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[vale plinth]

oh

okay thanks

[hybrid shadow]

what do you currently have in loc_vars and config

[snow vale]

it does save dw

[hybrid shadow]

you fixed it?

[snow vale]

it already saved before, the problem is that it wont show the current value

[hybrid shadow]

loc_vars should show current value

[snow vale]

:/

[daring fern]

No, they are refering to how it doesn't show the current values of the joker it is replicating.

[hybrid shadow]

ah

[thorn furnace]

Are there some references I can look at for how hooks work

[daring fern]

https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/129557-tutorial-function-hooking-and-you/

[snow vale]

can i make a rainbow text or smthing

[daring fern]

Yes.

[snow vale]

oo how

are there docs

[daring fern]

SMODS.Gradient?

[snow vale]

o

ok

[burnt quartz]

Can I read a .txt to use for declare vars inside my mod?

[daring fern]

No.

[zenith sage]

how does this work

[burnt quartz]

Can I use fetch to use a API?

[daring fern]

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

[zenith sage]

thgank you

[snow vale]

ok i create one how do i add it?

to the text

[daring fern]

You put SMODS.Gradient in a variable and you refer to that.

[snow vale]

😔

i hate ts

[daring fern]

Code?

[spare wren]

How can I make a card polychrome in the shop by default? And force polychrome when it's added to G.jokers?

[daring fern]

How are you using it?

[snow vale]

{C:rainbow}{}

[spare wren]

from what I know you don't have to put the gradient as a variable as it auto registers with it's constructor, using the rainbow key should work normally

[snow vale]

nah didnt work any way

[daring fern]

You need to do modprefix_key

[snow vale]

:/

[daring fern]

set_ability = function(self, card, initial, delay_sprites) card:set_edition("e_polychrome") end

[snow vale]

still not working

[daring fern]

Code?

[spare wren]

pass without # in the HEX values

that's how I fixed it

[snow vale]

oh

ok

works now ty

it feels a bit blocky, how do i make it look smooth?

[daring fern]

interpolation = 'linear'?

[snow vale]

o

[outer basalt]

what would be the way to go about making it so only a couple cards of a rarity can spawn in the shop?

the easiest idea i can think of is just making two rarities identical except one can spawn in the shop but that seems. jank at best

[daring fern]

You make the in_pool of the jokers that don't spawn return false.

[outer basalt]

darn. I was hoping it could be the other way around because there would be fewer jokers that will be in the shop (so it would be less work to do the ones that will spawn.) but alas

[zenith sage]

where is rainbow getting called here

[outer basalt]

{C:ub_rainbow} in the text variable

[winter ridge]

yo if you just have texture mods and stuff do u not get achivments

nothing to do with gamplay like

[outer basalt]

youll prolly have to go into the settings and change this

[winter ridge]

ah ok thanks

[outer basalt]

np

[winter ridge]

im kinda new to balatro and i finally got gold stake done just changed the thing and now i have to do gold stake again to get the achievement😭 🙏

[outer basalt]

😭 I havent even done gold stake non modded gl out there

(im just here for the chaos)

[sonic cedar]

so this works in terms of triggering the context, but now space joker doesnt level up the hand

[daring fern]

What does it look like in the lovely dump?

[faint yacht]

Detecting "level ups" of hands, assuming?

[sonic cedar]

whenever a probability hits

[winter ridge]

crypted mod my beloved

[sonic cedar]

should I trigger the calc context after the return instead?

[daring fern]

No.

[sonic cedar]

ok phew I thought so

what do I do instead then

man 😭

oh Yk what

What if I put it in an event

Actually yeah thats probably it

space is the only one that hasn’t been in an event

no wait bloodstone

why isn’t this working then hhh

maybe it’s a bug and I just have to reboot

[thorn furnace]

if (context.other_card == G.jokers.cards[this_joker - 1]) or (context.otherCard == G.jokers.cards[this_joker + 1]) then
  return {
    message = localize('k_again_ex'),
    repetitions = 1,
    card = card
  }
else

Why does this code snippet only repeat the Joker to the left of the current Joker and not the Joker to the right

[daring fern]

context.otherCard doesn't exist.

[thorn furnace]

oh

[sonic cedar]

other_card does

[thorn furnace]

thank u
my eyes are silly

[sonic cedar]

Which you did for the left yeah

[thorn furnace]

I'm too used to camel case

[sonic cedar]

save it for variables

[north lodge]

After generating the shop list, it seems that despite my best efforts, real cards are made and still take up processing power, tanking my fps. I tried to use the Card.remove() function to delete the card after I take a note of it, but alas it still exists somewhere. Any thoughts?

[daring fern]

What is creating the card?

[north lodge]

I made an alternate function that emulates Card.create_card and have been removing parts as needed, but otherwise it is exactly the same as Card.create_card

That method is called by a copied version of create_card_for_shop if that matters

[daring fern]

What is the purpose of creating the card if it only causes bad things?

[north lodge]

I am making a mod that functions like The Soul and the only way I could accurately generate the shop list was by doing it the same way the game does 😅

Thinking about it, I probably can just get the center and skip the part about actually generating the cards.

[midnight coyote]

function SMODS.has_no_rank(card)
  if card.seal and card.seal == 'charcuterie_obscure' then
    return true
  end
  if card:get_id() > 10 and next(G.jokers.cards, 'j_charcuterie_aphantasia') then
    return true
  end
  return smods_has_no_rank_ref(card)
end

okay ive fucked something up terribly

it softlocks when i do card:is_face

and crashes so hard when i do this that it doesnt even show me a stacktrace

[sonic cedar]

It was not a bug space joker no longer levels up the hand

do I have to put the calc context IN the return?? That doesn’t make sense

maybe I should try after just to see

[sonic cedar]

were you giggling while making this

[midnight coyote]

😭

i don’t understand

[midnight coyote]

what’s the correct way to do it i’m so confused

[sonic cedar]

maybe the one without the yellow line

[midnight coyote]

well on the is face function

i think it’s referencing another method on the card?

idk

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[midnight coyote]

to make face cards not have ranks whenever a joker is active

wait

then

if they don’t have ranks

how will the game know if they’re face cards

fuck

[hushed grail]

hey chat why is context.card.config.center.key not the key for the joker and what can i use instead? (cav is my prefix)

[daring fern]

It is the key.

[midnight coyote]

i’m gonna rework this to apply a seal to played face cards that then makes them rankless

[outer basalt]

wait how do you put cards in a booster pack?

[hushed grail]

i guess the issue is something else then ty

[sonic cedar]

do you have any idea why? the detection of the probability hitting and subsequent mult gain works fine, but now the level up itself won’t trigger

[daring fern]

When a booster is opened add a card to G.pack_cards?

[thorn furnace]

Is the warning to say that you can tell whether or not it's a played or discarded hand by checking if scoring_hand is nil or not

[sonic cedar]

oh my god is it because space joker triggers in context.before

[pure salmon]

how do i draw a specific card from the deck? do i use draw_card or SMODS.draw_cards?

[daring fern]

Probably.

[thorn furnace]

baller

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[pure salmon]

i have an enhancement (honey) that when drawn has a chance to draw another honey card. my code currently selects a random honey card in the deck, and i just need to find a way to have it drawn to hand.

[daring fern]

You would probably use draw_card then.

[minor magnet]

ok chat so i want to make a joker that gives X3 mult when a debuffed card is scored

one issue is

debuffed cards aren't scored on context.individual

how would i go about fixing this

[daring fern]

Try looking at It is forbidden to dog from Aikoyori's Shenanigans

[minor magnet]

right

great observation

[pure salmon]

i'm looking at the bunco source code and the one thing i can't figure out is wtf does percent mean in this context

percent what?

