💻・modding-dev

[tranquil echo]

oh lovely

new file it is

[red flower]

yeah but if those can appear in the shop for example you would need logic for that

[tranquil echo]

ohhh

for it to like
go into that spot?

that makes sense okay

ill figure it out trust

[red flower]

i have that in my mod but its pretty spread out between a bunch of files so its not easy to link to as an example lol

[tranquil echo]

alright 😓

ill pokea round

thank you though!

[sleek valley]

would there be any way for an achievement to track how many times check_for_unlock has run? and then the achievement only pops if the tracker reaches a certain number?

[red flower]

you can hook it to add a counter to it probably

[sleek valley]

actually on second thought, there's probably an easier way to make my idea
just an achievement that only unlocks after all other achievements are collected

would prolly still need hooks one way or another but i feel like i'm thinking about the achievement tracker all wrong

[timid zinc]

what's the best way to have a pool other mods can add onto if the object isnt part of smods.center?

[red flower]

is there anything specific you want to do with it? pools are just tables, other mods could just add to the table
most of the time you want to make some kind of function that initializes the object like smods does so your mod handles all of that and other mods can just define new stuff

[timid zinc]

like how smods does?

does smods do something specific outside of just defining a table? i was just thinking it would be used as a restriction of like "if this is true, only this type of tag/blind can appear"

[timid zinc]

the only other thing i would want is that if it's possible to have a variable in the object and it's added to the table automatically like pools

[tender blade]

Does anyone know a mod/reference with a UI aligned on the bottom like the shops and blind selects? aligning always seems to put the top of the ui peeking out the bottom but growing it vertically seems to grow it downwards?

[red flower]

the tagged cards are added to G.O_CENTER_POOLS.pool for example

[red flower]

yeah you can look into how smods.center does it but it's just adding the card to the table on inject iirc

[sleek valley]

is there any way for a blind to destroy a held card?

[red flower]

yeah, at what timing?

[sleek valley]

after a hand/discard is used, like the Wheel

[red flower]

well the problem is that the wheel has its own context for flipping cards lol

what's the exact effect?

[sleek valley]

well i want a 1 in 4 chance for held cards to get destroyed after a hand or discard is used

[red flower]

you would need to loop through G.hand.cards and check the probability for each card

idk what context tho, there isn't really a good context for after a hand or discard is used, the closest is context.hand_drawn but that only happens if a card is drawn

[sleek valley]

what about context.destroy_card?

[red flower]

that happens during scoring

or when discarding

so immediately before when you want

[sleek valley]

ah, i see

in that case, i can honestly get behind hand_drawn tbh

[timid zinc]

could you get behind it happening as soon as you click discard?

[sleek valley]

i mean, i could
but it's better imo for the player to watch it burn away infront of them

to really sell the fact that it's gone for good

the discard animation would be too fast for you to even notice

[timid zinc]

actually i think i did something similar but with discarding cards instead of destroying, let me check

[near coral]

How do I cap the -score requirement on a rekoj that scales it to -50%

[frosty rampart]

if card.ability.extra.minus_score < 0.5 then
  -- scale code
end

it's basic programming logic

[near coral]

Does the < 0.5 equate to -50%

Or just -0.5 score requirement

[rapid stag]

if i wanted to make a joker effect that does something like give bonus chips to cards converted by a specific tarot, how would i go about doing that

i imagine i could do something with context.using_consumeable...? or however it was called, i forget. i haven't messed with this context in a while

[frosty rampart]

i mean i dunno how you have it actually implemented
but i assumed the stored value was a decimal that equated to a percentage. if it's not that then your coder should know what to do

whatever corresponds to -50%

[near coral]

Let me send the lua of one of the scaling rekojes for reference

[frosty rampart]

ok yes so 0.5 does equate to 50%
you'll need some extra code when it actually scales to make sure that it doesn't go over 0.5

[near coral]

What would that look like

If -score requirement = -50% then don't scale any more?

[frosty rampart]

put some critical thinking to use
it's currently scaling by 0.2, or 20% each time
so it can jump straight from 40% to 60%

how do you prevent that

[near coral]

It scales by -0.2% for every $ spent during the ante

[frosty rampart]

oh so it's literally the percentage
ok so you don't need the extra code, but you should cap the variable at 50

<@&1133519078540185692>

[near coral]

I don't need much critical thinking for that do I

[rapid stag]

interesting, i've never heard of a balatro mod called 'girls' before

[frosty rampart]

it's called "replacing the 0.5 with 50 in the code snippet i gave you"

[near coral]

Alright

[sleek valley]

i'd imagine you havent, it's quite "riske" so it doesnt get publicity much lol

[near coral]

I wonder if riske is a misspelling or a regional spelling cuz it looks like it could be both

