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[red flower]

hii

[rapid stag]

ok so interestingly negative playing cards don't show in the deck is that... normal or

[marsh turtle]

erm actually its n'

[red flower]

no

[lament sparrow]

Can someone help me with this please?

[red flower]

how does your json look

[lament sparrow]

  "id": "GaffMod",
  "name": "GaffMod",
  "display_name": "GaffMod",
  "author": ["CallOn84"],
  "description": "Adds five consumables inspired by gaff cards and decks used for magic tricks",
  "prefix": "gaff",
  "main_file": "GaffMod.lua",
  "priority": 0,
  "badge_colour": "F4A6C7",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "dependencies": ["Steamodded (>1.0.0~ALPHA-1319c-STEAMODDED)"]
}```

[rapid stag]

strange, might be an issue specific to me, what i'm running, i guess

[red flower]

no idea, looks fine

[wheat jewel]

It still only triggers the spade part when using smeared joker

[red flower]

can i see how the code looks now

[red flower]

yeah i edited it after but your variable is extra.Xmult not xmult

[wheat jewel]

Gotcha

[lament sparrow]

It was the dependancies

[wheat jewel]

It works!!

gonna do the diamonds portion now

[red flower]

oh does it not do >?

[lament sparrow]

yeah. when I did >=, it worked, but it then said I had missing dependancies

[hoary stream]

howmany times do you need to trigger gamers until they explode

like irl

[odd shadow]

does anyone know why my mod folder doesnt show up in game (other mods will work, just not mine)

[red flower]

not without more info

[rapid stag]

what's the standard hand size?

[red flower]

8

[rapid stag]

does using G.hand:change_size() not revert after the end of the blind?

[red flower]

no

[rapid stag]

[lament sparrow]

is there a placeholder image for assets?

[red flower]

most smods objects use the default atlas for their type

[outer basalt]

How would I go about having a joker swap places with another card. Like moving 1 slot to the left or right?

[odd shadow]

are there any good tutorials on making jokers/consumables

[outer basalt]

theres an example mod on steam modded that goes through it, other than that I've been scraping by by looking at other code 😭

[hoary stream]

i just look at source code and other mods

also the smods wiki thing

[odd shadow]

ok

will do

man i try too hard

[shut crater]

I recommend VanillaRemade over ExampleMod
https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/tree/main

not made by the smods folks but made by people that know what they're doing

and much more thorough

[manic rune]

the keyboard controller mod from example mod is a good example for learning how to do configs tho

:p

[outer basalt]

aesome!

[high sinew]

is there a set u need to put in for create card if a consumable makes a playing card or nil

[shut crater]

I think you don't use create card for playing cards

I think there's another function for that, create_playing_card maybe? Should be on the wiki

[odd shadow]

im having way too much trouble with making a single joker

[shut crater]

This is normal lol

What's going on

[odd shadow]

Many code ive tried just doesnt do anything within the mod

[shut crater]

Does your mod show up in the mods menu?

[odd shadow]

yeah

[shut crater]

Does your joker show up

[odd shadow]

no

[shut crater]

Can you show your code

[odd shadow]

yeah hold on a sec

the function hasnt been coded, but it doesnt show up anyway

i followed this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp-4U5TlbxY&t=314s&ab_channel=artmuncher

[shut crater]

And it doesn't even show up in the collection?

[odd shadow]

no

[shut crater]

It's strange that your mod is being detected but your joker isn't

Did you set up a metadata file or did you use a mod header

[unborn bay]

uh

you used parentheses for defining the atlas

not brackets

[odd shadow]

thats maybe tje issue

[odd shadow]

oops

eh, still doesnt show up anyway

[odd shadow]

since i dont know what those are

[shut crater]

Yeah they're not even using the atlas so that shouldn't be the main issue

[tall jewel]

it's a little hacky but it works™️

[shut crater]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata

[hoary stream]

maybe bcuz it doesnt use atlas and doesnt have any sprite to use from>

[manic rune]

what is this for?

[hoary stream]

?

[sleek siren]

How do I get a table of my played hands?

[tall jewel]

generic hover-tooltips

(is what I'm using it for, but it also works for the side-tooltips on card hovers)

[manic rune]

mm i see

[shut crater]

nah it'll default to the vanilla atlas

[manic rune]

whats the difference between just using info_queue and that tho

[hoary stream]

so it will just use jimbo?

[tall jewel]

info_queue doesn't work on decks

[shut crater]

yeah if no atlas or pos is defined

[manic rune]

fair

[tall jewel]

(i was using The Head tooltip for testing, ill make a proper testing screen soontm)

[manic rune]

oh

isnt that just {T:}

🤔

[tall jewel]

yeah but for custom hover tooltips you'd need to do some weird stuff to get it working

this just standardizes it a bit

[manic rune]

i see

[tall jewel]

create a translation key -> add translation to P_CENTERS or P_TAGS -> use tooltip

[odd shadow]

so would i use this and then my joker code?

[shut crater]

the json method would just be its own file

[hoary stream]

#G.jokers.cards is howmany jokers you own right

[manic rune]

yes

[odd shadow]

what does conflicts do

[manic rune]

conflicts

if the player has mods in the conlicts, it warns you

[shut crater]

basically a list of mods that your mod does not enjoy being around and will cause crashes

[turbid maple]

has anyone here added their own ambient sounds before or do i need to figure this out myself

[shut crater]

you don't need to worry about that

[odd shadow]

ok

whats dependencies

[turbid maple]

mods that your mod depends on to run

[odd shadow]

oh

ok

got that

ight my json is finished

[hoary stream]

        local random_trig = math.random(1,(#G.jokers.cards))
        local ret = SMODS.blueprint_effect(card, G.jokers.cards[random_trig], context)
            if ret then
                ret.colour = G.C.RED
            end
            return ret
    end```
does this work

wait wtf

[shut crater]

don't use math.random

[manic rune]

main menu -> continue run strat goes so hard tho

[shut crater]

use one of the pseudorandom methods

[shut crater]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Utility#randomness

[manic rune]

pseudorandom("seed", 1, #G.jokers.cards)

is what you want to use

or you can just use pseudorandom_element to pick a random joker instead, actually

[hoary stream]

pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards) ?

[turbid maple]

uHHH when the hell do I add to G.ARGS.ambient_sounds

[hoary stream]

pseudorandom_element(jokers, pseudoseed('seed')) this right

[next pivot]

how would I increase the rank of all the cards played before they score

[odd shadow]

would i still use the SMODS wiki for jokers

[shut crater]

the SMODS wiki is the best resource that exists

[turbid maple]

I really don't want to write a lovely patch just to add goddamn sound effects egh

[odd shadow]

alriguty

[shut crater]

it's just VanillaRemade that I suggest

and honestly that's not necessarily a replacement of any of the smods stuff, it's just a very helpful additional resource

[red flower]

it's also literally listed on the smods wiki

[hoary stream]

pseudorandom("seed", 1, #G.jokers.cards) has a chance to trigger itself right

[shut crater]

oh whoa I hadn't seen that link

[hoary stream]

how do i make it ignores itself

[hoary stream]

.

[shut crater]

use a repeat until loop to make sure the chosen joker isn't itself

[high sinew]

still having trouble finding how u create a playing card for a consumable how do you use create_playing_card?

