💻・modding-dev

[red flower]

yes

strange that should have worked

oh well if it works now

[wintry solar]

Is it being done on a new run?

It’s probably an instance of the joker with a different config

[molten musk]

when i hover over the pack in game it crashes, what did i do wrong?

[red flower]

what does the crash say
also do you have a TheSeals objecttype?

and G.C.JOY.NORMAL and stuff are colors from my mod lol

[molten musk]

so i delete everything unrealted

and that is your mod??

[red flower]

yes

[red flower]

wdym

[molten musk]

now that i look at the names, yeah its u haha

[molten musk]

this

[red flower]

you can delete the ease_background_color function for now

[molten musk]

and what do u mean by objecttype?
thought kind is just name?

or is it for set?

btw is my localization for boosters correct?

[red flower]

i think it is

[red flower]

for the set of create_card

[molten musk]

??

[red flower]

for the set of create_card

[molten musk]

oh ok

so i need to make objecttype?

[red flower]

well it depends on what you want the booster to give

[molten musk]

i want it to give specific spectral cards

[red flower]

then yes

[molten musk]

this is from your mod

i change key and default?

[red flower]

oh uhh i wouldn't copy the objecttypes from my mod i do weird things there

and i dont use them :3

[molten musk]

no im just looking at it as an example

didnt copy anything ....yet

[red flower]

yeah you can put all the spectral keys directly in cards

[molten musk]

like this?
and now i add spectral keys?

[molten musk]

this key?

as is?

wish to help, but struggling as is

[red flower]

https://github.com/Cdrvo/Revos-Vault---Balatro-Mod/blob/6571f86c052b2cfeacf84734bc0ee500ba2d2d33/items/Cross-Mod/toga.lua#L1

do the same thing you did in context.repetition but in context.individual

[molten musk]

do u by any chance know the keys for normal seal spectrals, "red,blue,gold,purple" their spectrals key

[red flower]

yes
and well, the return for xmult

[molten musk]

found them

but still crashing when i hover over booster pack

[manic rune]

change SMODS.individual to context.other_card

wait

nvm

nvm

wrong

remove .individual from SMODS.individual

[red flower]

lmao

[manic rune]

i have no defense here so

:3

fuck

i am too, that makes us both

[viral ember]

hehehehe

[red flower]

try capitalizing Seals in the localization

[molten musk]

make it 3 braindead people

[manic rune]

thats a can of , not dr pepper

[viral ember]

yea yea

[molten musk]

will try

that somehow worked

now i repeat 3 more times for 3 more boosters
shouldnt cause issues

[coral flume]

Trying to permanently upgrade cards held in hand and it doesnt seem to be working

[viral ember]

There, now it's illegal substance 2

[maiden phoenix]

local faces always get reseted to 0 because it's outside of context scope

[coral flume]

cheers

[molten musk]

why does seals give 0/3
shouldnt it be 3/3?

[viral ember]

I have the same problem lol

[molten musk]

lol

is it fixable tho?

[viral ember]

not sure tbh

[molten musk]

well

have more important stuff to code tbh

fix it later

[maiden phoenix]

because they're undiscovered/locked prob

[viral ember]

I like the idea of this adding 1 to your game speed when used lol

which parts

show code?

[maiden phoenix]

You have two calculate function, so it triggers the last one

Put both context check into one calculate function

You have to remove those two things

Do you have a lua extension on vscode btw? i'm surprised it wasn't highlighted

[viral ember]

search lua

[maiden phoenix]

In VSCode, you have those 4 square symbol to get extension, you can type "lua" and get Sumneko's lua extension

[coral flume]

Still not upgrading those cards. am I being foolish? Did I fix it wrong

[viral ember]

you could have it return both xmult and repititions but sure

[manic rune]

can you

[maiden phoenix]

I think, not sure if there's one too many end or sum

[manic rune]

horrendous indentation

[maiden phoenix]

Because your local value only exists in a specific block or lower

for i = 0, 1 do
  local x = 5
  for j = 0, 1 do
    print(x) -- x == 5
  end
end
print(x) -- x doesn't exist

Does checking for faces in context.after not work?

[coral flume]

probably does work, just didnt know it would

[coral flume]

dont think it really matters

[manic rune]

it doesnt, its just a bad practice to have bad indentation

[coral flume]

sorry I spose

[coral flume]

Is this better?

[red flower]

no

[coral flume]

okay wait, whats indentation

[red flower]

the tabs

but please use an auto formatter

[manic rune]

it not only helps you but other people as well when troubleshooting your code :3

-# also, remove card = self

you probably want to do, if my guess on your joker's functionality is right

return{
  message = localize('k_upgrade_ex'),
  colour = G.C.CHIPS,
  message_card = context.other_card
}

[coral flume]

Sorry, reall caught up on the indentation thing. what should I be doing instead of what I am currently

Like I often need help so if it helps make it easier to look at and read I wanna do the best I can

[manic rune]

well uh, a lot of things need to be fixed in your code

-# i dont even know where to begin actually

can you tell me what you want to do and i will write you an example of that rq

might be faster to do so instead

[coral flume]

When a face card is scored, cards below rank 7 held in hand permanently gain +1 chip.

[manic rune]

i see i see

give me a moment

[maiden phoenix]

shift+alt+f allows you to format your file

[coral flume]

Awesome I didnt know that

[manic rune]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
  if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play then
    if context.other_card:is_face() then
      for _,v in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
        if v:get_id() < 7 then
          SMODS.calculate_effect({message = localize("k_upgrade_ex"), colour = G.C.CHIPS}, v)
          v.ability.perma_bonus = (v.ability.perma_bonus or 0) + 1
        end
      end
    end
  end

maybe smt like that?

you overcomplicated it too much sob

[maiden phoenix]

If they're learning it's bound to happen

[manic rune]

fair

[coral flume]

Sob as as in upset sounds or are you calling be an SoB

[manic rune]

its 😭 but i removed the :

-# whats a SoB

[coral flume]

Son of a

[maiden phoenix]

Son of a Bi I assume

[manic rune]

oh shit

ok i will stop saying sob then

😭

[maiden phoenix]

Smh bepis so rude

[manic rune]

IM SORRY

[coral flume]

Trust me its not just Balatro

I'll try to code ina sec just making coffee

The*

[manic rune]

yeah i understand, my advice for coding jokers is to dissect your effect into multiple parts so that you know what to do, like:

"When a face card is scored" -> needs context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play
"cards below rank 7 held in hand permanently gain +1 chip":
cards in hand -> you want to use G.hand.cards
below rank 7 -> use :get_id() < 7
permanently gain +1 chip -> perma_bonus stuff

i think its just muscle memory to remember what context you need for what effect though, so it will take time for you to get used to this

[daring fern]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1379859475862655076

[red flower]

amazing

[coral flume]

This is super helpful!!!!!!!!!

[manic rune]

is this your mod

or

is this waffle's wip mod

i remember them saying they will work on smt like that a few weeks ago

[daring fern]

I made some of this.

[manic rune]

holy shit

super impressive, wow

but for 200 bloodstones aint that too little X1.5 triggers 🤔

i would assume you didnt code in the calculate yet, but some cards give 2 X1.5 Mult, so

[red flower]

yeah

[daring fern]

I added an oops and they triggered all 200 times but I split them without the oops and they triggered more reasonably.

[zealous glen]

I'd specifically advise into breaking down specific parts of the effect into timing triggers and other things

Timing triggers are context checks

the rest isn't

[daring fern]

I have coded it in, most jokers work.

[zealous glen]

also e.g. if your effect has a beginning and an end, even if not explicitly stated, it might need two context checks

[manic rune]

huh, but 5/200 triggers is still pretty weird, considering the chance of bloodstone is 1/2

🤔

[daring fern]

Chances seem to be broken sometimes for some reason.

How does one remove a joker without calling its remove_from_deck function?

[normal crest]

Yeah that clip did not feel normal

[daring fern]

Also, how does one check if 2 playing cards are the same?

[normal crest]

By being the same do you mean same rank, enhancements, seals, suit, and other stuff

[daring fern]

Yes.

