💻・modding-dev

[shell timber]

does wordle still store all of their answers in a massive array?

[vale grove]

now that you mention that, it could be easier to do yesterday's worlde but i think thats less fun

[frail parcel]

i am once again asking why this doesnt work

[slim ferry]

its loc_txt, not loc_text

[frail parcel]

thx

is there a way to add another blind to a ante

[vale grove]

i gotta be honest thats the first time ive even heard of that idea

[slim ferry]

not without patches. theres only 3 blind choices that can be used

you would have to patch in another and then do a bunch of ui shenanigans to make the blind selection also show it

[frail parcel]

i see

how do i replace the big blind

[vale grove]

maybe its easier to assign the joker a random word from all the wordle options instead

[slim ferry]

G.GAME.round_resets.blind_choices.Big = "bl_modprefix_key"

[frail parcel]

i see

how do i make it like a pool
like what boss blinds do

[slim ferry]

just make a function that picks a random blind with a certain parameter

thats how get_new_boss works too, it grabs a random blind with a boss parameter set

[frail parcel]

where do i put the function

[slim ferry]

wdym where do you put it? like where you want to change the big blind i guess?

[daring fern]

local date = os.date("*t")
local newdate = string.format("%04d-%02d-%02d", date.year, date.month, date.day)
local _, json = require"SMODS.https".request("https://www.nytimes.com/svc/wordle/v2/"..newdate..".json")
local word = JSON.decode(json).solution
```?

[vale grove]

hold on im still making the sprite 😭

[vale grove]

okay so how do i make something that checks the value of local word?

in vs code

<@&1133519078540185692>

[daring fern]

What do you mean?

[vale grove]

like just a System.out.println(word); in java

[daring fern]

print(word)?

[vale grove]

yes that ty

[vale grove]

okay so furthermore on this

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/crosswords/wordle-review-1562.html
wordle has these "articles" that gives you hints and the answer on the wordle

and it shows even the one in advance

[daring fern]

Do you want to retrieve those in text form?

[vale grove]

hmmm

i think so?

bcs i want it to store the daily wordle, idk how else you'd do that

[daring fern]

No, the code I gave you does that.

[vale grove]

how do you run a lua file in vs code tho

previously ive just been booting up balatro to check lmao

[daring fern]

Yes, that's how you do it.

[vale grove]

how do you make an easy check to see if something is working then?

[daring fern]

Use DebugPlus

[vale grove]

I've been using that but how do I check If the code u gave me correctly gives back the wordle

[daring fern]

eval code in the console.

But it does work.

I tested it.

[vale grove]

what day does it take the wordle from tho?

[daring fern]

Today, according to your computer.

[vale grove]

alr

[vale grove]

how do i make this code run when you launch the game

bcs it does indeed work (really surprised you can just check the worlde in 4 lines of code) but when i play a blind with the joker in hand it takes like a second to load

[daring fern]

Do it in Game:main_menu

Also it could be one line.

[vale grove]

do i put that code in my main?

[floral marsh]

am I applying the editions wrongfully in this challenge?

[daring fern]

local word = JSON.decode(({require"SMODS.https".request("https://www.nytimes.com/svc/wordle/v2/"..string.format("%04d-%02d-%02d", os.date("*t").year, os.date("*t").month, os.date("*t").day)..".json")})[2]).solution

[daring fern]

Yes.

[floral marsh]

I answered myself

g

[vale grove]

why do the brackets not see eachother?

[daring fern]

No, you hook it.

[vale grove]

what does hooking something mean?

[daring fern]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#whats-a-hook

[vale grove]

im reading the example and it uses Card: something something, what on earth do i need for checking the local wordle?

[daring fern]

local oldmainmenu = Game.main_menu
function Game:main_menu(change_context)
    local g = oldmainmenu(self, change_context)
    local date = os.date("*t")
    local newdate = string.format("%04d-%02d-%02d", date.year, date.month, date.day)
    local _, json = require"SMODS.https".request("https://www.nytimes.com/svc/wordle/v2/"..newdate..".json")
    G.modprefix_wordleword = JSON.decode(json).solution
    return g
end

[vale grove]

so a hook is essentialy storing an entire function inside a single variable?

[daring fern]

No, every function is stored in a single variable.

[vale grove]

wdym every function?

[daring fern]

Every function that exists.

[vale grove]

ohhhh

than what is the purpose of a hook exactly?

a global definer?

[daring fern]

To run code before or after the function runs.

[vale grove]

lua is such an interesting language

[floral marsh]

ah

the jimbo curse

is taking over

so I got 2 issues here:

• the jimbo curse
• the negative edition not applying on the other half of the cards

[daring fern]

Code?

[floral marsh]

havent made the custom rules and stuff yet

doing the starting stuff first

[lavish elm]

quick question do custom jokers appear in buffoon packs or judgement automatically or do I have to implement this myself?

[floral marsh]

they should appear automatically

[lavish elm]

ok thx

[vale grove]

yes

[daring fern]

e is the enhancement, d is the edition.

[floral marsh]

[daring fern]

Also it's without the e_ prefix.

[floral marsh]

I love having to change 52 lines

[floral marsh]

twice

🗿

I just sneezed so hard I felt my soul leaving my body

[wild berry]

why am i getting this error

[crimson tapir]

does anyone know why the last pixel of my pack is being extended this is my atlas lua SMODS.Atlas({ key = 'Junk1', path = 'JunkPack.png', px = 71, py = 95 })

[wild berry]

its probably because theres a few pixels at the end of it

show the sprite

[slim ferry]

pixels at the edge of the 71x95 area usually cause colour bleeding issues, not this

[wild berry]

yep

[slim ferry]

oh nvm then

[crimson tapir]

what are you saying i do to fix it

[wild berry]

center it in the spritesheet

make it not touch the edges of its border

[crimson tapir]

it does

[lavish elm]

local other_card1 = nil
        for i = 1, #G.hand.cards do
            if G.hand.cards[i] == card then other_card1 = G.hand.cards[i + 1] end
        end
        if context.cardarea == G.hand and context.other_card == other_card1 then
            return {repetitions = 1}
        end

why this not work?

[slim ferry]

the sprite is way too small

you need 71x95

and then a 1 pixel gap between the border

[wild berry]

wait youre using a 57x93 sprite

yeah

[crimson tapir]

oh am i supposed to leave extra room

[wild berry]

yep

[slim ferry]

yeah

[wild berry]

fixed for u

[slim ferry]

regardless of the actual sprite size, all centers should be 71x95 sprites

[lavish elm]

I don't want the joker I actually want this to work in the hand

[crimson tapir]

thanks

[slim ferry]

that is unless you specify a size change

[slim ferry]

then why are you doing if G.hand.cards[i] == card

card is the joker

[lavish elm]

wait then how do I check for the hand/scoring hand

[wild berry]

context.other_card

[slim ferry]

what card are you even trying to retrigger

[lavish elm]

it is an edition that retriggers the card to the right

[slim ferry]

playing cards cant retrigger anything other than themselves

would require some extra shenanigans for the playing card version of the edition

[lavish elm]

oh man

[alpine tulip]

been messing around with retrigger effects and was wondering if there is a context that occurs directly after all retriggers involving this joker has. my joker uses a count to determine how many retriggers occur but i cant seem to find a way to set the count back to zero after it has finished retriggering without breaking blueprint and brainstorm interactions

[wintry solar]

its pretty simple to retrigger other playing cards now we have mod calculate functions

[slim ferry]

depends on what youre trying to do i imagine

[alpine tulip]

yeah i know, the way my joker figures out how many retriggers to do is based on a count tho and blueprint and brainstorm cause issues

[alpine tulip]

in my current implementation, im using context.after to reset the count which works for after scoring situations but doesnt take into account if the joker was triggered or not

[slim ferry]

just resetting card.ability.extra.count before the return should work

i imagine

actually

what is card.ability.extra.count

[alpine tulip]

it doesnt unfortunately because if blueprint or brainstorm are used, they'll reset the count and then the joker wont have its own retriggers to use

[alpine tulip]

its a counter im using to keep track of retriggers in my joker's config.

