💻・modding-dev

[chrome widget]

Big fan of things that aren't my problem tbh

[hard flume]

Okay. I'll do that

[sullen fern]

this should be a puyo rainbow

[tall wharf]

idk much about poker hands

[sullen fern]

but it's not?

[faint plank]

ive gotten this working exept for the end of booster packs. i havent tried actually hooking this to the save function due to some issues that could bring up

[next timber]

woa playstation memory card..

when run is saved? that seems easy to exploit

[frosty dock]

is the mod ID correct?

[sullen fern]

wait, it has to be my mod id?

[faint plank]

yeah lol, had a friend test it and it was pretty up there

[next timber]

lol fair

[frosty dock]

I named the placeholder your_mod_id, what else was it supposed to be???

[sullen fern]

i used the prefix

and not the id

by mistake

[sullen fern]

there it is

[next timber]

huzzah

[sullen fern]

now for puyo chain

and all the variants of puyo rainbow and puyo chain

[next timber]

why can i never use this card, even when i have 1 card highlighted?

[frosty dock]

max_highlighted is just in config

[hard flume]

Ty! I got it working now :)

[frosty dock]

not config.extra

[sullen fern]

i'm probably NOT going to make jokers for all the puyo chain and puyo rainbow variants

just base puyo rainbow and puyo chain

[faint plank]

now that i think about it, the memory card should be rare

[frosty dock]

in this case this is fine, but you need to reference it as card.ability.max_highlighted

[sullen fern]

it also works with rare suits but i expected that

[frosty dock]

the other thing you can do is put some property in your suit declarations and check for those on SMODS.Suits[v]

that gives you more control than just checking if it's from your mod

[sullen fern]

nah i want it to work with all puyo types

[crimson marlin]

finally finished a spritesheet 🔥 10/10

[sullen fern]

now for puyo chain

which is five cards of a singular puyo suit

the puyo chain code is currently just a copy of puyo rainbow

[next timber]

ok so i fixed itbut now when i try to use it it says card.lua:559: attempt to index a nil value

which is weird. because card.lua line 559 is empty

[frosty dock]

check in the lovely dumps, not extracted files

[glad osprey]

how do i make this say +1 consumable slot

[frosty dock]

might have to do with setting the seal

[rotund ridge]

how do i delete the card at the start on the title screen foreever and ever ?

[latent portal]

hi guys

quick question

[glad osprey]

bal tro

[latent portal]

does anyone know what zone the shop vouchers go in?

[rotund ridge]

yes

[sullen fern]

how would i check for 5 of the same suit

[rough furnace]

I don't use shaders that much so not sure. Does the shader look fine when its in game for real on the plain joker?

[sturdy compass]

G.shop_booster

[latent portal]

vouchers

[sturdy compass]

oh whoop

[latent portal]

trolled

[sturdy compass]

G.shop_vouchers

[latent portal]

thank u

[sturdy compass]

Not much different lmao

[sullen fern]

actually, it's not too dissimilar to how a flush works

a flush is literally 5 of the same suit

this is just that but with puyos

where would i find the code for a flush

[green mica]

Hmm I'm making a custom enhancement and I have
config = { bonus = 2, mult = 2 },
but it's only adding the extra chips and not the mult

anyone know why that might be?

[rotund ridge]

A

[glad osprey]

A

[quartz ravine]

Somehow it looks worse actually on a joker, not sure what the difference is between variables being passed in

[rough furnace]

I'm not sure

it's possible theres some difference in variables

DebugPlus makes some assumptions to try to prevent crashes but it could be wrong and the wrong data could be passed to the wrong value

having the shader would help

[sullen fern]

i'm saying this because i want to learn from it and see if i can apply it to the puyo chain code i have

[frosty dock]

search for get_flush

[sullen fern]

in game.lua?

[rough furnace]

@quartz ravine

[sullen fern]

where

[ionic verge]

asking this again bc i didnt get an answer earlier

[quartz ravine]

Sorry, didn't see your response. Let me DM it to you

[green mica]

maybe it's lower in the order than flush five?

[ionic verge]

its based on the product, is the thing

[sullen fern]

in which lua

[ionic verge]

and my hand's product is higher than flush five's product

[green mica]

it doesn't look like it...

oh wait

[ionic verge]

hmm?
i thought flush five was 16 x 160, and mines 18 x 180

[green mica]

I misread your code

[ionic verge]

mmm

[analog spoke]

how hard would it be to start learning how to make editions+shaders? The idea I have atm is something I can easily replicate in Krita, for refrence. (I invert the image then use the original image as a luminosity layer, to create a sort of "negative color" effect and not total inversion)

[sullen fern]

because i'm checking a few luas for it rn and i can't seem to find anything

[frosty dock]

misc_functions

but you can global search (with vscode for example)

[green mica]

I tried again with just mult and not bonus and it still doesn't add the mult so I'm confused

[sullen fern]

i found get_flush(hand) but i don't know how that's meant to help me with coding puyo chain

[green mica]

I don't get why bonus would work but not mult

[hard flume]

i got the shaders working! now all i need to do is find out how to have music play :0

[sullen fern]

do i just have to put that in the code for it

just like
put get_flush(hand) into there

[analog spoke]

I changed the concept a bit and replaced the Inversion part with a green negative layer

think this would look really good with a shine of some kind

[sullen fern]

is the entire code just gonna be

        for _, v in ipairs(SMODS.Suit.obj_buffer) do
            if (SMODS.Suits[v].mod or {}).id == 'puyomod' then suits[v] = 0 end
        end
get_flush(hand)
end

[faint plank]

self insert go brrrrr

[frosty dock]

nah, i was thinking you can follow the structure of how that function is set up

like change the initial suits setup and then use the same code

[sullen fern]

so this

        for _, v in ipairs(SMODS.Suit.obj_buffer) do
            if (SMODS.Suits[v].mod or {}).id == 'puyomod' then suits[v] = 0 end

then the code for a flush

[worthy stirrup]

I love it

[frosty dock]

the suit table in that function is set up different

instead of this

if (SMODS.Suits[v].mod or {}).id == 'puyomod' then suits[v] = 0 end

you'll want this

if (SMODS.Suits[v].mod or {}).id == 'puyomod' then suits[#suits+1] = v end

[sullen fern]

i found the code for flush!!!

[sullen fern]

so do i just take this and put it into the code

[faint plank]

rn i have this setup for it, but theres probably a better way for consumables and stuff since with this method i'd have to specify tarot, planet, etc

card.ability.extra.greencount = 0
            for k, v in pairs(G.jokers.cards) do
                local _joker = v.config.center.key
                local joker_txt = G.localization.descriptions.Joker[_joker]
                for i = 1, #joker_txt.text do
                    if string.find(joker_txt.text[i], "C:green") then
                        card.ability.extra.greencount = card.ability.extra.greencount + 1
                    end
                end
            end

[frosty dock]

ngl i thought you were already looking at that

[sullen fern]

no i literally just found it

[frosty dock]

why are you looking at that in notepad though

[sullen fern]

because i'm lazy

i only use vscode for coding

[frosty dock]

you could just open the dumps in vscode

or like

have your full mods folder open in there

then you could also use its search functionality 🤔

[sullen fern]

i have the lua itself open in vscode\

so like
do i just take this and put it into there

take the entire function

and just throw it into my code

like this

or is that

bad

listen i just want this over with so i can show all my friends what i did

[sullen fern]

yeah i dont feel like this is correct

[frosty dock]

you still need to replace the definition of suits

local suits = {}
for _, v in ipairs(SMODS.Suit.obj_buffer) do
  if (SMODS.Suits[v].mod or {}).id == 'puyomod' then suits[#suits+1] = v end
end

[quartz ravine]

Hey guys, do you know how to make a booster spawn with an edition? I can manually apply one using Debugplus, but I would love for special booster packs I am making to appear with an edition (which would apply the shaders I made)

[sullen fern]

bam\

so now i just do it for every variation

chain house, chain five, straight chain

though straight also has a royal variant

[frosty dock]

that's not a separate hand though

it's just flavor text

[sullen fern]

what

oh shit

wait

[hard flume]

Worlds 1/3 done

[green mica]

Anyone have any insight on this, I've been digging around trying to figure this out but nothing's turning up

[sullen fern]

this counts as a flush house instead of a chain house

everything else is fine though

[sullen fern]

is there any way to make this count as a chain house and not a flush house

[latent portal]

Made my first vouchers, what do you guys think?