[daring fern]

It's the pitch of the draw card sound I think.

[faint yacht]

It is, yeah.

[pure salmon]

ah

if i'm just drawing one card i would just pass 100?

[coarse karma]

hi can i ask whats the modifier i add to the joker to remove it from the shop pool?

[outer basalt]

THis has made htem not spawn at all. I want them in a booster pack 😭

[north lodge]

That did the trick. No more frame drops! It also solved another issue (that I had a poor solution for).

[pure salmon]

is there a safe way to use draw_card? it's creating evil ghost cards

[sonic cedar]

tried this
mult gain still triggers
level up still does not

[outer basalt]

ew (not at nick's code I SWEAR)

[sonic cedar]

oh brother

[outer basalt]

do we ping moderators or smthn?

[sonic cedar]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[outer basalt]

🔥

[sonic cedar]

the evil has been defeated

[outer basalt]

Now i look so mean 😭

[zenith sage]

dare i say im curious

what evil has been smote

[outer basalt]

it was just a scam lol

[zenith sage]

ah

[sonic cedar]

steam scammer again

[daring fern]

Maybe patch in the return with func = function() SMODS.calculate_context({chudhit = true}) end?

[sonic cedar]

ill check rq

[pure salmon]

which variable hold a table of all the cards currently in the deck

?

[daring fern]

G.playing_cards or G.deck.cards for cards currently located in the deck.

[sonic cedar]

it crashed because of the end do I remove it

[daring fern]

Did you add the ,?

[sonic cedar]

I… did not

Take 2

ok no crash

now does it work

HECK YEAHHHHHH

Something youre goated tysm 🙏

[pure salmon]

how do i make this recursvely draw cards (when honey card B is spawned by A, B should call this code again to potentially draw honey card C)

is it something to do with calculate_context?

because i need to reevaluate context.hand_drawn

[daring fern]

You could do chosen_card:calculate_enhancement({hand_drawn = true}) maybe?

[sonic cedar]

how do I make a value round to the nearest whole after an increase

[pale holly]

Ok just to be sure, getJokerID(card) can be used in order to detect the placement of my joker, and using something like G.jokers.cards[getJokerID(card)+1] can detect the card on the right then ?

I'm trying to do a joker that works like blue print with a few changes so i want to be sure if this what i could use in order to make my blueprint like joker work

[sonic cedar]

like if I multiply by a decimal and the result isn’t a whole number, how can I make it automatically round to the nearest whole number?

[daring fern]

local decimal = number - math.floor(number)
if decimal >= 0.5 then
    number = math.ceil(number)
else
    number = math.floor(number)
end
```?

[daring fern]

Probably.

[sonic cedar]

so will this work or no

[pale holly]

I'll go give it a shot, i'm looking trough Yahimod's code in order to see how i can remake a blueprint like joker since i don't think i saw any vanilla remake one in smods or something

[pure salmon]

when the drawn card calculates its enhancement, the code fails at line 18 because it's trying to perform ipairs on context.hand_drawn, which equals true instead of the table of drawn cards

[daring fern]

It should.

[solid mesa]

i need help, where i read smods documentation? i forgot is page

[daring fern]

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

[solid mesa]

thanks

[sonic cedar]

Hi aure’s cat

[daring fern]

Why do you need to loop over it anyway?

[pure salmon]

when a card is drawn with draw_card i don't think it calls hand_drawn

[daring fern]

Yes, but why are you iterating over context.hand_drawn?

[pure salmon]

because that's when the enhancement happens?

[daring fern]

Why not just check if it's located in hand?

[pure salmon]

because i only make the check to draw another honey card when the honey card first gets drawn to hand

which happens in and only in hand_drawn afaik

[daring fern]

chosen_card:calculate_enhancement({hand_drawn = {chosen_card}})?

[pure salmon]

that crashes the game with no handler screen

[solid mesa]

what is "misc"? just miscellaneous that you can add if you want?

[pure salmon]

nvm it spit this out

hmm

i also want to recalculate hand_drawn because i use that for joker effects

and i want those to trigger/increment when i draw a honey card

[daring fern]

Maybe put it in an event?

[wintry solar]

you can just do math.floor(x+0.5)

[pure salmon]

still crashes the game

[sonic cedar]

oh
what if I wanted it rounded to the nearest ten though (so I don’t get stuff like 19)

[daring fern]

(math.floor((card.ability.extra.xmult*0.1)+0.5)*10)?

[wintry solar]

I’d probably divide by 10 first, do the floor, then multiply by 10

[pure salmon]

i'm not sure what context.hand_drawn is supposed to be, on the wiki it says true but then how can i use ipairs on it??

[red flower]

it's a list of the cards drawn from deck to hand during a blind

[wintry solar]

Is hand drawn even on the wiki?

[pure salmon]

helpful

[wintry solar]

I really need to finish updating that page 😭

[pure salmon]

so this correctly updates hand_drawn?

[wintry solar]

No

[red flower]

i dont know what calculate_enhancement is even

[rapid stag]

how do i do UI with pages and such

[sonic cedar]

testing,,,

[rapid stag]

like the stuff in collections

[red flower]

i would recommend looking at how the collection does it

i have a recreation of the collection in my mod

[rapid stag]

is that also in ui_definitions

[sonic cedar]

it worksssss

[red flower]

i dont have the code rn but here's what i do for my custom collection https://github.com/nh6574/JoyousSpring/blob/5b7ff91500a4f947161fa10f7ff80b312af580d5/src/mod_info.lua#L378

[pure salmon]

i just want to recalcuate the honey card effect when it's drawn by another honey card, because context.hand_drawn doesn't reevaluate when draw_card is played

[red flower]

cant you make your own context

[wintry solar]

Is the idea that when you draw one honey card it will draw the rest?

[pure salmon]

if you draw a honey card, 1 in 2 chance to draw another and it's recursive

got everything but that last part working

[rapid stag]

what if i want pages of UI elements and not (at least, exclusively) card objects

[wintry solar]

Then you cry and think of something easier to do

[sonic cedar]

start a wiki page

[red flower]

i mean i imagine you would just listen to the callback from create_option_cycle

is there a reason to not use tabs?

[zenith sage]

how might one get an enhancement to use a shader instead of a card back texture

[wintry solar]

SMODS.DrawStep

[zenith sage]

🙏

[outer basalt]

How do i. make some cards in a rarity appear in a booster pack while some can appear in the booster pack AND shop

my only guess as to how is maybe make separate rarities? I'd rather keep them all on the same rarity for thematic purposes but art and feasibility will always be at heads

[pale holly]

I guess getJokerID(card) wasn't working or do'nt exist, it instantly crash when loading the card in the collection

[pure salmon]

see? not recalculating context.hand_drawn with the new drawn card causes issues like this, where honeycomb doesn't increment because it doesn't check to find the second honey card

[plain gazelle]

How do I get sell value of the Joker/Consumable that was added (context.card_added)?
My Joker changes sell values of all Jokers and Consumables when context.card_added is true, but problem is that the sell value of the Joker that was added does not change

[wintry solar]

Then use SMODS.calculate_context({hand_drawn = {chosen_card})

[daring fern]

Hook Card:set_cost?

[plain gazelle]

Like .current_round.added_card.ability.extra_value?

[daring fern]

No?

[plain gazelle]

I just don't understand how hooking a set_cost would work, it's not a variable (like in Castle 2 example). (I don't fully understand how hooks in general work to be honest)

[snow vale]

wait wdym 2 in 2

that's 1 in 1

which is 100%

[pure salmon]

i have an oa6 in the screenshot

just for testing

[snow vale]

oh ok

[daring fern]

What's the problem exactly?

[pure salmon]

it's fine, after using calculate_context i'm reasonably happy with the behaviour

[daring fern]

You would set self.sell_cost at the end?

[plain gazelle]

So, I need to make a hook function that activates when a joker/consumable is added and change the sell cost in this function with the help of .self?

[daring fern]

No, I'm talking about Card:set_cost

[snow vale]

can i make an enhancement loc_txt's name diff color from usual? (aka using {C:red}{})

cuz this is happening to me

[red flower]

no

[snow vale]

😔

also why isnt this working?

i mean the black square right there

[red flower]

the key might be wrong

[snow vale]

the key is rainbow

NMVM

NVM

ub_rainbow

darn it

[daring fern]

‎

[plain gazelle]

Wait, I think I'm on the right track
I need to hook "function Card:set_cost()". It activates when a card's sell value is being changed. Inside the hooked function, I need to change the card's ".sell_value" with the help of ".self"?

[daring fern]

local oldsetcost = Card.set_cost
function Card:set_cost()
    local g = oldsetcost(self)
    if conditions then self.sell_cost = number end
    return g
end
```?

