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[astral pine]

I tried this but I get the same error, I also tried doing an if with my G.sprite to not render it if null and then the problem becomes the {x=x, y=y}, sorry, code that is in my main.lua right now

local oldmainmenu = Game.main_menu
function Game:main_menu(change_context)
    local gm = oldmainmenu(self, change_context)
    G.collector_sprite = SMODS.create_sprite(0, 0, G.CARD_W, G.CARD_H, 'lilithsb_CollectorCard', {x = x, y = y})
    return gm
end

SMODS.DrawStep{
    key = 'collector_extra',
    order = -9,
    func = function(self)
        G.collector_sprite.role.draw_major = self
        G.collector_sprite:draw_shader('dissolve', nil, nil, nil, self.children.center)
    end,
    conditions = {vortex = false, facing = 'front'},
}

[random thorn]

How do I fix it?

nods

[astral pine]

You can just move the highlighted line (card.ability.extra.var1 = math.max(0, (crad.ability.extra.var1) - 1)) above the return { e_mult = 1 }

[sturdy compass]

Yeah I am confused as to why you are setting the sprite position to variables that hold no value

[random thorn]

Okay, that fixxed it, presumably. we have another one though.

I assume it'll be a similar error

[random thorn]

cuz its a similar card

[astral pine]

Oh yup exacty same error

It's at the end of the file

[random thorn]

yeah exact same

This is the next error

[astral pine]

The example a person gave me earlier had that, but I just realized it's the atlas position so easy fix

[sturdy compass]

Once again stuff happening after the return

Actually why is there even a return in the first place

what the hell is JF doing here with the code generation

This is why we do not like it here lmfao

[random thorn]

I dont see the situation

[astral pine]

Also checking for nil values fixed it, thank you for the help

[sturdy compass]

👌

[random thorn]

Thats fair

[sturdy compass]

Have fun with your funny goofy sprites

[red flower]

jokerforge seems to be absolutely broken i see

[sturdy compass]

yep

[random thorn]

Yeah, it feels really weird

[sturdy compass]

It likes putting stuff under returns for some reason

[tidal hemlock]

always has been

[sturdy compass]

Also

[red flower]

also it's not using SMODS.is_poker_hand_visible

[sturdy compass]

😭

[red flower]

and there's a random __PRE something something at the bottom

[sturdy compass]

Yeah I saw that and was SO confused by it

[rapid stag]

is there a way to make a joker only show up in the shop if you have any specific jokers? kinda like stone, steel and glass joker, but for jokers instead of cards

[sturdy compass]

You can do that through an in_pool function

[random thorn]

I'll be honest, coding is not my area of expertise, but its kinda amusing to see people who do know it mocking bad code. Its like listening to a language expert roast someones bad attempt at using that language, but you know NOTHING about that language.

[sturdy compass]

for example

[sturdy compass]

This is a hilarious way of looking at it and I am all for it

[random thorn]

If you don't mind me being an idiot bum, how fix?

[red flower]

this one is hard because there are a bunch of wrong things
i would report it to the joker forge server to fix it

[sturdy compass]

Agreed

Looking at this feels like wading through a thicket

[random thorn]

nobody is saying anything in the help channel even tho i asked for help, and I wanna test the mod

Its supposed to be similar to black hole, but jokerforge didnt have an "all hands option, lemmie see if i can just like ... copy black holes code?

[wanton jolt]

We are joker forge we carry the bugs

we'll fight for the bad code

we'll honor the crashes

[rapid stag]

does the in_pool function respect unlock status? or do you have to start it with an unlocked check

[sturdy compass]

I believe it does

[sturdy compass]

Sometimes patience is key, however if you wanna take a stab at rebuilding from scratch with proper coding we can walk you through starting that process. Balatro modding is very easy compared to other projects I've had experience with, and the library we have to work with does a lot of the heavy lifting

[rapid stag]

look at how vanillaremade implements black hole
https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/c4365d4a388bea6e887d575c463eabeb14d5b041/src/spectrals.lua#L926

[random thorn]

I mean, if your willing to teach im willing to try learning, to a degree.

Are you willing to vc? Its okay if not, I just like being able to hear people speak

auditory learner

[sturdy compass]

I'm the same way though I am not currently able to, so apologies for that. You may pester me in DMs about it though, the more people who are willing to take the dive the healthier the community is

[rapid stag]

sanity check, G.jokers is an indexed array, right?

i forget the term, but ipairs() not pairs()

[daring fern]

You mean G.jokers.cards?

[rapid stag]

that's was i was forgetting

[gaunt folio]

im trying to make something retrigger an amount of times if its under a certain pool but this doesnt work. any help?

i do have the optional parameters enabled btw

[daring fern]

Remove the context.joker_main check.

[reef bobcat]

trying to tackle a pretty complex effect, doing a card that doubles up on seal effects

how would i go about this?

[gaunt folio]

still doesnt retrigger the cards within a pool

[red flower]

the way this code reads right now is
if this joker calculating is in the pool, retrigger all playing cards and jokers

you want the check to be inside the context and actually check the card you want to retrigger instead of card

[gaunt folio]

ah

[grizzled tide]

how do i go about setting the sell value of a joker

[red flower]

hook Card:set_cost and set self.sell_value

[grizzled tide]

o, gotcha

[noble ore]

how can i increase the amount of booster packs the shop can have?

[daring fern]

You mean a joker that makes seals trigger twice?

[daring fern]

SMODS.change_booster_limit(number)

[noble ore]

yk how come i dont know all of the smods functions .......

thanks btw lol

[reef bobcat]

yeah, so red seals trigger twice, discarded purple seals give two tarots, that type of thing

[red flower]

: ) https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Utility

[noble ore]

mfw i didnt read the documentation 😭

[gaunt folio]

ok it works but it does retrigger itself, which ill have to figure out

im trying to make it not repeat if its the main joker, it should retrigger other jokers but not itself

if its even possible

[noble ore]

whats a way to remove a joker from the game entirely? lets say i want to remove jimbo, how can i do that?

[crimson marlin]

I think there is a table with all jokers, but you would have to find where it is

[thorn ingot]

Thanks for answering.

I actually managed to do what I wanted a couple of hours ago by making this .lua file load based on the config. Kind of scuffed, but it does what I needed.

What you mention of it being unreliable is important though, will get back to this soon.

[near coral]

So for context a consumable in bizarrtro transforms a vanilla joker into their bizarro version and vice versa, and the bizarro version of wee joker is jumbo rekoj
The original issue was that jumbo rekoj was the wrong size when the consumable was used on it, it has been fixed but now jumbo rekoj is the wrong size normally and the correct size when a transformed wee joker

[bright ivy]

-- RERUN
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "rerun",

    in_pool = function(self, args)
        return true 
    end,

    blueprint_compat = true,
    rarity = 3,
    cost = 10,
    
    loc_txt = {
        name = "Rerun Joker",
        text = {
            "On {C:green}Reroll{}",
            "creates a random {C:attention}Joker{} card",
            "{C:inactive}[Must have room]{}"
        }
    },


    atlas = "rerun_atlas",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    discovered = true,

    config = { extra = { creates = 1 } }, -- we only generate 1
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.creates } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.reroll_shop and #G.jokers.cards + G.GAME.joker_buffer < G.jokers.config.card_limit then
            local jokers_to_create = 1 -- only generate one

            G.GAME.joker_buffer = G.GAME.joker_buffer + jokers_to_create
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                func = function()
                    for _ = 1, jokers_to_create do
                        local joker_rarity = SMODS.poll_rarity("Joker")
                        
                        SMODS.add_card {
                            set = 'Joker',
                            rarity = joker_rarity,
                            key_append = 'rerun'
                        }

                        G.GAME.joker_buffer = 0
                    end
                    return true
                end
            }))

            return {
                message = localize('k_plus_joker'),
                colour = G.C.BLUE,
            }
        end
    end,
}

The local joker_rarity = SMODS.poll_rarity("Joker") only gives me rare jokers when I want it to be just a random joker using the games regular probabilities. How do I do this correctly?

[gilded blaze]

yikes, take_ownership_by_kindis easier to use, but in order to hook during take_ownership it has to be done for each individual booster pack 😭

[daring fern]

You would take_ownership of it and set no_collection = true and in_pool = function() return false end, but for Jimbo specifically you would also have to patch because Jimbo is the default joker.

[daring fern]

How did you fix the original issue?

[noble ore]

i used jimbo as an example lol

thank you thooo

[near coral]

The fixing of the old issue brought the new issue, plus I just told my coder what I saw and they tried what they could

I don't know how the coding process works

[noble ore]

can i also ask, what about vouchers?

do i use the same method?

[gilded blaze]

just hook SMODS.add_to_pool

no need to take ownership of an object's in_pool

[daring fern]

Yes.

[daring fern]

Yes, but then it would still be in the collection.

