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[grim remnant]

still trying to figure out the "take the quantity of clubs in a deck as a variable" thing. i basically wanna be able to take this number

[spring lantern]

ouch

[neat plover]

can someone explain to me what the hell are the rules with those hashtags?

[opal spade]

pseudorandom_element is wrong

instead of G.jokers you need to have G.jokers.cards

[spring lantern]

wait right i'm dumb

[normal crest]

#1# means take the first value returned in vars from the loc_vars function

that's pretty much all there is to it

#2# would be the second, and so on

[neat plover]

oh ok

[spring lantern]

i also had the emplace function the wrong way around lmfao

works now thanks

also how can i add the perishable info card to the info queue of the joker?

i have the negative info card but i can't find the reference to the perishable sticker

[neat plover]

how to check if a card is lucky or not?

[normal crest]

SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_lucky')

[neat plover]

how do i put this in an if else?

[spring lantern]

that should return a bool

so if SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_lucky') then

[neat plover]

thanks

[minor furnace]

Cannot for the life of me figure out why I can't use this while it's in my inventory when I have full consumable slots

        if #G.consumeables.cards < G.consumeables.config.card_limit or self.area == G.consumeables then
            return true
        end
    end,```

[neat plover]

im trying to add 20 chips when no lucky cards trigger

if SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_lucky') then
-- Gives chips if roll succeeds
if not card.lucky_trigger then
card.ability.extra.chips = card.ability.extra.chips + card.ability.extra.chip_mod

it won't work

[minor furnace]

lucky cards are weird

[atomic edge]

why does it say that "shader uniform "antimatter" doesnt exist"?

i mean it throws that error

[normal crest]

What context are you using

[neat plover]

?

[atomic edge]

i just copy pasted it from the examples in smods github

[minor furnace]

because thier effects are calculated separately in both get_chip_mult() and get_p_dollars()

[normal crest]

what's your calculate function

[neat plover]

i don't understand sorry

[normal crest]

Send the entire joker

[spring lantern]

if you don't know what a context or a calculate function are you should go re-read the wiki

[atomic edge]

can anyone help pls?

[normal crest]

add your mod prefix to it

prefix_antimatter

[atomic edge]

to the key?

[normal crest]

in the Edition

not in the key

[atomic edge]

ohhh

makes sense thanks

[normal crest]

Use context.other_card in has_enhancement instead of card

[neat plover]

ok sorry if i'm stupid

[atomic edge]

wait you mean to the shader = part of the editio

?

because that is not working

or do i have to add it somewhere else

[normal crest]

Oh my bad

I don't think you need the prefix there

Is your shader in assets/shaders

[atomic edge]

yes

[spring lantern]

okay so i'm creating a negative perishable joker, cool, but then at the end of the round when it's supposed to reduce the perishable counter my game just crashes

am i doing something wrong? is there a better way to add perishable to a joker?

[normal crest]

new_joker:set_perishable(true)

[spring lantern]

am makes sense

[neat plover]

for some reason it still doesn't work

[normal crest]

What's your code again

[neat plover]

i think i sent it

[normal crest]

What did you change then

[neat plover]

if SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_lucky') then
-- Gives chips if roll succeeds
if not context.other_card.lucky_trigger then
card.ability.extra.chips = card.ability.extra.chips + card.ability.extra.chip_mod

[normal crest]

if SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_lucky') then -> if SMODS.has_enhancement(context.other_card, 'm_lucky') then

[neat plover]

oooooohhhh

[normal crest]

card in your calculate function refers to your joker

and your joker is never gonna have an enhancement

[neat plover]

can't thank you enough

[grim remnant]

i um, still need help figuring out how to grab the number of clubs in the current deck

[neat plover]

oh my god it works flawlessly

[hushed field]

loop through G.deck and check the suits

[spring lantern]

GAHH WHY

[neat plover]

i never thought modding could this fun

[spring lantern]

fake negative

[neat plover]

that sucks

[spring lantern]

do i just have to manually increase the joker limit

that can't be it

oh wait i didn't add to deck

oops!

[minor furnace]

So, self.area prints blank when I select the card inside a full consumable inventory, and when I swap out the contents of the print for self.area == G.consumeables it returns false

        print(self.area)
        if #G.consumeables.cards < G.consumeables.config.card_limit or self.area == G.consumeables then
            return true
        end
end```

[spring lantern]

okay no adding to deck didn't fix this

[normal crest]

card.area

[minor furnace]

Despite the fact that this condition works for the default High Priestess and Emperor cards

[normal crest]

self is not a card object

[minor furnace]

ah

that'd probably be it then

thanks! that fixed it

oh yk. it was definitely self.area in the original function because that function was from card.lua

[spring lantern]

MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE

i guess i'm no longer making this blueprint compatible

[grim remnant]

whoops,

[spring lantern]

also they're still fake negatives 😭

[grim remnant]

uhhhh. How do I do that. my lua is rusty as heck, sorry ^^;

[dim dust]

Right one look like Luigi

[past forge]

whit a for loop :)

how do i make this: if context.joker_main and next(context.poker_hands["High Card"]) then trigger when hand IS a High card, intead of when it contains one

[jovial harness]

Trying to figure out how to remove a card if it's the only card discarded and it's a glass one, but I'm not entirely sure how to wait it just works.

[wintry solar]

context.scoring_name == 'High Card'

[grim remnant]

i mean. where do i put it? i'm trying to do something to the tune of G.GAME.round_resets.hands = G.GAME.round_resets.hands + (card.ability.extra.handGain * (card.ability.extra.clubsInDeck / 5)). and then something to handle rounding down, of course

[minor magnet]

can anyone tell me why this isn't triggering?

[jovial harness]

Try removing context.cardarea == G.play if it's a joker

[minor magnet]

still doesn't work

[jovial harness]

I'm pretty new to modding but that line reads to me as "if this joker is in the place where playing cards go" - might be wrong with that

[minor magnet]

context.cardarea == G.play makes it so it only triggers for the cards in the played hand

[normal crest]

that line would read to if the card being evaluated is in the played hand

[jovial harness]

Yeah - I was wrong with that, my bad

[normal crest]

I am not sure why it's not triggering tho

Is it a joker

[minor magnet]

yes

[normal crest]

And you're playing kings of hearts with that joker, and they don't do anything

[minor magnet]

yes

[jovial harness]

Can we see the full joker? I think I have an idea what it is

I think it's the Xmult_mod = card.ability.extra.Xmult, line

[faint yacht]

Just return xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult.

[minor furnace]

I'm gonna have a fun time figuring out what lovely injections I need to implement xChip

[wintry solar]

xchip is in smods

[minor furnace]

nevermind we're so back

[atomic edge]

does anyone know how the time variable changes in balatros shader code?

[minor furnace]

so, I don't see xChip as a default Enhancement parameter but I'll keep digging through the documentation

[wintry solar]

we don't use default parameters they are stinky

use a calculate function

[minor furnace]

valid

[normal crest]

I don't see anything wrong with this, as long as those other mods are installed

[wintry solar]

yeah it all looks good to me, only thing I can think of is its an old save before the config was added properly

[past forge]

i guess that making this effect is impossible without doing an unnecesary complicated patch?

[jovial harness]

betmma jokers has it already iirc

[violet void]

Is there anything wrong about how I'm adding this consumable? Its my first one and it doesnt appear in the collection at all

loc_txt is in loc file

[normal crest]

remove the = after Consumable

you're reassigning SMODS.Consumable

[violet void]

dang 🤦🏽‍♂️

[minor furnace]

I do not see xChip on the Calculate function page, but I may be blind

[wintry solar]

it's not on the page

[normal crest]

also you can add max_highlighted in config instead of that can_use function

[wintry solar]

just return xchips = X

[wicked spire]

what the heck does "juice up" mean

[normal crest]

make the card jiggle a bit

[minor furnace]

well that's awesome lol

[minor magnet]

she works now, what do y'all think of her

she also plays fukkireta when you get her

[past forge]

"garbshit" i love it

[wicked spire]

king of hearts more like king of farts

[past forge]

im making this enhancement where any card scored gives +1 mul permanently to the hand played, but it conflicts with the levels/planets, since if you level up with a planet it would just go to the mult of that level

any tips or help?

[jovial harness]

"garbshit" lmao, that's a good mod name. I don't know who Teto is but they're a fun card. I feel like X1.5 might be a tiny weak for requiring a specific card

[past forge]

(also the ui doesnt update properly but thats kinda secondary)

[normal crest]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-horrors-beyond-our-comprehension-low-tier-god-mods-banned-gif-8530537273735940092

[wintry solar]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[grim remnant]

yeah, we got nothing.

[faint yacht]

That if context.setting_blind should be in a calculate function.