the way my joker gets retriggers is by playing gold cards with each gold card adding to the count. if the joker is used to retrigger, i want the count to get reset to 0 but right now, it'll only work if its being used immediately to score whereas i want to have the option to be able to save the retriggers when not pointing to another joker thats involved in scoring.

im curious if there is a way to use event but i dont quite know how i would do so

[hidden mirage]

            card.ability.extra.xmult,
            localize(suit, 'suits_singular'),
            colours = { G.C.SUITS[suit]
        } } }```how to use the color in loc_txt

[daring fern]

{V:1}

[lavish elm]

how to make editions not appear for playing cards?

[nova orchid]

how do i make a joker check if there's another specific joker anywhere?

i want to check for j_otm_python

how would i do that

[cursive gazelle]

SMODS.Find_card

[daring fern]

if next(SMODS.find_card('j_modprefix_key'))

[nova orchid]

like this?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[hidden mirage]

how to check during context.after if the hand was not valid during a boss blind (not 5 cards for example)

[daring fern]

No, it's context.debuffed_hand

[crimson tapir]

how do i change the scale of a consumable like how wee is but with a consumable

[zealous glen]

The same way you’d do for a Joker AFAIK

[crimson tapir]

i dont know what that is

[zealous glen]

Jokers?

[crimson tapir]

no AFAIK

[gleaming plover]

as far as I know it means a friend and I know 😉

[zealous glen]

“As far as I know”

[crimson tapir]

oh ok

how do you do it with a joker then

[zealous glen]

Anyways it’s somewhere in the wiki but it might be easier to look at Vanilla Remade

Because I assume it’s done there too

[crimson tapir]

ok

[wild berry]

how can i give a index to my custom rarity

[daring fern]

What do you mean?

[wild berry]

like this

being able to assign a number

as a rarity

this is the rarity

[daring fern]

Why?

[wild berry]

so i dont have to add the joker to a table in the rarity everytime

[red flower]

why does your key have formatting

[wild berry]

wait

shit

[red flower]

you do rarity = "modprefix_key" in the joker

[wild berry]

there

oh

thanks

[red flower]

adding a name to things doesn't do anything, you want loc_txt or a localization file

[robust marsh]

mmm, how do people add buttons into the run_setup screen properly? I want to rewrite my code from a while ago because right now I'm just inserting the button very awkwardly..

[wild berry]

dude

[red flower]

I would look into how cardsleeves does it maybe

[red flower]

it's likely those don't take formatting

[wild berry]

oh

also how can i make a gradient

[red flower]

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

[wild berry]

ty

[robust marsh]

alrighty

[wild berry]

does badge_colour support gradients

[daring fern]

Yes.

[wild berry]

how so

[wild berry]

will this work?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[wild berry]

kty

[glass crown]

if i wanted to go about
A. altering the card on the main menu
B. pushing the card on the main menu upward
how would i go about that?

[nova orchid]

i literally cannot find the vanillaremade or whatever mod no matter what i search on google

[alpine tulip]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki

[nova orchid]

how do i sprite new ranks

bro where is everybody

[cursive gazelle]

Please don’t spam

[shell timber]

repeating your question 3 times doesn't make it more likely for someone to answer

[nova orchid]

i sent it 2 minutes inbetween each time

[cursive gazelle]

Notmario can you link them the mod example from smods

I’m not on my pc

[shell timber]

okay but the old messages are still visible

[nova orchid]

no they're not

(i'm joking)

i still don't know how to sprite new ranks :P

[slim ferry]

have you tried reading the docs

i feel like its explained quite clearly there

[nova orchid]

i'm trying to sprite a new rank, not a suit, a suit sounds much more simple than a rank, but i'm trying to sprite a rank

[cursive gazelle]

Have you tried reading his name

[nova orchid]

i'm good at coding, bad at modding in general

i still do not know how to do it

[slim ferry]

how is that any different its still in the docs

its the same as suits but organized in columns instead of rows

[nova orchid]

X or Y

because i don't know if you're saying if each should be in a different column or if they should all be in a column

[wild berry]

im getting this error

[daring fern]

set = "Joker"

[wild berry]

oh

right

[slim ferry]

organized in columns means they should all be in a column

[nova orchid]

like this?

[slim ferry]

yes

and then the suits should be in the same order as the suits are in the vanilla sprites iirc

[nova orchid]

like this? (this is obviously not the final version, this is just a base so i know what the cards look like)

[cursive gazelle]

If you’re making a new suit or a deck skin you don’t need the background for the card

[nova orchid]

i know :P

it's just good for me to have as a base

so that i don't screw it up

also i'm making a new deck in general

not deck

rank

[cursive gazelle]

Suit

[nova orchid]

i'm making a new rank

[cursive gazelle]

Ah

[slim ferry]

thats the correct order i think yeah

[nova orchid]

like this?

i'll adjust the colour of the bottom one in a sec

[slim ferry]

yeah

[burnt tide]

how can I make a deck disable reward money ?

like the Red Stake but for all blinds

[unkempt bronze]

I think that's covered in VanillaRemade

Also... I'm having problems installing mods still

[nova orchid]

i did it! thank you

[burnt tide]

ooh

[slim ferry]

#⚙・modding-general, also ask an actual question

[plucky berry]

guys is there a way to create a deck that starts only with specific ranks?

like abandoned deck but I wanna remove 8 9 and 10s

[unkempt bronze]

Again, VanillaRemade

[plucky berry]

everything I'm trying is either deleting every rank ore none

[plucky berry]

I'll check it out thanks

I was using olatrab and paperback as reference code

[plucky berry]

i can't find anything called like that... am i dumb

can you give me a link

[unkempt bronze]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade

[plucky berry]

tnx

abandoned deck uses
apply = function(self, back)
G.GAME.starting_params.no_faces = true
end,
but 8, 9 and 10s aren't in a category like face cards

[wintry swallow]

What is the code for the chances of a joker appering in the shop?

[plucky berry]

probably tied to its rarity

[wintry swallow]

Got it. thanks

[daring heron]

so can anyone explain how negative works as a shader
trying to recreate it in blender

[wintry swallow]

Now how can i find the rarity in the files of vanilla balatro?

[real crown]

What's the best/easiest way to implement increasing the odds of certain Jokers appearing when a special deck is being used?

Not of certain rarity, just strictly saying that x, y, and z jokers appear twice as often

[static valley]

            local rarity = joker.config.center.rarity
            local new_joker = SMODS.create_card({
                set = 'Joker',
                legendary = legendary,
                rarity = rarity,
                edition = joker.edition,
                stickers = joker.stickers,
            })

trying to make a consumable that rerolls a random joker into a new one of the same rarity, but for some reason it only rerolls into rare jokers.

[red flower]

there isn't a good or easy one really, joker pools work off of rarity

[red flower]

the rarity value in create_card works different than the normal rarity values, it's in the docs
you probably want to convert the rarity to the string keys ("Common", "Uncommon", etc) first

[real crown]

Ahhh that's a shame, thank you!

[wintry swallow]

Specifically, How can I access the code to see the weight of the vanilla rarities for balance?

[red flower]

do you want to change the weights or just see them

[wintry swallow]

just see them

[red flower]

they're here
https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/src/rarities.lua

[wintry swallow]

And these are the original games weights (The words "Remade" kinda make me feel like they got edited.)

[red flower]

yes

[wintry swallow]

Okay, Thanks.

[red flower]

vanillaremade is just recreations of vanilla stuff using smods, these are just copied from the smods version of the rarities

[daring fern]

local rarity = (type(joker.config.center.rarity) == 'number' and ({"Common", "Uncommon", "Rare", "Legendary"})[joker.config.center.rarity]) or joker.config.center.rarity
local _pool, _pool_key = get_current_pool("Joker", rarity)
local key = pseudorandom_element(_pool, pseudoseed(_pool_key))
joker:set_ability(key)
```?

[static valley]

figured it out

although now I should figure out how to make it so that it only gets an edition if the joker that is being rerolled had an edition previously

oh wait i figured that too

[daring fern]

No, card.stickers doesn't exist and card.edition is not a key.

[static valley]

then how do I apply the stickers and edition from the joker?