[gilded blaze]

welp, time to whip out my utimate weapon

this allows completely removing an object at runtime

albeit not recommended

[noble ore]

https://giphy.com/gifs/witch-the-left-4-dead-PRfuZT8RiyI1y

[thorn ingot]

Do you think the way I did it is fine?

Just loading the file based on a config option.

[bright ivy]

Bumping this, I think it should be an easy fix but idk how

[noble ore]

how many times has it been rare?

you can give it a seed as well

[bright ivy]

Everytime

[bright ivy]

would that be in the _rand_key:
SMODS.poll_rarity(_pool_key, _rand_key) -> key
?

[daring fern]

You don't need to set the rarity to spawn a random joker.

[thorn ingot]

yeah, that's what I was going to type

[bright ivy]

How would I do it then?

[daring fern]

Remove the rarity = joker_rarity

[bright ivy]

thanl you

[thorn ingot]

here is a card I made that has some of the effects you want. It works even if I take off the rarity in the first one

[tacit peak]

can someone help me with my first mod im trying to make a basic jimbo joker

whenever i try to load it this message appears

[sturdy compass]

Two issues I see:

1. The “text” field in loc_text needs to be a table (just wrap the string in {} and it should work
2. You have an extra unnecessary end bracket after loc_text that closes off the joker object too early

[tacit peak]

by wrapping do you mean put the text string in {} ??

[frosty dock]

hm that's right

perhaps take_ownership_by_kind should have an alternate calling mode taking a function that takes the current object and returns the table to pass on to take_ownership

[normal crest]

Remove the bracket in the first line that's only }, and on the 3rd line make it text = { "blah blah" }

[tacit peak]

like this?

[bright ivy]

srockw is saying
text = { "blah blah" }
u have
{text = "blah blah" }

[tacit peak]

oh

new error

[faint yacht]

SMODS.Joker accepts a table - wrap all those in {}.

[normal crest]

You put joker when it's meant to be Joker too

Also put a comma at the end of line 3

Also you should go learn lua before trying this

[dreamy thunder]

also im pretty sure j needs to be capital

but im like 2 hours late

[shy atlas]

Hey, how would I check if the played hand has a 5 and a 6 in a joker

Would context.other_card:get_id() == 5 and context.other_card:get_id() == 6 work or would that rely on the order of the cards

[gilded blaze]

that would be false

a card can't have 2 ids at once

[shy atlas]

Oh

How would one do that then

[gilded blaze]

local has_5, has_6
for _. v in ipairs(context.full_hand --[[or context.scoring_hand]]) do
    if v:get_id() == 5 then has_5 = true end
    if v:get_id() == 6 then has_6 = true end
end
if has_5 and has_6 then
    -- do stuff
end

[shy atlas]

Ohh I see

Tysm!

[gilded blaze]

you know what, Imma safe-check that too

[fading rivet]

is there a way to switch to a different lovely patch if a specific mod is present

[red flower]

not for the whole patch, you would need to check for that in the code you patch in

[fading rivet]

will lovely crash if I provide a search pattern that doesn't match?

[sleek valley]

is there a context to check if the player has lost to a blind?
trying to make a blind where the win condition is scoring less than the required chips, and obviously context.blind_defeated isnt gonna work for that lol

[red flower]

nope

[fading rivet]

that'll work then thx

[red flower]

it will just send a warning in the console

[fading rivet]

context.game_over iirc

this also detects winning the game though

[red flower]

i dont think game over detects winning

but a lot of blind winning stuff is hard coded so you might need to patch some places

[fading rivet]

it was stopping final blinds from adding an ability to my deck

[sleek valley]

that's fine, im not setting this on a showdown blind and the context is inside the blind's calculate so it'll work :3

[fading rivet]

this used to have and not context.game_over in the condition

[red flower]

i always do context.game_over ~= nil

so maybe that's why

[fading rivet]

would anything bad happened if I stored a card in a copy of itsself found in the deck preview

[hushed field]

probably, yes

[fading rivet]

hmmm

[hushed field]

If there's anything I've learned, you really, really want to avoid storing any object onto something of the same type.

What's the end goal?

[fading rivet]

have some sort of reference for the original card so I can draw it to hand

since the ones in the deck preview are copies (dunno if shallow or deep thought)

[hushed field]

What's the full ability you? Let me scroll up to see, haha

[hushed field]

They're made using the copy card function, and lack anything not explicitly set up to be copied or saved

So, if it acts immediately, any game object will have a unique identifier. you can also add just a temporary reference to the deck view, so you don't have to copy the game object itself. Unless what you meant was already just storing a reference, ofc

[fading rivet]

yeah thats what I meant lol

[hushed field]

Oooh, yeah, if you just grab the reference to use as a way to search when you iterate through the deck, there's no harm in that

You just don't want to actually store the object onto itself, or another card

[fading rivet]

yeah ik that

thats why I had this question lol

wasn't sure if it applied here also

[hushed field]

I would suspect it wouldn't be an issue in just vanilla. I know for Kino, it wasn't really an issue if I just played it by itself, but anything even resembling a slight recursion risk would become a Crash To Desktop if other mods loaded

[sleek valley]

so after a bit of testing, context.game_over works for giving the associated achievement but i cant rly use it for winning the round after not meeting the chip req

[fading rivet]

iirc its the context mr bones uses

[sleek valley]

oh yeah, i forgot abt mr bones!

[fading rivet]

ight this should work

[gilded blaze]

there's still a known issue in Sagatro because of this lmao
Abyss Stone Card is the upgraded version of Stone Card that gives +25 more chips for every other rankless card in full deck
Abyss Stone Cards in deck preview are always 25 chips higher due to their original counterpart in G.playing_cards being counted towards the calculation

[hushed field]

you'd be able to fix that by always counting all of them in G.playing_cards, and then lowering it by 1 instance, no?

[sleek valley]

It works! :D

[gilded blaze]

[fading rivet]

okay well it's not crashing but now I cant view the deck

[fading rivet]

forgot to call the original function ;-;

[long sun]

i'm glad whiplash is getting so popular now ^u^

oh ya uhm

how would i check if a played and scored card is part of a 3oak?

i know there's a 3oak function but i'm not sure how to use it for this

[fading rivet]

???

[long sun]

wait is this not a movie reference 😭

[fading rivet]

no its an ultrakill reference 🥀

[long sun]

🥀

[fading rivet]

okay whiplash works now yay

[long sun]

not quite my tempo

okay wait i have a solution for the thing i wanted to do

it's scuffed but it's probably gonna work

[primal robin]

Salty ghost is 3d now what a heck

[shell timber]

is one not allowed to be 3d

[plucky lantern]

make it 4d mwahaha

[long sun]

:3

[noble ore]

teehee :3c

[formal vessel]

hmm seems balanced enough

[long sun]

how do i retrigger the effects of a held consumable that has a calculate function?

[red flower]

retrigger joker check should work

[long sun]

ah kay ^^ thanks

[fading rivet]

@vague ravine

[spark owl]

so.. uh....

I have no clue on what i did here

still confused on what to do here 😭

[dreamy thunder]

code?

[dreamy thunder]

yes i have no idea

[spark owl]

maybe its the

default one

hang on

here

you can take a gander at this one too if it helps

[dreamy thunder]

oh wait

gimme a sec

i wish i knew how malverk worked

[dreamy thunder]

your malverk seems to be outdated as well but idk if its releated

and smods + lovely

[spark owl]

oh damn

okay hang on

[dreamy thunder]

lovely latest is 0.9
smods latest is 1224a
and malverk is 1.1.4 i think

[bright ivy]

-- 2 BY 2
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "2by2",
    in_pool = function(self, args)
        return true 
    end,
    loc_txt = {
        name = "The 2 By 2",
        text = {
            "{X:mult,C:white}X#1#{} Mult",
            "if played hand contains",
            "a {C:attention}#2#{}",
        },
    },

    
    blueprint_compat = true,
    rarity = 3,
    cost = 8,

    atlas = "2by2_atlas",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },

    config = { extra = { Xmult = 2.5, type = 'Two Pair' } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.Xmult, localize(card.ability.extra.type, 'poker_hands') } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main and next(context.poker_hands[card.ability.extra.type]) then
            return {
                xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult
            }
        end
    end,
}

Why does this say x4 and give x4... Im so confused

[dreamy thunder]

did you continue a run after changing this

what i mean is did you respawn the joker afterwards or was it there before changing

[bright ivy]

I dont think I respawned it, let me do that rq

[dreamy thunder]

pre-existing jokers' values are seperated from their centers

[bright ivy]

Ahh ic

thats weird

yeah that worked

[spark owl]

kk got 'em updated

[bright ivy]

is weird cus I normally dont respawn the jokers I am testing

but yeah that worked

[spark owl]

hrm

hang on

[dreamy thunder]

so it looks like its checking for keys in the center, but the README says its an optional feature, maybe you could get away with adding a keys = {}

[spark owl]

but add it to where?

