💻・modding-dev

[manic rune]

hi astra

[normal crest]

hi bepis!!

[manic rune]

hii

[tall jewel]

does anyone happen to know why this happens when adding custom UIBoxes?

[sonic cedar]

bepis you need to get off forsaken

[sonic cedar]

you added it wrong

[tough temple]

hey why aint my silly mod loading

[sonic cedar]

where metadata

[sturdy compass]

no metadata

[sonic cedar]

no metadata?

[sturdy compass]

[tough temple]

metadata?

[sonic cedar]

STOP

metadataless

[tough temple]

dang

this tutorial didnt tell me bout none of that

[sturdy compass]

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

[tough temple]

it just told me to set up a normal love2d project

Damn

[tall jewel]

[sonic cedar]

hi aure’s cat

[tough temple]

yeah i was wondering how it would get the name

[tall jewel]

is there a different way I should be adding it?

I have to draw the uiboxes manually anyways

[tough temple]

yall are a huge help ngl thanks

[sturdy compass]

It's what this channel be for

[sonic cedar]

(I don’t know nearly enough about uiboxes I was just stating the obvious for the funny)

[sonic cedar]

modding-chat however

[tall jewel]

[sonic cedar]

[sturdy compass]

nuh uh

[sonic cedar]

you can’t deny its existence any longer

It’s grown too powerful

[sturdy compass]

lmao

Manifesting a tech-support channel to make modding-chat more bearable

[sonic cedar]

Oh my god lsp def is actually competent now

[sturdy compass]

insane

[sonic cedar]

Im so stupid smh

[tough temple]

yall can i input a specific color into joker texts?

more specifically i want this color

[sonic cedar]

yes

[plush vault]

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

[tough temple]

awsome

[plush vault]

I need opinnions on wich one would fit better a Joker, here is the pitch:

[Lucky Seven][Rare]

• Playing a seven gives random permanent bonuses
  Bonuses can be:
  +7 chips
  +7 mult
  +0.07 xmult
  +0.07 xchips
  and 10% chance to "Jackpot" and give all 4 bonuses

And here are the contenders so far for what to draw (those are mockups with google images):

Option A is mostly as is, just pixel-arted with gold chips in the background
Option B is stacked dice, showing a 6 and a 1 in a dark room
Option C is pieces of the 4 suits of 7's stitched together

[sonic cedar]

#💻・modding-dev message

[tough temple]

🔥

[subtle merlin]

Holy fuck im stupid, i forgot scope and was wondering why my program was crashing

[faint urchin]

I made an ObjectType for some modded jokers I made that belong to a specific group, and certain jokers should treat the cards in that ObjectType differently. How do I check if a card is in that ObjectType? Is there a better way to do that?

[north lodge]

first opinion: xmult is essentially functionally the same as xchips

[plush vault]

I enjoy plasma deck shenanigans :'>

[north lodge]

So long as you're okay with it not feeling very vanilla as a result, I see no problems with it then. I would possibly just skew it to not be 55% chance of stacking x score. (10% jackpot, half of the remaining 90% = 45%)

I like the dice option. The 6 1 is subtle but good I feel. Optionally you could put 7s on each side, but I think that's worse.

[tough temple]

the joker is loading but the sprite isnt

its just the default sprite

[faint urchin]

atlas needs to be lowercase

[tough temple]

oh

HEEELLL YEAH

better

[unkempt rover]

Someone help me?

I want to make a joker that when another joker is destroyed, it gains chips, but I don't know how the joker will identify when a joker is destroyed.

[plush vault]

I cant draw dice

[unkempt rover]

I've looked everywhere for how to do this but I haven't found anything about it.

[empty coral]

How could I detect if a played hand has suits different from

A. a set list of suits
or B. (ideally) suits other than the starting suits of the deck

[unkempt rover]

What do you mean by starting suits of the deck?

[empty coral]

i.e a played hand has clubs on checkered deck

that would be a suit other than the starting suits

may be hard since the game turns the other suits into spades and hearts so it may think it has all 4 to start that's why I consider just a set list

[unkempt rover]

A set list might be better, since you can manually define which suits are considered 'normal', and then the mod can check if the played hand has any suits that aren't in that list

From what I understood, that’s what you meant

[hybrid shadow]

bump

[modern kindle]

if im trying to account for modded suits can i still just look in card.base.suit or is modded that has_no_suit still

[faint urchin]

Is it possible to add a custom badge to a vanilla joker?

[hasty mist]

Can i not use commas here?

[unborn bay]

what are you even trying to do

[hasty mist]

remove every non vanilla joker from the pool

[tall wharf]

you'll have to loop thru it

also i don't know if that's the best way to go about it

[hasty mist]

😭 😭 😭

i dont understand for loops at all

[strange wasp]

Hi, I am slowly piecing together the smods wilki and looking at other mods and examples for reference. I am wondering as to what files you typuically use
I know localization is for the descriptions of things in said language (ex: en-us = english.) But what about the other ones?

[unborn bay]

for loop and add keys to banned_keys

lmao

[hasty mist]

i guess its time to learn for loops

could i perhaps have assistance in this

[sleek cliff]

Ok, I just want to make sure I have this right where I want this to destroy and replace a joker, I feel like im missing something with the destroy function

[chrome widget]

Hi Jovbau, I believe they're tagged with IETF language tags https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag

[strange wasp]

I was just using the en-us as an example. What I mean by the files is the files for a mod

[chrome widget]

It's just that one file!!

en-us.lua is the entire english localization for the game

[sturdy compass]

No they mean like

All of them files

Like main.lua, metadata.json, etc.

[chrome widget]

Oh like every file

main.lua is the lua standard for the entry point file of a program

[wintry solar]

Why would anyone want to play an effect like this if they’ve downloaded mods?

[chrome widget]

Balatro requires assets/1x and assets/2x when it comes to setting up its visuals

Otherise... it kinda depends on your organization

[strange wasp]

Yes, I've also noticed that in other mods there's a lib, config, and other folders.

[chrome widget]

For SMODS, you'll also ideally need a json file names [mod-name].json which is your metadata

[strange wasp]

What I am trying to get at is, which folder is used for what thing. (Example: localization is language.

[chrome widget]

Libraries depend on your purpose. If people have a lib folder, it typically means a library of additional modules or functions they need for their mod

[sturdy compass]

For main.lua and your .json files, those all go in the root mod folder

[strange wasp]

The documentation folder is JSON

[hasty mist]

is there a template for for loops?

[chrome widget]

there are three types of for loops in basic lua

• basic arbitary for loop: Iterates max - min number of times. i is the index, which is the number of iterations

    -- code
end```

- indexed list for loop: Iterates over the elements in a given list, provided those elements are indexed with sequential numbers (`1, 2, 3, 4, 5...` and so on). `i` is the index, and `v` is the value assigned to the index key
```for i, v in ipairs(list) do
    -- code
end```

- key-value loop: Iterates over the elements of a non-indexed table. `k` is the key, and `v` is the value assigned to that key. If you need an index, you can either declare one yourself and then increment it each loop, or use one of the others
```for k, v in pairs(table) do
    -- code
end```

[strange wasp]

Something like this?

[sturdy compass]

No

[chrome widget]

root is the uppermost folder. that folder you've named root isn't uppermost--it's inside the root folder itself

[hasty mist]

hm i see

ive always avoided these because of how complicated they are

but im forced to actually learn them now

[sturdy compass]

I would not really call loops complicated

They’re a pretty basic part of any programming language

[chrome widget]

Functionally a loop is simple: whatever code is inside the loop block is run multiple times. Then the program moves on once the loop has finished

[hasty mist]

well i havent learned them yet 😭

i am trying to make a deck that removes every modded joker from the pool

i was told i should loop through G.P_CENTERS and check for original_mod

this is proving very difficult

[chrome widget]

yep yep. Though I will say that specific task isn't like the absolute easiest or anything, it's totally doable

You probably want to hook the vanilla function get_current_pool

[hasty mist]

how would i do that?

thats the first thing i need to do right

[chrome widget]

Do you know how to hook functions?

