💻・modding-dev

[unkempt bronze]

at least for iron

nope it works!

Thank you, Somethingcom515!

[wicked leaf]

How do you use SMODS.Probability?

[primal shoal]

theres a SMODS.probaillty?

[wicked leaf]

yes but its not documented apparently

[primal shoal]

you might have to read the code idk or someone else knows

[wicked leaf]

ok I think I found some stuff

how do you enable G.Discards?

[primal shoal]

isn't that just a variable/table?

[wicked leaf]

sorry, G.Discard

[primal shoal]

I haven't look that far into the code yet idk

[daring fern]

No, it is: https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/releases/tag/1.0.0-beta-0711a

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[wicked leaf]

I cant find the optional stuff in the wiki anywhere ugh

[wicked leaf]

I want to use contexts related to discards

as in

this yknow

[daring fern]

SMODS.current_mod.optional_features = function()
    return {
        cardareas = {discard = true}
    }
end

[wicked leaf]

thank you

also what's the way to use up / add a discard?

lease_discards?

[gilded goblet]

ease_discard()

sort of like ease_dollars()

[wicked leaf]

ease_dollars is a thing?

interesting

[gilded goblet]

i like doing eval ease_dollars(math.huge) using debugplus to get infinite monies

[primal shoal]

and that's why we read other people code for "inspiration"

[gilded goblet]

yeesss definitely

-# shoutout N'

[primal shoal]

ive used buncos bits code for a fair few of my jokers

[wicked leaf]

hasnt bunco been outdated for a while

[primal shoal]

the old code still works and that all i need

[faint yacht]

A fork exists that is being maintained for modern versions.

[wicked leaf]

if you arent using the fork good god please dont

use vanillaremade as reference instead

the original bunco uses oldcalc

[primal shoal]

it was just the animation code

[wicked leaf]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade

[primal shoal]

holy good pull thank you

[wicked leaf]

the entirety of vanilla remade in the latest smods

[wispy falcon]

question #⚙・modding-general message

[primal shoal]

your just tinting it blue right?

[south ice]

@timid zinc told me to ask y'all where i can find the G.localization.descriptions thing

[wispy falcon]

Why is one half blue half red and the others blue? Shouldn't it be 2,5 Jokers red and 2,5 Jokers blue?

[timid zinc]

You can open balatro.exe like a zip file and see the layout of the localization file

[primal shoal]

shaders are witch magic to me sorry

[timid zinc]

You can either just change the localization file directly and rezip the file back into an exe (But you wont be able to distribute your mod) or create a mod that accesses G.localization. and changes the values in it

[wispy falcon]

To me too but I need to learn them

[daring fern]

No, you would just overwrite the values in the localization file for the mod.

[timid zinc]

Oh, you can do that?

All the examples I've seen don't

[south ice]

Are you normally not able to edit the en-US.lua file when you open it using that method?

[daring fern]

Yes, you have to use software that can edit files within the zip without extracting it, like 7zip.

[timid zinc]

You can edit it yeah

[timid zinc]

This

[wispy falcon]

Wait, how do I get the screen size for a shader?

[south ice]

Oh, I was tryna do it with winRAR. Does it not work if u use winRAR?

[daring fern]

No, it doesn't, I think.

It seems like you have to delete the file and put in the new edited file if you're using WinRAR

[long sun]

how can a boss blind change the requirements of other blinds in the same ante?

[wispy falcon]

bump

[long sun]

okay wait scratch that

how can a boss blind change other blinds to specific boss blinds?

[slim ferry]

bump

[daring fern]

G.GAME.round_resets.blind_choices.Small = 'modprefix_key' and G.GAME.round_resets.blind_choices.Big = 'modprefix_key'

[long sun]

awesome ^^ thanks

if i reroll into the boss, does it change the small blind and big blind?

[slim ferry]

no

[daring fern]

Nothing's changing as in the patches aren't applying or the showdown blinds don't show up?

[slim ferry]

the patches are applying, but the showdown blinds don't show up

[viscid talon]

ok so uh

im trying to make a balatro joker that copies the effect of a random joker

i tried making it in jokerforge but it just isnt working

[wild pine]

is it possible to dynamically change the volume of a played sound without replaying it?

[viscid talon]

i dont know how to use lua at all

what do

[daring fern]

Yes, the third input of play_sound is the volume.

[wild pine]

but wouldnt running play_sound again just play the sound a second time

[daring fern]

Why do you need to call it again?

[wild pine]

im trying to make it change the volume mid play

like progressively get louder/quieter over time based on a value

[real crown]

How can I make a mod compatible with older smods version? Like to be playable in multiplayer
Do I need to get rid of SMODS.Back or SMODS.destroy_cards, or what would enable compatibility?

[south ice]

i think i did the text edit thing successfully guys, wish me luck

[daring fern]

You want to change the volume of a sound while it's playing?

[wild pine]

yeah

is that possible or nah

[daring fern]

Perhaps you could change G.ARGS.play_sound.vol

[south ice]

okay, its loaded successfully, apart from the fact that it crashed.

[wild pine]

or maybe if theres a way to have multiple music tracks playing at once

one being the sound effect and the other the normal game music

[daring fern]

What did you change?

[wild pine]

ill give this a try thx

[south ice]

I changed every instance of "Joker" to "Jimbo". I think it might have been the Undertale/Deltarune mod that caused the crash.

[daring fern]

Was it case sensitive?

[south ice]

Yep

At least, I'm pretty sure it was

[slim ferry]

option 1: learn! the people here are very helpful and theres a ton of good resources, and lua is definitely one of the simpler languages to learn
option 2: you could get people to code for you too ig, though this has less chance of actually working

[daring fern]

You need to change Jimbo={ back to Joker={ on line 434

[south ice]

I literally did that right as u sent that message lol

and it crashed again 🙁

[daring fern]

Log?

[viscid talon]

okei c:

[daring fern]

Did you save the file?

[south ice]

No, I just copied it straight from the crash screen in the game

[slim ferry]

no like

the code

did you save your own changes

[keen atlas]

the top stack refers to j_UTDR_bandage

it might be the utdr mod

[south ice]

That's what I was thinking.

[real crown]

What's an alternative to SMODS.destroy_cards? There's an incompatibility with an older version of smods, and I'm suspecting that may be the issue

[slim ferry]

you can use Card:start_dissolve() and then manually calculate the cards destroyed context

[south ice]

Okay, I removed UTDR from my mods folder, it loaded up just fine, but the game crashed when I opened the jokers part of my collection.

[wild pine]

nvm found it from this person, gg thanks

can just do this and as long as timer has a value it loops indefinitely

[real crown]

Thank you!

[keen atlas]

send the loc file, or the patch

[south ice]

Like the edited localization file?

[keen atlas]

yeah

[slim ferry]

okay apparently something did change, but thats just stopping showdowns from spawning in ante 8. how

[south ice]

its not appearing

like im dragging it onto discord and the message just doesnt send when i press enter

[daring fern]

What does it look like in the lovely dump?

[south ice]

there we go

[slim ferry]

full function

[keen atlas]

change Jimbo= to Joker=

[eager sparrow]

where is documintation

info for mod

[real crown]

Does anyone know what in this code could make it not compatible with older steammodded version (1.0.0~BETA-0711a-STEAMODDED so it would work with multiplayer)? The mod loads and the deck is present, but the halving doesn't work

    name = "Halving Deck",
    key = "halve",
    pos = {
        x = 1,
        y = 4
    },

    loc_txt = {
        name = "Halving Deck",
        text = {"At the end of each round,", "destroy half of the deck", "(rounded up)"}
    },

    _halve_deck = function(self)
        if not G.playing_cards then
            return 0
        end

        local eligible = {}
        for _, c in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
            if not c.removed and not c.shattered then
                eligible[#eligible + 1] = c
            end
        end

        local n = #eligible
        if n <= 1 then
            return 1
        end

        local to_destroy = math.ceil(n / 2)

        for i = n, 2, -1 do
            local j = math.random(i)
            eligible[i], eligible[j] = eligible[j], eligible[i]
        end

        for i = 1, to_destroy do
            local _card = eligible[i]
            if _card and not _card.removed and not _card.shattered then
                _card:start_dissolve()
            end
        end

        return 1
    end,

    calculate = function(self, back, context)
        if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over and context.main_eval then
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                func = function()
                    self:_halve_deck()
                    return true
                end
            }))
        end
    end
}```

[south ice]

fixed it! thx!

Now to fix the crashes with UTDR.