[daring fern]

#💻・modding-dev message

[static valley]

oh yea that

👍

[red flower]

also if you just want to change a joker for another the easiest way is to do joker1:set_ability("key for joker2") and it will keep everything

[static valley]

did some testing, and suddenly I got this:

INFO - [G] 2025-09-28 13:28:20 :: ERROR :: StackTrace :: Oops! The game crashed
card.lua:262: Could not find center "UNAVAILABLE"

[loud summit]

how do you check if a card is a consumable

[static valley]

figured out the issue

[daring fern]

if card.ability.consumeable

[loud summit]

thx

[daring fern]

local rarity = (type(joker.config.center.rarity) == 'number' and ({"Common", "Uncommon", "Rare", "Legendary"})[joker.config.center.rarity]) or joker.config.center.rarity
local _pool, _pool_key = get_current_pool("Joker", rarity)
local key = pseudorandom_element(_pool, pseudoseed(_pool_key))
local it = 1
while key == 'UNAVAILABLE' do
    it = it + 1
    key = pseudorandom_element(_pool, pseudoseed(_pool_key..'_resample'..it))
end
joker:set_ability(key)

[loud summit]

what does get_id return for stone cards

[static valley]

yea I figured something like that

    local key = pseudorandom_element(_pool, pseudoseed(_pool_key))

    while not G.P_CENTERS[key] do
        key = pseudorandom_element(_pool, pseudoseed(_pool_key))
    end

this is what I proceeded to do

[daring fern]

No, you should use the code I provided.

[static valley]

k

im guessing it's so that it does a different pool?

[frosty rampart]

iirc some random negative number

[daring fern]

A completely random negative number between 100 and 1000000 not based on the seed.

[loud summit]

oh

[rotund sable]

Fun

[long sun]

how do i check if a Joker is being destroyed? i had this but this isn't working
if context.selling_self or (context.destroy_card and context.destroy_card == card) then

[daring fern]

if context.joker_type_destroyed

[long sun]

👍

do i need to check if it's this card?

[daring fern]

No, use the remove_from_deck function.

[long sun]

i tried that but it didn't work for my application

i need it to delay before it gets sold

(or destroyed)

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[long sun]

play a sound, eval a status text, delay 4.5 seconds, proceed

[daring fern]

You mean you want it to display a message with a sound, wait 4.5 seconds, then continue with the destruction?

[long sun]

mhmhm

i'm assuming i can return a table for that

[daring fern]

For what?

[long sun]

nevermind ^^;

ya you're right

[static valley]

for a card enhancement, how do I check when the card itself is about to be destroyed?

[daring fern]

if context.remove_playing_cards and table.contains(context.removed, card)

[static valley]

how do I check the card's rank and suit?

[daring fern]

if card:get_id() == id and card:is_suit("Suit")

Is it possible for something to be something and not be something at the same time?

[slim ferry]

what does that even mean in the context of balatro

[daring fern]

A card could be a face card and a non-face card at the same time.

[static valley]

how do I check if a very specific probability succeeds, specifically something like wheel of fortune?

[unkempt bronze]

Like a Glass card that never shatters as it's not a glass card

[daring fern]

if context.pseudorandom_result and context.result and context.identifier == 'wheel_of_fortune'

[slim ferry]

so like, Card:is_face() would be true but not Card:is_face() would also be true at the same time?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[rocky plaza]

i would imagine that couldnt be the case
i cant think of a possible way that this could ever be true
Card:is_face == not Card:is_face()

[slim ferry]

i dont think that would be possible, would require a not metamethod i imagine

but that doesnt exist

[static valley]

what about for the banana jokers?

[slim ferry]

check vanillaremade

it has the same identifiers as vanilla

[slim ferry]

also even then you would have to differentiate any random false from a false coming from is_face

[daring fern]

No, you could set a flag when the first one runs that tells the second one to return the opposite.

[rocky plaza]

hmmmmge

yeah i suppose

but that would also rely on separate calls

i dont think there's a good way to make a playing card be both treated as a face and a nonface card
cuz if for instance Midas Mask calls Card:is_face to check if its truthy and Ride the Bus calls Card:is_face to check if its falsy
there'd be no way to predict the order to have Card:is_face determine whether it should return its normal or inverted value
so i think its safe to assume that if Card:is_face is true then not Card:is_face is false

[slim ferry]

use a lua parser to replace every instance of not Card:is_face with a unique function :clueles:

oh

yeah true

[austere ravine]

Why when i print to console does nothing happen

the function that the print statement is in is called and properly works as seen by my mod working but nothing gets printed

🤔

[slim ferry]

i dont think print goes into the lovely console

iirc

[austere ravine]

oh u right im brainwashed

[daring fern]

Yes, that was just a possible way that would work specifically in that situation.

[zealous glen]

I wonder if the new context stack stuff could help

[rocky plaza]

hmm maybe

[loud summit]

guys why does my joker keep getting a self destructive tag applied?

[rocky plaza]

but then you'd need to know somehow if a joker is checking if a card is a face or if a joker is checking if a card is not a face
and i cant think of a good way that doesnt involve checking the code of the joker

[daring fern]

Also Ride the Bus would still reset because technically the card is a face card still I think.

[plucky berry]

is there a way to change the strength effect for a specific card? for example strengthening a 7 to a new rank I made

[daring fern]

Also it doesn't check not card:is_face() so it would be difficult to check even if this wasn't the case.

[zealous glen]

I don’t know if there’s an easy* way to do it. Try looking at the wiki and age for Ranks

And/or the function they cite for changing the rank of cards

Otherwise, you could try taking ownership of Strength, or hooking the aforementioned function

[plucky berry]

I found there is a next parameter but not previous

[plucky berry]

that sounds like a lot of work

[zealous glen]

But did you find the function?

Maybe at the bottom section, where it lists methods

[daring fern]

table.insert(SMODS.Ranks["7"].next, 1, "modprefix_key")?

[zealous glen]

It doesn’t seem like a good way to do it

[daring fern]

Why not?

[zealous glen]

It seems dubious to manipulate the config of objects mid run; I don’t know if it affects existing objects, and how it interacts with saving and loading

It’s more straightforward to hook the SMODS function that changes ranks and use that

[daring fern]

They didn't say they were doing it mid-run

[plucky berry]

I need to change it in general

like whenever the mod is active the strength effect is different

[zealous glen]

Oh

[plucky berry]

not for specific jokers or decks

[zealous glen]

Just take ownership

[daring fern]

Then yes, you would do table.insert(SMODS.Ranks["7"].next, 1, "modprefix_key")

[zealous glen]

I think that’s the recommended way

[zealous glen]

Taking ownership is better practice

It avoids collisions, for one

[daring fern]

No, it doesn't.

[plucky berry]

hmmm... does this work if I want only 7s of specific suits to do that?

[zealous glen]

What do you mean?

[daring fern]

It overrides everything in the center that was changed.

[zealous glen]

No

[plucky berry]

yeah I mean is there a way to add an if

[daring fern]

Hook SMODS.modify_rank

[zealous glen]

I don’t follow your argument

[zealous glen]

-# which is what I had suggested originally

[daring fern]

Perhaps, but that is how it works.

[zealous glen]

I don’t think it is

Which is why I don’t understand

Taking ownership checks for collisions

AFAIK

[daring fern]

No, it just replaces everything.

[zealous glen]

So two mods can’t change the same value

I thought the point of taking ownership was to check for collisions

[nova orchid]

i have an absolutely evil idea for a blind, but i don't know how i would make it

as soon as the blind starts, you get 100 seconds, and if you fail to beat the blind in those 100 seconds, you immediately lose the run

[frosty rampart]

reference cryptid "the clock" for how to track time

[nova orchid]

couldn't i just use os.time

that's in base lua

the main issue would be drawing a timer to the screen

[daring fern]

No, you would hook Game:update

[nova orchid]

oh yeah because pausing and stuff

how do i hook

and also how do i draw the timer :P

[nova orchid]

time since asking: 30 minutes
responses: 0

[slim ferry]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#whats-a-hook

[nova orchid]

that isn't helping it's too confusing :P

like this?

[mystic river]

... where do i put the localization strings for a new consumeable type?

[daring fern]

Localization > misc > dictionary

[mystic river]

can you be more specific? there's several relevant localization strings and i don't know what keys they go under

[daring fern]

k_key is for the label and b_key_cards is for the collection.

[mystic river]

and the undiscovered description?

