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[frosty rampart]

I believe that's G.hand.config.card_limit

[brave blade]

Can anyone help me with this?

[faint yacht]

Check for context.starting_shop, then look for .cards of G.shop_jokers, G.shop_booster and G.shop_vouchers and do what you want.

[gaunt thistle]

in theory we could load an smods stub first thing when we get access to lua state (so probably before boot.lua) that can do validation work and whatnot

but you'll be running in an environment with basically 0 love functions

[brave blade]

Do tooltips for stickers not work? This is what I have right now

[sturdy compass]

I think tooltips only work for centers and stickers are not centers

[brave blade]

Ugh that's annoying

Is there another way to do it without an annoying amount of effort?

[sturdy compass]

Probably not

[granite jay]

Anyone know how to make config menus that actually work?
I'm trying to make a settings menu in my mod so you can enable/disable certain jokers but for some reason it won't save.

https://github.com/Eventlesstew/Ameliorate-Balatro

Here's the github for my mod so you guys can see where I went wrong

(I copied UTDR's system but apparently they have the same issue )

[native bone]

I've been stuck with displaying values. I cannot get the joker to display freindyMult for some reason. I looked at a tutorial, and that has not fixed the problem.

[true jasper]

the #2# should be #1#

[native bone]

Does the config table start at 0?

[native bone]

I'll try

[native bone]

It worked, thx

[fluid steppe]

does anyone know how no_ranks works? i have this under my challenge description but it's not doing anything

        deck = {
            type = 'Challenge Deck',
            no_ranks = { r = '7' } 
        },

wait

no it's not no_ranks = { {r = '7'} } either

oh

it's no_ranks = { ['7'] = true }

wait no its not what

[sturdy compass]

You need to put the no_ranks table in deck = {}

[fluid steppe]

it is

[sturdy compass]

Huh this is pretty weird

[next timber]

ok djungelskog works properly now

oops wrong chat
whatever

[fluid steppe]

gn!

[versed swan]

Can you disable Steamodded with a .lovelyignore file?

[round lion]

probably

[gaunt thistle]

yeah

[fluid steppe]

anyone else have any ideas

[shadow haven]

Ok so- For some reason this joker is supposed to only activate when cards are scored, but it activates at the end of the played hand for some reason, anyone knows why?

[fluid steppe]

context.joker_main is what the context is after cards are scored and jokers start triggering

[shadow haven]

Oh, so what would be the correct way then? cause im honestly confused

[fluid steppe]

..you already have it there as far as i can tell, context.individual

[fluid steppe]

i figured this out btw

it was that i was putting it under the restrictions table when its its own table

[shadow haven]

ok so, i fixed an issue and got another-

from what i tested, it stopped activating at the end, but now it activates on ANY card played (only supposed to activate on kings/queens)

[fluid steppe]

uh

hold on

[shadow haven]

oki, i'll try to see if i can fix it

[fluid steppe]

calculate = function(self, card, context)
  if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and (context.other_card:get_id() == 12 or context.other_card:get_id() == 13) then
    return {
      ((context.other_card:get_id() == 12 and e_mult) or e_chips) = card.ability.extra.power 
      colour = ((context.other_card:get_id() == 12 and G.C.MULT) or G.C.CHIPS)
      card = card
    }
  end
end

try that

[shadow haven]

alright

[fluid steppe]

did it work?

[shadow haven]

Just a second, im doing some things real quick-

ITS WORKING

🙏

[fluid steppe]

nice

[shadow haven]

Thank you so much

[brave blade]

no_ranks is formatted like this I think

[junior quartz]

is this written correctly to perform the following mechanic?

[fluid steppe]

i mean. press start game and check yourself

[junior quartz]

i cant

[fluid steppe]

w

huh

[junior quartz]

they actually dont make balatro modding for chromebooks

and i dont have money

[fluid steppe]

damn

[junior quartz]

im not letting that stop me though

[rocky plaza]

do u have full control of the chromebook

[junior quartz]

yeah

i've tried like so much to get this thing to do anything

[rocky plaza]

i think u can do some shit with linux

[junior quartz]

but apparently my CPU is like one of the ones that cant

[rocky plaza]

to load linux as an alternate os

ah

[junior quartz]

yeah

and like

I own Balatro on here too

I use the mobile version

with my mouse

[rocky plaza]

ah

[junior quartz]

it's very annoying

[rocky plaza]

yeah theres no convenient solution for modding the mobile executable

[junior quartz]

i'm well aware brah,

[rocky plaza]

from what i can tell this looks correct
formatting is a little wonky

oh also u should probably put the segment that increases the joker's xmult inside an if not context.blueprint to prevent blueprint doing an extra scale

[junior quartz]

oh yeah u right

[junior quartz]

so like this?

[rocky plaza]

ur missing an end immediately after the blueprint check

[junior quartz]

ah

?

sorry I'm just not familiar with lua

i only know HTML and CSS currently

[muted trout]

does anyone know what investment tag is called in the files

[daring fern]

tag_investment

[muted trout]

ty

[paper trout]

does anyone know how to add a new stat for the run and a box to the ui that displays it (like for money, ante, etc.)
ive looked at the docs but i think im too stupid to figure it out 😭

[rocky plaza]

you need to use lovely patches afaik

[rocky plaza]

like this?

[paper trout]

yeah

[rocky plaza]

hoo boy its gonna be a rough ride

do you know how to lovely patch

[paper trout]

uhh no

you dont have to help if its too annoying lol

[rocky plaza]

actually in general how familiar are u with modding balatro
in particular u need to hook functions and save data to G.GAME

cuz this task also involves making balatro UI

[paper trout]

ive added some jokers and tarots and all the easy stuff (before jokerforge so i at least know how to do that myself) but that's it

i dont wanna like

[rocky plaza]

yeah i would suggest practicing UI for a bit by making a fancier mod config page before adding to the scoring ui

[paper trout]

ok

[rocky plaza]

because UI can be really scary if u dont know how it works
the config tab is the least complex spot to start practicing ui

[rocky plaza]

i can redirect u to my mod which has some example code for this though if u really want to get this done and can handle undocunented code

look at thaumaturgy.lua, hooks.lua and the singular toml file if u do decide to look at it

https://github.com/ThunderEdge73/Multiverse

[paper trout]

ok ty

[rocky plaza]

fortunately if u can add to the config page u can pretty much do whatever u want with the hand/discard ui

and etc.

[unborn steeple]

can someone help me with something extremely minor? I basically just need to know how to do one specific thing in lua

[rocky plaza]

what do u need to do

[unborn steeple]

basically I need to know what lines I need to put into my NameOfMod.lua file in order to make my localization/en_us.lua, uh, activate? I don't know how to say it properly

[rocky plaza]

ummm
there shouldnt be any extra lines of necessary code

is ur mod loading?

also check to see if ur localization file is set up correctly

[unborn steeple]

lemme double-check, hold on

hm.

okay. disregard me. apparently it just works

I had to do extra stuff to make my sprite edits work but the text edit works immediately apparently! thank you for your help and for your patience 🤝

[rocky plaza]

np

[junior quartz]

should i expect this to work or no

[winter flower]

there's a saying to try it and see
https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/d6fc351c28854b8b249289427df88f3a1b42790f/src/jokers.lua#L3120 you can see how mr bones does this (if you're trying to aim for that)

[junior quartz]

i really hope i stop having to explain this

they dont make steammodded for chromebooks

or steam, for that matter

[winter flower]

i

what

[junior quartz]

they do not make

steam

or steammodded

for chromebooks

[winter flower]

then what are you trying to do

[junior quartz]

make a mod

im not just gonna let my hopes and dreams die because i dont have the tools

[winter flower]

also im pretty sure you can enable linux on a chromebook

unless

[junior quartz]

i've tried.

i've tried so many things

i have spent hours on end researching

to try and find anything

but the CPU in this god forsaken hunk of junk isn't compatible with anything.

[granite jay]

Hey I’m making a card that deducts chips if certain cards are scored and I’m working on a failsafe to ensure chip count never goes below 0. For some reason, hand_chips doesn’t update after the card gives its score.

