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[rough furnace]

Oh just like one time?

[dapper sun]

yea i just wanna get its key

it's for a consumable

[gusty peak]

G.jokers.highlighted[1].config.center.key

[rough furnace]

If you have DebugPlus you can run eval dp.hovered.config.center in the console

[gusty peak]

i thinkkkk

[dapper sun]

ty i'll try it

[gusty iron]

If I did do this, I had some cool ideas for new hands.

Flush Six - Six cards of same suit and rank
Fuller House - 4 of a Kind + 2 of a Kind
Flush Full - Fuller House, but all of the same suits
Six of a Kind - Six cards of same rank
Two Three - Two three of a kinds

[gusty peak]

give me a few minutes

[gilded narwhal]

okay i got it ty

[rapid stag]

bump

[sonic cedar]

didn’t work 💔

[digital niche]

?

[gusty peak]

local orig_add_to_highlighted = Card.add_to_highlighted
function Card:add_to_highlighted(card, silent)
        local cardio = find_joker(AST.JOKER.CARDIO.KEY)
        local old_highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit
        if self.config.type == 'hand' and next(cardio) then 
            for i=1,#cardio do
                self.config.highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit + cardio[i].ability.extra.extra_discards
            end
        end

        orig_add_to_highlighted(self, card, silent)
        self.config.highlighted_limit = context.old_highlighted_limit
end

that works for discards, HOWEVER, you might will have to also hook into G.FUNCS.can_play function cause it cheks if there are less then 5 highlighted cards

cause thats what it does

makes the button not work if you have 0 or more than 5

[gusty peak]

that increases the highlight limit temporarily

[lucid owl]

big fan of this guy

[gusty peak]

damn

[gusty iron]

how would i make a text color green if a variable was true, and red if it was false?

[gusty peak]

thatsssss complicated af actually, ui stuff is beyond my understanding

there no easy way of doing afaik

[gusty iron]

so would something like this work? (minus the thing i just asked)

[gusty peak]

looks good, but put {} after the closing bracket

[lucid owl]

why is your code in times new roman lol

[gusty iron]

i code in notepad (im too lazy to get vscode)

[gusty peak]

you could return different values in loc_vars depending on weather or not you have the turtle

[gusty iron]

thats what im doing

[gusty peak]

ye

[lucid owl]

this is the most horrifying thing i've ever read in this channel

[paper zealot]

Look into how to use the {V:} modifier instead of {C:}. You can pass a custom colour variable in loc_vars.vars.colours

[dapper sun]

how do i make using set_ability

1. play the card flip animation like when adding an edition/enhancement
2. update the sell cost

[gusty iron]

oh okay peak

[gusty peak]

oh i didnt know about that

[lucid owl]

like, base notepad?? not notepad++?? 😭

[gusty iron]

yeah

[paper zealot]

Why would you do this to yourself? It's so much more needlessly complicated and difficult to use notepad...

[gusty iron]

i can read it relatively fine

[gusty peak]

set_ability is for setting config variables in an advanced way

[dapper sun]

ah

[lucid owl]

vscode is like, 10 clicks max to install

[gusty peak]

you do all that in consumable use function

[lucid owl]

coding in notepad is just making the experience a lot more difficult

[gusty iron]

thats TEN TOO MANY 🔥

[paper zealot]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Text-Styling#variablecustom-text-colour-modifier-v for examples

[gusty peak]

you get text highlighting, you get git integration and its so much nicer

like its super worth it

[lucid owl]

not using vscode or something different isn't really laziness, that's more stubbornness at this point

[gusty iron]

i mean i technically do have vscode

[lucid owl]

stubbornness for the most inefficient possible code editing tool 😭

[gusty iron]

its just that its vscode 2017 (i make ktane mods too)

[gusty peak]

its visual studio not vscode

[gusty iron]

oh

[lucid owl]

that's visual studio

[gusty peak]

vscode is like light code editor

and has plugins

[gusty iron]

also one more thing

for next(find_joker(<key>))

[paper zealot]

Starts up a hell of a lot faster than Visual Studio too, if that's what's putting you off

[gusty iron]

is <key> a string value

[gusty peak]

yes

[gusty iron]

okay peak

[digital niche]

how do i refer to this in a string?

[gusty peak]

for jokers its gonna be "j_<your_mod_prefix>_<joker_key>"

[gusty iron]

so

j_JCJ_j_turtle?

[gusty peak]

if in SMODS.JOKER the key = j_turtle then ye

[gusty iron]

okay peak

[gusty peak]

refer to what? i dont understand what you mean

[gusty iron]

how would i localize XMult?

[gusty peak]

{X:red,C:white}text{}

[gusty iron]

no im ean

message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult } },

this

but for

[gusty peak]

a_xmult

[gusty iron]

okay peak

[sonic cedar]

Now that my computer is running better, I'm sending ss of what the sticker is looking like, including the localization entry. Why doesn't it load in?

[gusty peak]

badge color also looks weird

[sonic cedar]

can you not do it like that

[gusty peak]

HEX("000000")

[gusty iron]

i love using pantone 448 c as my mod's badge color

[sonic cedar]

ok so it HAS to be hex

[paper zealot]

I don't see why it wouldn't work, HEX just returns an array of 4 numbers. They should be equivalent

[gusty peak]

actually...

[gusty peak]

nvm

hex just does that

[sonic cedar]

oh ok

[gusty peak]

does it not appear in the collection?

[sonic cedar]

no

nor in my mod’s additions

[gusty peak]

is it in a sperate file?

[sonic cedar]

yeah it i—i didn’t load the file.

[gusty peak]

yeaaaaaaaaaa

mooooodd

[sonic cedar]

do i have to load the toml file too

[gusty peak]

no

[sonic cedar]

no i don’t. what am i talking a—yeah

it crashed…

this is a new one

[gusty peak]

is the file in x1 and x2 called that?

[sonic cedar]

the file in 2x doesnt exist because im an idiot

ok THIS TIME for sure

there it is! thank you guys 😭

[gusty peak]

yay

[sonic cedar]

do stickers auto tooltip or no

[gusty peak]

youll need

misc = {
  labels = {
    <mod_prefix>_<sticker_key> = {
      "Text"
    }
},

and

        Other = {
            <mod_prefix>_<sticker_key> = {
                name = "",
                text = {
                    "",
                    ""
                }
            },

in localization file

[sonic cedar]

and that’ll make the sticker’s description show up next to the joker?

[gusty peak]

yes

[sonic cedar]

got it

[gusty iron]

okay so small issue

when the 2 jokers are paired, they say "false" until you play, is there anyway to update the text constantly?

[gusty peak]

show loc_vars

[gusty iron]

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
return {
vars = {
card.ability.extra.mult,
card.ability.extra.Xmult,
card.ability.extra.turt,
}
}
end,

[gusty peak]

i think it should request that eveyt time you hover over it

[gusty iron]

how would i do that?

[gusty peak]

no i think it does that by default

[gusty iron]

no it

doesnt

[gusty peak]

when is card.ability.extra.turt set?

if its set in the calculate function then that explains it

[gusty iron]

yeah i figured it out

[gusty peak]

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {
            vars = {
                card.ability.extra.mult,
                card.ability.extra.Xmult,
                #find_joker(<turtle_id>) > 0,
            }
        }
    end,

[gusty iron]

ill be working on the 6 joker soon

[gusty iron]

i legit just added an if then statement before calculate but that works too ig 😭

[gilded narwhal]

what a funny reference

[gusty iron]

okay nevermind the if didnt work

[gusty peak]

ye it shouldnt be in calculate

[gusty peak]

nice

[gusty iron]

okay i fixed it

[gusty peak]

also so many people from ktane move over to balatro modding lmao

[rustic swallow]

does anyone know how to make a joker that gives chips when a suit is scored (like arrowhead)

[gusty iron]

is this in the calculate function?

[gusty peak]

no, this is seprate from SMODS.Joker

[sonic cedar]

like how jokers do j_ do stickers use s_?