[slim ferry]

if i dont patch that the showdown check doesnt ever get reached, though. the check for if it should add a showdown to the pool is in the elseif after

and it would just not check for a showdown at all unless it is the win ante

[daring fern]

Have you tried putting a patch that prints eligible_bosses?

[slim ferry]

i have not, i'll try that

one moment

[slim ferry]

it seems to be adding showdowns, but not removing normal bosses

[daring fern]

Yes, but they both do the same thing.

[slim ferry]

so, whats the issue here? should i get rid of one of the two patches?

[daring fern]

Yes, try removing the first patch.

[slim ferry]

same result seemingly

[wispy falcon]

Does time not exist for shaders?

[dapper sun]

how do i stop a card from getting debuffed?

[slim ferry]

return prevent_debuff = true in context.debuff_card

[dapper sun]

ty

[wispy falcon]

Or more specifically: Is there a thing that helps animate the shader?

[dapper sun]

this isn't working and i can't figure out why,, ,

if context.debuff_card and context.check_enhancement and context.other_card.config.center.key == "m_wild" then
    return { prevent_debuff = true }
end

[daring fern]

context.debuff_card and context.check_enhancement don't happen at the same time.

[dapper sun]

oh

how would i go about doing this then? :p

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[dapper sun]

preventing wild cards from getting debuffed

[daring fern]

if context.debuff_card and SMODS.has_enhancement(context.debuff_card, 'm_wild') then
    return { prevent_debuff = true }
end

[dapper sun]

ty

[viscid talon]

how do i change it from "saved by Mr bones" to something else

[slim ferry]

change this return value

be aware that it is a localization entry key so you cant do much without a localization file

[viscid talon]

whats a localisation file?

[daring fern]

No, it was changed.

[slim ferry]

vanillaremade outdated?

wtf

[daring fern]

No, it works for both.

[slim ferry]

oh

but then how does it decide wether to localize or use the raw string

because theres no localize function there

[daring fern]

It checks if G.localization.misc.dictionary[G.GAME.saved_text] exists.

[slim ferry]

ah i see

[slim ferry]

okay it seems i am mistaken

you can replace the key in saved with just a plain string

[wind steppe]

localization files are still better though

[slim ferry]

yeah but theyre editing from joker forge mod iirc

i think

[viscid talon]

yes i am

[wind steppe]

try back.config.center:_halve_deck()

[wispy falcon]

How do you animate shaders, if that's even possible?

[slim ferry]

time

[viscid talon]

dis my code rn

do i changed the saved = true to saved = "Saved by Interstice"

[wispy falcon]

Elaborate, please?

[slim ferry]

yes

[slim ferry]

look into like any shader file, they all have the line extern MY_HIGHP_OR_MEDIUMP number time; near the top

which i can only assume is a time value

[wispy falcon]

This?

    #define PRECISION highp
#else
    #define PRECISION mediump
#endif

extern PRECISION vec2 learning;

extern PRECISION number dissolve;
extern PRECISION number time;
extern PRECISION vec4 texture_details;
extern PRECISION vec2 image_details;
extern bool shadow;
extern PRECISION vec4 burn_colour_1;
extern PRECISION vec4 burn_colour_2;```

[slim ferry]

yeah

[real crown]