Any way the joker could get the amount of chips granted by the card so that can be taken into account?

[daring fern]

Code?

[naive agate]

trying to make a card that adds .25 of first scoring face card's chips to xMult, this definitely looks like it wouldn't work but here's what I have so far
anything I'd need to do for this to work properly?

[muted trout]

how do i make something display as xmult in the descripotion?

[slim ferry]

card.base.nominal does not exist in the config, just make Xmult_mod 0.25 and then multiply that by context.scoring_hand[i].base.nominal in the scaling

[unkempt bronze]

Somehow, my booster pack can't be spawned in, due to it not having an area to spawn in, for some reason.

[slim ferry]

eval SMODS.add_booster_to_shop(<p_modprefix_key>)

[unkempt bronze]

add that to the code or?

[slim ferry]

run with debugplus

[muted trout]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question 🥹

[slim ferry]

you mean like displaying the number or the text formatting?

[unkempt bronze]

not working either, somehow

[slim ferry]

are you in the shop

[unkempt bronze]

no

[slim ferry]

consider adding a booster to the shop whilst in the shop

[muted trout]

displaying the number

Like (currentlt 1x)

[slim ferry]

use (loc_vars)[https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Localization#loc_vars]

okay that link formatting doesnt work on discord ig whatever

[unkempt bronze]

still not working

[slim ferry]

did you get the key right

[glass scaffold]

loc_vars

[slim ferry]

thanks

[unkempt bronze]

lemme double checl

[muted trout]

I'm seeing how it works with steel Joker I just don't know how to display it as xmult

[slim ferry]

wdym display it "as xmult"

just add an X in front of it

[muted trout]

Iirc colored text used {C:something} have I been doing it wrong the whole time 😭

[unkempt bronze]

yes

[slim ferry]

okay so you do mean the formatting and not the number

[unkempt bronze]

want me to show the pack code?

[slim ferry]

then its {X:mult,C:white}

[slim ferry]

yes

[muted trout]

Oh tysm I'm stupid 🥀

[slim ferry]

and also whatever debugplus is saying when you run the command

[unkempt bronze]

    key = "Elements_of_the_Round_Table",
    path = "1357924680.png",
    px = 57,
    py = 93
}

SMODS.Booster {
    key = "mendeleev",
    weight = 0.25,
    kind = 'xiferp_Element', 
    cost = 8,
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    config = { extra = 8, choose = 2 },
    group_key = "k_element_pack",
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        local cfg = (card and card.ability) or self.config
        return {
            vars = { cfg.choose, cfg.extra },
        }
    end,
    ease_background_colour = function(self)
        ease_background_colour_blind(G.STATES.STANDARD_PACK)
    end,
    particles = function(self)
        G.booster_pack_sparkles = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
            timer = 0.015,
            scale = 0.3,
            initialize = true,
            lifespan = 3,
            speed = 0.2,
            padding = -1,
            attach = G.ROOM_ATTACH,
            colours = { G.C.BLACK, G.C.RED },
            fill = true
        })
        G.booster_pack_sparkles.fade_alpha = 1
        G.booster_pack_sparkles:fade(1, 0)
    end,
    create_card = function(self, card, i)
        return {
            set = "Element Card",
            area = G.pack_cards,
            skip_materialize = true,
            soulable = true,
            key_append = "xiferp_ele"
        }
    end,
}```

[umbral zodiac]

how do you add extra info to a mod for crashes like how talisman adds the current bignum setting

[unkempt bronze]

unexpected symbol by ]

[slim ferry]

thats just that you wrote the command wrong

[unkempt bronze]

oh. should I have left the <>?

[slim ferry]

no

did you make the key a string

[unkempt bronze]

and I did the rest right

[unkempt bronze]

OOOOOOooooohhhh

no

[wind steppe]

steal talisman's code for it

[slim ferry]

show the command

that youre running

[umbral zodiac]

ok but like im doing the hash thing right now and that would require doing something else

i asked here so that i could offload the searching to someone else while i do the harder thing

[wind steppe]

so true

[unkempt bronze]

eval SMODS.add_booster_to_shop(p_xiferp_mendeleev)

[slim ferry]

thats not a string

[unkempt bronze]

I made it a string, opened the pack, and then it crashed again

[slim ferry]

then its an issue with the pack

not the command

send the crash log

[unkempt bronze]

see above

[slim ferry]

the type you return in your booster is wrong

it should be the key

[unkempt bronze]

of the cards or the booster?

[slim ferry]

in the return table of create_card

in the booster

[unkempt bronze]

so, set = "xiferp_Element",

is what it should be?

[slim ferry]

yes\

[wind steppe]

set SMODS.current_mod.debug_info

[umbral zodiac]

thanks ya

[wind steppe]

this is what talisman does:

[umbral zodiac]

hash time

[unkempt bronze]

Also, while you're here, the ERROR text should be Element Cards. How do I fix that?

[slim ferry]

dictionary in localization should have it under <b_key_cards>

if youre using loc_txt, it should go under collection in there

[unkempt bronze]

I don't have dictionary in localization, should I put one?

[slim ferry]

yes, it should be under misc

[unkempt bronze]

Don't even have misc, do have labels

[slim ferry]

misc is also what labels is supposed to be under

[unkempt bronze]

Ah. Also, the pack has no text or the right image

[slim ferry]

booster text should go under Other

[unkempt bronze]

and the image?

[slim ferry]

read the coordinates from your spritesheet correctly

[unkempt bronze]

it has one thing. The one design of the pack

at (0,0)

[slim ferry]

and did you make an atlas for it

[unkempt bronze]

where it should be

[unkempt bronze]

and yes

[slim ferry]

and are you using that atlas key

[unkempt bronze]

    key = "Elements_of_the_Round_Table",
    path = "1357924680.png",
    px = 57,
    py = 93
}```
Here's the altas part of the code (a different key than the jokers and the elements)

[slim ferry]

yeah, your booster doesnt even have atlas defined in your code

also boosters are also 71x95 like any other card

[unkempt bronze]

Oh.

[unkempt bronze]

So, set the element card key = b_xiferp_Element?

[slim ferry]

b_xiferp_Element_cards = <collection name>

[unkempt bronze]

gotcha

thank you for all your help

[naive agate]

main.lua:1961: [SMODS VSMODS "ModdedVanilla.lua"]:2133: attempt to perform arithmetic on a table value

line 2133 is card.ability.extra.Xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult + card.ability.extra.Xmult_mod * context.scoring_hand[i]

wait

hold on

[hardy viper]

im pretty sure you can set like SMODS.current_mod.extra_info or something along those lines

i remember something like that existing

okay i checked

SMODS.current_mod.debug_info

[muted trout]

apparently something is nil

[naive agate]

main.lua:1961: [SMODS VSMODS "ModdedVanilla.lua"]:2133: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'nomial' (a nil value)

[daring fern]

Firstly, it's nominal but you should be using card:get_chip_bonus()

[naive agate]

oops

[daring fern]

Yes, you need a context check.

[naive agate]

-# sorry really new to this stuff

[slim ferry]

card:get_chip_bonus should only be used if you want total chips instead of base chips iirc

[muted trout]

ok ty

[wind steppe]

why does this effect still trigger when this joker is sold?

[unkempt bronze]

Okay. Uh, the button still says error and the pack's still showing the wrong image

[slim ferry]

localization keys should be all lowercase, did you do that?

also what image is the pack showing

[unkempt bronze]

the arcana pack

[slim ferry]

then you need to actually put an atlas in your pack

that would probably help

[unkempt bronze]

thing is, the key is xiferp_Element

[unkempt bronze]

and I have!

[slim ferry]

okay

and?

it should still be lowercased in localization

[unkempt bronze]

as for the atlas?