[gusty peak]

its called a hook, were basically making a copy of old function, and appending our own code

[gusty iron]

should be:

if
            context.individual and
            context.cardarea == G.play and
            not context.other_card.debuff and
            context.other_card:is_suit(YOUR SUIT) and
            not context.blueprint

[gusty peak]

and calling the old function inside if our overwritten one

[gusty iron]

so do i need to replace AST.JOKER.CARDIO.KEY with the key of my joker

[gusty peak]

yesss

[gusty iron]

okay peak

j_JCJ_j_andrew it is

[gusty peak]

and add stuff to config extra cause it has some

extra_discards

rename it to your liking

[gusty iron]

so:

local orig_add_to_highlighted = Card.add_to_highlighted
function Card:add_to_highlighted(card, silent)
        local cardio = find_joker("j_JCJ_j_andrew")
        local old_highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit
        if self.config.type == 'hand' and next(cardio) then 
            for i=1,#cardio do
                self.config.highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit + cardio[i].ability.extra.extra_cards
            end
        end

        orig_add_to_highlighted(self, card, silent)
        self.config.highlighted_limit = context.old_highlighted_limit
end

with config being:

    config = { ability = { extra_cards = 1 } },
```?

[gusty peak]

yeee

[gusty iron]

jippie

[gusty peak]

not ability

extra

[thin anchor]

is this right for a consumable that changes the edition of 1 to 2 selected cards

[gusty iron]

how would i hook into this function

[gusty peak]

local orig_can_play = G.FUNCS.can_play
G.FUNCS.can_play = function(e)
-- do your stuff

end

[gusty iron]

do i legit just

change 5 to 6

[faint yacht]

I have it as such, if this helps any.

local canplayref = G.FUNCS.can_play
G.FUNCS.can_play = function(e)
    canplayref(e) -- execute original first before we do anything.
    if #G.hand.highlighted <= G.hand.config.highlighted_limit then
        if #G.hand.highlighted >= 52 then -- Cryptid?
            e.config.colour = G.C.EDITION
            e.config.button = 'play_cards_from_highlighted'
        elseif #G.hand.highlighted >= 10 and #G.hand.highlighted < 52 then -- 2x the base and more.
            e.config.colour = G.C.DARK_EDITION
            e.config.button = 'play_cards_from_highlighted'
        elseif #G.hand.highlighted > 5 and #G.hand.highlighted < 10 then -- more than base.
            e.config.colour = G.C.PURPLE
            e.config.button = 'play_cards_from_highlighted'
        end
    end
end

[gusty iron]

okay peak so just change it to 6

[gusty peak]

you can do that

it just might brak compat with mods that also hook into that function

soooo

wait

[rustic swallow]

thx it worked great

[gusty peak]

i know how

[digital niche]

please

[gusty peak]

local orig_can_play = G.FUNCS.can_play
G.FUNCS.can_play = function(e)
if #find_joker("you thing") > 0 then
  -- do your stuff
  return
end

orig_can_play (e)
end

[faint yacht]

Best use if next(SMODS.find_card('j_modprefix_key')) then.

[gusty peak]

so it doesnt break compat with other mods

[gusty iron]

so would this work?

local orig_add_to_highlighted = Card.add_to_highlighted
function Card:add_to_highlighted(card, silent)
        local cardio = find_joker("j_JCJ_j_andrew")
        local old_highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit
        if self.config.type == 'hand' and next(cardio) then 
            for i=1,#cardio do
                self.config.highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit + cardio[i].ability.extra.extra_cards
            end
        end

        orig_add_to_highlighted(self, card, silent)
        self.config.highlighted_limit = context.old_highlighted_limit
end

local orig_can_play = G.FUNCS.can_play
G.FUNCS.can_play = function(e)
if #find_joker("j_JCJ_j_andrew") > 0 then
if #G.hand.highlighted <= 0 or G.GAME.blind.block_play or #G.hand.highlighted > 6 then
        e.config.colour = G.C.UI.BACKGROUND_INACTIVE
        e.config.button = nil
    else
        e.config.colour = G.C.BLUE
        e.config.button = 'play_cards_from_highlighted'
    end
  return
end

orig_can_play (e)
end

[gusty peak]

ye try that

[faint yacht]

Maybe don't return in that particular hook.

[gusty peak]

nah you have to return so it doesnt call the original

[faint yacht]

If that's intended, sure then.

[gusty peak]

the original function doesnt return anything

[gusty iron]

still doesnt let me select more than 5 :(

[faint yacht]

-# I've shared what worked, that's my two cents in.

[sonic cedar]

bump

[gusty peak]

stickers dont have a prefix

[gusty peak]

mmmmm hang on

[sonic cedar]

i have a joker that does that however it's not meant for playing more than 5 cards, just selection/discard

[gusty peak]

found a small mistake that i left in,
self.config.highlighted_limit = context.old_highlighted_limit -> self.config.highlighted_limit = old_highlighted_limit

[gusty iron]

okay replaced

lets

pray

I STILL CANT SELECT 6 WHAT

local orig_add_to_highlighted = Card.add_to_highlighted
function Card:add_to_highlighted(card, silent)
        local cardio = find_joker("j_JCJ_j_andrew")
        local old_highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit
        if self.config.type == 'hand' and next(cardio) then 
            for i=1,#cardio do
                self.config.highlighted_limit = self.config.highlighted_limit + cardio[i].ability.extra.extra_cards
            end
        end

        orig_add_to_highlighted(self, card, silent)
self.config.highlighted_limit = old_highlighted_limit
end

like

is anything wrong with this???

[gusty peak]

omg im stupidddd

its not Card

its CardArea

[gusty iron]

...

[gusty peak]

CardArea.add_to_highlighted

[gusty iron]

so this?

[gusty peak]

yes

[gusty iron]

okay

[gusty peak]

im sorry

[gusty iron]

if this doesnt work

we riot.

[gusty peak]

...

[gusty iron]

SIX

TIME TO ADD MY CUSTOM HANDS

[gusty peak]

so... also a note, this will stack, if you ahve multiple if them you can select more

so if you dont want that

you remoev the loop

[gusty iron]

i hardcoded it to 6 dw :)

[gusty peak]

ye in can_play but not in the add to highlighted

[gusty iron]

no i did that too

[gusty peak]

ok

i need to go to bed its 4 am

[gilded narwhal]

guys how would I use info_queue for seals?

[gusty iron]

SMODS.PokerHand({
    key = "twothree",
    chips = 50,
    mult = 6,
    l_chips = 20,
    l_mult = 3,
    visible = false, -- Change to true if you want it to appear in the compendium
    example = {        
        { 'S_3', true},
        { 'H_3', true},
        { 'C_3', true},
        { 'D_2', true},
        { 'S_2', true},
        { 'H_2', true},
    },
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Two Three",
        text = {
            "Two sets of {C:attention}Three of a kind{}",
        },
        description = {
            "Two sets of Three of a kind",
            "Like two pair, but better!"
        }
    },
evaluate = function(parts, hand)
    local threes = parts._3 or {}

    -- Check if there are at least two distinct 3-of-a-kinds
    if #threes >= 2 then
        -- Combine the two 3-of-a-kinds
        return { SMODS.merge_lists(threes[1], threes[2]) }
    end

    return {}
end

})

so like, this works in terms of scoring, but it doesnt play through the cards, any help?

[digital niche]

how do i refer to this in a string???

[gusty peak]

Shat do you mean?

What*

[digital niche]

like, this is a list of all the "ore enhancements", and i have a joker that adds a ore enhancement everytime a bblind is selected

how do i add this ore list to the string?

[gusty peak]

In lua concatination operator is ..

[gusty iron]

yeah

use ..

so like

1.." hi" would return

1 hi

[gusty iron]

also can i get help on this

[digital niche]

i dont get it

[gusty iron]

basically

when you use .. on two strings

it combines them

so "hello ".."world!" would be

hello world!

[digital niche]

and how would it apply to what im looking for? i thought i would have to use some key for the list, im not sure how this would work?

[gusty iron]

wait are you storing them in a table

[digital niche]

yeah

[gusty iron]

the humble table.concat():

[gusty peak]

This looks correct

[gusty iron]

yeah the thing is

it doesnt score the cards

it just

multiplies the two numbers together

[digital niche]

what? like i didnt understand the phrase at all

[gusty peak]

Try just putting hand into return table instead of merging

[gusty iron]

so youre trying to string everything in the table, right?

[digital niche]

no i already have the table part right, i wanted to know how i would use the table in a code

[gusty iron]

SMODS.merge_lists(threes[1], threes[2]) replace this?

[gusty peak]

Ye

[gusty iron]

with SMODS.hand(threes[1], threes[2])

[gusty peak]

No

{ hand}

[gusty iron]

oh

[digital niche]

i meant like, in here, in the "pseudorandom_element({'Ore'}", what do i use instead of ore to call that table of ores?

[gusty peak]

Or parts._3 actually

[sonic cedar]

my sticker won’t apply to my joker,,,,,, is there a specific way youre supposed to do it i’m just missing?

[gusty iron]

would hand still work

i just realized

[gusty peak]

Hand woukd work but if something allows you to select 7 cards it will score every card

[gusty iron]

Six of a Kind and Flush Six are gonna be hectic to code

so what would i do for fuller house\

Four of a Kind + Two of a Kind

[gusty peak]

In some mods its called a mansion

[gusty iron]

meh

would i like

local j = SMODS.merge_lists(four, pair)
return{j}?

[gusty peak]

I think so, honestly never tried adding a hand

[gusty iron]

i think what i need to do is call each card individually

[gusty peak]

Default_compat should be true

[sonic cedar]

adding

is that also why the badge shows up as error?

[gusty peak]