[plain gazelle]

Should work, thanks

[vale plinth]

you can have multiple atlassas in one file right?

[daring fern]

You mean multiple images?

[vale plinth]

yea

so two of these

[daring fern]

Yes.

[vale plinth]

alr thanks

[sleek cliff]

Is there a way to create a pool of destroyed Jokers?

[daring fern]

You mean a table of keys or a table of cards?

[sleek cliff]

I think a table of keys would be better

cause this is the idea

[normal quest]

anyone familiar with immolate.dll? I'd like to edit the brainstorm mod to find instant chicot instead of instant perkeo, but looks like the latest version of the brainstorm mod that does this just passes some args into Immolate.dll and idk how exactly all that works and what I would have to change to make it look for chicot instead

[daring fern]

Does it have a chance to prevent a joker from being destroyed or does it just bring back a dead joker some times.

[sleek cliff]

brings back a dead joker

[daring fern]

Do you want the values to save?

[sleek cliff]

yes

[vale plinth]

is there a list somewhere for all the color code thingies?

lol

[daring fern]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Text-Styling

[vale plinth]

thanks

[daring fern]

You would probably hook Card:remove and check if its a joker and it was added to deck then add it to a table with the format of {self.config.center.key, self.ability}

[outer basalt]

Okay so can I make it so the create card function uses keys from a list?

[red flower]

no

you need to pick a key first

[outer basalt]

I currently have a function running to pick the key. It put it in the create card function and had it return the key?

[wintry solar]

You can generate the cards yourself for your booster though

[outer basalt]

That's basically what I'm trying to do 😭

This list is all the cards that can be generated.
Pick an item from the list
Put that in the key =

[red flower]

if i get what you're saying then yeah

you can also make an objecttype for this

[outer basalt]

True. I do actually have one made I think I've been at this so long I lost the plot LMAO

Or I forgot why that didn't work??

[wintry solar]

this should work just fine

[outer basalt]

Oh my god 😭 < dissociation moment

We solved that part but the thing I needed help on was the select_card BCS now it crashes when I select one 💀

But I can't. Select the card with the custom button

[red flower]

whats the crash

[wintry solar]

what type of cards are they?

[outer basalt]

Let me go see

I got up to eat and that's why the fuckin. Dissociation moment happened 😭

[outer basalt]

jokers. I used N' s code to put a custom use button on one. it no longer has a select button on the pack opening screen but the others do

if I dont have select_card in there i can select the others fine just not that one

i can also. see the sell button on it so I think its something to do with the code i used from N. likely missed something 😭

[wintry solar]

add an area check to where you alter the buttons

[red flower]

honestly that was one of the first things i did in my mod so i dont remember any of it

[outer basalt]

thats what i thought. just like self.cardarea == G.jokers ?

[outer basalt]

mood

i cant remember my code 5 seconds after making it 😭

[red flower]

all my button code has area checks

in fact i have a type of card that changes buttons in a booster (i dont know if thats what youre referring to)

[outer basalt]

OH. yeah i see it now

when i was originally looking at it I hadn't played joyousspring at all so I did NOT know what extra_deck etc. meant 😭

so I just disregarded it

[red flower]

play joyousspring!!

[outer basalt]

i haaave

now

[red flower]

but yeah thats kinda the hard part of using my code for examples haha

[vale plinth]

can someone tell me why this does not work. "attempt to call a nil value"

[native zinc]

at what line

[vale plinth]

lemme see

1 tf

this is 1

but this was working fine earlier

[red flower]

post the crash log

also that header doesnt look right lmao

[outer basalt]

It might be something wrong with loading the file. Sometimes I get weird things like that if my file has an error in it (like not closing SMODS.joker{

[vale plinth]

ohh wait it wasnt this file that crashed im stupid

this is

[outer basalt]

I only changed something about the highlting cards and now I'm only getting the same card in every pack

(two of the same card, not the same card every pack*)

[vale plinth]

weird

[outer basalt]

Oh wait nvm I'm dumb and quite unlucky LOL

^ it just rolled onto the same card multiple times I just need to add the can't have multiple logic to my randomness if

Ig

And you can now select the card YAY

[midnight coyote]

how do i check the current deck

[midnight coyote]

assert this

assert(SMODS.load_file("jokers.lua")())

[vale plinth]

what does asserting it do

cuz it worked fine earlier

[midnight coyote]

if it fails to load

it will then crash

[vale plinth]

ohh

[midnight coyote]

this is good for debugging

it basically is checking to see if it returns true

its asserting that it will always return true

and if the assertation fails then it will panic and crash

[vale plinth]

still

[midnight coyote]

jokers.lua is nil

it doesnt see jokers.lua

here let me do you one better

[vale plinth]

is it blind

dude

no

[midnight coyote]

DHY = {}
DHY.FUNC = {}
DHY.G = {}

DHY.G.MODPATH = SMODS.current_mod.path
local NFS = require("nativefs")

function DHY.FUNC.RequireFolder(path)
  local files = NFS.getDirectoryItemsInfo(DHY.G.MODPATH .. "/" .. path)
  for i = 1, #files do
    local file_name = files[i].name
    if file_name:sub(-4) == ".lua" then
      assert(SMODS.load_file(path .. file_name))()
      print("Loaded " .. path .. file_name)
    end
  end
end

function DHY.FUNC.RequireFolderRecursive(path)
  local function scan(currentPath)
    local fullPath = DHY.G.MODPATH .. "/" .. currentPath
    local files = NFS.getDirectoryItemsInfo(fullPath)

    for _, fileInfo in ipairs(files) do
      local fileName = fileInfo.name
      local fileType = fileInfo.type
      local childPath = currentPath == "" and fileName or currentPath .. "/" .. fileName

      if fileType == "directory" then
        -- Recursively scan subdirectories
        scan(childPath)
      elseif fileType == "file" and fileName:sub(-4) == ".lua" then
        -- Load the Lua file with proper relative path
        assert(SMODS.load_file(childPath))()
        print("Loaded " .. childPath)
      end
    end
  end

[vale plinth]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[midnight coyote]

this creates 2 functions

one that loads a folder

and one that loads a folder and also any folders within that folder

[vale plinth]

ohhh

[midnight coyote]

i use this in my mod

so now, make a folder in your mod's root called 'items'

then after those functions, add this line
DHY.FUNC.RequireFolderRecursive("items")

then put jokers.lua in items

[vale plinth]

alr

[normal crest]

Try removing the ./

[midnight coyote]

im setting my guy up with the good stuff

because imo all mods that get large enough need to load stuff like this because it makes it 20x easier to bugfix when you know exactly what broke

[vale plinth]

just loose under all the ends?

