hand_size)
end,
-- Inverse of above function.
remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
-- Adds - instead of +, so they get subtracted when this card is removed.
  G.GAME.round_resets.discards = G.GAME.round_resets.discards - card.ability.extra.discard_size
  G.hand:change_size(-card.ability.extra.hand_size)
end

[grim remnant]

so wait, smth like

        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                jokers:change_size(1)
            }
        end```
and obviously an opposite for this?

[left lance]

And then have some loading code in that main.lua file? some line like assert.load_file(jokers/common.lua)?

[grim remnant]

i assume not EXACTLY this syntax

[maiden river]

here's how the merry andy card remake changes the hand size in the steammodded examples

what you're after is basically the same, except for joker slots

[plush cove]

that's how I do it :)

[past forge]

are you new to Lua or to programming at all?

[maiden river]

add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
  G.jokers:change_size(1)
end,
-- Inverse of above function.
remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
  G.jokers:change_size(-1)
end

this, essentially

[left lance]

Lua, though this is my first time attempting to mod any game. I've used C++ in the past, and use python all the time for work. Enough to know my way around a github repo well but Lua still reads like greek to me

[maiden river]

lua's ~= thing still annoys me, even though I'm a few hundred hours in 😭

[past forge]

good luck then, lua is pretty easy but you have to get use to a lot of singularities

[past forge]

like this one

or arrays starting at 1

[maiden river]

also that their exponent operator is the caret symbol

which makes the most sense of anything I've learned so far

but it's still of

[plush cove]

i was able to settle into Lua fairly easily because I'm coming off of a few years of C# experience

[past forge]

thats pretty common

[maiden river]

I must've missed every language that did that then 😭

[past forge]

what other way did you do it?

[chrome widget]

How would you apply a shader effect to the entire screen, like if I wanted to put like a sepia filter on somethin?

[grim remnant]

wuh oh

here's source with line numbers for reference

[maiden river]

I remember python's is x ** y
rust is x.pow(y)

[maiden river]

you forgot a comma after the calculate function

[past forge]

oh okay

thats fair

[maiden river]

the caret symbol is usually bitwise stuff for my choice languages

[chrome widget]

For the record, using a carat is an accepted way to represent exponents if you're doing like real life paper mathematics

[maiden river]

yeah

that's why I said it makes sense, technically

that is also how I wrote one of my cards' description

[past forge]

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/state_events.lua"
pattern = "if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then"
position = 'at'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
"if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and not (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and self.base.id == 4) and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then"
'''

Is this patch correct?

[red flower]

delete the quotes before the if and after then

[past forge]

in the pattern or in the payload?

or both?

[maiden river]

in the payload

[red flower]

oh payload

[past forge]

glass 4s still break 😭

[red flower]

check the lovely dumps to see if the patch worked

[past forge]

how?

[red flower]

oh and it should be scoring_hand[i].base.id

[red flower]

lovely folder in your mods folder

[grim remnant]

that worked! last question for tonight, i promise (unless of course i have issues implementing this). is there a way to like, check for how many copies of the joker you have?

[past forge]

...

i dont have a lovely folder lmao

[red flower]

no, not your specific mod

[scarlet spire]

mods/lovely

[red flower]

that one

[past forge]

ah okay

[scarlet spire]

it just dumps all the code, but with all patches applied

[red flower]

#SMODS.find_card("yourjokerkey")

[left lance]

wait as a final thing for now y'all, is there a guide/method for making the png file used for the atlas for custom jokers (aka, the files in asset folders)? I understand that there's a single png that stores all custom card sprites, but is there a template/guide for actually making that file?

[past forge]

should balatro be open?

[plush cove]

You just need some sort of thing to compile all of your PNGs together

The best method I (and I'm sure others) use is importing all your files as keyframes in Aseprite, then exporting the spritesheet

[left lance]

... is there a version that isn't 20 bucks or nah

[past forge]

the state_event that lovely dumps is like 300 lines shorter

[plush cove]

Try this one https://github.com/LibreSprite/LibreSprite/releases/tag/v1.1

[past forge]

there is an open source version called libresprite

[left lance]

lfg thanks y'all, really appreciate the help

[grim remnant]

stupid question but i am so rusty with lua. how would i put that into an equation? like, if i wanted to try and find out if there are more than 1, would i use if #SMODS.find_card("yourjokerkey") > 1?

[red flower]

yes

[past forge]

im going to sleep for tonight, thank you for all the help

probably tomorrow ill figure out about the patches and the glass 4s

[grim remnant]

rather unsurprisingly the game did NOT like this but it honestly complained far sooner.
(yes, i am trying to make it so that, if you have multiple paulJoker, they exponentiate your mult based on how many paulJoker you have. i didn't say this idea was balanced, or smart, just that i wanted to do it)

[red flower]

you can't put if in tables
the syntax is condition and value1 or value2

also you need the full joker key i think so j_youmodsprefix_paulJoker

mult = card.ability.extra.mult ^ (#SMODS.find_card('...') > 0 and #SMODS.find_card('...') or 1) is probably what you want

[grim remnant]

so j_cwsstla_paulJoker? i read smth about it only looking at the first 4 letters for the prefix tho so i might be off-base

[red flower]

yes that's correct, that was for the default prefix idk if it's still like that

[grim remnant]

also, what's the API for exponent stuff, come to think of it? if there even is one, mind you.

[red flower]

talisman

[grim remnant]

i mean like, displaying exponents as their own thing

not. Handling exponential numbers in score. (unless the former is also handled by talisman)

[red flower]

you mean like giving ^mult?

[grim remnant]

like ^mult, yeah. ik a few mods have cards with exponential effects (both for chips and mult) and they all use the same sorta desaturated purple color to depict that.

[red flower]

yes that's talisman too

the color is from cryptid i think

[hardy viper]

vanilla, although talisman expands that support to omeganum

see talisman/big-num/notations/balatro.lua

[red flower]

i think they meant exponentiation not scientific notation

[grim remnant]

yeah, exponentiation in the actual calculation.

since what i'm trying to do is, on top of the +1 chips and +1 mult, it gives ^(the number of paulJoker).

USUALLY, this will resolve to be ^1. But it will be very funny when it doesn't thanks to smth like Showman or Invis Joker or Third Example Of Duplicate Jokers.

and in mods like cryptid, when an exponent is calculated, it displays that exponentiation as like, its own message (square pop-up).

[red flower]

oh the color is just the vanilla dark_edition

[grim remnant]

okay. the display on the card text works, but the calculation... doesn't. it just doesn't display an exponential mult, and it doesn't calculate one either.

        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
                chips = card.ability.extra.chips,
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult ^ (#SMODS.find_card('j_cwss_paulJoker') > 0 and #SMODS.find_card('j_cwss_paulJoker') or 1),
                message = 'Paul.'
            }
        end
    end,```

[red flower]

delete the first mult

[grim remnant]

this should resolve to a LOT more than 6 mult.

removing the first one didn't work

[red flower]

oh wait i don't understand how much you want it to give

1^5 is 1

[maiden river]

if your mult is 1, no matter how big the exponent is, it's still going to be 1

[grim remnant]

it's meant to add 1 mult, and then after that, check how many paulJokers there are. then, exponentiate the current mult by how many there are.

thusly, if you play a hand of exactly 1 mult, it gets boosted to 2, then exponentiates off that.

[red flower]

so the entire current mult? you need talisman for that

[grim remnant]

ah, that makes sense. how would i go about that?

(adding talisman as a requirement ain't a dealbreaker just bc i use it anyways fgdsjk)

[red flower]

ah i can't really help with that, I would ask in the cryptid discord maybe

[nova finch]

how do i check the type of card that is purchased from the shop, like when a joker is bought?

[worn belfry]

Quick question, how to see modded jokers after launching game?

[hushed briar]

is there a way to have a card's sprite be larger than normal but still have the same hitbox as a normal card?

[nova finch]

do you have mods installed?

[worn belfry]

ye i loaded my own basic joker that is just negative and cost $10

[nova finch]

do you have the mod turned on?

[worn belfry]

but cant see it in collection

yes?