No youre probably missing a localizarion entry

Or typoed a key in there

[sonic cedar]

all i have is the badge color so yeah i’m missing an actual entry

how do i link it to the sticker?

cause yeah i have the sticker’s name and description but what about its badge

[gusty peak]

.

[sonic cedar]

oh that’s for the badge too? not just the tooltip

[gusty peak]

label is for badge

[sonic cedar]

ohhhhhhhhhhh that’s why

ok thanks

adding and then testing

[digital niche]

ITS WORKING

[sonic cedar]

works now! effect doesn’t though cause it can still be sold,,,

[gusty peak]

Show the hook again

[sonic cedar]

one minute i have a slow pc lmao

[gusty peak]

Its <mod_prefix>_priceless

[sonic cedar]

oh i see

testingggg

it works!!

[gusty iron]

:)

for _, pair in ipairs(parts._2) do
                if pair[1].base.id ~= four[1].base.id then
                    return {SMODS.merge_lists(four, pair)}
else
        return {}
                end

i think this isnt working

[steady smelt]

hypothetically do straight work straight out of the box with ranks above king? like if i were to add a rank 14 would it automatically work as a rank above kings for straights or do I have to add that functionality

[gusty iron]

im pretty sure aces are 14

[steady smelt]

i assumed they were 1 and hardcoded to work with kings instead of vice versa

question still stands though, like if I added cards with value 14 15 16 could i make a straight with them and K Q without changing anything else?

[gusty iron]

go for it, never know until ya try

[steady smelt]

see the problem with that is that's not what i'm doing and it's harder to tell what it's actually doing with my thing so i'm not sure it'll actually work or not but we do a little debugging

[proud moon]

how would i trigger a repetition on the first scored card of a certain enhancment?

[faint yacht]

What is the source of repetition?

[proud moon]

the joker itself, it retriggers the first scored card with a certain enhancment

[tall wharf]

p sure you can specify the next property of a rank

and prev

[faint yacht]

If the first scored card has the enhancement?

[proud moon]

no, the first card with the enhancement that is scored

[faint yacht]

You'd probably have to iterate over the scoring hand and store said card somewhere, then reset after hand is played.

[proud moon]

alright thats what i was afraid of doing lol

because i dont know how to iterate in lua yet, but its a single search away

[faint yacht]

-# Steel example.

for i = 1, #context.scoring_hand do
  if SMODS.has_enhancement(context.scoring_hand[i], 'm_steel') then ... end -- You could store the card in the Joker itself temporarily.
end

[gusty iron]

am i the first to do this

[tepid crow]

Not particularly. You might wanna future proof for https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/pull/626 btw

[gusty iron]

oh

[proud moon]

alright so when the it gets to the first that is steel is there a way to break the loop right there?

waot

is it break

[gusty iron]

heres all the hands i have so far (+ Three pair)

[faint yacht]

break, yes.

[proud moon]

alr thanks

[tender ermine]

I already posted this but I kinda want some more feedback for balancing purposes.
What are yall’s thoughts on a joker (rare maybe legendary) that retriggers planet cards once for every 10-20 dollars you have. Be honest with feedback

[proud moon]

that could be a rare, $10 does seem a bit low, i would say anything above $15 is considerable. Personally id say 20 or 25, since most players will be sitting at 25 because of the interest cap anyway so its a solid hand leveling joker like burnt joker.

[tender ermine]

Gotcha, thanks for feedback!

[proud moon]

planet cards are super powerful

[stark geode]

Cryptid has a system for this

Id look into how that works if I were you

[gusty iron]

i feel like those are all the hands i want to add

just:

3 + 3
4 + 2
2 + 2 + 2
6

[stark geode]

?

[gusty iron]

and then flushes

[gusty iron]

in terms of card split

(ex: Two Three = 3 Cards + 3 Cards)

[stark geode]

Ah

[stark geode]

Trials of Osiris

[gusty iron]

it also allows some synnergy with the one that scores every card

you get 1 extra card to play around with

but overall im really happy with how this turned out

[digital niche]

how do i add the animation of the card going to the deck when created? like in the marble joker?

[tepid crow]

can't you just... copy what marble joker does?

[digital niche]

in my defense i have 2 neurons and both are fighting for thr third place of best one

[tepid crow]

understandable, have a great day

[digital niche]

so i looked in the marble joker code but nothing about animation

[rapid stag]

bump

[shut crater]

how to check if in game vs in menu in joker's update function? game crashes because of trying to access G.jokers

[faint yacht]

if G.jokers and ...

[celest aspen]

anyone know what the syntax would be to have the joker created by create_card be eternal? I've got:
local card = create_card('Joker', G.jokers, nil, nil, nil, nil, 'j_TYN_explodedJoker', nil, nil, nil, 'eternal')

but its only making the joker itself without adding the eternal sticker

[shut crater]

I don't think the last parameter of create_card works (I couldn't get it to work).

Instead I did:

local new_card = SMODS.add_card({ key = joker_key })
SMODS.Stickers['sticker_key']:apply(new_card, true)

[faint yacht]

SMODS.add_card({ key = 'j_TYN_explodedJoker', stickers = { "eternal" } })

[shut crater]

can someone give me a quick primer on how cards are moved around on the screen?

and what functions one might call to move cards around

[wooden nexus]

working on stuff for a mod project

[digital niche]

im working in something similar but im not sure how id do, its a tarot card that you select 2 cards with enhancements and it fuses both cards into one card based on the enhancements they had

[proud moon]

holy, minecraft modpacks in balatro?

[faint yacht]

I... had to reference one of my older projects to remember how I did this sort of thign before with today's adjustments... and, well, honestly not sure whether to keep this mechanic actually around?

And... I suppose so, lol. Bunco already has Copper cards... pair 3 of them with 1 Tin card and I'll need to come up with an idea for Bronze cards.

[proud moon]

ok, im trying to get the first mult card scored retrigger twice, its a joker's ability. But it isnt quite working. the issue i think im running into is i cant figure out how to retrigger only the first card that is the mult card, but the code does indeed find it.

    config = { extra = { repetitions = 2, card_found = nil, index = 0} },
    calculate = function(self,card,context)
        if context.cardarea == G.play and context.repetition and not context.repetition_only then
            for i = 1, #context.scoring_hand, 1 do
                if SMODS.has_enhancement(context.scoring_hand[i], 'm_mult') then
                    card.ability.extra.card_found = context.scoring_hand[i]
                    card.ability.extra.index = i
                    break
                end 
            end
            if card.ability.extra.card_found ~= nil and context.card == card.ability.extra.card_found then
                return {
                    message = 'Again!',
                    repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions,
                    card = context.other_card
                }
            end
        end
    end

anyone know what i did wrong lol?

[digital niche]

what is tthe context for checking a card in the deck?

what😭

[rugged pier]

peak

[digital niche]

idk what i did wrong here

[red flower]

it needs to be in a specific context, that will trigger in any context that has cardarea == G.hand

[digital niche]

oooh, what is the context? is just a reguler held in hand thing

[red flower]

depends on what you want to do idk your effect

[rugged pier]

is there a way to check the current mult in a blind? is it G.GAME.mult like there is a G.GAME.chips

[faint yacht]

hand_chips and mult are globals of currently scored chips and mult.

[rugged pier]

i thought it was just chips?

ive used G.GAME.chips before with the intended effect working out

[crystal perch]

i can't find reference to G.GAME.mult in the game code

[rugged pier]

yup same

[faint yacht]

G.GAME.chips is tallied up chips.

hand_chips and mult are the current numbers in the blue and red boxes respectively.

[crystal perch]

yeah that makes sense

[rugged pier]

ah i see

how do i check tallied up mult

[crystal perch]

i don't think the game keeps tracks of that

unless you're talking about the red box mult?

[rugged pier]

actually wait

no i needed the hand chips

i think that should be perfect for my ability

[faint yacht]

It's just G.GAME.chips for amount of chips scored during the blind and hand_chips and mult for the currently scoring values of chips and mult of the hand.

[rugged pier]

obviously there cant be G.GAME.mult that would make no sense, im a ding dong

[rapid stag]

bump

[rugged pier]

awesome thank you

[crystal perch]

can't spawn in my booster using debug plus nor can i find it in the in-game shop. any pointers?

[rugged pier]

if hand_chips < 0 then
                hand_chips = 0
            end
            if mult < 0 then
                mult = 0
            end

so i would just access it like this?

[crystal perch]

try it out

[rugged pier]

cant access that value

line 26 is the first if in my code

[faint yacht]

They aren't defined initially.

if hand_chips and hand_chips < 0 and such.

[rugged pier]

if i were to hit play right now, would it not be defined already?

[burnt cairn]

im new to modding and following along with this video, having trouble getting my head around the loc_vars function? the video just types out the block of code that serves the example joker and nothing else, is there a better resource for that specifically