[slim ferry]

show the booster code

[unkempt bronze]

    key = "Elements_of_the_Round_Table",
    path = "1357924680.png",
    px = 57,
    py = 93
}

SMODS.Booster {
    key = "mendeleev",
    altas = "Elements_of_the_Round_Table",
    weight = 0.25,
    kind = 'xiferp_Element', 
    cost = 8,
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    config = { extra = 8, choose = 2 },
    group_key = "k_element_pack",
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        local cfg = (card and card.ability) or self.config
        return {
            vars = { cfg.choose, cfg.extra },
        }
    end,
    ease_background_colour = function(self)
        ease_background_colour_blind(G.STATES.STANDARD_PACK)
    end,
    particles = function(self)
        G.booster_pack_sparkles = Particles(1, 1, 0, 0, {
            timer = 0.015,
            scale = 0.3,
            initialize = true,
            lifespan = 3,
            speed = 0.2,
            padding = -1,
            attach = G.ROOM_ATTACH,
            colours = { G.C.BLACK, G.C.RED },
            fill = true
        })
        G.booster_pack_sparkles.fade_alpha = 1
        G.booster_pack_sparkles:fade(1, 0)
    end,
    create_card = function(self, card, i)
        return {
            set = "xiferp_Element",
            area = G.pack_cards,
            skip_materialize = true,
            soulable = true,
            key_append = "xiferp_ele"
        }
    end,
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Element Pack',
                text = {
                    'Pick 2 of 8 Element Cards to use later',
                },
            },
}```

[slim ferry]

yeah, you still dont have an atlas set for your booster

[unkempt bronze]

oh, typo

I have an altas set for it

still says error on the button, but the pack's right

[unkempt bronze]

button still says ERROR

[slim ferry]

you have b_xiferp_element_cards under dictionary, right?

assuming you are actually using a localization file

[unkempt bronze]

is it supposed to be b_xiferp_element_cards?

[slim ferry]

yes

[unkempt bronze]

oh.

It worked as just xiferp_element for the cards themselves

Woo! Eris, may I make a joker of you?

[slim ferry]

🤷

i you want i guess

[unkempt bronze]

anything you want it to be or do? (5 2-letter words in a row, go me!)

[slim ferry]

i dont just have ideas lined up for the niche case that this happens

so no

[unkempt bronze]

oh

Well, while I'm here, might as well ask: how do you change two random cards in hand?

[slim ferry]

local options = {}
local chosen = {}
for _, c in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
  options[#options+1] = c
end
for _ = 1, math.min(<cards to get>, #options) do
  local roll = pseudorandom(1, #options)
  chosen[#chosen+1] = options[roll]
  table.remove(options, roll)
end
``` i have this for choosing x random cards from an area

from there you should be able to do your suit changing stuff on cards in chosen

[unkempt bronze]

so, where do I set the number?

[slim ferry]

<cards to get>

[unkempt bronze]

ah

[frigid cargo]

how do i check how many cards are unscored in the played hand?

[pale holly]

 if context.individual and context.discard  and SMODS.pseudorandom_probability(card, 'cymbal_remancedream', card.ability.extra.numeratwo, card.ability.extra.odders, 'dreemurr') then
    context.other_card:set_ability(SMODS.poll_enhancement {key = "cymbal_remancedream", guaranteed = true})    
   end

Hi again, trying to make my joker give an enhancement to the cards i discard with a 1/6 chance each, prediscard and discard won't work so i'm not sure what is wrong

[slim ferry]

#context.full_hand - #context.scoring_hand

[slim ferry]

remove the context.individual check

[frigid cargo]

ok thanks

[pale holly]

ah ? I wanted the luck to apply for every single discarded cards and not all of them at once

[slim ferry]

yeah

thats what that would do

context.discard is already for individually discarding cards

[pale holly]

pre_discard works the same ?

[slim ferry]

pre_discard triggers once before the discard

and with no other_card

[unkempt bronze]

so, what do I put in the {}?

[slim ferry]

nothing

its an empty table so cards can be added in in the loops

[pale holly]

Alright thanks

[unkempt bronze]

ah.

[unkempt bronze]

do I change the whole table at once?

[slim ferry]

no you would do an ipairs loop over chosen

[unkempt bronze]

ah

like the one in the main code!

How do I select a random seal? just like... pseudorandom_element(seal keys)?

[slim ferry]

SMODS.poll_seal("seed")

[unkempt bronze]

alright! And I take it similar setups exist for enhancements and stuff like foil?

[slim ferry]

there is SMODS.poll_enhancement, but SMODS.poll_edition wont exist until next release so you'll have to use the basegame poll_edition

[unkempt bronze]

alrighty!

[unkempt bronze]

SMODS.Consumable {
    key = "magnesium",
    set = "xiferp_Element",
    atlas = "Golden_Brick_Road",
    cost = 3,
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    can_use = function(self, card)
      return true
    end,    
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Magnesium',
                text = {
                    'Gives 2 random cards a random seal',
                    'and adds +10 chips to your next hand.',
                },
            },
    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips = (G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips or 0) + 10
        local options = {}
        local chosen = {}
            for _, c in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
              options[#options+1] = c
            end
            for _ = 1, math.min(2, #options) do
              local roll = pseudorandom(1, #options)
              chosen[#chosen+1] = options[roll]
              table.remove(options, roll)
            end
            for _, c in ipairs(chosen) do
              local seal_the_deal = SMODS.poll_seal("shuffletheseed")
                 local conv_card = chosen
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    trigger = 'after',
                    func = function()
                       conv_card:set_seal(seal_the_deal, nil, true)
                   return true
            end
        }))
     end
end
}```
I think I set something up wrong. It isn't adding a random seal to any cards, it's doing othing

Except give mult in a way I can fix

[slim ferry]

it should be local conv_card = c

[unkempt bronze]

any other changes?

[unkempt bronze]

anything else?

[slim ferry]

no

[unkempt bronze]

still didn't apply any seals

[slim ferry]

oh wait

local options = {}
local chosen = {}
for _, c in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
  options[#options+1] = c
end
for _ = 1, math.min(<cards to get>, #options) do
  local roll, i = pseudorandom(1, #options)
  chosen[#chosen+1] = options[i]
  table.remove(options, i)
end

made a small mistake

[unkempt bronze]

and it was...

[slim ferry]

i did not get the index from pseudorandom

[unkempt bronze]

Okay, ykw?

        G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips = (G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips or 0) + 10
            local options = {}
            local chosen = {}
                for _, c in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
                  options[#options+1] = c
                end
                for _ = 1, math.min(2, #options) do
                  local roll, i = pseudorandom(1, #options)
                  chosen[#chosen+1] = options[i]
                  table.remove(options, i)
                end
            for _, c in ipairs(chosen) do
              local seal_the_deal = SMODS.poll_seal("shuffletheseed")
                 local conv_card = c
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    trigger = 'after',
                    func = function()
                       conv_card:set_seal(seal_the_deal, nil, true)
                   return true
            end
        }))
     end
end
}```

What did I do wrong?

[slim ferry]

i dont see any issues

[unkempt bronze]

no seal are being placed

[slim ferry]

okay well idk then

[unkempt bronze]

Must be setting things up weirdly. you know anyone who could help?

[slim ferry]

not specifically

[unkempt bronze]

well send me anyone you think could help

[wicked leaf]

is there a way to mess with rarity weight

and what are the default values for rarity weight

[slim ferry]

G.GAME.<rarity key>_mod

multiplier to rarity weight, starts at 1

[wicked leaf]

If I want to do rare, would it be 3 or Rare

[slim ferry]

rare

[wintry solar]

Add guaranteed = true to your poll seal table

[hushed field]

Trying to figure out how to have the cards display temporarily in the info_queue box, but it seems they spawn permanently on the screen

[hushed field]

As you can see, I forgot to return the variable called _return

good job me

[queen meadow]

is there a way to make it so that when a booster pack is opened, that specific booster no longer appears in subsequent shops?

[slim ferry]

if context.open_booster then
    G.GAME.banned_keys[context.card.config.center.key] = true
end
``` i think this is what your looking for

[queen meadow]

how would I go about implementing this in SMODS.Booster?

[slim ferry]

youre making a booster that only opens once?

i mean

only appears once?