[rapid stag]

regional variant from upstate new york

[near coral]

Alright I actually fell for that one

[sleek valley]

i will say the origins are from the french /gen

[rapid stag]

oh not in utica, no, it's an albany expression

[near coral]

I learned it as 'risque'

[wanton jolt]

its risqué

riske doesnt exist in the english language

[rapid stag]

bump

[wanton jolt]

its unaccented version though "risque" is

[sleek valley]

spelling is often not my forte, forgive me lol

[wanton jolt]

its fine since its something you hear but not write often

lol

[near coral]

It would've been funny if you spelled it as fortay on purpose

[wanton jolt]

it would be very funny

[sleek valley]

i'd argue it's funnier to write it correctly cause of irony

[near coral]

[Insert bizarro hack emoji]

[sleek valley]

ngl bro, im still a lil confused with that explanation

you want it to give bonus chips to cards that have been affected by tarot cards??

is that right?

[rapid stag]

as an example, yes
the important part is specific tarot cards. so going by consumable key, not type

[wanton jolt]

context.using_consumeable on refers to a consumeable and its area, not the card its used on

[rapid stag]

damn.

i was hoping it would have the cards used on

[daring fern]

G.hand.highlighted

[wanton jolt]

oh true

[rapid stag]

ooooh

-# ...i also forgot how to get the consumable itself in context.using_consumeable

[daring fern]

context.consumeable

[rapid stag]

...or i could look at the calculate functions wiki tab that i've had open for the past week. that'd be good if i did that

did you know that the smods wiki has really useful info?

[final jewel]

is it normal that when I change a seal through the before context it doesnt update like it keep the effect of the previous seal

[red flower]

are you doing it in an event

[final jewel]

yeah but I though that it will update between before and the next context

[red flower]

the entire calculation cycle happens before any event is ran

so anything you put in an event happens after calculation, putting an event in context before only makes it play the animation before events in later contexts

[final jewel]

yeah its working if I remove the event but my animation is wacky

do u know how I could fix this

[red flower]

im pretty sure theres a way to delay the application of the seal for that like there's for enhancements and editions but idk what it is sorry

[final jewel]

@daring fern he could probably know that since Seals On Every ?

[daring fern]

Yes, you would just do card:set_seal('modprefix_key')

[final jewel]

yeah I know but like I change a seal during the context.before like its effect need to happen during the main scoring and like after it change back to its original seal in the context.after but I cant use event cause the effect wont happen and its just the previous seal effect that will trigger and by not using an event my animation isnt working

    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.4,
        func = function()
            _card:juice_up(0.3, 0.5)
            return true
        end
    }))
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.15,
        func = function()
            _card:flip()
            _card:juice_up(0.3, 0.3)
            return true
        end
    }))
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.2,
        func = function()
            _card:set_seal(G.P_SEALS[_card:get_seal()].giga_data.seal_upgrade, true)
            return true
        end
    }))
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.15,
        func = function()
            _card:flip()
            _card:juice_up(0.3, 0.3)
            return true
        end
    }))
    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
        trigger = 'after',
        delay = 0.2,
        func = function()
            G.hand:unhighlight_all()
            return true
        end
    }))
    delay(0.5)
end```thats my original animation

[daring fern]

Yes, it would just be card:set_seal('modprefix_key') without any extra inputs.

[final jewel]

oh

ok lets try it out

ok its near its just that the previous seal disappear before setting the new one

[daring fern]

Yes, you would have to hook SMODS.DrawSteps.seal.func if you want to fix that.

[final jewel]

oh ok nice

but what do I put in this

[frosty rampart]

i wouldn't bother with that
just set up some events to flip the card while the seal gets changed, like how the spectral cards do it

[daring fern]

No, the spectrals don't flip the card when setting the seal.

[frosty rampart]

ok
point still stands

[final jewel]

yeah thats the problem

my animation when upgrading a seal is that its flipping the card

cause just setting a new seal when upgrading isnt cool

[frosty rampart]

hm, ok

[final jewel]

do you think I should just change the animation entirely

[vital wren]

is there an SMODS method i should be using instead of the vanilla Tag(key) to create a new tag?