[hoary stream]

so check if it triggers itself then just loop until it doesnt

[odd shadow]

man i have no idea what any of this means, i hate being new

[hoary stream]

you will get there

[turbid maple]

Note to any future person that wants to add their own ambient sound:

SMODS.Sound {
    key = "ambient_whatever",
    path = "ambient_whatever.wav",
}

local _modulate_sound = modulate_sound
function modulate_sound(dt)
    _modulate_sound(dt)
    G.ARGS.ambient_sounds.MODRPEFIX_KEY = {
        volfunc = function(_prevvolume)
            -- calculate volume of sound for frame and return here
                        return 0
        end,
    }
end

okay FUCK this plays the ambient for a frame when the game first launches maybe you do need to lovely patch

[odd shadow]

wheres the part in the SMODS.joker where it like does the sprites and functions

cant din it

[shut crater]

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

atlas and pos are for sprites, calculate is for joker effects

all the important stuff about the calculate function is here, but it's really hard to understand, so this is where I recommend looking at VanillaRemade to understand how to write a calculate function
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Calculate-Functions

[vale glen]

Is it actually called MODRPEFIX?

[turbid maple]

no that's supposed to be a placeholder

[vale glen]

Ah

[turbid maple]

SMODS loads your audio files and names it MODPREFIX_KEY so there's no conflict

[vale glen]

Mhm

[odd shadow]

so how would i put these in or use them

[shut crater]

you did already

[odd shadow]

oh

right

[sleek siren]

Does anyone know how I can get a table of all played cards this round?

[shut crater]

G.discard I think

well G.discard.cards

[odd shadow]

Final question before i sleep - how do I make the joker even show up in the game

[sleek siren]

Sorry, I meant scoring cards mb

[shut crater]

you would probably have to manually track every played card

[shut crater]

well in theory it should, which is why I'm confused

[sleek siren]

Like, the played hand at the given moment

[odd shadow]

ok

[sleek siren]

nvm, figured it out

[manic rune]

why doesnt this work

like

[lucid owl]

i have an enhancement that has a 1 in 5 chance to create a random consumable. before it worked and added the consumable fine, but it did it immediately when the hand is scored. how could i make the consumables only appear when the specific card containing the enhancement is scored? context.other_card == card doesn't work and neither does this variable-based system

[manic rune]

it doesnt print anything at all, even when the glass cards break

[shut crater]

you probably need to use an event to get the timing right

all the calculate code is run instantaneously when you press play, everything that happens afterwards is the result of events that were queued up during the calculation

[lucid owl]

hmm, alright

i'll go back to the previous way and do an event

[manic rune]

funnily enough i cant even seem to find this patch anywhere

oh wait nvm, thats grim

hm

so theres nothign else taking ownership of the glass cards, and nothing patching glass cards right now

i wonder why it doesnt work

OH

its fucking m_glass, not glass right??

[lucid owl]

yup lol

[manic rune]

THATS

IN THE SMODS FILE

[lucid owl]

hm

well that's

weird

[manic rune]

😭

[shut crater]

I don't think you need the prefix for take_ownership

[manic rune]

the example above does say you need it though

like, the ones commented

"m_stone"

[shut crater]

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

wiki says no

[manic rune]

oh nevermind, thats still not it

hm

[lucid owl]

this worked almost perfectly 🔥 just gotta fiddle with the delay, ty

[manic rune]

i tried changing this to both m_glass and keeping it at glass, still no prints

although the cards got destroyed

weird

[shut crater]

and neither print statement is run?

[manic rune]

mhm

[red flower]

no other mod is taking ownership?

[manic rune]

...well crap, should have accounted for that

how do i check if the glass cards are destroyed by their own effects then

sob

does "glass" and "m_glass" both work actually

[red flower]

isn't there a way to call the previous calculate with take_ownership

[manic rune]

i just noticed that

[red flower]

there should be at least

[manic rune]

dunno, i only know that take_ownership completely overrides stuff

[shut crater]

question, does it significantly affect the design if you wrote the effect to be when a glass card is destroyed in general vs. specifically when it destroys itself?

[red flower]

maybe if you do local prev_calc = G.P_CENTERS.m_glass.calculate

[shut crater]

oh or you could just hook it yeah

[manic rune]

i want to encourage breaking glass cards from playing them specifically (since theres too many effects preventing that instead), being able to use other destroy effects like the hanged man and immolate would kind of ruin what im going for

[manic rune]

is it something like this

[shut crater]

that looks right to me

[manic rune]

mmm

still dunno how to check when its destroyed from being played tho sob

[shut crater]

although you probably want to call hookTo first and check its return table

[manic rune]

oh, makes sense

[shut crater]

cause the return table will containremove = true if it's destroying itself

[manic rune]

mmm thanks, let me try

[turbid maple]

turns out the game does not like storing inside cards inside jokers

[shut crater]

do you mean specifically saving and reloading a run

[manic rune]

that worked, thanks

[shut crater]

cause yeah it won't serialize tables inside of card.ability.extra

[red flower]

try saving a function

[red flower]

it does?

it doesn't do the recursive ones

[turbid maple]

the last time I tried I got MANUAL_REPLACE all over my joker

[shut crater]

I ran into issues saving a reference to a card

[shut crater]

^

[turbid maple]

wait actually how the hell is this becoming recursive

I also get stack overflow errors when I copy it

[red flower]

cards are recursive

[turbid maple]

huh

oh

cards store their cardarea

cardareas store cards

[red flower]

yeah

[umbral zodiac]

is there a way to get the relevant consumable in context.using_consumeable

[turbid maple]

(gif of the crying emoji with two arms raised distingerating in an explosion)

[red flower]

im pretty sure it's context.consumeable but check the docs

[turbid maple]

if context.using_consumeable then
{
    cardarea = G.jokers, -- G.hand, (G.deck and G.discard optionally enabled)
    using_consumeable = true,
    consumeable = card, -- the consumable being used
    area = G.consumeables, -- the area the card was used from (could be G.shop_jokers, G.pack_cards)
}

the wiki is your friend'

[umbral zodiac]

in my defense the wiki is sometimes unclear so its not my first choicce

[shut crater]

here's how I dealt with storing playing cards in a joker
https://github.com/chaseoqueso/Powerful_Balatro/blob/master/jokers/frog.lua

[turbid maple]

ughh is there a good way to hold a reference to a joker inside a joker

[red flower]

fun fact: context.area will be G.jokers if you use a Pendulum in JoyousSpring(tm)

[manic rune]

excuse me

[shut crater]

oh you're tryng to do jokers

[turbid maple]

yes

I have a microwave

I'm putting jokers into a microwave

[red flower]

no save them to a cardarea

[shut crater]

I did that too sort of
https://github.com/chaseoqueso/Powerful_Balatro/blob/master/jokers/lich.lua

without a cardarea

(though maybe a cardarea would've been easier than what I did)

(cause what I did was wack)

[red flower]

did u try to win the game not in STATE.SELECTING_HAND?

[manic rune]

the game was at the payout screen, i reloaded the run at that timing

it created two payout uis

[hoary stream]

i had that happen when i have like 200 cards on my hand

[manic rune]

and uhh that

[turbid maple]

I want the cards to know who's storing who so I still need some way for them to reference each other

[shut crater]

probably just use my GUID method then

[turbid maple]

they have a guid??????

what the hell

[shut crater]

that's what I did in the link I sent you

[turbid maple]

ah you added it

mm makes sense

[red flower]

G.microwave_area1 = CardArea(...)
card.ability.extra.area = "1"
G["microwave_area"..card.ability.extra.area]:emplace(other_card)

[outer basalt]

Bringing this back down again because I've made absolutely no progress

[red flower]

im pretty sure this works

local thunk = G.jokers.cards[1]
G.jokers.cards[1] = G.jokers.cards[2]
G.jokers.cards[2] = thunk

[manic rune]

thunk

[outer basalt]

The number being where the joker is?

