💻・modding-dev

[faint yacht]

Wheremst then?

[red flower]

#💻・modding-dev message

you should search for the error text, it gets saved like immediately after that

[worthy stirrup]

this should remove the Enhancement, right?

card:set_ability()

[red flower]

G.load_preplay?

[daring fern]

No, it would be card:set_ability("c_base")

[hybrid shadow]

does the label in dictionary count as both the name used by the consumable page and the label used by cards in that type?

[red flower]

no idea :3

[worthy stirrup]

ah, okay

[hybrid shadow]

i just cant see the name for the consumabletype defined anywhere in the localization file

[wild escarp]

Anyone know the default weight of all the rarities?

[hybrid shadow]

0.7 for common, 0.25 for uncommon, 0.05 for rare

[wild escarp]

ok, thanks!

[red flower]

this?

[viral ember]

How trans people saved my mod 🙏

[hybrid shadow]

yeah

[red flower]

how did they save your mod, it's in french now

[hybrid shadow]

is the k the name version

[viral ember]

it wasn't working before for some reason

[faint yacht]

...patching the custom area in was simpler instead.

[viral ember]

it still isn't entirely working but whatever

[vague crest]

what would the process be to block something vanilla from appearing in the shop?

specifically like, for example all planet cards

i also have an idea for making only jokers appear in the shop but i assume excluding everything BUT something would be a lot harder

[fierce frost]

you could probably look at the code for the jokerless challenge, but beyond that, idk

[vague crest]

ohhh i didnt think about challenges

[north lodge]

@vague crest look into how it chooses what cards are made. There are values for each type of card, ie G.GAME.joker_rate and G.GAME.tarot_rate. That's probably the easiest way.

[vague crest]

oh wow thats proabbly exactly what im looking for

[fading hemlock]

I'm trying to make a joker that debuffs some cards, but it isn't working:

SMODS.Joker {
    key = "cardless_joker",
    name = "jon_Cardless_Joker",
    atlas = 'jon_jokers',
    pos = {
        x = 3,
        y = 0,
    },
    rarity = 2,
    cost = 5,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = false,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    blueprint_compat = false,
    config = {
        extra = {
            mult = 5,
            odds = 2,
        },
    },
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Cardless Joker",
        text = {
            "{C:green}#1# in #2#{} chance to",
            "debuff each played card.",
            "Earn {C:mult}+#3#{} mult per trigger",
            "of a debuffed card."
        }
    },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {
            vars = {(G.GAME.probabilities.normal or 1), card.ability.extra.odds, card.ability.extra.mult}
        }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.before and context.cardarea == G.play then
            for _, other_card in ipairs(G.play.cards) do
                if pseudorandom('cardless_joker') < G.GAME.probabilities.normal / card.ability.extra.odds then
                    other_card:set_debuff(true)
                end
            end
        end
    end,
}
function jon_handle_debuffed_card()
    for _, joker in ipairs(find_joker('jon_Cardless_Joker')) do
        card_eval_status_text(joker, 'jokers', nil, nil, nil, {
            mult_mod = joker.ability.extra.mult,
            message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { joker.ability.extra.mult } }
        })
    end
end

[daring fern]

Try SMODS.debuff_card(card, true, "source")

[fading hemlock]

alr

[fading hemlock]

it didn't work

[sonic cedar]

how would i ask "if a card in your joker area has this key, but is NOT this card"

[daring fern]

Remove the card area check.

[mild grove]

I'm trying to make a Joker card spawn a Uncommon Tag when the Boss Blind is defeated, but I keep getting nothing but crashes, Could someone explain what is wrong here?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    -- Trying to code, The Joker to spawn a Uncommon Tag when the Boss Blind is defeated, This will be a crashing nightmare
    
    SMODS.Tag = self.ability.name == G.GAME.blind and G.GAME.blind.boss
    
    self.name == 'Uncommon Tag' then
    
    card = create_card('Joker', _context.area, nil, 0.9, nil, nil, nil, 'uta')
    
    create_shop_card_ui(card, 'Joker', _context.area)
    
    card.states.visible = false,
    
    self:yep '+', G.C.GREEN, 
        
    card:start_materialize
            
    card.ability.couponed = true
            
    card:set_cost()
    
    end



}


----------------------------------------------
------------MOD CODE END----------------------

[daring fern]

local passed = false
for k, v in pairs(SMODS.find_card("j_modprefix_key")) do
    if v ~= card then
        passed = true
    end
end
if passed then
end
```?

[fading hemlock]

that worked, thanks!

[formal parrot]

This is not a joker code bro

[mild grove]

Wdym?

[formal parrot]

Use

SMODS.joker{}

Smods.tag{} is used to make tags

What are you doing !!!!!!!!

[sonic cedar]

thank ye thank ye

[daring fern]

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

[spring lantern]

think i'm using this wrong... the stack trace eventually points to the highlighted line where i call create_playing_card

[daring fern]

Just do SMODS.add_card({set = "Playing Card", enhancement = "m_tabs_chicken"})

[spring lantern]

oh i thought add_card couldn't do playing cards

[daring fern]

It does, it was just recently changed to be able to do that.

[coarse plank]

Anyone know what the issue is here?

[sonic cedar]

so this would make that if i had it destroy cards with that key, it wont destroy itself right?

[broken cliff]

discovered = true,

u forgot a comma there

[sterile minnow]

whats wrong w the rarity thingy?

[daring fern]

You need your mod prefix.

[daring fern]

Yes.

[sterile minnow]

is that the prefix?

like

nvm

I think i get it

[daring fern]

After PREFIX: is the prefix.

[sterile minnow]

yeahh

so would it be

the prefix is GB

then

GB_UL

?

it worked thx!

[sonic cedar]

so would something like

add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
        card:remove_sticker('hpfx_priceless')
        local pass = false
        for k, v in ipairs(SMODS.find_card('j_hpfx_ijiraq')) do
            if v ~= card then
                pass = true
            end
            if pass then
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    func = function ()
                    v:start_dissolve({G.C.RED, nil, 1.6})
                    end
                }))
            end
        end
    end,

work?

[daring fern]

It would probably be better if you removed the pass variable and just put the event in if v ~= card

[sonic cedar]

Thats what I was thinking

The pass just makes it redundant

[mild grove]

So i have the joker setup, but it's the Boss Blind stuff that's giving me trouble.

What i'm trying to do is after the Boss Blind is defeated, I want the Joker to spawn a Uncommon Joker Tag, Basically like
Anaglyph Deck but if it was a joker and spawns Uncommon Joker Tag

[sonic cedar]

….what does a stack overflow error mean in the context of me console commanding add_card…

[faint yacht]

It got stuck in an infinite loop.

[red flower]

is it a card that adds itself

[sonic cedar]

I was trying to spawn the fodder

What’s weird is it worked before? Then I restarted the run and tried again to make sure and

💥

also now the descriptions are acting up again? loving how when it’s this close to being done all the bs wants to poke through the woodwork?

[sonic cedar]

It fixed after I restarted again but if that becomes an issue

stg

[mild grove]

I'm very new when it comes to lua and creating mods

[formal parrot]

There’s a YouTube video

That covers the necessary things

Maybe you should check that

Also , modding isn’t easy and you’re gonna crash a lot and learn so if you don’t have the commitment just quit

[red flower]

it's a syntax error, it means you wrote something wrong. I recommend getting vscode and the Lua extension

also the whole function Tag:apply_to_run bit doesn't make any sense

[formal parrot]

Link them the wiki

[chrome widget]

Yeah it looks like you're mixing up the code for a tag and the code for a joker. Any chance you prompted AI to write this? I could see where a prompt might cross wires given "tag" and "joker" both being in the prompt

[mild grove]

No, i didn't try using ai, I was reading from the wiki

[chrome widget]

Point being, you're intending to make a joker that creates a tag. The code you wrote is more accurately described as code for a Tag to create a joker

Joker code typically uses the calculate(self, card context) function

[daring fern]

‎

[chrome widget]

Tag:add_to_run() as well as Tag:yep() are both functions tags used when they're added to the tag stack and when they're actually activated

So you want to use calculate and the vanilla add_tag function

[mild grove]

ah alright

[sonic cedar]

HELP ME

[daring fern]

You're not returning true in the event.

[sonic cedar]

I know i just wanted to see lmfao

just goofing around a bit

but yeah it works fine thanks 👍

[chrome widget]

me when im in a wind tunnel:

[umbral zodiac]

is there a way to make a card just not spawn naturally

[faint yacht]

return false for in_pool.

[umbral zodiac]

was hoping itd be shorter than that

thanks tho

[maiden phoenix]

Is it possible to test a SMODS.Center object's in_pool function using DebugPlus' eval?

[daring fern]

eval SMODS.Centers["classprefix_modprefix_key"]:in_pool()?

[red flower]

G.P_CENTERS.key:in_pool()?

[maiden phoenix]

What's the keybind to open DebugPlus's console again? 😅

[faint yacht]

/ for me.

[stoic fulcrum]

man it feels good when your jokers just

work first try

won't last long though i bet

[maiden phoenix]

Oh the keybind doesn't work on AZERTY keyboard 😔 ty

[gaunt phoenix]

My idea is to create a random consumable when blind is selected, but that's make me crash... Any ideas why ?

[primal robin]

You're not specify what card type you want to create

[gaunt phoenix]

the set ?

like tarot/planet etc ?

[daring fern]

set = "Consumeables"

[sturdy compass]

[fading hemlock]

How do I add mult outside of the joker calculate function?

[daring fern]

When specifically do you want to add mult?

[fading hemlock]

I'm making a joker to give mult on debuffed cards, so I had to make a lovely patch to the debuff handling code

[maiden phoenix]

Ty btw that did the trick, tho I add to do a bool check, other it just returns functionsx0000 something like that 😅

[daring fern]

Why can't the joker do it?

[maiden phoenix]

Nvm it keeps giving me false wha

[fading hemlock]

balatro doesn't run the calculate function when a card is debuffed

[daring fern]

Was that not what the patch was for?

[fading hemlock]

it runs a separate function

[fading hemlock]

this is the code for the debuff handling:

function jon_handle_debuffed_card()
    for _, joker in ipairs(find_joker('jon_Cardless_Joker')) do
        card_eval_status_text(joker, 'jokers', nil, nil, nil, {
            message = localize { type = 'variable', key = 'a_mult', vars = { joker.ability.extra.mult } }
        })
    end
end

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
dump_lua = true
priority = 0

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = "=[SMODS _ \"src/utils.lua\"]"
pattern = """
if scoring_hand and card.debuff then
    if in_scoring then
"""
position = "after"
payload = '''
jon_handle_debuffed_card()
'''
match_indent = true

[mild grove]

Still trying to figure out how to make a Joker card spawn a uncommon tag when the boss blind is defeated.

The Joker part is finished, but the tag spawning part is giving me issues, Yes I am actively reading from the wiki and looking at the code of balatro

[chrome widget]

LMAO

[daring fern]

SMODS.calculate_effect({mult = number}, card)

[fading hemlock]

does that work with the status text too? (the little +5 mult popup)

[daring fern]

Yes, you would do SMODS.calculate_effect({message = "message"}, card)

[wintry solar]

it'll do the message for you if you just use mult

[fading hemlock]

thanks!

[fading hemlock]

alr

[fading hemlock]

Not sure yet how to spawn any tag, but this is how diet cola works:

add_tag(Tag('tag_double'))
                        play_sound('generic1', 0.9 + math.random()*0.1, 0.8)
                        play_sound('holo1', 1.2 + math.random()*0.1, 0.4)

you can try tag_uncommon

[mild grove]

ty, i forgot diet cola existed

[fading hemlock]

np!

[pallid sleet]

Hai 👋
Lol anyways are there any good beginner videos making mods for balatro? Just to get me started…
Thx! 🙃

[daring fern]

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

[hybrid shadow]

how do i have a consumable increase the chips/mult given by level ups?

[daring fern]

All planets or a specific planet?

[hybrid shadow]

all planets

[daring fern]

for k, v in pairs(G.GAME.hands) do
    v.l_mult = v.l_mult + number
    v.l_chips = v.l_chips + number
end
```?