[spark owl]

where should i put it

like just

[dreamy thunder]

in AltTexture({

[spark owl]

kk

[spark owl]

?

[dreamy thunder]

yes but in already existing ones

for example in -- RH Enhancements

[spark owl]

Oh

whoops

kk

[dreamy thunder]

probably best to check this part in readme and play arround

[spark owl]

so this?

wait

we have a key already

hrm

[dreamy thunder]

AltTexture({
keys = {}
key = "rh_enhance"
...

it checks for the keys

value, not the key

[dreamy thunder]

^^

[spark owl]

i see

okay

lets SEE

if this works now

OH GREAT

its looking for something else now

[spark owl]

WEll

[dreamy thunder]

yeah idk

[spark owl]

i could have just like

asked the main dev for malverk

[dreamy thunder]

its probably releated to the image

[spark owl]

but brother is not responding

😭

[dreamy thunder]

busy man

[spark owl]

hrm

did i resize my images wrong...

OH WAIT

its probably this

what sizes are these usually in

[dreamy thunder]

should be 71x95 default

including the empty borders

[spark owl]

well

SHIT

its still the same

Oh

I swapped

the files

for 1x and 2x

yea i

fucked up on that 😭😭

still no

[dreamy thunder]

idk

[umbral spire]

what's the prefix for enhancements? like prefix_polychrome?

is it e_? or m_ or...?

[faint yacht]

m_prefix_key

[umbral spire]

ah ok

[bright ivy]

-- HANDY JOKER
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "handy_joker",

    in_pool = function(self, args)
        return true 
    end,

    loc_txt = {
        name = "Handy Joker",
        text = {
            "{C:blue}+1{} hand each round",
        },
    },

    atlas = "handy_joker_atlas",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    

    blueprint_compat = false,
    rarity = 1,
    cost = 4,
    
    config = { extra = { h_size = 1 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.h_size } }
    end,
    
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.setting_blind then
            G.GAME.round_resets.hands = 
                G.GAME.round_resets.hands + card.ability.extra.h_size
        end
    end,
}

When I start a challenge with this it doesn't give me the +1 hand until after the first blind is over, why is that and how can I fix this?

[umbral spire]

how do you check if a playing card is a lucky/wild/glass/etc ?

[red flower]

look at how the vanilla jokers add hands, there's a function you also need to call

[red flower]

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

[umbral spire]

does SMODS.has_edition(...) exist?

[red flower]

no

[dusk crypt]

so im using joker forge when i use the denominator and numerator in text will it be formated it game? it doesnt change on the website

[red flower]

i would ask on the joker forge discord, not many people are familiar with it here

[dusk crypt]

oh i didnt know there was one

thanks

[wintry solar]

Imagine having a job 😭

[slim ferry]

does adding an info_queue entry with a key that doesnt actually exist in localization cause any issues? or does it just get skipped? ive had this situation before due to an issue on my end but i forgot what happened exactly

[junior tapir]

why when I do card.ability.eternal = false/true the joker reacts to it, but when I do card.ability.personalSticker = false/true it does nothing

[daring fern]

card:add_sticker('modprefix_key', true)

[rapid stag]

what's going on here? the joker on the right-most side should copy baron (in the middle) twice, yet it's not even doing it once?

did i do something wrong or

oh right, i hook blueprint effect, i should show that too

[rapid stag]

this is all the blueprint effect hook does, just adds a colour arg

[red flower]

merge_effects { ret1, ret2 }

needs a table

[rapid stag]

ohhhhhhhhh

thank you

[red flower]

you can also do { ret1 or {}, ret2 or {} } to remove the nil checks

[viscid talon]

currently redoing the code for divine jokers and ive begun using card:set_ability

problem is, it doesnt seem to work in game

here is my code so far

SMODS.Consumable {
    key = 'soulofdummy',
    set = 'divine',
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Soul of Dummy',
        text = {
            [1] = '{C:purple}Evolve!{}'
        }
    },
    cost = 3,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    hidden = false,
    can_repeat_soul = false,
    atlas = 'CustomConsumables',

    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.4,
            func = function()
                local evolution = G.jokers.highlighted[1]
                evolution:set_ability("j_cavendish")
                card:juice_up(0.3, 0.5)
                return true
            end
        }))
    end,
}```

ill demonstrate what happens shortly

so i have the both of them selected, and "use" is grayed out

how do i fix this?

[wooden belfry]

isnt it spelt calcium?

[red flower]

it should probably have a can_use function

[viscid talon]

oo oke

hmm, lets figure that out

i just wrote can_use = function(self, card) return G.hand and #G.jokers.highlighted <= card.config.max_highlighted and #G.jokers.highlighted > 0 end

idk if it will work

[red flower]

you dont have a card.config.max_highlighted

just do
return G.hand and #G.jokers.highlighted == 1

[viscid talon]

oke

oke i made it work, now to add specific animations and conditions

[primal robin]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/pull/1232

[tranquil cypress]

this is so peak

[rapid stag]

sanity check, adding seal info to info_queue is the same way as anything else? just add the centre?

[daring fern]

No, it would be {set = 'Other', key = 'modprefix_key_seal'}

[rapid stag]

what about for vanilla seal tooltips - how are those keys structured

[red flower]

same but without prefix

lowercase

[wintry solar]

I think seal keys are capitalised arent they?

[red flower]

not the localization ones iirc?

[slim ferry]

localization keys are never capitalized right

because the keys are always lowered

[wintry solar]

you are correct N

I am thinking of doing card:set_seal('Red') for example

[red flower]

no, just for a lot of things to follow vanilla

but centers can have capitalization

[slim ferry]

o

[rapid stag]

doesn't work

[slim ferry]

key = "gold_seal"

im pretty sure

[red flower]

i said without the prefix and lowercase 😭

[bright ivy]

-- DIVER
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "diver",

    unlocked = false,

    check_for_unlock = function(self, args)
        if args and args.context then
            local context = args.context

            if context.individual
            and context.cardarea == G.play
            and not context.retrigger
            and context.chips
            and context.chips >= 70 then
                return true
            end
        end
        return false
    end,

    locked_loc_txt = {
        name = "Diver",
        text = {
            "Unlock by scoring",
            "{C:attention}70{} chips with a card"
        }
    },



    in_pool = function(self, args)
        return true 
    end,

    loc_txt = {
        name = "Diver",
        text = {
            "Cards that score",
            "{C:attention}10+{} chips gain",
            "{C:mult}+1{} Mult permanently"
        }
    },

    rarity = 2,
    cost = 5,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    atlas = "diver_atlas",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    

    config = { extra = { mult_gain = 1, value = 10} },

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult_gain } }
    end,

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        -- Only triggers on cards that actually score
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play 
        and context.other_card:get_chip_bonus() >= card.ability.extra.value 
        then
            context.other_card.ability.perma_mult =
                (context.other_card.ability.perma_mult or 0)
                + card.ability.extra.mult_gain

            return {
                message = "+Mult",
                colour = G.C.MULT
            }
        end
    end,
}

I cant figure out why this wont show up as locked

[rapid stag]

if you ever started the game without unlocked being false, it remains permanently unlocked

[bright ivy]

Thank you

Thought that was the case

[bright ivy]

How can I make the locked text show up as rn it isnt?

[rapid stag]

this is wrong:

        name = "Diver",
        text = {
            "Unlock by scoring",
            "{C:attention}70{} chips with a card"
        }
    },```
your unlock text needs to be in ``loc_txt`` as a table in an  ``unlock`` var:
```loc_txt = {
  name = [name],
  text = {
    [description]
  },
  unlock = {
    [unlock requirements]
  }
}```

[bright ivy]

ahhh, I see

thank you for being so helpful

[reef bobcat]

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and context.other_card:has_enhancements(scored_card)  then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
            }
        end
    end
}``` 

this card should give mult if the card has an enhancement but it crashes instead ;-;

[fading rivet]

card.ability.extra.mult is nil

[red flower]

SMODS.has_enhancement(card, key)

[red flower]

also this

[fading rivet]

your config has it as s_mult

[red flower]

wait no sorry i just read the effect

next(SMODS.get_enhancements(card))

[reef bobcat]

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and context.other_card:next(SMODS.get_enhancements(card))  then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
            }
        end
    end
}```

so this?

[red flower]

no
replace this context.other_card:next(SMODS.get_enhancements(card))
with next(SMODS.get_enhancements(context.other_card))

[fading rivet]

quick question
how much do you know about lua

[reef bobcat]

balatro modding is my first ever experience in coding :0

aside from like

basic high school classes

[fading rivet]

perfect you know just as much as me about lua

okay basicly
next is a built in function that helps you iterate through lists, so you call it like any other function, function_name(arguments)
some_object:some_method(some_arugment) is a shorthand for some_method(some_object, some_argument)

[reef bobcat]

it's not crashing anymore, but for some reason it's not working on things like bonus cards

[red flower]

can i see the new code

[reef bobcat]

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.mult } }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.individual and context.cardarea == G.play and next(SMODS.get_enhancements(context.other_card))  then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
            }
        end
    end
}```

[red flower]

hmm no idea that should work

[rapid stag]

you know... is there a way i can make a joker effect that makes stone cards also count as wild cards? like in such a way that if i play 4 cards of the same suit and a stone card, it becomes a flush

[fading rivet]

quantum enhancements

[reef bobcat]

i seeeeeeeeee

[fading rivet]

they are very laggy though

I have a card that makes face down cards act as wilds and I get a nice 15 fps

[rapid stag]

nice

[fading rivet]

like by itsself

[fading rivet]

yeah uhh wtf this works perfectly fine why won't yours

try completely closing the game

[thorn ingot]

Guys, guys super quick question. But how do I reference the card buy cost?

Like card.sell_cost but for the price in the store.

[fading rivet]

card.cost

[thorn ingot]

brooo, thanks.

[fading rivet]

@rapid stag this is the entire code btw

[rapid stag]

that's wild

[fading rivet]

correct

[daring fern]

Yes, if you use the SMODS quantum enhancements.

[fading rivet]

is there another way to do it?

[reef bobcat]

ok it's working now

[fading rivet]

what did u end up doing

[bright ivy]

Is there anyway for me to code up a way to access challenges without needing the 5 wins, testing unlockable cards in a new acc as my main acc already has them unlocked

[reef bobcat]

idk what changed cuz i closed the program and reopened it before

but i just did that again

and now it works

anyway thanks

[daring fern]

https://github.com/Somethingcom515/TheJesterProject/blob/main/quantum.lua

[reef bobcat]

ok since im here im gonna ask a question i asked before that didnt get answered

how do you make a joker that retriggers seal effects?

so purple seals give 2 tarots, red seals trigger twice etc.

[daring fern]

Hook Card:calculate_seal

[fading rivet]

oh did they just hardcode everything they needed?

[daring fern]

No, you would just copy the code and change that function.

[reef bobcat]

would I put this somewhere in the mime's effect?

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.repetition and context.cardarea == G.hand and (next(context.card_effects[1]) or #context.card_effects > 1) then
            return {
                repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions
            }
        end
    end
}```

[daring fern]

No.

[reef bobcat]

what's a hook? :-;

[daring fern]

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

[red flower]

what's a hook

[fading rivet]

say smods defines the method G.hand:print_hi
now you want that function to only work if there's a certain joker in play
you can do this

local printhiref = G.hand.print_hi
function G.hand:print_hi(arg1, arg2)
  if next(SMODS.find_card('j_urmod_print_hi_man')) then
    return printhiref(self, arg1, arg2)
  end
end

[reef bobcat]

ohhhhh

[bright ivy]

bumping this

[reef bobcat]

tbh with u i still dont know where to put Card:calculate_seal in the code :-;

[fading rivet]

it doesn't matter, but I recommend making a seperate file for hooks

[versed swan]

How do you detect that a card's order in an area is changed? i.e. which function, where in the code, etc

[grizzled tide]

do you guys happen to know which function determines when a card is debuffed? id like to hook it to prevent a card from being debuffed

i know you can modify can_calculate, but it does keep the debuffed ui and text

[daring fern]

No, you would do:

SMODS.current_mod.set_debuff = function(card)
    if condition then
        return 'prevent_debuff'
    end
end

[grizzled tide]

Wait really? I’m surprised you don’t hook it

[red flower]

for jokerdisplay i just hook Node:stop_drag and check the positions

that probably wont work for shuffling

[versed swan]

I'll look into that, thank you

oh, actually, while i'm here, may as well ask here as well

Does anyone else know about [card].rank that gives the order of a card in a cardarea

because I just found out about it after several months of using for-loops to get a card's index/order

[spark owl]

Oh I hate my chungus life💔 💔 💔

[wicked sonnet]

Alr uhh, im bad with text, so I just drew it, Im asking if its possible to make the number scroll down to the current blind requirement after its recalculation

[gaunt folio]

again, im trying to make it not repeat itself if its the main joker, it should retrigger other jokers but not itself. Because instead of retriggering one joker it somehow retriggers 3 times

[daring fern]

Remove the for loop.

[gaunt folio]

did that and replaced 'joker' with 'card' in the pool check as it would error out and does nothing

nevermind got it

[red flower]

you would need to use an ease type event on the blind requirement text
https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#how-do-i-change-the-blinds-requirement-in-the-middle-of-a-blind
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Guide-‐-Event-Manager#examples

[wicked sonnet]

I already tried it, and couldn't get on how to do it, cuz like, what do I input the table and value references?, Ill guess it would something like

    ref_value = "blind.chip_text",

But after I tried that, I got a crash, tho, maybe its cuz its more like this?

    ref_value = "chip_text",

[red flower]

yes it's the latter

[thorn ingot]

Hey guys. Do you know where I could look to change the discount of the edition tags?

It sets it to $0 in the base game, but I would like for it to be a 50% discount or something like that.

[wicked sonnet]

Ok, got an idea now, tho uh, now I got a shit ton of decimals while easing, uhh, lemme see If I found something to prevent that

[oblique lotus]

How can you get all rarites in the game?

Specifically Joker rarites

[daring fern]

SMODS.Rarities

[fervent rampart]

I get the crash on loading Balatro SMODS FusionForce.lua"]:2422: '}' expected [to close '{' at line 2420] near 'card
so long as this bit of code is left in. ```lua
if card.ability.extra.hand_size_buffer ~= card.ability.extra.hand_size * math.max(0,math.floor(midas_tally/3)) then
return {
G.hand:change_size(card.ability.extra.hand_size * math.max(0,math.floor(midas_tally/3))),
card.ability.extra.hand_size_buffer = (card.ability.extra.hand_size * math.max(0,math.floor(midas_tally/3)))
}
end

Line 2420 is "return {" and 2422 is "card.ability.extra.hand_size_buffer = (card.ability.extra.hand_size * math.max(0,math.floor(midas_tally/3)))"
I know that despite what the crash is saying, this has nothing to do with a '}'. The second bit of code, the hand_size_buffer one, *that* is crashing Balatro. And I don't know why. If I dummy just that bit out then it works. So this is purely a case of me writing it in wrong. But I'm comparing it to other examples and I can't see what I did wrong.

[mystic river]

you can't execute code inside a return table

[fervent rampart]

I can't?!

[mystic river]

no, you can only put values in there

[daring fern]

Yes, unless you put it in a func

[bright ivy]

Is there anyway for me to code up a way to access challenges without needing the 5 wins, testing unlockable cards in a new acc as my main acc already has them unlocked

[fervent rampart]

Okay I tried moving it outside the return table before to no avail. Did it again and nope. Move it above instead of below and now it works. I can't believe there's even this rule that return tables have to be on the bottom. Thank you for the rescue.

[mystic river]

i mean. even if it was allowed to go below the return table, returning ends the function, so it wouldn't be executed anyway

[bright ivy]

?

[rapid stag]

how would i write a context check that catches anything (other than end-of-round) that gives $

actually wait, maybe i just don't do that and cheat, nvm

[clear ocean]

blind ideas what do you think

not sure how i would do the first two showdown boss blinds, im sure there's a way to get last antes scoring, and for boss blind, i can set the mult or base as one per joker so 5X base if five jokers

maybe for a 6-7 or showdown boss blind, scored cards lose their enchancement?

[rapid stag]