[queen meadow]

yep

[slim ferry]

probably just put G.GAME.banned_keys[card.config.center.key] = true inside of the create_card

[queen meadow]

got it

I'm trying to make a sinner pack for my 7 deadly sins jokers

and it'd be like a deal you can say yes or no to

[plucky berry]

guys how do i check for current mult inside the calculate function

[slim ferry]

mult

[plucky berry]

oh it was that easy

how would you code a smeared joker for custom suits?

[slim ferry]

hook Card:is_suit, look at vanillaremade smeared joker for reference

[plucky berry]

i looked at vanillaremade but the joker doesn't have any config = or calculate =

[slim ferry]

yeah

check under it

[plucky berry]

oh!

tnx

[slim ferry]

though it uses SMODS.smeared_check and i have no clue what that is

[plucky berry]

i think bunco does that with a joker and custom suits i'll check there

i just didn't realize that the check would be outside of the joker object

[slim ferry]

most jokers with more unique effects work like that

they just check if the joker is present in some other function

[plucky berry]

like shortcut or four fingers?

[slim ferry]

yeah

pareidolia too, it hooks Card:is_face

[lavish elm]

how to make an edition only appear for jokers and not playing cards?

[slim ferry]

paperback does this for dichrome, i'd look into that

https://github.com/Balatro-Paperback/paperback/blob/9ff4c652bc319f2db48a071d1d0e704da2aabcb2/content/edition/dichrome.lua#L64

right here

[plucky berry]

pokermon also does it with shiny

and it has a config button to enable and disable that edition for playing cards

[lavish elm]

ok thx

[stone dagger]

Hello, what's collection_rows in SMODS.ConsumableType?

[daring fern]

It says how many cards should be in each row in the collection.

[stone dagger]

that's a thing?

so it says num of rows and columns since it's a pair?

of the atlas?

[daring fern]

No, it's the number of cards for each row.

[red flower]

in the collection..

[stone dagger]

ok. what's a collection I think Im missing key information

[stone dagger]

ahhhh I see

wasn't thinking about that ok makes sense

thank you xD

[hushed field]

I'm checking the start run function because I'm running into some awkward save system bugs. Am I right in assuming that when a previous run is loaded G.playing_cards is filled by just going through every card area and adding existing playing cards into it?

[red flower]

yes, as long as they have a .playing_card value

[hushed field]

Aaah, that explains things

I guess I'll have to disable that value when a card is abducted, then reenable it when abducting it

[gusty compass]

sorry if im disrupting anything here but would you know what is meant by this, using set_edition to set random editions to cards when the deck is selected?

[wintry solar]

show your code

[gusty compass]

alr

apply = function(self)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
                    --enhancements work
                    if pseudorandom("messydeck1") < 0.5 and v.config.center.key == "c_base" then
                        v:set_ability(G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Enhanced[math.random(1,#G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Enhanced)])
                    end

                    if pseudorandom("messydeck2") < 0.15 then -- this outputs an error
                        v:set_edition(G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Edition[math.random(1,#G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Edition)])
                    end

                    if pseudorandom("messydeck3") < 0.05 then -- this outputs a different error (might be my issue)
                        v:set_seal(G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Seal[math.random(1,#G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Seal)])
                    end
                end
                return true
            end,
        }))
    end```

seals output an error at Card.lua line 605 fyi

[wintry solar]

you need to supply the key to these functions

set_edition and set_seal

[gusty compass]

is there a way to have the array be dynamic and support other mods or would i have to predefine all of the keys?

[faint yacht]

poll_enhancement, poll_edition and poll_seal exist.

[wintry solar]

SMODS.poll_enhancement/SMODS.poll_seal to be accurate

soon SMODS.poll_edition too for consistency

[gusty compass]

alright, i will add those two, one sec

enhancements seem to be fine, but idk, G.P_center_pools may not support modded enhancements so might as well

[wintry solar]

it does

the set_ability function just works differently

[gusty compass]

oh, but might as well use poll for consistency?

[red flower]

yes, also don't use math.random

next time if you need to get something from a table use pseudorandom_element, you can also do pseudorandom("seed", min, max)

[gusty compass]

also how can i fetch from the three functions as arrays

alr

[red flower]

wdym

the poll functions give you 1 key

[gusty compass]

one key?

[red flower]

yes, they get a random element

[gusty compass]

oh

well thats fantastic

[winter flower]

is there something i can hook/patch to prevent endless mode from being gray

[hardy viper]

i think you want boss_colour in your SMODS.Blind?

it's not an endless mode thing

actually im not sure what the question is exactly

[slim ferry]

default background goes from green to grey in endless

[winter flower]

the bg is forced to be gray during endless, i'm trying to figure out how to prevent that

[hardy viper]

oh odd

[slim ferry]

not during bosses

normally

[gusty compass]

well now im a bit confused, since the poll functions are returning a function value

[slim ferry]

did you put the parentheses after the function

[hardy viper]

i would think itd be in ease_background_colour_blind buti do not see it anywhere

[gusty compass]

like (SMODS.poll_enhancement)?

[slim ferry]

no

have you ever called a function before

[hardy viper]

ah nevermind it is

@winter flower common_events.lua:342

[gusty compass]

i know how to use functions but im not sure how to access the random value inside the function, since lua print(SMODS.poll_enhancement) outputs "function and a hash"

[slim ferry]

yes, because you arent calling the function

youre printing the function itself

[hardy viper]

( and its not a hash its the memory address of the function

[gusty compass]

yea mb, idk what it was

so what could i use to call it?

[slim ferry]

SMODS.poll_enhancement <-this is just the function
SMODS.poll_enhancement() <- this runs the function and gives back the output

[gusty compass]

i see, thanks

[slim ferry]

which is also why i asked if youve ever called a function before

because

you do this for literally ever functio

[gusty compass]

yea i call functions in lua but i didnt know what the poll function was, so i got a bit puzzled

thanks anyways

[slim ferry]

function should still have arguments

dont forget that

[gusty compass]

alright, ill give it a shot

[stone dagger]

Hello am I missing any configuration here when creating a consumable type and consumable?

SMODS.ConsumableType {
    key = 'support_spells',
    default = 'c_support_spells',
    primary_colour = HEX('cca652'),
    secondary_colour = HEX('cca652'),
    collection_rows = { 3, 3 },
    shop_rate = 0
}

SMODS.Consumable {
    key = "erebos_favour",
    set = "support_spells",
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Erebos, Black-Hearted',
        text = {
            "After scoring a {C:attention}Flush{}",
            "lose {C:money}#1#${} and draw #1# at next draw"
        }
    },
    config = { extra = { money = 1 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.money } }
    end,
    atlas = 'TherosBD_support',
    pos = {x = 0 , y = 0},

Because Im getting this error and the collection name for the consumable type is ERROR which ya isnt a good sign.

[slim ferry]

your atlas key is incorrect

[stone dagger]

incorrect how?

[slim ferry]

there isnt an atlas with that key

which probably means you misspelled it

[stone dagger]

ah I get it

I know what happened, je suis dumb

Forgot to define the atlas xD

[slim ferry]

also localization

documentation is pretty cool

showing this because i assume youre using loc_txt for everything

[stone dagger]

yes I am

I did not find that documentation tho

[slim ferry]

its under SMODS.ObjectType

[stone dagger]

I only found the SMODS.Consumable not the type

ah ok

[long sun]

i can't see how Legendaries handle their unlock conditions by looking at VanillaRemade — how do i lock my Legendaries like vanilla Balatro?

[daring fern]

They don't have an unlock condition, they unlock themselves when they are obtained.

[long sun]

ah i see

so i just have to specify unlocked = false?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[long sun]

awesome ^^ thanks

ah :P

[daring fern]

Are you using V or B without returning any colours in loc_vars?

[long sun]

i'm using V, but providing a colour in vars

return {
      vars = {
        localize(G.GAME.current_round.fainfol_card.suit, 'suits_singular'),
        card.ability.extra.xmult,
        colours = { G.C.SUITS[G.GAME.current_round.fainfol_card.suit] }
      }
    }```

this crash does not occur when hovering over it when unlocked

[daring fern]

You need locked_loc_vars

[long sun]

ah i see

[broken rivet]

my horrible awful hack to use SMODS.is_poker_hand_visible()

[long sun]

i've tried fixing this draw function for ages now, but no luck — the voucher shader only seems to tilt when hovering over a specific different Joker that doesn't have a soul

[daring fern]

Have you tried using SMODS.DrawStep instead?