[red flower]

i just dont make code that crashes

[midnight coyote]

hm?

[midnight coyote]

yeah

[vale plinth]

even better

so anything i put in items will load?

[midnight coyote]

show me your lovely logs. now

[midnight coyote]

any .lua files, yes

[normal crest]

Honestly all of this feels unnecessary, but you do you

[red flower]

i delete them sorry

[midnight coyote]

you are fraudulent

ugh how do i check to see what deck is being used

[normal crest]

G.GAME.selected_back

[vale plinth]

why am i getting the same crash wth

[willow scroll]

chat how i make it so the logo is not over there

[midnight coyote]

and this is gonna be a key

[midnight coyote]

something is wrong with your file i think

[normal crest]

i don't think so

[vale plinth]

oh cus i didnt save

[midnight coyote]

make sure your file is saved

[vale plinth]

im too smart

[midnight coyote]

G.GAME.selected_back.name

is the key

[normal crest]

yippie

[willow scroll]

i have realised the error of my ways i didnt understand how the sprite call worked

[vale plinth]

@midnight coyote

:p

[midnight coyote]

add an extra end

[vale plinth]

where?

[midnight coyote]

before you call the function

move the call to line 40 and put the end in line 39

[vale plinth]

what does it end there

oh i see

[midnight coyote]

the function

[vale plinth]

it starts up

the mods dont work

in items i put jokers.lua and decks.lua @midnight coyote

[midnight coyote]

hm

[normal crest]

Did this not work

[vale plinth]

i can try it but this way is nicer (if it works)

[long sun]

how do you check if a specific mod is enabled?

[vale plinth]

otherwise ill try removing the ./

[normal crest]

SMODS.find_mod

[long sun]

cheers ^^

[normal crest]

You'd do if next(SMODS.find_mod('paperback')) then for example

[long sun]

tyty :D

[midnight coyote]

how would i forcefully start a shop

i need to start one at the beginning of the game

for a back

[vale plinth]

maybe check cryptid's code card

[vale plinth]

nope

[normal crest]

What is your mod file structure

[vale plinth]

it specifically crashes by the second line

the first one is fine

My Mod file and in there the lua files

[normal crest]

Like this?

Or was that smt else

[vale plinth]

now it's not in items

[vale plinth]

yea

[normal crest]

What's your jokers.lua file

[vale plinth]

wdym whats it

[normal crest]

Since the decks.lua one works fine then the problem is with thst file

[normal crest]

What's in it

[vale plinth]

ohh

it started doing this after i added this

wait let me delete this and see if it works

[normal crest]

You're missing commas in each line of the loc_txt description

[vale plinth]

ah.

[normal crest]

You should wrap each of these in assert()

[drowsy acorn]

im trying to get this joker to subtract the score of the first hand of round from the required score, but the best ive been able to do is this, which has the issue of also triggering when you discard and draw new cards after the first hand. ive tried a lot of ways to try and limit it to only happening once per blind but ive gotten nowhere

        if G.GAME.current_round.hands_played == 1 and G.STATES.SELECTING_HAND and context.hand_drawn then
             G.GAME.blind.chips = G.GAME.blind.chips - G.GAME.chips
             G.GAME.blind.chip_text = number_format(G.GAME.blind.chips)
             return {
                message = {'Calculated!'},
             }
        end
    end```

[noble patrol]

Hi I want to make my mod joker as a default starter joker.
So once player starts the game, the joker is on the slot in use already.
Is there a way for this? Can anyone point me to the documention or the function? Thanks!!

[normal crest]

Try if context.after and G.GAME.current_round.hands_played == 0

Not sure if it'll work

[drowsy acorn]

i tried context.after, that doesnt work

[normal crest]

What happens?

[drowsy acorn]

the reason the if statement is like that is because that seems like the best way for me to get the right timing since it needs the round score to finish calculating before it can do what it needs to to the blind requirement

[drowsy acorn]

it doesnt subtract it

well, it does subtract

by 0

[normal crest]

Makes sense I guess

[drowsy acorn]

hence the very ugly if statement

[normal crest]

And hand_drawn triggers on each discards?

[drowsy acorn]

yeah

cuz its whenever cards are, well, drawn to hand

that includes discards

ive tried to set up some counter that increments by 1 every time the if statment is true and if its exactly 1 the rest of the calculations happen, but it never actually incremented

[normal crest]

That's probably the way tho

Set a flag on your joker if it has triggered

And only do the subtractions when it hasn't (in your current context)

And reset the flag at the end of round

[normal crest]

Is this for debugging or just a feature of your mod

[noble patrol]

It is a feature for the mod

[normal crest]

And you want it to happen on every single run? Or is it tied to a deck for example

[noble patrol]

I want it to happen on every single run. If it is not possible, binding to a deck also works

[normal crest]

It's possible, it'd require hooking the blind apply to run function

But idk if you're familiar with hooking or looking at the game's source

[normal crest]

The deck apply I mean

[chrome widget]

You've heard "All women are queens". Now get ready for:

[pure salmon]

hmm i want to make a joker that gains chips when wheel of fortune fails but i don't know anything about hooking, what's the easiest way to implement this joker

[normal crest]

I don't think you can do that with hooking, it'd have to be a lovely patch

[wind steppe]

what if you just take ownership of wheel and check for your joker

[normal crest]

That's not a good idea, taking ownership would mean redoing the entire wheel code

[pure salmon]

is there any good documentation on ownership? idk where i'd even start with that

[normal crest]

Even if you copy pasted it you'd break other lovely patches made by other mods

[drowsy acorn]

problem is that i cant seem to find a way to reliably set the flag

[normal crest]

Can I see what you've tried

[noble patrol]

I am okay with reading source code but I am just starting learning game modding.
So I am not familiar with the Balatro source code. Is hooking part of the smods API or I need to work with the source code directly?

[normal crest]

Hooking is a part of lua itself

You just add some of your own code to an existing function

[wind steppe]

https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/129557-tutorial-function-hooking-and-you/

[drowsy acorn]

not at my computer rn so i cant get it directly, but basically directly after the “then” i did
“local triggered_count = 0
triggered_count = triggered_count + 1”
and then i checked if triggered_count was equal to 1

[normal crest]

yeah that won't work cus local variables only exist within that scope

You'd need to add a flag to your joker's config

And modify that

[zealous glen]

hooking is a programming concept

[noble patrol]

Thanks I am also new to lua. I just look it up it seems like callbacks or event handlers in cpp

[pure salmon]

ok i found the wheel code i think, how would i patch it so this joker gains chips when it fails? can i create a new context?

[wind steppe]

does anyone have a tutorial on lovely patches

[normal crest]

Yes you can create a new context

I think there's a wiki page in the smods wiki about lovely patches

But i don't remember

[tall jewel]

Is there any easy way to display an attention_text at an arbitrary pixel position (ie, love.graphics.getDimensions()/2)

[zealous glen]

There's maybe a tutorial in the lovely GitHub

[wind steppe]

there's information but its confusing and definitely isnt a "tutorial"

in the sense that if i already knew how it worked and forgot, for example, a variable name i could go back and understand it but the barrier to entry is high

[pure salmon]

what's the basic syntax for making a new context? can i just define context.fortune_fail and set it to true or is it deeper than that

[normal crest]

SMODS.calculate_context {your_context_name = true}

Any additional information you want in your context you include in that table

[sonic cedar]

speaking of, can you trigger it with something like business card?