[nova finch]

check ur mods list and see if its enabled

[worn belfry]

MODS LIST

elaborate :>

[nova finch]

on the title screen

there should be a buttled that says mods

button*

[worn belfry]

i just used the lovely loader no modded client

[nova finch]

oh

idk then

[worn belfry]

what modded client do people use?

[nova finch]

steammodded

[worn belfry]

ok

[nova finch]

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

[worn belfry]

tytytytyty ❤️

[plush cove]

@worn belfry PLEASE DOWNLOAD FROM THE SOURCE
Do not download from Releases, that is a severely outdated version

[weak depot]

been scared of making joker art but i'm proud of this art i made :>

[frigid flame]

Is there anything I should know in terms of setting up a github page for a balatro mod?

[cursive glade]

What's the global variable for the final round score chip amount during context.end_of_round?

[grim remnant]

okay. having transplanted some code directly from how cryptid handles giving exponents, i at least ended up with. Whatever this is? (exponents currently set to 5 as a placeholder)

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult , card.ability.extra.chips , card.ability.extra.Emult } }
    end,
    -- 1 common, 2 uncommon, 3 rare, 4 legendary.
    rarity = 1,
    atlas = 'StellationJokers',
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    cost = 1,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                chips = card.ability.extra.chips,
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
                message = localize{type='variable',key='a_powmult',vars={number_format(card.ability.extra.Emult)}},
                Emult_mod = card.ability.extra.Emult,
                colour = G.C.DARK_EDITION,
                message = 'Paul.'
            }
        end
    end,```

ig my questions are twofold:

1. what am i doing that's causing it to fail to actually grab the number of Emult?
2. how can i set the variable "Emult" to be equal to the amount of paulJokers?

[cursive glade]

For #1, pay attention to when it show's an error. I believe that return shows messages in order on your joker. I'm not 100% sure on that one.
For #2, you'd have to count how many times your joker's key j_[prefix]_[key] shows up in G.jokers.cards.

[grim remnant]

i mean, for 1, the issue isn't just that it's failing to grab it for the message, it's also not calculating it at all. as far as it's concerned, there is no exponent.

[cursive glade]

Ah, i have no idea, then. /shrugs

[grim remnant]

do you have any idea how to count for j_stla.paulJokers in G.jokers.cards as a variable, at least?

[cursive glade]

I do something similar for a joker that destroys other jokers. Hang on.

[cursive glade]

function getCardKey(card)
    if type(card.key) == "string" then
        return card.key
    elseif card.config and type(card.config) == "table" then
        local center = card.config.center
        if center and type(center) == "table" and type(center.key) == "string" then
            return center.key
        end
    end
    if type(card.label) == "string" then
        return card.label
    end
    return "unknown"
end
local paulJokerCount = 0
for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
    local current = G.jokers.cards[i]
    if getCardKey(current) == 'j_stla_paulJoker' then paulJokerCount = paulJokerCount + 1 end
end

I don't know if there's a SMODS internal way to grab the string of the key of a target card, but I made my own function for that. Using the above code, you could push paulJokerCount back to your loc_vars or directly back to your card.ability.extra.Emult

[grim remnant]

where would i put this in the lua? :o

[cursive glade]

in your calculate

[chrome prawn]

I'm trying to make a joker similar to raised fist when the game selects the lowest ranked in your hand but for some reason this code either doesn't work or it targets every single card instead of the lowest ranked one
can someone please help me?

[timid parrot]

Might be a concurrent modification issue

[chrome prawn]

hm?

[rose dragon]

do you have talisman? emult isnt built into balatro/steamodded, so you'll need to implement it yourself or use a mod as a depo (talisman)

[grim remnant]

i do have talisman, yes.

talisman should also be set as a dependancy, in fact. i'm starting to wonder if it's somehow not calling for it, though???

[timid parrot]

What’s the joker supposed to do?

[rose dragon]

do you have the mod priority above talisman? (i think this is how it works)

[rose dragon]

i think it's meant to give 1 emult for each copy of the paul joker

[timid parrot]

What’s the joker supposed to do?

[grim remnant]

what's talisman's priority?

[grim remnant]

first, flat +1 chips and flat +1 mult, and afterwards, exponentiate mult by how many paulJokers you have.

[rose dragon]

idk but just set it to like 99999 for testing

[timid parrot]

Not u someone else

[chrome prawn]

it selects the lowest ranked card held in your hand and destroys it

[timid parrot]

When?

[chrome prawn]

at the final hand of the round

[timid parrot]

Before or after scoring finishes?

[chrome prawn]

after

[grim remnant]

it's 100% an issue with talisman not being recognized; having slapped the paulJokerCount to the flat mult, it works just fine

[timid parrot]

Use context.end_of_round. Find the lowest rank card. Destroy it. context.destroy_card is not what you’re looking for I believe

[chrome prawn]

no not the end of the round the final hand of the round

like dusk and acrobat

[timid parrot]

Yeah and if that hand loses then the joker shouldn’t trigger anyway

[rose dragon]

G.GAME.current_round.hands_left == 0?

[chrome prawn]

.

[timid parrot]

So at end of round, see if hands left is 0

[modern kindle]

is there a context for the start of a round? i dont remember what it is off of top of my head

[timid parrot]

Yes

Granted I’m unfamiliar with new calc so maybe some things have changed

[grim remnant]

i set priority WAY up high and WAY down low, and it did nothing? "priority": 2147483647, "priority": -2147483647, either way, Emult_mod does nothing...

like. am i doing this wrong somehow?

    "id": "CWS-Stellation",
    "name": "Stellation",
    "author": ["Camwoodstock"],
    "description": "An intentionally zany mod made as a companion to Cryptid. Adds a new class of jokers, and some other stuff too.",
    "prefix": "stla",
    "main_file": "Stellation.lua",
    "priority": 2147483647,
    "badge_colour": "cc00ff",
    "dependencies": [
        "Steamodded (>=1.0.0~ALPHA-1225a)",
        "Talisman (>=2.0.0)"
    ],
    "version": "0.0.1"
}```

[lavish lake]

How do I check that the blind is a boss blind at the end of round?

[heady quail]

Ok quick question, is there a way to recolor the pre-existing blinds? I see the color code in blind.lua about editing the existing colors to have more black hues, but not the info on the base blind colors themselves

Like in terms of these text boxes and the background colors

[grim remnant]

sorry to nag! out of curiosity, do you know how to call paulJokerCount in the loc text?

            "{C:chips}+#2#{} Chips, {C:mult}+#1#{} Mult, +1 Joker Slot",
            "{X:dark_edition,C:white}^#1#{} Mult for every Paul",
            "{C:inactive}(Currently {X:dark_edition,C:white}^#1#{C:inactive})",
            "Paul."
        }```

[cursive glade]

in your calculate you can set card.ability.extra.Emult = paulJokerCount after my previous code and will update the current joker every time calculate is run. in your loc_vars, you pull card.ability.extra.Emult as the 3rd variable, so it would be #3# in your 3rd text line instead of #1#

[tall wharf]

just wondering what happened to the 1

[heady quail]

Oh thats weird lol, I didnt notice that

Maybe just a default for the collection screen since theres no odds in place atm?

[paper zealot]

I'd hook get_blind_main_colour(blind) in misc_functions.lua and return a custom colour, depending on what kind of behaviour you're after
Something like:

local get_blind_main_colour_ref = get_blind_main_colour
function get_blind_main_colour(blind)
    local original_colour = get_blind_main_colour_ref(blind)
    --example changing result
    if blind == 'Big' then
        return G.C.RED
    else
        return original_colour
    end
end

[heady quail]

Huh, weird

I didnt change anything for that yet lol

[paper zealot]

If you just want to change boss blind colours, then just modify G.P_BLINDS[blind].boss_colour

G.P_BLINDS['bl_pillar'].boss_colour = G.C.EDITION, for example

[runic pecan]

Do I need to prevent it from pulling a blackhole or the soul?

[rose dragon]

is there a calculate function for blinds?

[plush cove]

hey all! i'm trying to figure out how to make a joker that destroys unscored cards in the first hand, and there's such limited explanation in the calculate tutorial that i'm kinda just fucking around and finding out

this is how much progress I've made so far, and it's not quite where I want it to be at. any tips?