[hybrid shadow]

ooh that might work

[subtle merlin]

Eh, close enough, game

[hybrid shadow]

how does this work

[mild grove]

well, um I think i'm making progress?

[daring fern]

context.setting_boss_blind_defeated doesn't exist also you're putting calculate in nothing also you're missing an end

[subtle merlin]

the joker i have makes random cards, but for some reason the card's looks doesn't match it's actual value, see the image below

[hybrid shadow]

weird

[subtle merlin]

yea

[vague crest]

where would i find the art of the actual playing cards? like just the numbered ones for example

[tawny lake]

I tried a bunch of things so far, but am finally letting myself ask for help
I am trying to code a joker that makes a negative clone of itself at the end of every boss blind (it's only functionality)
However it creates infinite copies of itself when the condition is met. Does anyone have a clue as to how to limit each instance of the joker only generate a singular copy of the joker?

calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if not context.individual and not context.repetition and not card.debuff and context.end_of_round and not context.blueprint and G.GAME.blind.boss then
            print("Card Created!")
            local new_card = copy_card(card)
            new_card:set_edition("e_negative", true)
            new_card:add_to_deck()
            G.jokers:emplace(new_card)
            return
        end
    end

[daring fern]

In the source code?

[daring fern]

You need to flag the card.

[vague crest]

i found it actually 🙏 nvm

[tawny lake]

Will look it up, thank you.

[mild grove]

How do i get the code thing where it detects if the boss blind was defeated? I have no clue how to use the calculate function.

also did i put the end in the right place now?

[daring fern]

context.setting_boss_blind_defeated still doesn't exist, also is this in an SMODS.Joker?

[coarse plank]

how do i make a consumable only useable during the blind?

[mild grove]

yeah, it's a joker. The goal was trying to make a joker who spawns an uncommon tag after the boss blind is defeated

[daring fern]

can_use = function(self, card)
    return G.GAME.blind.in_blind
end

[daring fern]

Yes, but is this in a SMODS.Joker?

[hybrid shadow]

follow-up question, how can i have a consumable increase the number of levels planets give? (yes to all planets)

[mild grove]

you mean this?

SMODS.Joker {

    -- How the code refers to the joker.
    
    key = 'uncommon_tag_joker',
    
    -- loc_text is the actual name and description that show in-game for the card.
    
    loc_txt = {
    
    
        name = '{C:green,E:1}Uncommon Tag Joker{}',
        
        text = {
        
        'Create a {C:green, E:1,}Uncommon Tag{} When',
        
        '{C:mult}Boss Blind{} {C:edition,E:1,s:2}is Defeated!{}',
        
        }
    },
        
    config = { extra = { tag = 1 } },
    
    -- Sets rarity. 1 common, 2 uncommon, 3 rare, 4 legendary.
    
    rarity = 2,
    
    -- Which atlas key to pull from.
    
    atlas = 'TagJoker',
    
    -- This card's position on the atlas, starting at {x=0,y=0} for the very top left.
    
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    
    -- Cost of card in shop.
    
    cost = 8,
    
}
    
-- Trying to spawn a Uncommon Joker Tag after Boss Blind is defeated
    
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
    
        if context.setting_blind then
                
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    
                    func = (function()
                        
                        add_tag(Tag('tag_uncommon'))
                        
                        play_sound('generic1', 0.9 + math.random()*0.1, 0.8)
                        
                        play_sound('holo1', 1.2 + math.random()*0.1, 0.4)
                        
                        return true
                    
                    end)
                
        end        }))

    end

----------------------------------------------
------------MOD CODE END----------------------

[mild grove]

@daring fern

[daring fern]

You would probably patch here:

[daring fern]

You're closing the SMODS.Joker before reaching the calculate function.

[mild grove]

so i move the calculate into SMODS.Joker

[stoic fulcrum]

how can i replicate the tilde on a card's name?
i tried using ` but the game seems to ignore that character

[tepid crow]

do you have an example of what you mean?

[stoic fulcrum]

driver's license

[tepid crow]

' should work?

[stoic fulcrum]

that comments out the rest of the name

[mild grove]

alright so it stopped crashing

[tepid crow]

Use " for the string

[stoic fulcrum]

i'll try that

[tepid crow]

or escape the character (I'm assuming that works in Lua)

[mild grove]

quickly tested editions

[hybrid shadow]

how would i go about changing for i = 1, #G.hand.highlighted to affect the whole hand/entire deck?

[daring fern]

for i = 1, #G.hand.cards, for i = 1, #G.playing_cards?

[hybrid shadow]

ill see if that works

[coarse plank]

how do you modify the score requirment for one round? trying to make a consumable that impacts the score requirment

[daring fern]

Modify G.GAME.blind.chips

[sonic cedar]

How can I have a card send a message within the Event Manager?

[daring fern]

SMODS.calculate_effect({message = "message"}, card)

[sonic cedar]

bro 😭

[daring fern]

How would one rotate the display?

[hybrid shadow]

put it in func

[sonic cedar]

it IS in func, but just having message = did nothing

[hybrid shadow]

uh lemme double check smth

[sonic cedar]

thanks

[unborn bay]

use card_eval_status_text with instant = true on the extra table

nvm

[lament agate]

for some reason, using Hanged Man does not scale this

[daring fern]

Code?