[unkempt bronze]

SMODS.Challenge {
    key = 'laundry_day_1',
    rules = {
        custom = {
            { id = 'laundry_day' },
        }
    },
    jokers = {
        { id = 'j_DNA' },
    },
    restrictions = {
        banned_cards = {
            { ...27 jokers... },
            { id = 'c_star' },
            { id = 'c_moon' },
            { id = 'c_sun' },
            { id = 'c_world' },
            { id = 'c_sigil' },
            { id = 'c_incantation' },
            { id = 'c_grim' },
            { id = 'c_familiar' },
            { id = 'v_magic_trick' },
            { id = 'v_illusion' },
            { id = 'p_standard_normal_1', ids = {
                'p_standard_normal_1', 'p_standard_normal_2',
                'p_standard_normal_3', 'p_standard_normal_4',
                'p_standard_jumbo_1', 'p_standard_jumbo_2',
                'p_standard_mega_1', 'p_standard_mega_2' } },

        },
 
      banned_other = {
            { id = 'bl_club', type = 'blind' },
            { id = 'bl_goad', type = 'blind' },
            { id = 'bl_window', type = 'blind' },
            { id = 'bl_head', type = 'blind' },
      },

    },
            
    deck = {
        type = 'Challenge Deck',
        cards = {
            { s = 'H', r = 'A' }, 
            { s = 'H', r = 'K' },
            { s = 'H', r = 'Q' },
            { s = 'H', r = 'J' },
            { s = 'H', r = 'T' },
            { s = 'H', r = '9' },
            { s = 'H', r = '8' },
            { s = 'H', r = '7' },
            { s = 'H', r = '6' },
            { s = 'H', r = '5' },
            { s = 'H', r = '4' },
            { s = 'H', r = '3' },
            { s = 'H', r = '2' },
         }
    },
}```

Code for a mod challenge I'm trying to play

[solid mesa]

oh

i dont know enough about challange to know what is wrong

[unkempt bronze]

Well, that's fine since the code was ignored for missing }

to match { on line 13

[solid mesa]

this could help you https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1292578290665525338

[slim ferry]

i dont think that just

magically fixes challenges from other mods crashing

[solid mesa]

"could"

[unkempt bronze]

You guy want to read the crash log?

[solid mesa]

yea, gimme one second im getting in my computer

[unkempt bronze]

The entire error

[red flower]

you can copy paste from the crash screen

[unkempt bronze]

I probably should have

[red flower]

what's line 81

in your code

[unkempt bronze]

{ s = 'H', r = '4' },

Just saying "the deck has a 4 of hearts"

[unkempt bronze]

see above

[red flower]

can you send the whole file

[unkempt bronze]

@red flower see here

[mystic river]

whole

[red flower]

im assuming thats not the whole file because it says ...27 jokers...

[mystic river]

not an edited snippet

[red flower]

it's a syntax error but i dont see it there

[unkempt bronze]

It couldn't fit with all 27 jokers in place

[mystic river]

don't send it as a message, upload it as a file

[unkempt bronze]

My Challenge, called Laundry Day, which rescricts your deck down to one suit of cards

[red flower]

I don't see the problem there either. Maybe you didn't save?

[slim ferry]

well yeah but it won't, its just an api that adds challenge rules and thats it

[unkempt bronze]

Save what?

[mystic river]

the file
to your hard disk

maybe you just typed the changes and then didn't commit them

[unkempt bronze]

Ooohh!

[mystic river]

i mean that seems unlikely but it's worth checking

most things you can use to edit lua files don't autosave

[unkempt bronze]

Then how save in github?

[mystic river]

are you editing the file on github, the website?

[unkempt bronze]

yea

[mystic river]

that is,
certainly a workflow you've chosen
you should edit the file that's on your computer

[unkempt bronze]

that a problem, or...

[mystic river]

smods isn't looking on github for your mods, after all

it's looking in your mods folder

[unkempt bronze]

I download the files when I fix them and put them there

[mystic river]

okay, well, double-check that you actually did that with this one

yeah i straight up don't get this error when i load that file

[unkempt bronze]

Woops. I didn't, thanks for catching it

[mystic river]

i generally recommend editing your files in a local workspace, perhaps using a tool like visual studio code, and then using git to put your files on github (visual studio code integrates this and makes it easy to do without having to learn git itself, probably other coding environments do also)

[unkempt bronze]

error, challenge couldn't be loaded

[mystic river]

j_dna, not j_DNA
keys are case sensitive

[unkempt bronze]

ah. but what about the center issue?

[mystic river]

i believe that is the center issue
it's trying to get info about j_DNA, which doesn't exist

[unkempt bronze]

Still not working

same issue too, indexing a local center

Also, it's titled "ERROR", so... I'm a bit bad at ccoding

[mystic river]

it doesn't have localization strings

[unkempt bronze]

How do I add those in?

[mystic river]

easy way to do it is

loc_txt = {
  name = "Laundry Day"
}

the proper way to do it is to make a localization file, but that's a fair amount of work to get started and only relevant if you expect to translate the mod

[unkempt bronze]

Also, when I click on restrictions, it just crashes then and there

[frosty dock]

kid named dump_loc:

[mystic river]

yes, managing that for the first time is a fair amount of work

[frosty dock]

what is

[mystic river]

getting rid of all the random additional stuff that gets in there because you're a new modder who doesn't know what you're doing

(source: that's what i did lol)

[frosty dock]

what random additional stuff, just don't run other mods when you do it

[unkempt bronze]

Not getting the game to crash upon trying to make a bonus challenge happen. Also, it's only the restrictions, the deck works just fine, and the name didn't update.

[frosty dock]

(if there's additional stuff from smods, that's a bug and I don't know about it)

[unkempt bronze]

Any reasons why the restrictions seem to break th game?

[mystic river]

not really, i haven't made a challenge in a while

[frosty dock]

hold on lemme have a look at the crash

[unkempt bronze]

give me a momen

[mystic river]

probably one or more of your keys is wrong
it's trying to display the restricted cards, so if a key is wrong it will try to index G.P_CENTERS.["key that doesn't exist"], which will be nil

[unkempt bronze]

and the code

[frosty dock]

you still have j_DNA

[unkempt bronze]

I think some of the jokers are wrong or inaccurate, but Idk their actual code

[frosty dock]

it needs to be j_dna

[mystic river]

lmao yes that would do it

[frosty dock]

the bans wouldn't cause a crash if they were to be inaccurate

[unkempt bronze]

might have the wrong files...

[frosty dock]

they'd just fail to ban the card

[mystic river]

best way to determine a card's key is to search localization/en-us.lua in the vanilla source for it

[unkempt bronze]

        banned_cards = {
            { id = 'j_greedy_joker' },
            { id = 'j_lusty_joker' },
            { id = 'j_wrathful_joker' },
            { id = 'j_gluttenous_joker' },
            { id = 'j_blackboard' },
            { id = 'j_seance' },
            { id = 'j_shortcut' },
            { id = 'j_ancient_joker' },
            { id = 'j_castle' },
            { id = 'j_certificate' },
            { id = 'j_smeared_joker' },
            { id = 'j_certificate' },
            { id = 'j_bloodstone' },
            { id = 'j_rough_gem' },
            { id = 'j_arrowhead' },
            { id = 'j_onyx_agate' },
            { id = 'j_flower_pot' },
            { id = 'j_seeing_double' },
            { id = 'j_crazy_joker' },
            { id = 'j_droll_joker' },
            { id = 'j_devious_joker' },
            { id = 'j_crafty_joker' },
            { id = 'j_four_fingers' },
            { id = 'j_runner' },
            { id = 'j_superposition' },
            { id = 'j_the_order' },
            { id = 'j_the_tribe' },
            { id = 'c_star' },
            { id = 'c_moon' },
            { id = 'c_sun' },
            { id = 'c_world' },
            { id = 'c_sigil' },
            { id = 'c_incantation' },
            { id = 'c_grim' },
            { id = 'c_familiar' },
            { id = 'v_magic_trick' },
            { id = 'v_illusion' },```

here is the joker ban list, as is written in my code

[frosty dock]

at a glance

j_smeared_joker is wrong

it's j_smeared

[mystic river]

    jokers = {
        { id = 'j_DNA' },
    },

you didn't update this

[frosty dock]

but again that would just not ban the card, not crash the game

the crash is from the j_DNA

[unkempt bronze]

gimme a second

(uploaded th wrong file)

[frosty dock]

these also each don't have _joker unlike their suit counterparts

[unkempt bronze]

the code as is currently downloaded

[frosty dock]

do you have that exact file in your mod folder?