[lavish lake]

Someone help pls

[rose dragon]

G.GAME.blind.boss

[lavish lake]

So basically I insert
if G.GAME.blind.boss then?

[rose dragon]

yea

[plush cove]

still trying to figure this out

[lavish lake]

Ok i neeed to figure out how to destroy a joker

[rose dragon]

JOKER:juice_up(0.8, 0.8)
JOKER:start_dissolve({ HEX("63f06b") }, nil, 1.6)

[lavish lake]

That's inside an event right?

[rose dragon]

SMODS.Joker({
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.after then
            local safes = {}
            for s_idx = 1, #context.scoring_hand do
                local c = context.scoring_hand[s_idx]
                table.insert(safes, c.ID)
            end -- full_hand
            for c_idx = 1, #context.full_hand do
                local c = context.full_hand[c_idx]

                local found = false

                for _,id in pairs(safes) do
                    if id == c.id then
                        found = true
                        break
                    end
                end
                if not found then
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                        func = function()
                            if G.jokers then
                                c:juice_up(0.8, 0.8)
                                c:start_dissolve({ HEX("63f06b") }, nil, 1.6)
                                return true
                            end
                        end,
                    }))
                end
            end
        end
    end
})

this code is kinda bad, but it partially works
the visual of the card dissolving happens before the scoring animation finishes, so add that to the event manager EDIT: made it listen to the event queue

[rose dragon]

yeah? i dont think it really matters as long JOKER is a card-like value

[lavish lake]

So in SMODS.Joker > calculate function I would replace JOKER with self right?

[rose dragon]

yeah, you would replace JOKER with the card you'd like to destroy

[rose dragon]

@plush cove

[lavish lake]

Weird. The joker doesn't crash the game but doesn't debuff by 0.25X

SMODS.Joker {
    key = "letter_h",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "H",
        text = {
            "{X:mult,C:white}X#1#{} Mult,",
            "loses {X:mult,C:white}X#2#{} Mult every {C:attention}Ante{}"
        }
    },
    config = { extra = { Xmult = 3, lostXmult = 0.25 } },
    rarity = 2,
    atlas = "alphabet_atlas",
    pos = { x = 1, y = 0 },
    loc_vars = function (self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult, card.ability.extra.lostXmult } }
    end,
    calculate = function (self, card, context)
        if context.end_of_round and context.cardarea == G.jokers then
            if G.GAME.blind.boss then
                if card.ability.extra.Xmult > 1 then
                    card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult - card.ability.extra.lostXmult
                else
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                        func = function ()
                            self:juice_up(0.8, 0.8)
                            self:start_dissolve({ HEX("63f06b") }, nil, 1.6)
                        end
                    }))
                end
            end
        end
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                Xmult_mod = card.ability.extra.Xmult,
                message = localize { type = "variable", key = "a_xmult", vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult }}
            }
        end
    end
}

@rose dragon

[rose dragon]

works for me

[lavish lake]

probably just gotta restart the run

[lavish lake]

Still doesnt work...

[plush cove]

ty for this! ideally I would want to be using context.destroy_card because that's the inbuilt functionality, but with all the trouble that I've been getting out of that, i'm happy enough to have this as a plan B!

[lavish lake]

I probably just need to switch to steamodded main

[lavish lake]

Ok smods main makes the joker work

[rose dragon]

btw i forgot to add the hands_played == 0

[plush cove]

dw, I got that end covered

i actually did have my code at a similar state earlier, but i ended up dumping it because I was running in final_scoring_step (aka the timing I want to have), but then I'd try reloading the game and it would crash and give me an error

hence why I sought to rework it into the new context

[lavish lake]

Yooo!!! Do you use the cryptid placeholders? Me too.

[lavish lake]

Also I think this joker should be rare because oh my god it seems OP for deck thinning

[lavish lake]

What if the deck is all aces? Will it destroy random aces?

[wise crown]

I feel like it would be racist to diamonds

[rose dragon]

for some reason there's a bug in the code that i actually cant find that leaves it with like 6-12 (typically 8) cards left i cant figure out how to fix it so now it's a "balancing feature"

[lavish lake]

anyways im really struggling with ideas for my mod "alphabet jokers" since there's not much ideas that can come out from a single letter
can anyone think of ideas for the joker "i"?

[rose dragon]

all boss blinds are "The Eye"

[lavish lake]

is this a joke

[rose dragon]

yes

[lavish lake]

then can you make a non-joke idea

[runic pecan]

What are the existing examples?

[lavish lake]

do i really have to share all the code of my jokers in your dms

i mean

sure

[runic pecan]

No, you don't have to.
Sorry, I didn't saw your letter_h up there.

[rose dragon]

just send screenshots of the tooltip?

[lavish lake]

ok

[rose dragon]

x3 mult for each card of [[RANDOM SUIT]] (suit changes each round
loses x0.5 mult when reading the tooltip

[lavish lake]

A - +10 mult
B - 1 in 2 chance to retrigger an uncommon joker
C - X2 mult
D - Retrigger each played 4
E - +30 chips
F - destroyed cards give 3 dollars
G - 5 dollars when you beat a round

And the H is what you saw above

[rose dragon]

gains +1 mult for each 3 cards scored

[runic pecan]

My thought is to either go with i for icecream, i for idol, or i for invisible.

[lavish lake]

K, implemented it

What about J now?

[plush cove]

update: I cut down on a few lines by using the new "in_scoring" function that SMODS has (as part of the unscoring calcs)

        if context.after and G.GAME.current_round.hands_played == 0 and not context.blueprint then
            for c_idx = 1, #context.full_hand do
                local c = context.full_hand[c_idx]
                if not SMODS.in_scoring(c, context.scoring_hand) then
                    add_event(function()
                        if G.jokers then
                            c:juice_up(0.8, 0.8)
                            c:start_dissolve({ HEX("63f06b") }, nil, 1.6)
                            return true
                        end
                    end, nil, nil)
                end
            end
        end```

[rose dragon]

awesome

[rose dragon]

copies a random joker for one round? (as in it chooses a joker, then swaps to another joker at the end of round)

[lavish lake]

Maybe copies a random joker, then self destructs?

[rose dragon]

maybe copies the ability of the leftmost and rightmost joker and expires in 5 rounds?

[lavish lake]

Uh oh, when the H joker tries to juice up, it crashes the game
Oops! The game crashed:
[SMODS alphabet_jokers "main.lua"]:217: attempt to call method 'juice_up' (a nil value)

Additional Context:
Balatro Version: 1.0.1n-FULL
Modded Version: 1.0.0~ALPHA-1415c-STEAMODDED
LÖVE Version: 11.5.0
Lovely Version: 0.6.0
Platform: Windows
Steamodded Mods:
1: Alphabet Jokers by Runtem [ID: alphabet_jokers, Version: 1.0.0]
2: Talisman by MathIsFun_, Mathguy24, jenwalter666, cg-223 [ID: Talisman, Version: 2.0.2, Uses Lovely]
Break Infinity: omeganum
3: DebugPlus by WilsontheWolf [ID: DebugPlus, Version: 1.3.1, Uses Lovely]
Lovely Mods:

Stack Traceback

(3) LÖVE method at file 'boot.lua:352'
Local variables:
errhand = Lua function '(LÖVE Function)' (defined at line 553 of chunk [lovely debugplus.console "console.lua"])
handler = Lua function '(LÖVE Function)' (defined at line 553 of chunk [lovely debugplus.console "console.lua"])
(4) Lua field 'func' at file 'main.lua:217' (from mod with id alphabet_jokers)
Local variables:
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = table: 0x3938cf70 {alerted:true, loc_vars:function: 0x3939f7b8, _saved_d_u:true, original_key:letter_h (more...)}
(*temporary) = number: 0.8
(*temporary) = number: 0.8
(*temporary) = number: 5.90174e-06
(*temporary) = string: "attempt to call method 'juice_up' (a nil value)"
(5) Lua method 'handle' at file 'engine/event.lua:99'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x3bc03cc8 {start_timer:true, timer:TOTAL, blockable:true, trigger:immediate, func:function: 0x3967cf28 (more...)}
_results = table: 0x3978dde8 {blocking:true, pause_skip:false, time_done:false, completed:false}
(6) Lua method 'update' at file 'engine/event.lua:182'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x38e4a2c0 {queue_last_processed:745.18333333298, queues:table: 0x38f4dc78, queue_dt:0.016666666666667 (more...)}
dt = number: 0.013352
forced = nil
(for generator) = C function: next
(for state) = table: 0x38f4dc78 {unlock:table: 0x38f4dd68, other:table: 0x38f4de08, tutorial:table: 0x38f4ddb8 (more...)}
(for control) = number: nan
k = string: "base"
v = table: 0x38f4dd90 {1:table: 0x391a0878, 2:table: 0x3bc03cc8, 3:table: 0x39105b18, 4:table: 0x3b5dd6c0 (more...)}
blocked = boolean: false
i = number: 2
results = table: 0x3978dde8 {blocking:true, pause_skip:false, time_done:false, completed:false}
(7) Lua upvalue 'gameUpdateRef' at file 'game.lua:2631'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x38dd9c10 {F_GUIDE:false, F_CRASH_REPORTS:false, F_QUIT_BUTTON:true, HUD_tags:table: 0x39bcf3a8 (more...)}
dt = number: 0.013352
http_resp = nil
(8) Lua upvalue 'upd' at Steamodded file 'src/ui.lua:84'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x38dd9c10 {F_GUIDE:false, F_CRASH_REPORTS:false, F_QUIT_BUTTON:true, HUD_tags:table: 0x39bcf3a8 (more...)}
dt = number: 0.013352
(9) Lua method 'update' at file 'main.lua:1761'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x38dd9c10 {F_GUIDE:false, F_CRASH_REPORTS:false, F_QUIT_BUTTON:true, HUD_tags:table: 0x39bcf3a8 (more...)}
dt = number: 0.013352
(10) Lua upvalue 'oldupd' at file 'main.lua:996'
Local variables:
dt = number: 0.013352
(11) Lua field 'update' at file 'main.lua:1788'
Local variables:
dt = number: 0.013352
(12) Lua function '?' at file 'main.lua:935' (best guess)
(13) global C function 'xpcall'
(14) LÖVE function at file 'boot.lua:377' (best guess)
Local variables:
func = Lua function '?' (defined at line 906 of chunk main.lua)
inerror = boolean: true
deferErrhand = Lua function '(LÖVE Function)' (defined at line 348 of chunk [love "boot.lua"])
earlyinit = Lua function '(LÖVE Function)' (defined at line 355 of chunk [love "boot.lua"])

[rose dragon]

maybe just remove that part? it's only a visual effect, not necessary

[marble flint]

did you self.juice_up() instead of card.juice_up()?

[runic pecan]

Which letter A looks better than others?

[rose dragon]

leftmost looks best imo

[marble flint]

first but make the T thicker

[manic rune]

T is too thin ngl

but if T is thicker then leftmost A looks the best

[marble flint]

you should also kern the T a pixel or two closer to the A

[random sleet]

kern on the kerb

[runic pecan]

The under-dash is for alignment

[marble flint]

yeee

love it

[manic rune]

scrumptious

[runic pecan]

Shout out to reiruka

[manic rune]

is it me or the bottom text isnt in the middle?

actually never mind, its probably meant to be closer to the black line

[runic pecan]

?

[manic rune]

oh dang, my bad

[rose dragon]

art is too cool for an effect that simple

[runic pecan]

How would you suggest instead?

[marble flint]

not every joker needs a five page essay for an effect (and in fact most should be as simple as possible)

[rose dragon]

it's a glorified greedy joker

[marble flint]

and? onyx agate exists

[rose dragon]

"the thunkster" was lazy when coming up with the idea

[marble flint]

disagree

that cycle defines what makes the suits unique in vanilla, and onyx agate gives clubs quite a clear one

[runic pecan]

It's up to me, and I decide to keep its effect this way for now.
End of discussion.

But I might tune it down to Common instead.

[marble flint]

imo uncommon is correct

(I'm comparing to greedy joker et al and onyx agate)

[manic rune]

my mod cant relate 💔

wikipedia incident

[marble flint]

(but also a plurality of jokers are uncommon, they make the core of the game)

[sharp cliff]

Hey, I'm trying to create a joker that effective just makes glass cards go from a 1/4 shatter chance to 1/5, but I can't seem to find a way to affect the probability of only glass cards

Would anyone have any knowledge on where to start?

[sturdy compass]

You'd probably need to make a lovely patch. The code for Glass Card Chance Checks are in functions/state_events.lua

[sharp cliff]

thanks! I'll give it a look

[scenic loom]

I'm making a new joker for the first time, how can I find it in game to test it works properly?

[plush cove]

download DebugPlus, hover over your Joker in the collection, and press 3

[sturdy compass]

Get the DebugPlus mod first and foremost

lmfao

[paper zealot]

Anyone have any examples of mods that support both Balamod and Lovely/Steamodded?

[frosty dock]

https://github.com/nicholassam6425/gamblecore/

but no one cares about or uses balamod these days

[paper zealot]

Bit of a vicious cycle, that one

[scarlet spire]

it appears that the newly implemented unscored calculation crashes the game if you beat any blind while it's enabled

[plush cove]

what were you using the unscoreds for?

[frosty dock]

balamod being incompatible with Lovely doesn't help

[scarlet spire]

it doesn't matter if I use unscoring cards or not, just having the optional feature enabled causes blinds to crash the game when beaten

the actual unscoring calculation itself works perfectly as far as I've tested, it just also happens to crash the game when beating a blind

[plush cove]

i was using it to try and destroy unscored cards, but it crashed the game

but i thought that was mostly because of what I was doing because the game also crashed if I destroyed unscoring cards in the final_scoring_step (for some reason. even if I do the exact same thing in the after context, it doesn't crash)

[frosty dock]

• who wants to develop for an unmaintained, lesser featured loader when there's something better

[plush cove]

john balamod is going to be very upset when he hears this

[runic pecan]

Should I use context.main_scoring and context.cardarea == G.play
or context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play?

[paper zealot]

Hey, how's that fixed release going?

[frosty dock]

old calc isn't being promoted to a release

cryptid refactor should be getting promoted to main shortly anyway

[sturdy compass]

Here's a weird thing I'm running into. SDM_0 gave me this implementation so I'm a little confused as to why the button is lining up so weirdly

[maiden phoenix]

Show your consumable's code?

[sturdy compass]

Ah fuck I just got in bed lol

The actual card I take it?

[maiden phoenix]

(oops) yea

[sturdy compass]

Gimme a sec I can get it rq

Here we are

[maiden phoenix]

There's no other modification you do on your consumable/button?

[sturdy compass]

nope, just the hooks

[maiden phoenix]

Mmh, maybe I forgot to give you something for that

What's the consumable type atlas size?

[sturdy compass]

71 x 95

[maiden phoenix]

If you got a github for it rn I can look at it and submit a pr to fix it, wouldn't want to ruin your sleep scheldule

[sturdy compass]

I do, but be warned it's quite the hell to trudge through. Just need to push rq

Here we are https://github.com/the-Astra/Maximus/blob/37ef6697d5eb1f174d0c651095ae2702a5f6cd77/lovely.toml#L2901

I appreciate ya

[scarlet spire]

@wintry solar i'll just go ahead and ping you on this, since you implemented it

crashes on function SMODS.calculate_end_of_round_effects in src/utils.lua

[maiden phoenix]

@sturdy compass Uhm I dont see the consumable type

[plush cove]

eremel can you also check this out to see if there's a way I can do it with context.destroy_card for better timing?

[sturdy compass]

Did you fork from dev?

[plush cove]

@wintry solar

[maiden phoenix]

Oh oops

[sturdy compass]

Lmao

[maiden phoenix]

Didn't know there was another branch

[sturdy compass]

All g

[plush cove]

minimus

[sturdy compass]

[maiden phoenix]

Oooh I didn't know it was in its own cardarea, maybe it's what screwing it up

[sturdy compass]

Ah maybe then

Didn’t realize it was specific to the cardarea

[maiden phoenix]

Ok found a fix

Change the padding value here between -0.2 ~ -0.25 see which you prefer

[sturdy compass]

Will do. Thank ya plenty

[wintry solar]

Huh I’ll see what I can do to fix that when I’m on my pc later

[wintry solar]

Can you screenshot? Mobile code blocks are shit to read

[wintry solar]

Use context.destroying_cards and check if the card is in scoring or not

@scarlet spire never mind, should be fixed now

[plush cove]

works like a charm! ty!