In the current attempt I completely just pasted the contents of the helper into calculate, and trimmed it down a lot (to a point it lost functionality), but it's still not working for some reason with older steammodded: calculate = function(self, back, context)
```if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over and context.main_eval then
if not G.playing_cards then
return false
end

        local n = 0
        local to_destroy = #G.playing_cards / 2

        for _, c in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
            c:start_dissolve()
            n = n + 1

            if n >= to_destroy then
                break
            end
        end

        return true
    end
end```

[viscid talon]

it works!

[slim ferry]

awesome

[wispy falcon]

But I feel like when I use time, it isn't animated

[slim ferry]

not the best with shaders but

are you actually using it in the math

in some way

[wind steppe]

print in the context.end_of_round

[slim ferry]

and are you using sin/cos

[wind steppe]

make sure thats getting called

because the code itself seems to work for me

[wispy falcon]

Yes

    tex.g = 0;
    tex.b = 0;```

[viscid talon]

thank you Eris!

[slim ferry]

is that blue card

[real crown]

No output, so the code doesn't even get there

[slim ferry]

okay well idk then

im not really a shader guy i just know some math

[daring fern]

Decks don't have context.main_eval in older versions of SMODS

[real crown]

Thank you for the info! Then I'll remove it and try again

[viscid talon]

yes c:

[real crown]

It works now with the removed of main_eval, thank you!

[wispy falcon]

Do you know if time only works in dissolve_mask?

[slim ferry]

i dont

how could i make a pack open after a blind without the cashout thing getting in the way. kinda like how cryptid does it with The Decision

[wind steppe]

steal cryptid's code probably

[slim ferry]

okay

good point

[muted trout]

apparently i have some ssymbol???? can someone help me out

[shell timber]

you're missing an end

[muted trout]

where

i added an additional end and it doesnt seem to work

[versed swan]

"steal cryptid's code" why would you wish that upon anyone /j

[muted trout]

still error

[shell timber]

add another end

[muted trout]

i'll believe it

damn that worked

[hardy viper]

i love incorrectly formatted code

[muted trout]

im sorry i suck at coding 💔

im too ideas guy for all this

[slim ferry]

hit alt+shift+f

[hardy viper]

^

[daring fern]

That wont work because they don't have the Lua extension.

[muted trout]

whatever that was supposed to do didnt work

yeah

[slim ferry]

get the lua extension then

by sumneko

[muted trout]

i have a feeling it's gonna do absolutley nothing but ok

[slim ferry]

it will tell you when you make an epic blunder

[hardy viper]

it does many wonderful things

[urban wasp]

it will definitely do something 😭

[muted trout]

probably not for me it wont id think the formatter was wrong and not me 💔

[urban wasp]

it'll highlight everything

[urban wasp]

also am i weird for using this one

or is sumneko's like better for balatro

[slim ferry]

idk i only used sumneko's

[urban wasp]

idk this is just the one that appeared at the top of the extensions list for lua in vscode lol

[slim ferry]

this one is by Tencent though which is a controversial company and therefore bad /j

[urban wasp]

nvm i'm not the weird one

[muted trout]

do effect jokers need card abilities even if they don't seem to need any

[slim ferry]

wdym card abilities

[urban wasp]

what do you mean exactly

like card.ability. ...?

[urban wasp]

oh i see

[slim ferry]

this is for the description to show the values

its just so you can easily change the values in the config and be done

instead of manually changing numbers everywhere

[muted trout]

so do effect jokers not need them

[slim ferry]

wdym

[urban wasp]

what do you mean "effect joker"

[slim ferry]

nothing needs them, theyre just useful

[muted trout]

like something that makes tarot cards sell at buy price idk 😭

[wind steppe]

scaling jokers need them

[slim ferry]

yeah

i guess

[vernal seal]

quick question: where is the file that contain all calculate context?

[slim ferry]

actually no what if you just remember 🧠

[wind steppe]

also anything dealing with random values like the idol

[wind steppe]

That doesn't exist

[urban wasp]

oh i mean if no config variables are used in the main code, you don't need the config thing at all

[urban wasp]

lemme find it

[slim ferry]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/blob/c35acd87d763135d8febf9869860d7cb46a59fa0/lsp_def/utils.lua#L7 this is like the closest thing

[urban wasp]

yes that

[muted trout]

is loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card) not nessecary either?

[urban wasp]

no yeah you don't need any loc_vars for that either

[muted trout]

what im seeing from other mod's code is it doesnt nessecaryily need calculate = function(self, card, context) either

[slim ferry]

yes

it says on the SMODS.Joker page what all the required parameters are

and even thats not entirely accurate because you technically dont need a localization entry

[muted trout]

im unsure how exactly i increase something's sell value

[wispy falcon]

How do I apply a sticker to every card from the set Joker?

[daring fern]

for k, v in pairs(G.I.CARD) do
    if v.abilty.set == 'Joker' then
        v:add_sticker('modprefix_key', true)
    end
end

[wind steppe]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/tree/main is your friend

copy code from either egg or gift card

[wispy falcon]

Oh, I mean in should_apply for stickers

[muted trout]

I should probably reference this more and utdr mod less 🥀

[daring fern]

No, sets = {Joker = true}

[wispy falcon]

In should_apply?

[slim ferry]

no, in the sticker definition

[gilded goblet]

is there a way to have a probability trigger 2 different contexts?

[wispy falcon]

In the config?

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[slim ferry]

no, sets is a seperate parameter

[wispy falcon]

Like this?

    key = "death",
    config = { extra = { roundsTillDeath = 3, roundsWithSticker = 0, roundsLeft = 3 } },
    badge_colour = HEX '000000',
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    sets = {Joker = true},
    default_compat = true,
    rate = 1.0,
    atlas = "death",
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,```

[slim ferry]

yes

[wind steppe]

wdym by that

[wispy falcon]

So no should_apply at all?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[wispy falcon]

Well, my sticker doesn't get applied to anything

[wispy falcon]

Doesn't work

<@&1133519078540185692>

Thank you mods :3

[daring fern]

Code?

[wispy falcon]

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

SMODS.Sticker {
    key = "death",
    config = { extra = { roundsTillDeath = 3, roundsWithSticker = 0, roundsLeft = 3 } },
    badge_colour = HEX '000000',
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    sets = { Joker = true },
    default_compat = true,
    rate = 1.0,
    atlas = "death",
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsLeft = card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsTillDeath -
        card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsWithSticker
        if context.end_of_round and not context.repetition and not context.individual then
            card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsWithSticker = card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsWithSticker + 1
            print(card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsWithSticker)
            if card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsWithSticker == card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsTillDeath then
                print("DEATH")
                G.STATE = G.STATES.GAME_OVER
                G.STATE_COMPLETE = false
            end
        end
    end,

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsTillDeath, card.ability.cstorm_death.extra.roundsLeft }, key =
        self.key }
    end
}```

[muted trout]

i tried adapting the code to increase a consumable's sell price, but it's still at 1

[lavish elm]

if context.immediate then
            local lock = tag.ID
            G.CONTROLLER.locks[lock] = true
            tag:yep('+', G.C.PURPLE, function()
                SMODS.add_card{key = "j_gros_michel", edition = "e_negative"}
                G.CONTROLLER.locks[lock] = nil
                tag.triggered = true
                return true
            end)
            tag.triggered = true
            return true
        end

why this not work

[slim ferry]

if context.type == 'immediate'

tags work differently with contexts

[lavish elm]

ok thx

[gilded goblet]

this is a stupid question in hindsight so ill ask another one,
how can i have the following line only be called once at the start of context.discard?

card_eval_status_text(card, "extra", nil, nil, nil, {message = localize("k_active_ex")})

[daring fern]

if context.pre_discard

[gilded goblet]

more context:

im dealing with pseudorandom_probability() in context.discard and if i try calling it again in context.pre_discard then they wont "match up"

calculate = function (self, card, context)
  if context.discard and SMODS.pseudorandom_probability(card, "j_emith_thread", 1, card.ability.extra.odds) and not context.blueprint then
    card_eval_status_text(card, "extra", nil, nil, nil, {message = localize("k_active_ex")})

    return {
      remove = true,
    }
  end
end

[muted trout]

I think atp I'm just gonna give jimbeus a completely different ability this is way to hard for someone like me🥀

[daring fern]

What do you mean they wont match up? Also why aren't you putting the message in the return?

[gilded goblet]

two pseudorandom_probability() calls, 2 different values if im understanding it correctly

im not putting message = localize("k_active_ex") in the return cuz then it'll show "Active!" for every destroyed card, i just wanna have it do that once

[daring fern]

No, there is no difference.

Also I still don't understand.

[gilded goblet]

then idk

let me try again

[lavish elm]

G.FUNCS.toggle_shop()
when I use this function the game gets softlocked not even debugging tools work

[daring fern]

When are you using it?

[lavish elm]

inside of tag:yep()

[hollow horizon]

How do I animate joker's sprite?
The way on the image crashes the game

[slim ferry]

animated sprite for anything other than blinds are not supported

either wait for next smods release or copy from the way other mods do it

[hollow horizon]

oh, so that's why

sure

[red river]

how do i shuffle a card created mid-blind into my deck? as opposed to putting it at the bottom or at the top

[wind steppe]

shuffle the deck after its added

[red river]

i thought there would be a more dignified way to do this, but okay. thanks!

[daring fern]

No, the pull request has not been merged yet, it's not guaranteed to be in the next release.

[prisma loom]

folks does anyone knows how to remove this wierd black outline?

Ive been using special python file to remove lines but it doesnt seem to work here

or to be more clear, it works but after I re-downloading mod files from repository this bug returns

[sour garden]

black line?

[faint yacht]

Check for any transparent pixels.

[prisma loom]

none

[prisma loom]

very thin black outline

on the seal on the left

[slim ferry]

black outline that occurs with transparent pixels with a colour stored

im pretty sure its mostly an aseprite issue

since it makes transparent pixels black when exporting

while they just dont store a colour normally

[wispy falcon]

Any clue why it's not working?

[prisma loom]

Folks I swear Im not crazy

there's nothing

[slim ferry]

yeah

it is an aseprite issue

well its actually a balatro issue

[prisma loom]

bruh😭

[slim ferry]

but its caused by aseprite

theres an aseprite extension that has a built in 1x to 2x scaling

for balatro

[prisma loom]

specifically????

wth where

[slim ferry]

let me find the extension rq

i forget what its called

https://github.com/balamod/aseprite-balamod-extension here

[prisma loom]

❤️

thanks!

[native bone]

Im new to steammodded, does anyone know how to apply stickers?

I'm not entirely sure if I can use the .apply function during a calculate function

[daring fern]

card:add_sticker('modprefix_key', true)

[native bone]

thx

Does anyone know how to check if a card has a certain sticker?

[frosty rampart]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#how-do-i-get-if-a-card-has-a-specific-editionenhancementsealsticker

[copper perch]

This is for a joker card, I want it to destroy the random card when the playing cards are still on screen but after you win. My current code just gets rid of a card you had in hand when you see your money gained, I know it has to do with context.main_eval but unsure what to replace it with

if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over and context.main_eval and not context.blueprint then
            local card_ = pseudorandom_element(G.hand.cards, 'seed')
            SMODS.destroy_cards(card_)
        end

[daring fern]

Try setting true as the third input in SMODS.destroy_cards

[copper perch]

So it would be like this? Unsure what that would do

if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over and true and not context.blueprint then
            local card_ = pseudorandom_element(G.hand.cards, 'seed')
            SMODS.destroy_cards(card_)
        end

[copper perch]

Misread, so it would be like this?

if context.end_of_round and not context.game_over and true and not context.blueprint then
            local card_ = pseudorandom_element(G.hand.cards, 'seed')
            SMODS.destroy_cards(true)
        end

[faint yacht]

SMODS.destroy_cards(card_, nil, true)

[copper perch]

ahhh, okay

[faint yacht]

The definition of the function is

function SMODS.destroy_cards(cards, bypass_eternal, immediate, skip_anim)

[copper perch]

it works, thanks! :)

[plucky berry]

is it possible to make a stake that debuffs specific ranks?

[hollow horizon]

Anyone knows why may the sound in return not work?
If I play the same sound through play_sound() it works just fine

[left sonnet]

Hey folks, I'm using the create_slider() function similar tp the one I have replied to, does there have to be a pre-existing version of 'beast_config' or is it created automatically? I'm getting a ```lua
bad argument #2 to 'format' (number expected, got nil)

[hollow horizon]

got it! I needed to return a message alongside sound itself

[left sonnet]

Good try Ali

[left sonnet]

It does in fact need to exist ahead of time, solved it

[hollow horizon]

What am I doing wrong? No matter how many cards I play it's always NOT ALLOWED

[lavish elm]

bump

[red flower]

is this the exact code

[hollow horizon]

well, the variable's name is changed, but my original variable works just fine, I print it in console and it shows the right number. In this case 5

But apart from that, yeah. That's the code

[red flower]

don't check G.hand, check the argument cards

[hollow horizon]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Oh I have no idea how long was I trying to work it out

[wispy falcon]

Can someone help me with this shader problem I have? My shader only changes if it gets updated by changing pages or reloading the run instead of being animated and I don't know why

[azure valley]

Can you share your shader code? Kinda hard to guess otherwise.

Is there any way to run a function whenever an instance of a card of a specific type is created? As a constructor sort of function?

[wispy falcon]

Right, sorry

[wispy falcon]

I think you could use the global calculate for that

[azure valley]

thanks! I'll take a look at that after I get done trying to help with your thing

[gilded goblet]

i get this with gimp too, not sure how to go about it :/

[azure valley]

sorry, I'm not super up with how to hook shaders up to balatro, but I have used shaders before elsewhere, can you help me get this running so I can iterate?

I have

SMODS.Shader {
  key = "smoke_death",
  path = "shaders/smoke_death.fs",
}

and then I picked some cards to add it to and used:

  draw = function(self, card, layer)
    if (layer == 'card' or layer == 'both') and card.sprite_facing == 'front' then
      card.children.center:draw_shader('smoke_death', nil, card.ARGS.send_to_shader)
    end
  end,

I'm assuming I'm failing to forward arguments somehow, but I'm not sure which ones

and the documentation is not too good on the wiki

send_vars?

[wispy falcon]

Oh, I just have it as an edition like this:

    key = "smokeDeath",
    shader = "cstorm_smokeDeath",
}```

and this:

```SMODS.Shader{
    key = "smokeDeath",
    path = "smokeDeath.fs",
}```

[azure valley]

alright!

thanks

[ivory coral]

anyone know how to use the new SMODS.Operator? apparently the last update added it and in the process broke my custom one i added using patches and i want to see if i can port it to the new system

i cant seem to get the patch method to work again, not sure why

[azure valley]

sorry to pester again, I have:

SMODS.Shader {
  key = "smokeDeath_shader",
  path = "smokeDeath.fs",
}

SMODS.Edition{
    key = "smokeDeath_edition",
    shader = "curt_smokeDeath_shader",
}

Where curt_ is the prefix of the skeleton of a mod I happened to be working on at the time. (Doesn't currently contain any shaders or editions to interfere). When I go to look at the editions, it crashes with "smokeDeath_shader" not found, which is odd to me, considering I have it prefixed explicitly. Was this something you ran into?

you know what? I'll just make it its own mod rq.

[wispy falcon]

That's because in the shader file it's called smokeDeath and not smokeDeath_shader

[azure valley]

it was failing before I renamed it, but I'll change that back

it might have been failing for an unrelated reason

[wispy falcon]

I don't know why it would crash otherwise

Wait, where did you put the shader file?

[azure valley]

assets/shaders/

[wispy falcon]

Okay, then that is not the reason it crashes

[azure valley]

engine/sprite.lua:109: Shader uniform 'smokeDeath' does not exist.
A common error is to define but not use the variable.
Stack Traceback

using your exact definitions

[left sonnet]

Hey gang, anyone know how to centre text with newlines? I'll take a look through the backend but it would save some time if there was a convenient way of doing this

[azure valley]

in a clean mod

[ivory coral]

nvm just had to change the patch to work with scoring_parameter_keys instead

[muted trout]

current issue with jimbius is that the joker's mult only updates during a round

[wispy falcon]

Have you changed anything in the files or not? And where did you put the SMODS.Edition and SMODS.Shader?

Oh and in SMODS.Edition, does the shader still have the modprefix?

[azure valley]

my layout is really simple, all I have is a minimal json to define the mod, (cstorm.json), a lua file containing just:

SMODS.Shader{
    key = "smokeDeath",
    path = "smokeDeath.fs",
}

SMODS.Edition{
    key = "smokeDeath",
    shader = "cstorm_smokeDeath",
}

(cstorm.lua) and then the unedited version of your fs under assets/shaders/smokeDeath.fs

{
    "id": "test-shader",
    "name": "test",
    "author": ["OmnipotentEntity"],
    "description": "test",
    "prefix": "cstorm",
    "main_file": "cstorm.lua",
    "priority": 99,
    "badge_colour": "FFE5B4",
    "badge_text_colour": "A58547",
    "display_name": "cstorm",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "dependencies": [
        "Steamodded (>=1.*)",
        "Lovely (>=0.6)"
    ],
    "conflicts": [ ],
    "provides": [ ],
    "dump_loc": false
}

[left sonnet]

I may be too unfamiliar with lua but could you try taking the elseif out of the calculate?

I don't know what the structure is with updates

[azure valley]

this code looks as if this joker will trigger way too often.

every scored card, every hand card, etc etc.

every reroll

[muted trout]

?

[azure valley]

what seems to be going on with my minimod trying to hoist your fs so I can test it, is that the prefix is getting stripped from the shader name for some reason. @wispy falcon

[wispy falcon]

That's weird

[azure valley]

your calculate code runs any time calculate is called and you're not in context.joker_main or in context.blueprint, this is a LOT. But because you're not returning anything when it does trigger you get no visual feedback of this.

[left sonnet]

Even if this is the case, I think that's fine given that it's not exponential, it's constantly setting the value to the resulting multiplication of two unconnected values

[azure valley]

oh that's true as well lol

[left sonnet]

That said, it should only really be called when either of the variables is detected to have changed

[azure valley]

I think the intention is for it to scale.

[muted trout]

man i have no idea what any of that means but i am going to restructure this anyways

[azure valley]

but maybe not

[muted trout]

scales with consumables

[left sonnet]

Walk with me, what do you not understand, I can elaborate

[azure valley]

so if you use one your mult goes down?

[muted trout]

i hope so

[azure valley]

ok

[muted trout]

yes

but im going to reformat this anyways because it looks weird and i dont like it

[wispy falcon]

I copy pasted all of this and above and it works for me...

[azure valley]

maybe we're on different versions of smod and/or lovely

let me clean out all of my mods, rq

[wispy falcon]

Do you have the newest version of smods?

[azure valley]

I'm at tag 1.0.0-beta-0827c

[wispy falcon]

Me too

Can you send me the test mod please? Then I could try it on my end

[azure valley]

sure

[wispy falcon]

Works fine for me

Must be something on your end then

[azure valley]

wonderful

[wispy falcon]

We love technology

[azure valley]

well, it seems that rather than being a help, I am being a nusance, so I'm going to bow out

Sorry I couldn't help

[wispy falcon]

It's fine. At least you tried :D

[stone dagger]

Hello, how can I force an update of the game? I have a joker that creates cards at first draw but those cards aren't affected by opposing boss blinds such as "The Head"?

[red flower]

SMODS.recalc_debuff(card)

[stone dagger]

I really should make a list of SMODS utils functions

thank you :)

[red flower]

i have good news
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Utility#smodsrecalc_debuffcard

[stone dagger]

xD maybe I should just read

[left sonnet]

Hey N', are you familiar with any way to centre UI text with newlines? So like shifting the pivot of the text so that the middle of the text on the middle of the UI element

[wispy falcon]

@azure valley I have good news, I got it to work. All I was missing was float t = smokeDeath.g + time;

[faint yacht]

Huh... so, well, the vanilla Jokers using a "message" for their +chips, +mult, etc values not abiding by my value manipulation may present a problem for my stake idea.

Functionally, it works, just not with the popups.

-# fuck it, we ball.

[flat cypress]

@wispy falcon try tex.r *= exp2(sin( time variables) );

[muted trout]

as it turns out i was doing this wildly inefficiently

[wispy falcon]

Why?

[flat cypress]

it should fix the color going off the screen problem

if nothing else, it gives a bit of understanding of hlsl shaders

[wispy falcon]

Wait, why does that work?

[native bone]

Whenever I boot the game with my mod,, it gives me that error. I looked at the Mod Metadata page, and the metadata seems fine, so I have no clue what is going on.

[red flower]

align = "cm"?

[flat cypress]

if I’m understanding the problem correctly, the time variable is doing something weird to make the sine function not work. Trying a sine squared makes it not go negative anymore which sometimes helps

[left sonnet]

Everything already is I fear

[red flower]

did you try fixing the spaces in the cryptid dependency?

[red flower]

can i see the code

[left sonnet]

Yeah sure, 1 sec

[native bone]

I'll try that

[wispy falcon]

Now I only need to know how to draw a shader on cards that have a specific sticker

[azure valley]

Custom draw function that checks for the sticker and applies the shader if it exists.

[wispy falcon]

Got it

[left sonnet]

It's in the first return, comment-labeled Text, none of the progress bar commands are used yet, have to send the file cause char limit

[native bone]

It worked, thx

[wispy falcon]

Wait, how do I make a custom draw function? I've never done that before

[red flower]

ohh thats what you meant by newlines, i didnt know it accepted those lmao

[left sonnet]

Oh ye

Is there a better way of doing this?

[red flower]

no idea, it should work if you make them two different nodes

[left sonnet]

Will that not make it look more like 2 different sections?