[normal crest]

That... is so far beyond what lua is

[grim remnant]

all i was told is "use a for statement" and. I don't know how to do that.

i want to try to make it so that at the start of every hand (preferrably, i'd want this to be anytime the deck is modified, but i'm taking this one step at a time here), set the variable clubsInDeck to the number of clubs in the deck.

what do i use? a for statement. how do i use it? no, seriously, how do i use it

[faint yacht]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Calculate-Functions

[normal crest]

I think this is more of a lack of lua knowledge than anything steamodded related

[grim remnant]

i did say my lua is insanely rusty. ;P

[normal crest]

programming is like riding a bike tho, you don't just forget how a for loop works

either way, what Ali is saying is what you need to do, your joker's effects should be in the calculate function

[grim remnant]

would i want to use check_enhancement for if i'm checking anytime a card is modified?

[atomic edge]

can you add time to shaders in f# because i cant seem to get it right

[normal crest]

one step at a time remember

[grim remnant]

(not that it would fix the "check for clubs" code but w/e)

[normal crest]

And there's no context for "counting cards"

you can do that anywhere

looping through G.deck.cards (for current deck) or G.playing_cards (for full deck)

[opal plinth]

what does this mean?

[normal crest]

means TalismanCompat doesn't exist

as a variable

[cursive glade]

Making a DeckSkin is a bit more complicated than I thought. Is there any way to override or re-order the layering system for the playing cards? I'm trying to make a rather complicated deck skin...

[hardy vessel]

Hi! I'm having an issue with this effect when I *don't* play a Straight. If I do, even if the desired card is not in the hand, it works fine. But any other kind of hand just crashes the game saying "#context.scoring_hand is nil"

 if context.cardarea == G.jokers and not context.before and not context.after and #G.consumeables.cards + G.GAME.consumeable_buffer < G.consumeables.config.card_limit then
            local mage_check = 0
            for i = 1, #context.scoring_hand do --Game Crash here
                if context.scoring_hand[i]:get_id() == G.GAME.current_round.mage_card.id then
                    mage_check = mage_check + 1
                end
            end
            if mage_check >= 1 and next(context.poker_hands["Straight"]) then
                G.GAME.consumeable_buffer = G.GAME.consumeable_buffer + 1
                local tarot_or_planet = {}
                for i = 1, #G.consumeables.cards do
                    if G.consumeables.cards[i].ability.set == "Tarot" or G.consumeables.cards[i].ability.set == "Planet" then
                        tarot_or_planet[#tarot_or_planet+1] = G.consumeables.cards[i]
                    end
                end
                if #tarot_or_planet >= 1 then
                    print(#tarot_or_planet)
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    trigger = 'before',
                    delay = 0.0,
                    func = function()
                            local mage_dupe = pseudorandom_element(tarot_or_planet, pseudoseed('mysteriousmage'))
                            local card = copy_card(mage_dupe, nil, nil, nil, mage_dupe.edition and mage_dupe.edition.negative)
                            card:add_to_deck()
                            G.consumeables:emplace(card)
                            G.GAME.consumeable_buffer = 0
                            return true
                    end}))
                    return {
                        message = localize('k_duplicated_ex'),
                        card = card
                      }
                end
            end
        end

[opal plinth]

mm alright

[atomic edge]

does anyone know?

[opal plinth]

i cant seem to find it anywhere

[faint yacht]

You had the right idea for iterating through the cards, I'll give you that. But here, this should explain things more. At least, I hope.

calculate = function(self, card, context) -- this is executed whenever a context is triggered and such on a given Object. (Jokers are Objects too.)
  if context.setting_blind then -- check if we are starting a blind.
    local clubfound = 0 -- initiate temporary variable and 0 it.
    for i = 1, #G.deck.cards do -- iterate through the cards in deck.
      if G.deck.cards[i]:is_suit('Clubs') then clubfound = clubfound + 1 end -- if card is of the suit (or Wild, keep this in mind), add 1.
    end
    card.ability.extra.clubsInDeck = clubfound -- set the card's variable to the temporary one.
  end
end,

[normal crest]

well first of all you haven't defined WHEN your effect happens, you just said it's not before or after

and not all contexts have a scoring_hand passed to them

[hidden timber]

daily reminder for everyone who wants their mod on the Balatro Mod Manager: https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index

[hardy vessel]

Okay, I'm basing the effect on Superposition which is neither before nor after. I want this effect to work on the same timing as that card.

[normal crest]

that would be context.joker_main

[blazing torrent]

Hey maybe someone knows, i spent awhile digging through chat and saw instances of it, but not sure. I want to destroy played cards, I have it destroying it, but the playing cards seem to end up like a ghost in the deck. So the deck will say 52/49. They also appear in the tarot packs

[broken cliff]

did u add remove = true?

[blazing torrent]

Shucks I thought i saw someone say start_dissovle does that

But maybe not

[grim remnant]

okay, the actual club counting aspect works, thank goodness. the main issue is now the giving hands thing--i kinda wanted it to be on a per-blind basis, rather than flat like merry andy's. how do i do that?

[snow axle]

It's nicknamed ghost cards iirc,
Returning {remove = true} in a calculate() is the cleanest way to avoid them

[hardy vessel]

Ah, I see. Seems to be working now. Thank you

[normal crest]

There's a specific context for marking playing cards to be destroyed context.destroy_card

[blazing torrent]

I do have it, I can post the code, it gets removed from an add_event handler. which might not be the correct way to do it.

Appreciate yalls help though

[spring lantern]

hey so i still have the issue where negative jokers i create with this function don't apply the +1 joker slot, i'm totally lost...

[normal crest]

i think you meant to do new_joker:add_to_deck()

[spring lantern]

OH MY GOD

why am i so stupid

this shit had me stumped for like an hour

[blazing torrent]

So i think wha would help the most is if i explain what i am trying to accomplish plus the issue. So yes I am dealing with the ghosting here is my code, it basically checks to see if you have a three 3s in your played hand then removes them up to 3 times. Each time it is removed you get 3$ so a total of 9 per round. It resets after the round. Everything works except the ghosting.

       calculate = function(self, jokerCard, context)
            if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play then
                local currentCount = 0
                if context.other_card and context.other_card:get_id() == 3 and self.config.extra.count_destroyed < 3 then
                        self.config.extra.count_destroyed = self.config.extra.count_destroyed + 1
                        currentCount = currentCount + 1
                    local card_to_destroy = context.other_card
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({func = function()
                        card_to_destroy:start_dissolve({G.C.RED}, nil, 1.6)
                        return true
                    end
                    }))
                end
                if(currentCount > 0)then
                    return {
                        card = jokerCard,
                        remove = true,
                        delay = 0.45,
                        dollars = currentCount * 3,
                    }
                end
            end
            if context.end_of_round then
                self.config.extra.count_destroyed = 0
            end
        end

I think the return is probably wrong but i was checking game code of the Trading Card, and they had something like that in it.

[normal crest]

trading card uses the discard context, where returning remove = true is valid

[blazing torrent]

Ohh okay so since im doing this in the context of the cardarea it wouldnt be valid

[normal crest]

individual is the context you're using here, cardarea is more of a check on where the cards you want your effect to happen to are

from what I'm seeing, your intended effect is that it destroys up to three 3s scored

[blazing torrent]

Yeah exactly

The context stuff is weird to me, but I see what you had meant about context.destroy_card, it needs to happen in the calculate for the joker

[normal crest]

to start, you shouldn't use self.config, you should use jokerCard.ability

[jovial harness]

Is there a way to make a custom suit but not have it in the starting deck?

[grim remnant]

okay, it at least counts properly, but it doesn't seem to update correctly if cards are modified (e.g. with moon), and to a far lesser extent, it doesn't round down yet. what am i missing here? is having two distinct calculates with if context.setting_blind then breaking the updates somehow?

    key = 'springMushroom',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Spring Mushroom',
        text = {
            "When {C:attention}Blind{} is selected,",
            "gain {C:blue}+#1#{} hand for",
            "every 5 {C:clubs}Clubs{} cards",
            "Currently #2#"
        }
    },
    config = { extra = { handGain = 1 , clubsInDeck = 13 } },
    rarity = 2,
    atlas = 'StellationJokers',
    pos = { x = 3, y = 0 },
    cost = 7,
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.handGain, card.ability.extra.clubsInDeck } }
    end,
    
    --calculate clubs in deck (THANK YOU TO theonegoofali ON DISCORD)
    calculate = function(self, card, context) -- this is executed whenever a context is triggered and such on a given Object. (Jokers are Objects too.)
        if context.setting_blind then -- check if we are starting a blind.
            local clubfound = 0 -- initiate temporary variable and 0 it.
            for i = 1, #G.deck.cards do -- iterate through the cards in deck.
                if G.deck.cards[i]:is_suit('Clubs') then clubfound = clubfound + 1 end -- if card is of the suit (or Wild, keep this in mind), add 1.
            end
        card.ability.extra.clubsInDeck = clubfound -- set the card's variable to the temporary one.
        end
    end,
    
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.setting_blind then
            ease_hands_played(card.ability.extra.clubsInDeck / 5)
        end
    end,
}```

[normal crest]

and you can do if context.destroy_card and context.destroy_card:get_id() == 3 then

[blazing torrent]

OKI that makes more sense, that way i can do the return {remove = true}

[normal crest]

and simply return { remove = true }, tho do note that this marks them to be destroyed after scoring and doesn't destroy them immediately

like how glass cards aren't destroyed immediately when scored

also destroy_card is called for every card in the specified cardarea so you don't need to loop through the scoring hand

[normal crest]

there's no "two distinct calculate functions"

there can only be one

so you put all your logic in one definition

[grim remnant]

okay, there we go! the only thing left is making it so the total changes on card modifications (either enhancements, adding, or subtraction cards) and, of course, rounding down the result in the actual equation for ease_hands_played()

[normal crest]

what would be the purpose of counting the clubs after a card modification is made?