[scarlet spire]

will check in the morning, thanks

[rose dragon]

does this need rebalancing?
-# ??? is a placeholder for the suit that changes

-# will adjust rarity later

[wintry solar]

That’s at most a 2X for one round that then decays

And you have no way to check what the suit is without making it worse

[rose dragon]

that's the point

[crisp coral]

you kinda have to look at the tooltip to even buy it lol

without the decay this is good wild card support

[wintry solar]

Yeah I don’t think it needs the end of round decay at all

[plush cove]

This does give me the idea for a Joker where it permanently gives x3 Mult to a certain suit, but you don't know what suit it is until you buy it

And once you buy it, the suit never changes

[bold sleet]

help the shit is not doing the shit

[manic rune]

im pretty sure it should be ipairs

[bold sleet]

I'll try.

[crisp coral]

pairs is fine, it's just gonna be unordered

[bold sleet]

Another question: Is there a way to check the player's chip score after everything has been calculated?

I need it for a joker

woo shit is not working i don't know anymore

[manic rune]

i have no clue why it doesnt work tbh, everything seems fine

[bold sleet]

Exactly.

Did SMODS got updated in the past 2 weeks or so?

With mod-breaking changes and stuff?

[prisma loom]

I wanna make a planet card that tracks the amount of Stone cards played during the current ante and lvls up the its hand for each scored stone card respectively
Do I need a lovely patch for this?

[bold sleet]

What the fuck am I doing wrong?

Shit is displaying as nil

[manic rune]

i always put loc_vars below loc_txt, idk if thats the issue

[stiff locust]

do decks have calculate function

[prisma loom]

Can someone tell what's the issue here?

        return { vars = { (G.GAME and G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante or 0) } }
    end,
    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        local scored_stones = copier or card
        --Get amount of Stone cards scored this run or set to 0 if nil
        G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante = G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante or 0

        --Add +1 to amount of stone cards scored this run
        G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante = G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante + 1

        --level up once for each stone card scored this run
        level_up_hand(scored_stones, neutronhand, nil, G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante)
        update_hand_text(
            { sound = "button", volume = 0.7, pitch = 1.1, delay = 0 },
            { mult = 0, chips = 0, handname = "", level = "" }
        )
    end,
    bulk_use = function(self, card, area, copier, number)
        local scored_stones = copier or card
        G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante = G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante or 0

        local handstolv = {}
        local neutronhand = "n/a"
        for i = 1, number do
            G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante = G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante + 1
            neutronhand = "Stone Ocean"
            handstolv[neutronhand] = (handstolv[neutronhand] or 0) + G.GAME.stonesscoredthisante
        end
        for k, v in pairs(handstolv) do
            update_hand_text(
                { sound = "button", volume = 0.7, pitch = 0.8, delay = 0.3 },
                {
                    handname = localize(k, "Stone Ocean"),
                    chips = G.GAME.hands[k].chips,
                    mult = G.GAME.hands[k].mult,
                    level = G.GAME.hands[k].level,
                }
            )
            card_eval_status_text(
                scored_stones,
                "extra",
                nil,
                nil,
                nil,
                { message = "+" .. tostring(v), colour = G.C.BLUE }
            )
            level_up_hand(scored_stones, k, nil, v)
        end
        update_hand_text(
            { sound = "button", volume = 0.7, pitch = 1.1, delay = 0 },
            { mult = 0, chips = 0, handname = "", level = "" }
        )
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(
            Event({
                trigger = "after",
                func = function()
                    handstolv = nil
                    return true
                end,
            })
        )
    end,
}```

[wintry solar]

Pretty sure the rank should be a string

[wintry solar]

They do

[prisma loom]

using cryptid's code is just 😭

[wintry solar]

What are you struggling with?

[frosty dock]

there's plenty other things to reference

[random sleet]

-# reference my mod

[frosty dock]

cryptid's code isn't the easiest to follow

I like to recommend ortalab as reference

[prisma loom]

I just need a planet card lvl up a its hand 1 time for each stone card scored this ante

sure let me check other mods first

[wintry solar]

How are you tracking stone cards scored?

[prisma loom]

is there a wiki?

[random sleet]

no lol

[prisma loom]

cryptids code just tracks how many times this planet card was used this run

Im just trying to modify it

[wintry solar]

But that’s an entirely different situation?

[prisma loom]

mb??? Idk
How could I know??

Im just trying everything

[wintry solar]

Because using a planet and scoring a stone card aren’t the same thing

Why would you think they are?

[prisma loom]

Because everything is possible

idk how Balatro functions

[random sleet]

everything is possible but everything is not the same

[manic rune]

https://tenor.com/view/chips-potato-chips-spinning-gif-27138427

[random sleet]

truly

[manic rune]

someone should turn this gif into a joker ngl

[prisma loom]

thats my single braincell

[manic rune]

+1 chip

[manic rune]

same 😭

[prisma loom]

which planet card exactly?

what name

[random sleet]

ok so like

you're going to need to do some esoteric bullshit

[manic rune]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-wait-cat-looking-gif-9703586837421179457

doing bullshit in your mod sounds like balatro modding

[random sleet]

and since i'm the one you're parasitically attached to at the moment i guess i have to explain how to think

you need to tally every time that a stone card is scored

[frosty dock]

98% of Balatro players can't think?

[random sleet]

this needs to happen even if you dont have the planet card, so you need to do this outside of the planet card itself entirely

[manic rune]

thats not wrong, most of us only know that big numbers = goog

[prisma loom]

Sorry, what's «tally»? I don't know this word

[wintry solar]

Count

[frosty dock]

"count"

[manic rune]

tnuoc

[prisma loom]

Thanks!

[random sleet]

you'll need:
a global variable to serve as the counter that gets saved to the save file (anything put in G.GAME gets saved iirc)
a function that hooks card calculation in some way to count each stone card that gets scored to the above counter
another function that resets that counter at the end of a boss blind (when the ante increases)
then you can use that global variable to be the amount of times you level the hand

there i think that's everything
code part's up to you kid i'm not writing your mod :)

[wintry solar]

😢 autumn why you so mean

[frosty dock]

"kid"

[prisma loom]

Im a 24 yo med student bruh

[random sleet]

wee bab

[manic rune]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/631796832971915275/1309075537846865920/brandbird.gif

[frosty dock]

so I'm practically an infant-?

[random sleet]

yes

[manic rune]

im my dad's sperm

[royal ridge]

life's just started

[manic rune]

about to participate a race soon

[prisma loom]

thats diabolical

[manic rune]

heard its life-changing or smt

[royal ridge]

everything before this was just lore

[manic rune]

i aint wrong tho ❤️

[frosty dock]

I think I might just not exist yet

[prisma loom]

Thanks regardless, you at least gave me the blueprint of what should I do

You actually really helped me with just explaining how planet cards work

[manic rune]

your dad's body is still generating you in his ballsack, patiently wait for ur turn pls

actually, am i gonna get banned for that diabolical statement

💀

[frosty dock]

if I'm not real

[royal ridge]

worse

i'm silently judging you

[manic rune]

damn.

[royal ridge]

(well not silently any more)

[frosty dock]

steamodded is still on 0.7.1 or some shit like that

[manic rune]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-lost-mind-share-this-cat-gif-10624429942940364630

[royal ridge]

if aure didn't exist imagine the balatro modding community

it would be like

bunco

or something

[frosty dock]

crazy timeline

[wintry solar]

Would we be using balamod without aure

Or maybe that aml crap

[frosty dock]

could have been balamod if there never was a 1.0 rewrite

[manic rune]

whats the difference between balamod and steamodded anyways

[random sleet]

raw lovely

[maiden phoenix]

People would modify the exe and every mod would be a standalone

[manic rune]

if there wasnt any john smods, we would all be coding using ngl

[frosty dock]

I mean 0.9.8 was dominant enough but I already had plenty of influence at that point

[wintry solar]

Hmmm, should I make shop functionality for smods today? 🤔

[frosty dock]

we'd be diverging off 0.7.1 which is total infancy

[maiden phoenix]

Just wondering Eremel is the returning level up calculate still on your todo list? 🙏

[frosty dock]

by we I mean you

because I don't exist

[wintry solar]

It is, was wondering the best way to do it, I think a separate return value of level_up_hand would work best?