[red flower]

no

thats how the entire ui for the game does it everywhere

[left sonnet]

Oh nice, will give it a shot then

[faint yacht]

Jimbo says +4 Mult, yet +8 Mult was applied... I really don't want to hook localize - and that still wouldn't be accounting for an another Joker of mine that modifies the amount in SMODS.calculate_individual_effect...

[jolly shadow]

so why exactly is he applying +8

[faint yacht]

Testing a run modifier that affects Chips and Mult operations.

[jolly shadow]

also just replace jimbo with a remade version of him that doesnt hardcode the text

ez ez

[wispy falcon]

bump

[faint yacht]

I'd need to do that for every Joker that uses message to display their values.

...mainly those that trigger off of context.joker_main.

[clear ocean]

i actually no have idea why it isnt appearing

Joker? Check! j_PREFIX_id? Check!

[native bone]

Whenever I boot the game, it gives an error that it has no end keyword for the if statement at line 56. I have tried adding additional end statements, but to no avail. I dont know if it's because I'm clueless with Lua and I made the mod in Jokerforge, or if it sint my fault lol.

[clear ocean]

may i have the code i can check with vscode real quick since i know some lua

[daring fern]

You can't have code after a return, also install the Lua extension.

[clear ocean]

maybe have the two card_evals above return

[native bone]

That is what I was thinking

I'll try that

[clear ocean]

this one

[native bone]

I did install that

Fixed one problem, got another one. Only thing left to do is to get crackin

[feral tree]

so im making a boss blind that makes it so if a joker triggers there's a one in four chance for it to be debuffed, problem is when a joker gets debuffed it doesnt act like it's debuffed until the next hand, is there a way to stop the joker from triggering once it's debuffed

[unkempt bronze]

The cards looking in this area seemingly aren't functioning at all. (They aren't giving mult when they should)

[unkempt bronze]

nevermind, figured it out

nope, my fix wasn't it

[solemn shuttle]

odd request/question but

is there a way to move cards from 1 card area to another

i think i may know [smods.draw_card... maybe lol] but

[frosty rampart]

yea i'm inclined to agree that it's probably just smods.draw_card
try that first, if that doesn't work uhh look into the Quantify code card from Cryptid (it force-draws a card to your joker slots)

[solemn shuttle]

oo alr then ty lol

[glass scaffold]

How do I check to make sure EVERY card scored is a Heart card?

-# And also, how do I debuff a random Joker every Blind?

[wind steppe]

loop through all scored cards and check if they're hearts

[frosty rampart]

as for 2, check Crimson Heart's code in VanillaRemade for how to debuff a random joker and then adapt it for every blind instead of every round

[clear ocean]

sorry i went to go play wii party with my twin brother

let me see where i was

okay this was the problem it isnt loading the loc file no error and i did put the initialisation in the main file and its isnt that

okay wait

i am an idiot

i spelt it the uk way so it didnt work added back that z

how about this?

how about this? its based off monopoly property cards

not sure if it should be one or two dollars per joker

not sure which one would more balanced as a common joker

[mild bronze]

Prob 2 cause even tho golden is $4, rebate can make like $20 so 2 is fine

And 1 feels just like another meh econ joker yknow

[glass scaffold]

Hooray for crashes.

(pls help.)

[versed swan]

Fairly certain that if you're targetting playing cards, the context of interest is context.individual

(and context.card_area == G.play)

wait no im reading this wrong

Okay, got it - v:is_suit("Hearts"), do not target context.other_cards it is nil under context.joker_main

[glass scaffold]

This is REALLY ugly, but it works and that's what I want

[lucid owl]

i would check context.before for checking if a heart is in the hand, and keep everything else in context.joker_main

also add a break the line after heart_in_hand = true so it doesn't keep looping through cards, just for efficiency's sake

...i would also remove your message section of the first return, given it's going to do the equivalent automatically and you're calling a localization key that's used for when xmult is added

(btw G.C.XMULT doesn't exist... G.C.MULT does)

[glass scaffold]

Alright, almost all of that is noted.

[glass scaffold]

And by that, you mean?

[versed swan]

Why check during before?

[lucid owl]

it's probably not essential but i think it's a bit more fitting for the check, either really works though

[lucid owl]

use a context.before check for that specific segment, and everything else can stay in a context.joker_main check

when i check if something's in a played hand i use context.before but overall it's pretty much semantics

[elfin crater]

How does one make a new Balatro suit? Been searching online for a way to make one or atleast get help on making one but couldn’t

[glass scaffold]

Well, all that's done and it works.

Now to just figure out how tf to debuff a random Joker.

[wind steppe]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Rank-and-SMODS.Suit

is there a context for when a Joker is destroyed?

[lucid owl]

perma debuff or temporary?

like, does the debuff go away

just curious

[glass scaffold]

Perma

[lucid owl]

context.joker_type_destroyed iirc, but it triggers for consumables too so make sure to check that the set is "Joker"

[wind steppe]

oh it triggers on consumables

was just about to ask if there was something else for that

convenient

[lucid owl]

there's also the contexts for when cards are sold but context.joker_type_destroyed is a catch-all and includes selling

[lucid owl]

see SMODS.debuff_card()

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Utility#smodsdebuff_cardcard-debuff-source

[bitter sparrow]

chat quick question when using malverk how do you make a mod prefix

[wind steppe]

same as you would in a normal mod i think

[bitter sparrow]

Ooooh it's

yea

ok yea another question but

i made the alt texture and texturepack thing but it doesnt show up in the texture list thing malverk has what am i missing?

[wind steppe]

im unfortunately not a malverk expert cant help you there

lucky for you theres malverk discussion in modding-chat

[bitter sparrow]

what is evil with this code. .

what's so evil with it. .

[wind steppe]

all the images exist right

[bitter sparrow]

yea

[wind steppe]

what are they named

[bitter sparrow]

as it says

lim_lc/hc, lor_lc, lor_lc_black

[wind steppe]

hm

theres a 1x and 2x version of each?

[bitter sparrow]

yea

wah

wah

ah

wait

wait hol on

the 2x ver isn't 2x'ing

[wind steppe]

by that do you mean it's scaled improperly

if the image as a whole is sized incorrectly that could cause issues

[bitter sparrow]

yea

ok yea fixed the wrong scaled stuff

and yet it still doesnt work

same error

[wind steppe]

hm

sorry no idea

[bitter sparrow]

OK GOOD NEWS

IT WORKS'ISH

IT IS NOW RECOGNISED

ok turns out i put the wrong thing i should've put rank or something and not base but still

[crisp coral]

G.hand:change_size

[gusty prism]

thanks

[wicked leaf]

how does one make it a joker only appears after you have a certain enhancement

[real crown]

        for _, playing_card in ipairs(G.playing_cards or {}) do
            if SMODS.has_enhancement(playing_card, 'm_wild') then
                return true
            end
        end
        return false
    end```

[wicked leaf]

thanku

[daring fern]

enhancement_gate = 'm_modprefix_key'

[real crown]

No problem!

[wicked leaf]

oh wow thats a lot shorter

[real crown]

How can I set force_stickers? None of these work:

            context.card.config.center.force_stickers = true
            context.card.force_stickers = true
            context.card:add_sticker('eternal')```

[daring fern]

Set the second input of Card:add_sticker to true

[real crown]

Thank you!

[cunning obsidian]

Hi
Uhh... I'm kind of new to Lua coding and Balatro Modding
I'm getting stuck on something

calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.setting_blind then
            return {
                d_size = card.ability.d_size,
                h_size = card.ability.h_size,
                hands = card.ability.hands,
                card = self
            }
        end
-- Surely, this is wrong lol

        if context.cardarea == G.play and context.individual and not context.blueprint then
            return {
                message = localize('k_ace'),
                repetitions = card.ability.repetitions,
                card = self
            }
        end

        if context.joker_main and context.cardarea == G.jokers then
            return {
                message = localize('k_ace'),
                repetitions = card.ability.repetitions,
                card = self
            }
        end
    end

What I'm doing is... A joker that set Hand Size to 1, Set Hand available to 1, Set Discard to 0. And Repeat All Other Joker and card ability 3 more times

The later part can be dealt later, but, how can I change those 3 values first? Like.... What viable to call?

[daring fern]

G.hand:change_size((-G.hand.config.card_limit)+1)
ease_hands_played((-G.GAME.current_round.hands_left)+1)
ease_discard(-G.GAME.current_round.discards_left)

Also remove the card = selfs.

[cunning obsidian]

Ohhhh I see
Thank you veery much!
I really needed to learn about this lot more than I expected

[wicked leaf]

how do you make custom tooltips? Just in case I want to credit artists/shader creators

[hollow horizon]

I'd like to make joker destroy played aces and kings after scoring. How do I do that?