[manic rune]

you might need to use G.jokers:align() or something afterwards too

🤔 i forgot name

[red flower]

yes G.jokers.cards is a list of jokers

align_cards i think?

[outer basalt]

OMG thank you y'all are life savers 😭

[unborn bay]

sort_id kinda counts

thats what i did for photocopier to save the adjacent jokers

though normally theyre just used for pinned jokers

[hasty mist]

is there a way to make a mod display a custom crash message if it gets a specific crash

[red flower]

assert(function_that_crashes(), "error message")?

[hasty mist]

my mod needs a very specific version of smods and if you dont have it it gives this

and everyone who gets this keeps reporting it

so i wanna make it actually tell them what to do

[red flower]

you can also set a dependency for a version of smods or the mod doesn't load

[manic rune]

why cant you just change dependency in the json file

[hasty mist]

i didnt think about that

[hasty mist]

though

[manic rune]

oops wrong channel

[hasty mist]

this version of smods it needs isnt in smods main branch at all

its a modified version containing a pull request that still hasnt been merged

[manic rune]

oh, aiko's font addition right

[hasty mist]

yeah

[red flower]

i would recommend having a dev branch in your mod for those cases

[hasty mist]

i really really wish they would merge it

[red flower]

so you can have a version for normal smods and a version for experimental

[hasty mist]

maybe

the font stuff is kinda crucial though

[red flower]

iirc flowwey was working on it

because it needed some changes

[hasty mist]

ah

[red flower]

but idk im waiting for it to get merged to do my changes for it

[hasty mist]

mhm

it just would not sit right with me omitting the fonts until its merged yknow

since its like

a MAJOR thematic design in my mod

[hoary stream]

        local my_pos = nil
        local random_trig
        for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
            if G.jokers.cards[i] == card then
                my_pos = i
                break
            end
        end
        repeat
            random_trig = pseudorandom("seed", 1, #G.jokers.cards)
        until random_trig ~= my_pos
        local ret = SMODS.blueprint_effect(card, G.jokers.cards[random_trig], context)
            if ret then
                ret.colour = G.C.RED
            end
            return ret
    end```
is there a way to prevent infinite loop

[red flower]

package it with ur mod then

[hoary stream]

it happens when theres no target to retrigger since it cant retrigger itself

[manic rune]

this is not too efficient

[hasty mist]

that's what I'm currently doing

tried implementing it in lovely patches but that was way beyond my abilities

[manic rune]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
        local valid_jokers = {}
        for _,v in ipairs(G.jokers.cards) do
          if v ~= card then valid_jokers[#valid_jokers + 1] end
        end
        if #valid_jokers > 0 then
          local rad_joker = pseudorandom_element(valid_jokers, pseudoseed("something here idk"))
          if rad_joker then
            local ret = SMODS.blueprint_effect(card, rad_joker, context)
            if ret then
                ret.colour = G.C.RED
            end
            return ret
          end
        end
    end

id probably do smt like this instead

[bold gyro]

hey y'all, i'm trying to check if a playing card was face down before it is scored. what context should i use to do that? (i can't seem to find the right context since cards get flipped face up before scoring)

[manic rune]

probably context.before?

idk what other context is before that

[bold gyro]

context.before doesn't work sadly

[hoary stream]

can u explain how can this check for valid joker

        for _,v in ipairs(G.jokers.cards) do
          if v ~= card then valid_jokers[#valid_jokers + 1] 
        end

[manic rune]

a table with all jokers except for itself

so theres no need for the finding random position stuff

[hoary stream]

its like continue right

[manic rune]

nope

if v ~= card <- if v isn't card

but i guess you can see it as that?

wait i forgot an end there

in my defense i typed that on discord

:3

[hoary stream]

so if there isnt any valid jokers it the valid_jokers will have nothing in it

[last sentinel]

what exactly is the result of the ["Straight"] component in evaluate_poker_hand(cards)? Having a hard time parsing the table to understand it

[red flower]

isn't it all the straights contained in the hand?

[primal terrace]

How do I make a global variable increment by one at the end of round instead of randomizing?

[last sentinel]

thats what its supposed to be but keep trying to print the nested tables in tables to find the actual cards lol

wait maybe im a fool

[red flower]

G.GAME.prefix_variable = (G.GAME.prefix_variable or 0) + 1

[primal terrace]

Fair

[wild escarp]

I end up getting a crash with this code when playing any card with an edition or seal, anyone know why?

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.before and context.main_eval then
        for k, v in ipairs(context.scoring_hand) do
            if v.enhancement or v.seal or v.edition then
                G.playing_card = (G.playing_card and G.playing_card + 1) or 1
                local card = copy_card(context.scoring_hand[v], nil, nil, G.playing_card)
                card:add_to_deck()
                table.insert(G.playing_cards, card)
                G.hand:emplace(_card)
                card.states.visible = nil

                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    func = function()
                        card:start_materialize()
                        return true
                    end
                })) 
                return {
                    message = localize('k_copied_ex'),
                    colour = G.C.CHIPS,
                    playing_cards_created = {true}
                }
            end
        end
    end
end

[last sentinel]

like, not sure why get_id is nil here

[red flower]

it's a list of hands

not a list of cards

you need a nested loop

[last sentinel]

thats where I started but that still gave me an error

but let me try again

oh pshht now it works lmao. thanks!

[turbid maple]

okay turns out I can't just expect the game to instantiate cardareas I made for me when loading them

am I understanding this correctly

uhh wait

[red flower]

cardareas are saved in G

and nowhere else afaik

[wild escarp]

Anyone know how I could change this code to only copy editioned/sealed/enhanced cards, and then destroy those cards?

    if context.before and context.main_eval then
        G.playing_card = (G.playing_card and G.playing_card + 1) or 1
        local copy_card = copy_card(context.full_hand[1], nil, nil, G.playing_card)
        copy_card:add_to_deck()
        G.deck.config.card_limit = G.deck.config.card_limit + 1
        table.insert(G.playing_cards, copy_card)
        G.hand:emplace(copy_card)
        copy_card.states.visible = nil

        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                copy_card:start_materialize()
                return true
            end
        }))
        return {
            message = localize('k_copied_ex'),
            colour = G.C.CHIPS,
            func = function() -- This is for timing purposes, it runs after the message
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    func = function()
                        SMODS.calculate_context({ playing_card_added = true, cards = { copy_card } })
                        return true
                    end
                }))
            end
        }
    end
end

And also make two copies of each of those cards.