[normal crest]

I don't think there's a vanilla function for that, you'd have to make your own

Maybe you can compare the centers, the base and other stuff like that

[sturdy compass]

Bump

(Good morning modding dev)

[viral ember]

I love juicing my cards 🤤

[sturdy compass]

Most original joke

[viral ember]

lol

[snow vale]

what do i put on SMODS.Consumeables to know that i sold that consumeable

[daring fern]

SMODS.Consumeables doesn't exist?

[manic rune]

this? (im assuming you are talking about SMODS.Consumable)

[snow vale]

consumable

with the {}

[red flower]

what do you want to do exactly?

[snow vale]

i want it to create a joker card

when sold

an specific one

[red flower]

but what's making the joker

[snow vale]

wdym

[daring fern]

if context.selling_self then
    SMODS.add_card({key = "j_modprefix_key"})
end
```?

[snow vale]

ok thanks

[red flower]

something triggers when a consumable is sold to create a joker
what's that something?

if it's the consumable itself then use something's code

[snow vale]

wdym??

itself

[red flower]

ok then yeah

[pale holly]

Okay so i tried to make the use of pseudorandom in order to establish a 1/3 chance that my joker would trigger two additional times like a blue print, i think the problems comes from the code for the luck itself because it definitely shouldn't always trigger, i may have got the rest to work now but this part bugs me, i never used pseudorandom before, just math.random

    
local stupidblue = function(card, other_joker, context)
    if pseudorandom('cymbal_dprinter') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / card.ability.extra.odds then
        local blue1 = SMODS.blueprint_effect(card, other_joker, context)
        local blue2 = SMODS.blueprint_effect(card, other_joker, context)

        return SMODS.merge_effects({blue1}, {blue2})
    end
    -- returns nil if condition fails
end```

I should also precise i also used the function SMODS.merge_effects that did in the end worked out for me to do both effects but i'm pretty sure i shouldn't be that 'lucky'

[red flower]

it always triggers?
where are you using the return from that function

[normal crest]

I don't think that's how you call merge_effects

[pale holly]

i'll just share the code of my joker to make it easier

[normal crest]

But that's a diff problem

[snow vale]

what key name has gros michel

[red flower]

iirc how i coded it then it works like that

[normal crest]

Why would it be 2 lists of 1 table each

🤔

[red flower]

i mean the nicer way would be {blue1, blue2} but it takes any number of arrays

[normal crest]

j_gros_michel

[pale holly]

    key = "dprinter",
        loc_txt= {
        name = 'Dream Printer',
        text = { "Copy the abbilities of the joker on the {C:attention}right",
        "{C:green}#1# in 3 Chances{} to trigger it 2 more times",
        "{C:inactive} (How can this exist ?)"
    },},
    atlas = 'dprinter',
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    rarity = 3,
    cost = 15,
    pools = {["pseudoregamod"] = true},
    
        unlocked = true,
    discovered = false,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    
    
    config = { extra = { odds = 1}},
    
    --return { vars = { center.ability.extra.mainodds, center.ability.extra.totalodds}  }
    
    
--create  the 'other_joker' vallue as well of adding the 1/3 chance, normally
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        if card.area and card.area == G.jokers then
            local other_joker
            for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
                if G.jokers.cards[i] == card and G.jokers.cards[i + 1] then
                    other_joker = G.jokers.cards[i + 1]
                end
            end
        end
            return { vars = { (G.GAME and G.GAME.probabilities.normal or 1), card.ability.extra.odds } }
    end,
--gotta re-add the function of before

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        local other_joker
        for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
            if G.jokers.cards[i] == card and G.jokers.cards[i + 1] then
                other_joker = G.jokers.cards[i + 1]
            end
        end
        
    if other_joker then
        local defaultblue = SMODS.blueprint_effect(card, other_joker, context)
        local stupidblue_effect = stupidblue(card, other_joker, context)
        return SMODS.merge_effects({defaultblue}, {stupidblue_effect})
    end
end
}```

the code on itself work as it does a unique blueprint effect and then does the extra
ones i set but, it seems to do it no matter what

[red flower]

oh ok

odds = 1

so it's 1 in 1

[pale holly]

oh

i was thinking it was this variable you had to set

since 'oops all 6's' will change the value of the 1 in X chances i was thinking i had to set the odds for that one

i guess this make sense now, feel kinda dumb

But thanks a lot

[normal crest]

you do change the X in there

[red flower]

G.GAME.probabilities.normal is the 1 in X
odds is the X in 1

or backwards

depending on how you interpret my stupid message

[pale holly]

Oh i see, wait so how i then set up the the text to dynamically change if the odds are increased with oops all 6s ?

[sturdy compass]

Bumperoony

[red flower]

G.GAME.probabilities.normal in loc_vars would handle that

[pale holly]

so no need to change my code outside of the odd then right ?

[red flower]

yeah it should work fine

[normal crest]

Idk why you have the other joker stuff in loc vars

[pale holly]

Alright, i'm not use still with everything but now it should make the work easier (hopefully), also the SMods.merge_effect is very useful

[red flower]

i would recommend keeping an eye out for when the function is merged so you dont override it lol

or change the name

[normal crest]

could you create a button with a sprite node

or maybe just copy how an UIBox_button is defined

[pale holly]

I think as long i use smods merge with different names for my locals i should be alright but i'll keep that in mind

[snow vale]

how can i know if a gros michel (or a cavendish) got destroyed?

[normal crest]

do SMODS.merge_effects = SMODS.merge_effects or function blah blah end where you define it instead

So if it's already defined it won't override

[pale holly]

directly defining the smods effects in my code instead ? i mean i guess it's safer, but if i keep different dynamic names it shouldn't break right ?

[glass crown]

whats the best way to set the enhancement of a card? for context, im making a joker that has a 1 in 5 chance when a card is scored to change the enhancement to a new enhancement i made

[normal crest]

well I'm making an assumption on how you defined it

idk what you have done tbh

[red flower]

card:set_ability("m_key")

[pale holly]

oh for Smods.merge i just definied it outside of the joker, like a separate function, N' did told me to copy paste the code of the function

[red flower]

why are enhancements m
is that a cryptid reference

[red flower]

yeah if there's something that changes in the SMODS one and someone downloads your mod you will override it

so you can do what srockw said or make it a local

it's not really a good idea to add things to the SMODS namespace

[zealous glen]

That reminds me of another idea

[viral ember]

is there a reason it stops jiggling when I play a hand?

[unborn bay]

set_ability is funny

[normal crest]

m for mnhancement

[pale holly]

so should i set the function itself as a local ?

like for exemple local mergeeffect = function SMODS.merge_effects(...) and use it as
return mergeeffect({defaultblue}, {stupidblue_effect})

[red flower]

yeah

[normal crest]

Without the SMODS.merge_effects part

[red flower]

but like this local mergeeffect = function(...)

[normal crest]

Or local function merge_effects(...)

either one works

[pale holly]

i think i got it, i'll try to do right away, i'm already thankfully my code works as it is

thanks again

[daring fern]

I figured out how to merge playing cards, now I just need to figure this out.

[normal crest]

I am cheering for you

[glass crown]

how would i get this to trigger on the played card instead of the joker itself?

[red flower]

instead of card use the variable where the playing card is stored

like context.other_card but it depends on where youre using it

[glass crown]

(sorry for my terrible ineptitude at programming, but)
what would be the variable where the playing card is stored for this situation? (ignore how there's nothing before set_ability i just emptied it out for the sake of the screenshot)

[red flower]

context.other_card

[normal crest]

this code is on the higher end of quality in this channel

[glass crown]

its because im heavily referencing the code from VanillaRemade ackackack

[red flower]

:3

[normal crest]

that just means you're smart

And N is very happy now

[manic rune]

most people have their hands on VanillaRemade too and fail to comprehend anything in there

so yeah, id say you are smart too :3

[glass crown]

well thank you :3

[viral ember]