Oh I see, you want it to show how many hands you'd get in the description

[grim remnant]

yeah, i wanted a live total on the card itself, and the moon tarot exists (of course)

[normal crest]

all you do is count the cards in your loc_vars function as well

[unkempt thicket]

what file are cards scored again?

[grim remnant]

wait, is that different from just having the clubsInDeck variable be specified in loc_vars? (also, the problem isn't having issues displaying it, it's the delay in displaying it that comes with how the counting only ever happens at the start of a blind; optimally, i would want it to be whenever the deck is modified)

[minor furnace]

I think I've finally hit the wall that is going to force me to figure out lovely injections. Because I need the regular Emperor to only pull from normal tarot cards, Reverse Emperor to only pull from Reverse tarot cards, but both have a chance to appear in Arcana Packs

[normal crest]

the clubsInDeck variable here is pretty useless here i'm gonna be honest

And loc_vars is called whenever you hover over a card

so you would not have the displaying issues you mentioned

[past forge]

bump

[grim remnant]

clubsInDeck is mostly for the sake of actually calculating the resulting hands; i'm having it serve double-purpose for display on the card itself if i can help it. i also don't exactly think i can only calculate it when the card is hovered over, since otherwise, if you summoned it via judgement, it would try to calculate giving the hands without actually calculating the clubs, and Oh No That's An Equation With A Potentially Unset Variable

[normal crest]

I think this will be easier to explain with actual code

Give me a second

[grim remnant]

np! honestly at this point if i do release this mod i am gonna have to credit the people in this convo because. WOW this has been a PROBLEM of a joker

[desert ore]

if there's multiple instances of it in the code, do lovely patches patch every instance?

[wintry solar]

yes

[hollow marsh]

when making a pack for malverk, I am having an issue where the floaing head on hologram is not appearing, has anyone else had an issue like this before?

the texture is present

[desert ore]

holy shit I might be able to kill two birds with one stone

[normal crest]

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    -- Loc vars is called every time the card is hovered, so we count the clubs here to show the
    -- most accurate information at all times
    local clubs = 0
    for _, v in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
        if v:is_suit("Clubs") then clubs = clubs + 1 end
    end

    return { vars = { card.ability.extra.handGain, clubs } }
end,

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.setting_blind then
        -- When setting blind we ALSO count the clubs, since we cannot rely on the user having hovered on the joker
        -- for the counting in loc_vars to be relevant at this point
        local clubs = 0
        for _, v in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
            if v:is_suit("Clubs") then clubs = clubs + 1 end
        end

        -- math.floor is a function that rounds a number down, so if it was, for example, 5.7, it'd return 5
        ease_hands_played(math.floor(clubs / 5))
    end
end,

I hope this clears things up, note G.playing_cards is your full deck, if you only want to use current deck replace it with G.deck.cards

[wintry solar]

are you doing a full spritesheet replacement?

[hollow marsh]

yes

[wintry solar]

can you show the alttexture code please

[hollow marsh]

when I use the default textures it appears, but when doing it with my own textures it breaks

[wintry solar]

try adding original_sheet = true to the jokers one

actually that wouldn't make a difference

[grim remnant]

okay, THAT makes a lot more sense; thank you very much!!

[hollow marsh]

I might have figured it out. It looks like the transparency got squashed at some point and the game might not like that

[wintry solar]

oh yeah the shader won't like that

[hollow marsh]

I redid it and still no hologram bruh

oh photoshop is still exporting it without transparency

also do u know if there is any way to fix the overstock bug where it's texture doesn't appear

[wintry solar]

update malverk

[neat plover]

can someone help find why this is crashing the game pls?

[next pivot]

How do I add localization to a challenge deck?

[graceful magnet]

the if check for seeing if the scoring hand is the most played poker hand doesn't seem to be working

[wintry solar]

scoring hand is a table of cards

use scoring_name

[graceful magnet]

I did

but it didn't seem to work either

I'll try again though

[neat plover]

been struggling for the past 3 h

[wintry solar]

theres also nothing happeniung in your code

[blazing torrent]

I am so confused, lmao. Ah i have been messing with the context.destroy card, but it destroys every card that is a 3. Even when they are being put back into the deck. I assumed I could just make a table that holds the cards it needs to destroy, but I do not understand how i am suppose to pass that to the context.destroy card. Or even if this is suppose to work

Here is my latest iteration but I know it probably is simpiler,

   calculate = function(self, jokerCard, context)
            local cards_to_destroy = {}
            if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play then
                local currentCount = 0

                if context.other_card and context.other_card:get_id() == 3 and jokerCard.ability.extra.count_destroyed < 3 then
                    jokerCard.ability.extra.count_destroyed = jokerCard.ability.extra.count_destroyed + 1
                    currentCount = currentCount + 1
                    local card_to_destroy = context.other_card
                    table.insert(cards_to_destroy, card_to_destroy)
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({func = function()
                        card_to_destroy:start_dissolve({G.C.RED}, nil, 1.6)
                        return true
                    end
                    }))
                end
                if(currentCount > 0)then
                    return {
                        card = jokerCard,
                        dollars = currentCount * 3,
                    }
                end
            end
            if(context.destroy_card) then
                for  i = #cards_to_destroy, 1, -1 do
                    if context.destroy_card:get_card() == cards_to_destroy[i]  then
                        return{remove = true}
                    end
                end
            end



            if context.end_of_round then
                jokerCard.ability.extra.count_destroyed  = 0
            end
        end

[graceful magnet]

well I have this after

[blazing torrent]

Whats the error say?

[neat plover]

i don't see why it doesn't work

[graceful magnet]

yeah scoring_name isn't working either

[grim remnant]

silly question, how do i check unplayed cards held in hand?

[minor furnace]

I think I can get away with injecting something like this in get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append) in common_events.lua. Because by default, when the Emperor uses create_card() it passes 'emp' in for _append even though I don't think it ever actually gets used

elseif v.set == 'Tarot' and (_append == 'emp' and v.order >= 22 or _append == 'remp' and v.order > 22) then
    add = false

[spring lantern]

trying a diff style for this new mod, something a bit more cartoony n childish, not 100% convinced with how it looks so far tho

[neat plover]

amazing

[vestal ore]

IYKYK

[left lance]

Is there a command for giving yourself money in debugplus?

[minor furnace]

hold tab

[wintry solar]

money add X

[left lance]

perfect, many thanks yall

[graceful magnet]

yeah this still isn't resulting in anything happening

[minor furnace]

it did not work...

not sure if the issue is with my toml, or where I'm injecting it

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "functions/common_events.lua"
pattern = "elseif v.set == 'Planet' then
                    if (not v.config.softlock or G.GAME.hands[v.config.hand_type].played > 0) then
                        add = true
                    end"
position = "after"
payload = '''
elseif v.set == 'Tarot' then
    if(_append == 'emp' and v.order <= 22 or _append == 'remp' and v.order > 22) then
        add = false
        print("testing!")
    end
'''
match_indent = true
times = 1

[neat plover]

i'd greatly appreciate any form of help

[minor furnace]

I may have had the file in the wrong spot...

[scarlet spire]

why is this nil?

code is from midas mask, as it should work identically but with clubs and stone cards instead of faces and gold cards

[minor furnace]

well it took the patch, but now all it's giving me is Strength cards, both from Emperor and Reverse Emperor

edit: slightly messed up the conditional and it's working now

[red flower]

i think self at the end should be card

[scarlet spire]

right, true

it works now, thanks

[faint plank]

im a knower

[limpid halo]

wrote a patch for card size just to realize that display_size and pixel_size exist 💀

[sturdy compass]

oop

[limpid halo]

still doesn't seem to play nicely though, hm.