[turbid maple]

I don't know if I'm being stupid but right now the problem is

1. I'm making a card area for each instance of the Joker when they need to be accessed
2. When the game is saved it saves the cardareas in G
3. but it fails to load it because when the game is loaded the cardareas I made are not instantiated
   so do I need to get to patching the code that loads runs or am I doing something very flawed

[red flower]

why aren't you saving them to G directly

[turbid maple]

they are in G

[red flower]

hmm

can i see the code

[red flower]

yeah i dont think that matters

it happens to the vanilla areas too

[turbid maple]

it fails to load any cards that were stored inside though

    add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
        local cae = card.ability.extra
        if not from_debuff then
            print("adding")
            G.supper_microwave_counter = (G.supper_microwave_counter or 0)
            cae.cardarea_name = "supper_microwave_area_" .. tostring(G.supper_microwave_counter)
            G.supper_microwave_counter = (G.supper_microwave_counter or 0) + 1
        end
    end,

    remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
        local cae = card.ability.extra
        if not from_debuff then
            print("remove")
            G[cae.cardarea_name]:remove()
            G[cae.cardarea_name] = nil
        end
    end,

    supper_get_owned_cardarea = function(card)
        local cae = card.ability.extra
        if not card or not cae.cardarea_name then return nil end

        if not G[cae.cardarea_name] then
            G[cae.cardarea_name] = CardArea(0, 0, 1, 1, {
                card_limit = 1,
                type = "joker",
            })
            G[cae.cardarea_name].states.visible = false
        end
        return G[cae.cardarea_name]
    end,

relevant portion of the code

[red flower]

what if you instantiate it in load()

[turbid maple]

oh that's a thing I see

[red flower]

idk if card.ability exists in load tho

or if the cardareas are loaded first

[turbid maple]

card.ability doesn't exist in load

[red flower]

hmm i saw other mods do similar things i wonder how they did it

[turbid maple]

hmm what

[red flower]

the only thing i can think of is patching before the cardareas get loaded and saving all the area keys to G.GAME (which gets loaded first)

[turbid maple]

... if the card area isn't instantiated at the item of loading it stores the load data somewhere else and you can grab it later

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sweet onyx]

I did not know about the lovely/dump folder, this is the greatest thing ever

[turbid maple]

its cool you can actually find what code runs instead of guessing

[sweet onyx]

I dont have to scour the source files with 7zip for an hour to find 1 thing lol

[vale glen]

Dunno what text editors can reload the files silently when the game is restarted, like with DebugPlus. Kinda wanna avoid VS Code or VS Codium due to bloat.

[turbid maple]

ok thank you mr john jokerdisplay it works fine if i ignore the annoying red message

[red flower]

tasty joker stencil

[vale glen]

That's so cool

Axy wants to do something like that too now

[turbid maple]

now I just gotta properly handle it being duplicated with stuff inside it!!!!!!!!

[low parrot]

Hii, I'm trying to make a joker that has a X2 multiplier and when you one shot a blind it gets a upgrade to that multiplier, and in case you don't one shot the blind then it destroys itself, but i have a error in which it destroys everytime and idk why ;;

        self.mano = G.GAME.current_round.hands_left
    end,

    calculate = function(self, card, context, info_queue)
        
        if context.setting_blind then
            self.mano = G.GAME.current_round.hands_left
        end

        if context.end_of_round then
            if (self.mano - 1) == G.GAME.current_round.hands_left and G.GAME.chips >= G.GAME.blind.chips then
                card.ability.extra.xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult + card.ability.extra.xgain
                return {
                    message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_xmult', vars = { card.ability.extra.xmult } },
                }
            end
        end
        if context.after then
            if G.GAME.chips < G.GAME.blind.chips then
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    func = function()
                        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                            trigger = 'after',
                            delay = 0.3,
                            func = function()
                                card:start_dissolve(nil, self)
                                return true
                            end
                        }))
                        return true
                    end
                }))
            end
        end
        if context.joker_main then
            return{
                Xmult =card.ability.extra.xmult
            }
        end
    end
}```

[turbid maple]

you know what I hate this dumb red message

im patching to instantiate it ahead of time and im really not sure why it works like this

[lucid owl]

how are asterisks used in lovely patches?

[placid silo]

how are you determining what is a one-shot and what isn't?

[red flower]

? https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/regular-expressions/

[lucid owl]

i'm specifically looking to two-birds-with-one-stone these two lines but idk if that's possible

[lucid owl]

i wasn't sure if it worked the same as a regex one when not used in a regex patch

[red flower]

eh personally i would do two patches

[lucid owl]

alright

[red flower]

can't risk someone else doing something that matches the pattern if it's too generic

[low parrot]

Supposedly if G.GAME.chips (the chips that are currently scored) are bigger or equal than G.GAME.blind.chips (The chips that are needed to beat a blind) and if you've only used one hand (self.mano saves the hands that you start the blind with) then it should be a oneshot

[placid silo]

what if you run the upgrade part when the round ends if only one hand has been played, rather than checking the chips amount.
If more than one hand is played then destroy the card

Also if you use > chips what happens if someone scores exactly the blind amount?

[red flower]

uhh
you can just count the number of hands played?

[placid silo]

I am making a joker but idk if it should be Rare or Legendary.
Medusa:
Add x0.25 mult to this card for each Stone Card in full deck.
Turns scored Face Cards into Stone Cards.

[low parrot]

maybe you're right and i'm just dumb xd, lemme try

also thanks for the help ares

and i do think medusa should be legendary hahaha

[placid silo]

np, not sure how you need it to work or if any issues will arise but that's what testing is for :3

[faint yacht]

Should probably follow the Midas Mask rarity imo.

[placid silo]

splash+Pareidolia+Medusa + Stone Joker + Marble Joker or DNA and you have a fast all stone deck :3

Stone joker can be replaced with anything else tbh, blueprint/brainstorm, another Medusa, etc.

[placid silo]

Even if it's technically better than Midas Mask?

[primal terrace]

So it will give X13 Mult if your deck has 52 Stone

[bold gyro]

Hey y'all, what does the crash message Cycle detected in table mean?

[placid silo]

yes, but you can only play high card technically so get yourself some Pluto's :3

[primal terrace]

If it can only convert the face cards into stone, I think Uncommon works fine for it, because otherwise you would still have the numbered cards

If it converted all cards into stone, then it would be worth Rare

[placid silo]

I guess that's what other jokers are for, to have synergy with it

x13 mult for a full deck of stone cards seems not too bad tbh

Originally was planning on having it turn Mortal Cards into Stone Cards but don't know how the Mortal enhancement will work yet so... this is fine

[sweet onyx]

Can someone help me or tell me where I can find help for the loc_txt when making a joker?

[red flower]

https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/blob/d43316d97bc927f3de431dd84c0283d41e69761a/Mods/ExampleJokersMod/ModdedVanilla.lua#L33

[placid silo]

I had a link but now it's gone

[placid silo]

ty

[zealous glen]

But what if you want to change the existing UI?

You can’t change the existing UI by creating it from scratch

That’s just creating a new UI

[sweet onyx]

Is there a way to make my mod changes reflect in realtime as opposed to closing and relaunching whenever I make changes?

[turbid maple]

god i wish

[placid silo]

debugplus watch command will reload some changes realtime

watch the mods/yourmodfolder/yourmodfile.lua

[turbid maple]

@graceful vapor pinging you here because the other chat is busy with talking not about mods

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Utility has documents for functions that create joker cards and the parameters

[graceful vapor]

thanks a lot :)

[turbid maple]

as for using the consumable I believe you describe the behacior you want in the consumable's use method

all you want is to make a joker so nothing too fancy just call the creating card function in it and you should be good to go

[graceful vapor]

what exactly do i have to change here?

because ingame it doesnt let me use it

[turbid maple]

where did you get player from

[graceful vapor]

autocompletion lmao

[turbid maple]

you got a chatbot to write it for you?? bro

it doesnt know shit about the balatro codebase so it wont be helpful

[graceful vapor]

man i just started a few hours ago, let me be 😔

[graceful vapor]

aight aight

[turbid maple]

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

the method should look like use(self, card, area, copier)

i have no idea area means in this context actually (area of the consumable it was in?)

hm

[daring fern]

It's SMODS.add_card.