[stoic fulcrum]

how do i call for the played hand not scoring?

i tried referencing the psychic but that didn't seem to help

[daring fern]

Hook Blind:debuff_hand?

[lament agate]

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        info_queue[#info_queue + 1] = G.P_CENTERS.c_hanged_man
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.xchips, card.ability.extra.xchips_gain } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.consumeable and context.other_consumeable and context.other_consumeable.config and context.other_consumeable.config.center and context.other_consumeable.config.center.key == "c_hanged_man" then
            card.ability.extra.xchips = card.ability.extra.xchips + card.ability.extra.xchips_gain
            return {
                message = "Severe lapse in my judgement.",
                colour = G.C.TAROT
            }
        end

        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                x_chips = card.ability.extra.xchips
            }
        end
    end
}

[unborn bay]

context.other_consumeable is for scoring

[daring fern]

if context.using_consumeable and context.consumeable.config.center.key == "c_hanged_man"?

[lament agate]

ohhhhhhhh

[lament agate]

thanks

thats why

[formal parrot]

I still find consumables named consumeables in modding funny

[lament agate]

it works now thank you

[lament agate]

thunk

[mild grove]

i love everything about this idea, i hope it gets realized

[formal parrot]

It already did

Lmfao

[formal parrot]

Spritesheet check ?

[unborn bay]

thunk moment

the consumables area is misspelled as consumeables

[unborn bay]

same with canio being misspelled as caino

so if you wonder why referencing canio's key via j_canio doesn't work

that's why

[daring fern]

Where is the code that creates the vouchers and booster packs?

[formal parrot]

Grape juice

[formal parrot]

Lmao ahahahaha

[formal parrot]

    key = "ss",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "place holder",
        text = {
            "This text holds the place",
        }
    },
    config = {},
    rarity = 3,
    cost = 8, 
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.reroll_shop then
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                trigger = 'after',
                delay = 0.1,
                func = function()
                    -- Reroll packs
                    local boosterno = math.max(#G.shop_booster.cards, G.GAME.starting_params.boosters_in_shop + (G.GAME.modifiers.extra_boosters or 0) )
                    for i = #G.shop_booster.cards,1, -1 do
                        local c = G.shop_booster:remove_card(G.shop_booster.cards[i])
                        c:remove()
                        c = nil
                    end
                    for i=1, boosterno do
                        SMODS.add_booster_to_shop()
                    end
                    -- Reroll vouchers
                    local voucherno = math.max(#G.shop_vouchers.cards, G.GAME.starting_params.vouchers_in_shop + (G.GAME.modifiers.extra_vouchers or 0))
                    for i = #G.shop_vouchers.cards,1, -1 do
                        local c = G.shop_vouchers:remove_card(G.shop_vouchers.cards[i])
                        c:remove()
                        c = nil
                    end
                    for i=1, voucherno do
                        SMODS.add_voucher_to_shop()
                    end
                    return true
                end
            }))
            return {
                message = "hold",
                card = card,
                colour = G.C.MONEY
            }
        end
    end
}```

I have this joker that rerolls packs and vouchers

[daring fern]

Why does my quantum enhancements move the card when I try to highlight it?

[gaunt phoenix]

I want to do a joker kinda similar to The Bull, what context should I check to make the Currently +XX Chips update the most frequently possible ?

[daring fern]

You wouldn't use a context, you would do it in loc_vars

[gaunt phoenix]

Maybe my question was misformulated, I'm talking about a context to update it

not really when to "print" it

(Or I misunderstood your answer, also possible lol)

OH I think I understood

will try some things

[worthy stirrup]

Imagine if using a judgement card took some away

[formal parrot]

Judgment?(insert minor prime uppercut)

[hybrid shadow]

do spectral cards have issues with multiple textboxes

[formal parrot]

It should work fine

[hybrid shadow]

i... spelled my key wrong in the consumable code...

that was incredibly stupid of me

[gilded narwhal]

i like this joker a lot

[formal parrot]

This isn’t balanced lmao

[gilded narwhal]

shush

its fine

hes my baby

[formal parrot]

Jerko

Really😭

[subtle merlin]

Winter soldier in every single lobby:

[hybrid shadow]

are spectrals only able to add perma mult and dollars?

[formal parrot]

Wdym perma

[hybrid shadow]

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

[subtle merlin]

They should be able to do anything that other consumables do, at least from what i see

[hybrid shadow]

i have a bunch of custom consumables that add perma bonuses but the spectral, despite having the same code, doesnt add chips, xchips, or xmult

nvm i had it as chips and not bonus
xchips and xmult were fucked but i think i was doing it wrong anyway

[formal parrot]

Can i see the code ?

[hybrid shadow]

lemme do it the other way and see if that fixes the issue first

[subtle merlin]

perma_x_chips, not perma_xchips, btw

[hybrid shadow]

yeah i have it spelled that way

unfortunately the game doesnt like it when you try to multiply perma bonuses

so i have to deal with some... odd scaling, to say the least

i could try an alternate method

[hidden sable]

how do i make it so glass cards are guaranteed to break when played with a joker

[daring fern]

You would patch/take ownership of glass.

[hidden sable]

cant i jsut destroy it if it was scored during the same loop glass would normally break

i think i didnt format my quesiton correctly

i mean

a joker

that makes it guaranteed to break

[daring fern]

Yes.

[hidden sable]

without patching?

id like to avoid patching as much as possible

[formal parrot]

Set game probabilities to 999 when glass card is scored and revert it back

[daring fern]

Yes, take ownership of it.

[hidden sable]

what if i just, destroy it if it gets scored the same time glass cards would normally roll their chances to break

[daring fern]

No, because then other probabilities could occur.

[formal parrot]

I didn’t though of that

[formal parrot]

You can destroy it without breaking it by probability

[hybrid shadow]

if context.destroy_card and context.cardarea == G.play and SMODS.has_enhancement(context.destroy_card, 'm_glass') then
    return { remove = true }
end```

[formal parrot]

You can just destroy if it has glass enhancements

[formal parrot]

🐐

[daring fern]

No, because then it wouldn't count as a glass trigger.

[hybrid shadow]

doesnt glass breaking happen during context.destroy_card anyway

[mild grove]

Still trying to get a uncommon tag to spawn after the boss blind gets defeated

SMODS.Atlas {

    -- Key for code to find it with
    
    key = "TagJoker",
    
    -- The 1x sprite
    
    path = "TagJokers.png",
    
    -- Width of each sprite in 1x size
    
    --px = 35,
    
    px = 71,
    
    -- Height of each sprite in 1x size
    
    --py = 47
    
    py = 95
    
}


SMODS.Joker {

    -- How the code refers to the joker.
    
    key = 'uncommon_tag_joker',
    
    -- loc_text is the actual name and description that show in-game for the card.
    
    loc_txt = {
    
    
        name = '{C:green,E:1}Uncommon Tag Joker{}',
        
        text = {
        
        'Create a {C:green, E:1,}Uncommon Tag{} When',
        
        '{C:mult}Boss Blind{} {C:edition,E:1,s:2}is Defeated!{}',
        
        }
    },
        
    config = { extra = { tag = 1 } },
    
    -- Sets rarity. 1 common, 2 uncommon, 3 rare, 4 legendary.
    
    rarity = 2,
    
    -- Which atlas key to pull from.
    
    atlas = 'TagJoker',
    
    -- This card's position on the atlas, starting at {x=0,y=0} for the very top left.
    
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    
    -- Cost of card in shop.
    
    cost = 8,

    -- Trying to spawn a Uncommon Joker Tag after Boss Blind is defeated
    
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
    
        if context.setting_blind then
                
                G.GAME.blind.boss:add_event(Event({
                    
                    func = (function()
                        
                        add_tag(Tag('tag_uncommon'))
                        
                        play_sound('generic1', 0.9 + math.random()*0.1, 0.8)
                        
                        play_sound('holo1', 1.2 + math.random()*0.1, 0.4)
                        
                        return true
                    
                    end)
                
        end        }))

    end


}

[hybrid shadow]

alr fuck it i cant get this scaling to work

the spectral works now im just trying to work on the scaling

wait

oh my god is the perma bonus for xchips counting 0.5 as as 1.5 in game

[daring fern]

Yes, but it wouldn't count as a glass trigger.

[hybrid shadow]

yup

[hybrid shadow]

THAT'S WHY MULTIPLYING WASNT WORKING OH FFS

[daring fern]

‎

[formal quest]

I'm not new to modding, but I'm getting started modding balatro. I have steammodded up and running already. How do I get started on the skeleton of my mod?