[long sun]

ah i haven't ^^;

i'll give that a go

[long sun]

same bug

this looks like an SMODS bug because this drawstep looks almost identical to the one that applies editions to souls

or maybe my joker setup is wrong

here's one of my Legendaries

right lemme test something rq

oh, weird. polychrome works as it should

[glass scaffold]

How do I change this to only focus on scored cards?

[fossil ermine]

does anyone know how i could make it so that the code checks specifically for one card being retriggered and then once its done retriggering and the next card is same suit, rank, etc that it doesn't give the xmult on the next card

how its supposed to work:

how it works:
jack of clubs played
next card is jack of clubs (xmult)
or
jack of clubs played
jack of clubs retriggered (xmult)
next card is jack of clubs (xmult)

[slim ferry]

context.scoring_hand

[glass scaffold]

Thanks, working now

[naive agate]

want this to act like photograph, adds first scoring face card's chips * 0.15 to mult, but right now any hand that has more than one card and includes a face, it triggers for all cards and adds their chips to mult
anything i need to fix?

[faint yacht]

You'd want to use SMODS.scale_card to scale instead of return, perhaps.

[lyric wadi]

can yuo dynamically add boxes to a joker description

like maybe it starts with 1 box, but then after it gains an effect it adds a second box to its description

like this

[fossil ermine]

bump

[daring fern]

Yes, it would be card:get_chip_bonus() not card.base.nominal

[naive agate]

this joker uses base chips to add to mult instead of the total chips

[ivory wren]

i'm lowkey stupid as hell, i'm looking at https://github.com/Steamodded/examples/, are these already built in into smods or do i have to copy them for new jokers too?

[daring fern]

What counts as total chips?

[sturdy compass]

I have retrigger detection on this card here. You could probably extrapolate the rank/suit detection from there https://github.com/the-Astra/Maximus/blob/main/items/jokers/combo_breaker.lua

[naive agate]

changed card.base.nominal to card:get_chip_bonus(), everything else works fine but xmult isn't being added

card.base.nominal with this crashes anyways

[daring fern]

Is it showing the upgrade message?

[naive agate]

yeah, but it's still stuck at X1 Mult

[daring fern]

It's context.other_card:get_chip_bonus()

[naive agate]

got it

[naive agate]

this works, thank you

[frigid cargo]

Is there a way to make a joker play a sound on repeat?

[red flower]

yes, are the effects predetermined or are they variable

<@&1133519078540185692>

[frigid cargo]

Hi N’

[red flower]

hi

[frigid cargo]

I am back

[red flower]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[frigid cargo]

Bump cause yes

[lyric wadi]

variable but it's added at fixed intervals (probably after boss blind)

and how many boxes can i add

[floral flicker]

Hello, i have added my sticker, and the small badge sho the text error do you know why ?

[frosty rampart]

you need to localize it in a separate place for the badge

if you're using a localization file, it goes in misc -> labels, and it should be modprefix_stickerkey = "Ditto"

[native bone]

I cant figure out why the joker doesnt trigger the script that adds the mult to the joker. I play the hand, I added the return message thing, and it just doesnt trigger at all. I've looked at tutorials online and I have been stuck. I have tested the script for applying the mult, and that works just fine

[floral flicker]

The Joker isn’t triggering because the loop and variables inside calculate aren’t set up correctly. Make sure you use ipairs for context.full_hand, don’t reuse card inside the loop, and update freindyMult in the right context phase. Fixing these should make the multiplier work.

[frigid cargo]

Bump

[rocky plaza]

so like have a sound effect repeat every so often indefinitely

?

[frigid cargo]

Yes

[rocky plaza]

so not a music track, but a sound effect
then i think there would probably be some recursive shenanigans

[frigid cargo]

Wait i misread, it is a music track

[rocky plaza]

in that case they should autorepeat

is it staying silent after the song has finished

[frigid cargo]

I have yet to code it but i want the song to randomly play if i own a specific joker

[rocky plaza]

what do u mean by random

also music tracks can have a select_music_track function

or something

[red flower]

it's not very straightforward then, you would need to add the nodes to full_UI_table.multi_box in the joker's generate_ui
here's an example (this doesn't use the joker's generate ui anymore but it has the same structure)
https://github.com/nh6574/JoyousSpring/blob/e0cdbd2da1daeb698eb2ebe14693811e8ab59e65/src/card_ui.lua#L296

you can add as many boxes as you want but at some point you will run out of screen space lol

[frigid cargo]

Ah ill look into it thanks

[frigid cargo]

Like imagine youre just playing balatro and out of nowhere the song starts playing

[rocky plaza]

hmm so while u have a certain joker there is a chance for a specific song to play?

[nova eagle]

so im trying to learn to make mods. i have the rules set up, but how do i customize the cards you start with, and actually make it appear in game?

[rocky plaza]

yeah you should be able to control the track timing with select_music_track

[frigid cargo]

Yes

[frigid cargo]

Ah ok thanks, ive never used select_music_track so ill look into it thanks

[long sun]

i'm doing my unlock checking incorrectly — i'm using 3 hooks to emulate what double_gold does, however check_for_unlock doesn't do what i want to do

what's the correct function?

[nova eagle]

how come my custom challenge doesnt show up in game?

does anybody know how to fix that?

[long sun]

well we'd need to see your code

[nova eagle]

i've got this

as well as something in the main.lua to load the challenges.lua file

[long sun]

are you loading challenges.lua?

ah

can i see that code?

for the loading

[long sun]

can i see your JSON file?

[lyric wadi]

ok im gonna need a little more handholding for this
please correct me if my understanding is incorrect

• you initialise an array called full_UI_table.multi_box
• full_UI_table.main is the first box, aka the main description
• to add another box, you add an entry to full_UI_table.multi_box , starting at index 2

what i dont see from the snipped you lniked is

• how do i set the text inside each box
• what the vars node and name_node contains

sorry for all the asks i really need all the heps to understand this

[nova eagle]

i'm also having the same issue loading stuff from jokers_2.lua

[long sun]

try adding assert() around your load lines

that way, it'll crash if it fails

[nova eagle]

what would that look like in code?

(im still new to making stuff in lua)

[long sun]

assert(SMODS.load_file(...))

[nova eagle]

no crash

[long sun]

hmm, okay

can i see Redditro.lua again?

[nova eagle]

^

[long sun]

could i see the new version?

[nova eagle]

i only did the assert thing with the challenges for now

[faint yacht]

-# Like a clock?

[nova eagle]

once i get that figured out it should be the same process to figure out why nothing else is working

(minus jokers.lua which works fine)

wait

i did a stupid

hold on

i forgot to do scripts/challenges.lua

ok that didnt fix anything

so now it looks like this

still doesnt crash, still doesnt show up

[long sun]

oh

move the parethesis inside the assert to outside the assert

eg. assert(SMODS.load_file("thing.lua"))()

[nova eagle]

hold up i did another stupid

i just realized the mod was disabled

[long sun]

;u;

that'd do it

[nova eagle]

oh, nope, still no showup

[nova eagle]

i'll try this

that didnt change anything either

[long sun]

mm

can i double-check your script again?

<@&1133519078540185692>

[wind steppe]

<@&1133519078540185692>

thank you mods

[lyric wadi]

three times???

wtf

[long sun]

oh it's happened a lot today

[lyric wadi]

also hello ghos

[long sun]

hai :3

[nova eagle]

i love the fast reaction time for that lol

[long sun]

i'm out of ideas ;u;" sorry

[lyric wadi]

once you're done i might ask you for help with... ui code....

[nova eagle]

amazing mods

[lyric wadi]

*shudders*

[long sun]

oh ya kusane do you know anything about unlocks?

[nova eagle]

i wonder if moving the code to jokers.lua would change anything

[long sun]

ya give that a go ^^

[lyric wadi]

unfortunately not i havent bothered locking any of my cards

[long sun]

alrighty

what's ur UI thing ^^?