[neat plover]

ik im begging but pls

[sturdy compass]

It does not help that you are not giving logs

[faint plank]

im trying to juice my joker when certain cards are selected but idk what to put as a trigger

if #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 then --what do i even put here?
            local eval = function() 
                if #G.hand.highlighted ~= 0 then
                    for i = 1, #card.ability.extra.cards do
                        for k, val in ipairs(G.hand.highlighted) do
                            if k == card.ability.extra.cards[i] then return true end
                        end
                    end
                end
                return false
            end
            juice_card_until(card, eval, true)
        end

[glad osprey]

boat on the track when

what if you split it into train on the water and boat on the track

train does mult to chip boat does chip to mult

[minor furnace]

with the exception that every card in arcana packs is now strength lmao

[desert ore]

how do I have the game check for specific joker's key? there's an SMODS thing for that right?

[glad osprey]

LOCAL THUNK HANGED MAN THEM AT ONCE

[gloomy rain]

can someone teach me how to code my own jokers into the game?

[vestal ore]

honestly good idea

[gloomy rain]

I know very basic lua from roblox and have some ideas

I just don't know where to start

[carmine burrow]

https://github.com/steamodded/smods

there's some information on how to get started with modding on the "wiki" section of that page

[gloomy rain]

thanks

[left lance]

yesterday someone recommended some code to make it so that I couldn't buy a joker that gives -1 joker slots when in hand, when my number of Jokers was at 4... but the code doesn't work. It compiles, but doesn't enforce the requirement... anyone have any ideas what's going on?

[carmine burrow]

if you ever need to know more details about how the game's code works, you can extract the source code from the game by

• clicking "browse local files " on balatro in steam
• looking for the "Balatro.love" file
• creating a copy and renaming the copy to "Balatro.zip"
• unzipping Balatro.zip

[desert ore]

yeah that was me who they were helping, #G.jokers.cards needs to be == not <

[carmine burrow]

it's really useful for e.g. figuring out how to implement some joker effect

[left lance]

OH yeah of course, nice catch thanks man

[marble flint]

you probably want to check >= (although it's not that improtant)

[carmine burrow]

there's also a dump folder inside the folder for lovely which shows the modded version of the source code, useful if you need to do direct patching but incomplete

[desert ore]

that case is covered earlier in the function but yeah probably

I'm still trying to figure out how to patch invisible joker 😭 maybe I should just leave those rare edge cases out

[limpid halo]

oh god i think i need a regex patch 😭

[left lance]

wait the == isn't working... you're referring to the line

if card.config.center.key == "unemployment" and #G.jokers.cards == (G.jokers.config.card_limit +
 ((card.edition and card.edition.negative) and 1 or 0)) - 1 then

right?

[desert ore]

card.config.center.key needs j_(yourprefix)_unemployment

[left lance]

Oh it needs the j_? may I ask what that does?

[desert ore]

from what I understand that's the thing that tells it to search for a joker?

[left lance]

oh huh, didn't think it'd need the j_ AND the keyword

[desert ore]

you also need your mod prefix before the key

without that there it's searching for a base game joker with that key, which there isn't one

[left lance]

mod prefix being the name of the main file being used?

[desert ore]

it's something that you should have set wherever your mod info is held

so the steammodded header or .json if you have that set up

[left lance]

prefix.card.config.center.key?

[desert ore]

I'm sorry if I'm doing a bad job at explaining

here's what mine looks like

G.FUNCS.check_for_buy_space = function(card)
    if card.config.center.key =='j_lank_jumbo' and #G.jokers.cards == G.jokers.config.card_limit +
    ((card.edition and card.edition.negative) and 1 or 0) -1 then
        alert_no_space(card, G.jokers)
        return false
    end
    return check_for_buy_space_ref(card)
end```

[left lance]

nah boss its also on me not being good enough with Lua yet

[left lance]

'lank' is your prefix?

[desert ore]

yes

[left lance]

ah I understand it now

[desert ore]

whatever your prefix is set as in your header

[nova finch]

how would I get the key of a joker?

[stray wing]

#💻・modding-dev message

    "j_gift",
    {
        loc_txt = {
            name = "10",
            text = {
                "Gain #2# Xmult for each successive",
                "Big Blind played",
                "Currently #1# Xmult"
            }
        },
        atlas = "Gus",
        pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
        cost = 2,
        config = {extra = {Xmult = 1, Xmult_gain = 0.5}},
        loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
            return {vars = {card.ability.extra.Xmult, card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain}}
        end,
        calculate = function(self, card, context)
            if context.after and G.GAME.blind.boss then
                card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain
                return {
                    message = "Charged up!",
                    colour = G.C.CHIPS,
                    card = card
                }
            end
            if context.joker_main then
                return {
                    Xmult_mod = card.ability.extra.Xmult,
                    card = card,
                    message = localize {
                        type = "variable",
                        key = "a_xmult",
                        vars = {card.ability.extra.Xmult}
                    }
                }
            end
        end
    }
)

I'm trying to get this joker working to gain xmult for consecutive big blinds, but I'm getting a crash for trying to perform arithmetic on a table (extra)

Crash is here

[manic rune]

why do you have "vars" in your return in calculation?

[gloomy rain]

sorry I'm only just getting to this, is that the application file

cause I am not seeing that

in a .love format

I also see love.dll

[manic rune]

if you have 7-zip, you can right click Balatro.exe and extract it

[gloomy rain]

yea that's how i've been messing with the resourses

thanks

[stray wing]

is that not the way to get the message text?

[desert ore]

i think I got it yipee

[nova finch]

is it possibel to get the actual name of a joker from its key?

[manic rune]

you can

use string.gsub and remove "j_(mod_prefix)_"

or if its vanilla joker then "j_"

[manic rune]

i actually dont know, since ive never used that 😭

but ive never seen someone having vars in their return before

[nova finch]

i want the actual full names tho, jokers like clever joker are "j_clever" and don't have the full name

[stray wing]

I was getting the crash before that but I can't figure out why

There's one other post in here about arithmetic on extra but it didn't seem helpful to my situation

[limpid halo]

https://awoo.download/iZANFogv_.mp4 hm

[left lance]

as (hopefully a final question for tonight): anyone have any idea why this adjustment isn't happening when I test in game (code compiles)?

[limpid halo]

on_end_of_round? shouldn't that just be calculate

[left lance]

doesn't change anything if I do that

[limpid halo]

start print()ing your variables, check if their values are actually are what you think they should be

[desert ore]

[patches.pattern]
target = "card.lua"
pattern = '''
 local jokers = {}
    for i=1, #G.jokers.cards do
        if G.jokers.cards[i] ~= self then
            jokers[#jokers+1] = G.jokers.cards[i]

'''
position = "at"
match_indent = true
payload = '''
 local jokers = {}
    for i=1, #G.jokers.cards do
        if G.jokers.cards[i] ~= self or G.jokers.cards[i].config.center.key ~= 'j_lank_jumbo' and #G.jokers.card >= G.jokers.config.card_limit then
            jokers[#jokers+1] = G.jokers.cards[i]

'''
times = 1``` I've been on this for so damn long. I'm trying to make it so if I'm at max slots, invisible joker can't copy a specific joker. This has to be close, it's gotta be some small dumb thing I don't get

like, this is the part of the code that makes it so invisible can't copy itself right?

oh my gosh G.jokers.cards is missing an s

nope that did nothing

[nova finch]

how do i put these little description things on my jokers?

[normal crest]

in your loc_vars function

info_queue[#info_queue + 1] = G.P_CENTERS.m_steel for example

[desert ore]

wait a minute what does dump.lua=true do?

[limpid halo]

dumps the generated lua into /lovely/dump/

iirc

[desert ore]

ok that's what I figured then

man do I just ignore the edge cases with invisible and ankh and move on, ugh

[limpid halo]

ok 3am feels like a good stopping point now that i have multi-layer animated cards working
https://awoo.download/UV6S0Qebf.gif

[random sleet]

chat how cursed is it to have a joker save the run

[limpid halo]

that

what

thats scary

[random sleet]

what

it just draws some cards

[limpid halo]

yeah

[random sleet]

i have it save after its effect so the drawn cards aren't just lost if you exit to menu on the first hand

[old bane]

Graveyard reminds me a lot of yu-gi-oh and pokemon lmao

[crisp coral]

naw gy is where destroyed cards go

[minor furnace]

anybody off the top of their head know where the function is that calculates what type of hand the selected hand will score as?

[chrome widget]

it's evaluate_poker_hands(hand) in misc_functions.lua

It searches through the cards in the hand and returns a table containing all the hands that the current hand qualifies as, in addition to the highest priority hand

[normal crest]

I thought it was G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info

[stiff locust]

is there a way to check attributes of a joker when it gets destroyed

[random sleet]

its myst graveyard

[chrome widget]

get_poker_hand_info gets the results from evaluate_poker_hands and then sends the scoring hand and other display information for the calculation contexts. The only other thing it does is update the name of Straight Flush to Royal Flush contextually

So yes, if you need the specific scoring hand, you'd want to use get_poker_hand_info, and that also returns the same poker_hands value that it gets from evaluate_poker_hands

(which is also sent to a lot of contexts)

[normal crest]

It doesn't look like get_poker_hand_info evaluates any contexts

[gloomy rain]

effect = ""

how does the game understand the effect of the legendaries if the effect area is blank

also where are the effects defined within the code?