[unkempt bronze]

yes

[frosty dock]

does it still crash

[unkempt bronze]

yes

DNA shows up, tho

[frosty dock]

when does it crash and what's the crash log now

[unkempt bronze]

As soon as I click on 'restrictions'

[frosty dock]

oh alright

that's because of the bad keys then

smeared, crazy, droll, devious and crafty are what I've noticed

[reef karma]

does someone know how to code custom card skins into the game?

[unkempt bronze]

new altas

[frosty dock]

oh hello again

[reef karma]

hi there

[unkempt bronze]

and ancient joker's fine as is?

[frosty dock]

have you seen this example mod? https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/tree/master/Mods/DeckSkinTemplate

[frosty dock]

nope

[unkempt bronze]

so, J_ancient there too?

[frosty dock]

the sinful jokers are though

j_ancient, yes

also you can ask this reference

[reef karma]

I have, it's just that I don't know how to do anything related to coding, so I messed it up. is there something pre-written I can use? thanks!

[mystic river]

the type-chips jokers, ancient joker, and the order and the tribe all had the wrong keys

[frosty dock]

oh i missed order and tribe

[unkempt bronze]

And now it breaks somewhere else entirely.

[mystic river]

you did a tyop somewhere

[frosty dock]

well now you have a syntax error in your code 🤪

[mystic river]

here's the fixed code

all i had to do was fix the keys to refer to things that actually existed

[frosty dock]

not really if the example fails to help you at all. there used to be DeckSkinsLite but it's long discontinued so I can't recommend taking that path

if you're at all interested in learning something, I'd encourage you to just give it a try and ask if you get stuck. if not I can also just make it for you if you give me the assets

[reef karma]

okay, thanks!

[unkempt bronze]

Thank you!

It works! Mys. Minty, you're got yourself a credit on the total mod!

[reef karma]

this is what my "code" looks like. is there any major problems?

[unkempt bronze]

Also, if anyone wants, you can download it and play it yourself! The name still doesn't work, but the rest is still there

[frosty dock]

yes, you're using an outdated template

though it should still be supported if I'm not mistaken

[reef karma]

Should I download the template you sent?

[frosty dock]

it's not strictly a template, just an example

[reef karma]

ah so i need to write the code from scratch kind of?

[frosty dock]

you'd have to copy the code from the example for each suit you have a skin for and adapt the data to fit what you have

really, just changing the key and suit as well as the palette colours (or removing the palette colour, i guess) should be enough

[reef karma]

👍

Should I take this and merge all the code here instead of that Go after the "Do not change" line?

[frosty dock]

I'm not sure that's a coherent sentence, but don't merge code from both examples if that's at all what you were trying to say

you'd want to create 3 more copies of everything after SMODS.DeckSkin { and change the key and suit for each as well as the loc_txt (for the display name)

you might also want to adjust the colors and customize the metadata in the json file

-# it'd totally better to have the example do all four suits

[reef karma]

oh god I don't know any of those words 😭

ill try brb

thanks!

[frosty dock]

what words, I can try to explain better

[reef karma]

what is metadata?

[frosty dock]

this

mod ID, name, author, etc

[reef karma]

oh okay cool

also, did you have a nice day today?

[frosty dock]

yeah I did, ty for asking

[reef karma]

sure!

[frosty dock]

how about you?

[reef karma]

yea pretty good

[reef karma]

you mean duplicate it 3 times?

[frosty dock]

yeah, you want one instance of that code snippet for each suit

[reef karma]

ok,thanks!

do i have to have the high contrast one?

[plucky berry]

I'm going insane trying to make strenght effect depend on card suits

[frosty dock]

nope

you can get rid of the second palette

[reef karma]

lets go

[frosty dock]

also snap the corresponding atlas definitions if you don't have the files

[reef karma]

i have the image for the cards, is that good?

[frosty dock]

i meant if you don't have separate high contrast files

you'd want to get rid of the atlas definitions with hc in them

[reef karma]

ah ok makes sense

[plucky berry]

Can someone help me with this? I'm trying to make 7 be strenghtened to a new rank only if it's of my modded suits

  {
    next = { '8', 'napoli_Fante' },
    strength_effect = { fixed = 1 }
})

G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
    func = function()
        local napoli_suits = { 
            napoli_coppe = true, 
            napoli_denari = true, 
            napoli_bastoni = true, 
            napoli_spade = true 
        }

        local rank_7 = SMODS.Ranks["7"]
        if not rank_7 then return true end

        if G.playing_cards then
          local applied = false
            for _, card in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
                if card and card.base and card.base.suit then
                    local suit = card.base.suit
                    if napoli_suits[suit] then
                        rank_7.next = { "napoli_Fante", "8" }
                        rank_7.strength_effect = { fixed = 1 }
                        applied = true
                        break
                    end
                end
            end
        end

        return true
    end
}))```

this code obviously does not work

[frosty dock]

ugh that's not something that plays nice with the current API

a possible solution I see is allowing strength_effect to be a function

[plucky berry]

i tried that but it crashes if i make it a function

[frosty dock]

ik, it's not currently supported

I'm just thinking about how to support it

there's not really a clean workaround

[plucky berry]

I'm trying to make a neapolitan deck of cards, so ranks 8, 9 and 10 are face cards "Fante", "horse" and "king"

and J,Q,K are not there

for now i was able to make the deck with the right cards and to make straights work, but then if i use strenght on a 7 of neapolitan suits it gives me an 8 (which has no sprite cause that card doesn't exist, instaed it's replaced by the fante)

this is what i've got for now, sprites are wip

[reef karma]

Can I also delete the "icon lc", or is that important? (Sorry if I'm interrupting)

[plucky berry]

are you talking about suit icons?

[reef karma]

yes

i think

[plucky berry]

you need them if you call them in the code

[slim ferry]

if you're making a deck skin it shouldnt be needed

[plucky berry]

otherwise the game sets a default one

[slim ferry]

since im pretty sure its just used for the suit icon in the deck view

which deck skins dont change

[plucky berry]

yeah it is

usually it's for new suits

[reef karma]

👍

[plucky berry]

like paperback stars to make an example

[frosty dock]

sorry for delay, for now you can use this patch to allow strength_behavior (and prev_behavior) to be a function

[[patches]]
[patches.regex]
target = '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]'
pattern = '(?<indent>[\t ]*)(?<beh>local behavior =.*)\n[\t ]*if'
payload = """$beh
if type(behavior) == 'function' then
  rank_key = behavior(rank_data, card)
elseif"""
position = 'at'
line_prepend = '$indent'

why does that not parse

[plucky berry]

wha

where do i apply the patch?

[frosty dock]

do you have any lovely patches in your mod yet?

[plucky berry]

i don't think so

i have this

[frosty dock]

just put this file in there

I'll get the functionality added into smods, just can't do it right away because of other pending changes affected by it

[plucky berry]

so i just put it in the main folder right?

[frosty dock]

I'll make sure the patch won't cause issues when it does get added (if I remember)

[frosty dock]

yeah

[plucky berry]

ok nice

i'll try and let you know

[frosty dock]

if you don't want custom suit icons attached to your skin, you don't need that either

[reef karma]

👍

[frosty dock]

just make sure to also get rid of the suit_icon = {...} lines

[nova orchid]

how do i split my mod into multiple lua files?

[frosty dock]

from your main file, load each additional file using assert(SMODS.load_file('folder/filename.lua'))()

[unkempt bronze]

Say, does anyone here know how to remove certain poker hands from scoring?

[frosty dock]

by taking ownership of them and changing their evaluate methods

[reef karma]

tada! is this any good

[nova orchid]

like this?

assert(SMODS.load_file('src/atlas.lua'))()
assert(SMODS.load_file('src/jokers.lua'))()

[reef karma]

sorry we are all asking for help all at once

[frosty dock]

local old_eval = SMODS.PokerHands['Full House'].evaluate
SMODS.PokerHand:take_ownership('Full House', {
  evaluate = function(parts, hand)
    if condition then return {} end -- invalidate hand under condition
    return old_eval(parts, hand) -- otherwise defer to the original method
  end,
})

[unkempt bronze]

thank you!

[frosty dock]

suit = 'any' won't do

like i said you need a copy of this for each suit

[reef karma]

oh ok

[frosty dock]

yes

[unkempt bronze]

On an unrelated note: "Laundry Day" version a.1 to release later today

[frosty dock]

a.1?