[turbid maple]

Anyways the create_card function expects a table

yeah that too

SMODS.add_card {
set = "jokers",
key = enter key of the joker you want here
}
heres the bare minimum of how it should look

[sweet onyx]

How do I check if the played hand contains scoring cards of x suit?

I looked at the vanilla remade for seeing double to try and get some insight but I've got nothing

[graceful vapor]

so this is what i tried, still crashes when i buy the consumable 😵‍💫

[turbid maple]

when you buy the consumable?

[graceful vapor]

yes

[turbid maple]

wats the crash messahe

[sweet onyx]

How do I get all of the current jokers?

Like a list or smth

[daring fern]

G.jokers.cards

[sweet onyx]

Thanks

[turbid maple]

youve somehow broken the UI and I have no idea how

im.going to sleep though so you should repost the code here and see if anyone else can help

[graceful vapor]

The UI?? 😭

[turbid maple]

yeah

[graceful vapor]

thats crazy

[graceful vapor]

alright, thanks for the help tho

[runic pecan]

Which colour palette looks better?

[turbid maple]

i like the right

i mean did you write the consumable by looking at the wiki or did a chatbot generate somsthing for you

if the latter it probably has done a bunch of things wrong

[graceful vapor]

nah, watched this one youtube video on how to create a consumable

[turbid maple]

oki then

[graceful vapor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDxsA29yGFI&t=1s

that one

[turbid maple]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1209506360987877408/1375726262378823690/image.png?ex=6832bc6c&is=68316aec&hm=b8a7b1f8cceb326e419846813e599867e318b897f99f6eb9d6f1957823b0d014&

[sweet onyx]

How do I use the add_joker() function to add a negative joker?

[daring fern]

You don't, you do SMODS.add_card({set = "Joker", edition = "e_negative})

[sweet onyx]

Ok

How would I specify what Joker to add?

[zealous glen]

Use a key instead of a set

It’s all in the wiki

[sweet onyx]

There's a wiki?

I must be stupid

[zealous glen]

In SMODS’ GitHub

[sweet onyx]

Ohhh

that

Where is it there?

I cant find it?

[daring fern]

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

[sweet onyx]

Ohhh

there

thanks

btw

how do I get a list of all the jokers like

currently owned

like in the top bar

cause G.jokers.cards doesnt seem to be it

[daring fern]

G.jokers.cards

[daring fern]

It is.

[sweet onyx]

I tried it but it didnt work

[daring fern]

Code?

[sweet onyx]

            if SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Hearts') and SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Diamonds') and SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Clubs') then
                local c = pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, G.SEED)
                while c.ability.name == "Equin" do
                    c = pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, G.SEED)
                end

                SMODS.add_card({set = "Joker", edition = "e_negative", key = c.key})
            end

Oop

thats not formatted correctly

wtv

[daring fern]

c.key should be c.config.center.key

[sweet onyx]

oh

Ok

[graceful vapor]

Anyone else know what the problem is here?

[sweet onyx]

What context do I use for after scoring is done but before hand is like put away or wtv

[daring fern]

context.after?

[dapper sun]

how do i access loc_vars from in the joker functions?

[placid silo]

would you mind dming me your mod code?

[placid silo]

I have a joker doing that, I think. One moment while I look for it.

[daring fern]

card.config.center.loc_vars maybe?

I don't understand what you mean.

[dapper sun]

ty

[sweet onyx]

How do I make my calculate function stop if a condition is met, because right now it seems to simply be running again

[placid silo]

if <card_count = 2> then
return {}, I think?

You don't need the brackets

[sweet onyx]

Im using a return, but it doesnt work right

[daring fern]

Code?

[sweet onyx]

            if SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Hearts') and SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Diamonds') and SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Clubs') then
                local c = pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, G.SEED)
                
                if #G.jokers.cards == 1 and G.jokers.cards[1].ability.name == "something" then
                    return
                end

                while c.ability.name == "Equin" do
                    c = pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, G.SEED)
                end

                SMODS.add_card({set = "Joker", edition = "e_negative", key = c.config.center.key})
                card_eval_status_text(context.blueprint_card or card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, { message = "{C:attention}Copied!{}"})
            end

Dont worry about the ability name something

[sweet onyx]

nvm

[cursive sentinel]

looking at aikoyori's code for hibana's joker but i don't understand how it works and how i could change it to instead of drawing cards of a rank, to draw cards played in priority next round for example, does anyone know of another joker / mod that does it so i can look it up too?

[dapper sun]

i tried card.config.center.loc_vars.elle_use and it didn't work,,

even though elle_use is a key that exists in the loc_vars return

[placid silo]

I believe the loc_vars return is for setting values within the loc_txt area

[dapper sun]

it does more than that outside of extra

[placid silo]

hmm i'll have to check the docs and your loc_vars section

[sweet onyx]

Im trying to copy a joker, but I dont know how to make sure it doesnt copy itself, how would I do that, ive been trying for an hour and I havent gotten any farther

[placid silo]

brainstorm style copy or duplication style copy?

[sweet onyx]

duplication

[placid silo]

what do you currently have for your code?

if you don't mind me asking, that is

[sweet onyx]

        if context.joker_main then
            if #G.jokers.cards == 1 and G.jokers.cards[1].config.center.key == card.config.center.key then
                return {}
            end

            if SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Hearts') and SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Diamonds') and SMODS.seeing_double_check(context.scoring_hand, 'Clubs') then                
                local copy = copy_card(pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, pseudoseed('seed')), nil) 

                copy:set_edition('e_negative', true) 
                copy:add_to_deck()

                G.jokers:emplace(copy)
            end
        end

[sage crater]

Can you make an enhancement/edition that scales on a card?

And if so, how

[cursive sentinel]

like the more you play it the more it scales?

maybe with perma bonuses?

[sage crater]

Yeah

Well the exact effect will be an edition given by a joker and if the joker rolls the card again, it stacks the effect

[cursive sentinel]

ahhh

im not good enough to help you on that sorry 😔

[placid silo]

for _, joker in pairs(G.jokers.cards) do
if joker ~= copy then
copy:set_edition('e_negative', true) 
copy:add_to_deck()
G.jokers:emplace(copy)
return end

[placid silo]

maybe this for your issue? No wait...

[sweet onyx]

?

[placid silo]

this might copy every joker instead of just the one you want

[sweet onyx]

What if I return after the emplace

then it wont copy anything else

right?

Or am I stupid

[placid silo]

Try it out, imo it's all trial and error

[sweet onyx]

Yeah

It copied a card, but then copied itself...

Before I tried using a while loop like so:

while copy.config.center.key == card.config.center.key do copy = copy_card() end

but this didnt work

[placid silo]

if copy ~= self then
copy:set_edition('e_negative', true) 
copy:add_to_deck()
G.jokers:emplace(copy)
end

something like this perhaps?

although I don't think self would work in this context

[sweet onyx]

But then if the copy is the card, wouldn't the card just not trigger?

[placid silo]

for _, joker in pairs(G.jokers.cards) do
                local copy = copy_card(pseudorandom_element(G.jokers.cards, pseudoseed('seed')), nil) 
                if copy ~= self then
                copy:set_edition('e_negative', true) 
                copy:add_to_deck()
                G.jokers:emplace(copy)
                return end
                end```

formatting is horrible there

but that might just work?

[hard mica]

Does anyone know how to fix this error

[sweet onyx]

Ill try it

[hard mica]

Hi ares

[placid silo]

return card.ability.extra.money, I think instead of GoldSeal.money?