[rugged pier]

what are you trying to do

[faint yacht]

It's standard practice to check if a given value is not nil and then compare and such.

[burnt cairn]

the joker im trying to make is "gives x4 mult after 30 hands have been played"

[rugged pier]

if you see in the loc_txt, specifically in the text = section, you will see stuff like #number#, the loc_vars replaces those with the stuff you want to add dynamically

[rugged pier]

okay sounds good, let me try

[burnt cairn]

but moreso i wanna get my head around like, the syntax of the loc_vars function

[crystal perch]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/
https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/tree/master/Mods/ExampleJokersMod

steamodded wiki + example jokers !

very good reference

[burnt cairn]

like i have no idea what return {vars = {center.ability.extra.Xmult} means

[rugged pier]

chat am i cooked

[burnt cairn]

ill check em out, thanks 🫡

[reef belfry]

When doing a rounds remaining counter what would be better, starting_shop or end_of_round (i dont mean the technicality, more like the overall experience)

[rugged pier]

wdym rounds remaining?

[crystal perch]

rounds start upon entering a shop

[daring fern]

context.end_of_round

[rugged pier]

like a perishable?

then what he said^

[crystal perch]

the humble in-game round counter

[rugged pier]

press_play = function(self)
        local jokers = {}
        if G.jokers.cards and G.jokers.cards[1] then
            for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
                if not G.jokers.cards[i].debuff then
                    table.insert(jokers, G.jokers.cards[i])
                end
            end
        end
        if #jokers > 0 then
            local _card = pseudorandom_element(jokers, pseudoseed('denth'))
            if _card then
                if not _card.ability.multiplier then
                    _card.ability.multiplier = -1
                end
                _card:juice_up()
            end
            if hand_chips and hand_chips < 0 then
                hand_chips = 0
            end
            if mult and mult < 0 then
                mult = 0
            end
        end
    end,

im trying to make a joker give the opposite effect in this boss but i dont want the hand_chips and mult go below 0 for each hand played

assume that i have the multiplier set up properly already

what could be causing that issue

the if condition is only checked once on pressing play but it seems at the time of that check the value is "nil"

so the negative value is still happening

[faint yacht]

...actually, do Blinds even support the calculate function like other objects?

You could've had the < 0 prevention happening there instead.

[rugged pier]

i dont believe they do?

let me check

i lied

they do

that should fix it

[reef belfry]

Can you have multiple lines in name = ???

Actually i could probably just test it

[shut crater]

for some reason unscored_cards always contains all of the cards from the full hand, any clues as to why?

or is there a better way to get the cards that did not score?

[brisk rose]

Can't you just do the ones in the unscored hand but not in the scored hand?

[daring fern]

What does your object do?

[shut crater]

does context have a field for the unscored hand?

[shut crater]

well eventually I want to yoink a random unscored card and place it in a special cardarea, but for now I'd be happy with moving any played, unscored cards to the consumables cardarea

here's the full calculate function

most of this does not work

[daring fern]

Have you tried context.before?

[shut crater]

no, do you think that somehow the full_hand and scored_hand arrays don't actually point to the same cards?

and that the timing is causing an issue?

[burnt cairn]

this crash im getting seems to imply i forgot a close bracket somewhere even though ive certainly not?
[SMODS _ "src/loader.lua"]:571: [SMODS GRATLATRO "main.lua"]:30: '}' expected (to close '{' at line 17) near 'config'

[shut crater]

no comma after pos

[daring fern]

If you were using vscode there is a lua extension that tells you about syntax errors.

[burnt cairn]

thats the issue, thanks

[rugged star]

next(get_straight(hand)) doesn't return anything if Shortcut is used, and I am trying to tell if the hand contains a Straight while overriding get_flush(hand)

SMODS modifies this function and that's why isn't it

[rugged star]

get_straight(hand) has more parameters in SMODS and the default values ignores skipping and wrapping around

[reef belfry]

do decks use d_modprefix or b_modprefix

for localization

[faint yacht]

b_

[rugged pier]

is there a way to show a longer lasting message on a card?

[daring fern]

How could I make a tag that puts a seal on everything in the next shop similar to the coupon tag?

[daring fern]

What do you mean?

[rugged pier]

Like instead of a message disappearing in like a second, if it could stay for the full hand

[unborn bay]

you'd have to look into how card_eval_status_text works for the specifics of the message function

[rugged pier]

gotcha ty

[tepid crow]

I believe delay?

[daring fern]

I'm pretty sure delay makes it stay for longer but it also delays the hand.

[tepid crow]

Ah. Yeah probably

[rugged pier]

its blocking eh

[unborn bay]

delay is very much blocking yeah

[tepid crow]

yeah you might need to go through card_eval_status_text to find out how delay is used and how to make it unblocking

[burnt cairn]

what am i doing wrong here for the xmult to not be applying?

[red flower]

im not seeing anything wrong, are you sure it's not applying? using Xmult_mod instead of just Xmult is going to make the joker not display a message

[burnt cairn]

wait youre right

yeah nvm im just a dummy

got my first joker fully working! yay!

[long acorn]

what

wheres the rest of the joker

[shell timber]

elsewhere

[plain apex]

what am i doing something wrong here? it is ALWAYS hitting the chance on every single one of those cards

SMODS.Joker{
    key = "Control",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Piece Control",
        text = {
            "Each played {C:money}Wood{} cards have a {C:green}#3# in #1#{} chance to become {C:inactive}Metal{}",
            "Each played {C:mult}Brick{} cards have a {C:green}#3# in #2#{} chance to become {C:inactive}Metal{}",
            "Idea: BoiRowan"
        }
    },
    rarity = 3,
    atlas = "Jokers",
    pos = { x = 1, y = 23 },
    cost = 9,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = false,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    config = { 
        extra = {
            w_odds = 3,  -- 1/3 chance for Wood to become Metal
            b_odds = 2,  -- 1/2 chance for Brick to become Metal
        }
    },
    weight = 0,

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { 
            vars = {  
                card.ability.extra.w_odds,
                card.ability.extra.b_odds,
                G.GAME.probabilities.normal
            }
        }
    end,

    -- Checks the played hand and potentially transforms Wood and Brick into Metal
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.cardarea == G.play then
            for _, played_card in ipairs(G.play.cards) do
                -- Check if the card is Wood and transform it if the odds are met
                if played_card.config.center == G.P_CENTERS.m_fn_Wood then
                    if pseudorandom('wood') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/card.ability.extra.w_odds then
                        played_card:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS.m_fn_Metal)
                    end
                -- Check if the card is Brick and transform it if the odds are met
                elseif played_card.config.center == G.P_CENTERS.m_fn_Brick then
                    if pseudorandom('brick') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/card.ability.extra.b_odds then
                        played_card:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS.m_fn_Metal)
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end,
}

[willow plinth]

just released https://jsr.io/@pumpn/gicopast, a javascript git config and especially .gitmodules file parser - might be interesting for mod pack "developers"

i use it in the mod pack i'm working on here https://github.com/pumpncode/bamopa/tree/main/scripts

[daring fern]

How do I prevent putting a sprite on a card from lagging my game permanently?

Even when I remove it?

[dapper sun]

i'm trying to make a retrigger joker but nothing's happening,,

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.retrigger_joker_check and not context.retrigger_joker and context.other_card ~= self then
        return {
            message = "Again!",
            repetitions = 1,
            card = card
        }
    end
end```

[daring fern]

Have you enabled retrigger_jokerin optional features?

[dapper sun]

oh

i didn't know i needed to do that i'll try it

[faint yacht]

SMODS.current_mod.optional_features = function()
    return { retrigger_joker = true }
end

[dapper sun]

where do i put that?

nvmd

[long acorn]

nvm i got it to work lol

[red flower]

It might be because your code is called on every scoring context so it has multiple chances to hit for each card. Try restricting it to a specific one

[faint yacht]

Besides Bunco's Copper... any other Copper cards I should be aware of?

[reef belfry]

Ortalab maybe

[faint yacht]

...does Ortalab have Copper enhancements?

[reef belfry]

yeah

[shell timber]

im going to make a police joker and call it Copper Card

[daring fern]

Reverse Tarot+

[hushed field]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-british-meg-stewie-police-gif-20485772

[faint yacht]

...not finding any definitions for Copper cards from a quick search for Ortalab.

[reef belfry]

huh