[unkempt bronze]

alpha.1

[frosty dock]

love me some nonstandard versioning

just know smods won't recognize that

[unkempt bronze]

I'm working on truly removing flushes, straights, and related hands from playing

[plucky berry]

[SMODS _ "src/game_object.lua"]:2029: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got function)

[unkempt bronze]

Yeah, I'm not filewise calling it that

[plucky berry]

maybe this code is wrong for the patch idk

    next = function(card)
        local napoli_suits = {
            napoli_coppe = true,
            napoli_denari = true,
            napoli_bastoni = true,
            napoli_spade = true
        }

        if card.base and napoli_suits[card.base.suit] then
            return 'napoli_Fante'  -- safe even as a string, patch wraps it
        else
            return '8'
        end
    end,
    strength_effect = { fixed = 1 }
})```

[frosty dock]

I didn't let you have next be a function

strength_effect is the one that can be a function

[plucky berry]

ohhh

ok

[frosty dock]

I think next is safe to just contain both ranks though?

[plucky berry]

yeah it is

im just dumb, i'm literally learning how to code with this shit

[frosty dock]

yeah just change that back to a table

[plucky berry]

probably not the best way to start coding

[reef karma]

fixed

[frosty dock]

that's all over the place, lemme fix it for ya

[reef karma]

Thanks!

[feral tree]

what's the varible to tell how many hands you have?

[frosty dock]

there were a lot of missing closing brackets, you didn't remove the suit_icon fields, the keys need to be unique and the suit names need to be capitalized. just to outline what I changed

also note the sprites in the asset file should be in the order of hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades from top to bottom

and 2->Ace from left to right

[frosty dock]

G.GAME.current_round.hands_left

[reef karma]

omg thank you so much!

[hidden notch]

I'm trying to show the Description of "another" Joker, but I cannot figure out how to make the Variable work....```lua
local next_val = 2.0
info_queue[#info_queue + 1] = {
key = 'j_SEMBY_parking_disc_1', --..next_disc,
set = "Joker",
config = { extra = { ret = next_val } },
vars = { next_val },
specific_vars = { next_val }
}

[frosty dock]

it's not as hard as you're making it

info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS.j_SEMBY_parking_disc_1

if you do ever need to use this form, the correct version would be specific_vars = { vars = { next_val } } though

[hidden notch]

That doesn't work; It doesn't show another Description

[hidden notch]

This Crashes the Game, unless I also specify an empty config = { } and then it doesn't show anything

[reef karma]

the mod is loaded but it doesn't change the deck

[plucky berry]

i'm going insame

[frosty rampart]

unless you have a mod that adds a new "1" rank, there is no "1" rank. it's "Ace"

[frosty dock]

it doesn't change automatically, you need to select it in "customize deck"

[reef karma]

select what there?

[frosty dock]

oh, it appears I'm lacking context as to what the joker you're trying to display is

[frosty rampart]

@plucky berry

[frosty dock]

"Example" as you haven't changed the display name from that

[reef karma]

it works!!!!!!!

[frosty dock]

amazing

I supposed you'll want to change the display name though, for that just change the loc_txt = "Example" lines to have the name instead of Example

[reef karma]

i really appreciate you taking your time to help me. It really means a lot

[plucky berry]

I'm not tryna do that tho

[frosty rampart]

what are you trying to do then

[plucky berry]

I'm tryna make 7 turn into either 8 or a new rank depending on suit

[frosty dock]

that one's on me for explaining poorly

[hidden notch]

I only have one j_SEMBY_parking_disc Joker
Simply said: The _1 gets added when a Condition is met, I just wanna show the next Stage

[frosty dock]

don't return 1 in the strength_effect function

[plucky berry]

oh

what do I return

[frosty dock]

return the rank key you want it to change to

so "8" or the key of your custom rank

[plucky berry]

so like '8'

ok I'll try that later

sadly I have a job

[frosty dock]

it being self-referential does make things more tricky and you're probably right to not want it to loop back into itself in that case

[vale grove]

SMODS.Consumable {
    key = 'Fent',
    loc_txt =  { 
            name = "Fentanyl", 
            text = { 
                "Give one card the {C:attention}Fent{} seal"
            },
    },
    set = 'Tarot',
    atlas = "consumables",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    config = { extra = { seal = 'Fentanyl'}, max_highlighted = 1 },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        info_queue[#info_queue + 1] = G.P_SEALS[card.ability.extra.seal]
        return { vars = { card.ability.max_highlighted } }
    end,
    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        local conv_card = G.hand.highlighted[1]
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                play_sound('tarot1')
                card:juice_up(0.3, 0.5)
                return true
            end
        }))

        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay   = 0.1,
            func    = function()
                conv_card:set_seal(card.ability.extra.seal, nil, true)
                return true
            end
        }))
        
        delay(0.5)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.2,
            func = function()
                G.hand:unhighlight_all()
                return true
            end
        }))
    end,
}

i dont understand why thid doesnt work i double checked all the keys but when i run it i still get this error

[frosty dock]

looks like a mod prefix issue

[nova orchid]

how would i destroy a random joker that is not the joker that's destroying another joker, and destroying itself if there are no other jokers?

[frosty dock]

look at madness

but add an if/else that checks how many jokers there are

[vale grove]

where in this are you supposed to use a mod prefix?

[frosty dock]

in the seal key

set_seal has no context to know what mod it's being called from

so it needs the prefix

[faint yacht]

extra = 'toga_sealseal', as example of my Seal^2.

[vale grove]

config = { extra = { seal = 'YA_Fentanyl'}, max_highlighted = 1 },
Updating my config to this (YA being my prefix) still gives the same error

[frosty dock]

show the seal's code please

but also

did you start a new run?

[faint yacht]

Or spawn a fresh copy of the tarot.

[frosty dock]

or that, but on the same tarot the value won't update

[feral tree]

where can i find all the base game sound effect keys for play_sound?

[vale grove]

nvm found it

wrong key calling

i might just be slightly stupid

[frosty dock]

unzip your balatro executable using 7-zip or similar

and look in resources/sounds

[faint yacht]

Under resources/sounds, actually.

[frosty dock]

oops, too used to assets

[calm ember]

so, can i have some help... im a noob, trying to add a custom "collab"/extra deck only appearance
Like these:

[frosty dock]

why is that even different in smods

[frosty dock]

if you read up a bit, you'll see I just helped someone do exactly that

I'll be off to sleep shortly, surely someone else can help if you need any further assistance

[fallow breach]

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

could someone send an example of this

because without examples this isn't very helpful

[unkempt bronze]

What's wrong now?

Like, where's the inaccuracy in my code?

[red flower]

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

[fallow breach]

thank

[unkempt bronze]

bump

[calm ember]

whats the difference between the line at the top, "atlas_lc" or "atlas_hc"
or is it just preference

[frosty rampart]

lc is for low contract, hc is for high contrast

[calm ember]

yea lol i was just looking at the wiki for atlases, thanks

[crude ermine]

i have an idea

ehhhh?

[unkempt bronze]

Hmmm,

Don't hate it

[crude ermine]

found deck

[hidden notch]

I also don't understand why it's crashing...
Just to test around I'm pointing at another existing Joker;
info_queue[#info_queue+1] = { key = 'j_SEMBY_pear', set = 'Joker', specific_vars = { 1 } }
Comes up with this Crash (when I don't specify config = {})

Worked literally a Year ago apparently :D

[unkempt bronze]

rebump

[crude ermine]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[calm ember]

    key = "coderdeck",
    path = "coderdeck.png",
    px = 71,
    py = 95,
}
 

SMODS.DeckSkin {
    key = "coderdeck_Hearts",
    suit = "Hearts",
    loc_txt = "Example",
    palettes = {
        {
            key = 'coderdeck',
            ranks = {'2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'Jack', 'Queen', "King", "Ace",},
            display_ranks = {"King", "Queen", "Jack"},
            atlas = atlas_lc.key,
            pos_style = 'deck',
        },
    },
}
SMODS.DeckSkin {
    key = "coderdeck_Diamonds",
    suit = "Diamonds",
    loc_txt = "Example",
    palettes = {
        {
            key = 'coderdeck',
            ranks = {'2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'Jack', 'Queen', "King", "Ace",},
            display_ranks = {"King", "Queen", "Jack"},
            atlas = atlas_lc.key,
            pos_style = 'deck',
        },
    },
}
SMODS.DeckSkin {
    key = "coderdeck_Clubs",
    suit = "Clubs",
    loc_txt = "Example",
    palettes = {
        {
            key = 'coderdeck',
            ranks = {'2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'Jack', 'Queen', "King", "Ace",},
            display_ranks = {"King", "Queen", "Jack"},
            atlas = atlas_lc.key,
            pos_style = 'deck',
        }
    }
}

SMODS.DeckSkin {
    key = "coderdeck_Spades",
    suit = "Spades",
    loc_txt = "Example",
    palettes = {
        {
            key = 'coderdeck',
            ranks = {'2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'Jack', 'Queen', "King", "Ace",},
            display_ranks = {"King", "Queen", "Jack"},
            atlas = atlas_lc.key,
            pos_style = 'deck',
        },
    },
}```
It's only working for the hearts suit...