[hasty mist]

ive done it before yeah

im not fully versed in it though

[chrome widget]

Okay, then first you hook get_current_pool. Store the existing version of the function in a local variable, then redefine it;

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)

end```

Then, you need the values that the original version of the function returns, because that includes the pool to modify. So you call your stored version of the original function as a function, and pass in the arguments:

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    local _pool, _pool_key = ref_get_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
end```

[hasty mist]

alright, this makes some sense to me so far

following along best i can

alright so

[chrome widget]

Now, if we want to modify specifically the joker pool, we want to check if the type being accesed is 'Joker'. As well, since you said this is a deck effect, we also need to check that that deck is currently active

[hasty mist]

yeah, it's just the joker pool

as for checking for the deck, can i not just put the hook in an apply function?

thats what ive been doing

[chrome widget]

That would mean you hook and redefine it every time the deck is chosen, which means over multiple runs in a single game session it would indefinitely nest the hooks

[hasty mist]

i see

[chrome widget]

However, the easiest way to do this modification is to use the Back's apply function to set something like this:
G.GAME.modifiers.no_modded_jokers = true

Then, in the hook, you can use that:

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    local _pool, _pool_key = ref_get_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)

    if _type == 'Joker' and G.GAME.modifiers.no_modded_jokers then

    end
end```

[hasty mist]

oh, that's convenient

yeah

so, checks for jokers and the deck modifier

[chrome widget]

Now is where you loop through the pool. The pool given by get_current_pool is an indexed list of joker keys (meaning all the entries in the list look like this)

Everything in Lua is structured as "tables" which are boxes of data where each object has a key (which identifies it) and a value (which is the actual data being stored). In this case, the keys are those numbers, incrementing from 1

[hasty mist]

yeah, makes sense, so this is how the pool data is stored?

[chrome widget]

Mhm. It's basically just a giant list of those entries counting from 1 to however many jokers you have loaded total

Since it's an indexed list, you can use the second for loop type I mentioned before that's specifically built for it

   -- code
end```

[hasty mist]

i see

[chrome widget]

Well... actually, you should use the first one, but this is maybe slightly easier to learn?

[hasty mist]

so should this also go in the hook?

[hasty mist]

yeah, ive seen this one more often

never seen the first one before

[chrome widget]

yep yep:

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    local pool, pool_key = ref_get_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)

    if _type == 'Joker' and G.GAME.modifiers.no_modded_jokers then
        for i, v in ipairs(pool) do
           -- code
        end
    end
end```

In this case, your list is pool

[hasty mist]

alright this makes sense so far

[chrome widget]

Since we're not using the arbitrary for loop, we're going to have to construct a second list to store the actual data we need. I.E. you want to return a version of pool that only has vanilla keys. That means you can either take them out of the one that already exists (which the first one allows you to do), or just move them to a new one

So instead, declare a new table first:
yep yep:

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    local pool, pool_key = ref_get_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)

    if _type == 'Joker' and G.GAME.modifiers.no_modded_jokers then
        local new_pool = {}
        for i, v in ipairs(pool) do
           -- code
        end
    end
end```

[subtle merlin]

How would i be able to tell if a card gains an enhancement during scoring?

[chrome widget]

Now, the for loop is iterating inside every key and value inside the pool. v, or the value, is the string key of a joker in the game, all of which are actually used to index the card data in G.P_CENTERS. The way tables work is that if you know the key, you can just provide the key to the table to access whatever value it has stored in that key

So on the first iteration of the for loop, i equals 1, and v very likely equals 'j_joker' since that's the first joker in vanilla. This means you can get the data for that joker by doing G.P_CENTERS[v], which is equivalent to doing G.P_CENTERS['j_joker']

[hasty mist]

alright alright that makes sense

[real terrace]

man what the fuck does that mean

[maiden phoenix]

Save the cards in a table in context.before and check the cards again and compare them to said table ig

[real terrace]

coding is gonna be hard

[chrome widget]

Lastly, there's a shortcut to adding new entries to indexed lists. If you do #list on an indexed list, it gives you the number of entries currently in the list. And if you want to add a new entry to the list, you just need to do list[key] = value. So, if you do list[#list+1] = value, you're adding a new value at the next sequential index in the list

So for your new table, you want to just keep adding entries to it of the vanilla jokers you find, which would be new_pool[#new_pool+1] = v

[daring fern]

How would one draw a sleeve on a sleeve?

[chrome widget]

So you build your table with all your vanilla jokers by making sure they're vanilla, by doing like you said and checking the center for original_mod, and then adding them to the new pool

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    local pool, pool_key = ref_get_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)

    if _type == 'Joker' and G.GAME.modifiers.no_modded_jokers then
        local new_pool = {}
        for i, v in ipairs(pool) do
            if G.P_CENTERS[v].original_mod then
                new_pool[#new_pool+1] = v
            end
        end
    end
end```

[hasty mist]

i see

i think i understand now

or at least enough to start to understand loops now

[chrome widget]

What this ends up doing is that any joker that's modded is not added to the new pool, so its relative size (and number of entries) goes down by 1. If Greedy Joker was modded, then it would end up like this:

Greedy Joker is never added, and Lusty Joker is added at the index of 2 instead. Every following item in the list is added at 1 less as well, and that just keeps happening as you exclude more from the table

[hasty mist]

makes sense yeah

[chrome widget]

Now all that's left to do is return your new pool. The easiest way to do it is just overwriting the old pool, and then returning both the original return values

function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    local pool, pool_key = ref_get_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)

    if _type == 'Joker' and G.GAME.modifiers.no_modded_jokers then
        local new_pool = {}
        for i, v in ipairs(pool) do
            if G.P_CENTERS[v].original_mod then
                new_pool[#new_pool+1] = v
            end
        end
        pool = new_pool
    end

    return pool, pool_key
end```

And that should be it. If you've selected this deck, no modded jokers will be available

[hasty mist]

alright, cool! i'll test it out now

hm, seems not

hold on

[chrome widget]

Which line is 138?

[hasty mist]

this one

let me try again i might have done something weird ingame

[gray quartz]

i goes in there, not v

i think

[chrome widget]

No G.P_CENTERS uses string keys

[gray quartz]

oh ok

would the index work tho or no?

[chrome widget]

OP

I KNOW WHY

You're gonna have to also check that v ~= 'UNAVAILABLE'

Or maybe it's in lowercase

[hasty mist]

along with the type and modifier check?

[chrome widget]

get_current_pool sets keys for jokers that you can't get (due to not being able to find duplicates or whatever) to that value

[hasty mist]

or the original_mod check

[chrome widget]

In the same line but before original mod check

[hasty mist]

alright

if v ~= 'UNAVAILABLE' and .P_CENTERS[v].original_mod then?

[thorn furnace]

meow

[hasty mist]

or should it be or

[chrome widget]

Nope, and is correct

[gray quartz]

G before .P_CENTERS and ur set

[hasty mist]

awesome

oh whoops typo

[chrome widget]

I believe the nil access is because it tried to look for G.P_CENTERS['UNAVAILABLE'] which is not valid

So that should prevent that

[hasty mist]

alright

it still seems to be allowing modded jokers though

let me try something

[daring fern]

You would do lua G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({ func = function() if not G.jokers then return false end SMODS.add_card({set = "Joker", stickers = {"eternal"}}) return true end })) In apply.

[daring fern]

‎

[thorn furnace]

thanks :)

[hasty mist]

hm yeah still not working

[gray quartz]

could you elaborate a little more?

[empty coral]

couldn't i theoretically make that set dynamically when selecting the first blind of the run so it has automatic support for modded stuff (like drafting deck and such) instead?

[chrome widget]

Oh duh

It would be not G.P_CENTERS[v].original_mod

Since you need to check that it doesn't have a mod

I believe what the current code does is only give you modded jokers lmao

[hasty mist]

oh right i literally thought of that too but second guessed myself

😭

[daring fern]

Something like this perhaps:

[chrome widget]

If every joker you encounter now is Jimbo, that means we're looking in the wrong place for original_mod

[hasty mist]

anyways, thank you!

nope it works perfectly now

[chrome widget]

Yay!!!!

[gray quartz]

no clue, ig look how sleeves are normally applied in game and then just copy paste that? sorry idk other mods

[hasty mist]

for reference if i wanted to exclude all modded cards, (I don't, this is just for learning) would i simply remove the "Joker" check?

or would it be more complicated than that

[chrome widget]

No yeah it should genuinely be that aimple

[hasty mist]

awesome thanks

[chrome widget]

It wouldn't exclude Tags, Suits, or Ranks though

Since those aren't "cards" internally

[hasty mist]

thatll be the deck + sleeve effect then

lmao

[chrome widget]

Have fun!!!!! Also mrrp 🏳️‍⚧️

[hasty mist]

yesss 🏳️‍⚧️

thank you so much!!

i am very grateful

[subtle merlin]

Didn't really work...