me spending 12+ hours nonstop adding random bullsh*t to Balatro

[glass crown]

i do feel a little dumb right now though because context.other_card:set_ability("m_votd_celestial") just causes a game crash so im clearly misunderstanding something or doing something wrong

[normal crest]

is votd your mod prefix

[glass crown]

yes

[red flower]

oh yeah you don't want to use context in an event, you want to save the card locally first

<@&1133519078540185692>

ty mods

[normal crest]

thank you moderators of this community

[red flower]

i was talking about balatro mods btw to not cause a misundertanding

[sturdy compass]

I have no clue how I would do this lol

[normal crest]

me neither

just from what I vaguely remember reading from the smods wiki on ui

[glass crown]

gotta say it was really funny the first time i messed up the application of the enahncement and i just watched my joker turn into a celestial card lmao

[pale holly]

for some reason using local would crash saying merge_effect is a nil value, yet without the 'local' and just using function merge_effect(...), it does work, the function is also set at the bottom of my code, and i know that when i set stupidblue as a local, putting it before my joker code did made it work, is it just fine to keepfunction merge_effect(...), or local is must need ?

[red flower]

if you have it as a global it might also cause conflicts with another mod, the name is too generic

i would just put it at the top

[pale holly]

so just local function merge_effect and then put at top ?

[red flower]

yeah

[pale holly]

Sure thing then 👍 (could have come up with an originaly long name but yeah taking le easier path)

[red flower]

most of the time you can just use modprefix_name for most stuff

or make your own global table

[sturdy compass]

I’m not seeing anything like this on the wiki after a quick skim thru the UI page

[pale holly]

I should probably think of that, the use of my mod prefix could prevent conflicts for global effect sets (if the prefix is long enough and original or anything else)

[sturdy compass]

Oh nvm it’s G.UIT.O

Still doesn’t change the fact idk how to make it do what I want it to do

[normal crest]

And this https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/UI-Guide#interaction

Alongside G.UIT.O

is what I was thinking of

[hidden onyx]

yall please help me...(sry if this is unrelated)

[normal crest]

Maybe you didn't install lovely properly

I'm not sure tho

[limber aspen]

What can be reason of this error?
-# Oops! The game crashed: functions/misc_functions.lua:1695: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got string)
When I remove consumable code it doesn't appear (atlas and set are defined)
-# SMODS.Consumable{
-# key = 'c_gamba',
-# set = 'FunCards',
-# atlas = 'c_gamba',
-# pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
-# loc_txt = {
-# name = 'Gamba',
-# text = '{C:green}#1# in 2{}
-# chance to gain {C:money}#2#${}'},
-# config = {extra = {money = 10}},
-# unlocked = true,
-# discovered = true,
-# cost = 4,
-# loc_vars == function(self, -# info_queue, center)
-# return {vars = {G.GAME.probabilities.normal, center.ability.extra.money}}
-# end,
-# can_use = function(self, card)
-# return true
-# end,
-# use = function(self, card, area, copier)
-# if pseudorandom('c_gamba') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal/2 then
-# ease_dollars(10, true)
-# end
-# end
-# }
(Tabulation got removed by discord I don't know how to keep it sorry)

[hardy viper]

loc_txt.text needs to be a table of strings

[stoic fulcrum]

is there a way to modify the values given from editions? (foil, holo, poly)

[daring fern]

Yes, but those are editions.

[stoic fulcrum]

yeah my bad

[viral ember]

is it possible to have the return "message" appear before the method finishes?

[jagged forum]

does anyone know how to help me with modding balatro in here having some trouble currently

[viral ember]

cause right now I have a message that appears 8 seconds after it was supposed to appear

[limber aspen]

Thanks!!!

[red flower]

it depends on the event timings, you might want to change your effect into an event instead

[viral ember]

sad

[hidden onyx]

i fixed it if anyone cares

[normal crest]

what was the issue

[viral ember]

would make things a bit easier tho

[red flower]

the problem is that messages are always events

so they always get queued until animation timing

but i would need to see the code to tell you if thats the problem exactly

[sturdy compass]

Honestly anything UI is pretty much gibberish to me lmao

[viral ember]

It's spaghetti lmao

[normal crest]

Ui in balatro is just tables in tables in tables

[red flower]

eh ive seen really bad code here

[viral ember]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    local food_card = nil
    for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
        if G.jokers.cards[i] == card then
            food_card = G.jokers.cards[i + 1]
            break
        end
    end

    if food_card then
        local eval = function()
            return G.GAME.current_round.discards_used == 0 and not G.RESET_JIGGLES
        end
        juice_card_until(food_card, eval, true)
    end

    if context.setting_blind and (#G.jokers.cards + G.GAME.joker_buffer) < G.jokers.config.card_limit then
        card.ability.extra.food = card.ability.extra.food - 1
        play_sound('mvan_hunger', 1, 0.55)

        return {
            message = "Starving!",
            colour = G.C.RED,
        }
    end

    if context.after and food_card then
        play_sound('mvan_chomp', 1, 0.55)
        food_card:start_dissolve({ G.C.RED }, nil, 1.6)
        card.ability.extra.food = card.ability.extra.food + 1

        if card.ability.extra.food > 3 then
            G.STATE = G.STATES.GAME_OVER
            G.STATE_COMPLETE = false
            return {
                message = "Overfed!",
                colour = G.C.RED,
            }
        end

        return {
            message = "Devoured!",
        }
    end

    if card.ability.extra.food < 1 then
        local eval = function()
            return G.GAME.current_round.discards_used == 0 and not G.RESET_JIGGLES
        end
        juice_card_until(card, eval, true)

        if card.ability.extra.food < 0 then
            play_sound('mvan_ah', 1, 0.55)
            G.STATE = G.STATES.GAME_OVER
            G.STATE_COMPLETE = false
            return {
                message = "Starved!",
                colour = G.C.RED,
            }
        end
    end
end

[normal crest]

I'd love to help you but I'm not at my pc right now

[sturdy compass]

I’m aware of that at least. I just can never piece together how it all is supposed to make sense

[red flower]

which message do you want to happen at the same time

[viral ember]

return {
message = "Devoured!",
}

[sturdy compass]

That makes two of us

[normal crest]

I think to add an UI element to the screen you just call

local element = UIBox {
   definition = { ui stuff here }
}

[red flower]

try

if context.after and food_card then
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        func = (function()
            play_sound('mvan_chomp', 1, 0.55)
            food_card:start_dissolve({ G.C.RED }, nil, 1.6)
            card.ability.extra.food = card.ability.extra.food + 1
            return true
        end)
    }))
    if card.ability.extra.food > 3 then
        G.STATE = G.STATES.GAME_OVER
        G.STATE_COMPLETE = false
        return {
            message = "Overfed!",
            colour = G.C.RED,
        }
    end

    return {
        message = "Devoured!",
    }
end

[viral ember]

ok!

[normal crest]

And then element:remove() at some point

Unless it's meant to be there forever

[viral ember]

It worked!

[viral ember]

Thanks a bunch <3

[red flower]

❤️

[viral ember]

now me and the creature can live out our days of devouring random jokers

I should make it blueprint compatible

[hallow forge]

what is too much?

[viral ember]

You'll find out

[hallow forge]

no i won't

[normal crest]

its 3!!!

[viral ember]

wanna bet?

It's over 3 yea

🤯

wanted to make it random but that seems cruel

too cruel

[hallow forge]

3!!! = 6!! = 2 * 4 * 6 = 48

[viral ember]

I'll make a pure RNG one later

[red flower]

sorry for spoiling it

[viral ember]

it was me actually

[normal crest]

i don't think that's correct

6! is 720

So 720! would be a very big number

[sturdy compass]

Really quick lemme try to lay out what I’m trying to do with my inquiry:

Basically I’m rendering a new Love2D Sprite object on the Main Menu in basically the exact same way as the Balatro logo (as seen in this video). I want it to open my mod’s config menu when clicked. I found the function that does that, I just need to make it clickable

[hallow forge]

this guy doesn't know about double factorials

[manic rune]

if this is a card then you can hook to Card:click

[hybrid shadow]

btw i forgot to ask but

1. what does return ret do here
2. where would i put the math/message to upgrade my joker in here

[manic rune]

wait