[normal crest]

you can add a context anywhere you want yeah

its just finding the right place for it and patching it in

[sonic cedar]

ok cool in that case here's my real issue

it's not patching

like here's the patch

but when i load the game up nothing happens to card.lua

[normal crest]

Did you copy that from the lovely dump

[sonic cedar]

yea

like every other patch

which does work

but for some reason this one isnt?

[wintry solar]

what's your priority?

[normal crest]

Looks like talisman is patching that too

[sonic cedar]

0

[normal crest]

If yours happen before talisman it won't apply

I think

[zealous glen]

Keep in mind the pattern is character sensitive, so even a missing space could break it.

I'd try taking ownership instead

[wintry solar]

what's your mod name?

[normal crest]

Taking ownership would break lovely patches on that card by other mods wouldn't it

[zealous glen]

The patches would work

They might never run

But they would work

[wind steppe]

define "work"

[zealous glen]

The code do be patched

[sonic cedar]

thats literally pasted in though
Like the other patches

[normal crest]

This then

[sonic cedar]

you’ll never guess

(Hyperfixation)

[zealous glen]

But also if two mods want to modify the same Joker they might want to do so in a way that's not compatible

[wintry solar]

then your patch will never hit

[normal crest]

H is before T indeed

[wintry solar]

change your priority to 1

[sonic cedar]

ok

[normal crest]

Also your patch depends on talisman being enabled

[sonic cedar]

oh my god it’s alphabet sensitive too

[zealous glen]

so it's a bit of a moot point

[normal crest]

So if you don't want your mod to be dependant on talisman you'll have to change the pattern

[sonic cedar]

TRUE I’ve gotta go back

[wintry solar]

is there a reason you need it in the return table?

[zealous glen]

I remember somehow missing a space in the middle of a patch I made. I'm not sure if it got formatted out or what exactly happened

[drowsy acorn]

is it as simple as going config = {flag = false} and then checking if flag is false or is there something im missing

[wind steppe]

if i wanted to patch the round ending to disable mr bones (and similar) under specific circumstances how would i do that?

[wintry solar]

like, why can't you just target the pseudorandom line?

[sonic cedar]

no reason actually

the last one I patched (space) needed the func version to actually do anything so I was just trying to avoid anything else

but I guess in this case i don’t need it

[normal crest]

if you did config like thar you'd check card.ability.flag

[zealous glen]

@wintry solar @willow plinth also I'll try to open that issue we had discussed tomorrow

[sonic cedar]

im so sorry

[zealous glen]

In fairness I only noticed it hadn't patched by coincidence while debugging something else

[sonic cedar]

Ohhh

[sonic cedar]

that one space..

[wintry solar]

there's a double space there?

[zealous glen]

it seems that all it does is change the offset of those pop-ups, and it's for a mechanic I haven't implemented much

[drowsy acorn]

is that bad?

[zealous glen]

Usually for Jokers you'll do Card.ability.extra.…

[normal crest]

not necessarily, most people do config = {extra = {flag = false }}

I hate typing code in phone

[zealous glen]

which when using the constructor SMODS.Joker

is done by assigning config = { extra = {…}}

[drowsy acorn]

i see

[pure salmon]

YES I FINALLY DID SOMETHING FIRST TRY

straight up patching it

[normal quest]

Reposting: anyone familiar with immolate.dll? I'd like to edit the brainstorm mod to find instant chicot instead of instant perkeo, but looks like the latest version of the brainstorm mod that does this just passes some args into Immolate.dll and idk how exactly all that works and what I would have to change to make it look for chicot instead

[somber osprey]

Hey guys, how’s it going? I just need some help creating a Joker mod.

Can someone help me?

[drowsy acorn]

ok so i now have config = {extra = {triggered = false}}, how can i interact with this

[north lodge]

I am 90% sure they built their own version of immolate with a custom filter which uses those args. If you want to achieve the same result, you have to write a filter for immolate.

[snow vale]

how can i make so a consumeable isnt destructed after being used?

[glass crown]

how would one go about changing the colors of the main menu background swirl?

[snow vale]

i wanna store a joker on it to then whenever you sell it it respawns

[wind steppe]

dont ask if someone can help just ask the question

[zealous glen]

Trance

IIRC

[wind steppe]

make the consumable create itself?

[snow vale]

fr go straight to the point

[snow vale]

thatd look a bit ugly

i mean

[wind steppe]

with no creation animation it might work

[snow vale]

so uh

how to do that

[sonic cedar]

how would i format this, because while something's setup works with whole numbers, i'm now stuck with 19.99K instead of a smooth 20K

or i could just figure out why it triggers the gain twice

[wind steppe]

SMODS.create_card({area = G.consumables, skip_materialize = true, key = "c_modprefix_consumablekey"})

[snow vale]

okk

ty

[wind steppe]

might want to check for negative so it can recreate itself as negative then

[zealous glen]

no need for the parentheses

[wintry solar]

math.floor((x/10)+0.5)*10

[snow vale]

yeah good idea

[wind steppe]

if you can check for negative do this to recreate it as negative: SMODS.create_card({area = G.consumables, skip_materialize = true, key = "c_modprefix_consumablekey", edition = e_negative})

[sonic cedar]

got it
will this get it to the 20k or will it just do the same thing

[drowsy acorn]

how can i use the flag?

[sonic cedar]

like is there a difference between multiplying by .1 and dividing by 10 here (times .1 is what I had before)

[zealous glen]

the same way you'd use other variables saved in the Joker

[glass crown]

i meant moreso in the way that like cryptid does it, where just having the mod causes the background colors to change to the blues n such

[normal crest]

card.ability.extra.triggered

[zealous glen]

I change it during Boss Blinds so I imagine you could have it work similarly elsewhere

[wintry solar]

it depends what number you're putting in, but it should do yheah

[sonic cedar]

well the base xmult is 2, and as a work around for it double-gaining, I have the xmult gain set to math.sqrt(10)

So 2 will actually go to 20

But as it keeps going instead of keeping that 2

[drowsy acorn]

crashed D:
joker code for reference:

    key = 'calculator',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Calculator',
        text = {
            "Reduces required score by score of first hand of round"
        },
    },

    config = {extra = {triggered = false}},
    rarity = 2,
    atlas = 'CosmicTomfoolery',
    pos = {x=3,y=0},
    blueprint_compat = true,

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {
            vars = {}
        }
    end,

    calculate = function (self, card, context)
        if G.GAME.current_round.hands_played == 1 and G.STATES.SELECTING_HAND and context.hand_drawn and not card.ability.extra.triggered then --currently bugged to trigger whenever you discard after the first hand played
             G.GAME.blind.chips = G.GAME.blind.chips - G.GAME.chips
             G.GAME.blind.chip_text = number_format(G.GAME.blind.chips)
             return {
                message = {'Calculated!'},
             }
        end
    end
}````

[wintry solar]

what's your code that double gains?

[sonic cedar]

I’ll ss

[somber osprey]

I'm trying to make a Joker mod. I know the basics, but the rest wasn't working, so I deleted the code and now I want to start over.