[maiden phoenix]

setting local values in calculate outside of context checks will reset them

Save the table in card.ability

[hasty mist]

what size are sleeves?

px and py

oh, 73x96

[turbid igloo]

guys how do i give the player money if they have set joker?

[karmic sand]

Hi if I wanted to detect if the player has the crystal ball voucher how would I go about doing that i know you can do other_consumable but idk if other_voucher is a thing lol

[daring fern]

context.other_voucher does exist but you should do if G.GAME.used_vouchers["v_crystal_ball"]

[karmic sand]

Thank you gamer

[daring fern]

How does one make seals on cards on the title screen be the right size?

[primal robin]

@tall wharf here's much better check for nested folder

if SMODS.current_mod.path then
        local normalized_path = SMODS.current_mod.path:gsub("\\+", "/"):gsub("/+$", "")
        if not normalized_path:match("/Mods/[^/]+$") then
            local mod_folder = require("lovely").mod_dir:gsub("\\+", "/"):gsub("/+$", "")
            local last = normalized_path:match("/([^/]+)$")
            local correct_path = mod_folder .. "/" .. last
            error(string.format(
                [[


Mod installed incorrectly.

Right now it's placed in %s, which is called "Nested folder".
To make it work properly, move mentioned folder in %s,
so result mod directory should be %s
]],
                normalized_path,
                mod_folder,
                correct_path
            ))
        end
    end

[frigid blaze]

Can you tell me how to make it possible to draw more than 5 cards?

[vale glen]

Like how the Palette voucher does it, or some other way?

There's also this function, but haven't personally tried it.

[faint yacht]

What are the conditions for drawing additional cards?

[daring fern]

‎

[paper zealot]

Balatro, currently:

[native zinc]

...crashlog?

i mean maybe it's an ipairs/pairs thing

somehwair in all that code

[daring fern]

It was a hard crash, but sometimes it's a stack overflow.

[paper zealot]

Almost definitely an infinite loop or recursion problem, then, though I can't see it in the code you posted

[daring fern]

The only difference between SEALS.recursive_extra_for_non_jokers and SEALS.recursive_extra is the non-joker one doesn't have a while loop.

[obtuse silo]

how would i use this to put cards into the consumable slot?

[daring fern]

select_card = "consumeables"?

[obtuse silo]

alr lemme try that
just wasn't sure on the exact terminology

[orchid badger]

i have a few fun ideas for a mod, could someone or a few people just give some tips on how to mod balatro? i have little to no experience with modding or coding

[daring fern]

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

[karmic sand]

im trying to make my consumable give the player +1 hand size for the round when the consumable is used, how would I go about doing this?

[daring fern]

You would have to set a game variable saying how much hand size to remove at the end of the round.

[cobalt iron]

Is there a section for decks in the steammodded documentation, I can't find it

[pure salmon]

yes, SMODS.Back

[manic rune]

🤔 will this crash with talisman

[primal robin]

nope

[karmic sand]

what context would i use to check if the player is in a round is it just context.in_round?

[obtuse silo]

for some reason it's saying there are "missing coressponding "end"s"

[faint yacht]

elseif, not else if.

[formal parrot]

How can i check if

Another joker is sold

[faint yacht]

context.selling_card and context.card.

[manic rune]

check the set

[mint raven]

heyo people, sorry for the potentially dumb question but been trying to follow some tutorials for balatro modding (mainly the video in the forum post of the modding starter pack) and I think I copied it pretty one to one yet my lil test mod isn't showing up in the mods list nor is the test joker showing up in the game at all, anything I may have missed?

[formal parrot]

Huh

[manic rune]

follow my tutorial to get mod loaded in instead...

[mint raven]

link it and I'll do

[manic rune]

dont use steamodded header, use a metadata file

[manic rune]

#1349064230825103441

scroll up just a lil bit :3

[mint raven]

oh the your first mod github thing?

[manic rune]

that works too, and i meant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdZJuZI_ls

[mint raven]

huh I may be blind

well thanks

will see if this works

[cobalt iron]

is there a way to set the cards a deck will have?

[mint raven]

also goated miku cursor

[manic rune]

thanks :3

[paper zealot]

Might be failing due to a simple typo -- STEAMODDED HEADER instead of STEAMMODDED HEADER. But yes, try using the newer .json metadata instead

[manic rune]

imagine using header in 2025 smh

[mint raven]

imma see if that is covered in the tutorial because I am quite new to everything programming related so don't have any reference on what that is or how to do it

[paper zealot]

For now, just removing one M should be enough to get it recognised and loaded by Steamodded

[paper zealot]

Oh, and MOD_DESCRIPTION instead of MOD DESCRIPTION

[mint raven]

a

that could also be it

[obtuse silo]

this is only spawning tarot cards with an unceasing purple square effect

[manic rune]

🤔 whats math.fmod

[mint raven]

imma just do what bepis says and use their tutorial lmao

fixing typos did not do it

[obtuse silo]

returns the remainder

it's so the first slot is a tarot
the second slot a planet card
etc.

[paper zealot]

Apparently MOD_AUTHOR also requires square brackets around the author, so MOD_AUTHOR: [ Cyro ]. But yes, definitely better to learn the updated better way of doing things

[vivid grotto]

I am attempting to add a new enchantment and have a joker apply this enchantment to any card played. Can someone tell me what is wrong with my current implimentation that is resulting in the crash: Oops! The game crashed: Card.lua:251: Could not find center "backstabbed"

[obtuse silo]

my guesses is that it's doing the first one first, understandably
then just
filling the rest of the slots

with tarots

because it's returning the set

[manic rune]

it should be m_(mod prefix)_backstabbed in :set_ability

[cobalt iron]

How can I loop through all playing cards after pressing play?

[vivid grotto]

Im going to try this, thank you very much

[manic rune]

for _,v in ipairs(G.play.cards) do if you meant played cards, theres G.playing_cards too if you want full deck 🤔

[shell axle]

hello

idk where to put this

[manic rune]

i forgot to reply

that should be in #⚙・modding-general

[shell axle]

usually if it shows which mod is causing it ill put it in the right mod chat

but this one doesnt specify

[manic rune]

it would still be in #⚙・modding-general since its not related to mod development lol

[shell axle]

lol sorry :(

[manic rune]

but in cases like this

uh

your best bet is finding what mod is causing that crash

[shell axle]

ill try that ty

[obtuse silo]

is there any way to have a booster pack contain multiple types of card

[cobalt iron]

where in #⚙・modding-general ?

[manic rune]

what

no

[manic rune]

^

[vivid grotto]

just to verify, if my mod prefix is mbm it should be:
target_card:set_ability('m_mbm_backstabbed', nil, true)

And should this change also occur in this line?
info_queue[#1116390750314307698_queue + 1] = G.P_CENTERS['backstabbed']

[cobalt iron]

oh, thanks a lot

[manic rune]

yes, im pretty sure it should be G.P_CENTERS["m_mbm_backstabbed"] too

[karmic sand]

what is the check for a player being in a round?

[manic rune]

G.GAME.blind.in_blind?

[karmic sand]

is there somewhere i can see all the like checks and stuff in a list?

[manic rune]

nop

[karmic sand]

im always having to search thru other jokers logic for checks and its annoying

[primal terrace]

Help how do I remove perma_debuff after it has been set

[manic rune]

im pretty sure its not in ability, its just v.debuff and v.perma_debuff

[primal terrace]

It sets it just fine if I do v.ability.perma_debuff = true

[obtuse silo]

slight bump

[cobalt iron]

I'm using G.playing_cards, but it gives me an error

[manic rune]

huh

[karmic sand]

omg i had this error for like a solid 2 hours last night i cant remember the fix but you got this champ

[manic rune]

whats the code

make sure to use events if this is in apply btw

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Guide-‐-Event-Manager

[cobalt iron]

I already have those

[manic rune]

whats the code

[cobalt iron]

Here it is

[manic rune]

you didnt use an event

😭

[cobalt iron]

it's on the bottom

wait

[cobalt iron]

what do you mean by event?

[manic rune]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Guide-‐-Event-Manager

i sent this above btw

[thorn basin]

I tried to put a sound effect for when my joker upgrades but for some reason the game crashes.
I followed all the steps from the documentation but the results are the same...
Is there a way I can fix this?