[nova eagle]

didnt work, but it taught me something

[lyric wadi]

im trying to make a joker that adds a box to its description

like this

[nova eagle]

is there a second thing i have to do? i think the issue isnt in loading the script, but actually creating the deck

[long sun]

oh like multiple abilities?

[lyric wadi]

N has pointed me to some example but i am having a hard time wrapping my head

[long sun]

u can add multiple tables in the loc_vars

[nova eagle]

so the rules are there, but theres nothing to call the key for the challenge

[lyric wadi]

yeah but i mean like dynamically adding a box during run time

[long sun]

u can use several keys for that i think

[lyric wadi]

like adding an extra box each time you defeat a boss blind

[long sun]

oh

ohhh

yeah i have no clue ;u; sorry

[lyric wadi]

😭

[red flower]

the text is obtained by localize from the localization file, in this case i have a special entry for a new description type but you can just use an Other entry
node is where those localize nodes are saved to then append them to multi_box
don't worry about name_node, this is basically for joker fusion so i also have the name of each joker before each box

[long sun]

oh ya hai N, question

[red flower]

hi

[long sun]

i've got some hooks i'd like to unlock a card from

code is currently this but check_for_unlock is not the right function

do i need to hook it too, or is there a better function for this?

[red flower]

wdym it's not the right function

[long sun]

oh like

it has a bunch of hardcoded unlock codes in it

like this

[wind steppe]

yeah but you can pass anything into it

and just check args.type in your object

[red flower]

your joker should have a check_for_unlock as well

[wind steppe]

and unlocked = false

[red flower]

or card

[long sun]

oh, can i not use unlock_condition?

[red flower]

no, that's only for the hardcoded ones

[long sun]

ohhhhhhh i see

okayokay gotcha ^^ that helps

[red flower]

check the vanillaremade joker file

[long sun]

thanks!

ya i checked it out, and it told me it was equivalent ;u;"

i understand this now though

[red flower]

what it means is that they're equivalent but only for that condition so the reason I use check_for_unlock instead is as an example because mods will most likely use the function

[long sun]

oh kay

icic

(omg nice edgeworth pfp btw!!)

[red flower]

:3

[long sun]

gaming!!!!!

[round lion]

the creature

is phanta gonna go in your website's backstage

[long sun]

oh i haven't added my mods yet ;u; i forgot

it'll go next to my KTaNE things

[feral tree]

how do i make it so during an event the player cant play any cards for a select time?

[granite jay]

                if hand_chips + context.other_card.chips + card.ability.extra.chips_penalty < 0 then
                    penalty = -(hand_chips + context.other_card.chips)
                end
                return {
                    chips = penalty,
                    colour = G.C.CHIPS
                }```

[long sun]

i finally got the shines on the souls to work!! it required self.ARGS.send_to_shader

:3

[rose hatch]

Ghost seal? Who could kill such a cutie

[loud summit]

hi is this the right way to check if a consum(e)able has been sold?
if context.selling_card and cardarea == G.consumeables and not context.other_card.ability.extra.refundjeapordy then

[feral tree]

bump

[maiden phoenix]

Me killing GhostSalt to have a chance to have a negative joker (the cops are looking for me)

[frosty rampart]

when does the game set challenge modifiers in G.GAME? i'm trying to change the scoring calculation for a challenge, but init_game_object and start_run hooks are too early

[lyric wadi]

i tried following n's guidance and so far not successfull

whioch part did i do wrong

or have i fundamentally misunderstood this completely

[frosty rampart]

ah nvm challenges have an (undocumented) apply parameter that can run custom code

[granite jay]

How do you get the suit from a card?

For a joker

[quick prairie]

if i wanted to make a DNA style joker, that instead creates a copy of the first destroyed card, what do i need to add or change from this or anything im perhaps missing that ill need to change from other stuff im stealing from DNA:

local copy_card = copy_card(context.full_hand[1], nil, nil, G.playing_card)

[faint yacht]

if context.remove_playing_cards and context.removed[1] then
  local _card = copy_card(context.removed[1], nil, nil, G.playing_card)
  _card:add_to_deck()
  G.deck.config.card_limit = G.deck.config.card_limit + 1
  G.deck:emplace(_card)
  table.insert(G.playing_cards, _card)
  playing_card_joker_effects({_card})
end

[quick prairie]

thanks

[quick prairie]

oh but there seems to be a problem, not sure what the issue is

[faint yacht]

...per chance, did this go off multiple times?

[quick prairie]

yup

[unkempt bronze]

        return { vars = { xiferp_seal_the_deal } }```
you said this would work, all it did was break the game with ') expected by ='

[faint yacht]

Was this copied by Blueprint?

[quick prairie]

yes, but i also had a second one

[faint yacht]

Move G.deck:emplace(_card) under table.insert(G.playing_cards, _card)?

[unkempt bronze]

Hey Ali

[wintry solar]

you miss the { and } in poll seal

[unkempt bronze]

SMODS.poll_seal("shuffletheseed" and guaranteed = true) more accurate?

[wintry solar]

no

SMODS.poll_seal({key = 'shuffletheseed', guaranteed = true})

[unkempt bronze]

ah. No (seed, table) issues, gotcha

[unkempt bronze]

still not applying any seals

[wintry solar]

show your code

[unkempt bronze]

SMODS.Consumable {
    key = "magnesium",
    set = "xiferp_Element",
    atlas = "Golden_Brick_Road",
    cost = 3,
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    can_use = function(self, card)
      return true
    end,    
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        local xiferp_seal_the_deal = SMODS.poll_seal({key = 'shuffletheseed', guaranteed = true})
        return { vars = { xiferp_seal_the_deal } }
    end,
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Magnesium',
                text = {
                    'Gives 2 random cards a random seal',
                    'and adds +10 chips to your next hand.',
                },
            },
    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips = (G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips or 0) + 10
            local options = {}
            local chosen = {}
                for _, c in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
                  options[#options+1] = c
                end
                for _ = 1, math.min(2, #options) do
                  local roll, i = pseudorandom(1, #options)
                  chosen[#chosen+1] = options[i]
                  table.remove(options, i)
                end
            for _, c in ipairs(chosen) do
               local conv_card = c
                      G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                         trigger = 'after',
                           func = function()
                                conv_card:set_seal(seal_the_deal, nil, true)
                           return true
                     end
        }))
    end
end
}```

[wintry solar]

your poll function is in a completely different place to your set function

[unkempt bronze]

put them both under the use?

now the code's mad because of the fact the use has to end right after setting seal_the_deal

and the entire code for Magnesium

nevermind, fixed it

[quick prairie]

as an idiot, i didn't know what you meant by this, but i did manage to get it working somehow, though an issue I'm encountering is that it only puts the cards in hand after scoring ends. though im guessing that's because the remove thing only triggers at the end of scoring:

calculate = function(self, card, context)
        local extra = card.ability.extra
        if context.first_hand_drawn and not context.blueprint then
            local eval = function() return extra.card_destroyed_this_round == 0 and not G.RESET_JIGGLES end
            juice_card_until(card, eval, true)
        end
        if context.remove_playing_cards and extra.card_destroyed_this_round == 0 and context.removed and #context.removed > 0 then
            local copy_card = copy_card(context.removed[1], nil, nil, G.playing_card)
            copy_card:add_to_deck()
            G.deck.config.card_limit = G.deck.config.card_limit + 1
            table.insert(G.playing_cards, copy_card)
            G.hand:emplace(copy_card)
            copy_card.states.visible = nil
            if not context.blueprint then
                extra.card_destroyed_this_round = extra.card_destroyed_this_round + 1
            end
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                func = function()
                    copy_card:start_materialize()
                    return true
                end
            }))
            return {
                message = 'Memory Restored',
                func = function()
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                        func = function()
                            SMODS.calculate_context({ playing_card_added = true, cards = { copy_card } })
                            return true
                        end
                    }))
                end
            }
        end
        if (context.ending_shop) and not context.blueprint then
            extra.card_destroyed_this_round = 0
        end
    end

[faint yacht]

If hand is played, context.destroy_card occurs after the scoring is done, yeah.