I believe GoldSeal adds to the card.ability.extra.money value instead of having its own value, but do not quote me on that.

[placid silo]

howdy ^~^

[sweet onyx]

It seems like it worked, thank you so much

[placid silo]

Ofc!

[hard mica]

That's not the problem the line where the problem is before that line

521

[placid silo]

nope it adds to card.ability.seal.extra.money so maybe...

card.ability.GoldSeal.extra```
?

oop

my bad

[hard mica]

Yeah lmao

Been stuck on making this seal

[placid silo]

card.ability.GoldSeal.isGoldSeal?

instead of card.ability.extra.GoldSeal?

[hard mica]

Is just a bool to check if the copied seal effect is the gold seal

i can show the entire code

[placid silo]

maybe if you change this to
if card.ability.GoldSeal.isGoldSeal == true then
?

the screenshot to the text there

[hard mica]

heres the coe if u wanna take a look at it

but i will try ur thing

[placid silo]

if card.ability.extra.isGoldSeal == true then```

if it doesnt work, try this one?

[hard mica]

well damn

[sweet onyx]

why does using card_eval_status_text(context.blueprint_card or card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, { message = localize('k_duplicated_ex') }) (for the perkeo-like: "Duplicated" message) in context.joker_main not trigger immediately?

[daring fern]

Because it goes before everything else.

[sweet onyx]

?

[daring fern]

You have to return it for it to go normally.

[hard mica]

i will lose it

[sweet onyx]

Can you give me an example, im kinda lost here, sorry

[daring fern]

return {
    message = "message"
}

[sweet onyx]

Where does that go

[dapper sun]

try replacing card with self

idk

[daring fern]

It should be self.config not card.ability

[daring fern]

Where you want to send the message.

[sweet onyx]

Ok

[runic pecan]

So I thought badge text of a seal works the same as the ones of stickers...
What is the correct way to do this, though?

[daring fern]

You need to define it in labels in localization.

[runic pecan]

I've define it in the third pic, and I know it is not exactly the way to do so.

[daring fern]

You need to add _seal to the end of the variable.

[runic pecan]

Thanks

[primal robin]

So in general works fine

[placid silo]

Geo-Pin + Global(from cryptid) about to be crazy

[timid star]

i think resetting the chips is ok this way

looks a little scuffed but it works

[old bane]

this looks like a final boss to an rpg

[timid star]

im gonna need a health bar

[placid silo]

thats so cool what

[hard mica]

gonna need that song in the background

[timid star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_cvyOMkWiw

[hard mica]

[timid star]

of course i haven't implemented the boss blind mechanic yet i wanted to make sure i could add health to boss blinds

the asriel boss blind will keep the same health mechanic, needing to always meet the requirement of the score otherwise you score nothing is a good boss mechanic for that blind

i'll have to add boss descriptions though

[unborn bay]

why would asriel be in balatro

isn't he dead

[hard mica]

how can i check if the playable card is not held in hand?

[timid star]

dont worry you revive him

[unborn bay]

oh ok that makes sense

[old bane]

omg the six human chips

[daring fern]

If a card is played it would not be in hand.

[hard mica]

Yeah but I got a problem with my seal rerolling cause the seal.effect only rerolls if that card with the seal is in hand which I want it to reroll even when it's not in hand

[bold gyro]

okay if anyone is in this scenario, the correct answer is context.press_play

[vocal helm]

Omg this is awesome

[sage crater]

how do I get my mod to pick up on a second lua file I make?
I want to categorize each file by what they do. Right now I have one file for jokers and enhancements, and soon I'll add a couple vouchers too, and I want to split them up into different files

[misty shoal]

Imagine dying on the big blind before god of hyper death

[dapper sun]

assert(SMODS.load_file(path))()

[sage crater]

in the main file?

[dapper sun]

yea

[sage crater]

fantastic. thank you

[timid star]

i'll buff him up even further, since you can use the tarot at any ante, even early on, i'll just make the score requirement multiply on the final boss life by 10

[sage crater]

it crashed on startup. Is this correct?

[dapper sun]

the path needs to be a string

[sage crater]

ah, just like every other language. Thank you 🤦‍♂️

it works now. thanks :]

[misty gorge]

FIXED IT I THINK, I just didn't return correctly

Still experimenting with it though

Trying to see if it triggers when I want it to

[harsh sonnet]

hey im getting the feeling im not using SMODS.calculate_context{joker_clicked = true} quite right any1 know more than me?

[misty gorge]

Yep, should be fixed now :D

[slow brook]

is it possible to "freeze" cards in the shop so the same cards come up after a blind?

[harsh sonnet]

entropy did this

[daring fern]

You need to call the context when you want the context to happen.

[harsh sonnet]

english pls
im not into lua like that

i mean i kinda get it but i dont

[daring fern]

You need to use SMODS.calculate_context{joker_clicked = true} when you want context.joker_clicked to happen?

[harsh sonnet]

ok so im gonna sound like an idiot saying but
i have no idea where to put SMODS.calculate_context{joker_clicked = true}
i mean i want context.joker_clicked to happen whenever.. u guessed it a joker is highlighted (or un-highlighted) so that my nlrg_cost updates not only when partner_click

[charred magnet]

anyone know how to make mods?

[misty shoal]

Guy walks into a bar and asks if anyone likes to drink

[charred magnet]

....

[harsh sonnet]

i dont

[charred magnet]

wow

[slow brook]

holy shit there are so many cards there's no way i could find which one does that

[harsh sonnet]

one of the inverse tarots

i think

[slow brook]

nope

[harsh sonnet]

dammit gimme a moment

[slow brook]

checked all the jokers and code? cards already

unless i cant read and missed them

[harsh sonnet]

its the inverse code card

invariant

using the invariant sticker

@slow brook

[slow brook]

yeah i'm trying to find how it works but they use their own function to get all shop cards so that probably means there's no way to do that without patching

[harsh sonnet]

ew

anyways

[harsh sonnet]

u got any idea how to do ts?
im desperate

[slow brook]

anyone knows if would that be possible without patching

[placid silo]

you could maybe make a consumable that changes the highlighted shop items pool rate to 100% appearance until the start/end of the next shop, altho i'm not sure if that's even possible, I do know you can edit the appearance rate of jokers/consumables

[placid star]

why dont you want to patch?

[charred magnet]

anyone know why this isnt working

(not showing in collection)

[maiden phoenix]

loc_txt + should be loc_txt = and nsmr should be name

[charred magnet]

?

[red flower]

I would patch

[charred magnet]

like this

[maiden phoenix]

You forgot the = for loc_txt

[placid silo]

loc_txt = {
name = "happy joker"
text = "he is happy"
}

[charred magnet]

...

[slow brook]

hard :(

[charred magnet]

still not showing...

[slow brook]

download the lua extension for vscode

cuz you're missing all the commas

[charred magnet]

...

[placid star]

SMODS.Joker should have a capital J no?

[charred magnet]

maybe?

[slow brook]

yeah that too

[charred magnet]

idk

[slow brook]

download that and it will make sure you don't forget commas

[charred magnet]

ok i shoved some comas

[charred magnet]

yup

we good?

[slow brook]

yeah probably

[zealous glen]

I mean in real time

[charred magnet]

nope....

[placid star]

please right click and press format document

[charred magnet]

?