[daring fern]

if context.destroy_card and context.cardarea == G.play and (context.destroy_card:get_id() == 13 or context.destroy_card:get_id() == 14) then return {remove = true} end

[hollow horizon]

thanks

Do I have to put it inside context.after too? Or is it like the default?

[plucky berry]

real quick how do you change card on the title screen background??

[real crown]

How do I check a joker's key? This one's not working, and I've also tried a few other combinations:

if _joker.card.config.center.key == "j_idol" or _joker.card.config.center.key == "j_blueprint" then
...```

[daring fern]

for k, v in pairs(G.jokers.cards) do
    if v.config.center.key == 'j_idol' or v.config.center.key == 'j_blueprint' then
    end
end

[real crown]

Thank you!

[glossy sky]

Hey, I wanted to ask if its possible to recalculate the played hand's type during context.before?

[daring fern]

context.scoring_name

[glossy sky]

i am not sure i fully understand, would I for example do context.scoring name = "Straight"? or how exactly would i modify it?

[daring fern]

No, context.evaluate_poker_hand

[long sun]

how can my blind debuff the top 7 cards of the deck?

[daring fern]

You mean the first 7 drawn cards?

[long sun]

mhmhmhm

effectively the first 7 cards in G.playing_cards

[i'd also like to debuff the last 7 cards]

[daring fern]

No, that is not in the deck order.

[long sun]

oh

ohh i see

G.deck then?

G.deck.cards*

[daring fern]

No, they wouldn't be in the deck anymore.

[long sun]

ah :/ that's problematic

[daring fern]

You would probably flag the cards in context.setting_blind and check for that.

[long sun]

ahhh okie icic

thanks ^u^

[hushed field]

If there's anyone around here that's knowledgeable about how LSP stuff works, I'm trying to figure out why the first image does not seem to get its LSP text on hover-over, but the second does

Oh wait, could it just be due to caching?

[real crown]

I'm really bad with understanding how keys can be accessed, how can I make this work?

    SMODS.smart_level_up_hand(nil, G.GAME.hands[context.scoring_name].key, false, -1)
end```

[daring fern]

context.scoring_name is the key.

[real crown]

Thank you! I thought that was the name not the key

[grim stirrup]

Hi, I want to make a few personal QOL improvements for my PC game, and have a few hopefully basic questions. I'm a Lua noob but an experienced programmer, so that'll be my problem to solve. Just looking for a few pointers and suggestions to help me find my feet after checking out the starter pack. I'd be grateful for references to the source or existing mods. I'm blind, so please no screenshots.

|| 1. I want to add a controler input for toggling the hand sort. For this sort of thing (adding inputs for on-screen controls) is it better to just trigger the on-screen buttons, or call the functions they call? I reckon I can figure out adding entirely new controls if I need to, but just wondering how to plug in to the existing machinery.

2. Speaking of existing machinery, how much of a mission would it be to get the cursor to snap to the hand buttons? It's a bit fiddly to have to D-pad down from the middle of my hand to focus the buttons properly. However, this is probably a really unoriginal thought, maybe there's a reason. Anyhow, I only want this because I'm putting off...

3. Eventually I'm gonna add some special inputs for the BlackHole accessibility mod so that it can quickly report some important game information. I know how to do the talking bit and will figure out the controls bit, but the information bit: is there a handy global dict or something with basic variables like ante (number/boss), current blind, current chips, target chips, current gold, etc? Also the current hand, so I can report changes to it, like drawing new cards after a discard?
   ||
   Thanks.

[wispy falcon]

How to draw a shader on cards that have a specific sticker?

[real crown]

Is the id for Ace 1 or 14?

[daring fern]

14

[real crown]

Thank you!

[red flower]

1- Calling the functions directly is usually better. Although I would check if the mod Handy already has this feature.
3- G.GAME holds all those values but their keys are not very intuitive and you will most likely need to look at existing code to find each of them. The VanillaRemade wiki has a lot of them.

[grim stirrup]

thanks :>

[wispy falcon]

bump

[slim ferry]

use SMODS.DrawStep

[real crown]

Is there an smods function that allows for adding dollars without having to return?

[plucky berry]

ease_dollars i think

[real crown]

Thank you!

[slim ferry]

anyone know what could cause this crash to happen?

code

[daring fern]

Have you tried printing enh_options?

[slim ferry]

i have not, i will do that rq

[slim ferry]

i added a print right here, but the game seems to crash before it runs somehow

it does not show up in the log

it does appear that get_current_pool("Enhanced") is generating seals somehow though

[hollow horizon]

That may be a stupid question, but how do I check how many cards were played by current hand for a joker?

[red flower]

#context.full_hand

[hollow horizon]

thanks

[red flower]

should be full hand for played hand sorry

[glossy sky]

Hey, I've been trying to make this work. Here's a simplified version of roughly what my code was trying to achieve, but with this structure it causes the hand to update to flush when selecting cards for the next hand, instead of during the current hand. I am not fully sure how context.evaluate_poker_hand works, so sorry if I made an obvious mistake here.

[slim ferry]

speaking of context.full_hand

why does it just not work sometimes

tried using it in the exact same way as vremade sixth sense but it crashes because context.full_hand is a nil value

[red flower]

wdym

it should never be

maybe you used it in an event?

[slim ferry]

nope

this is the whole code

and G.play.cards all used to be context.full_hand but that crashed

[red flower]

weird

the only time i had problems with something in a context being nil it was another mod's fault

[slim ferry]

the only real thing i could see breaking it is the hook i have do calculate destroy_card for held in hand cards

but i dont change context.full_hand there

so that should just work

[red flower]

can you explain what the goal is?

[glossy sky]

i am trying to modify the handtype of a played hand to a different one. (In this example, what it would achieve is that when a hand is played, it becomes a flush, but in the real example this would be conditional of course)

[red flower]

So you don't want it when selecting a hand, just after it's played?

[glossy sky]

yeah, because the joker would modify the hand in context.before and it should then turn the hand type into the correct one pretty much

[red flower]

oh ok, the problem there is that context.before is too late for that

try context.press_play

if you modify the hand in that context then you wouldnt even need evaluate_poker_hand to make it correct

[slim ferry]

bump

[ocean sinew]

why the cards are just a empty atlas?

SMODS.Atlas{
    key="leaf_hc",
    px=923,
    py=95,
    path="hc_leaf_suit.png",

}
SMODS.Atlas{
    key="leaf_ui",
    px=18,
    py=17,
    path="Leaf Suit_icon.png",
}

SMODS.Suit{
    key="Leaf",
    card_key="Leaf",
    hc_atlas="leaf_hc",
    lc_atlas="leaf_hc",
    hc_ui_atlas="leaf_ui",
    lc_ui_atlas="leaf_ui",
    hc_colour=HEX("fbffd1"),
    lc_colour=HEX("fbffd1"),
    in_pool = function ()
        return false
    end,
    pos={y=0,x=0,},
    ui_pos={x=0,y=0,},
}

[glossy sky]

yeah that worked. thanks!

[slim ferry]

<@&1133519078540185692>

guys no nway he has been succesfuly recieved moeny!!!

thanks moderator

[hardy vessel]

Hi, I keep getting this same error with a seal I'm trying to make. It happens before the card is scored and I'm not exactly sure what is causing it.

Code here:

SMODS.Seal{
    name = "hch-orange-seal",
    key = "orange-seal",
    badge_colour = HEX("F29015"),
    config = { mult = 5, chips = 20, money = 1, x_mult = 1.5  },
    loc_txt = {
        -- Badge name (displayed on card description when seal is applied)
        label = 'Orange Seal',
        -- Tooltip description
        name = 'Orange Seal',
        text = {
            'Creates a Planet card when played, then is destroyed',
        }
    },
    atlas = "orangeSeal",
    pos = {x=0, y=0},

    -- self - this seal prototype
    -- card - card this seal is applied to
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        -- main_scoring context is used whenever the card is scored
        if context.destroying_card then
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                trigger = "before",
                delay = 0.0,
                func = function()
                    if G.consumeables.config.card_count < G.consumeables.config.card_limit then
                        local card = create_card("Planet", G.consumeables, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, "hch_orange")
                        card:add_to_deck()
                        G.consumeables:emplace(card)
                    end
                    return true
                end
            }))
            return true
        end
    end,
}

[hollow horizon]

Where do I check for SMODS.last_hand_oneshot? Putting it in context.after or straight into calculate does nothing for me

[wispy falcon]

How do I draw a shader on the card now?

    key = "death_shader",
    order = 25,
    func = function (card, layer)
        if card.ability.cstorm_death == true then
            
        end
    end
}```

[daring fern]

card.children.center:draw_shader('modprefix_key', nil, card.ARGS.send_to_shader)

[wispy falcon]

Why does it not work? Is the if statement wrong?