[normal crest]

The effects of most jokers happen in card.lua within the calculate_joker function

[gloomy rain]

thank you

I am doing mostly self taught stuff so far so all that I have made has been essentially ctrl+C ctrl+V of other code

anything about why the legendaries have a blank effect?

nevermind I found it in card.lua

[chrome widget]

When you specify colors in loc_vars for the localization text, are you able to specify background colors too?

I.E. how the game typically displays xmult?

[weak gate]

Can a sticker object get a reference to the card it is on?

[normal crest]

Yes

[weak gate]

how?

[normal crest]

It's passed as an argument to the relevant functions of the sticker

[foggy carbon]

{C:color} for foreground
{X:color} for background
{X:color,C:color2} for both

[normal crest]

They mean passing it through the loc_vars function

[chrome widget]

What I mean is, when you send variables with loc_vars, I know how to specify text color, by sending it in a table called "colours". Can you do the same for backround colors?

The docs list just a background color for the entire ui box

[turbid maple]

Am I doing something wrong or is card_eval_status_text not supposed to display messages under the Blueprint when it's copying the effect

[chrome widget]

Passing in strings with formatting directly doesn't seem to work either. I suppose I can just update the loc_text val entirety

[normal crest]

do context.blueprint_card or card instead of just card

[turbid maple]

already have that

I just get two messages under the original card

[normal crest]

Are you doing it in an event

[turbid maple]

yeah

[normal crest]

Store a reference to context.blueprint_card before calling the event

by the time your event function runs, context was already modified

[unkempt thicket]

how do you get the key to the highlighted joker?

[turbid maple]

oh what the hell

that works now thank you

[normal crest]

G.jokers.highlighted[1].config.center_key

make sure to include a check for if a joker is actually highlighted

[turbid maple]

lol just tried vanilla jokers that use card_eval_status_text and I guess this bug exists in the base game too

[normal crest]

[turbid maple]

shout outs to 8 ball which doesn't even try checking blueprint_card

[normal crest]

8 ball doesn't use card_eval_status_text

it just returns a message

[turbid maple]

oh im blind

[random sleet]

i forget if this works with {X:...} but you could try something like {X:color1}#1#{X:color2}#2#{}

and then pass in an empty string to the one you dont want displaying

or uh i guess that joker would be more like {C:mult}#1#{X:mult,C:white}#2#{C:inactive}#3# Mult

[worthy anchor]

for the in_pool function of SMODS.booster, is that changing when a given joker in the pack can spawn, or when the pack itself is allowed to spawn?

[chrome widget]

Hmm empty strings might work, I'll try. I attempted to update the localization directly, but no dice

Technically this works, but specifically the x_mult background always draws a little sliver even with a blank string

[minor furnace]

Pattern 'if G.hand.highlighted[i].ability.name == \'Glass Card\'' on target 'functions/state_events.lua' for pattern patch from reverse_tarot\lovely\tarot.toml resulted in no matches

What do you mean pattern not found

[marble flint]

[, ] and . are metacharacters in regexes and should be escaped

[minor furnace]

ah, good to know

Idk why I was not expecting that problem here

[marble flint]

for Lua patterns the full list is ().%+-*?[^$

for full regexes it's more

[chrome widget]

Yeah, unfortunately it's got a hiccup with this. For some reason this also prevents the xmult text from displaying directly when it does display

Wow the performance on this video is utter garbage. Great

[minor furnace]

does enclosing the string in triple quotes affect this?

[marble flint]

nope, that only affects the Lua (or Toml) parsing, not the pattern (or regex) parsing

[minor furnace]

hmmm

[minor furnace]

I'm not sure why this matched then despite having [ and .

                    if (not v.config.softlock or G.GAME.hands[v.config.hand_type].played > 0) then
                        add = true
                    end'''

maybe because it's multiline?

[chrome widget]

Okay nevermind the latter was my fault (I accidentally set +mult instead of xmult), but point being, the xmult background color still draws when the string it's supposed to style is empty

[marble flint]

maybe? idk. (. isn't a huge issue, since it can match any character, including a ., but the [ should cause problems)

I might also be misinterpreting what lovely means by "pattern"

[minor furnace]

excape characters didn't appear to fix the issue (and gave me an invalid escape sequence error)

[marble flint]

You could also be running into an incompatibility with another Lovely patch. Can you ctrl-f for the section in the lovely dump?

[minor furnace]

where would I find the lovely dump? sorry I've only been at this for about two days

[marble flint]

<Mods Folder>/lovely/dump

[minor furnace]

it is not in the dump

now it's time to go on a scavenger hunt to see how the lovely patches changed the card shatter mechanic

[chrome widget]

Does SMODS.current_mod only exist when the main.lua file of the mod itself runs the first time?

My seeming other option for doing this text thing is by setting SMODS.current_mod.process_loc_text, but it tells me "current_mod" doesn't exist when called from within the joker's file

[marble flint]

it should exist while the mod is initially loading

how are you loading your joker file?

[chrome widget]

I just have this big batch of include files and then each type of object individually does its own loading

That said I do call SMODS.current_mod within a local function so that's might also be an issue

[marble flint]

that is probably an issue, yeah

try this and see if it fixes it:

local current_mod = SMODS.current_mod
local function foo()
  -- use current_mod here
end

[chrome widget]

Hmm yeah seemingly passing it in as a parameter doesn't work either. Gimme a sec to try that

Okay yep that finally works

grr and still updating the localization doesn't seem to work

    G.localization.misc.labels.mod_mylabel = 'My Label' -- assigning to G.localization directly
    SMODS.process_loc_text(G.localization.misc.labels, 'mod_anotherlabel', { -- Util function to handle multiple languages.
        ['en-us'] = 'English label',
        ['de'] = 'Deutsches Label',
        ['it'] = 'Etichetta italiana',
    })
end```
this example is all the documents give me to go off

It's possible I'm just not correctly setting the values for this joker so next thing on the list to fix I guess

[frigid flame]

so i'm setting up a github for our mod, and i wanted to ask what are some things i should know when i'm setting this up?

[minor furnace]

next step: hunt down whatever file calculated_destroying_cards() is in

[marble flint]

it's very likely that you're setting the value too late. I suspect SMODS wants you to set it while the mod is loading, and not at some later point (e.g. in a function scheduled as an event)

[chrome widget]

Geez

[random sleet]

yeah thats what i was afraid f

[chrome widget]

I suppose I could patch the UI functions to not do that to make this little hack possible? Otherwise I can set current_mod.process_loc_text, but I won't have reference to the card it checks to update the description at the time of load

Otherwise even then, setting the localization string itself would fail to display correctly if you have more than one of this joker

Since they'd both always show the most recent update

[minor furnace]

for context, I'm attempting to implement an xChip version of Glass. Scoring works, just not the shatter chance bit

[chrome widget]

On another exciting episode of "I Can't Believe I Had To Write A Lovely Patch For This"

[limpid wing]

what is the keyword for consumables?, i guess its "Tarot" but the texture i made is not loaded

[old bane]

damn really? (also shouldn't it be having 1.5x rn since it's in the leftmost slot?)

[chrome widget]

(correct, I had to fix that lmao)

[old bane]

are you trying to replace the consumables that the game already has or add new ones?

[limpid wing]

i just want replace the texture of the existent consumables

[minor furnace]

so this shatters the card, but immediately as it's being played. It still scores as normal but perhaps it needs a different context?

            if pseudorandom('crystal') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/4 then
                card:shatter()
            end
        end```

[limpid wing]

jokers works, but consumables dont change

[chrome widget]

Anyway it works now, I'll find substitute sounds for each of its activations later lol

[minor furnace]

anybody know a better way of implementing this?

eh, it's functional at least

I'll worry about making it pretty later

[chrome widget]

I think you just need to enclose it in a game event and add it to the queue

Because if it's in the event queue, it'll queue to play after all the other previously queued events for tallying up final scoring

Since all the code runs immediately, but it spaces things out in real time using event delays

[grim remnant]

silly question; how can we make a card give money just, up-front like hermit/temperance, instead of being end-of-round like golden joker? tried dollars and nothin'.

        if context.joker_destroyed then
            dollars = card.ability.extra.moneyGain
        end
        
        --check for NOT jokers exploding
        if context.remove_playing_cards then
            dollars = card.ability.extra.moneyGain
        end
    end,```

[chrome widget]

Try this

    if pseudorandom('crystal') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/4 then
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.1,
        func = function()
            card:shatter()
            return true 
        end
    }))        
    end
end```

[minor furnace]

thanks! I hadn't worked with the event queue before but this is very useful to know

[chrome widget]

A good example in-game is the effects for card suit/rank changes

In order to do the flip effect, it plays three separate events in a row for each card

• first event flips the card and juices up
• second event changes the card's values and sets its suit/rank
• third event flips the card back and juices up again

[minor furnace]

I have been doing that, but admittedly most of that code was copy/pasted from other segments in the source files

[chrome widget]

I mean that's fair, that's like 90% of programming LOL

[grim remnant]

adding onto this: having inserted placeholder messages, the sensor is working perfectly fine, it's just the command to actually give money instantly.