[manic rune]

how does your file look like

[maiden phoenix]

Try matching the key and path (without the ".ogg" for key)

[thorn basin]

like this

[manic rune]

try setting the key to Dodgeball_sfx, probably

[thorn basin]

tried like this but it gives me the same error

oh wait

you just said the key

[paper zealot]

What's the point of the path parameter if it searches using the name of the key anyway? Odd

[thorn basin]

aaand it still gives me the same error

[manic rune]

is it still trying to search for Dodgeball.ogg

[thorn basin]

yeah

[manic rune]

what

did you save the file

[formal parrot]

The sell context doesn’t work work for me for some reason

[manic rune]

if it has this little dot then the file hasnt been saved yet

[manic rune]

whats the code

[formal parrot]

1 sec

I used the context from the wiki

Didn’t work

It says nil context

[thorn basin]

I saved it but for some reason it still crashes

[obtuse silo]

I want to make a card pack have multiple types of card (tarot, spectral, etc)
but i want it to use a specific pool for each slot
how would i go about this?

because this code only gives me tarots

[manic rune]

can you show me the crash again

[cobalt iron]

Thanks, it works now, but it gives me another error saying it can't call destroy

[manic rune]

??

can you show me where Dodgeball_sfx.ogg is put

in your folder

[manic rune]

use SMODS.destroy_cards instead, probably

[vivid grotto]

Hello again, I am having 2 problems with this enchantment if someone could help that would be very appreciated

1. the resulting -mult or -chip is always 0 regardless of the original chip value for the card when added to the card
2. when the enchantment is applied to the card before scoring the visual part of it isn't shown, but it is shown in the deck

[manic rune]

whats the code 😭

[thorn basin]

inside my mod, in assets and in sounds it is located there

[manic rune]

looks like its checking resources for some reason

[thorn basin]

...huh

what should I do in this case?

[formal parrot]

SMODS.Joker { key = "qr", blueprint_compat = true, atlas = "jkr", loc_txt = { name = "QR CODE", text = { "{C:blue}+#1#{} hand size every time a card is sold", "{C:inactive}currently {}#2# {C:inactive}hand size", "{C:inactive}scan me", "DO NOT SELL" } }, unlocked = true, discovered = true, rarity = 1, cost = 4, pos = { x = 7, y = 0 }, config = { extra = { h_size = 0, add = 1 } }, loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card) return { vars = { card.ability.extra.add, card.ability.extra.h_size } } end, calculate = function(self, card, from_debuff) if context.card and context.selling_card then cardarea = G.jokers, selling_card = true, card = card card.ability.extra.h_size = card.ability.extra.h_size + card.ability.extra.add G.hand:change_size(card.ability.extra.add) end end, remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff) G.hand:change_size(-card.ability.extra.h_size) end, }

Bepis help😭

[manic rune]

i actually dk, i set up my SMODS.Sound like that too

[thorn basin]

oh...

[manic rune]

wrong order, probably

[cursive gazelle]

card=card should be at the end

[manic rune]

it should be if context.selling_card and context.card then

and also

remove all of this

[cobalt iron]

The cards are destroyed, but now I can't look at my deck and this pops up

[formal parrot]

Why?

The wiki said so

[manic rune]

its never meant to be put in your code

its just for reference

[formal parrot]

Lmao

😭i’m gonna kms

[manic rune]

ex:
cardarea here means context.cardarea refers to G.jokers/G.hand, etc etc
selling_card here means context.selling_card is a bool value
card here means context.card refers to the card thats being sold

[vivid grotto]

I aint very good with modding yet, but maybe try this

card.ability.extra.h_size = card.ability.extra.h_size + card.ability.extra.add
G.hand:change_size(card.ability.extra.add)
return {
message = localize('k_upgrade_ex')
}

instead of

cardarea = G.jokers,
selling_card = true,
card = card
card.ability.extra.h_size = card.ability.extra.h_size + card.ability.extra.add
G.hand:change_size(card.ability.extra.add)

[formal parrot]

Oh

So i’m stupid

[vivid grotto]

Hey bepis, do you think you could help me with this?

[formal parrot]

ATTEMPT TO INDEX global ‘context’ [ a nil value ]

IM GONNA END MY LIFE

[cursive gazelle]

its context.selling_card only i think

[cobalt iron]

Could anyone help me with this, please?

[manic rune]

could be because chip_value is always 0

[runic jay]

Anyone know how to make a joker card set money to zero? I currently have config = { extra = { money = 0 } }, as the very first thing in the part that does all the calculating stuff, but I'm not sure it's going to work. It's my first time trying to make mods, and I know it's maybe a little ambitious for doing it for the first time

[manic rune]

oh

[manic rune]

yeah the context is set up wrong here

[pure salmon]

ease_dollars(-G.GAME.dollars, true)

[manic rune]

should be context.cardarea == G.play and context.main_scoring

[runic jay]

Do I have to replace what I sent with that?

[manic rune]

and use card instead of context.other_card

[pure salmon]

you don't need anything in config.extra if you just want to set the money to 0

[formal parrot]

Bepis it won’t work 🥺

[obtuse silo]

again
could use some help here

[tall wharf]

amazing

[cobalt iron]

What's going on is, after I press play I remove most cards and once I do that, I can't take look at my deck

[runic jay]

So where do I put it then?

[formal parrot]

I’m gonna end it all bepis 😭 WHY WONT IT WORK BRO

Jesus christ man

[pure salmon]

you would put ease_dollars(-G.GAME.dollars, true) in your calculate function, under whatever context you want it to activate on

[hallow slate]

How can I modify another mod's blind? I tried this but got an error cause it couldn't find it:

                return not (G.jokers and G.jokers.cards) and false or RGMC.funcs.jokers_greater_than_rarity(G.jokers.cards,"cry_epic",true) > 1
            end

            SMODS.Blinds['cry_pin'].recalc_debuff = function(self, card, from_blind)
                return card.area == G.jokers
                    and not G.GAME.blind.disabled
                    and RGMC.funcs.greater_than_rarity(card,'Legendary',true)
            end```

I'm trying to edit The Pin so it counts only certain rarities

[cursive gazelle]

@formal parrot you gave fromdebuff in calculate=function instead of context

[formal parrot]

Noway

Omfg

[thorn basin]

I tried deleting the lovely mod but still remains the same.
I'm not sure what to do at this point so Il'' scrap the sound idea for later...

[runic jay]

So do I put it in calculate = function(self, card, context) or if context.joker_main then? or is it somewhere in mult_mod = card.ability.extra.mult, or message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }?

[normal crest]

hi bepis

[formal parrot]

Omfg thank you so much i would’ve never found that

[hybrid shadow]

bump

[formal parrot]

It worked 😭

[manic rune]

im trying to write an essay while having to keep an eye on my sister right now 😭

turned out having to write something while being screamed into your ears isnt a fun experience at all

[manic rune]

hiii

[modern kindle]

bepis

[manic rune]

hi dilly

[modern kindle]

hi

[runic jay]

Just realized that I forgot in my main question that it would trigger the money set to zero when you play a High Card. Hope that doesn't make it more complicated 😭

[vivid grotto]

I ain't sure how or why that should be the case, I am trying to access the cards current chip value and use that

[manic rune]

^^

[pure salmon]

sent the message early mb

[pure salmon]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.joker_main and context.scoring_name == "High Card" then
        return {
            mult = card.ability.extra.mult
            dollars = -G.GAME.dollars
        }
    end
end

your calculate function should look something like this

returning mult and dollars like this automatically creates messages for them

[manic rune]

nope

[pure salmon]

what i do

[manic rune]

wouldnt that run everytime you play a hand

since all hands contain high card 🤔

[pure salmon]

ohhhh yeah

mb

[vivid grotto]

op- didn't see that, thx

[manic rune]

context.scoring_name == "High Card" instead, probably

-# is that the right context

[pure salmon]

fixed

[manic rune]

yup

[pure salmon]

sorry for spreading misinfo

[manic rune]

me when i purposely spread misinformation

[pure salmon]

i haven't actually needed to do that myself yet somehow

[runic jay]

Thank you man

[pure salmon]

also bepis now that you've seen the innards of grab bag did i do a good job or not

[manic rune]

looks more organized than yggdrasil thats for sure

[pure salmon]

idk if that's saying much or not

[whole lava]

how can i destroy played card?