[tepid crow]

Nice

a highlight on "booster pack" might help

feels like something thunk would do anyway

[sullen fern]

chain five counts as a flush five and a rainbow five counts as a five of a kind

i would like this to not be the case

but how would i fix that

[tepid crow]

I'm assuming flush five is a subset of chain five etc?

[latent portal]

There has to be some sort of priority system

[tepid crow]

you can put the priority of your hands higher yeah

check the docs

[sullen fern]

i'm checking and i don't see anything like that

unless you mean above_hand

[latent portal]

Getting this would be really fun with THIS GUY on deck

[mellow marsh]

is there any way for me to bypass discovery when creating a card without hooking this line to force my own card area into it?

[sullen fern]

wait, what

why are my jokers showing error instead of the intended suit

don't tell me i fucked up my localization...

[plush cove]

show code

[tepid crow]

If your modded hands have lower chips*mult but need higher priority (for some reason - seems weird) then yes, use that

[plush cove]

for the joker?

[sullen fern]

what? that's baked into the joker itself

but i fixed it so it's all good

this SHOULD work

chain five and rainbow five now work

[hard flume]

I'm really happy I got Worlds working

[sullen fern]

chain house still counts as flush house though

[quartz ravine]

What mod has these amazing looking joklers? I am in love

[gleaming zealot]

definitely NOT PuyoMod

[wintry arch]

how do you make a joker with an extra variable (like hands remaining, for seltzer) that gets set to some value

not sure what to use to initially set the variable

[hushed field]

you just set the variable in the config

[wintry arch]

ohhh cool

[green mica]

Hmmm I found a similar bug with a previous version of SMOD but I have the most recent version so... hm

[faint plank]

got it fully working, it detects the wheel of fortune, glass card, and lucky card i have as well as the two jokers here

[hushed briar]

anyone happen to know how to add a localization entry while the game is running

[tepid crow]

what are you actually trying to do?

[hushed briar]

well this is the joker im working on, you can see it has tooltips for each of its effects

what im currently trying to do is create a default ability that it will gain from any boss blind it doesn't have an effect coded for

[tepid crow]

fair enough

what would that default ability look like? 🤔

[hushed briar]

which means i would need to, on the spot, create a tooltip with the blind's name

[hushed briar]

just +125 chips probably

[tepid crow]

ahh I see

[tepid crow]

you might be able to do something with process_loc_text (smods), but I'm not sure; there might just be a better/simpler approach

or possibly init_localization (vanilla)

mind keeping this to #⚙・modding-general if you're not developing a mod?

[solemn scaffold]

ok sorry didnt know where to post this tbh and since developing would mean that u know code maybe u could help me but yea won post it here anymore

there its gone

[tepid crow]

I'll take a look

[hard flume]

how do you call a custom sound and/or change the default soundtrack?

[tepid crow]

did you look at the sound docs?

[hard flume]

oh those exist?

[tepid crow]

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

[quartz ravine]

sooo adorable

[quartz ravine]

Mod link plz

[quartz ravine]

be warned that you have to use your mod prefix for every sound. and they need to be defined specially in the root of your module

IN your config.lua*

[green mica]

Alright I give up, I can't find anything on this enhancement mult issue, I have to assume it's an issue with SMOD cause I can't for the life of me find a reason it shouldn't be working

[frosty dock]

what's your smods version?

[green mica]

I updated it to the most recent version since I saw there was an issue on a previous version, so I'm on 0314c

[frosty dock]

yeah then it should work. 2 weeks back we did have an issue with enhancement mult not applying

[green mica]

I literally deleted my old smods main folder and replaced it so I can't imagine I left something behind

[frosty dock]

and you've tested on a new run?

[green mica]

yeah

so many times honestly haha

[frosty dock]

then it's too 1am for my brain to pick up on what's up with that

drop me the code and I can have a look tomorrow

[earnest stratus]

If you wanted a deck to start with an eternal joker, would that be with
"joker:set_ability"? Or is there another function?

[nova finch]

is there a way to change the description of a joker mid-game?

[turbid maple]

IIRC you can change the key by overriding it in loc_vars

[sullen fern]

not released

[nova finch]

how would i do that?

[turbid maple]

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

refer to the loc_vars section

if what you want is more dynamic than switching between a few preset descriptions then this wouldnt work though

[nova finch]

switching between a few preset descriptions is exactly what i want lol

thank you

[green mica]

    key = "test_enhancement",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Test Enhancement",
        text = {
            "Test"
        }
    },
    atlas = "test_mod",
    pos = { x = 5, y = 0 },
    config = {
        bonus = 2,
        mult = 2
    }
}```

I really stripped away everything else and still get the same result so I'm so stumped

even if I take out the bonus chips its the same so

🤷

[sonic cedar]

i have returned once more with my earlier issue
perhaps someone can help me with it now that some time has passed

calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.discard and context.cardarea == G.play then
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                trigger = "after",
                delay = 0.15,
                func = function()
                    card:flip()
                    return true
                end,
            }))
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                trigger = "after",
                delay = 0.15,
                func = function()
                    card:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS["j_hpfx_ijiraq"])
                    play_sound("card1")
                    card:juice_up(0.3, 0.3)
                    return true
                end,
            }))
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                trigger = "after",
                delay = 0.15,
                func = function()
                    card:flip()
                    return true
                end,
            }))
        end
    end

this is supposed to trigger the events when i discard, but for some reason it doesnt
any idea why?

[green mica]

Just guessing but it might be context.cardarea == G.play messing you up

cause I don't think the card is in that zone after it's discarded

[sonic cedar]

so do i change it off of G.play?

[green mica]

Mmm I'm looking at the example on the wiki and it just has context.discard and that's it

[sonic cedar]

i’ll try that rq

could’ve sworn i did but

hey

[green mica]

Oh actually it doesn't list G.play as an option for this context so maybe that is the issue

maybe it should be G.hand if you're discarding from hand

[sonic cedar]

no it

it worked

five hours

(thank you)

[green mica]

You're welcome! I'm glad it worked

[hushed briar]

i do not get how localization loading works

guess i might just have to make it say "Unknown's Heart"

[stray warren]

You can make an en-us.lua file under a localization directory in your mod directory, instead of doing that

[hushed briar]

no i have that

the problem is i need to generate a new entry dynamically

[faint plank]

thamk!

made another one, simple idea

[warped marsh]

heya, im trying to get a mechanic similar to banner but its with mult and with chips (hands remaining for chips, discards for mult). ive been looking through the files and ive struggled to find anything

[quartz ravine]

@warped marsh green joker might help you learn how to do that

[warped marsh]

hmm okay, can i dm you? i have general questions! (mostly about the files, and how to implement them)

[quartz ravine]

sure but I will me afk for a bit

[warped marsh]

okay

[nova finch]

has anyone ever had this crash before? I have no idea what's causing it

[red flower]

hard to know without looking at the code

[nova finch]

the thing is, i don't even know what code to look at

ive been trying to find possible culprits but nothing seems to happen

[green mica]

looking at location of the error, that's the tprint function

so the issue is probably related to a string or something

[nova finch]

yeah

[red flower]

Look in the lovely dump

In mine it's pseudoseed and that has a "key" value

[nova finch]

where do i find those

[red flower]

mods folder under lovely/dump

that's the code after all the patches

[nova finch]

hmmm

[red flower]

yeah

are you usint pseudorandom somewhere

[nova finch]

yeah

im trying to get a random hand then change the description based on the hand

i have no idea what im doing tho so there's probably something wrong with it

[red flower]

let me see the code

[nova finch]

ohh wait

i figured it out

i just fucked up the pseudoseed

[twilit cargo]

anyone got any clue why this isnt working? it prevents every normal joker from spawning which is what i want, but none of the jokers with their yes_pool_flag set to alternate are spawning

wait nevermind im stupid

[north brook]

Hey y'all, dumb question for someone not too familiar with the coding side of modding.