it should be ret["xmult"] or ret.xmult

[red flower]

what if you do

local controller_queue_L_cursor_press_ref = Controller.queue_L_cursor_press
function Controller:queue_L_cursor_press(x, y)
    controller_queue_L_cursor_press_ref(self, x, y)
    local press_node = self.hovering.target or self.focused.target
    if press_node and press_node == [your sprite] then
       [your sprite].states.visible = false
    end
end

[glass crown]

okay so, asking a question that i know is probably complex, but how would i go about adding a new tab to the collections menu for a new consumable group?
also, expect to see me around here more often as i delve into trying to make my own complex consumable type lol

[hybrid shadow]

they're in brackets so i know i can replace them

also this doesnt answer my questions

[manic rune]

SMODS.ConsumableType?

[red flower]

SMODS.ConsumableType should do that automatically

[glass crown]

,, im realizing now that i completely forgot to load the new lua file lmao

good that i discovered that now instead of later

[sturdy compass]

I’ll give that a go once I get the chance. Unfortunately gonna take some time tho

Looks very promising tho

[red flower]

thats what i do for jokerdisplay

and sprites seem to be movables too

[manic rune]

ret is basically running the function again, and contains everything the function should return, so you want to return ret again in cases when other pieces of code needs whatever is in ret, like:

function somethingHere()
  return "idk"
end

print(somethingHere())

local smtRef = somethingHere
function somethingHere()
  local ret = smtRef()
  print("wawa")
  --you didnt return ret here, so "idk" is completely gone now
end

local smtRef = somethingHere
function somethingHere()
  local ret = smtRef()
  print("wawa")
  return ret --"idk" is still properly returned, which is the correct hook
end

if you were to hook to somethingHere() without returning, then print(somethingHere()) wont have anything to print

as for your second question, in the if statement

[hybrid shadow]

ah, ok

[daring fern]

I think I've mostly done this.

[jagged forum]

I’m wanting to try and run cryptid but I keep getting this

[normal crest]

True statement

I didn't know about it until now

[daring fern]

But for some reason if I split it debug plus can't copy it anymore?

[manic rune]

show me your mods folder pls

also, #⚙・modding-general

[jagged forum]

ive put into the chat

[jagged forum]

wait did you want me to post it in here or modding chat

[manic rune]

#⚙・modding-general

[jagged forum]

i did

[normal crest]

What happens if you print card.area on one of those split cards

[daring fern]

It seems to print G.hand

[normal crest]

Damn, no idea then

[viral ember]

"Would you rather have-"

[onyx sonnet]

If you get the bacon balatro gets blacklisted from the steam store

no more games

[viral ember]

if you choose unlimited bacon but no more games it crashes

IT STARTS GIVING YOU INFINITE BACON JOKER CARDS AND CRASHES 💀

[hybrid shadow]

crash card:

[viral ember]

I was thinking about like the minecraft error texture being an error joker

but it seems someone beat me to the punch

[keen totem]

would it be possible to get the amount of seconds since you played your hand?

[daring fern]

Probably.

[viral ember]

you could have a var that goes up every tick

[keen totem]

yea

and set it to zero when the hand is played

on that note

how do i get when you play the hand

[normal crest]

just in general? You can hook into calculate_context and listen for the usual contexts or maybe when the button is pressed

[daring fern]

if context.press_play?

[keen totem]

do i context.main_eval that?

[red flower]

speaking of press_play, i need to do blinds for vanillaremade

[daring fern]

I don't think so.

[keen totem]

how often do update functions run?

[red flower]

every frame

[keen totem]

is dt the time since the last frame?

[red flower]

yes

[keen totem]

so would doing card.ability.extra.seconds = card.ability.extra.seconds + dt in an update function make seconds be going up like actual time?

[red flower]

probably

[keen totem]

i think its affected by gamespeed

[red flower]

there's also G.TIMERS

[manic rune]

if it is then you can hook to love.update instead

[keen totem]

im fine with that tho

[red flower]

iirc G.REAL_DT exists

[manic rune]

id suggest trying Game.update first though

[red flower]

or G.real_dt

[keen totem]

i dont care about gamespeed affecting it

because thats way funnier

[manic rune]

its G.real_dt yeah

[keen totem]

and thats the dt unaffected by gamespeed

[red flower]

i think so

[viral ember]

is there a way to have a custom crash screen?

[daring fern]

How custom?

[viral ember]

so it would say goofy text instead of "something something nil value something something"

[daring fern]

error("goofy text",0)

[keen totem]

wait actually

[viral ember]

wait really

[keen totem]

for it to be fair across gamespeeds

shouldnt it be affected by gamespeed?

4x does the actual scoring 4x faster, so the seconds should be 4x as much (to make it fair)

[manic rune]

if its connected to a negative effect and you want your players to absolutely suffer, why not

[keen totem]

its a good effect

[manic rune]

i see

[keen totem]

its a joker that gains more XMult the longer it takes before it gets triggered

[manic rune]

whipping out nopeus then

[keen totem]

is there a way to stop XMult from being calculated until right before it actually adds it

currently its just giving XMult equal to the frame after you click play hand

[daring fern]

No.

[wintry solar]

Hello active mod developers (looking at N, something and bepis mainly here), do you think if I do some smods merges tonight we can get them tested before Friday/Saturday for a new release? I’d like to get rid of that deck view crash but feel a new release for just that is a bit of a waste of time

[keen totem]

its not a ❓ just because its not possible

its a reasonable thing to ask given its what my joker needs in order to work

[red flower]

i mean most of the PRs are mine so yeah lol

[viral ember]

It works

this is so peak

[turbid maple]

you mean you want to count the frames it takes until the joker's effects are actually displayed?

[keen totem]

it works in that sense

but it acts as if its the frame after you click play hand

because joker_main calculates the effects values right then but doesnt display them until later

but i want it to use the time as if it was just then

[wintry solar]

That’s not possible

[keen totem]

damn

[manic rune]

oh oof, i have school tomorrow so i cant be on pc for too long, doubling and giving it to N' and something :p

[zealous glen]

I double it and also give it to N’

[keen totem]

something

on your soul you didnt just thinking that

[red flower]

do u like my blind names

[manic rune]

house

like

dr house?

[red flower]

yes

thats the reference

[zealous glen]

house

stuck

[manic rune]

1/6 to give player lupus

[viral ember]

That's what I call, a full house

I'm so tired I've been up for 20 hours

[sturdy compass]

This is lowkey spooky

[viral ember]

why can't we send gifs?

[manic rune]

stricter moderation

[red flower]

thunk doesnt like em

[hardy viper]

it's called evil oppression

evil i say ...

[red flower]

1984

[viral ember]

damn

I have a really good gif for this

[normal crest]

because they personally hate all of us :(

[red flower]

is it the long house gif where they parody an episode

[keen totem]

whats the context for after all cards fully score

and after the animations play too

something

i want to make it so the joker i am making

doesnt do something until after the hand visually ends

[red flower]

you would have to do an event in context.after probably

or context.hand_drawn

[normal crest]

hand_drawn apparently happens whenever you discard and draw new cards too

[red flower]

makes sense

[sullen falcon]

Why doesn’t tab work to open debug menu in brainstorm mode?

*mod

[red flower]

amazing

[manic rune]

small blind

[red flower]

how do non-boss blinds work with smods? do they just not show up?

[oblique pond]

no clue, only example I can think of is ortalab’s small blinds, that may help

[red flower]

yeah I will check if that does anything custom

i just don't want to implement small/big blind in vanilla remade if it's going to confuse people

ok yeah

[viral ember]

How do I add_card a custom Tarot?

I'm horribly confused by how this works

[red flower]

SMODS.add_card{key = "c_modprefix_key"}

[viral ember]

oh

jeez

thanks

ok now it doesn't randomly spawn 60 planet cards lol

(I say randomly even though I know why it happened)

[daring fern]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1379859475862655076

[red flower]

great work

[glass crown]

okay, so probably complex question: how would i go about making the name and description of a card (in this case, specifically a consumable) change? my new consumable type is supposed to have the name and description effectively hidden until you beat a round with it in your posession