[minor furnace]

sometimes you can make things work without fully understanding how

[grim remnant]

that's what i've done for 95% of my mod. at LEAST. sgdfkj

[chrome widget]

I've had to get into some WEEDS because I keep wanting to do really unnecessary shit like a card that makes all adjacent cards glow

I am at this point knee deep in the balatro mines

[grim remnant]

shoutouts to the greatest programmer of all time, Larry Tesler, who invented copy + paste to save every other programmer time ;P

[old bane]

how would i implement a blueprint-like joker? would it be like

if context.blueprint then
  // copy x joker here
end

[grim remnant]

iiiii don't think context.blueprint is a valid context? at least, not in base steamodded.

[chrome widget]

Showing it off because it took an unnecessary amount of work

[runic pecan]

Which one looks better?

[grim remnant]

sorry to nag about this, i'm still seeking an answer to Instant Money Granting since dollars inexplicably didn't work :o

[old bane]

left one from these

[runic pecan]

Just ease_dollars()

[chrome widget]

It also slowly implements a counter that eventually turns your screen completely white and renders the game unplayable but that's neither here nor there

[chrome widget]

The easiest way to do it actually is to just return from the calculate function while specifying a dollar amount

return {
    card = card
    dollars = [number]
}

[minor furnace]

so this fixed the timing! but something's off with the probability calculation since it procs every time. And ghost cards happened?

[grim remnant]

ease works, though the "if cards are destroyed" function doesn't seem to properly care if multiple cards are destroyed all at the same time; if you use hanged man to wreck 2 cards, it only procs once. what do i do?

        if context.remove_playing_cards then
            ease_dollars(card.ability.extra.moneyGain)
            -- return { message = "Card..." } --placeholder
        end```

[chrome widget]

You can iterate through context.removed and queue an event to ease dollars for each card destroyed

Or you should be able to. I'm not sure if it'll play them in the sequence you want I.E. destroy -> money -> destroy -> money versus destroy -> destroy -> money -> money

[chrome widget]

Probability issue is probably because you do pseudorandom('crystal') instead of pseudorandom(pseudoseed('crystal'))

[grim remnant]

i would prefer destroy -> money -> money. the problem is uh.
-# We have never written an iteration/event queue so I have no idea what we have just been told to do beyond a literal level... ^^;

[chrome widget]

I'm writing this on my phone so bear with me

[grim remnant]

np!

[chrome widget]

    if context.remove_playing_cards then
        for i=0, #context.removed do
G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.1,
        func = function()
      ease_dollars(card.ability.extra.moneyGain)
            return true 
        end
    }))        
        end
    end```

[grim remnant]

did we insert it wrong somehow?

okay, i figured it out... the issue is now, it seems to be activating one too many times. destroying one card procs it twice, destroying two cards procs it thrice...

[chrome widget]

OH

DUH, my fault

i=1, not i=0

Lua indexes arrays at 1

[grim remnant]

the ol' Array's Trick...

[chrome widget]

(this is the first language I've ever used that doesn't index arrays at 0 and it's hard to shake the muscle memory)

[grim remnant]

it worked, tysm!

[manic rune]

is there a way to change the sprite pos of only one card of a joker?

[chrome widget]

Hoo boy, yes there is

What do you need?

[manic rune]

i want to change the sprite of a joker, but at the same time i dont want that to happen to ALL jokers of that type

i researched the code of limball from cryptid and the code actually changes all limball instances (G.P_CENTERS[joker_key]), tried changing card.children.center.sprite_pos but it also changes all instances of a joker

[chrome widget]

Afaik, card.children.center is the entire card data. You'd want card.children.front, card.children.back, etc

....I think

[manic rune]

i tried changing card.children.front too

doesnt seem to work either

in fact, i dont think theres anything in card.children.front

[chrome widget]

Hmmm gimme a little bit to research. Can you show me more of your code so I know what you want to do?

It might also help me fix a weird bug that occurs with Half Joker and Photograph for me

[manic rune]

oh, its for a mod which allows cards to have animated sprites

#1341041293119459449

heres the entire code lol

currently it kind of works, but it affects all instances of a type which can be quite a limitation

[normal crest]

I vaguely remember jokers not having the front part, could be wrong

Not very familiar with ui stuff

[wintry idol]

lua is a strange language but its definitely my favorite

[manic rune]

same, im just printing out everything "card" has and see if theres something handling their pos at this point

yeah, card.children.front doesnt seem to have anything at all

[wintry idol]

i mean i REALLY hate how there is no continue keyword and you have to use goto but it’s not a big deal

[manic rune]

back is probably the appearance of a joker when its flipped

[manic rune]

its actually fine for me, since i can tell the code where to go when i call "continue" lol

[wintry idol]

that’s actually a fair point

[normal crest]

I recommend you use debug plus to execute this code so you don't have to restart your game on crash

[manic rune]

oh, you can do that?

[wintry idol]

i’ve majnly used LuaU for 5 years unfortunately so i got very shocked when i found out there was no generalized iteration (looping without needing to add pairs()) or continue keyword

[normal crest]

Yeah just go in a game, open the console and type eval G.jokers.cards[1].children

for example

that's what I did

[manic rune]

for me, its just 2 years but i was mostly frustrated when a += 1 doesnt work

😭

[wintry idol]

oh my god yes

[chrome widget]

NOT HAVING THE INCREMENT OPERATORS KILLS ME

[wintry idol]

i got so mad at that

EXACTLY

😭😭😭

[manic rune]

a = a + 1 is genuinely so ugly 😭

[wintry idol]

they genuinely need to add it

[wintry idol]

i agree honesty

[manic rune]

i see, thanks, i will take note of that

[normal crest]

I've been using lua for like a month and a half and I can confirm that not having += or continue has been annoying

[wintry idol]

honestly**

we need += and ++

[normal crest]

Honestly ++ is not that important

just +=

[wintry idol]

that’s fair but the less i type the faster i can pump out code

[chrome widget]

Wait what exactly does this do?

[normal crest]

it'll just print out the children table of the card in the debugplus console

[chrome widget]

Do you have to do this for any card you suspect might crash the game?

[manic rune]

it finds the first joker you have in the game

[normal crest]

No it's just for testing purposes

I suggested it so bepis doesn't have to restart the game if code crashes

[wintry idol]

is getfenv and setfenv a thing in lua?

i haven’t actually checked

[manic rune]

https://www.lua.org/pil/14.3.html

you mean this?

[wintry idol]

yeah that

thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[chrome widget]

Sitting here making my silly Balatro mod because the game design industry is fucked and I can't get a job

[manic rune]

i might have to make a workaround for my mod

since i dont think theres even a way to change one card's sprite

😭

[random sleet]

me excpt its just my own brain will not work on a project that isnt inherently a meme

(and also the other thing)

[wintry idol]

wait what’s up with your mod

[chrome widget]

So like, there's definitely a way to do it here

For example, I set the sprite pos of a card's center when I added it to the deck

It's in my joker deck in the second image (you can see it's 1/5), but the set sprite pos makes the actual sprite render out of bounds of the card itself

However, the one in my collection (which does render with the same values) is still visible

[manic rune]

...oh, so its a freaking function

yeah i will try that, thanks

oh also, cool art you got there

[chrome widget]

Thanks!! I hate art but I'm decent at it

[plush cove]

random question: if I want to iterate through an array, but I don't need to use the index variable, what are possible advantages/disadvantages of both of these kinds of for loops?

[rose dragon]

in my honest opinion, not much (also just plain pairs exists)

[frosty dock]

They behave pretty much the exact same way

There's a third option:

local i = 1
while i <= #tbl do
  local v = tbl[i]
  -- do stuff
  i = i+1
end

This one's different in that it allows you to modify the table you're iterating within the loop

The shader's key, file name (without extension) and the shader name used in the GLSL file must be identical.

[rose dragon]

how can i have multiple "souls" (the floating effect over the joker card, ex. The Soul, Legendary Jokers, Hologram)
similarly to how cryptids exotic jokers has multiple "souls"

[manic rune]

https://gyazo.com/752718c6388fe36c34c41d0d5ec6e4df

finally got it working 💔

[runic pecan]

Does context.before take return {chips=10} or do I have to use other methods?

[faint yacht]

You attempting to add chips before the scoring starts?