[daring fern]

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

[hidden sable]

what is card currently played in context.indivusal

[daring fern]

context.other_card?

[sterile minnow]

how would I make it be the same colour?

instead of C:attention do I put C:Spades?

[worthy stirrup]

Yea

[hidden sable]

right

[sterile minnow]

ok

[worthy stirrup]

Or Spade, I don’t remember which

[sterile minnow]

bet thx

[red flower]

lowercase

[daring fern]

No, you put C:spades

[hidden sable]

will removing a glass card during destroy_card play the glass breka noise

[sterile minnow]

ok thx yall

[lament agate]

you really cant leave some txt blank huh

[daring fern]

Yes.

[lament agate]

cuz if you do

you got ipairs error

[hidden sable]

ok sweet more stuiff i dont gotta do

[formal parrot]

Please don’t use ai , read the wiki

[hidden sable]

i used ai for like my first 2 jokers then realized how easy it is to just, read the wiki, though the modding wiki does have lots of confusing parts

like in calculate sound is only mentioned as a sidenote on message

[hybrid shadow]

once you start getting better at modding some things become way easier

[hidden sable]

honestly modding balatro is jsut a bunch of if statements

[formal parrot]

I was lazy to read it at first that why i didnt get to modding but then i got motivated after playing entropy

[hidden sable]

though sometimes its better to ask here for 1 detail that one guy will surely know instead of sifting through the wiki for a check you need

[formal parrot]

You have non closed statement

[formal parrot]

Yup

Sometimes you just can’t find whatever the fuck you’re looking for

Lmao

[hidden sable]

also somebody in here is gonna get really mad when they find out i use individual pngs for my jokers

i dont combine them into a sheet

too much effort

only make sheets for jokers that need atlas pos

like soul_pos and changing a jokers pos

[tranquil gull]

how do you do the soul thing with the image floating in front of a card again?

[sturdy compass]

...not really

[hidden sable]

i just said soul_pos

[tranquil gull]

how do you set that up?

[hidden sable]

i know theres a sheeter online but im too lazy, besides it doesnt hurt

[daring fern]

soul_pos is pos but for the floating layer.

[hidden sable]

have an atlas with 2 jokers in it and pos is for the background, soul_pos is for the floaty on top

[tranquil gull]

thanks

[lament agate]

i suppose drawstep is another way to draw image over something?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[lament agate]

or SMODS. hooks is a thing?

[lament agate]

ah okay

[daring fern]

No.

[daring fern]

Specifically cards.

[lament agate]

not possible on jokers?

[daring fern]

Jokers are cards.

[lament agate]

well fuck me

im confused

does Balatro uses F# or GLSL for shaders?

[formal parrot]

F# but its glsl

[lament agate]

pardon?

[formal parrot]

https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/blob/master/Mods/EditionExamples/assets/shaders/ionized.fs

Check this

[hybrid shadow]

whats the variable for most played hand and how can i use it

[formal parrot]

Check that one boss blind

In vanilla remade

[hybrid shadow]

ill check the voucher

[lament agate]

one more question

[formal parrot]

I think i did before and it didn’t help

[formal parrot]

Sure

[lament agate]

if i made a shader, would it instantly shows up in my mod or do i have to do something first

[hybrid shadow]

yeah ill check the boss blind

[formal parrot]

You have to make it an edition

To show in editions

[lament agate]

hows that

actually hold on

[formal parrot]

Smods.edition

[lament agate]

found it

[formal parrot]

Reading the wiki explains the wiki

[hybrid shadow]

G.GAME.current_round.most_played_poker_hand

[lament agate]

i am reading it

[formal parrot]

Thats for the current round

[hybrid shadow]

thats what Ox uses

[formal parrot]

Try it out

[coarse plank]

how would I make a joker that makes all tarot cards negative?

[hybrid shadow]

im wondering how to use it to modify the chips/mult of it

[formal parrot]

Try G.GAME.most_played_poker_hand

[formal parrot]

I think you need to take ownership

Not really sure

[daring fern]