[manic rune]

if context.destroy_card and context.cardarea == G.play then
  return{
    remove = true
  }
end

[whole lava]

ok thanks

[pure salmon]

context.destroy_card == [whatever card you want to destroy] if you only want to destroy a specific card

[manic rune]

depends on how highly you think of yggdrasil :3

[pure salmon]

idk i haven't poked around into the codebase yet

[manic rune]

-# please dont

[runic jay]

My entire computer just almost died when I tried to copy the text😭

[pure salmon]

i know my code is way more organised than bunco's but i like that mod a lot

i didn't put MY ENTIRE MOD IN ONE FILE for one

[manic rune]

mfkaa

[pure salmon]

i'm sure pwx is perfectly fine under the hood

after all jen is so proactive in accepting community feedback and making their mod as stable as possible

[manic rune]

so true

[chrome widget]

Morning everyone

[manic rune]

morning winter

[chrome widget]

Bunco's organization makes me cry

[hallow forge]

morning BepisFever

[plush vault]

Morning Winter Bepis Math fever

[manic rune]

morning Hello Discord

morning Fel

[vivid grotto]

hey bepis, i tried changing the context for this enchantment and I am still running into the same problem, this is what I have now after a few bajillion iterations of nothing working:

SMODS.Enhancement{
key = "backstabbed",
loc_txt = {
name = "Backstabbed",
text = {
"{C:chips}-#1#{} chips",
"{C:mult}-#2#{} mult"
}
},
atlas = "centers",
pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
order = 100, -- Higher order means it appears on top
loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card, specific_vars)
if not card or card.fake_card then
return { vars = { "2x Chip Value", "1x Chip Value" } } -- Show multipliers in collection
end
local chip_value = card.base.nominal_chips or 0
return {
vars = {
-2 * chip_value,
-chip_value
}
}
end,
calculate = function(self, card, context)
if context.cardarea == G.play and context.main_scoring then
local chip_value = context.other_card.base.nominal_chips or 0
return {
chips = -2 * chip_value,
mult = -chip_value
}
end
end
}

[manic rune]

use card instead of context.other_card

[empty coral]

71x95y
?

[manic rune]

and also, you might want to check if base.nominal_chips actually exists 🤔

[wintry solar]

That should exist for every playing card

[manic rune]

yeah cool, just wanted to be sure
-# hi eremel

[wintry solar]

Hi bepis

[runic jay]

I just noticed loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card) and return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }. Do I have to do something with that too or not?

[whole lava]

how i can make card give more chip and mult?

[manic rune]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Perma-bonuses this?

[whole lava]

thanks for that

[pure salmon]

if you have a localisation file or a loc_txt variable, you can put #1# in your joker description and it will display the value defined in card.ability.extra.mult when hovered over, even if it changes

[runic jay]

`SMODS.Joker {
key = 'beggar',
loc_txt = {
name = 'Beggar',
text = {
"Sets money to $#0#",
"if played hand",
"is a {C:attention}High Card{}"
}
},

config = { extra = {} },
loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
end,
rarity = 1,
atlas = 'TRBMod',
pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
cost = 1,
calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.joker_main and context.scoring_name == "High Card" then
        return {
            mult = card.ability.extra.mult
            dollars = -G.GAME.dollars`

This is all I have with the card, so point out what needs to be done if anything

[pure salmon]

you never define card.ability.extra.mult

config = { extra = {mult = [some value]} }

[vivid grotto]

I believe he can remove that correct? as its not being used by the joker

[pure salmon]

oh, if you don't want your joker to give mult then yeah

also the first line of your description should say "Sets money to {C:money}$0{}",. you don't need the hashtags unless you're calling a value from loc_vars

[vivid grotto]

Hey Bepis, I tried what you recommended and its still giving -0 mult and -0 chips to the card
SMODS.Enhancement{
key = "backstabbed",
loc_txt = {
name = "Backstabbed",
text = {
"{C:chips}-#1#{} chips",
"{C:mult}-#2#{} mult"
}
},
atlas = "centers",
pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
order = 100, -- Higher order means it appears on top
loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card, specific_vars)
if not card or card.fake_card then
return { vars = { "2x Chip Value", "1x Chip Value" } } -- Show multipliers in collection
end
if card then
local chip_value = card.base.nominal_chips or 0
return {
vars = {
-2 * chip_value,
-chip_value
}
}
end
end,
calculate = function(self, card, context)
if context.cardarea == G.play and context.main_scoring then
local chip_value = card.base.nominal_chips or 0
return {
chips = -2 * chip_value,
mult = -chip_value
}
end
end
}

[runic jay]

alright, thanks

[manic rune]

odd

[pure salmon]

card.base.nominal_chips does not exist, so chip_value defaults to 0. i think you're looking for card.base.nominal

[manic rune]

😭 i was gaslit thinking it existed

[pure salmon]

i use .nominal like all the time lol

[manic rune]

i use :get_chips_bonus()

[pure salmon]

oh

is that better?

[manic rune]

if you want it to account chips bonus too, then yeah

[pure salmon]

oh i don't

if you want bonus chips to also count do that

[vivid grotto]

OK, i changed it to card.base.nominal, it is properly being added to the card, but it isn't being used in scoring

wait wait wait, let me check something

yeah no its still not being used in scoring. Could it be the same reason the card has the original + chips and then below that it has the - chips and the - mult?

[vivid grotto]

should it be just get_chips_bonus or the adding base.nominal and get_chips_bonus

[manic rune]

card:get_chips_bonus()

waitno

card:get_chip_bonus()*

[vivid grotto]

this just in, this is not proper synatx:

            chips += -2 * chip_value,
            mult += -chip_value

[whole lava]

how can i use that?

[proud ridge]

one thing i realized about coding my mod in vscode is that if i have the actual balatro source code open in a different tab, it will allow me to see and autofill different variable and function names

which is turning out to be very helpful

what is the "effect" variable that is in the source code of the game for when the jokers are declared? what does it do?

[manic rune]

yes its not

its just chips = ...

[manic rune]

idk what that is but you probably shouldnt mind it

[proud ridge]

        j_jolly=            {order = 6,  unlocked = true,   discovered = false, blueprint_compat = true, perishable_compat = true, eternal_compat = true, rarity = 1, cost = 3, name = "Jolly Joker", pos = {x=2,y=0}, set = "Joker", effect = "Type Mult", cost_mult = 1.0, config = {t_mult = 8, type = 'Pair'}},

[manic rune]

yeah no please dont reference that for your jokers

use Vanilla Remade instead

[bold sleet]

8 out of 11 times SMODS will have you covered.

[proud ridge]

Ooohhhhh ok ok

i think i have that git repo opened? lemme go look

[thorn basin]

what is the name of the sound that plays whenever a joker has been upgraded?

[proud ridge]

where does vanilla remade have all of like the display text for the jokers? cuz i dont see it with the actual joker code

[manic rune]

description?

thats handled in the localization file

[manic rune]

try searching in lovely dump until you find it idk

[proud ridge]

oohhhh ok

[tough temple]

hello

[manic rune]

hi magic

[tough temple]

how would i make a joker spawn in shops naturally?

i set the rarity and i refreshed the store like hundreds of times i got every joker but mine

either it aint working or my luck is saddening

[manic rune]

it should spawn naturally if you the rarity is set up right, and you didnt mess with in_pool

[tough temple]

this is what ig ot

it looks good in the collection

ill set rarity to 1 and look for it again

[manic rune]

mm

yeah, it should spawn

probably your luck lol :p

[tough temple]

dang lol

my child

hes in the store

[plush vault]

I require debug wizards :'3

calculate = function(self, card, context)
        
        -- We want to re-calculate this pretty often (?) to to avoid moving the joker shenanigans I suppose

        card.ability.extra.value_left=0,
        card.ability.extra.value_right=0, --This is line 398 from the Error
        
        -- Using ceremonial dagger as the logic here, we start by declaring a pos variable

        local my_pos = nil

        -- Now we iterate through the jokers from the very first, if we catch that its ourselves stop.
        -- Otherwise, add it to the value on the left

        for i = 0, #G.jokers.cards do
            if G.jokers.cards[i] == self then 
                my_pos = i; break end   --This also stores our position
            else
                card.ability.extra.value_left = card.ability.extra.value_left + (G.jokers.cards.sell_cost or 0) --Adding value to the left count
            end
        for i = my_pos+1, #G.jokers.cards do --Now we check the jokers  on the right with my_pos+1
                card.ability.extra.value_right = card.ability.extra.value_right + (G.jokers.cards.sell_cost or 0) --Adding value to the right count
            end
        
        -- Calculate the difference 
        if (card.ability.extra.value_left > card.ability.extra.value_right) then
            card.ability.extra.difference = card.ability.extra.value_left - card.ability.extra.value_right
        else
            card.ability.extra.difference = card.ability.extra.value_right - card.ability.extra.value_left
        end

    if context.joker_main then
        return {
                        if(card.ability.extra.difference < 5) then
                            xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult - card.ability.extra.difference
                        else
                            extra = { message = ('Unbalanced'), colour = G.C.GOLD }
                        end
                            
        }
    end

    end

[manic rune]

this is where lua extension comes into play

please download it :3

[plush vault]

Joker functionality TLDR;
Checks value on the left and right of the joker, if the values are balanced, x5 mult, -1 for each difference

[normal crest]

please download it

[plush vault]

Wich one 🥲

[manic rune]

the one made by sumneko

[plush vault]

Does that exist in Netbeans?