I'm using 2 mods that add consumables (Cryptid and YART) and some of the consumables, in my opinion, spawn far too often. (All of the reversed tarot from YART, and the multi-hand planets from Cryptid) Is there a way to change individual consumable spawn rates? And if so, is it possible to have it sit in it's own mod so that if they get updated, I don't need to re-edit them again?

[smoky talon]

how do i play a custom sound effect? i know how to do custom music but no clue how to do a sfx

[stiff locust]

so the from_debuff in add_to_deck and remove_from_deck

does that do what i think it does

in that if you check if from_debuff is false, effects in the area don't happen if the card was added or removed because it was debuffed/undebuffed

that would be really convenient and easy

[edgy reef]

Hopefully yea

[stiff locust]

hopefully?

[edgy reef]

Ok yeah can confirm that is how it should work

[stiff locust]

is it just if from_debuff == false then or do i have to do some extra stuff

[edgy reef]

from_debuff is either nil or true

At least for vanilla code

[rain slate]

where is glass card shattering calculated?

[stiff locust]

so if not from_debuff or from_debuff ~= true then

[rain slate]

I've looked everywhere I could think of and all I could find was the animations for when it shatters, but nothing that actually decides if it should shatter

[stiff locust]

that sounds like it should work

[edgy reef]

Just check that from_debuff is not truthy (so if not from_debuff then should work)

[rain slate]

and I find it in state_events.lua as soon as I ask this

gg

[smoky talon]

does anyone know?

[rain slate]

this should contain all the information needed https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Sound

[chrome widget]

Having a timing issue here I can't sort: I have a joker that retriggers scored enhancement effects (bonus mult, chips, xmult, and the lucky rolls), and I want the joker to play a message that says "Repeat!" similar to how full card retriggers say "Again!". I can get the message to play, but it always comes after the effect repeats rather than before.

if enhancement then
    enhancement.message = localize('k_again_ex')
    enhancement.message_card = card
    SMODS.trigger_effects({{enhancement = enhancement}}, context.other_card)
end

if next(return_table) then
    return_table.message_card = card
    return_table.message = localize('k_again_ex')
    return return_table
end```

This is basically what occurs, although I attempted to patch back in card_eval_status_text playing an extra function so I could try to force an event to append before the status text goes through, and that didn't seem to work. Only change when messing around with the event settings was seen above, where it overlaps the next card trigger rather than playing sequentially

It juices the joker at the same time that the effect occurs though

[modest cedar]

Hi, is there a guide somewhere to getting started making your own mods? I haven't been searching for very long but one place pointed me to this chat.

[chrome widget]

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

This page might help!!

[stiff locust]

smods/src/utils.lua is crashing here (line 239, marked with >>) what does this mean

function SMODS.insert_pool(pool, center, replace)
    if replace == nil then replace = center.taken_ownership end
    if replace then
        for k, v in ipairs(pool) do
            if v.key == center.key then
                pool[k] = center
                return
            end
        end
    end
    local prev_order = (pool[#pool] and pool[#pool].order) or 0
    if prev_order ~= nil then
        center.order = prev_order + 1
    end
    >>table.insert(pool, center)
end

on startup

[fickle stag]

damn im cooked why are jokers so messily coded

crap

[minor furnace]

They could have been so much worse

[fickle stag]

config is just a whatever

[sturdy compass]

I'm getting a crash from trying to do this (most likely from the second and third calculate_effect calls) and I have no clue why. Crash report is of no help

Changing to 'chip_mod' gives the same crash

If anyone wants to try to make sense of the crash report then feel free

[stiff locust]

what are you trying to do

[sturdy compass]

Apply the chips and mult of every hand contained in the played hand

[stiff locust]

so what's the SMODS.calculate_effect for

[sturdy compass]

I can't just return because that'd stop the function. I know I could just add them up and apply all at once but that's no fun

[stiff locust]

card_eval_status_text

makes messages without a return

[sturdy compass]

calculate_effect is just that but better

[stiff locust]

okay but have you tried card_eval_status_text

it might just work

[sturdy compass]

This function uses that function

😭

[stiff locust]

what is it with smods like

making a bad function and then

instead of modifying the function

they make a second function

that is just a better version that still calls the original anyway

[edgy reef]

That's just cause they're not using SMODS right.

You can just return a table with extra that contains the messages/effects of the next thing to calculate

Rather than doing all this manually.

[sturdy compass]

not my ass forgetting about an extra table

[hard flume]

Hihi :3

[edgy reef]

Also the diff is that SMODS.calculate_effect is that it's designed to eval all scoring elements, card_eval_status_text just displays text.

Along with the function just being really scuffed

[edgy reef]

(or at least it interfaces with the function that handles it)

[sturdy compass]

alright I changed it to this which does work but it doesn't have the desired effect. I wanna display each value in its own message with the order being "hand name, chips, mult"

[raw geyser]

What's the best way to make a rare playing card that isn't likely to spawn?

[sturdy compass]

I'm fairly certain the crux of this not working has something to do with the message components of calls 2 and 3, but I have no clue why

[hard flume]

How would I go about making cards only spawn while a Joker is active and then no longer spawn when that Joker isn't in play?

[edgy reef]

I meant this.

[sturdy compass]

Ok I understand this, but doing that returns out of the function making it only trigger once

[edgy reef]

Nah

The point of nesting extra is that's considered a separate event

[solar eagle]

how would i check if another steamodded mod is installed?

[sturdy compass]

I mean it would trigger for only one contained hand type, would it not?

[edgy reef]

oh right

[sturdy compass]

lmao

[edgy reef]

What even is the effect here, adding every single poker hand's chips and mult?

[sturdy compass]

every single hand that the played hand contains (and isn't the scoring name)

[edgy reef]

Can't you just have the chips and mult be added together first then returned?

I get the loop but I don't get why we want to announce all hands.

Wouldn't that be a lot of time just spent waiting for this joker to finish if we play like a 5oak

[sturdy compass]

It could potentially last a while yes, however imo it'd help visualize what exactly is being scored

[hard flume]

I think I'm gonna take a break from working on Worlds

[sturdy compass]

And again, the issue is stemming from the message part of calls 2 and 3

[edgy reef]

Can prob just make a recursive function that keeps adding an extra table for each poker hand.

[scarlet spire]

does a list of all used consumables in a run exist anywhere or do I need to keep track of that myself?

for example, if I wanted to give the player their most used tarot card

[fickle stag]

how does the shop show the booster packs / cards / vouchers available in the shop?

was looking at Game:update_shop and i tried to read G.shop_jokers.cards but it's empty, same for shop_booster and shop_vouchers

[stiff locust]

per run? no

per profile? yes

you can check a player's profile card stats to see what the most used stuff are

the MultiPack mod does that with a "Favourite Pack" which contains top jokers on your stats list, i'd check that for a reference

[scarlet spire]

ah i'll just keep track of the values myself then, I'm trying to do it per run

[vagrant moth]

How do I make it so when I get this Joker in the shop or booster packs, it's always Foil?

I currently use the code

  set_ability = function(self, card, initial, delay_sprites)
    card:set_edition({foil = true}, true)
  end```
It only applies in the Collection view, but not the actual game. What should I add or change?

[glad osprey]

whats the second bool of set edition control?

[stiff locust]

bump

[stiff locust]

hover over set_edition in the code and it tells you what the arguments are called

at least it does that on vscode lua plugin

[glad osprey]

I'm on mobile rn

[scarlet spire]

oh wow, that was surprisingly easy

[worthy sierra]

I'm trying to create a Joker that only triggers based on if a certain number of cards with a specific rank are in the scoring hand (i.e. three 7s are present, so the joker gets triggered once). Is there anything immediately built into the base game/SMODS to do check this or will I need to create a helper function?