[slow brook]

yeah cuz the mod id can't have spacebar between it

just saw that

[charred magnet]

oh shiii

[slow brook]

i would suggest scrapping that and do it all in a new file called smods.json

[charred magnet]

?

json

isnt this ment to be lua tho

[charred magnet]

nvm chat this made it work

[slow brook]

yeah but they introduced a way to write mod metadata on a json file

so without that green header

like this

[slow brook]

you can skip most of stuff there but make sure to have id, name, prefix and main_file

[placid star]

bruh can u stop with the huh and the ? when we're explaining things to you

[charred magnet]

sorry : (

[slow brook]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata

[placid star]

dw abt it, this stuff can take a while to get used to

[charred magnet]

ty

[slow brook]

mod header is outdated, still works but it's better to have a smods.json file

that's the only file that's not lua so dw

[placid star]

the humble lovely.toml file:

[charred magnet]

k so like in steam modded is like a pack thats what json does?

[slow brook]

lovely is out of my league for now so i deleted it from my brain

[placid star]

haha i was like that dw but if anything i overuse them now

[harsh sonnet]

how do i call a list from another file?

[slow brook]

no you make an smods.json file in your mod folder

[charred magnet]

can u like copy and paste this here

please

: )

[slow brook]

I can even write it for you

[charred magnet]

rly?

[placid star]

load the file using this, then u should be fine to call any tablesassert(SMODS.load_file('items/common.lua'))()

[harsh sonnet]

thanks

[charred magnet]

this ok?

: )

[slow brook]

  "id": "happyjoker",
  "name": "Happy Joker",
  "display_name": "Happy Joker",
  "author": ["I DID SOMETHING"], 
  "description": "he is happy....",
  "prefix": "happy",
  "main_file": "main.lua"

[charred magnet]

uhm

something tells me i did something wrong

oh wait

[slow brook]

yeah oops i forgot you need to put all this inside brackets {}

[charred magnet]

ye

mb

boom

now

same code as before?

or something new

[slow brook]

yeah but remember to delete the green stuff you had in main.lua before

[charred magnet]

kk

oo works but my pic isnt there that i made

: (

oh

nvm

its cap j not lowercase

lol

im getting there slowly but surely thanks to u

still doesnt work....

[slow brook]

show both files

[charred magnet]

?

[harsh sonnet]

actually do i have to use some special layout or does

local nlrg_list = {}
return nlrg_list

work for this
cuz when i tried using nlrg_list it just gets nil

[charred magnet]

lua and json

?

[slow brook]

yeah

[harsh sonnet]

why can't i get step by step guides like these 🥀

[charred magnet]

this man is the nicest : ) dw u might get help

[harsh sonnet]

im not qwq

[slow brook]

cuz that guys problem is the most basic thing so I know how to do that and on everything else im as clueless as you

[maiden phoenix]

Make it a global variable

[charred magnet]

: )

[maiden phoenix]

File loading order matters too tho

[harsh sonnet]

see guys
this is all i get
like hell i know what ts means TwT

[maiden phoenix]

Oh sorry

[charred magnet]

dont be rude

[maiden phoenix]

local x = 5
y = 5

here, I can read x wherever it is defined, but y I can read it anywhere else

[harsh sonnet]

its not ur fault
its just normal to assume ppl are smarter than i am

[maiden phoenix]

For example if I set a local variable in a loop I can only read it in said loop or under

[slow brook]

you need to set an atlas for the joker, the joker "doesn't know" by default that your atlas is meant for him so you need to specify in his code

[charred magnet]

i dont under stand :/

[slow brook]

write this after loc_txt (the purple '}') and it will work (remember about the comma)

[maiden phoenix]

Actually SMODS.Joker sets an atlas by default if one isn't specified

[harsh sonnet]

thank uuu

[maiden phoenix]

It uses the default vanilla "Jokers" atlas

[slow brook]

really? but that's the vanilla one and what position does it set by default

[charred magnet]

i got blue

[slow brook]

@charred magnet change x=1 to x=0 btw

[charred magnet]

not purple

[maiden phoenix]

0, 0, so default jimbo

[charred magnet]

ye

[charred magnet]

purple in pos thing

[slow brook]

what

[charred magnet]

pos = purple bracket x=1 ect

[slow brook]

yeah but I meant that you write that after the loc_txt purple bracket so you know where to write it

[charred magnet]

oh

like this?

[maiden phoenix]

Weird, that should work, does your mod shows up in game in the mod tab?

[maiden phoenix]

No

[charred magnet]

...

[maiden phoenix]

I recreated it like this and it works fine

Is your mod loaded in Balatro? Check ingame in the Mods button

[hoary stream]

lua’ing

[slow brook]

maybe his insane writing is causing that, he has a tab in between key and =

[cursive sentinel]

quick question, does anyone know if i need to do a hook or such to influence shuffle (like to place cards from a table atop), looked at aikoyori stuff but it doesn't seem that similar to what i'm looking for, or i misunderstood it

[maiden phoenix]

I meant ingame, not in the balatro mod manager

[charred magnet]

yup

[harsh sonnet]

i think im lost
atp i dont even understand my own code anymore

[charred magnet]

ask cluade ai

he is good

[harsh sonnet]

hell nah

[maiden phoenix]

What if you click on it and click on "Additions"?

[charred magnet]

joker 1/1

[maiden phoenix]

Click on it?

[harsh sonnet]

ai dont work cuz it dont got the libraries

[charred magnet]

shows joker without my png

[charred magnet]

it does

claude does

[slow brook]

yeah cuz of the atlas
write it like this

[hoary stream]

Copilot thing idk

[maiden phoenix]

The problem is using an atlas called "Jokers" uses the vanilla joker atlas

I think

[hoary stream]

I only ask ai for basic lua stuff since I have no idea about it

[slow brook]

nope

[maiden phoenix]

Huh, ok then

[charred magnet]

?

[maiden phoenix]

Is your asset file named "Joker" and is a png?

[slow brook]

yes

[charred magnet]

yup

[slow brook]

yes

[maiden phoenix]

Oooh

[slow brook]

change x=1 to x=0

[maiden phoenix]

set the x in pos to 0

[charred magnet]

alr lets see if it works

AHHH

it does

luv u

sm

ima do some stuff if i run into some error ill see u

[hoary stream]

now can u add joker that pay rent for you

[charred magnet]

...

@slow brook thoughts?

[harsh sonnet]

whatever i do my ipairs doesnt pull the table
and im not sure if i rly want it global global in my context

[maiden phoenix]

What exactly are you making?

[charred magnet]

me or dvod

[maiden phoenix]

Dvod

[charred magnet]

big mod

[harsh sonnet]

big mod

aka a single partner

but its

a lot

to me at least

[charred magnet]

whats ur thoughts on my joker

[harsh sonnet]

very beautiful

[maiden phoenix]

I meant what are you trying to do exactly that requires a global table

[charred magnet]

: )

[harsh sonnet]

i mean it doesnt require a global table
i just want a table
that i write in another file
and call in a loop to go through
cuz im not writing all the different ability paths in my main file

i could send the code but thats gonna be a lot

(80 lines)

[maiden phoenix]

It's not too bad, you can send the file

What effect are you trying to code?

[harsh sonnet]

value multiplication (like cryptids oil lamp)

[maiden phoenix]

Ah

[maiden phoenix]

This is a lot

[harsh sonnet]

i have to upload as file cuz my broke ass cant type that many symbols

[slow brook]

you could have just sent a screenshot tbh

[harsh sonnet]

right

well it doesnt fit on my screen

[maiden phoenix]

Does your partner have a description yet?