[quick prairie]

bummer, oh well

[unkempt bronze]

still did nothing

[loud summit]

bump

[daring fern]

No, it would be context.selling_card and context.card.ability.consumeable

[loud summit]

oh thx

do you mean context.other_card?

[slim ferry]

no

it is context.card

[loud summit]

oh

[quick prairie]

hello, I'm trying to make a legendary joker that takes ownership of blue seals so that they instead create negative planet cards. Looking at the page for taking ownership, it seems like I would be instead overwriting blue seals only as opposed to letting a joker do it.
How do I make it so that having the joker instead replaces the existing blue seals? Would i just put the SMODS.Seal:take_ownership under an if statement inside of the calculate section, along with the behavior I'm changing?

[slim ferry]

take ownership outside of the joker and check if you have the legendary in the blue seal

[loud summit]

you kinda have to take ownershipo fully

yeah

[quick prairie]

ah so change blue seals so that they have an if else or something that checks for the joker, that makes sense

[muted trout]

current issue: the joker is meant to create a planet card when a playing card is destroyed, but it's not doing so

[slim ferry]

remove context.joker_main

[muted trout]

may i ask how it's an issue?

[wind steppe]

joker_main is for main scoring

like when jimbo triggers

[daring fern]

No, you would have to patch.

[slim ferry]

context.joker_main and context.remove_playing_cards are never calculated at the same time

[muted trout]

i see tysm

[daring fern]

Taking ownership wouldn't work because Blue Seal is hard coded.

[quick prairie]

no clue what you mean by patch, you mean go into the games code and change the code there?

[daring fern]

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

[quick prairie]

well darn, that's a lot of words

[pseudo furnace]

My files aren't updating in the game after I've restarted and saved. Any ideas?

[wind steppe]

wdym by that

[pseudo furnace]

Any changes in code after a certain point stopped being updated ingame

[wind steppe]

reset profile

and start a new run

[pseudo furnace]

Nothing...

[wind steppe]

what were the changes

[pseudo furnace]

Mainly a new joker, and the loc_text for an old one

[wind steppe]

its loc_txt

also you restarted the game right

[pseudo furnace]

Yep

And profile

[wind steppe]

i think you’re not saving to the right place then

or you’re missing some important info that the game needs to register the joker

[pseudo furnace]

That might be it cuz I did move some files around

[wind steppe]

like the key

[pseudo furnace]

I'll check the key first

Key looks good

[wind steppe]

files aren’t loaded automatically except for your main file

[pseudo furnace]

Can you explain this to me

[long sun]

how can i check if a card scored, without using contexts?

[wind steppe]

wdym

smods doesn't load files automatically

except your mod's main file

[pseudo furnace]

I'll experiment a lil

[loud summit]

each card tracks if its been scored this ante for the pillar

so you could check that ig

[long sun]

oh not what i mean

like, if i play a hand, i need a way of knowing if it was scored

[loud summit]

context.scoring_hand?

[long sun]

i suppose i could set a flag in the mod's calculate but there might be a pre-existing way

[long sun]

did you read the question ;u;

/lh

[loud summit]

im confusedp

what are u trying to do

[long sun]

okie so

one of my Jokers has a lock condition: Play a Junk with a scoring Steel card

and i need to check if the steel cards passed in with hand_contents scored

[loud summit]

you should also probably check if the player disabled junk (i do)

[pseudo furnace]

I got it we're good im stuupid

[long sun]

you can't play a Junk if you have it disabled so that's fine :3

[slim ferry]

Why cant you loop over context.scoring_hand

[loud summit]

:/ then i cant unlcok it

[long sun]

read the question i asked please ;u;

[slim ferry]

Also theres SMODS.in_scoring

[long sun]

u won't be able to play with it anyway if u have it disabled :3

[loud summit]

oh

[long sun]

aha, i'll check that out, thanks!

[slim ferry]

I did

Im just asking why you cant do that

[loud summit]

unlock condition ig

[long sun]

because check_for_unlock doesn't have a context

[slim ferry]

Oh true

[loud summit]

i think the played hand is considered a cardarea?

[slim ferry]

Everything is in a cardarea

Well at least everything should always be in one

[loud summit]

yea so you can check that ig

[long sun]

problem: SMODS.is_scoring requires the scoring hand

i don't have that

lemme try something else though

[loud summit]

G.play.cards?

[long sun]

G.play.cards contains all played cards iirc, not all scored cards

okay i think i have a solution using my mod's calculate function

lemme test

[loud summit]

sounds conplex

[long sun]

not really

i'm really just doing what a Joker would do

[native bone]

Guys, I just realized something, this may save a couple of people a headache. The #X# tags are in the order that you return the loc_vars. So, for example, I have value1 and value2, and I want to display both.

In the description of the joker, you need to put #1# then #2# to display value1 and value2 in the correct order

[daring fern]

Use G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info(G.play.cards)

[long sun]

correct

ah ^^

[loud summit]

ywah

[long sun]

alright my method works :3 thanks

[wind steppe]

anybody know what function makes the descriptions for the blinds show up in the collection

like that

[long sun]

woah that's long

[loud summit]

🎃 your long

[native bone]

That's what she said lol

[long sun]

yes, it is what i said :3

[native bone]

lol

On a more serious note, are the variables stored in the config field global or local? It seems to me they must be local, since I cant add to them. But I'm not sure

[wind steppe]

wdym the config field

like of a joker?

[native bone]

Yes

[wind steppe]

you should be able to add to them

how else would scaling jokers work

[native bone]

That is what I said lol

[wind steppe]

i would say youre probably doing something wrong

code?

[daring fern]

No, they are global because they are in the center which is global.

[native bone]

My code

[daring fern]

It would be card.ability.extra.FreindyMult

[native bone]

Which line?

[daring fern]

Every line where you use FreindyMult

Same for the other config variables.

[wind steppe]

what function makes blind popups like this appear when you hover over them in the collection?

[solemn shuttle]

wait is G.GAME.hands["handtype lol"].level not the way to have a hand's level as a var
i noticed its considered a table despite being one value as opposed to a Number and trying to index it and tonumber() it isnt working either it seems

[daring fern]

It's to_number not tonumber

[solemn shuttle]

whoops yeah youre right 😭

ok it works now i Forgor syntax

[native bone]

How do you access the card being scored when in the scoring cards context?

[unkempt bronze]

SMODS.Consumable {
    key = "magnesium",
    set = "xiferp_Element",
    atlas = "Golden_Brick_Road",
    cost = 3,
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    can_use = function(self, card)
      return true
    end,    
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Magnesium',
                text = {
                    'Gives 2 random cards a random seal',
                    'and adds +10 chips to your next hand.',
                },
            },
    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips = (G.GAME.xiferp_alkemetal_chips or 0) + 10        
        local xiferp_seal_the_deal = SMODS.poll_seal({key = 'shuffletheseed', guaranteed = true})
          return { vars = { xiferp_seal_the_deal } }
       end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
            local options = {}
            local chosen = {}
                for _, c in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
                  options[#options+1] = c
                end
                for _ = 1, math.min(2, #options) do
                  local roll, i = pseudorandom(1, #options)
                  chosen[#chosen+1] = options[i]
                  table.remove(options, i)
                end
            for _, c in ipairs(chosen) do
               local conv_card = c
                      G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                         trigger = 'after',
                           func = function()
                                conv_card:set_seal(xiferp_seal_the_deal, nil, true)
                           return true
                     end
             }))  
        end   
end
}```
This isn't working, what's wrong with it?

[muted trout]

is there a way to make it so the planet card produced is always of the most played poker hand?

[rancid bridge]

my friend made a jokerforge mod and this one specific joker crashes the game when it's loaded. any help with it would be appreciated <3

[red flower]

which context exactly?

[red flower]

check the vanillaremade wiki there's a faq for that

[muted trout]

no idea where that is but thanks

[red flower]

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

[muted trout]

ty

[unkempt bronze]

bump

(problem is: not giving out seals)

[muted trout]

i see the code but i have no idea how im meant to implement it

[daring fern]

Yes, you're putting everything in calculate instead of use

[unkempt bronze]

if I remove calculate it breaks

[daring fern]

Log?