[runic pecan]

I plan to add a certain chip value before the scoring process.
Since now porcelain is a thing.

[normal crest]

Hey yanqing carried me through the game

[wintry idol]

not much really, it just comes down to what you should use when it comes to these scenarios as many devs will instantly realize what it’s likely for if you use them correctly

[manic rune]

#1341041293119459449 update to the api (can i even call it one):

• you can animate individual cards instead of ALL cards of a type now, work with all the other animation types (loop, once, random)

[manic rune]

same

my first 5*

[wintry idol]

don’t forget the repeat until loops

[faint yacht]

...not sure if context.before will just do with chips as intended, but you always could just manipulate the scored chips value directly like hand_chips = mod_chips(hand_chips + value) if it does not.

[lucid sun]

is there a way to fetch the current tags for the blind

[rose dragon]

bump

[neat plover]

can anyone here help me or am i just stupid

[plush cove]

change "moon" to "c_moon"

[neat plover]

thanks so f ing much i'll do that

[plush cove]

whenever you're referring to specific keys, you need to do so with its accompanying prefix (i.e. "j" for joker, "c" for consumable, etc)

if it's a modded consumable you also need the mod's prefix (for example Cryptid's is "cry")

[neat plover]

oh

[stray warren]

I'm confused, is that an extension of triple moon goddess?

[neat plover]

no im taking bits from code

to learn how the lua works

[wintry idol]

if you don’t know how lua works i’d read up on a basics tutorial before modding the code

it shouldn’t take too long but diving into the code might not always be the best idea

it can be very overwhelming

[stray warren]

If you haven't yet, the Steamodded wiki is great, as well as looking through the source code of Balatro itself

Although the wiki still has some work to do, I feel like

[wintry idol]

i partially agree with the 2nd half

[stray warren]

I learned probably 60% of my knowledge from the source code

[wintry idol]

balatros source code really isn’t the best at in some areas

but

[wintry swallow]

hello! anyone knows how i could move the stake sticker to the left to put it on the joker properly? Like the half joker or square etc

[wintry idol]

if you ignore those parts it should be just fine

[neat plover]

honestly except when there's some syntax problem it's been pretty smooth

[wintry idol]

oh okay then keep at it!!!

[plush cove]

@neat plover did that fix it?

[neat plover]

im on my phone so i'll tell you soon

[wintry solar]

Use return { remove = true } instead of calling shatter manually

[neat plover]

it still crashes

is this what i needed to change

[manic rune]

#1341041293119459449 i updated the mod so u can animate only one card now

[stray warren]

What's your crash report?

[stray warren]

And can you send your full source code for that file

[neat plover]

i based myself on some code

from a mod

[stray warren]

Paperback I assume

[neat plover]

yes

[proud pier]

Can malverk thumbnails be set dynamically using settings?

[neat plover]

im trying to make so that when there is no hands left, the joker has a 1 in 3 chance to create a planet card

[stray warren]

When I copied your code to my editor, it says your calculate function is missing a corresponding 'end'

add one and see what happens then

[neat plover]

ok

[manic rune]

eye of rah

[neat plover]

ok ok

[jovial harness]

Is there a way to change the back of a joker?

[pseudo current]

Guys i want to make a mod, how does that work?

[neat plover]

same thing

[stray warren]

Also probably use a code editor that isn't notepad, if that's what you're using

[plush cove]

vs code?

[neat plover]

i have it but im nostalgic sooo

[stray warren]

It looks like your Event isn't closed

You have brackets and parentheses that just never close

[neat plover]

im so f ing stupid

[stray warren]

That's what I use, with neovim

[neat plover]

where should i put the parentheses

nvm

[neat plover]

yeah i was right

nah

i forgot another one

[stray warren]

The one to close the Joker definition

[neat plover]

OH

IT FINALLY WORKS AFTER 3H

YES

[crisp coral]

technically this has no specific trigger

"When using last Discard, ..."

[neat plover]

no it triggers every turn without dicards

[stray warren]

You should probably specify that. Because technically with how you worded it it should be constantly running the 1 in 3 chance as long as there are no discards

like every frame

[neat plover]

oh right

[manic rune]

https://tenor.com/view/vampire-cat-cat-eating-box-cat-box-cat-fangs-gif-23385382

[neat plover]

how would you change a value every round (ex mail in rebate) ?

[manic rune]

https://tenor.com/view/hos-hosleep-senti-honkai-senti-fu-hua-gif-6551357729254502228

you can use psuedorandom stuff

if you want it to be the same if you replay the seed

or use math.random() if you want it to be always random

[neat plover]

so i set the variable to random number and make that number in a value like ranks or suits?

[manic rune]

this is what gros michel 2 does (in examples)

[neat plover]

but gros michel just checks for random values, i want to set them

[manic rune]

oh, if you want the suit to be random then you can take a look at how castle 2 does it

[neat plover]

thanks very much

[neat plover]

also how do you find the luas for the base jokers?

[manic rune]

if you are talking about the jokers im sending then they are actually from an example mod

if vanilla jokers then

in card.lua

[neat plover]

ok

[neat plover]

i don't really understand

[atomic edge]

how can i increment a jokers ability globally

[neat plover]

?

[atomic edge]

i mean can i somehow get the joker then do .ability on it without it being the card

[atomic edge]

what do you want to do exactly

[neat plover]

i want to do something like castle where it changes the suit every round

[atomic edge]

and what is giving you trouble in the castle code?

[neat plover]

i don't understand where its setting the value

[atomic edge]

so it has its on variable in G.GAME.current_round.castle2_card.suit

its set to be spades by default

and in the chunk of code the other guy sent

you can see it making a local castle_card, which is a random card taken from all the "valid_castle_cards" with a seed in this case "2cas"

when it gets that cards

it just checks for its suit

[neat plover]

ok

[atomic edge]

and sets the G.GAME.current_round.castle2_card.suit to be of that suit

and its needed suit is stored in that variable

[neat plover]

thanks very much

[atomic edge]

no problem

does anyone know how i can globally fetch a certain jokers ability?

[plush cove]

@frosty dock hi, I'm back on my Joker register and I just tested my mod with Cryptid, and found out about a small bug

my workaround solution for displaying placeholder sprites is checking if the joker's atlas is "joker", since I need to do that if I'm using Joker.register (overriding SMODS.Joker didn't have this issue, and using just nil shows Jimbo)

but the problem is that some mods, namely Cryptid, still use the original Joker register for some of their Jokers, so they show up as my placeholder asset instead

what's the best way to work around this so that I can both have my placeholder art AND allow other mods to tap into the base Joker atlas?

ty in advance! (and sorry for the ping 😅)

update: nvm, i figured out a workaround

just check if the current mod is the one that's supposed to use the placeholders lol

[lavish lake]

guys how do i make a joker that gains +6 mult per unscored jack?

[manic rune]

i think theres a smods optional feature for checking unscored cards

or i could be wrong honestly, i do remembering seeing smt like that somewhere

[atomic edge]

can anyone help?

i want to increment a jokers ability from a diffirent function

[violet void]

what does the joker do?

[rose dragon]

like as in it boost the stats of another joker?

[atomic edge]

it actually a consumable but i thought it would be the same, it is a sort of a "quest" which needs 6 cards to change colour in order to activate

so i have card.ability.progress on it

and i want to increment that

i already patched the function set_base()

which changes the playing cards suit

this is the code

but its wrong

[violet void]

SMODS.find_card returns a table, it should be SMODS.find_card("c_janm_quest1")[1]

-# (It would only change the first one though and idk if you need the next there)

[atomic edge]

ohhh

the if statement works fine

but the other things are the problem

thanks that makes sense

[runic pecan]

Would there be error in the game if I juice_up a playing card from G.playing_cards that isn't played(G.play) nor in hand(G.hand)?

[violet void]

No and you would be able to see them shake in the Deck area

[runic pecan]

Does context.hand_drawn go through each drawn card or is it only called once after the hand is drawn?

I want to apply effects to certain kind of cards "when drawn".

[violet void]

only once

[violet void]

ah wait do you mean this one?

[runic pecan]

[Yoda:There's another one].jpg

[violet void]

judging from the lovely dump, still once

[runic pecan]

Yeah...

[violet void]

Also you should put such effect in an event because without it it wont wait for the cards to be fully drawn

-# If you didnt know that already

[runic pecan]

Wait, does hand_drawn cover first_hand_drawn?

[manic rune]

can you get negative mult

[neat plover]

i hope so

[runic pecan]

Just, return a negative number as mult?

[manic rune]

the idea of getting negative mult THEN using negative xmult seems fun

[manic rune]

just asking to be sure lol

thats a lot of edit

[violet void]

looks like it

[wintry solar]

Hand_drawn is a table of the drawn cards btw

You can do whatever you want to them within that context

No need for events or anything

[violet void]

both or only hand_drawn? I remember having issues because I was missing an event with first_hand_drawn

but that was before new-calc I guess

[wintry solar]

They’re the same context

Just the first hand has a flag

You’re just not up to date

[manic rune]

is soul_pos locked with the same atlas the joker is using?

oof

[runic pecan]

Draw a bigger atlas

[limpid halo]

You can patch it ™️

[manic rune]

i wish i can patch a dad into my life

[limpid halo]

you can!