[wintry solar]

Does this actually work for cards that have differing values?

[glass crown]

i did try reverse engineering the functionality from the lobotomy corporation mod but uh, failed

[daring fern]

Not yet.

[wintry solar]

Makes sense

[north swallow]

guys how would i make a function that sets the mouse position to 0,0

[red flower]

return a key to the new description in loc_vars

:3

is it necessary to set blind.triggered

i assume its for matador

[north swallow]

cz for some some reason love.mouse.setPosition(0,0) isnt working nor any variations i have tried

[red flower]

oh i will change the dollars to a return too

or not, that doesnt let you pass instant

[red flower]

clean

[glass crown]

okay im going to sound very silly for this potentially, but i cannot find an example of someone using it so:
how do you localize the name and description for a card (specifically in this case a consumable)
i have my localization file with the name and description in it but uh for everything else ive been using loc_text so far which i know probably isnt best practice and i should probably learn how to do it properly now

[red flower]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/localization/en-us.lua

[glass crown]

alright it finally clicked for me how localization actually works, but im still struggling to understand this part
im sorry to ask for this, but could someone write up a very quick and plain example as to what changing the localization like this would be like? i work best with examples
if not, you can just try to explain it to me more thoroughly and that'll probably work as well

[pure salmon]

hey n is there any plans to add blinds and tags to vanillaremade? not pinging you so if you don't see this whatever but it would be helpful

[red flower]

blinds: #💻・modding-dev message

tags no unless someone else like Astra wants to add them

[hushed field]

Only slightly related, I wonder if it'd be worthwhile to port tags to the same general calc pipeline, or if that'd be wasted effort 🤔

[pure salmon]

wow oops! can't believe i missed that

[upper juniper]

greetings, tis i, i want to know if i can drop my code here to know if i messed somehing up

[willow plinth]

yes you can

[hushed field]

Easier if you post the crash log or the error

[upper juniper]

(ripping another mod as always)

[hushed field]

It's quite hard to run code mentally

[willow plinth]

yeah ur computer likely won't explode if you just try it out, no matter how broken your code is

[upper juniper]

its to know if im doing stuff right to make it malverk compatible

[red flower]

you just need to add the key to the correct table
so for example if you have a Tarot with key new_tarot you would have

return {
    descriptions = {
      Tarot = {
        c_modprefix_new_tarot = {
          name = "Name",
          text = { "desc" }
        }
      }
    }
}

[red flower]

probably i think, it would at least be cool for tags to get the same contexts

[willow plinth]

your mod likely won't get recognized since your metadata is misformatted

[upper juniper]

ah

how do i fix that

bc of the - ?

[willow plinth]

take a look at https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata, and please scrap the file header and use a separate json file

[snow vale]

any fix?

[upper juniper]

okye

[glass crown]

i understand how the localization works now, i just dont understand how im meant to change the localization on the fly like i want to

[midnight coyote]

make a loc var containing text

[willow plinth]

for example [Steamodded>=1.0.0~ALPHA-0812d], [malverk] wouldn't work i think, just not the right format

[hushed field]

I guess that's something I could try and adding. I know that when Confections worked as tag spawners, they were very awkward to make work. I'll add it to the my list

[midnight coyote]

then modify that loc var

using the config section of whatever you’re localizing

[daring fern]

You are trying to add a joker that has the key of a table also you can't store cards in other cards.

[red flower]

oh i forgot that was the issue lol

return {
    descriptions = {
      Tarot = {
        c_modprefix_new_tarot = {
          name = "Name",
          text = { "desc" }
        },
        c_modprefix_new_tarot2 = {
          name = "Name2",
          text = { "desc2" }
        },
      }
    }
}

and in loc_vars

return { key = condition and "c_modprefix_new_tarot2" or nil } -- nil keeps default key

[snow vale]

wdym i cant store cards in other cards? i thought i could use a var for that

[wintry solar]

If you just want a Malverk mod to change the images of, just use the hd one and change the sprite sheets to start with

[snow vale]

do i discard the idea

[upper juniper]

thats what im doing, but i want to do more

eg, my own mod

[wintry solar]

Then just copy the Malverk part into your own mod

[upper juniper]

i remove the smods [] thing ?

[daring fern]

You can’t store a card object in another card object.

[upper juniper]

yeah i think i do, hd wasnt using it

[glass crown]

thank you, that worked! if i were to want to do multiple different keys would i just add another or and a new condition and "c_modprefix_new_tarot3"

[red flower]

condition and "c_modprefix_new_tarot2" or condition2 and "c_modprefix_new_tarot3" or nil would be the logic

im pretty sure

[glass crown]

got it

[snow vale]

does any1 have an example for a blind script?

i wanna see how it should look

apart from docs

[daring fern]

You can store a cards key though.

[snow vale]

well that was smhow what i wanted to do

[red flower]

this?#💻・modding-dev message

[snow vale]

k ty

[daring fern]

Set the variable to G.jokers.highlighted[1].config.center.key and dissolve the card directly not from the variable.

[snow vale]

ok

[snow vale]

ok so then how do i make it so it creates from that key? it wont work yet

also it simply wont spawn the joker, there are no crashes

[glass crown]

is there a way to check if you're currently looking at a card from the collection? my consumable type hides what it is on the first round of having it, but i dont want them to not be able to see it in the collection

[red flower]

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

for the collection

[daring fern]

You need to use keep_on_use you're currently creating a new one without that variable being set.

[snow vale]

like do i add it as a parameter on SMODS.addcard()?

[daring fern]

No, remove the add_card in use.

[snow vale]

oh

[north swallow]

does anyone know how to ease love.mouse.setX so it doesnt just teleport ur mouse there?

[snow vale]

ok

IT WORKS TYSM!

also how can i make so if on max jokers it wont let me sell the consumable?

[daring fern]

Probably by hooking Card:can_sell_card

[snow vale]

on where?

i mean

how do i hook?

[daring fern]

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

[broken cliff]

does smods:has_mod use mod id?

[daring fern]

SMODS:has_mod doesn't exist.

[broken cliff]

find_mod*

[daring fern]

Yes.

[broken cliff]

alr thx

[gilded blaze]

lmao

I'm so used to using (SMODS.Mods["mod_id"] or {}).can_load

[glass crown]

how would i get the graphic on a card to change? not a different atlas, just a different position on the atlas

[daring fern]

card.children.center:set_sprite_pos({x = number, y = number})

[glass crown]

thank you, ill make sure to implement this
sorry for late reply got busy with something and then forgot i asked that question lmao

[proud depot]

where do i put the mod prefix when playing a sound?

[daring fern]

modprefix_soundkey

[proud depot]

ah i see

[tall jewel]

How would I draw the buttons drawn on the bottom of the screen when using a controller?

I want to draw them on an arbitrary point

[proud depot]

how would I load the files of my mod if they were split up from the main script?

[red flower]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/VanillaRemade.lua

[proud depot]

Tysm

[zealous glen]

I think the challenge is that Tags don't use a CardArea

[red flower]

blinds dont use a cardarea

[steep pond]

Hey! I am also interested in this and found a C++ rewrite branch of immolate on his github page. It looks like the DLL used in brainstorm is probably based on that branch though that branch is definitely missing some things. I would be down to look into this with others and try to figure it out

[red flower]

blind calculate runs even when disabled?? tragic

[steep pond]

https://github.com/OceanRamen/Immolate check the branch for converting to c++ I believe this is the base for that DLL though it is clearly not fully up to date to the DLL that is used in the brainstorm mod

[glass crown]

does anyone have a good example of what booster pack code should look like? like from a mod or something that i can reference

[vale glen]

Isn't a booster pack just a card object with an open function

[normal crest]

There is an SMODS.Booster wiki page

[sturdy compass]

Kinda

[paper zealot]

I've always been a bit uncomfortable with that latest Brainstorm release including a non-open-source compiled library. I'm sure it's probably fine, but always felt a bit sketchy to me