[muted trout]

im just gonna change the function of the joker, i don't think doing that is possible for me

[unkempt bronze]

code

[daring fern]

Remove the return

[unkempt bronze]

testing...

no seals again

I use it, it's supposed to give two random cards seals

no seals on anything

[unkempt bronze]

see above

[native bone]

Nevermind, I found a workaround that hopefully works

[daring fern]

For what?

[unkempt bronze]

for what it's supposed to do, and what it's doing

(It gives the chips as it should, but not the random seals)

[daring fern]

Code?

[muted trout]

what i have atm

[native bone]

Scratch that, it didnt work. The context is context.main_scoring and context.cardarea == G.play

[red flower]

in that context the card scored is the card youre coding

so card

[red flower]

1. dont do stuff outside a context check
2. current_round.most_played_hand doesnt actually contain the most played hand at all times, because it checks per ante. the question just above the planet card one in the vr wiki answers that
3. use the planet_for_handname as the key in add_card

all of these is explained in some way in that wiki btw, i recommend reading it fully if you ever have the time

[muted trout]

i did ctrl+f on the wiki and none of that was explained but ok tysm

[unkempt bronze]

Hey, N!

[red flower]

hi i dont really want to read code

[red flower]

1. https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#whats-a-context
2. https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#how-do-i-get-the-most-played-hand
3. https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#jokers-or-consumables

[unkempt bronze]

Alright. then how's your day going so far?

[red flower]

its been good i played a lot of ff8

[unkempt bronze]

good to hear

[muted trout]

im assuming that i have to do a copy of 2 for every poker hand because i have no idea what any of that means

[unkempt bronze]

So, what got you into Balatro in the first place?

[red flower]

i would recommend watching a lua tutorial then lol

[red flower]

it looked fun so i played it

[muted trout]

ik i suck at coding dude im trying to understand i promise but it feels like i should've known all of this when i was 9 😭

[red flower]

the idea of the wiki is that theyre literally code snippets you can copypaste

[unkempt bronze]

anything off with the code?

[daring fern]

Yes, i wont exist so options[i] also wouldn't exist.

pseudorandom only returns one value.

[unkempt bronze]

any clean fixes?

[daring fern]

Yes, change i to roll or use pseudorandom_element

[unkempt bronze]

local roll = pseudorandom(1, #options) Like this?

[muted trout]

i tried to copypaste and it still didnt work right 💔

[daring fern]

No, use pseudorandom_element

pseudorandom_element(options, 'seed')

[unkempt bronze]

I take it options is the table?

[unkempt bronze]

local roll = pseudorandom_element(G.hand.cards, 'xiferp_card_changer')?

[daring fern]

No, local _, i = pseudorandom_element(options, 'seed')

[unkempt bronze]

oh.

local roll, i = pseudorandom_element(G.hand.cards, 'xiferp_card_changer')

[unkempt bronze]

like above?

[muted trout]

man

[unkempt bronze]

I know the pain

[daring fern]

No, options should be options

[muted trout]

it's easy just copy paste the code

💡

[daring fern]

It should be key not set in SMODS.add_card

[unkempt bronze]

any other changes?

Because it's still not adding seals

[daring fern]

Code?

[muted trout]

it only adds high card now but it still adds anything so ty

[unkempt bronze]

I feel like I've sent it five different times with slight tweaks, but okay

[daring fern]

Why did you put the calculate function back?

[unkempt bronze]

I ctrl-z'ed a bit too hard

[unkempt bronze]

here it is without that

anything off? Any reason the seals aren't being added?

[muted trout]

does anyone know how i can change this from always giving pluto to giving the planet of the most played hand?

[unkempt bronze]

I'd say check vanilla remade voucher "telescope"

[daring fern]

Have you tried printing options and chosen?

[unkempt bronze]

no

I just took someone's code that said those two were tables for however many cards

[muted trout]

thank you twin

all that and i didn't even have to bother with the wiki to begin with 🥀

[unkempt bronze]

you're welcome twin

anything for a fellow modder

[muted trout]

ok using blueprint on inflammation crashes the game

[unkempt bronze]

Ive managed to make the code work for one

ttwo might just be out of my depth

[charred widget]

Hi friends! I'm having trouble coding a retriggering joker, and it's not retriggering any cards. Can someone help me figure out why this is happening?

[muted trout]

does anyone know exactly how it's crashing?

it crashes when a planet card is being created

[unkempt bronze]

I see consumable_buffer in a contradition, between 0 and 1 (set to zero, set to +1, set to zero, etc.)

[muted trout]

wdym

how does that make blueprint crash

[unkempt bronze]

idk, but it's stuff like this I llok out for now

[faint yacht]

apply = function(self, back)
    G.STATE = G.STATES.SHOP
    G.GAME.shop_free = nil
    G.GAME.shop_d6ed = nil
end

seems a bit dangerous... but it works for starting a run in the shop.

[muted trout]

may be whatever but im making inflammation blueprint imcompat

[drifting plover]

I've already created the profile.jkr, I just need to export from JSON to JKR and it'll be done.

[unkempt bronze]

thought this was a crypto scam for a second

[drifting plover]

this is a editor profile xD

[unkempt bronze]

Pardon me, I just never saw one before

[drifting plover]

te perdono bro

I based it on this repository https://github.com/TeddyHuang-00/BalatroSaveEditor.git

[charred widget]

polite bump

[muted trout]

currently getting an error for something??????

ik i probably wont get a response to this anytime soon so for now im gonna try to replicate my code from before

[sturdy compass]

Your timing is off, _planet is not initialized by the time you call add_card

[harsh wind]

hey guys what does this mean 💔 (this is the best channel to ask this i think)

[muted trout]

how would i go about fixing that

[harsh wind]

is that me

[muted trout]

im you but slower

[harsh wind]

no speed in there

[sturdy compass]

You have bad patch syntax somewhere

[harsh wind]

how do i fix ts

[sturdy compass]

You have to reorganize your code a lot and I simply do not have the energy to walk you through that

[sturdy compass]

Look through your patch files

[muted trout]

may aswell scrap the joker tbh it's caused way too many issues anyways

[harsh wind]

i don't know anything about modding where do i find patch files

[sturdy compass]

Is this caused by a mod you made? Or are you just a player?

[harsh wind]

player

[sturdy compass]

Disable your mods one by one until it stops

[harsh wind]

this is the only mod bro

💔

[sturdy compass]

Which mod

[harsh wind]

its a mod for a separate game that i dont think has a discord server i just thought this was the best channel to ask because balatro modding uses lovely 💔💔💔

[harsh wind]

shit it does have a server

my bad

[quick prairie]

generating negative planet cards from modified blue seals only ever makes enough to fill the space you would normally have if they weren't negative, is there anyway to go around this?

[frosty rampart]

show code

[daring fern]

Yes, remove where you check if the number of consumables is less then the consumable limit.

[quick prairie]

yeah that would do it

[quick prairie]

another question, how do i detect the presence of a custom joker? i have the key for it but it doesn't seem to be detected. i am sure im missing something

[daring fern]

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

[quick prairie]

ah yes, of course i forgot one word

[azure valley]

So, I have a problem, a proposed solution that I think is a bit of a hack, and my request is to know if there is a better way:

I would like to run code when a particular kind of card is created. This is intended to make the (consumable) card target a random joker, and reveal the target to the player.

This card (currently) only shows up in booster packs, and while I would like for it to also show up in the shop, that's going to be a playing it by ear sort of deal.

My current, bad and hacky, plan is to use the mod calculate to trigger on open_booster (and possibly reroll and shop start) to search for an already created card of the type I want to initialize, and then modify it. open_booster will require a delay, which can be affected by the game speed, because the cards aren't actually created until the booster explodes, and there's no guarantee that the player won't be faster than the difference between the card being created and the delay timing out.

My second idea is to create a lovely patch to optionally run initialization code when creating a card, but I'm hesitant to hook to code if I don't have to.

Is there a better idea?

[wind steppe]

hook create_card