[manic rune]

optoins

[limpid halo]

true

[runic pecan]

Am I really unable to define config in SMODS.Sticker?

[wintry solar]

No

[runic pecan]

Does that mean can or cannot?

[manic rune]

yesn't

god damn it ui looks so complicated

😭

[wintry solar]

You can do

[runic pecan]

Let me guess: but I won't be able to access it?

I just need a way to track how many time a card is arrested.

[atomic edge]

cant you put something on them like the hiker does?

[wintry solar]

I think you just need to add them manually in your apply function maybe?

[runic pecan]

I would also like the counter to be shown to players.

[atomic edge]

is there a way i can remove/add the soul sprite of a joker under some conditions?

[manic rune]

am i the only one whos barely understanding this

[wintry solar]

What UI are you trying to do?

[runic pecan]

Oh you mean this.
Yeah that might work.

[manic rune]

adding a button next to a joker (like SELL) specifically, but im trying to understand how balatro's ui works overall

failing miserably though, everything seems so complicated 😭

[runic pecan]

SMODS doc has page for UI stuff

[manic rune]

yeah i know, im actually reading that

[limpid halo]

[ bookmark d9ff13d3-cc95-4a31-8f0b-2bccbce8ec30 ]

[manic rune]

wuh

[limpid halo]

i wanna do UI stuff later today so im setting a bookmark for myself to read what u found

[manic rune]

oh lol

im guessing in order to create another button for a joker, id need to create a hook which is understandable enough

[runic pecan]

Would this self.key also have mod prefix?

[manic rune]

yes

[atomic edge]

anyone knows?

[manic rune]

sorry, i dont know that one, passing it to other modders

[runic pecan]

I think it's this?

[wintry solar]

I think self.key would be fine

[manic rune]

...what does the _loc and arg mean?

[limpid halo]

technically you could just self.soul_pos = nil but that probably breaks if you have multiple copies of the same card maybe

[atomic edge]

ohh shiet this is nice

works for me coz it will be impossible to have multiple copies

[wintry solar]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[runic pecan]

What other terms than Joker=false, do I need to state to make sure only playing cards can be applied with this sticker?

[manic rune]

probably Consumable?

oh wait, if its sets then i think Tarot and Spectral

[runic pecan]

My main question is: what is the set of playing cards?

Unless the playing cards are always able to be applied with any sticker possible?

[random sleet]

Default or Enhanced

[atomic edge]

its not working

does anyone know how i could dynamically change whether a card has a soul sprite or not?

or just change soul_pos?

[limpid halo]

where are you running this code, and are you trying to alter the current card or a different one?

i swear i did exactly this accidentally yesterday

[atomic edge]

its in card.lua

its patched in

dont worry about the print its my language just for debugging

i also tried

quest.soul_pos

and i also tried it in the code of the card

in like SMODS.consumable

but none of them worked

and the soul is in the atlas at x=0, y=0

could you maybe send me your code so i can check it out?

maybe im making a mistake i dont even see somewhere else

and the print is printing

so its going into the if

[limpid halo]

i didn't commit yet and im at work rn so i can't give you my code, sorry

[atomic edge]

oh okay

no problem

thanks for help either way

[limpid halo]

if you print your quest object, does it have a soul_pos in the table?

[atomic edge]

lemme check

oh

its working

it does say soul pos is at x=0, y=0 but for some reason its not changing

and the soul is at x=0 y = 0 in the atlas

i changed it and it is changing

the soul pos that is

but nothing visible is happening

should i do quest.soul_pos

or something else

[limpid halo]

ye but removing the soul_pos property should prevent the floating_sprite from being created :/

maybe it's being removed too late? is this before or after the draw calls

also if its just for the quest card, maybe do it in the update function for the quest card instead of patching?

[atomic edge]

when is the update function called?

[limpid halo]

from memory, no idea. once per frame though

[atomic edge]

oh okay so i just put update = function() and then everything else?

oh no

i got it

ill try

[limpid halo]

aye aye

[atomic edge]

i did it like this

is this ok?

i mean its not working again haha

[limpid halo]

use self.soul_pos there

card.ability.progress but self.soul_pos

[atomic edge]

wait

is the problem that the card is a consumable

and it cant have a soul?

[limpid halo]

the soul card?

[atomic edge]

yes

its not a joker

its a consumable

[limpid halo]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[atomic edge]

hahaha sorry

[limpid halo]

Most Likely

[crisp coral]

The Soul is a consumable

and it has a floating sprite

so idk what you're talking about

[atomic edge]

oh

i mean i cant get it to work

if i do self

[limpid halo]

don't consumables get constructed differently though?

[crisp coral]

self refers to the card's center

[limpid halo]

i haven't screwed with consumables yet so idk

[crisp coral]

so self is effectively card.config.center

[atomic edge]

when i do self.soul_pos

[limpid halo]

progress!

[atomic edge]

hahahaha

[crisp coral]

adding soul_pos assumes the card already has a floating_sprite set up

and floating_sprite is created if the card originally has soul_pos

[atomic edge]

i put soul_pos = nil, in the card creation

like SMODS.consumable

should i put some other value?

[crisp coral]

soul_pos = nil is the same as not having soul_pos

[atomic edge]

ohhhhhh

[crisp coral]

any other value thats not a table with {x = number, y = number} will crash

[atomic edge]

so it would be the easiest to put just some transparent non existant position

[limpid halo]

oh duh

[atomic edge]

that is in the atlas

[limpid halo]

yeah that'd totally work

[atomic edge]

okay thank you so much

i know it was painful for you more than me

hahaha

[limpid halo]

i am the overcomplicating champion

💀

[atomic edge]

hahah now it doesnt crash

but the soul is not showing

this is the atlas, the soul is the first one and the card is the second one

i just used the default sprites so i can overlay correctly

is the soul drawn wrong maybe or something?

[lavish lake]

guys how do i make a damn joker that gains +6 mult per unscored jack???? can someone give me clear instructions on how to check for unscored cards during scoring and then check if it's a jack???

because i see everyone saying "i think theres a way to check for unscored cards" without actually helping

[crisp coral]

^ with version 1415c or later

[limpid halo]

can't you just use context.full_hand and compare with context.scoring_hand

[wintry solar]

Not properly

[lavish lake]

yeah but the instructions are still very unclear 🤷‍♂️ how do i loop through the unscored cards? what other context do i use for counting the cards?

hello?

[limpid halo]

https://www.lua.org/pil/4.3.4.html

[wintry solar]

You don’t loop through them

[lavish lake]

no i mean what context do i use to see the unscored cards

???

[atomic edge]

just look at the code of any other joker that does something for scored cards and copy it and change the context to unscored

[lavish lake]

then what do i do to count how much mult would the joker gain with all the unscored cards???

[wintry solar]

Use the individual context

[lavish lake]

    calculate = function (self, card, context)
        if context.cardarea == 'unscored' and context.individual then
            if card:get_id() == 11 then
                card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult + card.ability.extra.gainMult
            end
        end
    end

so like this?

?

????

[atomic edge]

why are you so angry?

did you try it?

[manic rune]

ah, im terribly sorry, i was at class when i sent the picture so i thought that was clear enough :(

[atomic edge]

ths is the code for walkie talkie

it gives mult/cips for each 4 or 10

you just change the G.play to unscored

and the id to 11

and remove the chips if you only want mult

[manic rune]

where are those located, are they in smods-main or Balatro?

[atomic edge]

can anyone help? when i change soul pos it only changes on the card in the collection but not the one that is currently in "play" what am i doing wrong?

[manic rune]

...thats odd 😭

how did you even do that to begin with lol

[wintry solar]

You’re modifying the center object

Not the actual object

[atomic edge]

oh

card.children.center.soul_pos

i do this

yea

and what should i do?

[lavish lake]

no but im not sure

[atomic edge]

when i change it

[lavish lake]

actually nvm

i figured it out

[manic rune]

searched the entire smods folder and ui.lua + a bunch of other files in balatro, still cant find it

[atomic edge]

its in UI_defitintions

i found it

in functions folder

[manic rune]

ooo, thanks!

never came to my mind they were potentially there, for some reason

[atomic edge]

haha happens

[atomic edge]

im sorry for a million questions but how do i change the actual object and not the center object?

[manic rune]

card.children.center doesnt work?

[wintry solar]

You need to recreate the sprite iirc

[atomic edge]

no thats what i did and its not working

oh so basically i would need to make another function like the game has for set_sprite_pos()

but only for soul

[manic rune]

likely to be the case, yeah