[manic rune]

netbeans?

[manic rune]

i

[normal crest]

No idea

[manic rune]

never used that before

:3

most people here use visual studio code

[plush vault]

I guess this is my call to change to a different IDE

[normal crest]

sumneko

some cat

[plush vault]

Time to install it

[manic rune]

i can entrust everything to people with "neko" in their name

[normal crest]

bepisneko

[modern kindle]

they call em dilneko

[manic rune]

😭

[plush vault]

This is what the code looks to me btw

I don't even have highlights on the variables

💀

[manic rune]

thats crazy

oh also

index in lua starts at 1

[plush vault]

Oh

[manic rune]

and this should be card, not self

[pulsar furnace]

swap doesn't work, like it swaps but when doing something else it reverts

[manic rune]

this probably doesnt exist too

[manic rune]

yeah it doesnt work in context.before afaik

[plush vault]

I yanked that from Swashbucler/Dagger

[pulsar furnace]

Is there a way I can use something alternative to swap?

[plush vault]

You can archieve your dreams with enough elseif statements 🪄 ✨ (please dont)

[manic rune]

:3 idk

[proud ridge]

ok so i have an idea for a joker called mini fridge, where it gains 1 Xmult for each food joker purchased (resets if a food joker naturally perishes), i am also tempted to make it give 0.5X mult per perishable joker purchased, should i just stick with the first bit?

[manic rune]

thats because they are iterating through the G.jokers.cards table, which will return individual jokers

you can check sell_cost from them

and also

please reference from vanilla remade instead :3

[plush vault]

You are asking a lot for someone that didn't have VSC and was coding with rocks and sticks untill things worked

[manic rune]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade

[plush vault]

(I will look into it, thank you 💛 )

[manic rune]

fair, fair

[manic rune]

the second half effect doesnt really make sense, i think just the first half is good

[proud ridge]

just the first half? okie!!

[plush vault]

You could make the second half into a second joker even

"Binge eater" gains mult for each perished food joker

Encourages rerolling for things like popcorn to keep stacking it

[thorn basin]

How does the "replace" option actually work?
I'm trying to replace the sound the joker makes whenever he does the mult sound but it keeps doing the default one.

[proud ridge]

what is the best word to describe food jokers naturally dying? eaten? expire?

[empty coral]

consumed perhaps? idk they all have like different texts

[last field]

could anyone tell me if its possible to make a blind that translates the game to a language (im making a french blind)

[proud ridge]

is there a way to spawn in jokers/vouchers/tarohs/etc for testing?

[manic rune]

change G.SETTINGS.language directly

[manic rune]

download DebugPlus

[proud ridge]

i have debug plus but i only see functions that give extra hands/discards/chips/mult/rounds/money/etc

unless there are keybinds im unaware of

[manic rune]

open up the collection menu while in run

hover on a joker, voucher, tarot etc

press 3

[proud ridge]

ooohhhhh

ok!! thanks :D

[obtuse silo]

you can also press Z and 1, 2 and 3 to create save states that persist between game shutdowns

[thorn basin]

Does someone know how to make this work?

[pulsar furnace]

how do i swap in context.before?

[runic jay]

So... what went wrong?

[plush vault]

Check line 41, says there may be a } missing

[manic rune]

LUA EXTENSIONNNNNNNNNNNNNN 🗣️

[runic jay]

`SMODS.Joker {
key = 'beggar',
loc_txt = {
name = 'Beggar',
text = {
"Sets money to {C:money}$0{}",
"if played hand",
"is a {C:attention}High Card{}"
}
},

config = { extra = {} },
loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)

end,
rarity = 1,
atlas = 'TRBMod',
pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
cost = 1,
calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.joker_main and context.scoring_name == "High Card" then *
        return {
            mult = card.ability.extra.mult
            dollars = -G.GAME.dollars
    }
end

end
}`
Here's the entire thing with a star at line 41

Well it excludes the atlas and mod info

so not really everything

[manic rune]

wtf is that * doing there

😭

[plush vault]

Add a comma on the return after card.ability.extra.mult

[runic jay]

Still don't work

[plush vault]

New error or same?

[manic rune]

sob

[plush vault]

Its haunted

[manic rune]

show the code again

[plush vault]

Use the Lua extension to unhaunt it

[manic rune]

but also, PLEASE download lua extension

i beg 🧎‍♂️

[runic jay]

How would one do that?

[runic jay]

I mean I have lua installed, but I couldn't get it to work properly

[manic rune]

did you download the right extension

the one made by sumneko

[last field]

how can i make this work?

[runic jay]

I just have lua, like I think the normal basic lua

[manic rune]

you are literally putting SMODS.Atlas inside SMODS.Blind there

[proud ridge]

ok so in my actual joker context function, how do i detect when a joker is purchased?

[manic rune]

also

it should be a string, not just USA

and its "en-us"

[lavish lake]

bro thinks he coding in python

[plush vault]

NO BULLY, it was the star to show us line 41

:((

[runic jay]

Plus: what's that program in the picture? I feel like I've seen the icon before

[manic rune]

france is "fr" btw

[last field]

ah

thanks

[plush vault]

If Bepis had one mult for every person who didnt know Visual studio code existed today that chatted in modding-dev, they would have 2 mult

[manic rune]

visual studio code

[manic rune]

+2

[manic rune]

ooooh yeah

on top of changing G.SETTINGS.language, run init_localization() too, i think

[runic jay]

I'm an idiot, line 41 was the one below the line I put the star at 💀

[manic rune]

😭

im gonna cry

[runic jay]

Line 41 is return, {

Not if context.joker_main and context.scoring_name == "High Card" then

[manic rune]

its return {, not return, {

[runic jay]

oh

makes sense

GOD DAMN IT

STILL LINE 41

I HATE THIS SO MUCH

I EVEN PUT THE COMMA THE CORRECT PLACE THIS TIME

[manic rune]

.

no.

[runic jay]

omg...

I hate this so much...

[last field]

guh

it doesnt work for some reason damn

[runic jay]

It works now...🥲

[proud ridge]

ok so in the steamodded documentation on github, the example G.joker gets used a lot when explaining returns and context n stuff, what exactly is that being used in place of? /gen

this is an example

[hollow mango]

what do you mean in place of

[crisp coral]

G.jokers refers to the jokers tray

[last field]

it works but I have to restart the game for It to work

[proud ridge]

ok, cuz i am trying to figure out how to detect when you buy or acquire specific jokers

and i am not entirely sure how to go about it

[crisp coral]

if context.buying_card and context.card.config.center.key == "card_key" then

[vivid grotto]

I have an enchantment being applied by a joker that adds negative mult and chips. it is being applied before scoring, but the image doesn't show up until after its put back in the deck and it doesn't use the scoring added to the card. If I play the card that has the enchantment in a different round, it works.

Can someone help me figure out why it isn't scoring and the visual isn't being applied

[umbral zodiac]

will it work if i try and initialize a joker mid run

[plush vault]

Bepis good news I have VSC now, but I have no idea why it yellow : ^)

[stiff quiver]

Im getting this crash with this code, whats wrong with it? lua if context.setting_blind and pseudorandom("seed") <= (G.GAME.probabilities.normal * card.ability.extra.base)/card.ability.extra.odds then SMODS.create_card({set = "Joker", key = "dog"}) return {message = "woof"} end

[sleek cliff]

beep

[manic rune]

remove these

[manic rune]

key = "j_(modprefix)_dog"

[stiff quiver]

thanks!