for k, v in pairs(G.consumeables.cards) do
    if v.ability.set == "Tarot" then
        v:set_edition("e_negative")
    end
end
```?

[lament agate]

im gonna do the unspeakable

imma try writing a shader

pray for me

[hybrid shadow]

given what smtcom told me earlier i dont need to, i just need to figure out how to apply what he said to the most played hand

[formal parrot]

🙏

[formal parrot]

Try and figure out lol

[hybrid shadow]

im eating rn, will try in a bit

[coarse plank]

works, however when using emperor only 1 at a time is negative

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[coarse plank]

be able to stack many tarots at one time

this is my little joker

[daring fern]

Then you would probably hook create_card

[coarse plank]

i dont know what a hook is

[daring fern]

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

[coarse plank]

thank you

[hybrid shadow]

[formal parrot]

Can i see current code ?

[formal parrot]

Whats the error ?

The crash

[hybrid shadow]

most_played_hand is nil

[red flower]

you have to get the most played hand manually

[hybrid shadow]

doesnt the ox use a global variable

[red flower]

just for the ante iirc

[chrome widget]

G.GAME.current_round.most_played_poker_hand is used for The Ox. However, mind that Vanilla code only updates it once at the beginning of each Ante

[sonic cedar]

ok so, i currently have a successfully set up table-that-stores-the-key-of-a-joker-before-a-certain-event
is there a way i can use said table to have a joker mimic the effects of the jokers in that table?

[chrome widget]

There is but it's more complicated than you probably assume

[sonic cedar]

me already assuming it's complicated

[hybrid shadow]

is there an easy way to do that without trying to copy and mess with the telescope code

[red flower]

trying to copy and mess with the obelisk code

[chrome widget]

for k, v in pairs(G.GAME.hands) do
    if v.played > _played or (v.played == _played and _order > v.order) then 
        _played = v.played
        _handname = k
    end
end```

I would just steal the thing that most_played_poker_hand does

[loud gorge]

how do u make an atlas?

[hybrid shadow]

so i have that, do i use k in the code to represent the hand?

[chrome widget]

You have three options, basically:

• use the joker to call the other joker's calculate ala Blueprint
• create a hidden proxy card for the joker you want and then return the return values of its calculate from the copy joker's calculate
• transform the copy joker into the new card and have something outside change it back

[chrome widget]

after the loop is done, _handname is the most played hand key and _played is the number of times it's been played

[hybrid shadow]

i think i just need the handname

idk lemme test

[stoic fulcrum]

is there a way to make it so a specific joker doesn't show up on the shop or is summoned by judgement? (besides making it legendary)

(if so, how)

[chrome widget]

Giving the joker definition an in_pool() function

[sonic cedar]

SMODS.Atlas{
  key = --'atlas-key',
  path = --'filename-of-your-atlas',
  px = --width of each sprite (typically 71),
  py = --height of each sprite (typically 95)
}

[chrome widget]

Whatever boolean in_pool() returns will determine if it can be spawned in whatever given scenario

[daring fern]

The px and py should not be strings.

Also you are missing ,s

[hybrid shadow]

k is nil

[sonic cedar]

im FIXING it

[chrome widget]

Because k is a local value inside the loop. Like I said before, after the loop is finished _handname is the key of the most played hand

[red flower]

replace 'ar1' for 'jud'
#💻・modding-dev message

[hybrid shadow]

ohhh ok

lemme try that again then

[sonic cedar]

which one is better for multiple

if any
-# also oml more fodder joker tomfoolery

[chrome widget]

Youll need to use G.GAME.hands[_handname] to get the l_mult and l_chips

[chrome widget]

Multiple as in multiple times in a row?

[stoic fulcrum]

does that also cover for showing up on the shop?

[red flower]

it should

[sonic cedar]

multiple effects

[lament agate]

@formal parrot did i fuck up or what

why doesnt it show up

[formal parrot]

Smods.edition

[lament agate]

im

so

fucking

stupid

[formal parrot]

I still love you

:>

[lament agate]

mwah

[sonic cedar]

everyone gets one

[formal parrot]

Sure lmao

[lament agate]

like this?

[formal parrot]

Should work

[hybrid shadow]

hell yeah, works now, thank you

[chrome widget]

Probably the first one? It's just that the compatibility is more limited

[sonic cedar]

wdym?

[lament agate]

ah fuck uhhhh

[sonic cedar]

oh duh

maybe i'll add a blueprint compatibility check? (before it adds the key to the table)

[loud gorge]

why is it givin an eror

[formal parrot]

2

debug plus

[formal parrot]

Missing ,

At the end

,

[loud gorge]

oh ok

[formal parrot]

Also

Path is

“Imagename.png”

[loud gorge]

oh so i put .png?

[formal parrot]

Put your sprite sheet

.png

Make sure its a png

[sonic cedar]

key and atlas need to be strings
each line except py needs a comma at the end
also what heaven said about the spritesheet

[formal parrot]

Last line need no comma

@lament agate how’s the

Shader

[subtle merlin]

The hell? Does this even count as a crash?

[lament agate]

GIVE ME A MINUTE

[formal parrot]

Freeze

[subtle merlin]

the game just closes itself after a minute

[formal parrot]

I’ll consider that a crash

[formal parrot]

Have you tried one by one to figure out whats causing the crash

[subtle merlin]

yes, it's only with every single one

individually they work

[buoyant shard]

My joker keeps spewing out spectrals during blinds and I don't know how to make it stop

[formal parrot]

Too much for the game to handle lol

[formal parrot]

Add it to an event

[hybrid shadow]

all my cards work now, woohoo

[formal parrot]

Yeyyy

[formal parrot]

Also you’re missing the consumable slot limit context

[buoyant shard]

how do I add it to an event?

[formal parrot]

Also this doesn’t match your description

[formal parrot]

Events just makes it look better I

Change your if end if end

To if elseif

End

[subtle merlin]

nvm im dumb, figured out what caused it and now comes trying to fix it

[buoyant shard]

his seems to fix it! thanks!

[stoic fulcrum]

is there a typo here? i keep getting syntax errors when i try to add it

i added the brackets to the return call but looks like that changed nothing

[lyric maple]

i just started developing my first mod, and it says this. i've checked every bracket and it seems to have closed properly

here is the code from line 10 to 26:

SMODS.Atlas{
    key = 'Jokers',
    path = 'Jokers.png',
    px = 71,
    py = 95
}
SMODS.Joker{
    key = 'white'
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'White',
        text = {
            'Insert some really cool placeholder text.'
        }
    },
    atlas = 'Jokers',
    pos = {x = 0, y = 0}
}

[formal parrot]

Replace +4 with #1#

[stoic fulcrum]

that's not the error

but sure lol

[formal parrot]

I know

Lol

I CANT FIND IT

[daring fern]

ease_hands_played(number)

[urban wasp]

same with discards?

[daring fern]

ease_discard(number)

[urban wasp]

gotcha

[formal parrot]

Whats the crash ?

Says

[lyric maple]

oh wait i found it i'm dumb

[stoic fulcrum]

syntax error on 2072 (the in_pool line)

[daring fern]

Did you try installing the lua extension?

[formal parrot]

Bro it looks fine

[stoic fulcrum]

what lua extension

[daring fern]

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sumneko.lua

[urban wasp]

for one, this only allows me to decrease or increase the number, not set (as far as i can tell)
additionally, it gets reset upon entering a blind

[daring fern]

Yes, you need to change it depending on the current hands/discards and change the round_resets

[urban wasp]

round_resets?

[daring fern]

G.GAME.round_resets.hands and G.GAME.round_resets.discards

[urban wasp]

i see

[buoyant shard]

Is this how you get a joker to make everything in the shop half off? It's not working for me

  if self.area == G.shop_jokers or self.area == G.shop_booster or self.area == G.shop_vouchers then
    G.GAME.discount_percent = 50
   end
end```

[daring fern]

No.

[buoyant shard]

how do you do it?

[daring fern]

You use the add_to_deck function.

[buoyant shard]

Like this?

        if self.area == G.shop_jokers or self.area == G.shop_booster or self.area == G.shop_vouchers then
            G.GAME.discount_percent = 50
        end```

[daring fern]

No.

[buoyant shard]

dangit

[daring fern]

add_to_deck = function (self, card, from_debuff)
    G.GAME.discount_percent = 50
end

[hidden sable]

anyone got the "font" for the "joker" text on jokers

[sonic cedar]

is this how i would check for blueprint compatibility on another joker?

[lament agate]

@formal parrot im stuck

[ivory coral]

card.config.center.blueprint_compat

[sonic cedar]

niiiice thanku

[buoyant shard]

  G.GAME.discount_percent = 0
end```
This undoes the discount when the joker is sold, right?

[normal crest]

when the joker is debuffed/sold/destroyed

[ivory coral]

if its removed yes, for example by selling
note that this would override the discount vouchers though

[buoyant shard]

thanks for pointing that out! Also, to be clear, does the code snippet account for debuffs and destruction like srock just said?

[lucid owl]

could i check if a card has the variable (card).ability.played_this_ante before it's set? right now this joker gives $1 no matter what, since cards have that variable set to true immediately upon being played

[ivory coral]

destruction yes but debuffs ive actually never tested it myself but it would make sense

[near bay]

how to add value to a variable.

[normal crest]

that's what the from_debuff parameter is there for btw

[lucid owl]

local string_var = "string"
local number_var = 5
local list = {"item", "item2"}

[hidden sable]

anyone?

like this part

[lucid owl]

anyone know how i could index the card.ability.played_this_ante var in context.individual before it's set (immediately upon scoring)?

[ivory coral]

yeah you can do that
in fact you can just do card.played_this_ante directly
set it on cards that dont have it and reset it on all cards after changing ante
also keep hieroglyph/petroglyph in mind considering the wording

[wanton lance]

maybe that? idk
#🎨・fan-art message

[hidden sable]

thats the base game font

[near bay]

uuuh.
it gives me errors.

[lucid owl]

played_this_ante is only set in card.ability though?

[wanton lance]

oh ok

[lucid owl]

i'm really not sure what you're trying to do here

we need context, code, an explanation of what you're looking to do

[near bay]

im trying to do something like
variable = variable + 5

[ivory coral]