Assuming the latter, would something like this work? context.scoring_hand[i].rank was mostly a guess on my part, as I'm not sure where to find a full list of member variables/functions for card objects, or anything within context actually. (Still new to this whole thing so bare with me lol)

[tall wharf]

it's actually [i].base.value

i made the same mistake

[worthy sierra]

ah thank you

[vagrant moth]

Does this have anything to do with the problem, or...?

[normal crest]

What is the proper way to level up a hand through a card's return effect without the text on the left side getting messed up

[tall wharf]

i thought you need to actually change the text to match yourselves

as evident in planet cards stuff

at least that's what i did

[normal crest]

Yeah I guess I'm just gonna go with that

Wish smods handled that

[fickle stag]

hello chat how do I view the list of blinds in the ante and their corresponding skip tag and score requirements

is there like a list of antes in the game code? where is it

was trying G.GAME.blind_on_deck

[lucid owl]

i'm trying to make a joker with a very specific sprite size (76x76, i didn't do the art), what am i doing wrong? (it should theoretically look square, like how photograph does)

[normal crest]

they're in G.GAME.round_resets.blind_choices structured like this

if you wanted to get info on the actual blinds you'd have to access that key in G.P_BLINDS, for example G.P_BLINDS.bl_small would have info on the basic small blind

[fickle stag]

alrighty

tysmmm

wait what are you using to visualise tables in game?

[normal crest]

DebugPlus

[fickle stag]

oh sick

i was just using inspect 😭

[plush cove]

off-topic but i am surprised how much overlap the Balatro and TWOW communities have

[fickle stag]

hi sorry where are the skips associated to the blind? G.P_BLINDS only says the debuff and dollars

[minor furnace]

are there any mods that change the number of booster packs available in the shop?

[sturdy compass]

They’re actually not attached to the blinds at all, moreso the UI box that holds the blind

[fickle stag]

hmmm

[sturdy compass]

Poke around in UI_definitions.lua, it’s somewhere in there

[small moon]

Anyone know why this card is displaying "+X Mult" twice? This is my calculate code:

calculate = function (self, card, context)
    if context.joker_main and not context.repetition then
        PRINT_TABLE(context)
        return {
            mult = card.ability.extra.current,
            message = localize { type = "variable", key = "a_mult", vars = { card.ability.extra.current } }
        }
    end

    if context.end_of_round and not context.blueprint and not context.game_over and context.main_eval then
        card.ability.extra.current = card.ability.extra.current + card.ability.extra.increase
        return {
            message = "Upgraded!",
            colour = G.C.MULT,
            card = card
        }
    end
end

I'm definitely missing some context check but I'm not sure what

(I fixed the duplicate Upgraded! text, forgot that was in the clip)

[plush cove]

because you're using "mult" and not "mult_mod", the message displays automatically

so you don't need "message = localize{blablabla}" in that scenario

[sturdy compass]

Yep that’s it

[small moon]

Got it

[fickle stag]

okay i found it thx 🙏

function create_UIBox_blind_tag(blind_choice, run_info)
...
  local _tag = Tag(G.GAME.round_resets.blind_tags[blind_choice], nil, blind_choice)

[sturdy compass]

👌

[small moon]

What exactly is the different between mult and mult_mod, just for future reference

[plush cove]

whether or not the message displays

[small moon]

I see, thank you!

One last thing, is there a debug mod that lets you spawn in a specific card? i.e. if I made a new Joker I could spawn it in, or if I made a new Edition I could spawn a Joker/playing card in with that Edition, etc.

[sturdy compass]

It’s also kind of a remnant of old_calc, as mult_mod was adding mult to the score from the joker directly while mult was for applying mult via a playing card triggered by a joker

[sturdy compass]

DebugPlus!

[plush cove]

debugplus

[small moon]

Really? I got debugplus and couldn't find that feature

[plush cove]

hover over the Joker you want, and press 3

(while in game)

[chrome widget]

Is there any way to use pound/hashtag symbols in name or description text, as an actual character?

[small moon]

Oh!

[plush cove]

and if you want to change its edition, press q

[sturdy compass]

Ctrl + q I thought

[small moon]

It's ctrl + q yeah

[sturdy compass]

Use a \ before it like ’\#’

[small moon]

Thank you! I'll look into the keybinds more for stuff, thanks for letting me know

[plush cove]

i have that setting disabled

[plush cove]

https://github.com/WilsontheWolf/DebugPlus/blob/master/keys.txt

[fickle stag]

oh I can't hook this, it just crashes D:

[plush cove]

what's your hook looking like?

[sturdy compass]

You can! I’ve done it before

[fickle stag]

local blind_tag = create_UIBox_blind_tag(blind_choice, run_info)
function create_UIBox_blind_tag(blind_choice, run_info)
    local ret = blind_tag(blind_choice, run_info)
    if G and G.GAME then
        local _tag = Tag(G.GAME.round_resets.blind_tags[blind_choice], nil, blind_choice)
        print("tag tag tag :3:3")
        print(inspect(_tag))
    end
    return ret
end

[plush cove]

remove the brackets from the end of the blind_tag variable

[fickle stag]

ooo

oh got it thanks :D

[chrome widget]

Can you pass a variable into the name of a joker, or just the description text?

[plush cove]

just tested, yup, you can pass variables into the name of a joker

[chrome widget]

How do you do that? Loc vars docs seem to imply they only target the description by default

So I can have the variable, but I'm not sure how to actually pass it

[plush cove]

that's how they're used in vanilla, but they do still target the name

just use it like you would in the description

[chrome widget]

Huh! Neat!

[vocal cedar]

hey fellas. I am REALLY new at this, and just wanted to see if there was a way to make a quick and easy mod to rebalance the legendary jokers.

I got my ideas and implementation, hell im happy to just mod the actual sourcecode as well.

Anywhere i can go to mod the legedaries straight up? or are we recommending a modloader?

[stiff locust]

bump

[hushed field]

Smods allows you take ownership of the legendaries, which will let you change them as needed!

[fickle stag]

how do I mod soul to be buyable in ghost deck

[hasty thicket]

I made my first joker yesterday, how would I go about my second in terms of coding it. I am asking specific would I create a new lua script? Or would I continue from my previoiusu?

My script rn

[vast fractal]

you can continue on your main.lua but i recommend to separate the jokers into their own individual script

[hasty thicket]

can you give an example?

[vast fractal]

main.lua

[hasty thicket]

okay 1s

let me read thiss

this is mine

[vast fractal]

add modules folder

[hasty thicket]

okay 1s

im new to coding so be wary

done

now i drag the main.lua (my joker) into it?

[vast fractal]

no
first make jokers folder inside the modules folder
then make a insert_joker_name.lua inside the jokers folder

[hasty thicket]

okay 1s

[vast fractal]

then copy your joker code from main.lua then paste it into the insert_joker_name.lua

[hasty thicket]

so my main.lua is being replaced into the insert jokers

gotcha 1s

done

do i remove the main.lua?

[vast fractal]

no

[hasty thicket]

ok

[vast fractal]

make sure that the main.lua has assert(SMODS.load_file("./modules/jokers/insert_joker_name.lua"))() so it will run the file

[hasty thicket]

okay 1s

so i would removethe script from main.lua?

[hasty thicket]

because this is the script in main.lua

I can hop in vc if needed so it might be easier for you to explain

so you don't have to type 24/7

[vast fractal]

did you transfer the code into the script inside the joker folder? if yes, then delete the script inside the main.lua

[hasty thicket]

yes i did

[plush cove]

off topic but what kind of icons are those

[hasty thicket]

okay done

i did it and made sure that it loaded afterwards

so in the Insert joker name, that's where I'd put my other jokers

[vast fractal]

each lua script is only one joker

[hasty thicket]

i mean alongside that code, yea

yeah

but i mean that's the Location

good to note

okay

time to try and make a joker (im bad at coding lmaoooo)

OKay

so for assets, I just put it in the assets folder, under 1x and 2x sizes

[vast fractal]

yes

[vocal cedar]

Can i edit the legendaries in the base game? Where are they located?

while I’m not against learning how to do it, I’ve never used smods

Thats the other thing. Im changing Canio into a ^MULT joker (like the ones in cryptd)

Since ^MULT isnt in the base game is this gonna require its own mod then?