[normal crest]

Get a new copy of your joker

[wintry solar]

oh it's this thing

you don't need that weird decimal check btw

[sonic cedar]

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

good start

[sonic cedar]

oh ok

[drowsy acorn]

what do you mean?

[wintry solar]

that's probably what's screwing up your numbers

[somber osprey]

thanks!

[sonic cedar]

but not the same as the double gain right

thats a different thing

[normal crest]

Start a new run or sell your joker and spawn a new one

[drowsy acorn]

that fixed that

[wintry solar]

yeah, the double gain must be from where you're calling the context

[drowsy acorn]

ok so now i just need to set triggered to true afterwards and then when the blind is defeated it gets set to false?

[sonic cedar]

like where im putting the calculate context?

[wintry solar]

yeah

[sonic cedar]

i seee,,

[willow plinth]

[normal quest]

ty

[drowsy acorn]

IT WORKS

thanks a bunch for the help

https://youtu.be/kAk2CWhZzXo

[wind steppe]

so it's essentially x2 mult on your first hand

[drowsy acorn]

basically, but there's jokers that care about the round score so it sort of synergizes with those

[wind steppe]

oh thats cool

[drowsy acorn]

or i guess as it stands right now antisynergy since most of them want you to go under some percentage of blind requirement

also it does make it easier to hit stuff like mr bones

(i think)

[wind steppe]

it should

[drowsy acorn]

also its very satisfying seeing the blind requirement go down

makes me feel powerful

[wind steppe]

if you score naneinf what happens to the blind score

[drowsy acorn]

good question

oh i think the game would crash right

cuz youre doing arithmetic with a nil

[wind steppe]

it can handle naneinf score and nan blind score

its floating point i think itd just make the score naneinf

which might make the blind impossible now that i think about it

[drowsy acorn]

lol

[normal crest]

it'd just be -infinity

i think

[wind steppe]

how would i make this only trigger once at the end of the round no matter how many towers you have? (assuming you have at least 2)

    calc_dollar_bonus = function(self, card)
        local towers = SMODS.find_card("j_para_tower", false)
        if #towers >= 2 then -- I need to check if this is the first tower (or last, it just needs to only trigger once)
            return card.ability.extra.money
        else
            return nil
        end
    end

[normal crest]

as in, it only gives the bonus money one time?

[wind steppe]

yup

[normal crest]

you'd have to put a flag on your card to mark when it has triggered

and then give money only if it hasn't

[wind steppe]

flags dont save across jokers i think?

[normal crest]

you put it in the config of the joker

[wind steppe]

no like i would have two separate jokers

that are duplicates

[normal crest]

and you get 1 dollar for each tower in your inventory

at the end of round

[wind steppe]

hold on

[normal crest]

holding on

[wind steppe]

what i mean is:

• you have some amount of towers
• you earn $20 if you have at least two towers and it doesn't stack
• otherwise you get nothing

[normal crest]

I'd still go the flag route, just that you'd have to check that if any other tower has the flag then don't give money

[wind steppe]

how would i do that?

[drowsy acorn]

oh another thing that sets this joker apart from being just a x2 on first hand is that if you end up getting more than the new blind score the round doesnt end

i tried just calling end_round() but that was a whole buggy mess lmao

[normal crest]

based on your current code, you'd only give the money if after looping through towers none of them have tower.ability.extra.triggered as true, and right before returning you set card.ability.extra.triggered = true is what I was thinking of

and then probably in context.starting_shop set the triggered flag to false

Tbh I'd do this with a lovely patch cus it's much more elegant

but I know you're not too familiar with them

[floral spindle]

how do I write something that applies an edition to a random joker you own

[red flower]

have you heard of wheel of fortune

[floral spindle]

ok

but like

how do I use that to write what I want my joker to do

[red flower]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/1ef3fa9be831bd31a321133f11a2604ea65c6ba0/src/tarots.lua#L626

[floral spindle]

oh

thank

[sleek cliff]

how do I do that cause idk where to start with that

[wintry swallow]

is there any way to have my joker cost money but always sell for 0$?

[wind steppe]

set sell value on purchase

[wintry swallow]

what is the check on purchase function called?

[wind steppe]

in calculate context.buying_card and context.card == c1

[wintry swallow]

thank you :)

[red flower]

context.buying_self exists now iirc

also add_to_deck would be better probably but i would still cause problems when set_cost is called on it

i feel like there should be a better way to dynamically change the sell cost of a card without changing the cost with extra_value or anything like that but idk what it should be

[sturdy compass]

Anyone have any ideas as to how I would apply shaders to a standalone sprite object? I would like to make this Maximus logo bounce like The Soul does

[sonic cedar]

so apparently the double trigger of my mult gain is because of how i'm calling my calculate context? is there something i should look out for to see if i need to remedy it?

[wind steppe]

send us the code

[sonic cedar]

you mean like with draw? cause im p sure vanillaremade has that

[sturdy compass]

Nah this is a tiny bit more advanced

I am getting closer tho

[wind steppe]

when is context.chudhit true?

[sonic cedar]

when a probability succesfully triggers (i have to do this manually)

[wind steppe]

show us an example

[sonic cedar]

example 1: ownership of wof
example 2: patch on business card

[sturdy compass]

Nvm! I got it!!

[sonic cedar]

60 fps,,,

[wind steppe]

try and not context.repetition?

idk

[sonic cedar]

why would context.repetition even get called 😭

[wind steppe]

idk but i dont know what other issue there would be

[sonic cedar]

hope it works then

[sonic cedar]

ok so i did some more analysis

the FIRST instance the xmult triggers, there's no double trigger
A -> B

but the SECOND time and onward?
B -> C -> D

so there's something about triggering the mult gain a second time that's causing it to register it as two triggers?

[wind steppe]

use print ig?

find out if the double trigger happens the first time and something prevents the mult gain from happening

[sonic cedar]

right
how would i set that up?

[wind steppe]

you have debugplus right?

[sonic cedar]

yup

[wind steppe]

whenever context.chudhit is true run print("triggered") and triggered should appear in the console when your joker triggers

[glass crown]

how would you go about checking the enhancement of a card thats been played? for more context, im trying to make a joker that makes bonus and mult cards retrigger

[sonic cedar]

so do i just put if context.chudhit then sendDebugMessage("triggered") in the main file

[red flower]

SMODS.has_enhancement(card, "m_bonus") for example

[glass crown]

gotcha, thank you

[wind steppe]

sendDebugMessage doesn't go into the console afaik

and ideally you'd put it right before the mult gain

[sonic cedar]

what's the one that appears ingame

is it just print

k

[spice wadi]

i just wanna say rq that a solution ive used is hooking the pseudorandom function
because from inside the hook you can pull the G.GAME.probabilities.normal and the odds and calculate there if it will succeed and call the context
basically all chance abilities use the same variables (apart from lucky cards)
its worked for me so far

[floral spindle]

why isn't this applying negative to anything noedition = SMODS.Edition:get_edition_cards(G.jokers, true) eligible = pseudorandom_element(noedition, pseudoseed("Bordbcv")) eligible:set_edition(negative, true)

[sonic cedar]

another,,, hook,,, where can i find it

[sonic cedar]

uh oh

[wind steppe]

was that the first time

[sonic cedar]

yeah

[wind steppe]

this is even more confusing

[spice wadi]

i think you have to make the edition a string
maybe "e_negative"

[sonic cedar]

double confirmed cause i used the sqrt of 10 instead of just 10
2->20 after a high card

[wind steppe]

but it triggers twice later as well?