maybe i remembered wrong

the one with the X0.25 mult for each one played

[hushed field]

The wiki's only got Bunco's at least, so if there's other copper cards, it's not in a notable mod

[daring fern]

Rusty Cards?

[reef belfry]

oh my god

i forgot it was rusty

nevermind

the thought of the texture threw me off

[hushed field]

me when someone asks why i didn't get a tetanus shot after stepping on a nail

[reef belfry]

tetanus joker

makes steel cards give 5x mult but kills you anyway

[unborn bay]

X5 Mult
-4 hand size

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/798942029023281162.webp?size=48

[shell timber]

Huger Joker

[manic rune]

is that the guy who invented colors

[crisp coral]

omw making a tech mod with 20 new ore cards

[unborn bay]

is that the guy who invented rotating cards

[zealous glen]

Balatrocraft

[dapper sun]

how do i make cards use the flip animation when doing something?

[daring fern]

card:flip()

[dapper sun]

ty

how do i add a wait in a card's animation?

[reef belfry]

is this WAY too cruel

[dapper sun]

i figured it out :3

nvmd

[faint yacht]

👍

[dapper sun]

i think this should work but it isn't,,

use = function(self, card, area, copier)
    local _c = G.jokers.highlighted[1]
    local _j_key = _c.config.center.key
    local _upgrade = elle_parasite_upgrades[_j_key]
    if (_upgrade) ~= nil then
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.1,
            func = function()
                G.hand.highlighted[1]:set_ability(elle_parasite_upgrades[ G.jokers.highlighted[1].config.center.key ].upgrade)
                G.hand.highlighted[1].sell_cost = G.hand.highlighted[1].config.center.cost
                return true
            end
        }))
    end
end```

[daring fern]

Rise.

[hushed field]

what's your code like?

[rapid stag]

bump - additionally, does loc_vars apply to the text defined in unlock? lkie if i write #1# etc. in an unlock description, will it do the matching thingy

[unborn bay]

don't create a new sprite every frame

[hushed field]

i made this same error, don't define the sprite each frame

[unborn bay]

save it to a variable somewhere in the card and do a nil check if it exists

if it doesn't initialize the sprite from there

[daring fern]

What card?

[unborn bay]

a drawstep's func variable is a function that takes in the card that's being rendered and the layer

you can reference the card from there

[daring fern]

I'm aware. Where do I put the variable?

[hushed field]

you can define it on the card. In this case it's a seal, so I'd take the approach normal seals make and create a global for the sprites

[dapper sun]

for some reason referencingG.hand.highlighted[1] in the event makes the game crash

[hushed field]

what's the crash you're getting?

also, yeah, the highlight doesn't exist anymore when you have the event happen

just set up a local variable with that card, and pass that along

[dapper sun]

ah ok

ty

[rapid stag]

i rewrote the thing i did as you were discussing it - this is what i ended up doing, but idk if it works yet

[unborn bay]

i should probably move the house drawing function that property cards use to a drawstep now that i think about it

right now it's being done on an extension of SMODS.Consumable with a custom draw function

[daring fern]

Would this work?

[unborn bay]

self here should be card

[rapid stag]

func = function(card, layer)

[unborn bay]

actually no self doesn't exist in drawstep functions

[daring fern]

It does work.

[rapid stag]

probably that's just want the variable is named and it's working with it. but the actual var is card as outlined in the wiki https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.DrawStep

[unborn bay]

    draw = function(self, card, layer)
        card.children.center:draw_shader('negative_shine', nil, card.ARGS.send_to_shader)
        -- update soul_parts
        if not card.children.soul_parts then
            card.children.soul_parts = Sprite(card.T.x, card.T.y, card.T.w, card.T.h, card.children.center.atlas, { x = 0, y = 2 })
            card.children.soul_parts.role.draw_major = card
            card.children.soul_parts.states.hover.can = false
            card.children.soul_parts.states.click.can = false
        end
        if card.children.soul_parts then
            -- update position
            card.children.soul_parts.T.y = card.T.y
            card.children.soul_parts.T.x = card.T.x
            card.children.soul_parts.T.r = card.T.r
            card.children.soul_parts:set_sprite_pos({ x = math.min((card.ability.house_status or 0), 5), y = 2 })
            -- draw it
            card.children.soul_parts:draw_shader('dissolve', 0, nil, nil, card.children.center)
            card.children.soul_parts:draw_shader('dissolve', nil, nil, nil, card.children.center)
        end
    end,

i only named it soul_parts because i didn't wanted it drawn twice like soul_pos does

lmao

unused variable moment

[daring fern]

I prefer self

[burnt cairn]

how do you activate a joker per played card?

[daring fern]

context.individual and context.cardarea = G.play

[burnt cairn]

🫡 thanks

[runic pecan]

How to destroy a consumeable? Is there a SMODS method or do I need to copy the code of joker destruction?

[unborn bay]

self would usually refer to the smod objecttype definition itself though

[burnt cairn]

crashing because
[SMODS _ "src/loader.lua"]:571: [SMODS GRATLATRO "main.lua"]:93: '}' expected (to close '{' at line 73) near 'if'
i assume its a syntax error but i cannot find it?

[marble flint]

you're missing a calculate = function(self, card, context)

[vague helm]

Man, maintaining Steammodded must be a nightmare. Half of the GitHub issues are user errors or caused by another mod.

[burnt cairn]

i got to the installing vscode part and got intimidated out of there

[burnt cairn]

that tracks, thanks 🫡

[storm wharf]

I downloaded the brainstorm mod to reroll for jokers but the config for it wont pop up in the settings anyone know why?

[proud wagon]

Does anyone know how to create new rank cards with steammodded? The API documentation doesn't really explain it all too well, especially with the sprites for the card in different suits.

[rapid stag]

bump;

• what should i do if i want to update a modded achievement's description during runtime
• does loc_vars apply to the text defined in unlock? lkie if i write #1# etc. in an unlock description, will it do the matching thingy

[unborn bay]

• Return a key variable in the table you return in loc_vars pertaining to the key name in a localization file. set the set to the achievement localization as well

return {
    key = "j_payasaka_buruakacard" .. ((card.ability and card.ability.cry_rigged) and "_alt" or ""),
    set = "Joker",
}

• locked_loc_vars is designed for this purpose

[rapid stag]

i see

[long acorn]

how does cloud 9 work

it goes through the whole deck to check if there's nines and increases in value if yeah right

[rapid stag]

... wait so SMODS.Achievement has loc_vars or am i missing something

wow free $50 pog definitely real

[dapper sun]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[dapper sun]

i think so yea

[unborn bay]

actually now that i think about it

it doesn't

only objects SMODS.Center and anything that inherits it have loc_vars and its function

[dapper sun]

oh ok

[rapid stag]

could i use SMODS.current_mod.process_loc_text() for this (or to be more safe, instead of SMODS.current_mod, SMODS.find_mond("my mod id")[1])

[dapper sun]

does anyone know why my joker (the one on the left) activates after everything else instead of left to right

if context.joker_main then
    if card.ability.extra.mult ~= 0 then
        return {
            mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult,
            message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
        }
    end
end```

[rapid stag]

photograph triggers on card trigger
try with other jokers

[dapper sun]

ah right

[unborn bay]

you could actually though then it wouldn't be handled on a separate localization file anymore

[dapper sun]

ty yeah i'm dumb

[wintry solar]

FYI you don’t need to return a message if you just use mult = X

[dapper sun]

ok

thanks

what about mult_mod?

[rapid stag]

what? why would they be mutually exclusive?
the localization file is loaded once, at startup.
process_loc_text() can be called during at any time during runtime to change the string value

[unborn bay]

i forget that you could just make the keys completely separate in the same localization file and dynamically change the actual key in runtime

im sutpid 🥀

[dapper sun]

i removed the message and now there's no message

so yes i do

[rapid stag]

ah, i see

but my issue now is that i'm defining my achievement loc in the actual achievement info, in loc_txt = { name = '', description = {} }. how do i work out the correct argument for process_loc_text()

[unborn bay]

SMODS.process_loc_text takes in 4 arguments

• the destination localization table
• the key name
• the localization table
• the key of the localization table to add to the destination localization table with the same key

[hushed field]

can you show the changed code? it should be automatic, for sure (Eremel's one of the people that set up that system, iirc)

[dapper sun]

if context.joker_main then
    if card.ability.extra.mult ~= 0 then
        return {
            mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult,
            --message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
        }
    end
end```

[hushed field]

just remove _mod

[dapper sun]

ok

[rapid stag]

ohhh there's a difference between _mod and not i didn't know that

[hushed field]

_mod works, but it's for when you want no message, and a custom message to be set instead, basically. There's not really a reason to ever use a _mod in the return, unless you specifically want the message to be a custom one, or no message to appear