[hushed field]

the base game has code spread out over various places, you'll wanna look for their ability name in the source code. If you've worked with code before, looking into SMODS isn't too difficult either.

Oh yeah for that you definitely need SMODS

and I think Talisman? I'm not sure if base SMODS implements ^MULT

[vocal cedar]

aye lmfao 😭

okay

Is there like

a good tutorial around for smods or will one of you fine jokermen be aval to help a poor soul out

(I have coded extensively in a lot of languages including LUI so i pick up real fast)

just like

a kickstart to “how to change joker behavior” or “how to add own mechanics” like ^MULT lol

[plush cove]

i picked up Lua pretty quickly and I come from C#

[vocal cedar]

I know C++,# etc, I just have no idea where to start on something like this

[hushed field]

Lemme grab the wiki and I think there's a thread now how to get started!

[vocal cedar]

Maybe I should look at like a nice and easy mod that adds like 10 jokers?

[hasty thicket]

Why is this not recognized as a card

[vocal cedar]

PEAK?!

[hasty thicket]

i just figured out why.

[vocal cedar]

I’ll probably just download like a +10 custom joker mod and look at that tbh

[hushed field]

If you've done C# you'll pick it up in half an hour at most 😛 The most difficult thing is having to look at code sometimes to figure out how something works because while the documentation is there, it's incomplete or assumes some competency

[hushed field]

I've learned a lot looking at the code for Paperback! Cryptid's also a common one to look at, but that does rely heavily on lovely patches, i think, so not everybody's a fan of that

[hushed field]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1349064230825103441

[hasty thicket]

I started yesterday around 24 hours ago on top of the discord, the 2 biggest resources is:
https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/blob/master/Mods/ExampleJokersMod/ModdedVanilla.lua
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Joker

[hushed field]

Ay, I was just gonna sent that! Thanks waffles 😛

[hasty thicket]

np

[vocal cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-homelander-the-boys-homelander-sad-homelander-its-peak-homelander-peak-gif-14542009839452529163

@hushed field @hasty thicket

thanks gents

[hushed field]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-17729711691959966457

[hasty thicket]

This code doesn't created a card why? the test.png is proper and the code works for a different card

[vocal cedar]

I am drunker than a sailor now so this message is so i can come baxk tmr lmfso

Again. Thank you.

[plush cove]

I mostly look at:

• Ortalab
• Paperback
• Cryptid
• Pokermon

[vocal cedar]

Hows Neatos?

[plush cove]

Ortalab I trust the most because Eremel is a regular SMODS contributor

[plush cove]

Neato Jokers is a pretty good place to start as well

[vast fractal]

how to destroy an enhanced card after scoring ends?

[hushed field]

You can thank me by sending a chain email to 10 people to play #1340334060597285025 or they will die in 7 days 😉

[hushed field]

give me a sec, I'll look it over 😄

[vocal cedar]

Oh!

[hasty thicket]

ty! I am very new but I am trying to learn

[hushed field]

been there, haha. I'm not seeing an immediate error. Is this in a separate file from your main mod file?

[hasty thicket]

mind you, this code is not what im doing for a new card, This is just to see if the card shows up if theres any easier ways to format, or write this please tell me?, this card is using a copied cards code

[hasty thicket]

1s

[plush cove]

I'm still quite proud of this code I did for Missing Poster

I anticipated having to change the entire straight algorithm but then I realized I could just do this

[hushed field]

as in, it's in a separate file? What does your file loading code look like?

[hasty thicket]

This is all the info I have

it send jokers twice

this is what i meant to send

So it's wafflesmod > modules > jokers > then its the script here

[hushed field]

haha you're too quick with providing answers 😛 I can barely ask the question. Is it sharing a key with the kittenandwaffles joker?

[hasty thicket]

idk what that means, i'm very new to the coding aspect, I think it does if you're refering to line 8?

Would it need different keys?

[vast fractal]

keys must be unique

[hasty thicket]

okay

[hushed field]

keys are how jokers are referenced internally. On line 8, yeah!

[hasty thicket]

should they be unique to the name?

[hushed field]

yes, fully unique

[hasty thicket]

okay! let me just do waffles1 and so on

[hasty thicket]

I can slow down if needed, I mostly just screen shot my code it's fair easy than typing and less clutter

[hushed field]

also, personal preference on my part, but I always name my joker keys the same thing as the file, without capitalization, which helps with automating a bunch of things, but that may be a few too many steps in the future, haha

[hushed field]

oh no, it's helpful, no worries!

[hasty thicket]

gotcha! Imma copy that idea

[hushed field]

but if you're afraid of cluttering the channel, you can dm some screenshots too. How are you handeling the atlases? Does each joker file have its own atlas defined, currently?

[hasty thicket]

most likely not

1s checking if it works rn

[hushed field]

doing some sprite work atm, so feel free to ping me if I don't respond, haha

[hasty thicket]

okay, I will ask you if I have any questions

[hushed field]

good luck!

[hasty thicket]

ty

u2

okay so update!
The card offically works however the actual display is wrong.
The assets folder works in the following format:

Mods > wafflesmods > assets > (two folders of the 1x and 2x for image scaling)
In each of the 1x and 2x folders there is two images, one of the test logo (A while logo with the word test, and 'a kitten and waffles.') Named accordingly.How amI messing up ?

@hushed field

[hushed field]

Ah, okay. Atlases can handle multiple images on the same sprite sheet. Depending on what you're mod goal is, that might be something you wanna look into, but I don't see a problem with this for being a small mod! I suspect the image is wrong for that very same key reason, btw!

atlases also need unique identifiers for keys

[hasty thicket]

Okay so from waht I'm getting, the images need seperate folders for each different joker?

also i'm confused how the keys play a role in coding? (as in like Do they match with the joker script for the image?)

[hushed field]

no, images don't need separate folders! 1X and 2X are all the image folders you're going to need!

[hasty thicket]

so the issue is tghe key

[hushed field]

because the way most code works, things tend to have two names: an internal name, and an external name. The external name, however, is probably one you want to be able to translate. Or maybe change during development. So any object has a key, which is the internal name. This is it's unique identifier so you can refer to it and your code will know what you're talking about.

[hasty thicket]

this helps so much

so external name is the file or code or image

and the internal name is the key

[hushed field]

no, the file name is the file name. The best way to look at that is that a file is just the box that things are in. On that box, you may write the same name as what you're putting in it, but it doesn't have to be. Files are much more an organizational tool.

[hasty thicket]

so in this scenario would I just do unique keys or for the test image would I do like test1 since test is taken by the lua code?

[hushed field]

If you want to do more complicated things with your files (for example, some mods load their jokers in by iterating over file names, so they're named after the object they contain), you want the names to line up, but they don't have to.

[hasty thicket]

okay, what do you reccomend?

[hushed field]

This has to do with the fact that you can choose to put all your jokers in one file, or choose to separate them out. I personally separated them out, but that's because my mod has 200 jokers, and I don't want a single file that's 20k lines long. It's entirely up to personal preference

[hasty thicket]

i see that makes sense

soemone earlier told me to have seperate codes for the jokers because its easier to organize

[hushed field]

I'd say so too, but it does come with some other hurdles. If you're learning coding, do what you understand so that you're not taking ten steps at the same time, and focus on understanding the one you're taking. That way you also learn what preferences you have

[hasty thicket]

okay from waht I know, I just changed the key for the test code(the top part) for the code and its still the cat image, what could be an issue of this

[hushed field]

The 'external name' is I'm calling it, is the localization name, or we could call it the user-facing name. It's what gets displayed when you launch the game. Your code basically never refers to this name, except in that localization spot where you set the name

[hasty thicket]

i see

[hushed field]

So, how much do you know about the way atlases work?