[hidden notch]

Well, I'm gonna give up.
I'll just have that Jokers Description in my Translation-Files twice.
One in Jokers and one in Others

[calm ember]

im confused

[feral tree]

How do i have a joker forcewin the blind? not the run, the blind

[worthy snow]

Hey folks! I've found a function I am interested in patching, but I am having some dificulty determining whether it's possible to do with smods and / or lovely.

It's update_canvas_juice under comment_events.lua. I'd like to be able to update the entire implementation of that method to reflect a setting I am adding, but I am really lost. Does anyone know if this is doable?

Its only caller is in the Game (not G) namespace, but I certainly can and will not be responsible for the game loop itself in this mod lol. TIA!

[unkempt bronze]

Help again

Here's the code it's reacting to

[red flower]

there's a snippet on this in the vanillaremade wiki

[red flower]

You should be able to just override/hook/lovely patch the function unless there's something I'm missing

[worthy snow]

I can, sorry, I should be more specific - I know you can patch per-line with lovely, but is there a nicer way to instead do the entire implementation of a function?

Based on how I understand it works, the answer is likely no. I can use regex to do the whole thing but I wanted to avoid that

[red flower]

I never made a pure lovely mod so I don't know exactly how but you can just load your own file and reimplement the entire function and it will rewrite the original or hook it to add functionality
SMODS handles the loading files part as well

[worthy snow]

Ah sweet, that sounds promising! Cheers 😄

[desert ore]

any notes? first time shading something like this

background planning to do smth else but don't know quite yet

[coarse marsh]

What does this mean

[calm ember]

can someone help me with SMODS.DeckSkin?

[red flower]

some lovely patch is wrong
is this your mod or someone else's

[unkempt rover]

How do I make a consumable like the Black Hole or the Soul? Having a hard chance of appearing in booster packs

[frosty rampart]

the documentation is pretty cool https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Consumable

vanillaremade is too https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/src/spectrals.lua

[nova orchid]

is this a good sprite

btw the back is just "4A4F4B4552" repeated a bunch, and if you interpret that as ascii bytes, it says "JOKER"

[nova orchid]

how would i make a card get an enchancement if it is the only card played on the first hand of a round (example: Ace of Spades, Ace of Diamonds would not do anything, but 6 of clubs would get enhanced, but only if it's the first hand of a round)

this is also inside of a joker btw

[frosty rampart]

"do something if first hand of round has only one card": reference DNA in vanillaremade
"apply an enhancement to a card": card:set_ability("m_modprefix_enhancementkey")

(replace card with whatever object refers to the card in the played hand)

[meager quiver]

i fixed it https://discordapp.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1209506360987877408/1422044240128770210

i told you i could run with 100 mods

:P

but of course the balatro purists have to be high and mighty </3

[hexed stump]

Oh shit, more sticker functionality added since last time I worked on modding? fantastic

now I gotta redo my apply functions though

oh and my probability stuff

😔

looks better overall though

[royal yarrow]

hey, im just starting out modding, how would one go about making a joker similar to bloodstone but for spades? im stuck trying to find out how to check the suit of cards

any help would be appreciated, been looking thru the documentation but i cant seem to find anything there either

[sturdy compass]

I highly recommend you check out the VanillaRemade project. You can see exactly how Bloodstone is made so you can adjust accordingly

[royal yarrow]

where would i be able to find that?

[sturdy compass]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade

[royal yarrow]

thank you so so much

[sturdy compass]

No prob! It's a resource I wish I had when I started out lol

[quasi comet]

so i have a statement here that checks if a sold card is a specific edition (the edition changes; the edition_ returns the key of an edition)

whenever i satisfy the other stuff, its all good but it never gets through that step

[umbral zodiac]

is there a way to open a custom collection-like page with some specific cards other than manually making the ui for it

[daring fern]

SMODS.card_collection_UIBox?

[daring fern]

if context.card.edition and context.card.edition.key == edition_

[umbral zodiac]

lifesaver, thank you

[timid zinc]

i'm trying to access another mod's atlas in a center,

        key = { 
            mod = false
        }
    },
    atlas = 'paperback_decks_atlas',```
but it just crashes

[daring fern]

Log?

[timid zinc]

Just looks like the typical "can't find atlas" crash to me

[quasi comet]

works! found out i also forgot an else statement for when the card isn't enhanced lol

thanks

[timid zinc]

Okay so you need to add atlas = false to the prefix_config table

[wind steppe]

what does card_eval_status_text do

[ashen drift]

ok

[ashen drift]

eval a card status, similar to return {message = something} but more customizable i think

[red flower]

both do the same thing afaik, you can at least pass most arguments that the function takes to message too

[calm ember]

Anyone know how to make the joker like.. tell you something? like the text prompt when you finish a round/start one

?

[wind steppe]

return message = "whatever you want it to say"

[calm ember]