ooh hold on played_this_ante is actually a thing i thought that was like a variable for your mod mb

[near bay]

but it doesnt like the second variable

[lucid owl]

for what purpose? is this in a joker or something else?

[near bay]

in a joker yes

[lucid owl]

code screenshots/snippets would be very helpful

[ivory coral]

you could just check if not card.ability.played_this_ante right

and then do the effect if it passes true

[lucid owl]

my problem is that the moment a card is played, it has .ability.played_this_ante set to true

[ivory coral]

wait no the reverse

[lucid owl]

which happens before my joker's calculation

[median veldt]

hellos hai hello
has anyone recreated pareidolia

[ivory coral]

ahh i see

[lucid owl]

so every single card will give $1

[median veldt]

i'm trying to make similar cards

[lucid owl]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/src/jokers.lua#L882

[ivory coral]

im not sure when it gets set exactly, maybe try iterating through the played hand in context.before? and marking cards for later there

[wanton lance]

Is this the right Joker Font ?
#🎨・fan-art message

[lucid owl]

as far as i'm aware, it's set instantly upon cards being played (pressing the play button, which calls G.FUNCS.play_cards_from_highlighted())

[ivory coral]

ah yes indeed youre right
in that case you'll probably just have to make your own variable to track

[lucid owl]

there's a lot going on here, so you're looking for it to increase in xmult every time it calculates?

[hidden sable]

thanks

[sonic cedar]

guys if i wanted blueprint_effect to factor in all keys in a table, how would i do that?
unsurprisingly, this does not work.

[near bay]

When it calculates i just want the xmult to randomly either gain 0.1 or lose 0.1.

like from 0.1 to -0.1

[ivory coral]

the problem is that this isnt what the return{} is for
if you want to modify a value beforehand do it before your return{}
you probably want to randomly modify the cards Xmult config value before the return{}

[near bay]

Alright thank you!

[median veldt]

alright I have NO idea what I'm doing

local card_get_id_ref = Card.get_id
function Card:get_id(from_boss)
    return card_get_id_ref(self, from_boss) or (1 and next(SMODS.find_card("j_equality_equalace")))
end

tried to make pareidolia but for ace cards but i have no idea what exactly I'm looking at
i thought it would be similar to how the recreated pareidolia works

local card_is_face_ref = Card.is_face
function Card:is_face(from_boss)
    return card_is_face_ref(self, from_boss) or (self:get_id() and next(SMODS.find_card("j_vremade_pareidolia")))
end

but it errored out about a null value

[lucid owl]

you're going to want to set a variable of xmultadd in your card's config, so it can be a default of 0 for example
and also set xmult in the config to 1 as a default

if context.joker_main then
  local change = pseudorandom_element({0.1, -0.1}, pseudoseed("seed")
  card.ability.extra.xmultadd = card.ability.extra.xmultadd + change
  card.ability.extra.xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult + card.ability.extra.xmultadd
  return {
    xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult
    card = card
  }
end

[ivory coral]

something like this

if context.joker_main then
  card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + pseudorandom('seed', -0.1, 0.1)
  return{
    ...
  }
end```

that way the random change will be permanant after it calculates

[lucid owl]

pretty sure pseudorandom('seed', -0.1, 0.1) will return a random number between -0.1 and 0.1

[ivory coral]

ooh wait youre right actually

[near bay]

no no i need that

[ivory coral]

oh i see

alright then

[lucid owl]

and apparently also sometimes just... return this for some reason?

definitely don't use that

[ivory coral]

thats weird

[lucid owl]

testing data shows that this is absolutely unhinged

[ivory coral]

what on earth

uhhhh

ok yeah i have no idea why that happens

try math.random(-0.1, 0.1)

cuz that shouldnt happen lol

[lucid owl]

pseudorandom_element({0.1, -0.1}, pseudoseed("seed") also works

[wheat jewel]

I'm trying to make my mod compatible with Talisman but i keep getting crashes at line 1420 even if i defined to_big to help with calculating some values

[median veldt]

the whole error

[ivory coral]

whats the crash say

[median veldt]

wait hold on i'm dumb i tried to continue the game but i changed the cards id

[ivory coral]

sounds about right
just you have to_big() defined in your mod elsewhere
should look something like to_big = to_big or function(x) return x end

actually wait

hold on

should you be using to_number()

[wheat jewel]

I have that in my code

[ivory coral]

because to_big() converts a number into a talisman bignum table which you cant exactly do normal arithmetic on
to_number() does the opposite which is what i think you want

define to_number the same way you did to_big and swap it out and it should work

[wheat jewel]

I'm referencing vanillaremade so i'm tryna make sure my mod is compatiable based on that

[pastel kernel]

on_discard = function(self, context)
    if context.discards_used > 0 then
        local total = context.discards_used
        local extra = self.ability.extra
        for _ = 1, total do
            for _ = 1, 2 do
                local card = SMODS.add_card({ set = "Spectral", edition = "e_negative" })
                if card then G.consumeables:emplace(card) end
            end
        end

should make 2 negative spectral on discard, don't know why it's not working

[wheat jewel]

so do i do soemthing like to_number(G.GAME.dollars) ?

[median veldt]

yeah i have no idea what i'm doing can someone please help me out

[ivory coral]

yup

[wheat jewel]

and define it the same way to_big is defined

[ivory coral]

yessir

[ivory coral]

just so i understand youre trying to make a card that makes all cards count as aces instead of their usual rank yes

[median veldt]

yep

[ivory coral]

thats not quite the same as what pareidolia does

[wheat jewel]

this should work maybe??

i'll keep ya posted

[ivory coral]

im honestly not sure how one would do that
most game effects just check the cards rank directly so itd be kinda impossible to change it

[pastel kernel]

bump

[median veldt]

i figured but I have no clue how do do it
I'm also going to make cards that do this but instead of ranks its suits, how different is that

[ivory coral]

suits shouldnt be hard thats just what smeared already does basically

[median veldt]

depends on what exactly pareidolia is doing
what it looks like to me is it just makes is_face return true if that card exists

[ivory coral]

but anything that changes how ranks are counted is hard since most of it is hard coded or logically difficult

[median veldt]

oh true i forgot about smeared

[ivory coral]

theres a function is_face() that just returns whether a given card is a face card or not
pareidolia just makes it always return true on any card

[lucid owl]

what pareidolia does is simply returning true for every check of is_face, so every card "counts" as a face card

[median veldt]

does a card's ID number include the suit because it looks like some cards use the ID to know what card it is

[lucid owl]

you'd likely need to hook get_id() and make it always return 14 if your joker is present

although that could seriously mess things up

[median veldt]

yeah thats what I was trying to do but it just. didn't do anything
ignore the 1 i realised it was 14 later

[lucid owl]

given get_id is used a lot more impactfully than is_face

[ivory coral]

id is just the numerical rank of the card in question
jack would be 11

[fierce frost]

my joker is triggering twice when i click

[ivory coral]

actually you can do that yeah
it doesnt seem like itll work with idol and rebate from what i can tell though

[median veldt]

worth a shot

how do I do that
I tried but I definitely don't know what I'm doing since it just doesn't do anything at all

[ivory coral]

have you made a hook before

[median veldt]

no

[native zinc]

talisman incompat is G.GAME.round_resets comparison right

[ivory coral]

alright ill give the rundown
basically you make a local variable to reference a certain vanilla function
then define that function yourself afterwards
there you can drop in whatever code you want
at the end of your new function you call that local variable from earlier so the rest of the vanilla function continues as normal
let me pull up an example

function Card:is_face(from_boss)
    if self.debuff and not from_boss then return end
    if <some condition> then
        return true
    end
    return _is_face(self,from_boss)
end```

this hook would let me add my own check for whether a card should be considered a face card

[ivory coral]

local _is_face = Card.is_face is where the local "reference" variable is saved for later
Card:is_face() being the vanilla function in question

[median veldt]

yeah so like i did

local _get_id = Card.get_id
function Card:get_id(from_boss)
    if next(SMODS.find_card("j_equality_equalace") then
        return 14
    end
    return _get_id(self, from_boss)
end

it could also be the id am I doing that right

the card is equalace and in the mod JSON the prefix is equality

[ivory coral]

looks right to me

[median veldt]

lemme try it again

[hasty mist]

i'm trying to hook SMODS.calculate_individual_effect so that jokers in the G.GAME.scoreop_mod table's scoring effects' operator's are increased, for example j_joker would give X4 mult instead of +4, how would i go about doing this?

[ivory coral]

maybe remove the from_boss actually since thats not in the function

[median veldt]

wonderful

[mild grove]

Why do you keep saying i'm using ai? I just said i'm not using ai.

I am reading the wiki

[hidden sable]

what are the dimensions of a consumable card

[wild escarp]

How could I have this change suit after every hand played instead of every round?

local function reset_willatro_jokeinthebox()
    G.GAME.current_round.willatro_jokeinthebox = G.GAME.current_round.willatro_jokeinthebox or { suit = 'Spades' }
    local joke_suits = {}
    for k, v in ipairs({ 'Spades', 'Hearts', 'Clubs', 'Diamonds' }) do
        if v ~= G.GAME.current_round.willatro_jokeinthebox.suit then joke_suits[#joke_suits + 1] = v end
    end
    local jokeinthebox_card = pseudorandom_element(joke_suits, pseudoseed('willatro_jokeinthebox' .. G.GAME.round_resets.ante))
    G.GAME.current_round.willatro_jokeinthebox.suit = jokeinthebox_card
end

function SMODS.current_mod.reset_game_globals(run_start)
    reset_willatro_jokeinthebox()
end

[sonic cedar]

has anyone here used SMODS.merge_effects? how does it work?

[median veldt]

what cards should I test compatibility with
for both the rank cards and the suit cards whenever i get to those

[ivory coral]

that
is certainly something