[hasty thicket]

very little but after I fix this issue of the image I havea few lua videos lined up in my browser

[hushed field]

The main thing is that I think I can fix what you're running into now, but there's a more efficient way to go about it that may need a bit more explanation, haha

[hasty thicket]

ill watch those to get a better understanding of coding because I did code in unity during middle school and found it fun, but its hard if I'm trying to do too much with the basics

[hasty thicket]

I have all the time in the world if you do as well lmao

[hushed field]

if you changed the key of the atlas for the test image, did you also change the 'atlas = ' part of the test joker?

[hasty thicket]

no

just changed it now

[hushed field]

An atlas and a joker being in the same file doesn't actually tell the joker that it's image is contained in that atlas. The joker's code instead checks the key stored in the 'atlas=' part of the code, and then looks at all atlases you have, and goes to the one with that key. (That's a pretty immediate example of how keys are used in coding)

[hasty thicket]

OKAY IT WORKED

LETS GOO

[hasty thicket]

okay that makes alot of sense because if multiple things are in the samefile it would crash the code, so the keys are a way to reference unique parts of the file, without referencing the whole file?

[hushed field]

If you're planning on adding more than a few jokers to your mod, I'd try and see how atlases work with sprite sheets, but that's probably easier to understand once you've watched some videos on lua

[hasty thicket]

oh 100% I plan to watch some videos to get a better grasp

Thank you

[hushed field]

once you're code is running, files aren't something that's really considered. As I said, they're mostly an organizational tool. For example, in my mod, I have jokers in separate .lua files, but all my atlases are set in the main file of my mod. Setting an object just gives it an address you can visit with other code

[hasty thicket]

okay that makes sense

[hushed field]

Working with code that's separated out across files was something I always felt a bit uncomfortable with when I first started coding, so it's a very normal thing to run into and make mistakes with, haha

[hasty thicket]

okay! I use visual studio code, what extensions should I have for it

I have intelliskript, skript, skript + skriptinsight, skript autocompletions, skript-vscode.

[hushed field]

I'm a bad person to ask for that, I just use the lua extension for autoformatting, haha

[hasty thicket]

I'm starting with basic text code, and it won't run without debugging, why is that?

[hasty thicket]

ah okay, well thanks regardless you've been a ton of help!

[hushed field]

Haha, bad news here is that I've never worked with lua outside of the computercraft mod for minecraft, and balatro, so I have no clue how to run it normally. Probably won't be too complicated once you know a bit more, but I have no clue haha

[hasty thicket]

lol minecraft go brr

been playing that game for 11 years, was a builder for servers

the memories fly by

[hushed field]

i remember indev 🥲

[hasty thicket]

lmaooo

[hasty thicket]

Idk if its my extensions but it says it runs lua

[sour marsh]

you have to install lua on your computer to run lua files

[hasty thicket]

bruh

welp.

idek how to do that

resaerch time

[hasty thicket]

can visual studio code not run it?

[sour marsh]

you should follow this guide https://github.com/LazerLars/how_to_setup_lua_in_windows11_and_vscode

it will set you up with everything you need from lua

all the extensions for vscode, lua itself etc

[hasty thicket]

i dont have windows 11.

[sour marsh]

it should work for windows 10

[hasty thicket]

k

[frosty dock]

why do you want to install lua, anyway

if you want to make balatro mods, you load them into balatro

[daring fern]

How could one make a joker only affect itself and not other copies of that joker?

[red flower]

jokers normally only affect themselves, what specifically are you trying to do?

[hasty thicket]

Because a part of learning coding isn't just learning it to a specific game. It's hard to grasp a concept if it only applies to one specific game out of the millions?

[daring fern]

I'm trying to make a joker that retriggers itself 5 times but also be blueprint.

[hasty thicket]

I mean you are right that running code doesn't mean learning it :/

[frosty dock]

you can still use that setup to run generic code that isn't specific to the game though

[hasty thicket]

wut

my script in vsc WONT run.

[red flower]

just check that the card object is the same as your joker instead of checking something like the card key

[hasty thicket]

are you saying to put it in balatro?

[frosty dock]

all I'm saying is that you can set up a mod and use that to run literally any code you want

you're also given the context of the game, which is useful if you want to learn about how it works. but it doesn't take anything away

[hasty thicket]

I'm not just trying to learn lua for this game, I'm trying to learn lua as a whole.

[daring fern]

Like this?

[red flower]

yes

never used retriggers tho so idk if the syntax is correct but the idea is

[daring fern]

That retriggers itself but also if there is the same joker in front of it it will also retrigger that 5 times.

[frosty dock]

like i said there's no restrictions in doing it either way. but sure, do it without the game if you really want to

[red flower]

hmm no idea then, I don't think that should normally happen

[wintry solar]

You mean if you have another copy that will also trigger five times?

[daring fern]

If it is in front of it yes.

[wintry solar]

Isn’t it just retriggering itself?

[daring fern]

No, what happens is the first one retriggers 5 times then it retriggers the second one then the second one retriggers itself 5 times.

[wintry solar]

Can you show the full code?

[wintry solar]

So it’s supposed to copy the joker to the right of it 5 times?

[daring fern]

Yes, basically.

[wintry solar]

Okay so I don’t think you want to use retriggering for that

You just want to do the blueprint effect 5 times

[daring fern]

How?

[wintry solar]

Well it depends on the wording of your joker actually

[daring fern]

It used to retrigger the card to the right of it 5 times.

[next timber]

why do the card name and effect not show?

[red flower]

loc_txt instead of loc_text

[next timber]

ohh im dumb lol

thx

[daring fern]

Also for some reason it prevents jokers from upgrading.

[next timber]

i keep getting the error attempt to index local 'other' (a nil value) and I can't figure out what it actually means, i think it might be something to do with the revive seal copying the card?

ive gotten the error when copying it several times with hanged man, and when having it as a glass card

[wintry solar]

So what’s the intended pattern of there are 2 next to each other?

[daring fern]

The first one triggers 6 times the second one triggers 6 times both copying what is to the right.

[wintry solar]

I think I’d just use a loop and the blueprint util function to do that

But that might end up triggering the first one too much

Hmmmm

[next timber]

ok this also triggers whenever you used hanged man on a glass card with the seal?? i genuinely cant figure out whats going on here for the life of me

ohhh

im destroying from hand.highlighted instead of the card with the seal

thats probably causing issues

oh god. glass card with revive seal and 2 all sixes jokers

every time you play it it duplicates

[hard flume]

Does anyone know the key for the jimbo pack and the store? I'm trying to get my World Jokers to only appear in my custom booster for them

[vocal cedar]

@hushed field @hasty thicket there are WILD things being done in GIMP studios right now

i dont even know what im gonna make him do

but he is gonna be beautiful

[verbal wyvern]

Definitely gonna have to be something with Face cards

[vocal cedar]

The Jorker

[verbal wyvern]

Oh my god

[vocal cedar]

LMFAO

[verbal wyvern]

I didnt even realize it said Jorker 😭

[vocal cedar]

ikr

its so

natural

[verbal wyvern]

It’s beautiful

[vocal cedar]

ikr

Jorker: All face cards count as Kings, Queens and Jacks.

@verbal wyvern

oh wait you gotta see this shit

its not over

[verbal wyvern]

What if all face cards count as Kings and Queens, goes hard with Trib and Paredoilia

[vocal cedar]

im making all face cards count as all face cards lol

paredolia with this would be fucking nuts

[verbal wyvern]

Ohhhh I get it now

Anime jonklers..