[daring fern]

Yes, it should be if card.ability.cstorm_death

[clear ocean]

Fair enough

[wispy falcon]

That works, thank you :3

[slim ferry]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[grand violet]

🔫

[slim ferry]

thanks egg

[broken rivet]

is there any weird stuff that could happen from putting EMPTY(context.other_ret) in context.retrigger_joker_check

rather than context.post_trigger

[slim ferry]

does context.other_ret even exist there?

[broken rivet]

yes

[slim ferry]

cant imagine anything wierd would happen

[broken rivet]

i have a working joker using that

[slim ferry]

the difference is just that itll only work on the first trigger

since thats when retriggers are calculates

[broken rivet]

that's fine

it's meant to either retrigger a joker or cause it to fail entirely

i guess other joker retrigger effects could break it

[slim ferry]

i mean with other joker retriggers itll just be

the first trigger fails and everything else goes through

i imagine

[lucid owl]

would the context stack make it possible to check if a joker is the source of a playing card being added to the deck? context.playing_card_added exists but i'd like to only check if a joker is the source, not sure how to go about that

[daring fern]

(SMODS.context_stack[#SMODS.context_stack-1] or {}).caller.ability.set == 'Joker'?

[lucid owl]

didn't realize caller existed

[slim ferry]

Could probably use post_trigger too with SMODS.get_previous_context()

[lucid owl]

is caller a thing with this? i seem to be getting attempt to index a nil value crashes when trying to index it, testing with certificate

[daring fern]

No, you need to use what I told you not SMODS.get_previous_context()

[lucid owl]

my bad, they seem to be equivalent so i wasn't sure

[lucid owl]

pretty sure that first nil check is where it stops, no scaling occuring

[daring fern]

How are you creating the cards?

[lucid owl]

currently i'm testing with certificate, which calls context.playing_card_added

[faint yacht]

Certificate calls playing_card_joker_effects({_card}), which itself calls SMODS.calculate_context({playing_card_added = true, cards = cards})

[lucid owl]

so in the case of certificate it never directly calls playing_card_added?

that's a bit annoying

[daring fern]

No, the problem is it happens in an event I think.

[lucid owl]

hmm

well this implemenation doesn't work in other cases either (legendary joker that scales when a card is created by specific sources)

purple seal didn't scale and neither did judgement

[daring fern]

A seal is not a card.

[lucid owl]

...you would be right

[daring fern]

Also it would be caller.ability.consumeable

[lyric wadi]

is there a table for the key for vanilla enhancements

just need a simple check for what enhancement a card has

[faint yacht]

Only such definitions as base, use function below to check for 'em.

[daring fern]

SMODS.has_enhancement(card, 'm_modprefix_key')

[lyric wadi]

yippee

[lucid owl]

judgement seems to only create an event that calls create_card() and not use any contexts at all which is definitely annoying

[daring fern]

No, card:add_to_deck() calls context.card_added

[lucid owl]

ah, wasn't aware

[dapper sun]

how do i ban a card mid-run?

[slim ferry]

G.GAME.banned_keys.<key> = true

[dapper sun]

ty

[lavish elm]

can_use = function(self, card)
        return G.consumeables and #G.consumeables.cards < G.consumeables.config.card_limit
    end

so when the consumable is in the consumable slot and it has another consumable with it, it doesn't allow me to use it any fixes?

[slim ferry]

#G.consumeables.cards - 1

[lavish elm]

I tried this but it caused it to be usable inside the shop despite having no slots to generate cards

[slim ferry]

Maybe #G.consumeables.cards - (card.area == G.consumeables and 1) or 0

[lavish elm]

ok I will try this out

still unusable

[slim ferry]

Hm

Try looking at how vanillaremade does it then

[lavish elm]

it is the one that I posted

[lavish elm]

this is from vanilla remade

[pale holly]

    config = { extra = { numerator = 1, odds = 20}},
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
    local new_numerator, new_denominator = SMODS.get_probability_vars(card, card.ability.extra.numerator, card.ability.extra.odds, 'dream')
return {vars = {new_numerator, new_denominator, other_value}}
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
    if context.end_of_round and context.game_over == false and not context.blueprint  then
    if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.hand and not context.other_card.debuff and SMODS.pseudorandom_probability(card, 'cymbal_remancedream', card.ability.extra.numerator, card.ability.extra.odds, 'dream') then
    local random_edition = poll_edition("cymbal_remancedream", nil, true, true) 
    set_edition(random_edition)
       
        end
    end
   end

trying to make so each card in hand has a 1/20 chance to get a random edition but ithink it's the edition setting part that won't work, any help ?

[feral tree]

how would i detect if someone buys a voucher, any voucher

[daring fern]

if context.buying_card and context.card.ability.set == 'Voucher'

[lavish elm]

maybe try context.other_card:set_edition(random_edition, true, true)

[pale holly]

worth a shot

[dapper sun]

how do i get the card i've highlighted in shops/booster packs?

[daring fern]

G.shop_jokers.highlighted and G.pack_cards.highlighted

[dapper sun]

does G.shop_jokers include shop boosters and vouchers

[daring fern]

G.shop_vouchers.highlighted and G.shop_booster.highlighted

[dapper sun]

ty

[pale holly]

yeah didn't work, kinda expected it

[lucid owl]

do you know if it'd be possible to circumvent this? most times cards are created, it's in an event

[daring fern]

Have you tried printing SMODS.context_stack?

[lyric wadi]

is it better to use ease_dollars or just returning dollars

[daring fern]

Returning is always better.

[red flower]

returning dollars is better because it will handle custom messages and integrate with smods calculation stuff but both should do the same

[lyric wadi]

can you return negative dollar

[red flower]

yes

[lyric wadi]

pog

[pale holly]

-# bump

[daring fern]

if context.individual and context.end_of_round and context.cardarea == G.hand and not context.blueprint and SMODS.pseudorandom_probability(card, 'cymbal_remancedream', card.ability.extra.numerator, card.ability.extra.odds, 'dream') then
    context.other_card:set_edition(poll_edition("cymbal_remancedream", nil, true, true))
end

[lucid owl]

seems like caller will always be nil? it's not an entry in SMODS.context_stack at all, and print(SMODS.context_stack[#SMODS.context_stack - 1]) just prints as nil

[pale holly]

Ah i see, so i had to do all at once then ?

Thanks it worked

[red flower]

no i think the problem is that you weren't doing context.other_card:set_edition

[red flower]

from what card is it

[lavish elm]

the emperor

[red flower]

might be a vanillaremade issue

check the fool

[lavish elm]

ok I will go check it out

[lyric wadi]

hello i have a joker that triggers different effect when a specific enhancement is played

what's wrong with this check? it's not triggering in my testing in game

[lucid owl]

m_mult isn't a string

[lyric wadi]

heck

[lucid owl]

you're calling a global value that doesn't exist

[lavish elm]

it still ain't working

[lyric wadi]

so beginner mistake

[red flower]

i fixed the emperor just now

[lucid owl]

anyone with more understanding of SMODS.context_stack know how you could scale a joker when something creates a card?

without hardcoding obviously

[dapper sun]

this doesn't seem to be working,,

[slim ferry]

What are you banning

[dapper sun]

tarots

[slim ferry]

Should work

Are you using the correct keys

[dapper sun]

stuff like c_death

[slim ferry]

Try running eval print(get_current_pool("Tarot")) with debugplus after banning

[dapper sun]

ok

[lyric wadi]

more question

can i queue multiple return message? like i want the card to show the red add mult popup, then a gold one, then a chip one

do you return messages in an array or something or

[daring fern]

Perhaps you would hook SMODS.calculate_context and set a variable to SMODS.current_evaluated_object.ability.set and not delete it so it persists during events?