[harsh sonnet]

the top one isnt used

[maiden phoenix]

Interesting

[harsh sonnet]

in that code i currently got 2 main problems that im trying to fix
one of them is that nlrg_list i need

[maiden phoenix]

I think your code could be simplified for such an effect. btw it might not work for some vanilla jokers because sometimes their values are hardcoded

Which means they can't be modified

[harsh sonnet]

yea idc
i mean currently it looks for allowed paths instead of disallowed

after ive heard changing values is like challenging god ive accepted any hardship

and telling me it can be simplified is nice but uh
i aint that smart
im trying my best with what i got

[maiden phoenix]

I haven't experimented with partner click, I know one of the vanilla partner do that

Yea tbh for something this long and complex I'm not a good teacher

[harsh sonnet]

i mean it works pretty well except for the fact it doesnt update the nlrg_cost at the right times and that list

[placid silo]

I'm attempting to make a global function that when the round ends, checks all cards in your deck for a specific seal, then changes values on said seal(because for some reason seals only run their code if in hand/played and not if discarded or not drawn)

[maiden phoenix]

The nlrg_cost being the cost it takes to double values?

Like it increments on each use?

[red flower]

did you try enabling the deck and discard optional features?

[placid silo]

wdym enabling them---

[harsh sonnet]

it doesnt use it at all
its just what the description uses to show how much its gonna cost

[maiden phoenix]

Oh so it doesn't spend the money?

[faint yacht]

By default, some things are not checked for. You can enable such.
SMODS.current_mod.optional_features

[red flower]

you know how it in the calculate docs says G.deck and G.discard optionally enabled? well those are optional features you have to tell smods to enable

[placid silo]

thats... the issuepl

[harsh sonnet]

the partner appends a new variable to the highlighted joker .ppay which keeps track of the cost for each joker

[placid silo]

Been working on this for hours

ty

[maiden phoenix]

Ok and why does it need to track it?

Your description doesn't mention anything about joker cost

[harsh sonnet]

bc the cost doubles as the effects of the jokers do

[maiden phoenix]

Oooh you want to double the sell_cost too?

Or avoid it?

[harsh sonnet]

avoid that
thats why im using the base_cost as the beginning

now that im explaining all this im surprised this server doesnt have any vcs

[placid silo]

would this go in the seal/joker script or just out by itself somewhere?

[maiden phoenix]

Here's what you can try to do

local old_extra_value = G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability.extra_value or 0
local mai = SMODS.shallow_copy(G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability)
                        for _, key in ipairs(Nlrg_list) do
                            if mai[key] ~= nil then
                                mai[key] = mai[key] * card.ability.extra.nlrg
                            end
                        end
                        G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability = mai
                        G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability.extra_value = old_extra_value

[harsh sonnet]

i see we've been facing different directions
my current issue is the table that isnt recognised and i crash cuz of nil

[maiden phoenix]

Which table isn't recognized?

[harsh sonnet]

Nlrg_list

[slow brook]

where would a sticker have a localization entry?

[maiden phoenix]

What's Nlrg_list supposed to be?

[maiden phoenix]

descriptions.Other

[harsh sonnet]

a table of entries like "mult"
or "extra.mult"
or some like that

as a whitelist for what values to multiply

[maiden phoenix]

Try replacing Nlrg_list by G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability?

[harsh sonnet]

that uh
doesnt quite make sense to me

[maiden phoenix]

You're trying to double joker values

Just loop over said values

You don't even need to copy the joker actually

[harsh sonnet]

yea but i dont wanna double every value

and what part is copying the joker qwq

[maiden phoenix]

You want the values in config doubled only?

[harsh sonnet]

gimme a moment to understand what im trying to say

ill just give an example of how it currently works/ how i want it to work
using Joker (the jimbo one (like that base joker yk))

i select Joker
i click on the partner
from nlrg_list which has "mult" in it it knows to check for the value mai[key] with mai being G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability and key going over "mult"
in other words mai[key] takes G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability.mult from Joker and multiplies it by card.ability.extra.nlrg aka 2

thats the value doubling done

then it also takes the base_cost of Joker which is 2 and makes that G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability.ppay and multiplies that by strt_cost which is 5
thats what im being charged

on every consecutive use .ppay exists and it uses that as the cost and multiplies it by .rate which is 2

does that make sense?

and my problem is

[maiden phoenix]

From the code you sent me Nlrg_list isn't set I think

What I don't understand is what you want in this Nlrg_list

[harsh sonnet]

the list is over here

[maiden phoenix]

Ok this might not be what you want by why don't you do this for now?

[harsh sonnet]

gimme a sec

yea that works but why tf doesnt it pull from enlargements

[maiden phoenix]

Did you load the file?

Could always put said list in your main file too, I don't think you need a whole new file just for this

[harsh sonnet]

but i dont want 500 lines of table in my main :(

[maiden phoenix]

Add this at the top of your file if it ain't here
assert(SMODS.load_file("enlargements.lua"))()

I think it would be easier and better if you made a blacklist instead of a whitelist imo

[harsh sonnet]

WHAT WHY TF DOES THIS WORK NOW?!?!?!?!?!

[maiden phoenix]

Because you didn't load the file lol

[harsh sonnet]

-# no like i tried exactly that before with the assert

[maiden phoenix]

🤷

[slow brook]

how do i write a seal in localization

[harsh sonnet]

-# istg if it was just dyslexia

[dapper sun]

how do i highlight a card by code?

[maiden phoenix]

descriptions = {
  Other = {
    sealkey_seal = { ... }
  }
}

[daring fern]

area:add_to_highlighted(card)

[dapper sun]

did you add the extra () at the end? i made that mistake before

[dapper sun]

ty

[slow brook]

wth is that, I didn't have to do that with jokers or consumables

[maiden phoenix]

Writing rules I suppose

[harsh sonnet]

i literally copied from this and just put my own file location

[maiden phoenix]

Did you change the items/common to your file name?

[slow brook]

in the documentation it also says something about labels in misc.labels

[hard mica]

anyone know why this error appears?

[harsh sonnet]

i even said i did in the msg qwq

[maiden phoenix]

I think that's for the badge

[daring fern]

It's SMODS.current_mod

[hard mica]

oke

lemme try that

[slow brook]

also where do i write that, inside SMODS.Seal ?

[daring fern]

Also it seems that you have a header and a JSON?

[maiden phoenix]

Try doing this

JonklerPack = SMODS.current_mod
JonklerPack.optional_features = ...

[maiden phoenix]

Do you have a localization file?

[slow brook]

yes

[maiden phoenix]

Put it in here then, under misc = { labels = {

misc is at the same level as descriptions

[slow brook]

so like that?

[maiden phoenix]

That's not your localization file?

[slow brook]

it is, inside descriptions = { Other }

[maiden phoenix]

Is this how you've been doing localization?

[slow brook]

uuh yup, that's how they do it in the documentation

[maiden phoenix]

That's how a localization file looks like

[slow brook]

and that is how it looks like, i just didn't send a screenshot of my whole screen

[maiden phoenix]

At no point they call that SMODS.func, that was way before ago

Why are you calling process_loc_text in your localization file?

[slow brook]

that's what you send me

[maiden phoenix]

Yea I sent you that to show you the tree and the key you had to write

[hard mica]

the crash porblem is caused by this function and im not sure why? is there another way of the scored card with the seal to give out the money?

[slow brook]

what?

[daring fern]

Does extra.GoldSeal.money exist?

[maiden phoenix]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/301c21c024837870f603852538edceecbffd189d/src/seals.lua#L51

[hard mica]

yep

[hard mica]

thats where i got it from