[maiden phoenix]

I guess, as long as the UI doesn't break I'm happy with anything

[wintry solar]

Oh that bit too

[maiden phoenix]

Yea 😅

[random sleet]

aure did you see my six suits compat

#1331462654732144721 message

[frosty dock]

ooh nice

[runic pecan]

Can I use var:lower() instead of string.lower(var)?

[limpid halo]

hmmm 60 seconds per blind is probably too much right?

(starts at 300 aka 5 minutes)

[random sleet]

balatro but you have 5 chess clock jokers

from 5 different mods

[limpid halo]

yeah~

look im just trying to get familiar 😭

[random sleet]

i think its funny asf

[past forge]

hello guys

[minor magnet]

bump just in case there are any teto fans who can make the teto balatro cover

[minor magnet]

hi vichum!!

[runic pecan]

"if your entire deck has more cards with Diamond suit than cards with non-Diamond suits."
How do I word this better?

[limpid halo]

"If more cards in deck with diamond suit than other suits combined" ?

maybe? idk

[runic pecan]

"than other suits combined"
I'm taking that part

"if Diamond cards in your entire deck are more than other suits combined"
How about this?

[limpid halo]

i'd say to do "if more Diamond cards" instead of "are more than"
idk might otherwise think to add up the values of each card or something?

[runic pecan]

"if your entire deck has more Diamond cards than other suits combined"

[limpid halo]

yeah thats good imo

[runic pecan]

Since the context would be at end_of_round, "entire" might be unnecessary.

[limpid halo]

Probably

I wouldn't worry too much about it, you can always change it later

[frosty dock]

I'd go with "full deck"

[merry raven]

create_card = function(self, card, i)
        local rng = pseudorandom('void_pack')
        if rng > 0.9 then
            return {
                set = "Enhanced", 
                area = G.pack_cards, 
                skip_materialize = true,
                no_edition = false,
                enhancement = "m_fm_transcendent"
            }
        else
            local void_enhancements = {
                "m_fm_overshield",
                "m_fm_volatile",
                "m_fm_devour"
            }
            local selected_enhancement = void_enhancements[math.random(#void_enhancements)]
            
            return {
                set = "Enhanced", 
                area = G.pack_cards, 
                skip_materialize = true,
                no_edition = false,
                enhancement = selected_enhancement
            }
        end
    end

Trying to make a custom Booster Pack that only spawns my mod's enhancements, it works, but for some reason it doesn't grant any editions or seals whatsoever, anything I'm missing?

[past forge]

does somebody know why this patch is not working?

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/state_events.lua"
pattern = "if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then"
position = 'at'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and not (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and scoring_hand[i].base.id == 4) and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then
'''

i know balatro detects it because ir gave some error that I resolve

but if i check the dump in the lovely folder there is nothing in there

[past forge]

is teto a vocaloid artist or something like that?

[hushed field]

how's your mod folder structured? If it's not in there, either the pattern's already modified by another inject, i think

[past forge]

this is how the folder looks

[past forge]

should i just give it more priority?

[wintry solar]

Smods deletes almost the entirety of the default calculation code

[past forge]

is that why the dump is like 300 lines shorter?

[wintry solar]

Probably yeah

[past forge]

every time i try a new approach to do the effect that i want, it gives me a different reason to make it undoable 😭

[hushed field]

are there any good examples of the usecase for the quantum enhancements?

[past forge]

Is there a function to make cards count also as other ranks?

[wintry solar]

There isn’t

[past forge]

:(

[obtuse silo]

the idea of this joker is that it checks the cards played for unique ranks each cycle
it's only checking once for some reason

(haven't implemented the mult function yet though)

[red flower]

maybe I'm misreading something but I think it'll never enter the for loop

it will always be for x=0, 0 do

oh no, sorry it will do one loop

I think you might need a while loop for your case

[frosty dock]

you do need a while loop

[obtuse silo]

over which for loop?

[frosty dock]

also if numberarray == {} never hits

[honest oyster]

im trying to make a joker that gains 2 mult for each 2 scored but it keeps crashing when i play a 2 ("attempt to index field "other card" [a nil value]
this is my code rn (be nice pls, first time coding anything xd)

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult, card.ability.extra.mult_mod } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult,
                messege = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
            }
        end
        if context.other_card:get_id() == 2 then
        card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult + card.ability.extra.mult_mod
        return {
            messege = 'Upgraded!',
            card = card,
            mult = card.ability.extra.mult
        }
        end
    end

[frosty dock]

you can't use a for loop while modifying the array you're looping over

[frosty dock]

please put that in a codeblock
```lua
-- code here
```

anyhow you're missing a context check before accessing context.other_card

in your case, if context.cardarea == G.play and context.individual and context.other_card:get_id() == 2 would be the correct check

also you misspelt message

(your current code also gives mult both when the joker triggers and when the 2 scores)

[honest oyster]

oh because of the context.joker_main ?

[pulsar flower]

does smods allow for changing a consumable set's materialize color? i don't see it documented but i figured i'd make sure before resorting to patches

[weak gate]

is there a context for when you enter the shop?

[past forge]

then this effect is impossible?

i mean i cold do an ENORMOUS patch to it to make effect

but if i can not even do the glass card patch i doubt i can do this yet

[pulsar flower]

the way rank is checked doesn't allow for the same effects as pareidolia or wild card unfortunately

[past forge]

i see

[pulsar flower]

in theory it could be changed, but then it would require a patch to every part in the game's code where a rank is retrieved and checked

[past forge]

and it would make incompatible with other mods

[pulsar flower]

yeah but you probably wouldn't be able to do it in the first place

bc of smods very likely patching over some of those parts

it's unfortunate but it is what it is

[past forge]

im currently having a even more simple problem because of that

i trying to patch a function in state_events but smods seems to cut like 300 lines of code in that file

[pulsar flower]

yeah i've run into the same problem before

it's possible to work around it, what do you have in mind

[red flower]

you should check what the new code looks like and just apply the patch to that

[past forge]

this is the effect that im trying to do

the glass part, ive already made a hook for the lucky card part

[pulsar flower]

ah, that's tough

[past forge]

ive wrote this patch

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/state_events.lua"
pattern = "if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then"
position = 'at'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and not (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and scoring_hand[i].base.id == 4) and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then
'''

but that part doesnt exist in the lovely dump

[pulsar flower]

yeah, bettercalc stuff i think

[pulsar flower]

maybe this actually works? i've never tried it

[frosty dock]

bettercalc stuff indeed

[crisp coral]

patching works if your prio is higher

[weak gate]

yes smods changes that part of the code @past forge

[frosty dock]

smods moves card destruction checks to its own util function

[atomic edge]

is there a mod i can take a look at that has some kind of a "quest" that is constantly checking for its conditions to be met?

[frosty dock]

SMODS.calculate_destroying_cards, that's what you need to patch (target: '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]')

[unkempt thicket]

what's the better calc version for this?

[crisp coral]

what is this condition of yours

because you don't want to constantly check if possible

[wintry solar]

What are you trying to do?

[atomic edge]

i wanted to make a quest type card that gets activated after you change the suits of 3 cards

[limpid halo]

Just store the progress in a extra var for the card tbh

[unkempt thicket]

Make cards with a certain ability score, like stone cards.

[atomic edge]

is that a reply to me or the other guy sorry im not so proficient in this

[limpid halo]

neither because i realize thats not what you were asking 💀

[atomic edge]

hahahahaha

[wintry solar]

Hook SMODS.always_scores

[pulsar flower]

this will make my two jokers that act on unscored cards very happy

[limpid halo]

i imagine you'd need to hook card:set_base or something

dunno if that'd cover all methods to change cards like that?

[past forge]

like making a patch to the dump?