I went down a similar rabbit hole when i wanted to recompile it as a dylib for Mac users, then gave up when i realised the source just wasn't available

[red flower]

added blinds :3 https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/src/blinds.lua

[glass crown]

what do all the arguments on create_card do?

[red flower]

for the booster create_card?

or for regular create_card/SMODS.create_card

[glass crown]

the regular create_card

[red flower]

use this one

[glass crown]

arirThumbsUp

[wise terrace]

hi, I can't figure out how to set up lsp to recognizing smods stuff, I'm on vscode btw

[keen totem]

are there any base game cards that do anything when you play a hand?

[red flower]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/pull/399

[wise terrace]

thanks

[sturdy compass]

Fuegoooo

[glass crown]

upon opening my new booster pack and it being about to spawn cards, this crash occurs, and i dont really know where to start with this exactly so i thought id ask for help

[red flower]

it means the key or set returned in create card is wrong

[glass crown]

okay, fixed the set i think, but now im getting this crash
i wish i was better at this whole programming thing instead of mostly thriving off examples

[red flower]

can i see the code

[glass crown]

    key = 'signal_normal_1',
    atlas = 'votdboosters',
    pos = {x = 0, y = 4},
    group_key = "k_votd_signal_pack",
    cost = 4,
    weight = 999,
    kind = 'votd_Signal',
    select_card = G.consumeables,
    create_card = function(self, card, i)
        return {
            SMODS.create_card {
                set = 'k_votd_Signal',
                area = G.pack_cards,
                no_edition = true
            }
        }
    end
}```
apologies if it sucks

and dont mind the weight, thats just for testing

[red flower]

the key is probably votd_Signal

but id like to see the definition for the consumabletype/objecttype

[glass crown]

it wasn't working before so i tried adding the k, which made the crash different

    key = 'votd_Signal',
    default = 'c_votd_rozital_wormhole',
    primary_colour = HEX("74EDE7"),
    secondary_colour = HEX("45EFEC"),
    collection_rows = { 7, 7 }
}```
heres the consumable type

[red flower]

yeah try just 'votd_Signal'

you can also just return { set = 'votd_Signal', area = G.pack_cards, no_edition = true }

[glass crown]

okay, didnt crash that time, but now i have some new problems:

1. i thought the function of select_card = G.consumeables, would make it so i could just take it into my consumeables slot, but it doesnt seem to be the case. these cards cant be used immediately, and need to be taken into the consumable slot somehow
2. there were strange green particles floating around the cards for some reason? i have no clue what thats about
3. it created three cards and i want it to create one. how can i go about making it only create one card?

[digital sun]

how do you get a joker to add mult when you press a certain key
this function can tell which key you press so i just need this function to somehow tell the joker to gain mult but idk how id do that

[red flower]

1. I think it needs to be the string "consumeables"
2. no idea, I see that a lot and idk the cause
3. see image

[red flower]

SMODS.Keybind({
    key_pressed = "e", -- or the key you want
    action = function(self)
        local selected = G.CONTROLLER and
            (G.CONTROLLER.focused.target or G.CONTROLLER.hovering.target)

        if not selected or not selected.config or not selected.config.center or selected.config.center.key ~= "j_modprefix_key" then
            return
        end

        selected.ability.extra.mult = selected.ability.extra.mult + 1
    end
})

[gusty iron]

use = function(self, card, area)
local jokersyuh = {}
 for k, v in pairs(G.jokers.cards) do
    if v.ability.eternal or v.ability.perishable or v.ability.rental then
       table.insert(jokersyuh, v)
    end
local randomjoker = pseudorandom_element(jokersyuh, pseudoseed('YUH'))
randomjoker.ability.eternal = nil
randomjoker.ability.perishable = nil
randomjoker.ability.rental = nil
G.GAME.dollars = 0
end
 end,

can someone help me with this? its saying randomjoker is nil

[solid mesa]

hi chat, its better using smods or vanilla functions to code mods? I'm just starting out, so I want to know if it's a good idea to prioritize one over the other.

[red flower]

always smods over vanilla if possible

[solid mesa]

crashes or is it due to a deeper reason?

[red flower]

you have a joker with one of the stickers right?

[gusty iron]

yeah

[red flower]

they're usually designed to be simpler to use and fix common issues

[solid mesa]

oh makes sense

[gusty iron]

but its saying its nil for some odd reasoin

[solid mesa]

thx

[red flower]

your nesting is wrong

[sleek cliff]

how would I have a joker sense if a certain enhancement has been played

[gusty iron]

yeah i just realized that

[red flower]

iterate through context.scoring_hand (or full_hand) and check if any has the enhancement?

[pure salmon]

depends, do you want to do something for each enhancement played or just if a certain enhanced card is in the played hand?

[humble elk]

im working on my first mod and going through the example jokers given by smods. in the calculate function for the sock and buskin remake theres a comment saying youd have to iterate over the hand to see more than 1 card at a time. How would i do this? Where can i see the structure of the context object so i dont have to ask every time?
Example code:

if context.cardarea == G.play and context.repetition and not context.repetition_only then
    -- context.other_card is something that's used when either context.individual or context.repetition is true
    -- It is each card 1 by 1, but in other cases, you'd need to iterate over the scoring hand to check which cards are there.
    if context.other_card:is_face() then
        return {
            message = 'Again!',
            repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions,
            -- The card the repetitions are applying to is context.other_card
            card = context.other_card
        }
    end
end```

[red flower]

the structure is here https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Calculate-Functions

[pure salmon]

to loop through a hand, you'd do a for index, playing_card in ipairs(context.scoring_hand) do, likely in context.before

[red flower]

^ like this https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/0930fcef73e437ee4192ebb1ee12431399654129/src/jokers.lua#L1087

[pure salmon]

you can also loop through context.full_hand or whatever other table you need, most of the contexts and their parameters are in here

[humble elk]

thank you both this is very helpful

[glass crown]

thank you, that all worked n helped n such, ill definitely need to find a way to get rid of those damn green particles though because theyre bothering me a ton

[sleek cliff]

would this be the right line?

[pure salmon]

np, also vanillaremade is basically all i use for code referencing nowadays. if you know the basegame really well you can instantly track down any vanilla joker effect (or vanilla anything) with a simple ctrl+f

[red flower]

no, you need to check for a specific timing
always use one of the ones here that are in the if condition https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Calculate-Functions

also, if you need to iterate over scoring_hand then you don't use other_card
and to check for gold you do SMODS.has_enhancement(playing_card, "m_gold")

[keen totem]

how would i change the player's dollars without returning in a calculate

[sleek cliff]

ok, so how do I disable the joker, and re-enable it after a boss blind

[red flower]

ease_dollars

[keen totem]

just like ease_dollars(20)

[red flower]

yes

[keen totem]

should i do the message before or after the ease_dollars

[daring fern]

You could also do SMODS.calculate_effect({dollars = number, message = "message"})

[keen totem]

ye i am

how would i get 3 random poker hands that arent the same as any other one of themselves

[gusty iron]

what if i made a joker that made you play congregation

[sturdy compass]

Just gave this ago and it gave no results

[keen totem]

nvm

[red flower]

😦

[sturdy compass]

For reference, G.SPLASH_MAXIMUS_LOGO is a pure Love2D Sprite object, just like the main Balatro SPLASH_LOGO

[wild escarp]

How could I make a challenge deck start off with a different random card each run?

[lone hedge]

does anyone know where the vanilla jokers' code is?

i want to make some jokers that interact with them so i figured i'd start there

[red flower]

most of them are in card.lua

but i recommend checking https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/ instead

[lone hedge]

ty!

[sage crater]

not sure what's wrong, but the game crashed after a blind going into the shop

[modest depot]

Hi there! I don't know very much about programming and even less about Lua, and my searching has not been successful, so I thought I would ask here:

Does anyone know of a way to change the name of the suits in text? I'm making an Inscryption deck theme and I think it would be fun if, for example, The Sun said "Blood" instead of "Hearts" for the suit. Thanks!

[keen totem]

i think you could try making a language?

like make a new translation of english

thats just with that instead

[keen totem]

-7 billion?

is that the GDP of lichtenstein

[urban wasp]

sure

don't question it

[keen totem]

i know the ref

[modest depot]

Makes sense, I will see if I can get that to work, ty!

[daring fern]

Why is there an empty table in banned_cards?

[urban wasp]

because i don't have any banned cards

i just want to ban the ox

[daring fern]

Yes, but there is an empty table in banned_cards?

[urban wasp]

yeah what about it

cryptid does that all the time in challenge.lua

am i not supposed to?

[daring fern]

No it doesn't?

[urban wasp]

...
        banned_cards = {
            { id = "c_cry_delete" },
        },
        banned_other = {},
    },

is this not the same?

[daring fern]

That is not an empty table.

I'm referring to this:

[keen totem]

whats the context for getting into the shop

[urban wasp]

i don't really see how { {} } is different from just {}, they're both empty right??

i mean ok

[undone slate]

good night :)
what's the opposite of the no_rank found in the stone card and can I have more than one at the same time?

[daring fern]

No.

[undone slate]

is it just rank?

[daring fern]

context.starting_shop

[urban wasp]

yeah weird, removing the brackets fixed my issue

[north swallow]

bumpp

[keen totem]

n are there tags in vremade?

[red flower]

no

[keen totem]

damn

cause i need one

[red flower]

tags, boosters and planets are missing

[keen totem]

how do i get the first card in shop and discount it

[daring fern]

G.shop_jokers.cards[1]?

[keen totem]

is that just jokers or is that anything in that area

how do i discount a card tho

[daring fern]

That's just the area were Jokers/Tarots/Planets spawn.

[keen totem]

like making it free

[daring fern]

card.ability.couponed = true?

[keen totem]

so

if context.starting_shop then
            G.shop_jokers.cards[1].ability.couponed = true
        end

would make the first shop card free when you open the shop?

[daring fern]

It might.

[keen totem]

it doesnt so

thats why im confused

[daring fern]

Does it crash?

[keen totem]

no

just doesnt do anything

[daring fern]

What's the goal?

[red flower]

on what type of object is that code on?

[daring fern]

Yes, is this for a joker?

[keen totem]

yea

[red flower]

try doing :set_cost() after

[digital sun]

how would i randomize key_pressed here
what i was planning to do was have the key you press determined by the joker and then you can just copy the value off of the joker

[red flower]

oh then you might need the other function

but idk

[keen totem]

couponed to stop other coupon-ers from doubling up effects, set_cost to make it do something?

[digital sun]

the other function messes with debugplus

[red flower]

i dont understand the first part

[keen totem]

uh yea something

thats a question

good usage of the question mark

[keen totem]

idk why youd keep the coupon-ing part if it doesnt work

[red flower]

because that's what tells set_cost to make it free

[keen totem]

what

[red flower]

read the set_cost function

[sturdy compass]

Welp, since N’s suggestion didn’t work, back to bumping

[keen totem]

G.shop_jokers.cards[1].ability.couponed = true
            G.shop_jokers.cards[1]:set_cost(0)

am i doing this?

[red flower]

set_cost doesn't take an argument

[keen totem]

yea see

thats stupid

so thats why i was confused

[red flower]

well you should try reading the function definition before trying it

(sorry if this sounds rude)

[keen totem]

its called :set_cost() so i assumed you use it to set the cost

it should be called :update_cost if thats what it does

[red flower]

idk complain to thunk not me

[zealous glen]

isn't setting the same as updating

in this context

[keen totem]

its confusing tho

something

[zealous glen]

I don't think so

*shrugs*

[keen totem]

i swear on my soul

a thing called set cost

shouldnt set the cost?

[red flower]

i mean it does set the cost

[zealous glen]

It sets the cost to the updated cost right

[humble elk]

is there somewhere i can see the structure of a playing card object?

[red flower]

i agree that it can be confusing tho but idk balatro wasn't designed to be an API

[keen totem]

so update cost makes more sense then

[zealous glen]

I think set cost makes more sense

[digital sun]

this function disables debugplus keybinds such as / for console and holding m for quick restart
how do i make it so it doesnt
i assume i have to add a blacklist or smth? idk

[zealous glen]

Since getter and setter methods are common

across programming languages

[red flower]

no other than looking at the code, you should try printing one

[zealous glen]

although this might not be strictly a setter method

[keen totem]

if im doing set i expect to be able to choose what to set it to

[daring fern]

You are overwriting the love.keypressed function.

[keen totem]

and if set is a normal thing, you shouldnt use it unless it does the normal thing

[zealous glen]

what normal thing

[keen totem]

setting a value based on an arg

[humble elk]

i installed debugplus to print it and its a mess

[digital sun]

how do i not do this
do i have to do the same thing as i would do with a hook or smth?
edit: ok it is

[red flower]

yeah

[keen totem]

dont call it a normalized naming convention if its not apart of that convention that youre naming

[red flower]

i am going to PR smods for set_cost to take a value

[humble elk]

then i guess ill just ask, how can i get the SMODS.Rank of a card object? or better yet where to look this up myself

[red flower]

card.base.value iirc

most effects use card:get_id() tho

[humble elk]

id prefer the Rank object so i can access the next() method

[red flower]

SMODS.Ranks[card.base.value]? idk what you need it for

[humble elk]

okokok im misunderstanding the smods modules. thank you

[sage crater]

bump

the problem is probably something within this file

[granite nymph]

i have my jokers my blinds and my vouchers all in different files

how do i load them with the main.lua file

[red flower]

what's line 820 in UI_definitions?

[modern kindle]

You can assert them
Prob vanilla remade shows that I'd imagine

[red flower]

hi dilly

[modern kindle]

Hi N!

[zealous glen]

Hi dilly

[modern kindle]

I hope you fair well this day

Hi victin, I hope you are doing awesomely (or at least adequately)

[granite nymph]

where do i find vanilla remade

im sorry im still trying to learn lua

[vale glen]

[modern kindle]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade

@granite nymph

[granite nymph]

tysm!

[sage crater]

not something I wrote

[modern kindle]

No problem, thank N because he's a genius awesome goat

[granite nymph]

okay yeah this makes this like 1000x easier

[modern kindle]

What is in there is great to see how to do things in a proper way

[zealous glen]

I am doing ok. How about you

[red flower]

of course, i just wanted to see what it was in your dumps
that's weird tho

[zealous glen]

I could be doing better :<

[modern kindle]

Tired but I'm okay
My lady flew in today so ive been hanging with her
I didn't sleep well last night so I'm exhausted but can't fall asleep rn plus If I could I wouldn't want to cause it'd be too early

I hope you feel better soon and things work out :(

[zealous glen]

Sounds good for the two of you

Except for the sleep

Which reminds me I should go to sleep

[modern kindle]

My sleep is always wack, I wish I had a more consistent ability to sleep

Also yes get some rest

Also I assume I could probably check for Back but what would be an ideal way to check for specific decks being played for blinds? I have a blind that requires a specific suit for it to count but if you play checkered for example its a 50% chance to be unwinnable
But i haven't seen what the backs are called to check which one is played

[zealous glen]

you can iterate over every playing card and see what suit they are

[wild escarp]

Man, I can't do anything with challenges. This sucks.

[zealous glen]

Read that in Bill's voice

[modern kindle]

Well, its moreso making it so if the blind checks and sees its a checkered deck instead of randomized between 4 suits, its just the 2 the player has for checkered

Cause when blind is selected it picks 1 suit for the entire blind
So ideally just setting it to only pick between the 2 present would be ideal

[zealous glen]

But what if a player starts the run on Checkered then turns all their cards into Clubs

[modern kindle]

Hmm thats a fair point, I only noticed it when I didn't change anything card wise in the deck and came across the issue

Would I just tally all suits present in the back then and whatever is returned can be a valid choice?

[rapid stag]

bump

[zealous glen]