[daring fern]

Use extra

[lyric wadi]

how

😭

[daring fern]

extra = {chips = number}

[slim ferry]

Putting an extra table in your return will make it always run after the things outside of it

You can also put extra tables inside extra tables

[dapper sun]

after banning a bunch i got this

[slim ferry]

Alr, that looks correct

Do any of the banned things still spawn if you spawn in like a charm tag or smth

[dapper sun]

...i'm stupid lmao

[slim ferry]

What

[dapper sun]

strength is the fallback 😭

[slim ferry]

Oh

Lmfao

Is that fucking loss

[gilded goblet]

its kinda like how jimbor appears right

[slim ferry]

Yes

[gilded goblet]

ough

[slim ferry]

Pretty sure every single pool of centers has a default

[lucid owl]

i see the issue, caller and SMODS.current_evaluated_object were added to smods after 0827c and are only in the dev version

[snow breach]

Is there a function that allows you to check whenever a specific joker gets triggered inside of the calculation function? (i.e., Lusty Joker)

[lucid owl]

bread

[red flower]

i think not all of them because banner adds some

[daring fern]

if context.post_trigger and context.other_card.config.center.key == 'j_modprefix_key'

[lucid owl]

guess this joker will wait until the next smods release lol

[slim ferry]

P sure banner only adds to non-centers

Since Enhanced and Edition both have c_base and e_base respectively

And then everything else either is a single card (Base) or is a consumable/joker pool

[lyric wadi]

is this correct

now i see the gold and blue popup

but not the mult one

😭

[red flower]

i dont think those are defaults for the pool tho

like for editions i actually added it myself on smods to be e_foil

[slim ferry]

mult

Not mult_mod

Also you can remove the colours

And the card = cards

[hushed field]

Not sure if there's space to add text to indicate that these jokers are ones with matching actors 🤔

[snow breach]

This doesn't really seem to be working.

[daring fern]

Do you have post_trigger enabled?

[snow breach]

Wdym?

[daring fern]

SMODS.current_mod.optional_features = function()
    return {
        post_trigger = true,
    }
end

[snow breach]

Where do I put that

Oh it works now. Thanks!

[placid pelican]

Any advice on how to make a mod. I have no idea what to do but i have an idea 🙂

[daring fern]

#1349064230825103441 message

[placid pelican]

Thank you 😄

[snow breach]

Follow-up. I want to have a message pop up under the joker itself as opposed to the card, but I can't figure out how to make that happen.

[daring fern]

message_card = card?

[slim ferry]

message_card = card in the return table

Iirc

[snow breach]

I really am an idiot.

[gilded goblet]

hy guysee :33333

how can i make a card sell itself after a condition is met

[daring fern]

if condition then card:sell_card() end

[gilded goblet]

oh cool im stupid

ty

[wispy falcon]

How do I change the name of this challenge?

[frosty rampart]

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

[wispy falcon]

I don't get what it means, that's why I'm asking

[slim ferry]

it means the name goes in misc.challenge_names

in your localization file

[frosty rampart]

you know how in your localization file, at the very top level, you have a descriptions table and a misc table
you make a new "challenge_names" table inside the misc table, and then set challengekey = "something" inside that

[wispy falcon]

This doesn't work

            death_challenge = "Death..."
        },```

[frosty rampart]

you probably need the mod prefix

[wispy falcon]

Also doesn't work

[frosty rampart]

uhhh go check another mod's localization file that has challenges

you have resources

[slim ferry]

it has to be c_modprefix_key

[wispy falcon]

Thank you

[slim ferry]

why does this not add the sticker?

[upper sundial]

How can I check for when a joker gets destroyed (not sold)?

[slim ferry]

context.joker_type_destroyed

[upper sundial]

likely because you misspelled the word stickers

[upper sundial]

ty!

[slim ferry]

oh

😭

[jolly shadow]

🗣️

[upper sundial]

happens

[jolly shadow]

me when i apply my sitckers to my card

[upper sundial]

also this doesn't apply to selling right

[sturdy compass]

It does not

[slim ferry]

correct

[upper sundial]

ok nice ty

[unkempt bronze]

Any way to make these buffs temporary?

[daring fern]

Move the if context.after statements out of the if context.individual statements.

[wispy falcon]

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

[slim ferry]

G.GAME.challenge == <key>

[upper sundial]

hmmmm is there a way to attach an invisible cardarea to a joker or something like that

the joker metatables aren't being properly saved if I just put them into extra

for context, I'm trying to figure out if this is possible without being too cursed

[slim ferry]

probably just put a cardarea somewhere really far ofscreen

[daring fern]

Yes, use fake cards.

[slim ferry]

entropy does something similar for butterfly deck

[upper sundial]

lol lmao

[upper sundial]

oh?

[daring fern]

#⚙・modding-general message

[upper sundial]

good lord

Does everything under G get saved with correct metatables?

since right now the biggest issue is that those get stripped after a reload

[daring fern]

No, because it doesn't get saved at all.

[upper sundial]

..well, that's not correct then

[daring fern]

No, it is.

[upper sundial]

no, because how would I save the joker's state?

[daring fern]

You would use card:save and card:load

[upper sundial]

aha

ty

[unkempt bronze]

thank you

[upper sundial]

as a sidenote, would this work with jokers like four fingers? that one's ability seems to be hardcoded, at least it doesn't seem to function even if I call its calculate function

[daring fern]

Yes, if you hook SMODS.find_card

[upper sundial]

ic, ty

thank you for the pointers

[last oar]

Where do I start for making a Joker mod? There's too many links and resources, I can't tell what to start with.

[daring fern]

#1349064230825103441 message

[vale grove]

is there a way to make a joker make a noise when it shows up in a shop or buffoon pack (like an enhancement would such as foil or negative)

[daring fern]

Yes, do it in set_ability

Also those are editions.

[vale grove]

what does set_ability do?

[vale grove]

oh right its all so similar XD

[daring fern]

It runs when the card is created.

[vale grove]

ill see if i can figure my question out myself in a minute

[next timber]

why does my mod's lovely.toml still patch when my mod doesn't load because of missing dependencies?

[red flower]

because smods is too late to prevent patches at that point

[next timber]

useful

[frosty dock]

we could be loading mod data and checking dependencies early enough to do it tbf

but smods can't tell lovely what patches to load (yet)

[next timber]

that kinda makes conflicts a pain to use cause if there's a conflict but patches still run and cause an error the user will have to uninstall/add .lovelyignore to a mod by hand instead of just disabling it in game

so guess ill remove conflicts for now

[frosty dock]

it could also be worked around by bootlooping which is even more of a pain

[frosty dock]

thinking about it, I'm not sure that actually matters

.lovelyignore being placed should immediately take effect for subsequent files being patched

I should see what I can do with that

[next timber]

ok well now my mod is complaining that the dependency isn't there when it is, am i missing something? i put "Blockbuster: Value Manipulation" in my dependencies and on the steammodded mods list in the crash log screen it says "Blockbuster: Value Manipulation" so that should match surely

[slim ferry]

any reason why get_current_pool("Enhanced") would be returning a list of seals instead? its kinda fucking up stuff im doing

[frosty dock]

it should match the id, not the name

[next timber]

ahh ok

[tepid crow]

that is indeed an issue with how smods loads mods, but the solution to that is writing better lovely patches

assume your mod might load partially; it might only load the lovely patches, it might only load the lua part

[tepid crow]

did smods ever implement the checking of lovely patches btw? https://discord.com/channels/1334988047229653042/1354270504588017776 for context

[last oar]

I checked there and I'm still confused.

[frosty dock]

i don't think this was ever implemented

[tepid crow]

sadge, I've had to manually implement it in 2 different mods I worked on

[brave blade]

Is there a list somewhere of all CardAreas in the game?

[slim ferry]

not specifically i dont think

but off the top of my head its

[maiden phoenix]

Ctrl+shift+F for CardArea( in the source code

[daring fern]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#what-are-the-different-card-areas-called

[slim ferry]

also worth noting that G.I.CARD exists if you just need a list of every single card

[brave blade]

Thank you!

[slim ferry]

bump

[next timber]

is there like. a better way of doing this? all it does is, if there's a joker next to it that wasn't before it does x2 value manip, and if there was a joker next to it that isn't there anymore it undoes the manip

[daring fern]

Firstly it would be next(SMODS.find_card(...))

[next timber]

what would be

[daring fern]

In the first if

[next timber]

oh right thx

[brave blade]

How do I modify cards in the shop using a deck's calculate function rather than a tag's apply function?

[knotty compass]

hey question how do you check if you are in a blind currently? i need to check it when joker is added during a blind for example through tarot

[daring fern]

if G.GAME.blind.in_blind

[knotty compass]

thanks

[granite jay]

How do you get hand size for a joker in balatro?