[fickle quail]

How would I go about checking to see if a card is facing down? self.facing == 'back' ain't working for me.

function Card:init(...)
    
    original_card_init(self, ...)
    
    if G.GAME.selected_back ~= nil and true then
        self.sticker = get_deck_win_sticker(G.GAME.selected_back.effect.center)
    end
    
end```

[past forge]

ill try now

[wintry solar]

For the glass effect you can just handle it in your jokers calculate function

[fickle quail]

(..."and true" is a placeholder for self.facing == 'back')

[wintry solar]

You don’t need to actually change the roll, you can just force destroy them

Oh it’s never break

Nvm

[crisp coral]

card.init is called when the card is created (not facing down)

[unkempt thicket]

How can I do that to these?

[red flower]

do what aure said

[frosty dock]

why do I see so much card.SMODS.thing

[fickle quail]

Yes, but I want to affect just the backs of the cards
...or actually now I think about it, that doesn't work like that, does it. Aight, ta.

[wintry solar]

No you hook the function to return true when the card has the suitless property

[limpid halo]

This text feels a little awkward..

[X1] per hand and discard
Sets hands to 1 and discards to 0 for the blind
(Currently [X#])

Any ideas?

[past forge]

so this should work?

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]'
pattern = "if scoring_hand and SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_glass') and not card.debuff and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/(card.ability.name == 'Glass Card' and card.ability.extra or G.P_CENTERS.m_glass.config.extra) then"
position = 'at'
match_indent = true
payload = '''
if scoring_hand[i].ability.name == 'Glass Card' and not scoring_hand[i].debuff and not (SMODS.find_card("j_toyr_four_leaf_clover") and scoring_hand[i].base.id == 4) and pseudorandom('glass') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/scoring_hand[i].ability.extra then
'''

[hushed field]

"When you select a blind ..." is how I'd rephrase that

[past forge]

it gives me this crash

[stiff locust]

When blind is selected,
Lose all Discards and all but 1 Hand
Gains X1 Mult for each Hand or Discard removed
(currently x)

[crisp coral]

When Blind is selected, sets hands to 1 and discards to 0
+X1 Mult for each hands and discards removed this Blind
(Currently X1 Mult)

reword if scaling

[past forge]

DONE IT

[hushed field]

nice! that must feel cathartic after trying to figure it out for so long, haha

[limpid halo]

Settling on this for now, thanks Myst and Marie

[atomic edge]

yea makes sense, how could i check for cards that only change their suits and not their ranks?

[limpid halo]

the function takes strings like "H_2" right?
just grab the number part and compare to the same on the cards card_key?

maybe that'll work?

[atomic edge]

ohhh thanks so much

[merry raven]

Destiny 2 reference????

Excellent

i am making a destiny 2 mod if you wanna check that out

[limpid halo]

oh hell yeah i'd love to

[merry raven]

It's called Fatemaker you can find it in the modding forum

[limpid halo]

i'm still fighting burglar on the extra hands which is annoying

[main mica]

Where does the game save G.playing_cards to file?

[dim dust]

Is there a way to disable and enable Suits accordingly to the chosen deck ?

[vapid cloak]

how can i get started modding? i know java and python, and have never modded before

[frosty dock]

Start here: https://github.com/steamodded/smods/wiki/Your-first-Mod

[vapid cloak]

thank you!

no way bro is john steammodded

where should i code it? notepad, visualcode?

[dim dust]

Visual Studio Code is friendly beginner

So yeah

[vapid cloak]

thanks!

[main mica]

vsc 🗣️

[frosty dock]

yeah vscode works well enough, make sure to install a lua extension

[vapid cloak]

thanks, any links to a lua extension i can get from ghere?

[dim dust]

lua.org

[vapid cloak]

tyt

y

[dim dust]

LMAO

SORRY

Go to extensions

[frosty dock]

you can just search for lua in the extensions tab

[dim dust]

Search for Lua

And you'll get some extension

[vapid cloak]

kk

[wooden nexus]

Before I just make a new Strength, is there a way for me to modify the original strength to make it so that if it's a certain suit and rank to go to a different one.

Example: For Mahjong, can I change it so that instead of 9 -> 10, it's 9 -> 1?

[frosty dock]

I guess you could change the rank's strength effect on the fly, maybe that needs a more flexible system too

[atomic edge]

what does nominal mean here (conntext: its in the card:set_base function

[frosty dock]

base chips

[wooden nexus]

so how would i do that? A lovely patch?

[woeful portal]

Hi guys, just wondering would making an addon mod for a mod be possible/easy
like i mean using rarities, types and other things from another mod

[frosty dock]

i guess so, just modifying rank data won't cut it because that's not run data

[normal crest]

Yes just make sure to add the other mod as a dependency and set the priority so that your mod loads after the original

[woeful portal]

o thanks

[wooden nexus]

Also, is it possible to just disable the suit-changers? I think I could just do the banned items like in a challenge deck but thought I'd ask

Or like... "If Rank = Invalid" then make it impossible to use

[main mica]

Where does the game save G.playing_cards to file?

[past forge]

true

now im trying to figure out if there is a way to show a message on the joker card when it prevents shattering or when it triggers the lucky card

[hushed field]

that should be really doable if you've managed to already do those checks

just check if the joker's present and pop a card_eval_status_text()

[past forge]

card_eval_status_text() works the same as the message?

[hushed field]

no, it'll contain message

[past forge]

ive just seen it in the card.lua

will try it rn

[hushed field]

i have my editor closed, so I can't grab a quick example, but if you look for it, there should be good examples in the lovely dump!

[past forge]

done, it was easier than I though :)

[hushed field]

Great

What's the mod you're working on btw? Just joker ideas you've had, or is it themed?

[past forge]

well, by the moment is just joker ideas, but keeping it pretty vanilla. Im doing a pack for practicing because I met the artist (toyrapple) in the fanart channel of this server

he knew how to draw, i knew how to code, and we teamed up to make this set of jokers

[limpid halo]

wasn't prepared for this to force me to figure out lovely patching 😭

[past forge]

that was me yesterday

i was scared to patch

but now, im patched

(i just wrote 17 lines in the .toml)

[hushed field]

It's luckily not that difficult, it just seems scary, haha

[dreamy thunder]

at some point i gotta learn lovely patches too

[limpid halo]

it's pretty easy just gotta find where to put your act of vandalism

[past forge]

true

the worst part about patching is that smods does patch the code before you, so youll have to work like you are working a patched code

[honest oyster]

SMODS.Joker{
    key = 'twostep',
    config = { extra = { mult = 2, mult_mod = 2 } },
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'TwoStep',
        text = {
            'Gains {C:mult}+#2#{} Mult',
            'for each scored {C:attention}2{}',
            '{C:inactive}(Currently {C:mult}+#2#{C:inactive} Mult)'
        }
    },
    atlas = 'twostep',
    pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
    rarity = 2,
    cost = 6,
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult, card.ability.extra.mult_mod } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } },
                mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult
            }
        end
        if context.cardarea == G.play and context.individual and context.other_card:get_id() == 2 then
        card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult + card.ability.extra.mult_mod
        return {
            message = localize('Upgraded!'),
            colour = G.C.MULT,
            card = card
        }
        end
    end
}

i got the joker to work as i wanted it to, but how do i update the mult in the description? also the message thing doesnt work.. sorry to bother u again :s

[past forge]

welcome to the world of variables!

[limpid halo]

just pray you're trying to patch a piece of unpatched code :^)

[past forge]

you should put #1# in the second variable i think

[honest oyster]

yea sorry im new to all this, i tried using some of the examplejokers but cant really find out how

[past forge]

dw, we are here to help

[honest oyster]

#1# where?

ohhh wait instead of the #2#?