[plush vault]

**oh, thank you 😭

[hollow mango]

I'm trying to display some simpleish custom graphics on the screen (current attempt is via :draw_shader, and while it's not crashing, and I'm certain the shader fires, it's not showing up). I'm currently just trying to get a white line to go across the screen. Does anyone have any resources to help with this? Or just any examples they know of I could try to learn off of?

[manic rune]

did it work

[sleek cliff]

ill test it

[manic rune]

try putting this outside the event

[last field]

how would I make this just change the language immediately instead of me having to restart in order for the game to change languages?

[manic rune]

G.SETTINGS.language = "en_us"

you want it to be a string

[wintry solar]

I think I’ve figured out how I want the contexts to be set out in the docs

[manic rune]

:3 can i see

[wintry solar]

Are you capable of seeing into my brain

[manic rune]

maybe

turn on bluetooth eremel

[brittle tide]

making a Joker that has a 1/5 chance of destroying cards and adding a 10th of their value to its Xmult and I was wondering if theres a way to get the id of card in a way that works for this. I know that the "context.destroy_card" for the for loop is incorrect but I was just throwing stuff against the wall

[last field]

That's what I did but it doesn't change the game's language and just has me closing the game and reopening it for it to actually change

[wintry solar]

I will type one up later and show you

[last field]

( i fixed the en_us thing)

[sleek cliff]

I can't even use it

[manic rune]

OH WAIT

change G.SETTINGS.real_language too, my bad 😭

i just saw it existing in the game's code

[sleek cliff]

I'm trying to have it select a ramdom yet specific set of jokers to replace with it with another random but specific set of jokers

[last field]

Ohhh

so like this?

[manic rune]

maybe change both real_language and language

im checking the game's code rn to see if theres any more stuff you need to change

[snow vale]

hey bepis

can i use some of your bar thing from your mod code?

not everything

also ill add credit

[plush vault]

What context should I use to calculate how much the jokers on the left/right cost, considering, it should be recalculated every time the jokers are moved

[manic rune]

oh, this is more complicated than i thought it would be

it wouldnt translate stuff thats already in English to French

you want to use G:set_language()

[manic rune]

put it in calculate without any context

[manic rune]

mhm, sure

[snow vale]

tyy

[plush vault]

Thats where it is :'>

[manic rune]

🤔

can you show me the full code of the joker

[manic rune]

mm

this is still wrong

it should be G.jokers.cards[i].sell_cost

[plush vault]

OH

Thank you

[manic rune]

oh wait

damn your indentation is fked up

[last field]

For both or just for French?

[manic rune]

😭

[manic rune]

G.SETTINGS.language = "fr"
G.SETTINGS.real_language = "fr"
G:set_language()

[last field]

alright

[stiff quiver]

i made this for a joker that gives more mult depending on how many "joker" you have but its not working, whats wrong? lua for i=1 , #G.jokers.cards do if G.jokers.cards[i].key == "j_joker" then result = result + card.ability.extra.upg end end

[manic rune]

yeah the for loops are set up wrong here, one sec

[plush vault]

My apolocheese 🧀 I blame it on the Fel of the past

oh I see

[manic rune]

here

[plush vault]

Thankies 💛 ;V;

[manic rune]

for _,v in ipairs(G.jokers.cards) do
   if v.config.center.key == "j_joker" then
      result = result + card.ability.extra.upg
   end
end

[stiff quiver]

Thanks!

[manic rune]

actually you only needed to fix G.jokers.cards[i].key to G.jokers.cards[i].config.center.key but i like using ipairs :3

[spice wadi]

needs another quote after j_joker im assuming

[manic rune]

yeah i just saw that

i was wondering why tf half of the code was green

😭

[spice wadi]

are you being shrekphobic rn

[manic rune]

hey

i love shrek

dont say that please

[spice wadi]

I'll say it again if I have to

[sonic cedar]

(hi bepis)
i have returned from my slumber to bring my issue!

this works, the card does in fact do a transformation, but it seems like it does the transformation twice
as in
it'll start the animation, then get overwritten by restarting and finishing the animation the second time around

how do i fix?

where is the image

is that just me

[manic rune]

hi

[manic rune]

whats the image, i just came back from the bathroom 😭

[sonic cedar]

ok there it is

[sonic cedar]

welcome back

[manic rune]

can you put a print in there to see if it runs twice

[sonic cedar]

oh duh

[manic rune]

also

you might want to wrap to_big around context.card.cost too 🤔

idk

just to be sure

[sleek cliff]

I can't even tell if I need the psudorandom element because theres no random chance, just random selection

[manic rune]

if its like "picking a random (x) from (y)" then you need it

[serene granite]

is it possible to make a joker that is stronger or like scales if its adjacent to a copy of itself?

[manic rune]

yes

check card.config.center.key

[sleek cliff]

yeah

[sonic cedar]

for the love of god

[serene granite]

this checks what cards are next to it?

[sonic cedar]

(it does)

[sleek cliff]

I just had that problem too sending my current code

i think Discord is dying

[sonic cedar]

is discord dying

[manic rune]

its a poop

im sorry

[sonic cedar]

click it

[manic rune]

sob

yeah uh

[manic rune]

try adding a context.main_eval to see if it works?

[manic rune]

no

[sonic cedar]

got it

[manic rune]

you want to check the adjacent jokers' key

[manic rune]

did it crash or smt

[sleek cliff]

No, the use button is just grey

[manic rune]

oh

did you add can_use?

[sleek cliff]

not yet

[manic rune]

you need it 😭

[hybrid shadow]

ok i cant send my image discord might be dead

[manic rune]

you need to return true in there for the consumable to actually be usable afaik

[hybrid shadow]

the image was unrelated to my current issue but yeah discord is dying i think

[copper thorn]

gang sorry to barge in, im trying to make my first joker, and this popped up, what can i do ?

parj_Smiley is i suppose my joker

Oops! The game crashed:
[SMODS _ "src/game_object.lua"]:410: Failed to collect file data for Atlas parj_Smiley

i have my assets, my main.lua with no visible errors and my icon.png

(my images can't send if i could i would send screens)

[sleek cliff]

still grey, even when using Wheel of Fortune's

[sonic cedar]

ermmmmm awkward

[manic rune]

weird

[sleek cliff]

I think its cause I don't have the localize of WoF

[sonic cedar]

it did not
also i found out it triggers when i hit 0 dollars?? instead of that being the minimum???

[hybrid shadow]

whats even going on with discord rn

[hallow slate]

If I wanted to check Cryptid's configs from my own mod, how would I do it?

Trying to make sure I dont break anything with cross modding

[manic rune]

uhhh hm, why does it even run twice

p sure it shouldnt do that

[sonic cedar]

also can you even do this to contexts
ill try it now

no crash or anything it jut

didnt work

[sonic cedar]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.buying_card and not context.blueprint
    and to_big(G.GAME.dollars) - to_big(context.card.cost) <=
    to_big(card.ability.extra.dollars) and context.main_eval
    then
        print("guh")
        hpfx_Transform(card, context)
    end
end

function hpfx_Transform(card, context)
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = "after",
        delay = 0.15,
        func = function()
            card:flip()
            return true
        end,
    }))
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = "after",
        delay = 0.15,
        func = function()
            card:set_ability(G.P_CENTERS["j_hpfx_ijiraq"])
            play_sound("card1")
            card:juice_up(0.3, 0.3)
            return true
        end,
    }))
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
    trigger = "after",
    delay = 0.15,
    func = function()
        card:flip()
        return true
    end,
    }))
    return true
end

current code

[hybrid shadow]

bumpity bump

[sonic cedar]

what am i looking at

[hybrid shadow]

temperance (vremade code)

it works fine in the main menu, but when i open the collection page mid run it crashes because of bad argument