why isn't it creating my table in G.GAME when i start a new round? i've tried both before and after calling the old func, and i also initially tried outside of an event, with the same result

putting a print in the event suggests the event doesn't even run?

was new_round changed?!

[red flower]

you can try SMODS.current_mod_reset_game_globals

[rapid stag]

where do i find documentation on thatfunc

if it exists

oh i'm an idiot, i should have done this in start_run, not new_round. new round is per blind

[red flower]

smods the mod object wiki

it runs every round but it has an argument for start of run

[bright ivy]

Bumb

[primal robin]

Of course you can, pretty sure it's only one check in some UI

[rapid stag]

cursory testing shows this doesn't seem to capture gold card triggers, what am i doing wrong

figured it out, i needed to check for cardarea == G.hand and context.money_altered

[grizzled tide]

hi, this is kind of a stupid question, but can smods handle hand levels which are large and a long decimal

[wicked sonnet]

Alr, could not figure it out, also, this is what Im refering to, im not sure on what to do about it

[formal vessel]

maybe remove the animation? ik its kind of a bandaid, but it should work for now

[wicked sonnet]

the scrolling thing?, the main reason im implementing it is too not just have it be a regular juice up or similars, so its not really an option

[formal vessel]

oh ok

[gilded blaze]

in the ease event, use func = function(t) return math.floor(t) end instead

it's used in easing round score after every hand played

[wicked sonnet]

as in, in the easeing types, or in the ease_to?

[gilded blaze]

the func field

{trigger = "ease", func = function(t) return math.floor(t) end}

[wicked sonnet]

ooo, okok, lemme tryit

[rapid stag]

so wait, if context in calc_dollar_bonus = function(self, card, context) is typically nil when called, how do i determine if the blind was a boss blind in that function?

[oblique lotus]

How can I go from the number of a vanilla rarity to its key?
Example: 1 to Common

[gilded blaze]

({"k_common", "k_uncommon", "k_rare", "k_legendary"})[rarity_num]

[wicked sonnet]

In here?

[gilded blaze]

don't just blatantly copy my example, it doesn't work in your context

an Event object takes a table to init
define a func field in that table

[wicked sonnet]

okok

[daring fern]

No, it should be without the k_ and the first letters should be uppercase.

[thorn ingot]

I managed to find how to change the price of the edition and base joker tags!!! I made it go to 25% off or * .75.

But a small problem that popped up is that when I combine an uncommon tag and a foil tag together for an example it makes the price go to 0, haha. It's a cool feature I guess, but I would like to know why it happens and fix it if I can.

here is an example of one of them. They are all like this basically.

Is it because it's doing * .75 twice?

[red flower]

btw you don't need to hook calc context anymore there's SMODS.current_mod.calculate now

[red flower]

G.GAME.blind.boss? maybe
there's no context at all in calc dollar bonus

you can set a flag in beat_boss and then add in calc dollar bonus when that flag is set if that doesn't work

[rapid stag]

does it have documentation yet

[red flower]

yes

[rapid stag]

wow

[gilded blaze]

my example assumes you're trying to call localize on the key

[red flower]

but it's literally just SMODS.current_mod.calculate = function(self, context) and works like any calculate

[gilded blaze]

examples aren't meant to be correct, they're meant to demonstrate

[rapid stag]

also i just ended up doing this

since i have a blueprint-style copier function for calc_dollar_bonus which passes a context w/ context.blueprint and such, so i'll just leave the check in case i decide i want to make it not copyable

actually why did i write it like that, i can just put it in the init

[wicked sonnet]

Alr, figured out, vanilla has a built in version, so imma just, use that

[wicked sonnet]

Forget about it, after ante 3 (Big blind, or jusr 1,200 Chips) its just a crashes 💔

[red flower]

you can probably just cast it to number beforehand

[wicked sonnet]

As in a number format?, ill try that

or like, what exactly?

[red flower]

you can just do G.GAME.blind.chip_text = G.GAME.blind.chips

the problem is probably that it wont format properly

but you would need to do some custom easing for that

[wicked sonnet]

I bearly know how to code man q.q

[red flower]

i know how to code but i gave up on making things look nice because it's too much effort

i would rather code 200 jokers

[wicked sonnet]

yea, that understandable

Also, uhh, the only real thing it did was just to push the crash into the 4,000 chips area

Meh, for the time being, im just gonna make it have a juice up and thats all

[bright ivy]

How do I make this effected by the Oops! All 6s Joker?

SMODS.Joker {
    key = "hacker",

    in_pool = function(self, args)
        return true 
    end,

    loc_txt = {
        name = "Hacker",
        text = {
            "Played cards have",
            "a {C:green}#1# in #2#{} chance", -- 1 in 3
            "to {C:attention}retrigger{}",
        },
    },

    atlas = "hacker_atlas",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },
    

    blueprint_compat = true,
    rarity = 2,
    cost = 6,
    
    config = { extra = { chance = 3, repetitions = 1 } },

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { 1, card.ability.extra.chance } }
    end,

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.repetition 
        and context.cardarea == G.play 
        then
            if pseudorandom('hacker_roll') < (1 / card.ability.extra.chance) then
                return {
                    repetitions = card.ability.extra.repetitions
                }
            end
        end
    end,
}

As rn when I have both jokers in hand it still says 1 in 3?

[faint yacht]

SMODS.get_probability_vars(card or self, 1, card.ability.extra.chance) for loc_vars & SMODS.pseudorandom_probability(card, 'seedhere', 1, card.ability.extra.chance) for calculate check roll.

[umbral zodiac]

is there a way to make a ui button not move or move less when clicked

[keen atlas]

button_dist = 0

[umbral zodiac]

oh fire

thanks

[hushed field]

I've set up code to do exactly this as an SMODS PR. I can't send it now, but if you still need it I can just send you that code after work

[fading rivet]

where would I need to put my file for this to pick it up, or am I understanding it wrong

[faint yacht]

That'll assume root of folder of your mod. https://github.com/TheOneGoofAli/TOGAPackBalatro/blob/main/items/crossmod.lua

[frosty dock]

root of that mod. don't do it like this though, this way you're silently ignoring any errors that happen while loading the file

omit the second parameter if the file is in your mod, not the other mod

[fading rivet]

oooh can I borrow this

[faint yacht]

Sure.

[fading rivet]

❤️

[frosty dock]

and use assert(SMODS.load_file(...))() to properly handle errors

[fading rivet]

How should I credit you?

[faint yacht]

The full nickname, if you wish.

[fading rivet]

TheOneGoofAli?

[faint yacht]

ye.

[fading rivet]

thx

[fading rivet]

Is there a way to iterate through every card the player has or do I have to check each card area individually

[faint yacht]

Iterate through the areas given by SMODS.get_card_areas function.

[fading rivet]

thx

[wild patrol]

for ANIMATION_ATLAS is there away to speed or slow down the frames?

or are you stuck a default speed

[fading rivet]

Is there a context for changing/setting editions?

[wild patrol]

ty

nearly finished the first page of jokers

[fading rivet]

what would the target be for patching into aikoyoris?

I have this but it's not working

[frosty dock]

looks alright from what I see

what makes you think it's not working

[fading rivet]

the game isn't crashing (I forgot an end) and there's no aiko folder in lovely dump

I fixed the payload and the patch still didn't appear

[frosty dock]

oh that one's quite dumb

[fading rivet]

thetes also no message in the terminal of the patch being successful

or even attempting a patch

[frosty dock]

do "./modules

[fading rivet]

ah

[frosty dock]

just because that's how aikoshen loads its files https://github.com/Aikoyori/Balatro-Aikoyoris-Shenanigans/blob/main/main.lua

[fading rivet]

yay it appeared

[frosty dock]

you can also check buffer names by running with dump-all flag

there's an info file for each dumped lua file that tells you what the buffer name is

[fading rivet]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[frosty dock]

oh moderators

[fading rivet]

thx

[robust tundra]

if i had 1 cent for each crypto spammer I've banned

[frosty dock]

ty, quick work as always

[robust tundra]

I'd be pretty poor actually

[fading rivet]

buh my code doesn't work

yippee

[frosty dock]

i can't see half your code so I'm not sure i can help there haha

[fading rivet]

if scored_card.edition and scored_card.edition.aiko_sliced == true and next(SMODS.find_card("j_foobar_splitdance")) then extratrigs = extratrigs + 1 end

[frosty dock]

what is this == true shit

besides that it seems reasonable

[fading rivet]

it was how cryptid did it iirc

[frosty dock]

if (scored_card.edition or {}).aiko_sliced and ...

[fading rivet]

got rid of that and it still doesn't work

[frosty dock]

yeah that doesn't matter, it's just bad practice

[gilded blaze]

I mean, not all people are familiar with lua's simplicity

if a then where a is not a boolean does sound like alien stuff

wait

== true is a different thing

😭

[frosty dock]

much less so then if a == true then where a isn't a boolean

[frosty dock]

anyways have you checked the dump?

[fading rivet]

the patch was successful

[frosty dock]

what does the patched source read like

[lyric wadi]

how do you draw a card from deck

[fading rivet]

draw_card

[lyric wadi]

like not increase the number of card just draw one

oh

[fading rivet]

specificly its

draw_card(G.deck, G.hand, some number, 'up' or 'down', nil, the card, delay)

[frosty dock]

also can I see the edition in question

[lyric wadi]

what is up or down

im assuming face up or face down

[frosty dock]

can you not do screenshots...

[fading rivet]

the facing
up is face up
down is face down

[fading rivet]

no I cant

[lyric wadi]

number is number of cards drawn

[lyric wadi]