[unborn bay]

omg discord flagged my message because i put fuck in it

gdi

i don't wanna type it again

[unborn bay]

i like naming my variables with the word fuck because that's how i cope with programming

[hushed field]

talisman

[unborn bay]

cryptid ,,,,

[dapper sun]

talisman?

[wintry solar]

Reading the entire message is helpful

[dapper sun]

true but now i've removed the _mod

[hushed field]

that specific error is basically always due to a talisman incompatibility

[dapper sun]

a

[wintry solar]

Yeah talisman is a piece of shit mod that makes everything specifically build around it

[dapper sun]

how do i make it compatible with talisman?

[unborn bay]

le to_big

[rapid stag]

talisman

[dapper sun]

me and my friends like playing my mod with cryptid 😭

[hushed field]

i don't know why removing the _mod would cause a talisman issue where it didn't before, however

lm check the stack trace

[wintry solar]

You get talisman to fix their shit

[hard needle]

uhh looking at this i'll just continue using _mod

[hushed field]

who is currently the dev for talisman?

[wintry solar]

What’s the value of the mult?

[hushed field]

please don't

[hard needle]

oh?

why not

[rapid stag]

😇

[hushed field]

because while this conversation may make it seem like it's more complicated, it's a lot easier and more readable if you're not consistently having to define your messages. Talisman crashes are entirely unrelated to the use of _mod in your return, generally

[hard needle]

that's fair

[dapper sun]

"This joker gains {C:mult}+#1#{} Mult",
"for each multiple of",
"{C:attention}Round Score{} reached",
"at end of round",
"{C:inactive}(Currently {C:mult}+#2#{C:inactive} Mult)",

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.end_of_round and context.cardarea == G.jokers then
        local _mult = math.floor(G.GAME.chips / G.GAME.blind.chips) * card.ability.extra.mult_mod
        card.ability.extra.mult = card.ability.extra.mult + _mult
        return {
            message = "Hehe~ (+".._mult..")"
        }
    end
    if context.joker_main then
        if card.ability.extra.mult ~= 0 then
            return {
                mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult
                --message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
            }
        end
    end
end```

[hard needle]

the only reason i started using it is cuz its in the example joker mod for steamodded

[dapper sun]

same

[unborn bay]

i should make a fork of talisman that does comparison stuff automatically and see how that goes

pretty sure luajit supports comparison metafunctions

[hushed field]

yeah, metatables should be an option to solve this, I think. I'm just not comfortable enough with more fundamental code stuff to actually be the person to take a stab at it, haha

[wintry solar]

Yeah you’re doing stuff with the blind chips which talisman screws with, this should always crash the message 🤔

[unborn bay]

talisman already uses metatables though

all except comparisons

[dapper sun]

?

[hushed field]

oh it does? I thought you'd need to properly define operator and comparator behaviour for that?

[wintry solar]

I guess this is a rare occasion to use _mod whilst talisman fixes itself

[dapper sun]

ok

[hushed field]

is that the cause? Is it not math.floor doing a comparison internally?

[dapper sun]

i'll try disabling talisman

[unborn bay]

you do

though talisman already handles it automatically

except comparisons

[hushed field]

🥲

[runic pecan]

bump

[wintry solar]

No its the message being given a table rather than a number iirc

[dapper sun]

yep it's talisman

[wintry solar]

I guess the localize handles that automatically

[unborn bay]

im not sure why doesn't talisman just use __le and __lt and just get away with it

[hushed field]

ah, okay. I think that might also explain some niche talisman issues in Kino that I've been unable to properly squash

[unborn bay]

is there some edge case as to why they won't do that

can't really think of one

[wintry solar]

The easiest way to squash talisman bugs is to uninstall it

🙃

[dapper sun]

_ _

[hushed field]

it's literally impossible to convince anyone of playing a mod as anything but a cryptid add-on, though ❤️

[dapper sun]

?

[unborn bay]

but my tetrations ,,,,,,,

[wintry solar]

I wish they would split the big number crap out away from the cool stuff with calculations and animations

[shell timber]

move the bignum stuff to The Devil

both give $3

[rapid stag]

crying 😭

[dapper sun]

regardless, i'm not making my mod incompatible with talisman just to save a few lines on messages

[wintry solar]

Woah what Malverk features are you waiting for?

[hushed field]

you don't make a mod incompatible with talisman, you try and get it compatible with talisman and then scream as you get annoyed at the constant to_big and to_number statements in your code

[runic pecan]

I wonder if the author of talisman is still in this channel (or even contactable)

[hushed field]

talisman is originally by mathisfun, no?

i don't know if it's maintained by someone else atm or anything

[rapid stag]

oh no, nothing big - just the locked and undiscovered graphics and also to hear back about the seals thing i mentioned

nothing urgent your pace is fine

i just thought this was funny lmao

[shell timber]

math's still in the server but probably won't respond to anything

[dapper sun]

i've had no problems with talisman so far

[shell timber]

granted it has been moved to the spectralpack organisation so

[wintry solar]

Oh yeh I should get on to that 😅

[hushed field]

that's good! There's a chance it automatically works. Are you up to date on how to make sure a mod is talisman compatible? if you're not comparing with globals, generally, it should be good without any effort, but you do wanna wrap all comparisons with global numbers

[wintry solar]

Can you remind me of the seals thing?

[rapid stag]

even if they know, i may actually require this info since i have had people asking me about future cryptid compatibility

[rapid stag]

i will post in the thread

[hushed field]

easiest approach is to define your own copies of the to_big and to_number functions that just return the input straight up if talisman isn't active. Then, you need to wrap any comparison with a global so that the global isn't compared with a number, but with a table, by to_big()ing it. So for example if G.GAME.dollars > 10 then should become if G.GAME.dollars > to_big(10) then

anything that happens inside of an equation is automatically transformed, so you don't need to worry about those

I've set the functions up like this, which I don't think has caused issues, but I haven't been thorough enough in testing with like 100 mods to for sure that this doesn't create something whacky, haha

[red flower]

if that would cause any problems people would scream at me for using it in jokerdisplay so youre fine

[hushed field]

my general implementation of to_big is kinda fucked though, as I sometimes can't pinpoint where the crash is coming from in the comparison, so I just wrap every variable, haha

[brisk rose]

Oh yeah I'm having occasional issues, I forgot in which mods, which are probably talisman related (comparing number to table) because I have it set to vanilla to give most of my mods that don't require talisman a fighting chance of working

None of my mods should actually require bignum though so idk what's going on

[hushed field]

i don't know how talisman is set up, but does it not still turn numbers into tables if you're on vanilla naninf?

[brisk rose]

It must do something different because having bignum on apparently totally breaks something in my pack

[limber blaze]

most of the issues are probably in cryptid tbh but theres like fixes being added for that

[brisk rose]

I don't personally use cryptid

[limber blaze]

there are a few things that talisman has to mess with to work that can mess with mods which is unfortunate

[brisk rose]

I only have talisman in my pack because some mods ask for it for reasons like xchips, but in my experience setting it to vanilla lets tucks things work without breaking much else

[limber blaze]

most issues should probably be resolved by using ice's method of just having a wrapper and using that for all comparisons

since regular arithmetic works between number types thats the main thing you have to worry about

[hushed field]

well, i just learned that messages are broken in that context, so it doesn't fix everything 😛

but if a mod relise on talisman for xchips, it's probably old enough to generally have weird dependencies

[limber blaze]

you should probably try and support it if you can rather than not doing that but its understandably a lot more effort if you have a lot of things so not everyone can or will do that

[brisk rose]

I mean... talisman is literally the only nod I ever see as a dependency for anything ever

And it's been that way for a long time

[limber blaze]

some people will just naturally have it on even if nothing requires it anyway because watching the number go higher is fun

[hushed field]

i think for players, it's nice to make sure your mod works with talisman just because it's so frequently in someone's mod folder, and they won't know what's causing crashes if they're not code literate (which they don't need to be to play mods ofc). But god, it'd be so great if talisman was set up to do more of that effort on its end, or at least have a better documentation on what good compatibility looks like

[limber blaze]

a lot of the issues with talisman are mostly due to lua being dumb tbf like attempt to compare number with table is literally impossible to fix cause lua doesnt let you override that operator

better documentation would be nice though

[hushed field]