uhhhh you could try having it set a value on the joker and make the hook check for it?
and if it finds it it instead runs a different set of checks for the calculation key
so you could rewrite mult to give the effects of xmult
though honestly i have no idea lol

[hasty mist]

thats what the table is for, not sure how to get the hook to check for only the jokers in the table though

[ivory coral]

idol and rebate will still use the cards base id

other than that it should be fine at least for vanilla

[median veldt]

also what colour is this

[hasty mist]

G.C.ATTENTION, or just "attention"

[hasty mist]

my main concern is the hook finding a joker in that table and applying the effect to EVERYTHING

[paper zealot]

It's G.C.FILTER

For some unknown reason

[ivory coral]

uhhhh
good question
check if scored_card is the card in question maybe?

[hasty mist]

hm

[wild escarp]

bump

[hasty mist]

i know ive used attention before and its worked

never used filter

[median veldt]

attention works

[hasty mist]

maybe both work?

[median veldt]

maybe

[paper zealot]

The key is attention, but the value is in G.C.FILTER. I don't think G.C.ATTENTION has ever been a thing

[loud gorge]

how do i add cards with vanilla remade? other mods use a assets folder with 1x and 2x

[hasty mist]

oh, i see

interesting

good to know

[ivory coral]

maybe hook into whatever function handles when a hand is played to reset the variable

[hasty mist]

this may be a tad complicated for me

[paper zealot]

It stood out to me when I was writing the text styling guide, I could never work out where the name FILTER came from

[hasty mist]

thunk is weird

[ivory coral]

with enough determination you can probably do it

[hasty mist]

this is basically how ive coded everything tbh

[median veldt]

what rarity do u guys think this (and the same card for all other ranks, and the same card for all suits in case it should be different) should be

[hasty mist]

enough time spent in #💻・modding-dev and i can accomplish anything

[ivory coral]

id make it rare personally at least the rank ones
its basically the ultimate deckfixer since ranks are hard to change so drastically
for the suit ones it can be uncommon like smeared

[median veldt]

good point

[ivory coral]

like being able to play a 5oak for literally free is very strong

[median veldt]

that is a great point actually

i mean no matter what I'm gonna do it's not gonna be very balanced but I'm gonna try to make it as balanced as possible without changing what the actual card does so yeah
rare and like. eight dollars i guess

[ivory coral]

fair enough

you should consider what happens if you have multiple of the rank ones together

[thorn bough]

Does anybody know why my joker doesn't detect playing card destructions?

[mild grove]

Alright i got somewhere with a joker spawning tags, But sadly this is only the code copied from the diet cola joker.

Does anyone know how i can get it to work something like an investment tag or the rocket, where after defeating the boss blind, the player is given an uncommon tag.

[median veldt]

that
i
I should test that

[ivory coral]

itll probably just take whatever is calculated first in the hook

so if aces are higher up in that itll stop there

but it would be counterintuitive

[median veldt]

either that or the one furthest to the right i guess?? i have no idea

i'll try it gimme a sec to make the rest of the cards

[ivory coral]

if context.end_of_round and G.GAME.blind.boss and not context.repetition and not context.individual

[ivory coral]

i know this is only uncommon tags but be careful if you happen to create an orbital tag since itll bug out and crash

[median veldt]

okay I need to reword this

[wild escarp]

Does anyone perhaps have an example of changing the required suit for a joker (similar to ancient joker or castle) after every played hand?

[mild grove]

wait where would i put the if context.end_of_round and G.GAME.blind.boss and not context.repetition and not context.individual ?

do i replace the G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({})) line?

[errant fulcrum]

When I try and sell this card, I get an error saying "attempt to index loval 'center' [a nil value] but I have no idea what that means

[median veldt]

you could find ancient joker or castle in vanillaremade

[ivory coral]

the example joker mod should have one

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

it has a recreation of castle with plenty of comments to help

[near bay]

how do i make a joker card display a message with the yellow effect underneath them.

[ivory coral]

no you put it before that
in the calculate
so if that check returns true it runs the event to spawn the tag

[wild escarp]

I saw that VanillaRemade uses G.GAME.current_round, but I don't know of a hand equivalent.

[mild grove]

so like this?

[urban wasp]

a large issue with this code for a joker that makes all enhanced card have the positive effects of all vanilla, cryptid, and cryptposting enhancements is causing all the effects below one another to not trigger if the one above it has. for example, if a played hand has 5 or more scoring cards, the first effect occurs, but not anything below it for some reason. any fixes?

if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and context.other_card.ability.set == 'Enhanced' then
    if #context.scoring_hand >= 5 then
        context.other_card.ability.perma_x_mult = lenient_bignum(context.other_card.ability.perma_x_mult) + lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.light_xmult_mod)
        return {
            extra = { message = localize("k_upgrade_ex"), colour = G.C.MULT },
            card = card
        }
    end
    if card.ability.extra.lucky_mult_chance == math.random(1, card.ability.extra.lucky_mult_chance) then
        return {
            mult = lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.lucky_mult),
        }
    end
    if card.ability.extra.lucky_money_chance == math.random(1, card.ability.extra.lucky_money_chance) then
        return {
            message = "+" .. lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.lucky_money) .. "$",
            ease_dollars(lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.lucky_money)),
            colour = G.C.MONEY
        }
    end
    return {
        chips = lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.bonus_chips),
        extra = {
            mult = lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.mult_mult),
            extra = {
                Xmult = lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.glass_xmult),
                extra = {
                    message = "^" .. lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.abstract_emult) .. " Mult",
                    Emult_mod = lenient_bignum(card.ability.extra.abstract_emult),
                    colour = G.C.DARK_EDITION,
                }
            }
        }
    }
end

[ivory coral]

after the calculate

between that and the event

[hasty mist]

Can i do smth like this?

filling all the key substitutes later this is pretty rudimentary

[ivory coral]

that isnt a bad idea actually

since it just checks for the key

[thorn bough]

Have you tried using only one return statement, such that all the effects apply at once?

Also, hi kat.

[hasty mist]

is there a list anywhere of like every effect that i can use as a cheat sheet

[ivory coral]

the function youre hooking

[mild grove]

is this correct?

[ivory coral]

in the source code

[hasty mist]

yeah ive been looking for it

smods is kinda complex

[urban wasp]

one return statement wouldn't really work because there are multiple ifs that need to be accounted for. for example, if the scoring hand doesn't have greater than or equal to 5 cards, i don't want the first effect to trigger

hello

[ivory coral]

smods/utils.lua
around line 1210

[pastel kernel]

can i get some help?

[hasty mist]

thank you

[ivory coral]

calculate = function(self,card,context)
  if context.end_of_round and ... then
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event ... end) }))
  end
end```

[wild escarp]

Is there a current hand equivalent to G.GAME.current_round? G.GAME.current_hand doesn't exist.

[ivory coral]

calculate is run whenever something in the game, calculates what effect it should have
the if context checks just narrow down when that should be to only certain scenarios
in this case, when defeating a boss blind

[ivory coral]

you may have to do some extra work to account for xmult -> emult and emult -> tetration

[median veldt]

are the colours for suits just the names of the suits

e.g.

[ivory coral]

plural, yes

[hasty mist]

i dread when i get to hyperchips/hypermult

[median veldt]

so "hearts"

[hallow forge]

toh pfp

[hasty mist]

i love toh

[ivory coral]

im not sure
you could try hooking G.FUNCS.play_cards_from_highlighted(), i doubt theres no better way but idk it

[hallow forge]

and it's the otter with a dark side scene, perfect

[loud gorge]

how do i add cards with vanilla remade? other mods use a assets folder with 1x and 2x

[ivory coral]

wdym by that

[mild grove]

@ivory coral Is this around the right thing?

[urban wasp]

so, anything? i still don't even really know why this happens

[ivory coral]

the assets are for the textures
what do you mean by add cards with vanilla remade

[loud gorge]

the mod doesnt use that method and idk how to add jokers without it

i keep calling jokers card sory

[ivory coral]

it doesnt?
im not sure how it does it but it must have something similair

also what do you mean add jokers with vanilla remade
its its own thing

[manic rune]

can someone explain this phenomenon thats happening before my very eyes at this moment

[ivory coral]

the ... is just me not writing it all down i meant the rest of the line from earlier

[hidden sable]

how do i make a custom modded consumable type

[ivory coral]

but otherwise yeah

[loud gorge]

idk i thought it would be more convenient for coding

[mild grove]

Um, something is going wrong

[hidden sable]

dont use ...

why are you even using ...

looks ai generated tbh

[ivory coral]

its not

[hidden sable]

like the ai wanted you to fill something in there

[ivory coral]

no it was me

[hidden sable]

ill believe it but

[ivory coral]

i typed that

[hasty mist]

great

[hidden sable]

ah, so you ARE ai

we gottem

wrap it up

[ivory coral]

no

im trying to help but my instructions arent quite getting through how i mean

[hidden sable]

im joking, if you cant tell...

but yeah they shoulda replaced the line

thats the issue

[ivory coral]

i dont mean to be condescending really but you are taking my advice way too literally

i dont mean literally copy paste im not coding it for you im just helping you along

[hidden sable]