[proud ridge]

how do i format text like this? /gen

[sonic cedar]

```lua

[pulsar furnace]

is there an easy way to cancel the consumables from disolving? like for letting use it again

[proud ridge]

oop

[sonic cedar]

at the top

[proud ridge]

ooohhhh

 if context.buying_card and not context.blueprint then
            
            if context.card.config.center.key == "gros_michel" or context.card.config.center.key == "cavendish" or context.card.config.center.key == "popcorn" or context.card.config.center.key == "ice_cream" or context.card.config.center.key == "ramen" or context.card.config.center.key == "egg" or context.card.config.center.key == "turtle_bean" or context.card.config.center.key == "seltzer" or context.card.config.center.key == "diet_cola" then
                card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain
                return{
                    message = 'Stocked!',
                }
            --end
        end

[sonic cedar]

```lua
code
```

[proud ridge]

ok so uhm, this code is supposed to detect when i purchase a food joker

then scale my joker

but it doesn't properly detect the jokers

im not sure why it isn't

[sonic cedar]

try taking context off of the center key

[copper thorn]

sorry to repost it so soon, but i'm really struggling

parjSmiley is i suppose my joker

Oops! The game crashed:
[SMODS "src/game_object.lua"]:410: Failed to collect file data for Atlas parj_Smiley

i have my assets, my main.lua with no visible errors and my icon.png

(my images can't send if i could i would send screens)

[hybrid shadow]

do you have 2x and 1x images in your assets in subfolders

[sonic cedar]

file structure issue

[copper thorn]

yeah

[sonic cedar]

is your atlas too big maybe

[hybrid shadow]

does your atlas path have the same name as the actual images (and are the images the same name)

[copper thorn]

maybe that's it,

ima test it

[hybrid shadow]

your 2x images and 1x images need to have the same name for SMODS.Atlas to be able to read it properly

[copper thorn]

it was ineed this thing on a missclicked letter

[hybrid shadow]

crazy

[proud ridge]

that resulted in an error

[proud ridge]

this suggestion

[hybrid shadow]

why did you comment out one of the ends

[proud ridge]

it is commented out because i was testing soemthing and forgot to uncomment it out before sending it here

[hybrid shadow]

still doesnt work if the end is in

[sonic cedar]

change it to _ then? like context.card.config.center_key

[proud ridge]

oohhhh

that didnt seem to work either

[sonic cedar]

maybe you do have to change out context.card. for c. then

[sonic cedar]

what version are you on

[hybrid shadow]

smods?

[proud ridge]

it says that c is a nil value

[sonic cedar]

yeah

[hybrid shadow]

530b

[sonic cedar]

oh right did you set c equal to context.card (as a local)

[proud ridge]

no i did not, i will try that

[sonic cedar]

530b has the deckview bug

[proud ridge]

how would i go about doing that? /gen

[hybrid shadow]

what deckview bug

[sonic cedar]

game no like when you view deck
maybe applies to collection

[sonic cedar]

local c = context.card

[hybrid shadow]

do i need to wait for next smods release then

[sonic cedar]

if you're modding just use the commit

[tepid crow]

if there's a crash in the collection it's more likely to be your custom joker

deck view and collection are quite separate structures anyway

[proud ridge]

yeah no that didnt work either

[hybrid shadow]

except its for temperance

[hybrid shadow]

how

[sonic cedar]

was gonna send an image with obnoxiously large red circle

code button on the repo

[tepid crow]

🤨

wtf why can't I upload

[maiden phoenix]

discord moment

[sonic cedar]

https://i.imgflip.com/6mbey9.jpg?a486043

[plush vault]

Oh i tought it was only me, I have been trying to upload a video for 20 mins 💀

[hybrid shadow]

use your words

[sonic cedar]

servers are dying

[zealous glen]

🔴

Ah that doesn’t make it big

[tepid crow]

https://imgur.com/a/q8zUUFJ this temperance on 530b?

@hybrid shadow

[hybrid shadow]

i took ownership and replaced the code with vanillaremade code

[tepid crow]

so it is your code

[hybrid shadow]

and it still works on main menu just not in game

[hybrid shadow]

you said it was a joker. i corrected you

[sonic cedar]

[tepid crow]

the whole convo around it implied it was an issue with smods lol

[hybrid shadow]

scroll up harder lmao

[plush vault]

Im having some issues with the display of the price on left/right sides, what I noticed was that blueprint does the check inside loc_vars, would that work here?, or do I need to move the math to somewhere else? x-x

Update: I fixed it by doing as blueprint, moving all the logic that calculates the display numbers into loc_vars

[sonic cedar]

what set is your joker in

i mean consumable

[hybrid shadow]

wdym what set
temperance is tarot

[sonic cedar]

in your code

[lusty pasture]

Game crashed after clearing the blind

[sonic cedar]

whyd you take it to moddingdev then 🥀

[hybrid shadow]

wdym

[lusty pasture]

Am i supposed to take it to modding chat?

[sonic cedar]

sdm crash

[sonic cedar]

unless you were modding and this happened yeah
cause this looks like a crash with a diff mod

[hybrid shadow]

what does this mean

[sonic cedar]

you took ownership of a tarot yes

[tepid crow]

I believe you need to fallback to self instead of card in some cases, like the collection? I'd like to see the error first though

[hybrid shadow]

yes

[sonic cedar]

if we could have images this would be 1 billion times easier

[hybrid shadow]

i did not change the set

[sonic cedar]

ok carry on then
it's probably lars' thing since balalala uses self

[north lodge]

When exactly is a UI element method func called? The wiki says when it is being drawn, but is it called every frame then?

[wintry solar]

@manic rune
how does this look?

[sonic cedar]

[hybrid shadow]

give me a sec because when the code here #💻・modding-dev message says bad argument to min its apparently because its giving a table and not a number

[sonic cedar]

it's... it's so peak

[tepid crow]

Do you have Talisman installed by any chance?

[hybrid shadow]

its in a folder elsewhere (not in my balatro mods folder)

[tepid crow]

Weird. In that case I'd still like to see the error haha

[hybrid shadow]

lemme get back to you on that after my sisters done dragging me to the store to get groceries

[daring fern]

‎

[spice wadi]

ik i wasnt asked but since its here, i love this

[wintry solar]

I think it's more helpful than the current version, right?

is there anything you think it could have extra?

[spice wadi]

i think that approach is much better than the current one

[sonic cedar]

putting one joker's "why is the function triggering twice" on the back burner to ask another's
"why isnt this triggering at all actually"

[spice wadi]

only other thing i could think of is a section summarising some of the different variables (like context.scoring_hand for example) and maybe a summary table of all the contexts and their uses

[sonic cedar]

all of the contexts for real this time

[spice wadi]

you dont return anything

[sonic cedar]

it's always the simplest answer huh

[wintry solar]

thats already here lol

[spice wadi]

then as far as im concerned this is gonna be a good guide 🔥

i do think a summary table would be good depending on how long the page ends up being

also im not sure if SMODS.calculate_effect was ever covered properly? if not then thatd be very helpful

[proud ridge]

ok now my joker is scaling when i purchase a food joker, but the game crashes when reloading, saying its attempting to index the value "card"

        local c = context.card.config.center_key
        if context.buying_card and not context.blueprint then            
            if c == "j_gros_michel" or c == "j_cavendish" or c == "j_popcorn" or c == "j_ice_cream" or c == "j_ramen" or c == "j_egg" or c == "j_turtle_bean" or c == "j_seltzer" or c == "j_diet_cola" then
                card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + card.ability.extra.Xmult_gain
                return{
                    message = 'Stocked!',
                }
            end
        end

specifically happening on that first line

[daring fern]

context.card doesn't always exist.

[spice wadi]

im guessing the solution is to move the first line to be inside the if statement?

[proud ridge]

so do i need an if statement to check to see if it exists first?

[wintry solar]

yeah all the util stuff is already done, I'm just rewriting the context documentation now

what do you mean by a summary table though?

[spice wadi]

maybe literally just a table of the different contexts names and the descriptions for them

so its easier to see which context you might need to use

[sonic cedar]

that'd be sick actually

[turbid maple]

can I modify the effect of another joker through post_trigger? does changing context.other_ret work?

would try it myself but not home yet just brainstorming some ideas and trying to figure out how annoying this kind of thing would be to implement

[spice wadi]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[turbid maple]

have you tried reading the smods wiki

[spice wadi]

wdym by modifying the effect?

[wintry solar]

that would be enormous

[turbid maple]

change the joker's return table

[wintry solar]

and just replicating information

[spice wadi]

i mean i wouldnt put the description verbatim

more

a very summarised version more to highlight its use case