[vocal cedar]

hit the road, trib,

would be wild

[verbal wyvern]

Idol even

[vocal cedar]

reworking em as well

[verbal wyvern]

I think my favorite Joker ive made so far has gotta be my Metal Pipe joker

[vocal cedar]

Chicora: Permanently REVERSES the effect of the Boss Blind (and makes it positive if possible)
Retriggeres all Aces, and all Aces are considered Wild Cards.
Able to be Blueprinted and or Brainstormed
This would make stuff like The Manacle give +1 hand size permanently
Water could give like 6 Discards

Yorelle: This Joker gives you +0 discard at the start of the round and x1 mult
Gains +1 Discard and X1 MULT each 23 discards, (this value increases by 10 every time Yorick is Upgraded)
Gains +2 chips for each card discarded (resets every time you defeat a blind)

Cania: This Joker gains 0.01^ MULT each time a Face Card or Ace is Destroyed, Starts at 1

Perkea :This joker creates a negative copy of a random consumable at the end of the shop. 1 in 30 chance to create a negative Spectral Card each time a Tarot Card is used. Gains 1$ of sell value for each Spectral Card Used

Tribulea: This Joker gives , X2 Mult each time a Queen is scored. This value is increased by X0.1 each time a King is scored or X0.15 each time a Jack is Discarded. Resets to X2 upon defeating the Blind.

Tribulet (other idea): This Joker gives , X1 Mult each time a Queen is scored. This value is increased by X0.02 each time a King is scored or X0.03 each time a Jack is Discarded.

[vocal cedar]

peak

[verbal wyvern]

^

[verbal wyvern]

These go hard

I have yet to do anything with ^ values but one day

[vocal cedar]

why make them more op?

Simple.

The Soul card now TRANSFORMS a joker into a legendrie (notice the spelling)

[wintry swallow]

Heyo!! Anybody know how the Misprint joker works and how to recreate it?

[verbal wyvern]

Wild af

[vocal cedar]

im just trying to figure out how jokers work lmao

but

i saw this

seems it just takes a random mult

[verbal wyvern]

^ something like that

[vocal cedar]

for its description?

its listed here

[verbal wyvern]

I have a Multprint joker that gives a random Xmult at the end of round

Still working out implementing the text though

[vocal cedar]

The description is blank. i think there is an outsider function causing it to be that random crap

[verbal wyvern]

Yea theres a string for the text

Fun fact, it predicts the next card in your deck

[modern kindle]

I think it does something with dynatext shit near where you see it's code but I hadn't figured out how to implement it for other jokers

[verbal wyvern]

I thinks its just as simple as having the string in your code then calling it out in the text but

I havent figured it out yet so dont take my word for it

  key = 'Multprint',
  loc_txt = {
    name = 'Multprint',
    text = {
      '',
      ''
      }
    },
    atlas = 'ExionJonkers',
    pos = {x = 5, y = 0},
    config = { extra = {
        Xmult_min = 1,
        Xmult_max = 5
    }
    },
    
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
      if context.joker_main then
        local temp_XMult = pseudorandom('Multprint', card.ability.extra.Xmult_min, card.ability.extra.Xmult_max)
        return {
          Xmult = temp_XMult,
          card = card
        }
      end
    end 
}```

This is my Multprint code atm

Should help with what you need

[hushed field]

Prepare for a programming nightmare 😋

[zealous glen]

These are from the Legendere Texture mod if you want them

[hushed field]

Misprint does use a dynatext, which is I think automatically just parsed properly by the ui functions

[vocal cedar]

i know...

[verbal wyvern]

Ooh mayhaps

[zealous glen]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1251615229721186457

[verbal wyvern]

Me and my friend are working on our own legendarys rn based off us and some friends

Might replace the base ones or just add them

[vocal cedar]

yep. i just went through and actually renamed them, and then just put them on the actual png instead of using a mod

changed the actual nameplates singe legendere textures didnt do that

and then i plan on tweakin em SLIGHTLY

[verbal wyvern]

Coding Balatro mods is such a nice break from what im used to modding

Im used to doing stuff for like Arma 3/ DayZ and this is so much easier 😭

[vocal cedar]

terrified to even attempt to program chicora since im basically programming the bug that exists in game into a feature

even more scared to attempt cania. might just steal ^MULT code from cryptd tho

not even gonna think about how rough Yorelle will be with the permant increase to discards, i guess ill steal burgular code to start?

@verbal wyvern smods can "take over" vanilla jokers yes?

[verbal wyvern]

Yeah I feel like Yorrelle or Perkea might be easiest

[vocal cedar]

like i can reprog them with SMOD?

[verbal wyvern]

Yes

[vocal cedar]

oh nice

so like

[zealous glen]

Well they're still the original Jokers

and having them on a separate atlas is better

[vocal cedar]

the png yeah

@zealous glen oh the retexured legendaries is just cause a friend of mine wanted em but didnt wanna install any modloarders

so i just decided to repaint jokers.png for em

[zealous glen]

It doesn't violate the rules, it's resistant to updates (by being a SMODS mod), and as a Malverk mod can be combined with other textures

[vocal cedar]

i dont plan on merging my legendary rework with legendarie jokers

[verbal wyvern]

In Smodded wiki in API Documentation you can find the Take Ownership stuff

[zealous glen]

updating the game will overwrite the textures AFAIK

[vocal cedar]

unless i contact the mod creator of legendarie jokers and ask to collab

[zealous glen]

without a modloader

[vocal cedar]

ooh i see

[zealous glen]

and distributing it I feel like would be a violation of the rules

[wintry swallow]

wait can I reprog the ingame sprites using smods or lovely patches?

[zealous glen]

technically you don't even need them, but it is recommended that you use at least SMODS

I also recommend Malverk

[verbal wyvern]

SMODS is very helpful

Would def recommend it

[vocal cedar]

I will prob reach out to eaze and see if he wants to collab, otheriwse im absolutely not going to include the remade sprites in any mod i make dont worry lol

[wintry swallow]

Sorry to pop in again, but yall know how I can change the joker sprites only while the mod is active?

[verbal wyvern]

Have you watched that one youtube video on making modded jokers

[wintry swallow]

yeah

[hasty thicket]

who u

[verbal wyvern]

So if you have your joker with your custom sprite in your mod yeah it wont be there if you reload

Did you make a backup of your vanilla folder?

[wintry swallow]

I meant change the vanilla jokers, sorry

[wintry swallow]

yup

[vocal cedar]

bro forgot i interacted with him an hour ago

[hasty thicket]

an hour ago i was sitting on my bed watching yt

[vocal cedar]

three hours lol

[hasty thicket]

. . .

[verbal wyvern]

Yeah you still can, youll just have to take ownership of the joker you want to reskin and use your custom png and callout the column and row in the pos

[vocal cedar]

you

[hasty thicket]

bro confused 1/8 of the day with an hour

[vocal cedar]

you literally like

[hasty thicket]

im trolling you Lmaooo

[vocal cedar]

this guy

[verbal wyvern]

😭

[vocal cedar]

manifesting hammers above you

[hasty thicket]

you didnt even spell freese right

[vocal cedar]

oh i did

[verbal wyvern]

Thats wild

[hasty thicket]

cap

[vocal cedar]

Proper Nouns are always spelled right

[wintry swallow]

thank you!!! have been struggling alot haha

[vocal cedar]

:)

[hasty thicket]

we dont accept people as nouns nowadays.

[verbal wyvern]

Real shit

[vocal cedar]

noun (proper)

its the new thing

its like

fancy nouns

where you can make random bullshit

[hasty thicket]

cap, Proper nouns are name of nouns.

[vocal cedar]

new earth mod

[hasty thicket]

ik

anyway why did you send the image

[vocal cedar]

thought you would find funny

[verbal wyvern]

Did you not see the image

Its hilarious

[vocal cedar]

since you linked the mod tutorial

ive been cooking

[hasty thicket]

i didnt

[vocal cedar]

jorker

[hasty thicket]

lmaoo your more experienced than I am

I started coding 2 days ago.

[verbal wyvern]

Ahem, youre*

speaking about proper nouns and cant even grammar smh

[modern kindle]

Ahem, you're*

[hasty thicket]

Ahem, you're. If you're gonna correct me, do it properly.