Yes

[modern kindle]

Much obliged

[granite nymph]

my mod isnt wshowing up in the mod menu :(

[zealous glen]

You could also do like Idol

[real night]

whys this crashing

[modern kindle]

Maybe yea, I figure if i can just launch through a tally in g.deck.cards should be good

[frigid cargo]

what is priority in the json file?

[vale glen]

Where is your not_jokers atlas, as defined in your SMODS.Joker object?

[real night]

actually wait yeah i should get that in
it isnt related to the crash but i should

[vale glen]

Mmh

Also, can't read the message.txt file on phone

Screenshot would be easier to read

[real night]

wait no nvm

i thought you meant i was missing something

[real night]

0

[vale glen]

Could you screenshot your error message please

[frigid cargo]

ok thanks, but what is it for?

[real night]

basically im trying to add a new rarity

and im wondering why it isnt Working.

[frigid cargo]

for priority?

oh sorry i ment for general

[real night]

oh

[frigid cargo]

im trying to make my own and im wondering what it is lol

[vale glen]

Uh, talking past each other here. Priority determines what order mods load in

Higher priority loads in first

[frigid cargo]

oh ok thanks

[granite nymph]

anyone know a solve for this

when i go in game my mod doesnt pop up in the menu

[vale glen]

Hm... Does it need a comma after Steamodded, in the dependencies list

Forgot the syntax for JSON files

[granite nymph]

maybe?

[vale glen]

Give it a try

[granite nymph]

nope still no luck

[vale glen]

Not sure if that needs to be an array either

[rare helm]

Hey guys!
I tried to mod Balatro tonight, but it just doesn't want to work at all. Tried basically all troubleshooting advice available, even other people on the discord here couldn't help out.

Basically my issue is that no matter what I do, when I try to put the version.dll for lovely into my game directory, the game just refuses to launch. My Antivirus is off, its the correct size, I uninstalled the game and verified integrity 200 times, BMM is not installed etc etc.

Anyone willing to try to figure this out with me? I heard some other people had a similar issue already but also weren't able to fix it.

[vale glen]

Hm... What's that 'Nothing' mod?

[vale glen]

You'll probably want to wait for the person who was pinged earlier to get back to you. They're best equipped to help you with your problem, but they're offline atm.

[rare helm]

okey dokey. Probably best for me to go to sleep anyways

[vale glen]

Guessing it's your mod, but just double checking

[vale glen]

Rest well!

[vale glen]

Could you post your mod's JSON file, just for us to be sure that not is the correct prefix?

[vale glen]

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

Mod dependencies should be in an array using square brackets

[proud depot]

is there a function in smod that destroys a specific card?

[vale glen]

card:start_dissolve(), or something else?

[red flower]

if you want to destroy a playing card during scoring use context.destroy_card

for anything else SMODS.destroy_cards(card)

[proud depot]

ok thx

[vale glen]

Ah right, new SMODS function

[granite nymph]

im actyually stupid i have the dependencies formatted wrong\

[vale glen]

Did it work now or

[granite nymph]

yeah

[proud depot]

are you sure its destroy_cards? It's returning an error for me

lemme get it

[red flower]

update

[proud depot]

ok

Oh im using an old version thank you!

[manic rune]

disable each mod to see which stops the crash

[cerulean bane]

update your mods

[manic rune]

or that, yeah

[real night]

not is the prefix i have checked

[willow plinth]

since smods is truncating the exact file path, i have no idea where this crash occurred...anyone has an idea?

[red flower]

search for chekhov

[proud depot]

Is there a good resource for the colors in balatro? I may be stupid but i can't find them in the smods api

By colors i mean C:MULT etc

[red flower]

look for the text styling guide on the wiki

[vale glen]

Ah, where is your localization file located, in your mods folder?

[willow plinth]

thanks...turns out it is kino again with the new rarity system :/

[red flower]

yeah

[modest sphinx]

hellow, i wanna create a mod that changes the image and text of an existing boss blind, can someone teach me on how to do it (i have 0 experience on modding)

[real night]

its in the nothing (the mod that im using) file

actually i already deleted it anyway

[vale glen]

Put it in a localization/default.lua file

Where localization is the folder path, relative to your mod

[keen totem]

just make an altas with the same key as a base game resource and with raw_key on, check the atlas docs

[modest sphinx]

i dont understand anything that you said

like i said, i dont know anything of modding balatro

[vale glen]

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

Then read the wiki for making your first mod

[modest sphinx]

okok

thank you very much

[vale glen]

For blind stuff, look at SMODS.Blind, but that's an eventual thing

[sturdy compass]

Bump

[keen totem]

how do i get the current blind's requirement

[viral ember]

How would I make it hide the poker hand and name?

[red flower]

G.GAME.blind.chips

[keen totem]

also is it possible to get the chips that a hand is going to score

and if not, how do i get the current blue chips value

[red flower]

hand_chips

[keen totem]

is that chips before or after mult

[red flower]

hand_chips*mult

[viral ember]

it's like the flipped card

[proud depot]

How do i get the current jokers? G.Jokers isnt working

[keen totem]

G.jokers.cards

gets the actual cards in the jokers cardarea

[rapid stag]

bump

[faint yacht]

Sounds like a hook of CardArea:parse_highlighted().

[proud depot]

Thanks

[red flower]

that's correct as far as i know, what's the issue?

[digital sun]

how do i check if youre in a game or not

[rapid stag]

i just wanted to make sure is all

[faint yacht]

if G.GAME

[red flower]

im pretty sure G.GAME exists outside of a run

you need to check G.STAGE or something someone asked that yesterday

[digital sun]

it does

[faint yacht]

Oh yeah, G.STAGE == G.STAGES.RUN...

I use it as G.STAGE == G.STAGES.RUN and not G.screenwipe to prevent add_to_deck & remove_from_deck from executing stuff when entering/exiting runs.

[scenic loom]

How do you detect when any card (consumables, jokers, or playing cards) are removed from the game? (whether that be by destroying, being sold, food joker running out,e tc)

[normal crest]

hook into Card:remove

[scenic loom]

How exactly do you hook into that? I'm newish to lua

[viral ember]

How would you hide a poker hand like the flipped cards do?

[red flower]

#💻・modding-dev message

[normal crest]

local remove_ref = Card.remove
function Card.remove(self)
  -- your custom code here, for example, creating a new context:
  SMODS.calculate_context { card_removed = true, card = self }
  return remove_ref(self)
end

also when you open the collection and close it, remove will be called on each card for example

[viral ember]

oh I didn't see that, thanks

[normal crest]

you probably want a more specific set of conditions

[sturdy compass]

Bump

[scenic loom]

would that affect things inside the game though?
I'm trying to make a joker that disappears when any card is removed

[normal crest]

with the hook that i sent yes it would

also when exiting the shop or rerolling I bet remove is called too

and many many more scenarios i imagine

[digital sun]

how do you have the description text update while youre hovering over it
because rn it only updates when you take your mouse off of it and put it back on it

[normal crest]

you mean like misprint?

cus if not, the updating only when you hover over it again is normal

[digital sun]

oh yeahhh misprint does do that i forgort

[red flower]

if the values are static then do it in a dynatext like misprint, if not then use a ref_table in a G.UIT.T node

(or a dynatext also)

[scenic loom]

would it be better to just manually code cases for selling, cards being removed from deck and jokers expiring?

[sage crater]

what's the difference between name and display_name in the json file for a mod?

[normal crest]

i think you can get away with a Card.remove hook if you only make it happen when the card is being removed from certain card areas

idk how you'd handle playing cards tho

[scenic loom]

isnt there a remove_from_deck thing?

or whateveri ts called

that happens when a card is removed from deck

[normal crest]

that could work yeah, you'd have to test it out tho

[normal crest]

the wiki says that display_name is for the mod badge only

and when not specified it is the same as your mod's name

[rapid stag]

how do i get a floating sprite to constantly juice like the soul does?

[normal crest]

look in card.lua and search for "the soul" until you're in the card:draw function

seems to just apply some scale and rotation to it when drawing it

if that's what you were referring to

[rapid stag]

it is. i didn't think we didn't have an easier way of doing it, though