what is nil and the card

[fading rivet]

no
idk what it is but its not that

the card is the card you want to draw

nil is if you want to resort the hand

[gilded blaze]

pitch direction for subsequent draws

[lyric wadi]

is this documented

[pastel kernel]

How to style mod description in the json file

[fading rivet]

its in the lsp

omg I found the problem

[frosty dock]

you can use all control elements that work in card descriptions

[fading rivet]

I got the mod key wrong

[frosty dock]

💀

[gilded blaze]

[pastel kernel]

At this point I should just switch from loc_txt to en_us.lua

[fading rivet]

yes

[gilded blaze]

should've done that in the first place

[pastel kernel]

But I’m too lazy to do it all

[pastel kernel]

It’s literally my first big project

[frosty dock]

oh wait json file

in that case you don't

i was thinking of a different json file..

[gilded blaze]

Sagatro is also my first big project

[pastel kernel]

Figures…

[fading rivet]

omg it still doesn't work wtf

[pastel kernel]

And I didn’t know how to use loc files

[gilded blaze]

knowing that sooner helps a lot more

[frosty dock]

which reminds me of something

[gilded blaze]

loc files are simply better in many aspects

[frosty dock]

smods has been supporting JSON loc files

[pastel kernel]

This rubs me the wrong way but you’re right

[frosty dock]

but you can't lovely patch them

[gilded blaze]

1. manage all loc entries in a single file for each language
2. supports key field in a loc_vars return since you can store non-default descriptions here

like, I'd never be able to separate story mode from normal mode without it

[pastel kernel]

This is gonna be a hassle.

[frosty dock]

how so

[gilded blaze]

how do you store non-default descriptions with loc_txt

[pastel kernel]

I’m gonna have to keep track of what I put in?

[frosty dock]

if you're worried about converting from loc_txt to localization files, there's a feature for that

[pastel kernel]

I made jokers, decks, 2 new consumable types, spectral cards, a booster pack, a voucher, and an edition.

I’m scared I might use the wrong prefix key for each card, which one is c, which one is e, which one is j, etc.

[gilded blaze]

[frosty dock]

you don't have to do that manually

at least for conversion

[pastel kernel]

Pardon?

[frosty dock]

dump_loc my beloved

[pastel kernel]

What’s dump_loc?

[frosty dock]

add "dump_loc": true to your mod's json file, run the game with no other mods active, and boom

there's a ready-made localization file waiting for you in your mod's localization folder

[pastel kernel]

No other mods? What if it has dependencies?

[fading rivet]

im so confused wtf
the card is being retriggered twice in the code
yet its only giving its effect once

[frosty dock]

well you have to keep dependencies i suppose

you can just remove the parts that belong to dependencies afterwards

it's not perfect, but it's better than converting manually

[pastel kernel]

In the curly brackets or outside of it

[frosty dock]

inside, of course

that restriction is because the localization table has no way of knowing what keys get added by what mod, all it can do is compare what was there before to what's there after

[fading rivet]

oh I mistyped the mod key

yay it works

[gilded blaze]

ok, that's cool

dump_loc also does vanilla stuff, but it shouldn't be too hard to extract the entries from your mod

[frosty dock]

does it? it should only dump the entries that were touched during mod loading

[pastel kernel]

should they all have square brackets when you dump them?

as in dump_loc

[frosty dock]

like ["key"] = {...}?

yes it's supposed to do that

that's because keys can be strings that aren't valid identifiers in lua

for example if they contain a space or start with a number

[fading rivet]

omg finally fixed the compatibility issue between whiplash and cartomancer

[faint yacht]

Like trying to access "High Card" under G.GAME.hands.

[frosty dock]

exactly

[pastel kernel]

I wonder if people ever saw the unused Ultra Broken Sisyphus Prime v2 code in hyperjokers.lua

[rapid stag]

this condition doesn't catch hermit or temperance?

[pastel kernel]

Wait, do I have to assert the lua file?

[faint yacht]

ye.

[pastel kernel]

Tch

[frosty dock]

that looks jank

[rapid stag]

yes i'm desperately throwing everything at the wall to try and see what will catch the things i need it to catch and it's not doing it

[pastel kernel]

Why are you looking for the name and not the key?

ok what the fuck is wrong with this now

[frosty dock]

money_altered is supposed to work but doesn't give full context of where the money is coming from

[rapid stag]

that's true, i do need to change that, but i don't know exactly what to alter to get it. i also need to change another similar implementation to look for the key too

i mean, if you can help me find the key from trigger_obj , i'll make the change, but i don't think it'll solve this problem

[frosty dock]

temperance and hermit just aren't fixed to be detectable on smods' end

[frosty dock]

it's trigger_obj.config.center_key, doesn't matter that much though

[rapid stag]

the thing is, it was actually working and picking them up when i was hooking smods calculate_context

but after migrating to current_mod.calculate, it stopped

[pastel kernel]

i don't know what's wrong with the localization file

[frosty dock]

presumably the entry is missing or in the wrong place

[pastel kernel]

It’s in joker

[frosty dock]

what does that mean

[pastel kernel]

Joker section of the loc file

[frosty dock]

i can't tell you what's wrong with a piece of code you've never shown me

[frosty dock]

oh

the file name is wrong

the correct locale is en-us

[pastel kernel]

My brain is crine

Is it automatic

Or do I still need to assert it

[frosty dock]

no code needed for it to load

it just needs to live in your localization folder

[pastel kernel]

Thanks

Now how do I change the json mod description to use the loc file

[rapid stag]

figured it out: even though it should be doing context.from_tarot, it's not. it's context.from_consumeable

[frosty dock]

something like this

where what's SixSuits for me is your mod ID

[pastel kernel]

on god finally

Oh yeah how do you use custom colors for the mod desc

[gilded blaze]

SMODS.current_mod.description_loc_vars

works the same as loc_vars on other objects

[pastel kernel]

I’ve been using ascensio as a guide

They use G.ARGS.LOC_COLOURS.modpf_name

[frosty rampart]

that adds custom colors you can use anywhere with {C:modpf_name}
SMODS.current_mod.description_loc_vars lets you return colors to use via {V:number} only in the mod description

up to you, both methods are valid

ascensio's method is better if you intend to use the colors elsewherre too

[pastel kernel]

I sure do

[frosty dock]

(you can also use a constant SMODS.Gradient)

[frosty rampart]

SMODS.Colour when 🤔

[pastel kernel]

Ok now how do you actually add music?

I finally got the track from vylet pony

Now I wanna use it

[frosty dock]

what for

[frosty rampart]

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

[frosty dock]

SMODS.Gradient { 
  key = 'key',
  colours = { colour },
}

[frosty rampart]

idk lol, mostly joking
i forgot static gradients are added to {C:} anyway

[frosty dock]

speaking of gradients

should they have different interpolation options?

[pastel kernel]

what's the 100.002 for?```lua
#Cryptid.advanced_find_joker(nil, "busterb_Grandiose", nil, nil, true) ~= 0
) and 100.002

[frosty dock]

that's a priority value

[red flower]

why did i never think about this

[frosty dock]

multiple music tracks may report they want to be played, the one with the highest priority value gets chosen

[pastel kernel]

NI4NI sounds fucking dope when slowed actually

[pastel kernel]

What’s G.booster_pack_sparkles

I really wanna add sparkles for any event.

[gilded blaze]

particles tied to some booster packs like buffoon and arcana

[pastel kernel]

How do you add particles in any event

[vital wren]

yo that art is sick af

I want to do the following:

    --if all four cards score then
        --self.ability.extra.chips = self.ability.extra.chips + self.ability.extra.chip_mod_square
    --else
        self.ability.extra.chips = self.ability.extra.chips + self.ability.extra.chip_mod
    --end
    return {
        message = localize('k_upgrade_ex'),
        colour = G.C.CHIPS,
        card = self
    }
end```
Does anyone know how to check how many of the played cards are scoring?

[rapid stag]

how would i go about adding a badge to a card?

[fading rivet]

#context.scoring_hand

[fading rivet]

is this your card or no

[rapid stag]

as in a card in hand

just any playing card

[vital wren]

thanks!

[wintry solar]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/pull/593

[frosty dock]

ah yes that exists

[wintry solar]

We should close this tbh

[frosty dock]

yeah there's no need for it

[median veldt]

how Would I make this better (see the todo)

[rapid stag]

bump

[frosty dock]

please elaborate

[rapid stag]

let's say i hover over a card in the hand. i want to add a badge to it's info box after it's description. where would i start looking if i wanted to do that? so after the edition badge, enhancement badge, seal badge, whatever badge i want. where should i look to access that pipeline?

[median veldt]

oh THAT kind of badge

[frosty dock]

the easiest way to do that would be to make it a sticker

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

[median veldt]

really?

[frosty dock]

it's designed to have a layer of visual information on the card, but you can just use a blank sprite to only have the badge and description

[median veldt]

i mean like how does smods itself do it. like the mod badge that shows at the bottom

[median veldt]

ohhh true actually.

[frosty dock]

there's a certain place in the code where these get added to the UI, smods patches all its additions including mod badges and sticker badges there

but it's much easier to make a sticker than it is to patch that code yourself

[median veldt]

wait yk what'd help

[median veldt]

can i ask what your use case is

[frosty dock]

meh, stickers are the way to go here no matter the concrete use case

[median veldt]

yeah fair

[median veldt]

also bunp

[frosty dock]