anyone?

[mild grove]

I'm sorry, i'm not good when it comes to lua coding in general

[hasty mist]

is there a way to permanently flip a playing card

[hidden sable]

thats not a lua problem, they told you to replace a line and you didnt, you could have at least asked

[ivory coral]

SMODS.ConsumeableType
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.ObjectType

[hidden sable]

thanks

[vague crest]

hello, im trying to create a joker that checks for adjacent ranks held in hand, how would i set up a for loop to check each held in hand card? all the attempts i have tried have just crashed

[rapid stag]

how do i change the speed at which a dynatext cycles?

[ivory coral]

thats okay but personally id recommend you acquire a basic understanding of how coding functions
its not a lua thing here its just technical knowledge
you dont need a phd in lua or anything to make a mod but i would recommend learning at least a bit on how code is actually read by a computer and what some key terms mean
itll probably make it a whole lot easier

[hidden sable]

how do i pass a color

hex code?

[hasty mist]

checking for playing cards highlighted is #G.cards.highlighted, right?

[hidden sable]

table with rgba?

[ivory coral]

HEX('hexvalue')

[hidden sable]

awesome

[ivory coral]

HEX('4F6C74') for example

[ivory coral]

G.hand.highlighted i believe

[ivory coral]

check through for k, v in pairs(G.hand.cards) do

actually no

in this case for i = 1, #G.hand.cards might be better

[near bay]

how do i multiply chip value?

[ivory coral]

then check the ranks of [i+1] and [i-1]

[vague crest]

G.hand cards was what i was missing ty

[ivory coral]

sweet

[ivory coral]

like on a card or like an xmult joker but for chips

[manic rune]

i have several questions

[near bay]

xmult joker but for chips

[ivory coral]

just return xchips = <some value>
its already supported by smods

[near bay]

alright!!

[ivory coral]

same as xmult just replace the xmult with xchips

[hasty mist]

bump

[ivory coral]

i dont think so
since flipped-down cards are flipped back up when returned to deck

[urban wasp]

one more bump; why no workie

[near bay]

and then what about the effect when it applys to the chip counter.

[median veldt]

yeah ok you were right

[hasty mist]

hm

[ivory coral]

because it returns

[digital niche]

im not sure i understand what you trying to do even after reading the original message lol

[ivory coral]

once a function calls a return it stops

[hasty mist]

maybe i can add them to a table or something

[urban wasp]

OH

[digital niche]

wym?

[hasty mist]

and automatically flip if drawn?

[urban wasp]

how do i fix that 😭

[median veldt]

it also just occurred to me that they're still scored like the cards they normally are but.
a) i don't care enough to try to fix that
b) i think if it did it'd be way more busted

[ivory coral]

im pretty sure it just handles that itself
for example if you just

  xmult = 3
}```
itll just do the rest for you

[near bay]

When the xmult applys to the multiplier, itll show how much xmult is added.
how do i do that for xchips?

[digital niche]

ooh gotcha

[digital niche]

smods already handles that i think

[urban wasp]

yeah but like how do i have it return without ending everything

or is there like an alternative

[ivory coral]

yeah it just makes them be considered as <rank>
they dont become <rank> and dont change chip value either

[manic rune]

oh my fucking god

[ivory coral]

uhhhhh
you could just have it increment some config value and then have it all in one big return at the end

[lament agate]

do you guys have any ideas how to move the Aces on the main menu?

[near bay]

so if i add the xchip itll just show that the xchip is added

[digital niche]

yeah!

[urban wasp]

hmm okay

[ivory coral]

so like
it sets a value to true and later in the return just add (... and value == true) so it checks for it

maybe

im not sure

[ivory coral]

should do yes

[near bay]

so i just do

Xchip_mod = card.ability.extra.xchip

and then im done?

[formal quest]

What IDE setup should I use for balatro modding?

[ivory coral]

what do you mean

[hasty mist]

that seems bad

[lament agate]

like

the logo is bal tro

but i want it to be

b latro

move the ace there

[ivory coral]

like its default position on the menu?
im pretty sure thats its own cardarea so youd have to do some ui shenanigans to move it

[ivory coral]

ah i see

[lament agate]

im fucked

[ivory coral]

uhhh
the bal tro sprite doesnt actually have the a behind the ace anyway

[digital niche]

teh you'd have to put xchips inside of a extra table in config

[hasty mist]

uh maybe i can just stop balatro from unflipping cards when put back in the deck?

is that possible?

[near bay]

ah alright and then im done?

[ivory coral]

i mean its possible but ive not messed with ui before so i wouldnt know how its done exatly

[ivory coral]

with a patch probably

[hidden sable]

uhhh

[hasty mist]

alright now i need to figure out where to look

[ivory coral]

actually

apparently stay_flipped is a thing
im not sure what it is or how it works exactly but maybe thats worth looking into

[median veldt]

i thought i was onto something

but it is not a flush

[near bay]

the Xmult turned into nil.
in someway somehow.

[hidden sable]

@ivory coral know anything about this?

[hasty mist]

i hope so 😭

thank you

[digital niche]

can you show your code?

[ivory coral]

whats the code where youre using ipairs

[hidden sable]

im not

[hidden sable]

only thing ive added

[ivory coral]

probably use find_joker()

[hidden sable]

i have a sneaking suspicion its the HEX

[ivory coral]

oh

[digital niche]

you did xchip

[sturdy compass]

NOIK???

[digital niche]

and then called xchips

[median veldt]

ah

[digital niche]

@near bay

[ivory coral]

if thats all you changed then quite possibly

[median veldt]

sorry i copied from smear to see if i could modify it i didnt notice that

[ivory coral]

how did you put it

[hidden sable]

my code

[median veldt]

wait no
cuz

[near bay]

oh.

then what about the xmult being nil.

[sturdy compass]

No don't

Like you can but it's not super recommended

[ivory coral]

try capitalizing it

maybe

[median veldt]

erm

[ivory coral]

otherwise it looks fine

[hidden sable]

capitalizing what

[ivory coral]

oh ok nvm then

[ivory coral]

the letters in the hex code

[median veldt]

clearly its a thing tho

the remake uses find_card tho

hmmmm

[ivory coral]

hm

probably use find_card then

thats not the issue

[vague crest]

is there a part of this condition that im wording wrong out of curiosity

its saying it's indexing a nil value

[median veldt]

okay i had to make them seperate elseif statements instead of just or???

that's weird

but ok

[hidden sable]

tried didnt work

[ivory coral]

oh ok at least it works

[ivory coral]

hm

uhhh

[hasty mist]

hm, still trying to figure out how to flip cards in the first place

[hidden sable]

fuller error if it helps

[digital niche]

why do you add _mod after the things?

[hasty mist]

im trying to flip all highlighted cards

[digital niche]

i think it could be what is causing the error (im not sure tho)

[median veldt]

the real question is what suit this is

[sturdy compass]

the second one will potentially zero-index since [i-1] could be [1-1]

[vague crest]

oh

ohhhh

[near bay]

i dont know? sorry im new to modding i started yesterday

[vague crest]

ok so would i just add like, if i = 1 dont do that

or its proabbly doing that at the end too isnt it

how would i catch this for the last card also

[digital niche]

no worries! try without it and see if work

[sturdy compass]

What I would do is start the loop at i = 2 and then set it to stop at #G.hand.cards - 1

[ivory coral]

ive done this before without issue
maybe try adding a default paramater to your consumabletype
and/or adding an undiscovered paramater to its loc_txt

[vague crest]

ohhhh thats smart ok

how do i stop it prematurely again?

been a while i mostly just used loops in java in grade 11 😭

[hasty mist]

I dont think there are any examples of flipping cards in this specific way anywhere

so im lost

[sturdy compass]

loop arguments in lua are weird lol

hold on

[ivory coral]

couldnt you just check if table[i] exists first

[sturdy compass]

You could but that's just an extra step

[ivory coral]

fair

[sturdy compass]

I just realized you are already stopping prematurely at #G.hand.cards so you could just add the - 1 at the end of that lol

[vague crest]

ohhh shit thats just a thing that works

heartwarming and beautiful will try

[sturdy compass]

hope it helps

[hasty mist]

bump

[sturdy compass]

1. No can_use function. This will make it so you can actually use the card when the given arguments are true and can make it so you don't have to check for highlighted cards in the use function itself
2. Loop through the highlighted array and just run :flip() on them

[manic rune]

for _,v in ipairs(G.hand.highlighted) do
  v:flip()
end

?

[sturdy compass]

Basically that lol

[manic rune]

thats the flip all highlighted card function

[vague crest]

it doesnt crash anymore 🙏 it doesnt Work however

[sturdy compass]

The lack of formatting is killing my braincells lol

Do you have the Lua VSC extension

[vague crest]

ooh i do not

[sturdy compass]

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sumneko.lua

[hasty mist]

cool ty, this works! though, is it permanent?

my goal is to make it permanent

[sturdy compass]

yes

I think

[hasty mist]

so, flipped cards are always drawn flipped

[sturdy compass]

maybe?

[pure salmon]

no

[sturdy compass]

I forgort things are weird

[hasty mist]

how would i make it permanent

[gilded blaze]

you also want to check the amount of cards in hand
it must be at least 3 for the check to work

[hidden sable]

game launched when i commented this out

[manic rune]

whats the problem

[sturdy compass]

✨ Patches ✨

[gilded blaze]

you forgot to wrap the strings in text field in {}

[hidden sable]

WAIT IM STUPID

[hidden sable]

YEAH

[vague crest]

hopefully formatted it a little better?

[hasty mist]

would you know what/how exactly?

[sturdy compass]

Nope, sorry

[hasty mist]

hm

[viral ember]

SMODS.Challenge {
    key = 'easy_challenge',
    loc_txt = 'Easy Dubz',
    jokers = {
        { id = 'j_mvan_astral' }
    },
    rules = {
        custom = {
            { id = "win_ante", value = 10 },
        },
        modifiers = {
            { id = "joker_slots", value = 10 },
        },
    },
    unlocked = true
}```
Everything works except the win ante not being set to 10?

[hasty mist]

thats fine, ty anyways

[sturdy compass]

That's definitely a more in-depth addition than something I can just help you implement off-rip lol

[hasty mist]

yeah fair