[sonic cedar]

no no i just messed up earlier

[wind steppe]

oh

[sonic cedar]

it always triggered twice i forgot i still had the failsafe on

(the sqrt 10)

[spice wadi]

i can give you what i use in my code however it might not be the best solution
its worked for me so far but it hasnt been extensively tested

[sonic cedar]

gulp

better than nothing

[spice wadi]

local _pseudorandom = pseudorandom

function pseudorandom(seed)
    local result = _pseudorandom(seed)

    local odds = nil
    local extra_odds = nil
    local self_ref = nil

    for i = 1, 10 do
        local name, value = debug.getlocal(2, i)
        if name == "self" then
            self_ref = value
            break
        end
    end

    if self_ref and self_ref.ability and self_ref.ability.extra then
        local success = pcall(function()
            extra_odds = self_ref.ability.extra.odds
        end)
        if not success then
            local success = pcall(function ()
                extra_odds = self_ref.ability.extra.odds_1
            end)
        end
        if not success then
            local success = pcall(function ()
                extra_odds = self_ref.ability.extra
            end)
        end

        odds = G.GAME.probabilities.normal / extra_odds
        if result >= odds then
            print("Ability failed for seed:", seed, "result:", result, "threshold:", odds)
            SMODS.calculate_context{probability_failed = true}
        end
    end

    return result
end```

the odds_1 is cos thats what i used for the second lucky card ability in my patch for it

the pcall thing is to prevent crashes

debug.getlocal pulls the locals of the function calling it

[glass crown]

    key = 'trees_that_move',
    blueprint_compat = true,
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Trees That Move',
        text = {
            "Retrigger each played",
            "{C:attention}Bonus Card{} or",
            "{C:attention}Mult Card{}"
        }
    },
    config = {extra = { repetitions = 1 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.repetitions } }
    end,
    rarity = 1,
    atlas = 'votdjokers',
    pos = {x = 7, y = 1},
    cost = 4,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.repetition and context.cardarea == G.play and SMODS.has_enhancement(card, "m_bonus") then
            return {
                repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions
            }
        end
    end
}```
can someone point to why this joker's function isnt working? i havent implemented the mult retriggering yet but focus on the `calculate = function` section

[wind steppe]

and SMODS.has_enhancement(context.other_card, "m_bonus")

[red flower]

In my example card was the card you wanted to check. In this case card is the joker, not the played card

[glass crown]

ahh icic

[wind steppe]

was this a bad idea to add

[red flower]

yes

[glass crown]

do i have to define what is the other card somehow? im not very good at coding sorry for my ineptitude .w.

[wind steppe]

no context has that

[glass crown]

,,, i somehow managed to forget to add context. 🤦‍♀️ im so great at this

[wind steppe]

is there a way to allow a joker to spawn duplicates of itself in the shop without showman? (only itself not other jokers)

[tall jewel]

something fishing minigame loosely based on mdrg

[red flower]

#💻・modding-dev message

[floral spindle]

how do I make a joker card not select itself when choosing a random joker

[wild escarp]

How could I make this change for each run? Trying to start with one random card for a challenge deck.

local SMODS_calculate_context_ref = SMODS.calculate_context
function SMODS.calculate_context(context, return_table)
    split_suit = pseudorandom_element({"S", "H", "C", "D"}, pseudoseed("split"))

    local _rank = math.random(2, 14)
    if _rank < 10 then
        split_rank = _rank
    elseif _rank == 10 then
        split_rank = 'T'
    elseif _rank == 11 then
        split_rank = 'J'
    elseif _rank == 12 then
        split_rank = 'Q'
    elseif _rank == 13 then
        split_rank = 'K'
    elseif _rank == 14 then
        split_rank = 'A'
    end
    return SMODS_calculate_context_ref(context, return_table)
end

[sonic cedar]

so what do i do to use it

[floral spindle]

how do I synchronize applying an edition and a text popping up

[sleek cliff]

I somewhat know what im doing, but beyond this I don't understand how to hook what Somethingcom said

maybe I want a card instead of keys

[daring fern]

No.

[sleek cliff]

ah

[daring fern]

Do you want it to also create sold cards?

[sleek cliff]

no, not sold

[daring fern]

I meant something like this: ```lua
local remove_ref = Card.remove
function Card:remove()
if self.added_to_deck and self.ability.set == 'Joker' and not G.CONTROLLER.locks.selling_card then
if G.GAME then
G.GAME.destroyed_jokers = G.GAME.destroyed_jokers or {}
table.insert(G.GAME.destroyed_jokers, {key = self.config.center.key, ability = self.ability}
end
end
return remove_ref(self)
end

[daring fern]

This does not go in loc_vars also it is case sensitive.

[hybrid shadow]

if i wanted to check for a specific rank in the played hand during context.joker_main i'd have to run a loop to check through the played hand, right? if so, what's the right code to use inside the loop?

[wooden nexus]

Ignore that everything is a heart for the new suit and all that

I'm actually trying to REMOVE the 2-Ace from this suit

[daring fern]

Remove ;

[normal crest]

show more of your code

not the errors vscode gives you

[normal crest]

Yeah no, this goes outside of the SMODS.Joker use

So put it before SMODS.Joker is even used or after you close the } corresponding to it

Also you accidentally removed the C from Card.remove in the declaration of remove_ref

[sleek cliff]

like this?

[daring fern]

Remove the , on card.remove also the c in card needs to be uppercase.

[sleek cliff]

ah

[daring fern]

It seems fine.

[sleek cliff]

what should I do for the joker then?

[daring fern]

You would make it get a random joker from that list and create it then remove it then set its ability when you want it to do that.

[exotic imp]

I want to start getting into modding balatro, would someone be able to point me to a video to get the basics of where to start please

[wooden nexus]

making mods or downloading?

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

[exotic imp]

making

[daring fern]

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

[wooden nexus]

There's no videos really

that i know of

[sleek cliff]

there is one

[vale glen]

Also read the lsp_def folder in Steamodded once you've downloaded it, it helps lots with function definitions

[willow plinth]

someone here made one recently, one sec

@manic rune made it but i can't find it :(

[daring fern]

It's at the bottom of https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1349064230825103441

[wild escarp]

bump

[willow plinth]

but yeah i'd also recommend reading too, this way you can reference stuff from the wiki

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[sleek cliff]

like this?

[wild escarp]

Start with a single random card.

[daring fern]

No, because table isn't a valid operator.

[sleek cliff]

what should I set it to then, set?

[daring fern]

No, you would use pseudorandom_element

[sleek cliff]

I doubt this is correct but:

[hybrid shadow]

bump

[daring fern]

You are correct about it being incorrect, it would be something like: ```lua
local random_joker = pseudorandom_element(G.GAME.destroyed_jokers, pseudoseed("seed"))
SMODS.add_card({key = random_joker.key})

[north lodge]

What can I use to determine if I am in a run or not? I have parts I need to not run if I'm not in a game.

[daring fern]

if G.STAGE == G.STAGES.RUN?

[sleek cliff]

?

[red flower]

like in the collection?

[north lodge]

In the collection would be fine, mostly just caring if a run is actively ongoing

[red flower]

to do list uses card.area and card.area.config.type == 'title'

[normal crest]

this

that will tell you if you're in a run

might be G.STATE tho

not stage

I can't remember

[red flower]

state changes all the time so probably not that

[normal crest]

true

it's G.STAGE

[north lodge]

Thanks

[sleek cliff]

bup

[wild escarp]

bump

[daring fern]

You would also probably put the card in a variable and add: ```lua
for k, v in pairs(random_joker.ability) do
card.ability[k] = v
end

Also you would need to remove it from the table.