oh yeah, i don't mean on weird mods, just on features from talisman (or cryptid too sometimes but your pack already filters those out inherently, ofc), as a lot of those things are in smods now

[limber blaze]

there are some attempts to make talisman better just vaguely in progress though

idk i usually try to avoid creating hard incompatibilities unless i really have to but other people will see it differently

[brisk rose]

I wish I didn't have to supply one in my modpack. People won't know to set it to vanilla and the way settings are stored on talisman doesn't seem to be compatible with my yosbr hack that lets my nodosck users get my settings

[limber blaze]

if theres a weird interaction that doesnt really break the game for example id rather just let it be or fix it than marking it as incompatible if theres a worse issues ill try and fix it most of the time

some mods are just too weird to fix issues with though

[hushed field]

Once I'm done setting up new stuff for Kino, I wanna add a feature to #1353866504743161886 that's explicitly set up for modpackers to have an opening message to players, so just wait, idk 3 months? idk how long mystery cards and this quest system are gonna be an issue for, haha

[brisk rose]

Maybe also add my yosbr hack to that too when you can? Seems to be pretty much the right place for it. He originally code is by @rough furnace and the modified version that does it the way that works for modpacks is in my modpack

[hushed field]

yosbr back?

[brisk rose]

Fixed the operative typo

[brisk rose]

Yosbr is https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1288008679668318208

[hushed field]

ah, i'm entirely unfamiliar with it, i'll have to look into what it does, honestly. But that might be a good add-on yeah

only problem there is that it's the side of balatro modding that i don't really interact with, which would make me a terrible person to maintain and bug fix it, which i definitely can with the current gameplay oriented changes for #1353866504743161886

[brisk rose]

I forgot the exact original purpose but I modified it slightly so I could provide default configuration files for mods alongside my modpsck

It's a very simple thing that just copies the provided mod configs to the main configuration folder is none for each given mod exist

[proud moon]

i somehow fixed this, it works as intended but i have no idea why

retriggers suck

such a pain

[hushed field]

the issue you're having is that you're treating context.repetition like it's a generic context like context.joker_main, but it's a per-card context like context.individual

ah no wait

i see what you're doing

[proud moon]

lol ive spent too many hours on this

[hushed field]

yeah no i read your code wrong and was too cocky in my correction 😛

[proud moon]

config = { extra = { repetitions = 2, card_found = nil, found = false} },
    calculate = function(self,card,context)
        if context.cardarea == G.play and context.repetition and not context.repetition_only then
            for _, played_card in ipairs(context.scoring_hand) do
                if SMODS.has_enhancement(played_card, 'm_mult') then
                    card.ability.extra.card_found = played_card
                    card.ability.extra.found = true
                    break
                end 
            end
            if context.other_card == card.ability.extra.card_found then
                return {
                    message = 'Again!',
                    repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions,
                    card = context.other_card
                }
            end
        end
    end

[hushed field]

is this supposed to trigger every mult card two extra times?

[proud moon]

just the first played mult card

like chad but only on mult cards

[hushed field]

hmm, but this would retrigger the first mult for each card scored, no?

[proud moon]

now, thats what i thought but

nope

[hushed field]

oh, no i see, because the second if statement filters it, yeah

i guess that works

The way I would go about it is to mark the playing card as 'first scored mult' in some way, and just clean that up in the after. That gives you a bit more freedom there. But if this works, it works

[proud moon]

yea. the issue i was having was it was retriggering everything regardless of mult, but it works now

[wintry solar]

You don’t need to iterate through like that, you could just check if other card is a mult card and then set an internal flag that’s reset after the hand is played so it doesn’t check other card

[hushed field]

the way to generally go about finding these arbitrary qualities in cards, I find, is to do so in the before context and then execute on it later.

yeah, basically what eremel's saying

[wintry solar]

I wouldn’t use before here

[proud moon]

i attempted that, but i couldnt get it to work so i opted for this

[wintry solar]

Just repetition would do the job

[hushed field]

no? Oh I guess you can just check in this context, yeah

[proud moon]

i could add another condition to the first statement so it doesnt check for mult cards after the first mult card has been found, but ive found that it causes problems trying to maintain that variable

or, i did it wrong, which is far more likely

[wintry solar]

Something like lua if context.repetition and context.cardarea == G.play and not card.ability.extra.triggered then if SMODS.has_enhancement(context.other_card, “m_mult”) then card.ability.extra.triggered = true return { — values here } end end if context.after then card.ability.extra.triggered = false end

Might be scuffed mobile typing is a pain

[proud moon]

no that sounds right

i can actually just try it again and see if it works now

since there were more than one issues at play when i tried it before

wait when retriggering with .rep, its called once per scoring card right? with other_card being the scored card?

so like, in a flush its called 5 times (usually)

[proud moon]

that was my original idea, but i just dont know lua well enough to really know what im doing yet. I mostly used java and c# lol

but yea that would work

[dapper sun]

how do i copy a value instead of a reference

[wintry solar]

Yea this is correct

[hard needle]

how can i change the required score of the current blind

[proud moon]

ok cool, that makes a lot more sense now

yippie

im just using my testing sprite for now lol

but it works

[dapper sun]

nvmd i was being stupid

using ipairs instead of pairs

[minor furnace]

when did smods change Seeing Double in card.lua

and why was the same thing not done with Flower Pot

now I need to hook this function...

[dire palm]

Is there a way I can give a perishable Joker at the start of my challenge?

[icy adder]

nice

[minor furnace]

how do I edit a vanilla joker description?

I have tried patching localization/en-us.lua and it has not worked

[brisk rose]

Take ownership and define a new description? That's mostly a guess though

[hushed field]

can you not just define a new entry, and that'd override it?

[timid star]

what kind of oddity is this
find_card prints an empty table for some reason even if there are multiple of this joker

[icy adder]

is it possible to make a joker with this effect? I had this idea but I couldn't find a solution

lucky cards of hearts
have 3x probablities 

[dapper sun]

how do i add config?

[minor furnace]

this feels so cursed

inside of Game:set_language() of game.lua

but hey, if it works it works

[brisk rose]

That sounds very possible

[shell timber]

you could do it in a similar way to cryptid's rigged

[dapper sun]

maybe look at the code for all 6's?

[minor furnace]

I think you're better off looking at the lucky card code itself

and also the code that generates its tooltip

[brisk rose]

Or just have luckies of hearts be its own invisible enhancement that overwrites real luckies

[minor furnace]

that's probably the better solution tbh

[brisk rose]

But you still want it to work with lucky cat and stuff

And it's actually a bad idea because it's joker based not card based

So yeah prolly don't do the thing the non-coder half jokingly said

[timid star]

the fix was not to use SMODS:find_card, instead using the default find_joker

[brisk rose]

But yeah applying conditional probability modification sounds feasible just by using similar code to any other probability modification

[minor furnace]

G.GAME.probabilities.normal * 3^(#find_joker('j_prefix_joker_key'))

[dapper sun]

[minor furnace]

you could have the heart lucky cards use this probability

[icy adder]

ohh

i'll try it

thanks!

[minor furnace]

that way, it'll work no matter how many of the joker you have

you'll still need to figure out where to put that line though

and also any contitionals or restructuring for hearts suits

[minor furnace]

if you don't define your own 'heart lucky' enhancement, then you'll need to hook or patch both Card:get_p_dollars() and Card:get_chip_mult() in card.lua

and then also figure out how to change the tooltip to display the affected odds when you hover over a lucky heart

[dapper sun]

how do i add buttons for config settings?

[digital niche]

give $6 when held in hand

[gusty peak]

theres SMODS.Joker:take_ownership

[minor furnace]

Perhaps I should look into that

At least, I will if I have to do something like this again. For now though, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it

[gusty peak]

localization is like sometimes reloaded from filesystem and it might undo what you did if i understand

[wintry solar]

You can just add it in your localization file

[minor furnace]

ok yeah then it might be worth it to do

[lunar briar]

so just kinda starting out but what size do i need to make the atlas and the jokers in the atlas? i know i need the 1x and 2x but i cant find the size i need to make them?

[gusty peak]

71x95 per joker on x1

is like default

but i think you can define an atlas with custom withd and highet per unit