[past forge]

so #1#, #2# and so on are the order in which the variables appear in loc_vars

[honest oyster]

OHHHhh

[past forge]

so #1# would be the mult, and #2# would be the mult_mod

        text = {
            'Gains {C:mult}+#2#{} Mult',
            'for each scored {C:attention}2{}',
            '{C:inactive}(Currently {C:mult}+#1#{C:inactive} Mult)'
        }

I think you want your description to be like this

[honest oyster]

yeah that worked thanks alot :D

[past forge]

:)

im also a beginner and i started this week so i like to help when i can

[limpid halo]

uhh,, adding custom calculate_joker calls shouldn't break anything using correct context checks right (i apply a custom context variable)

[honest oyster]

        if context.cardarea == G.play and context.individual and context.other_card:get_id() == 2 then
        card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult + card.ability.extra.mult_mod
        return {
            message = localize('Upgraded!'),
            colour = G.C.MULT,
            card = card
        }
```lua

any idea how i get the Upgraded to pop up when 2's are scored?

[past forge]

a lot of people helped me here, so dont fear to ask your dumbest questions

[left lance]

question for y'all; how are you debugging jokers/spawning them in?

[limpid halo]

DebugPlus go to your mod and press ctrl + 3

[honest oyster]

DebugPlus mod, go into colleciton and CTRL + 3 to spawn it

[past forge]

there is a localize message for it, let me look for it quickly

[limpid halo]

card_eval_status_text

[past forge]

message = localize('k_upgrade_ex')

[past forge]

If you use this one, is the one already made in the source code, and it will be translated if you have the game in another language

[past forge]

i also have toomanyjokers mod

if you press T, it would give you a menu when you can spawn any card by hovering it and pressing c

[limpid halo]

i like card flippy :)
https://awoo.download/qTu2LBh04.mp4

[past forge]

my timing on flipping, changing ranks and messages is horrendous

btw, how do you guys screen record? my obs just lags the shit out of my humble laptop

[limpid halo]

for short clips i use sharex

for the rest, obs

[limpid halo]

it's pretty jank but hey it looks cool 😭

[left lance]

would this not be how to make 1/2 odds, and display it properly? This card seemingly repeats 100% of the time atm, and also displays as "1/+nil"

[minor furnace]

Gotta love attempting to create a new joker for the first time just to test to make sure I actually am able to, and getting an error when I try to hover over it in the collection. Didn't crash unitl I added the loc_vars bit, got the following error:
attempt to index field 'extra' (a nil value)

SMODS.Joker{
    key = 'Rekoj',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Rekoj',
        text = {
            'Gives {X:mult,C:white}#1#{} Mult'
        }
    },
    atlas = "Rekoj",
    pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
    cofig = {extra = {mult = -4}},
    loc_vars = function(self,info_queue,center)
        return {vars = {center.ability.extra.mult}}
    end
}

[honest oyster]

Thanks, got the joker fully working now. Starting to understand everything a bit better now haha

[left lance]

you can give minus mult to cards?

[minor furnace]

Not sure. Still crashed when I made it positive though

[past forge]

this is jank

[limpid halo]

wait what

oh neat

[past forge]

no... not neat

you can see the card changing even before they flip

[limpid halo]

what i did to fix that is to put the actual card change before the unflip call

[main mica]

Slap a delay(0.1) on that thing

[limpid halo]

-- effects :3
local percent = 1.15 - (i-0.999)/(#context.scoring_hand-0.998)*0.3

scored_card:flip();
play_sound('card1', percent);
card:juice_up(0.3, 0.3);

-- Flip the card back
G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
    trigger = "after",
    blockable = false,
    delay = 0.2,
    func = function()
        SMODS.change_base(scored_card, nil, new_rank)
        play_sound('card1', percent);
        scored_card:flip();
        scored_card:juice_up(0.3, 0.3);
        return true
    end
}))
return true

[past forge]

                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({trigger = 'after', delay = 0.14, func = function()
                    v:set_base(G.P_CARDS[suit_prefix .. rank_suffix])
                    return true
                end}))

                local percent = 0.85 + (i-0.999)/(#G.hand.cards-0.998)*0.3 
    
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({trigger = 'after', delay = 0, func = function()
                    v:flip() 
                    play_sound('tarot2', percent, 0.6)
                    v:juice_up(0.3, 0.3)
                    

                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({trigger = 'after', delay = 0.15, func = function()
                        v:flip() 
                        play_sound('tarot2', percent * 0.9, 0.5) 
                        return true
                    end}))

this is what i did

maybe is the order?

should the fist flip be before the set_base?

[limpid halo]

your first event where you change the base, gets called first
it waits for that to return to call the second, and then the third

if you remove the first G.E_MANAGER:add_event and move the v:set_base to the last G.E_MANAGER:add_event (before the v:flip) it should work

[minor furnace]

Debug returns this as the problematic line:

return {vars = {center.ability.extra.mult}}

[bold sleet]

Hello, quick question: Is there a way to access vanilla balatro's files from a mod?

[limpid halo]

in what way? code? assets?

[bold sleet]

assets

Sounds.

[minor furnace]

you can access the vanilla files without mods, by unzipping the application with 7zip

[bold sleet]

I know.,

Without having to copy and paste balatro's sounds.

[limpid halo]

Just call them the same way the base game does?

[bold sleet]

If I try to call it by the file name the path isn't right.

[limpid halo]

What are you trying to do, play a sound?

[bold sleet]

Snce it tries to look though the mod's path instead of balatro's path.

Ye.

[limpid halo]

its just like this play_sound('paper1')

[orchid thunder]

I need help figuring out card areas and ui elements they make no sense

[past forge]

since the matter is on the table

how do i play a sound that i have in my assets>sounds folder?

[orchid thunder]

You add the sound

[bold sleet]

problem is:

It looks in my mods directory instead of balatro's.

[limpid halo]

why is it trying to open paper_1.ogg instead of paper1.ogg

did you put the name right?

[bold sleet]

because i stupid

[limpid halo]

happens

[orchid thunder]

    key = "key",
    path = "file_name.ogg",
})```

[wintry solar]

That’s also not your mod directory path and if your mod is structured that way it won’t work anyway

[limpid halo]

thats for custom sounds, not vanilla ones

[orchid thunder]

Oh

[bold sleet]

ah it works now ig?

[limpid halo]

[orchid thunder]

Paper_1 is a vanilla sound?

[bold sleet]

my bad then

[past forge]

how?

[bold sleet]

sorry for the inconvenience

[limpid halo]

paper1 is

[orchid thunder]

Oh

[orchid thunder]

@past forge

[past forge]

thanks

[minor furnace]

I love typing when I think I have the search bar open

[limpid halo]

in: 💻・modding-dev g.STATE
be like

[orchid thunder]

Bu t yeah I'm going crazy

Card areas are stupid

[past forge]

i dont even understand cardareas

wth

[orchid thunder]

Yeah indont understand why it decides it needs to have gravity

[orchid thunder]

Code?

[past forge]

is the path isnt it?

[orchid thunder]

Show localization

It's a localisation problem

[past forge]

wow

no thanks

[orchid thunder]

Ok get the mods

[nova finch]

https://www.sudomemo.net/theatre_assets/images/dynamic/playback/584844800723EEB4/23EEB4_179A7159E922E_000.gif?loop

[orchid thunder]

<@&1133519078540185692>

Thanks

[past forge]

this was us rn

what were we talking about

ah yes

i dont have that in loc

oh wait

[dreamy thunder]

missing

","?

[past forge]

the problem is the message, not the sounds

[orchid thunder]

Localisation also why a table just make it a string

[manic rune]

ngl should i work on an API to simplify the additions of animated images (through sprite sheets)

[orchid thunder]

Tables are for multiple values

[orchid thunder]

That would be epic

[hushed briar]

is there a way to apply a sprite directly on top of a joker, without it floating above like a soul sprite

[past forge]

i guess you could just update the whole sprite

[hushed briar]

well the issue is that i want the sprite to be partially off of the joker itself

but i still want the hitbox to be that of a normal sized card

[past forge]

how do I make the sound look in my mod folder instead of balatros?

[hushed briar]

so i either need to apply the sprite on top or figure out a way for a normal sized card to use a larger sprite

[frosty dock]

Remove the assets/sounds/ from path, it's added automatically

[past forge]

i did that before and it crashed the same way

its looking for a resources instead for an assets folder

[frosty dock]

that means your sound isn't registered properly

any other logs about it?

[past forge]

registered where? i just put it there in the main.lua

then i access it like this

[frosty dock]

oh

you need to add the mod prefix when referencing the sound like this