[daring fern]

No, that goes where you create the card.

[vale glen]

...why is it in loc vars and not calculate?

[sleek cliff]

it is now

[daring fern]

Code?

[daring fern]

You need to do local card = SMODS.add_card({key = random_joker.key})

[sleek cliff]

as a new line or updated line?

[daring fern]

Updated line.

[sleek cliff]

oki

[wooden nexus]

Question: If i have a custom rank, how do i disable it from changing suits?

[daring fern]

Hook Card:set_base?

[normal crest]

calculate in lowercase

[wooden nexus]

Idk how to hook. heh

[normal crest]

that's because you've put calculate inside loc_vars

[daring fern]

https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/129557-tutorial-function-hooking-and-you/

[sleek cliff]

oki, got it now

[daring fern]

Would it be possible to check from context.post_trigger if it has triggered on a specfic scored card?

[viral ember]

How would I set a card's suit?

[sturdy compass]

SMODS.change_base(card, suit key)

Also nice name

[viral ember]

lol

I could say the same to you

(I'm new to modding) what do you mean by suit key?

how would I set it to heart for example

[normal crest]

SMODS.change_base(card, 'Hearts')

[viral ember]

I see

thank you so much <3

?

I forgot to return

[normal crest]

that code will change your joker's suit to hearts

which doesn't make much sense

SMODS.change_base(context.other_card, 'Hearts')

[sturdy compass]

Does anybody happen to know how to make a Sprite object clickable?

[viral ember]

oh lol

[sleek cliff]

bup

[hasty mist]

is there a way to modify another joker's loc_vars without using the absolute mess that is cryptid's misprintize function

[normal crest]

you can take ownership of a joker and modify the loc_vars function as you need

[sturdy compass]

I'm assuming she means on the fly

[hasty mist]

yeah

[daring fern]

I don't think misprintize does anything with loc_vars

[hasty mist]

im talking about value manip

how oil lamp works

[viral ember]

I must be doing something wrong lol

[normal crest]

that's not actually modifying the loc_vars of a joker afaik

just modifying its ability values

[hasty mist]

that's what i mean lol

im trying to see how misprintize does it but i cant make anything of it

its completely over my head

[normal crest]

I assume they just recursively loop through card.ability and find numeric values to modify

[hasty mist]

im trying to simplify it to make a easier and more flexible value manipulation function (that actually works with operators other than multiplication)

[viral ember]

yea it crashed lol

[normal crest]

what's the crash

[daring fern]

No, because then it would increase xmult and xchips

[viral ember]

gimme a sec

[normal crest]

Isn't that what they do though? Randomize all values

[daring fern]

xmult and xchips are present on every card.

[wild escarp]

bump

[normal crest]

Oh I meant card.ability.extra (if it's a table)

Not the entire ability, my bad

[daring fern]

That wouldn't do anything with most of the vanilla jokers.

[willow plinth]

heyo modding dev chat

currently debugging the showdown mod, yada yada yada it has a mechanic that, if i understand the code correctly, should update the sprite of the vanilla Joker joker to a random position on the showdown_joker_variants atlas every time G.GAME.showdown_JVA updates

i changed the code quite a bit, especially reduced the update interval so i can debug better, but don't understand why it's still seemingly only updating the sprite pos once, and then just stays at that pos for ever

first image is the current code, second image is the atlas in question

for some reason it just gets stuck on the green variant (x=1,y=0), even though the log below print("SETTING SPRITE POS") shows a different pos every time

[hasty mist]

currently, implementing value manipulation is really complex and also broken, for example additive value manipulation with misprintize only works on vanilla jokers, but is calculated as multiplication on modded jokers

[normal crest]

Then I guess you'd have to account for the "effect" value thunk uses too

I can see how it'd get complicated

[hasty mist]

and also the calculate functions tend to look really messy and complex (oil lamp for example) is there a reason you shouldnt be able to just target a i + 1 and return a value?

but then again i dont know much

[tawdry shale]

that would be greatly appreciated, i put the stuff above in my main.lua and got this error so far

[hasty mist]

but this really seems like it should be way easier

[normal crest]

uhm can you show your entire joker definition

[willow plinth]

seems like disabling the SoulEverything mod fixed it being stuck on the green variant, but now it's still just stuck on the first variant (x=0,y=0)

[normal crest]

i see you're not using SMODS.Joker anywhere here, you must be doing something weird with it later on

[viral ember]

?

[normal crest]

you must be using a really old mod as a base to make your own

[viral ember]

oh?

[hasty mist]

i think thats just localization

is it not

[viral ember]

if there's a newer template do let me know 🙏

[raven jewel]

does anyone know how to change textures on mac?

[normal crest]

idk what you're referring to

[hasty mist]

cryptid does something similar

[normal crest]

yes that's fine by itself, but look at the 2nd screenshot they sent

and no, that's not localization only

[hasty mist]

ah

i see

[normal crest]

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

[vale glen]

Vanilla Remade can be a good reference too, but that's for later

[umbral zodiac]

is there a way to make your mod intentionally fail to load
my mod requires a consumable stacking mod but works with either incantation or overflow so id like it to fail if either aren't installed, but afaik you cant have either/or for mod dependancies

[sturdy compass]

You can specify dependencies in your mod's metadata.json

For example

[normal crest]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata and there is an or for mod dependencies

it's there in the wiki

[umbral zodiac]

does that work with setting a dependancy that is "either x mod OR y mod, but both arent required" or

ok thank you

[wild escarp]

bump

[normal crest]

blah blah

[vale glen]

You can set one mod to act as a standin for another, but forgot what field that was for the JSON file

[daring fern]

You want a challenge that just starts with one random card?

[wild escarp]

Yes

[sturdy compass]

Something I do wish we had tho were non-required mod recommendations

[daring fern]

Why are you hooking SMODS.calculate_context then?

[vale glen]

Could make a pop-up on mod load that checks for the recommended mods

[sturdy compass]

This is something some Beat Saber maps do and I think it'd be great here too

[vale glen]

Or something in the tabs for the mod

[wild escarp]

I can't figure how to do this stuff inside the challenge code, so I figured it'd be easier to do it this way.

[sleek cliff]

bump

[sturdy compass]

bump

[daring fern]

Line?

[tall jewel]

"Go Fish" taken literally

[sturdy compass]

peak

[vale glen]

What happens when you have click = true in the config for it?

[sturdy compass]

I don't know because it's just a sprite 😭

[vale glen]

Hrm

Wonder if that's why Axy's text nodes aren't responding either

[sturdy compass]

hrrrrmm

[vale glen]

Dumb idea would be to make a button with the Sprite texture

[keen totem]

Coarse Joker

• Gains +3 Mult at the end of the round IF your Pixel Art Smoothing is Off

[vale glen]

Since we know that accepts clicks and hovers

[keen totem]

can you even get the games settings?

[sturdy compass]

You definitely can

[vale glen]

But better idea would be understanding why clicks and things don't work with sprites or other objects

[viral ember]

I got this?

it doesn't seem to do anything tho

[daring fern]

Why is it in loc_vars?

[viral ember]

i-

that's my bad

this sets all cards in hand to hearts lmao

good to know it kinda works tho

[daring fern]

You need a context check.

[viral ember]

I see

Ok it works but there's no animation

[daring fern]

Yes.

[viral ember]

how do I get the animation lol

[daring fern]

You mean have it flip?

[vale glen]

Or juice up

Or both, or neither

[viral ember]

flip

was trying to remember what base game did