[lunar briar]

and im guessing just double that for 2x. do i need a specific size for the overall atlas or nah

[gusty peak]

ye you just double it, no limitation on how big or small

however big you need it to fit your stuff

[burnt cairn]

is there a way to count scoring cards in a hand? ie output 3 if you play a three of a kind with two non scoring cards

[lunar briar]

coolio. thanks!

[burnt cairn]

also! is there a place i can find answers to these types of questions so i dont have to come here and ask every time

[gusty peak]

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

[lunar briar]

best pfp for api docs ever

[timid star]

[gusty peak]

and there are examples https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/tree/master/Mods

[burnt cairn]

yeah ive got that link, it doesnt seem to be covered in the example jokers

[gusty peak]

thats non trivial tho

[burnt cairn]

fair

[gusty peak]

its done in evaluate_play function

you can look how its done there

[burnt cairn]

thought maybe it was done before

[heavy hare]

am i doing this hook function correctly?

local start_run_hook = G.start_run
function Game:start_run(args)
  start_run_hook(args)
  -- my code
end

[gusty peak]

local start_run_hook = Game.start_run

also youll have to pass self to the original as first param

[heavy hare]

thank you!

advanced the error state so i think it worked lol

[gusty peak]

ye usually the sign

[burnt cairn]

where would i find the function? having trouble navigating the wiki

[gusty peak]

its not on the wiki, its in balatro source code

[burnt cairn]

uh. right

[bright axle]

hello

[gusty peak]

hi

[bright axle]

can i ask a question about sprites here?

[red flower]

What do you want to count them for?

[gusty peak]

sure

[burnt cairn]

for a joker specifically i wanna debuff the joker if the hand doesnt have 5 scoring cards

[dapper sun]

how do i make this work?

create_toggle({
    ref_table = SMODS.current_mod.config,
    ref_value = "test_config",
    label = "Test Setting"
})```

(ui stuff)

[bright axle]

i have a sprite for a joker that is 71x95 but in the game is a blue rectangle instad of the square

[red flower]

then do #context.scoring_hand < 5 in one of the contexts

[burnt cairn]

🫡 🫡 🫡 thank you

[gusty peak]

may i have a screenshot?, and the atlas

[bright axle]

SMODS.Atlas {
key = "j_chaos_joker",
path = "j_chaos_joker.png",
px = 71,
py = 95
}

[gusty peak]

ok what about the joker definition, this looks good so far

[dapper sun]

are you using a different atlas for each joker

[gusty peak]

looks like only one joker is done so far to me

[dapper sun]

fair

[burnt cairn]

the path = "j_chaos_joker.png", is a bit of a red flag though

[dapper sun]

how?

[bright axle]

why

[gusty peak]

oh i see

ye you can use one atlast for multiple jokers

but its not the problem

do you have the pos set inh your joker definition?

[bright axle]

i have only one atlas also maby this is the prob
rarity = 3,
atlas = 'j_chaos_joker',
pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
cost = 6,
soul_pos = { x = 1, y = 0 },

[dapper sun]

ah

where's the soul sprite on the atlas?

[burnt cairn]

you only need one atlas, it should contain all your jokers

[bright axle]

i remoive it ima reload

[dapper sun]

the black rectangle is probably the soul overlay sprite

[burnt cairn]

heres my atlas for reference

[bright axle]

it was that thanks

[dapper sun]

yw

[dapper sun]

now uhhhhh

[gusty peak]

uhhh

but i never done ui really

theres example from balatro source

[dapper sun]

i think i got it now

how do i make a joker's atlas position change based on a config setting?

[crystal perch]

bump! still need help with my booster not spawning

[gusty peak]

maybe in set_ability you could... card:children.center:set_sprite_pos({ x = ... y = ... })

[gusty peak]

is it not showing in collection too?

[crystal perch]

it shows in collection due to me making a consumable type for them, but oddly enough it shows 0/0 despite there being boosters

they just can't be spawned in using debug plus nor do they spawn in-game naturally

[gusty peak]

first off... delete the pools completely, this looks like copy pasted example code, you dont need pools here

[crystal perch]

yeah i figured but it wasn't working prior to the pools anyway so i was just grasping at straws

[gusty peak]

thats my example

other than you dont return a card, it looks fine, but that wouldnt make it not spawn, it would make it crash if you tried to open it

[crystal perch]

maybe me making a consumable type for it broke it somehow?

[gusty peak]

boosters wouldnt be in the seprate tab also, it would be in boosters

consumable type would be in the separate tab

you shoulkdnt specify set property in the pack

[crystal perch]

they seem to be working now

[crystal perch]

yeah i commented that out

same with the type

that seems to have fixed it

[gusty peak]

yay

[crystal perch]

now i just have to set up the text and background cuz all it says is ERROR at the bottom lol

[gusty peak]

thats group_key

and in localization file it would be in misc->dictionary-><group_key>

[crystal perch]

i'm moreso referring to this ERROR text

[gusty peak]

ye me too

[crystal perch]

unless i entered it incorrectly

it doesn't seem to be working properly

[gusty peak]

did you set group_key for every booster?

[crystal perch]

yes every booster shares the same group_key, here's my en_us file

must i format it like k_chakra_pack?

actually i should do that anyway

[gusty peak]

ye try that

also probably include your mod prefix

k_<prefix>_chakra_pack

[burnt cairn]

looking at this function SMODS.debuff_card(card, debuff, source), what parameters does card support

[gusty peak]

what are you looking to do?

[burnt cairn]

im trying to have a joker debuff itself

got here by backsearching this channel

[crystal perch]

just do card = card and it'll target itself right

[burnt cairn]

so SMODS.debuff_card(card, debuff, source) = card?

[crystal perch]

no

[gusty peak]

no, SMODS.debuff_card(card, true, ...)

[burnt cairn]

ah

[gusty peak]

im not sure what source is

[burnt cairn]

my programming experience is scratch and html youll have to forgive my ignorance 🦭

[gusty peak]

ok

[burnt cairn]

Oops! The game crashed: [SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]:401: table index is nil

what table

[gusty peak]

how do you call the func?

or where

ratehr

[burnt cairn]

        if context.before then
                if #context.scoring_hand < 5 then
                    SMODS.debuff_card(card, true, gort)
                end
        end
        
        
    end```

[gusty peak]

well theres no table called gort it should be "gort"

a string

[burnt cairn]

ah yeah that figures

[icy oak]

what function do i call to draw cards from deck

[gusty peak]

G.FUNCS.draw_from_deck_to_hand(1)

[icy oak]

o

ic

[crystal perch]

still not working by the way

[gusty peak]

oh wait

theres also just draw_card, singular

[burnt cairn]

the joker is debuffing as intended 🫡 thank you

none of the animations though, how would i implement that

[gusty peak]

you could do card:juice_up(0.5, 0.5)

[gusty peak]

uhmmm

[burnt cairn]

lol its called juice up? thats wacky

[gusty peak]

it does the wiggle

[shell timber]

it juices up the card

[burnt cairn]

i assume the parameters are x and y wiggle?

[gusty peak]

scale, rot_amount

[burnt cairn]

nah they dont do that do they the wiggle is rotation

yea

[gusty peak]

that actually doesnt make sense tho, all that worked with my pack, maybe theres like a subtle mistake somewhere

or you you forgot the save a loc file

[crystal perch]

i definitely saved it

vsc shows if it's unsaved

[gusty peak]

ye fair

send screenshot of booster definition currently again

[crystal perch]

i'm also looking in balatro's code and it's the same way

i've tried entering k_chak_chakra_pack directly into the group_key and still didn't work

[gusty peak]

is it called chakra_pack in loc file?

[crystal perch]

i sent a picture of the en_us file

[gusty peak]

group_key should match whats in loc fkile

sry

[crystal perch]

with steamodded it automatically appends the prefixes to keys

[gusty peak]

add k_chak to group_key in definition

[lunar briar]

imma be real i have no idea whats causing this. all i have is a basic joker that adds 20 mult. https://github.com/Batthew627/BatthewMod

[gusty peak]

not here

[crystal perch]

i tried that earlier and it didn't work so ill try it again

[manic rune]

your atlas is wrong

[crystal perch]

honestly maybe it's because my e_chak_ignited code doesn't work?

[manic rune]

BMjoker

BMJoker

[lunar briar]

shit

that explains it

[manic rune]

oh, and also

just return mult = card.ability.extra.mult

it will auto handle the message for you

better-calc stuff :3

[lunar briar]

ah ok. tbh i was just pretty much going off one of the example jokers

one thing i will say is it is saying +nil mult when i hover over it in collection

[dapper sun]

how do i make a joker check for another specific joker?

[gusty peak]

if #find_joker(<key>) > 0 then ... end

[manic rune]

you didnt return loc vars

[dapper sun]

ty

[crystal perch]

nothing i'm doing seems to be working with the loc file

https://tenor.com/view/monk-monkey-monkey-shocked-gif-8841291472583398259

[gusty peak]

thats just how i did it idkk, thats very strange

[lunar briar]

it doesnt seem to do this. unless im missing something lmao.

[burnt cairn]

the mult = card.ability.extra.base here is just not doing anything?

[gusty peak]

you return object that contains mult =

[burnt cairn]

wait yeah im stupid thanks

[wintry solar]

Also you can’t return mult in context before

[burnt cairn]

yeah im seeing the consequences i get the mult before scoring starts and then once the cards start scoring the mult is retracted