Also the method to manually apply a sticker is Card:add_sticker, not sure why that's not mentioned on the wiki. I should update that

[rapid stag]

i just wanna to add more visual miscellanous information about specific card skins, different for each individual face card

does a sticker not deny other stickers from applying?

[median veldt]

you can have multiple stickers

[frosty dock]

no, stickers aren't mutually exclusive

[median veldt]

i just don't think it ever happens naturally in game

[frosty dock]

it totally does

[median veldt]

mm

[frosty dock]

ever seen a perishable rental card?

[median veldt]

ive never played on a stake high enough to know lol

[frosty dock]

yeah I figured

[median veldt]

that sounds terrible

i think i would die if i got an eternal rental

[vital wren]

eternal rentals are more annoying imo

[median veldt]

lol

[frosty dock]

yeah perishable rentals aren't particularly annoying

I was just giving an example

[vital wren]

i buy them by accident sometimes intending to use them for one round and sell like other rentals

[frosty dock]

yet these are the only examples that are actually possible in vanilla

[vital wren]

would be nice to see Blue stake -1 discard replaced with a new sticker in 1.1 though

[frosty dock]

I think blue stake's effect is sure to be replaced

[median veldt]

bunp 🥺

[rapid stag]

can i make one sticker and have the badge change based on what i want it to be, or do i need to make a dozen stickers

because i want a different badge per face card and soon potentially for aces as well

[red flower]

you can copy the cards to a hidden cardarea and then add them to deck on selling the card
otherwise other modifiers and stickers are kinda hard to get

[median veldt]

that is a fair point? however i'm really not sure how to go about that

[red flower]

it's kinda hard to explain without just coding it out, i would look into mods that do similar things by storing cards, the hardest part with individual cards is just naming the areas with unique identifiers in case you have multiple

to copy the card you would use copy_card

[median veldt]

ya i think i couldve figured that out

i think i just need like. i could make a cardarea for the sandcastle card (and i mean technically in theory couldn't it just be the same cardarea for all sandcastles?)

i just don't know how to make cardareas

[reef bobcat]

        calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.discard and not context.blueprint and #context.full_hand >= 5 then
            G.GAME.consumeable_buffer = G.GAME.consumeable_buffer + 1
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    func = (function()
                        SMODS.add_card {
                            set = 'Tarot',
                        }
                        G.GAME.consumeable_buffer = 0
                        return true
                    end)
                }))
                return {
                    message = localize('k_plus_tarot'),
                }
            end
        end
    end,
}```

this joker should create a random tarot if 5 or more cards are discarded but it's not creating anything :[

[median veldt]

...why are you calculating in the loc_vars function

[frosty dock]

hm iirc that's not supported, but I should be able to change that

[median veldt]

afaik you can't have a function inside a function like that, move calculate outside of loc_vars

[reef bobcat]

ok i took out the loc_vars but now it's making 5 tarots if i discard 5 cards ;-;

[median veldt]

hm

[rapid stag]

i see

do mod stickers create a mod badge? i do have a create_mod_badges hook that i use to do basically the same dynatext thing that i've seen cardsauce do and i'm wondering if i could just use that for the time being to hijack the badge table

[median veldt]

give me a moment ill look at it if nobody else responds

[reef bobcat]

oki np

[frosty dock]

I... think so? can't check that on mobile but I could tell you later

[rapid stag]

instead of making an event, try putting that event func into the return table

[daring fern]

You should be checking if context.other_card == context.full_hand[5]

[rapid stag]

yeah, i wasn't mentally parsing it right

it's giving you five because it's doing that one on every single discarded card
somethingcom's solution is better and will probably actually work

[reef bobcat]

yay this worked!!

only 1 more issue, and that it's going past the consumable slot limit

[rapid stag]

you also need to check if G.GAME.consumeable_buffer < G.consumeables.config.card_limit otherwise it's going to give you more than the consumable limit

yeah

[reef bobcat]

ahh

yeah ok

[oblique lotus]

I'm adding an item to the shop in the G.shop_jokers section using emplace. When the store has only one slot, though, the emplaced item completely covers up the original item. How can I ensure there is enough space for the new item?

[median veldt]

I believe I can figure it out at least for one iteration of the card, but like...
on add_to_deck, create the card area, and remove it on remove? and then i can add to it within calculate ?

[short mauve]

How do I make a deck set the scoring calculation to another one?

[daring fern]

apply = function(self, back)
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        func = function()
            if not G.HUD then return false end
            SMODS.set_scoring_calculation('modprefix_key')
            return true
        end
    }))
end

[mystic river]

in case you haven't worked it out by now, context.discard runs on every individual discarded card

[red flower]

yeah that would work

[median veldt]

cool ok now i just gotta learn how to make cardareas

[red flower]

i would look at the code for the game
it's just something like G.modprefix_area_name = CardArea(...) but the exact arguments escape me at the time

it should also be saved in G for it to save properly

[dreamy thunder]

this crashes cause G.HUD doesn't exist when the :apply is ran i think

had a similar issue

i might just be dumb

[hidden aspen]

i have finished core mechanics of my mod, so im getting closer to an alpha release

i have couple of questions regarding releasing the mod i wanted to ask here because people are much more experienced than me

1. what's a good mod name? my WIP title was vissamap because, well, its a mod that adds a map and i made it myself.
   however i do understand that it's kinda "me centric", and a map is a generic concept to the point where i would love to see other people add their own events. should i go for some more generic mod name?

2. how do people document their own code? i saw that some mods have lua language server definitions for IDEs, but im not sure how useful that is and how to even make them.

3. my mod has a dependency on TheEncounter mod, so im not too sure how to release it? Should it be bundled in somehow, or should they stay separate? TheEncounter doesnt seem to be published on Balatro Mod Manager, should i reach out for it to become published?

4. anything else i should know about?

[red flower]

lua lsp is useful if you made an api mod
documentation is here
https://luals.github.io/wiki/annotations/

you don't need to document all types and stuff, as long as you leave a comment on what each function does it's fine

for the dependency i would ask @primal robin what they think

[primal robin]

?????

[mystic river]

yeah, you gotta put it in an event https://github.com/wingedcatgirl/MintysSillyMod/blob/next/backs/plasmaathome.lua#L16

[hidden aspen]

oh hi, im making a mod utilising TheEncounter, how should i publish it concidering the dependency? TheEncounter is not on the Balatro Mod Manager, and im not sure how good of a practise it is to bundle multiple mods together

[primal robin]

Maybe makes sense to publish it in bmm yea

I dont mind if you do that

[hidden aspen]

👍 okay, ill draw a thumbnail and publish it later

[still hedge]

goog

[primal robin]

you can do without, I'll make it when I decide

[hidden aspen]

oh sure

[short mauve]

Yeah i did the same before and I got the same crash

Was the reason why I asked here

[dreamy thunder]

you can wrap it in an event manager

that fixes the issue

[short mauve]

huh

[dreamy thunder]

G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
    trigger = "immediate"
    func = function()
        -- do stuff here
        return true
    end
}))

i think immediate should work

[short mauve]

it works now!!
thank you very much

[granite jay]

You know how debuffed cards have a visual indicator?

How do I do that for custom effects like when a Blind targets a specific joker for a different effect?

Also how do you make it so certain cards cannot score chips during a Blind?
(Not debuffed so other jokers can trigger them)

[granite jay]

Actually that could be its own thing like Debuffed

[vital wren]

i'm trying to change judgement to grant a top-up and change the top-up tag to add a free joker to the store. but when i use judgement to add the tag during a shop, is don't trigger right away. but it does trigger as im leaving the store which makes it do nothing. code below

    { -- table of properties to change from the existing object
        apply = function(self, tag, context)
            if context.type == 'store_joker_create' then
                local card = nil
                card = create_card('Joker', context.area, nil, math.random(), nil, nil, nil, 'top')
                create_shop_card_ui(card, 'Joker', context.area)
                card.states.visible = false
                self:yep('+', G.C.PURPLE, function() 
                        card:start_materialize()
                        card.ability.couponed = true
                        card:set_cost()
                        return true
                    end)
                self.triggered = true
                return card
            elseif context.type == 'immediate' then    -- do nothing
            end
        end,
        set_ability = function(self, tag)
            tag.type = 'store_joker_create'
        end,
    },
    true    -- silent | suppress mod badge
)```

[red flower]

SMODS.DrawSteps and a shader
look at card_draw.lua in smods for how it does debuffed

[bright ivy]

-- RNA
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "RNA",
    discovered = true,
    in_pool = function(self, args)
        return true
    end,

    loc_txt = {