[vocal cedar]

yrou're

[verbal wyvern]

I did forget the apostrophe thats my b

Yo’ure right

[hasty thicket]

lmao

okay imma go back to learning lua

[wintry swallow]

uhhhhh.... sorry to ask but what does it mean to "take ownership" of the joker?

[verbal wyvern]

Its basically what it says, in your code you can take ownership of preexisting vanilla content and change it up

[vocal cedar]

basically
...yeah he said it

[verbal wyvern]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/API-Documentation

[wintry swallow]

sorry gain, I'm pretty stupid 🙏

[vocal cedar]

your mod basically takes the vanilla joker, rewrites it from scratch, puts your twists on it and throws it back into the game with new shit

[verbal wyvern]

Its at the bottom of that page

[hasty thicket]

How is it taking ownership if your just cutting and copying certain parts of code and taking ownership of it when you didn't produce the original part...?

Is that not how they copyright songs and essays?

[verbal wyvern]

That idk I didnt make steam Modded

But its also just a code value

Not like

Actually taking ownership

You basically just add the vanilla asset to your mod

[hasty thicket]

ig

[verbal wyvern]

It will still be part of the base game and function like normal when you unload your mod but whilr your mod is loaded anything you change will be in effect

[wintry swallow]

.

[verbal wyvern]

@wintry swallow if you havent and have the time before you get modding I would go through the steammodded wiki and just, read all of it

You’ll likely be going back to it while coding but it can help you understand it more beforehand

[wintry swallow]

Thank you for the tips! I'm gonna grab something to eat and then continue

[hasty thicket]

yall wanna know what i love

[vocal cedar]

pancakes

[hasty thicket]

vertical monitors that flip 🙂

[verbal wyvern]

Thats

So lovely

[hasty thicket]

?

BOTH MY MONITORS DO IT

okay time to create a new joker

🙂

[verbal wyvern]

I do all my coding on my laptop so god I wish

[hasty thicket]

Lmaooo fair

when i read stuff its awesome

so much text

[verbal wyvern]

You can see the whole page 😭

[hard flume]

Hihi :3

[hasty thicket]

i love it

its so much

[hard flume]

I'm gonna work on making some Jokers, consumables and a new modifier today. Actually get the content of each world before I limit that content to said world.

[hushed field]

My monitor's 12 by 12 pixels and flashes each letter to my individually at lightning speed

[hard flume]

Should I give Worlds effects besides giving you access to content that you couldn't get otherwise?

[hasty thicket]

Considering making a card that will subtract money to add multipliers, and one that does the opposite:

Example would be if you have X cash, then you subtract it, and gain X bonus.
Or
If you have X bonus, you subtract it to gain X cash

[manic rune]

good morning everyone

[hushed field]

I have a similar effect in my mod and it's one of my favorites to play with

Morning Bepis

[hasty thicket]

perhaps it wouldn't work every time, mabybe every time it sells a consumable during the round, or even per discard.

[manic rune]

my morning btw :3

[hushed field]

I personally enjoy a good risk and reward joker, so having to sell out to save your economy is an interesting choice, I'd say

[hasty thicket]

yeah

I plan to make a full joker set (around 15 cards) plus a custom deck.

[hushed field]

My version changes xmult and cost depending on its positioning, and self destructs if you can't pay for it, and I personally enjoyed the active choices it's made me make

[hasty thicket]

i see

OOH

[manic rune]

only 15 cards? thats lame :3

go further and beyond

[hasty thicket]

i might do it depending on the hand played, like if a flush is played it causes the event

[manic rune]

add a gazillion jokers

[hasty thicket]

bro if only you new how bad i am

[manic rune]

im new too, we can go wild

:3

[hasty thicket]

i started 2 days ago

[tall wharf]

😭

[hard flume]

Hmm... What other worlds could I add btw? I know I wanna add Mushroom Kingdom, and I already have a Yume Nikki-themed world.

[hasty thicket]

less than 48 hours

[manic rune]

i started a month ago ❤️

[tall wharf]

infinite craft in balatro

[manic rune]

fire idea

[hushed field]

Oh you're making a Balatro mod? It's not really a mod unless you add 150 jokers, a new consumeable, and a board game from your youth to the game, sorry

[modern kindle]

oh hi bepis

[tall wharf]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[hasty thicket]

it's an addon

[manic rune]

hi dilly

[vast fractal]

the color is not coloring 😭

[manic rune]

-# i almost said diddy again

[manic rune]

gray

not GRAY

[modern kindle]

my goat ice present too and aiko

[modern kindle]

you want me to fall off a house so bad

[manic rune]

oh but also

i suggest using "inactive" for that one instead

its used for text like that

-# maybe?

[manic rune]

im sorry 😭

[hard flume]

Hmm... I could probably add some worlds that aren't references? Probably?

[hushed field]

A mod is only a mod if every single joker is a very explicit reference, sorry

[modern kindle]

im so fucked my mod is cooked

[hasty thicket]

what abt a mod for food

[modern kindle]

i have like 3 references

out of 50

[manic rune]

my entire mod is a reference

:3

[modern kindle]

well arent u fweakin special..

[vast fractal]

gray doesnt work , inactive works

[manic rune]

please be more specific, a lot of mods add food 💔

i see

gray probably doesnt exist then

[red flower]

a mod that orders pizza in real life when a royal flush is scored

[modern kindle]

is it a random pizza, or one tailored to you

[red flower]

random

[hasty thicket]

here me out, only consumables will be food, jokers will be pots, pans, and other cooking utilities, or that might be planet cards.

[modern kindle]

that sure is a gamble

[hasty thicket]

IM DEF DOING THAT

[hushed field]

Ingredients based on the played ranks ofc

[red flower]

for a royal flush?

[modern kindle]

yea idk how we manage that one

[hushed field]

I missed the Royal haha

[manic rune]

heres all the available colors

[modern kindle]

suit and rank combined equals ingredient

[manic rune]

soo cooking?

[red flower]

hey thats my screenshot

[manic rune]

i thought about a cooking mod too lmfao

[manic rune]

i told ya, i collect images :3

[hushed field]

If you want, I can see if I can see if I can make a proper generic version of my mod's food consumeable, if your ideas'd work with it, haha

[modern kindle]

our screenshot now

[hard flume]

I'm adding Potion Crafting eventually. That counts as cooking, right?

[red flower]

go ahead comrades

[hasty thicket]

yes

[manic rune]

mhm, thats cool

[hasty thicket]

no bc mines real

[manic rune]

cooking in walter white's terms

:3

[hushed field]

You'll have to check Kino to see if it's a type of food that works like you want in any way though, I'm sure there have been thousands of ways to implement food consumeables

[hasty thicket]

we shall see

[manic rune]

wait, does "1 in 4" use E:2?

i remember someone saying so

[hushed field]

Also good motivation to take out their dependency on tags and just make them fully card objects, instead of tag spawners

[manic rune]

:3

god damn it i got gaslighted

[hushed field]

What does E:3 even do? Wobble harder?

[manic rune]

shakes the entire screen

[red flower]

i dont think theres an e3, it got cancelled for the summer game fest

[hard flume]

I'm gonna add Runes and Potion Crafting soon. But first, I need to finish the Yume Nikki Reference

[manic rune]

my mod definitely has e6 though

wink wink

[red flower]

so true

[manic rune]

i think there was a way to add to INFO_QUEUE stuff straight from localization

time to find that one image i saved a few weeks ago

[hushed field]

I did mean E:2 but apparently E:2 makes the train shake so I mistyped

[red flower]

wdym

like this?

[manic rune]

oh yeah, that

:3

i got this one from when Riv_Falcon posted on here

24/2

-# why do i look like a stalker doing this

[hushed field]

I should put some effort into properly writing my glossary because I don't think people are gonna understand spellcasting at all if they don't run into Fantasy cards

[hasty thicket]

My issue has something to do with the values or naming, because the Xmult isn't being rendered.

[manic rune]

{X:mult,C:white}