thxx

            if context.setting_blind then
                card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + 0.2,
                return message = '*grows*'
            end
``` not working...

[daring fern]

return {message = '*grows*'}

[calm ember]

Thanks omg that worked, and its so funny XD

[hidden oak]

Which design do you all like best? Working on my first mod and i want something pretty to look at to convince me to actually finish the project

[wispy falcon]

How do I check if the player is in a specific boss blind?

[daring fern]

if G.GAME.blind.config.blind.key == 'bl_modprefix_key'

[gusty iron]

If you're checking for a vanilla blind, don't include a modprefix!! ^^

[bold gyro]

hey y'all, how would i get the description of a joker that uses a multibox description (preferably as a list of lists or a list of lists of lists)? i've used the code below before but it breaks down if a joker uses multibox

localize{type = "raw_descriptions", set = "Joker", key = G.jokers.cards[my_pos + 1].config.center_key, vars = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0} }

[daring fern]

G.localization.descriptions.Joker[key].text

[bold gyro]

excellent, ty!

[wispy falcon]

Why might #G.deck.cards == 0result in a nil compare with number?

[daring fern]

It wouldn't.

Using == doesn't crash when you compare different types of values.

[wispy falcon]

What does SMODS.inject_p_card do?

[daring fern]

It adds a rank and suit combination to G.P_CARDS

[daring heron]

does anyone here know what specifically the negative shader does so i can try and remake it in blender?

[ashen drift]

how does debugplus do savestates internally/where is the code for handling savestates in debugplus?

nevermind, found it!

[ashen drift]

why does this implode

and by implode i dont mean crash, just why it doesnt work

[bold gyro]

i think you need to add your mod prefix onto args.type == '<insert prefix here>_badheadache'

wait no nvm

worth a shot but prolly something else

[ashen drift]

i tried that before yeah

[lavish elm]

so I am trying to patch the game for the first time and for some reason I get a crash with a message I don't understand

[manifest]
version = "1.0.0"
dump_lua = true
priority = -10

[[patches]] #G.GAME
pattern = '''
target = 'game.lua'
match_indent = true
position = 'after'
payload = '''
allow_legendary = {in_shop = false, rate = 1.00},
'''

[red flower]

what's the crash

[ashen drift]

ok i think its because of the savestate thing

im gonna try and

uh

make it last a few more frames

[lavish elm]

 allow_legendary = {in_shop = false, rate = 1.00},
   |                                                 ^
expected newline, `#`

sorry for the late response used to hearing that discord ping noise

[faint yacht]

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
...

[ashen drift]

not the problem apparantly

it might just be check for unlock function

[lavish elm]

but then what do I do with the the #G.GAME

[faint yacht]

Is that meant to be the pattern?

[lavish elm]

I don't know I was playing the all in jest mod https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1357543332602970212
then I saw that there is a joker that adds legendary to the shops which I couldn't implement(skill issue)
so I looked at the toml files and "borrowed" the code and I have no idea what I am doing lol

[ashen drift]

ok check for unlock

just does not do anything

??

wtff

[lavish elm]

in conclusion I can't understand patches too much for me

[ashen drift]

nvm i think revo is just doing it wrong

i copied his code

[clear ocean]

what do you prefer?

[lavish elm]

it turns out I didn't close patterns with another '''

[vale grove]

hey guys, how do i get the first letter of a joker name? (for more details i want a deck that looks at the first letter of a jokers name)

[daring fern]

localize({type = 'name_text', set = "Joker", key = 'j_modprefix_key'}):sub(1, 1)

[vale grove]

why 1,1 if you dont mind me asking?

[ashen drift]

from 1st char to 1st char

my brain farted

[vale grove]

ohh i see

[timid parrot]

I presume those are custom suits?

[clear ocean]

yup!

[timid parrot]

cool

sounds like a difficult deck

[clear ocean]

the only two decks the sleeves to be changed i think is checkered and hawaiian since that's the point of checkered and hawaiian already adds a full set to the initial deck

maybe do something similar to abandoned deck/sleeve where it converts another suit into leaves and roses

i could also do something like the starting cards for checkered and/or hawaiian with the sleeve are wild cards

[timid parrot]

starting with a lot of wild cards is kinda busted no matter how you spin it

[clear ocean]

yeah that is true

ideas:
checkered deck with hawaiian sleeve: starter leaf and rose cards are turn into spades or hearts
hawaiian deck with hawaiian sleeve: starter spade/heart cards are turn into leaves, and starter diamond/club cards are turn into roses

[timid parrot]

you don't technically have to make any modifications for checkered deck

[clear ocean]

i mean yeah

[timid parrot]

but yeah you could make checkered deck turn the extra cards into more hearts and spades

[clear ocean]

its more that checkered decks entire gimmick is you start with only spades and hearts

making it easier to build flush or spade/hearts builds

[timid parrot]

hawaiian deck + hawaiian sleeve maybe just gives you more hand size?

tbh I recommend making it easier to sift through the base deck anyway since you're adding so many new cards

[clear ocean]

good idea

thank you

[timid parrot]

do the new suits come with new hand types?

[clear ocean]

thats something im not sure

since the other mods and an entire api does that with spectrum hands so idk

[timid parrot]

well either you assume the use of the API or another mod or you add it yourself or you ignore it

[clear ocean]

ill think about it

[meager quiver]

guh, help

SMODS.Joker {
    key = "kittybrained",
    loc_txt = {
        name = "KittyBrained",
        text = {
            "Makes adjacent Jokers",
            "Become {C:attention}feline{} Jokers",
        }
    },
    rarity = 1,
    --atlas = 'genderbending.png',
    --pos = { x = 0, y = 0 }
    cost = 4,
    update = function(self, card, dt)
        if G.jokers then
            local adjacent_jokers = get_adjacent_jokers(center) --logic for adjacent jokers stolen from pokermon xwx
            for i = 1, #adjacent_jokers do
                CardSpecies.transform(adjacent_jokers[i], "cat")
                CardSpecies.transform(card, "cat")
            end
        end
    end
}

heres the related functions:

function CardSpecies.transform(card, specie)
    -- morphs cards
    card.species = specie --crashes if i do card.center.species????
    return
end

get_adjacent_jokers = function(card) --stole from pokermon xwx
  local jokers = {}
  if #G.jokers.cards > 1 then
    local pos = 0
    for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do
      if G.jokers.cards[i] == card then
        pos = i
        break
      end
    end
    if pos > 1 and G.jokers.cards[pos-1] then 
      table.insert(jokers, G.jokers.cards[pos-1])
    end
    if pos < #G.jokers.cards and G.jokers.cards[pos+1] then 
      table.insert(jokers, G.jokers.cards[pos+1])
    end
  end
  return jokers
end

its currently not transforming them qwp

i may be stewpid,,,,,,

[red flower]

what is changing card.species supposed to do

[clear ocean]

hi nh

[red flower]

hello

[meager quiver]

just cosmetic change

[clear ocean]

mod progress is going well

[meager quiver]

changing a badge basically

[clear ocean]

made two suits with art from @rotund ridge and made an edition that adds a hand size with help from @timid zinc

[red flower]

is the badge not changing or is the value not getting set

[clear ocean]

all is left for the deck that properly adds the suits is the art which i might do later since i have work in about two hours

[meager quiver]

badge not changing

[daring fern]

It's card.config.center not card.center

[red flower]

so card.species is changed but the badge is still the same? then that's a problem with the badge code

[meager quiver]

OH, thanks

[red flower]

i dont recommend changing a center at runtime however

[meager quiver]

i actually cant friggin check if the values change cuz idk how to print values to console on lua (im not accustumed to lua im a js dev blehhhhhh)

[ashen drift]

n i need help

[wind steppe]

you have debugplus right?

[meager quiver]

yes

[wind steppe]

you can just run print(put whatever you want to print here, including variables)

[red flower]

with debugplus you can hover it and run eval dp.hovered.species in the console

[wind steppe]

that too

[red flower]

idk anything about achievements

[ashen drift]

bruhhhh

mb then

ill keep banging my head

[meager quiver]

i tried, but it didnt work

so i may be stewpid

[wind steppe]

send code

[meager quiver]

WAIT, ITS HALF WORKING NOW

although its not changing actually adjacent jokers hmmmm, okay i mightve botched the logic i had copied while trying to test it over and over, let me re-make the pokermon logic fully and test again, if it works then we'll be poggers

[ashen drift]

i thought it was supposed to return true and then thats it but its still fucked i cba

[wind steppe]

question. how many ghosts have you angered

because i dont think theres any other explanation for this

[ashen drift]

like none

[loud summit]

ask ghostsalt

[ashen drift]

why is it fucked up ts pmo

[clear ocean]

🥀

[wind steppe]

what other mods do you have

one of those could fuck it up maybe

[ashen drift]

debugplus and debugplusplus

okay im not sure if its something w my machine

[wind steppe]

buy a oujia board and make a deal with the ghosts to stop haunting your code

[ashen drift]

https://github.com/Goldofleaves/Medium

@wind steppe can you check if its normal on your side

press y anywhere

[loud summit]

do u have a localized name defined

[ashen drift]

im 99% sure that isnt the problem but ill try anyways

[wind steppe]

great readme btw

[loud summit]

i did in fact read it

[wind steppe]

there is a slight hotpot related issue preventing me from doing so
(i dont think its your fault considering i updated it since the last time i booted it up)

wait like half an hour

[ashen drift]

bruh

disable hp

[wind steppe]

i cant because it crashes on load

[ashen drift]

remove the mod folder tempararily

move it outside of the mod folder

[wind steppe]

right

im. stupid

@ashen drift its fucked for me too

[ashen drift]

???

okay

what the flipping fuck

Why

[lavish elm]

how to make the add_to_deck function auto update for example:

mult = 2
add_to_deck mult = mult*2
mult = 4
remove_from_deck mult = mult/2

now mult = 2 when it was supposed to be mult = 4

[slim ferry]

look at vanillaremade turtle bean, it tracks how much hand size its still giving to remove the correct amount

[lavish elm]

ok thx

[keen atlas]

i got the achievement in clean save state. am i misisng something

[ashen drift]

wtf

[keen atlas]

actually

[ashen drift]

ok am i just fucked

[keen atlas]

am i supposed to press y at a specific time or wut

[ashen drift]

anytime

cuz i hooked it to game update

which should run at all frames

[keen atlas]

yeah it works

[ashen drift]

wtf

[keen atlas]

with a clean save

[ashen drift]

this is so rigged

why am i just fucked

hm

oh yeah thats the problem

whatever im gonna do something else anyways

[thorn basin]

question: how can I set for the showman effect to make only common jokers and tarots reappear in the shop multiple times?

[daring fern]

if G.P_CENTERS[card_key].rarity == 1 or G.P_CENTERS[card_key].set == "Tarot"

Also you're missing your mod prefix.

[thorn basin]

oh yeah I forgot about that

okay fixed it, just out of curiosity how does the showman effect work in default?
like, when you normally have some jokers in the joker slots, the game has a pool of all the jokers in the collection and doesn't instance the same ones you have as long as you don't have showman (or use other ways), right?

[loud summit]

i THINK when its generating valid targets to pull from it excludes already owned ones from the set

[thorn basin]

aight