        name = "RNA",
        text = {
            "{C:mult}+#1#{} Mult on {C:attention}retriggered{} cards",
        },
    },

    atlas = "RNA_atlas",
    pos = { x = 0, y = 0 },

    blueprint_compat = true,
    rarity = 2,
    cost = 5,

    config = { extra = { mult = 5 } },

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = {card.ability.extra.mult} }
    end,

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.individual
        and context.cardarea == G.play
        and context.retriggered
        then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult
            }
        end
    end,
}

How do I make it so that the +5 mult happenes only when a card is retriggered?

Rn it doesn't activate at all.

[red flower]

i don't believe there's a way to check retriggers in calculate

[bright ivy]

is there a way to check retriggers at all?

[sturdy compass]

You can do it through a hook. This files has a method that was made for a specific joker, but I’m sure you’d be able to adapt that to your own uses fairly easily https://github.com/the-Astra/Maximus/blob/main/items/jokers/combo_breaker.lua

[bright ivy]

Thank you, that was very helpful

Got it working now

[sturdy compass]

o7

[mystic river]

item 1, that tag context won't immediately run after using a tarot card; either run it manually or find a context that runs with the timing you want
item 2, try changing the name field, a lot of vanilla items need to do that to stop their vanilla behavior. though tags might be an exception

[real night]

how do you create custom ranks

[tidal hemlock]

are you sure you want to

[real night]

that sounds really fucking ominous but yeah

[tidal hemlock]

well you'd have to create art for all the suits, and every crossmod suit in order to prevent crashes

and spend way too long ironing out the kinks of what is and isnt a straight

[real night]

okay NeverFuckingMind then

[tidal hemlock]

not to be discouraging

it'd be cool if you added a new rank

but it takes some effort

[real night]

they will not be ready for the day i add i rank

[frosty rampart]

SMODS.Rank

[rapid stag]

what are the args for add_sticker

[daring fern]

sticker, bypass_check

[rapid stag]

i can't get the sticker to add

like i've tried all sorts, this, calling it with the additional true bool, the sticker sets and should_apply, directly w/ debugplus doing eval dp.hovered:add_sticker() - it just does not want to put the sticker on the card

...can i take_ownership of the base card

is that a thing

[red flower]

no

[rapid stag]

fuck

[red flower]

add_sticker takes a string, no?

[rapid stag]

of the sticker key? tried that too, no dice

unless it's string in a table?

[red flower]

like :add_sticker("modprefix_key", true)?

[rapid stag]

yep

[red flower]

and you're sure the sticker is getting registered?

[rapid stag]

nope, wait, it worked that time for whatever reason

maybe i wrote the key wrong before

so how do i make its description not go into the info_queue

[red flower]

i dont think you can? i might be wrong

[rapid stag]

okay, new idea. how do i tell programmatical, if a card has this sticker or not

[red flower]

card.ability.modprefix_key

[rapid stag]

if i return a key var from a sticker loc_vars, what localization set does it look at?

because i know if i do that from a joker, it'll look in the G.localization.descriptions.Joker table

[daring fern]

Other

[rapid stag]

nice

[pastel kernel]

I’m gonna be busy for a while, but I need to ask, how do you make it so that whenever you have a joker of a specific rarity, the default background changes and particles always appear?

[rapid stag]

card.ability is nil on playing cards?

i guess i should do and not (card.ability and card.ability.cir_face_infoKey)?

[daring fern]

No, card.ability always exists.

[rapid stag]

yeah, because when i did that, apparently add_sticker is now nil x.x so i need to look at the card object coming in from generate_card_ui

alright, so new question
why does my badge text say error?

[granite jay]

How do you use a drawstep to modify the size of a card?

Need this for an enhanced card

[rapid stag]

can you do create_badge with an SMODS.Gradient colour or does it have to be a dynatext badge to parse that?

[umbral zodiac]

anything that can take in a colour can take a gradient

since colours are tables (and so are gradients) and are passed by reference itll always update properly

[rapid stag]

sanity check - i have an intuition that i iterate through every card in G.deck by just iterating through G.deck.cards but i feel like i'm horribly wrong

[umbral zodiac]

you would be correct

just be sure that you intend to only loop through cards in the deck - not all playing cards

if you do intend to affect all playing cards it'd be G.playing_cards

[rapid stag]

is that initialised at the start of the run?

[umbral zodiac]

should be

[rapid stag]

what even is obj in SMODS.create_mod_badges

oh it's card.config.center

[shrewd gazelle]

can someone send vanilla remade github? i cant find it anywhere and i wanted to start coding

[rapid stag]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade

[umbral zodiac]

ok professor semantics

like youre not wrong but this is rarely the case

most things don't copy the colour they just use it

[rapid stag]

[sturdy compass]

G.playing_cards.cards doesn't exist

[umbral zodiac]

G.playing_cards is just a table of cards sorry

shouldve been clearer

its not a cardarea like G.deck or G.hand

[elder isle]

i've been struggling for the past 2 days to make this consumable end the round and skip payout but all it does is defeat the blind, go to the payout screen, and then draw another hand like what is wrong with this

G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'before',
        func = function()
            G.STATE = G.STATES.HAND_PLAYED
            G.STATE_COMPLETE = true
            G.GAME.blind.payout = 0
            G.GAME.chips = G.GAME.blind.chips
            G.GAME.blind:defeat()
            end_round()
            return true
        end
    }))

[junior tapir]

is there a way, outside of a certain card scope, to access its .ability.params? I'm trying to get a voucher parameter by next(SMODS.find_card("the card I need")).param, hoping for that result, apparently idk what I'm doing

for jokers I can just for i = 1, #G.jokers.cards do, I guess I should look into some voucher card area

yeaah, G.vouchers

[subtle hawk]

Which vouchers are you working with

I think G.vouchers is claimed?

Shop is G.shop_vouchers

[vital wren]

is there a way to grab the array of cards in hand (not being played or discarded, just all the cards in hand). something like G.hand.cards or something?

[subtle hawk]

Yes, G.hand.cards

[vital wren]

nailed it. thanks

[slim ferry]

why does specifically the bottom library path here just not work

i definitely have the correct folder name

[queen crescent]

how would i get this to work

[tidal hemlock]

wouldn't that be a full flush five, not just a full flush

[queen crescent]

technically yeah

dont know how to do it tho

[short mauve]

i have this deck that is supposed to balance mult and amp (my scoring param) but the mult gets balanced for like half a second then goes back to its original value
why is that?

wait nvm

i had to put mult = mod_mult( math stuff )

[short mauve]

wait how do i replicate the blind_wiggle sound thing?

[quick scarab]

Question, How do I create new parameters for jokers? I want to create something similar to Pokermon, where jokers of a "type", like Water or Grass. Do I have to use SMODS.modify_key(obj, prefix, condition, key) or SMODS.add_prefixes(cls, obj, from_take_ownership)

[dapper sun]

just put it in the joker, like when youset cost and rarity

then add the handling for the parameters elsewhere

[red flower]

^ if you add a modprefix_type field it will be under card.config.center.modprefix_type

(you should add the prefix to not conflict with other mods)

[umbral spire]

what's in_pool do?

In a joker per se

[red flower]

defines custom logic for when a card is allowed to spawn

[umbral spire]

Ah

[mystic river]

when the game is considering creating a random card, it runs the center's in_pool method with whatever arguments it deems relevant, and only adds that card to its list of options if the function returns true

if there is no method defined, it essentially always returns true

[red flower]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Joker#api-methods

[mystic river]

i say center, but this also applies to several non-center objects such as suits and ranks

[red flower]

i think every object that spawns has in_pool

[mystic river]

i feel like there's one really dumb and hyperspecific exception to that
but as i can't bring it to mind it's possible I'm imagining it

there's very often one really dumb and hyperspecific exception to rules in balatro, because thunk

[tidal hemlock]

locale thonk moment

[red flower]

i think stickers dont because they have should apply

[umbral spire]

ah

[mystic river]

there we go

though i don't even know if that's a thunk moment
iirc should apply is a purely smods construct

[red flower]

in_pool is also

[mystic river]

true!

[quick scarab]

ok thank you

[mystic river]

truly, smods has learned from the master

[blazing helm]

if i want to add extra UI to a joker would i do it in draw(self, card, layer)? (if so how do you add ui with it?)

[red flower]

what kind of ui do you want to add

[blazing helm]

a few text elements

[red flower]

i would recommend waiting a day for the next smods update

it adds a way to have better looking text on cards

[blazing helm]

oki ^w^ any idea when that might be?

[red flower]

today or tomorrow most likely

the release will probably have documentation on it

[blazing helm]

oki cool

[umbral spire]

is the current deck (amount) #G.playing_cards?

the steel joker's code says (VanillaRemade)

    in_pool = function(self, args) --equivalent to `enhancement_gate = 'm_steel'` <--

Where is enhancement_gate mentioned on the wiki?

[red flower]

i don't think it is

[red flower]

yes

[umbral spire]

Ah, weird.

[umbral spire]

in jokers.lua for VanillaRemade, is it sorted by the order in the catalog, or no?

[slim ferry]

It is

[umbral spire]

What does next(...) do again?

also what exactly is context.card_effects?