[wanton jolt]

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

[vital wren]

that suggests no

[red flower]

i agree with whoever wrote that website

[vital wren]

thanks. i think it would have been nice to find info about what related methods exist in the relevant SMODS wiki pages. i've seen often someone will say something like "you should use this SMODS method instead" but the method isn't mentioned in the wiki for that type of card or object

[tranquil echo]

does anybody know the background colour of the vanilla cardareas

[red flower]

i want to start adding some stuff about vanilla on the wiki but recently i tried to add all the smods methods to the wiki so if something isnt in the specific class page or Utility then it doesn't have one

[red flower]

black

:3

0.1 alpha

[tranquil echo]

oh peak ok

[vital wren]

i dont recall offhand at the moment which ones it was. but if i notice a method missing in the future ill bring it up then so we can get it in there. (not trying to step on any toes, i just like being able to reference the wiki instead of bothering y'all)

[red flower]

now that im an smods team member wiki things will get merged so dont be afraid to post an issue or PR there :3

[gilded blaze]

add_tag{key = "tag_modprefix_key"}

[red flower]

that too

[vital wren]

thanks, i actually needed to store the tag first to modify it's config. but i am using that to add it once its ready :)

[tranquil echo]

lowk
how do i use this im so genuinely lost
bg_colour = {0,0,0,0.1} does not work as expected

[red flower]

why do you need to do that?

it is that color by default

[tranquil echo]

well then its just displaying wrong 😭

[red flower]

what's the code

and how is it wrong

[tranquil echo]

why are you not clear

[red flower]

😭

[wanton jolt]

well that is neither 000000 or 0.1 alpha

[tranquil echo]

and the code is just a direct copy of the code here wiuth the bg_colour = G.C.RED line removed, and the position changed

[red flower]

this is how that exact code with that line removed shows up for me

[tranquil echo]

what

[wanton jolt]

yo let me try it

[red flower]

did you restart the run?

[tranquil echo]

yeah

[red flower]

it kept the color to me on reload

can i see the code you have?

[final jewel]

function SMODS.DrawSteps.seal.func(self, layer)
    if self.ability.delay_seal then return end
    return drawing_insanity(self, layer)
end```

like I tried this but it doesnt work

[tranquil echo]

i fixed it!!!

[wanton jolt]

what was the issue

[tranquil echo]

no fucking idea

i restarted my entire pc

and it worked!

[wanton jolt]

works on your machine

[gilded blaze]

wait, isn't that already done

[wanton jolt]

yo now that i made a card area, is there a way to hide it

[final jewel]

it wasnt from my end

idk

but now it is

[gilded blaze]

my_card_area.states.visible = false

[daring fern]

You would have to set the seal back to the old one before running the function then change it back.

[final jewel]

oh ok

[daring fern]

Using self.seal = seal not self:set_seal(seal)

[final jewel]

like so

[daring fern]

No, seal would be the seal that it had, which you would get by setting a variable on the card before you set the seal, and you would use that.

[final jewel]

oh ok yeah mb i am dumb

[timid zinc]

when defining a collection page, how do i apply a shader to every object in that page, like vouchers?

Currently i'm just using SMODS.card_collection_UIBox to define the page

[gilded blaze]

take a look at joker collection

[wanton jolt]

i guess i could make a totem

system

[final jewel]

I tried that but it doesnt

like .prev_seal is set to :get_seal of the card at start

[rapid stag]

i am curious about the upcoming additions/changes to smods' custom cardarea support in respect to where multiple mods all decide to put cardareas in the same or overlapping locations

[red flower]

i dont know how smods could solve that tbh

my opinion is that anyone playing more than one mod at the time should be excommunicated

[daring fern]

Vouchers use an SMODS.DrawStep to draw the shader on every voucher.

[timid zinc]

Yeah that makes sense

[wanton jolt]

i will probably restrict the totem cardarea to certain decks anyways

[timid zinc]

running jokerdisplay and cartomancer at the same time: straight to jail

[red flower]

yes

anyone running jokerdisplay deserves jail

[formal vessel]

where does that put me with like 70 mods enabled at the same time?

[red flower]

hell

[formal vessel]

does that mean anyone using lovely AND steamodded at the same time should go to jail?

[formal vessel]

oh dw, i plan to add so many more tmrw :)

[red flower]

did you add mine

[formal vessel]

which one is urs

[red flower]

joyousspring

it will have 650 jokers next update

[formal vessel]

i dont think ive gotten to tht one yet

[timid zinc]

handy and unblind? also jail

[formal vessel]

steamodded, lovely, galdur, joker display, carto, handy, and unblind? go to hell

[formal vessel]

ooo nice, that should add a lot more to the 3000 jokers i already have downloaded

[pastel kernel]

how do you keep track of how much money is spent

[daring fern]

From the entire run or just when you obtain it?

[pastel kernel]

trying to make a joker wherein if you spend enough money, it gives you an item from the price tower.
5 = tarot, 8 = planet, 10 = spectral, 12 = common, 15 = uncommon, 20 = rare, 50 = dreamy, 100 = legendary, 1000 = rare consumable.

[daring fern]

if context.money_altered and context.amount < 0 then
    card.ability.extra.money_spent = card.ability.extra.money_spent - context.amount
end

[elder rune]

<@&1460584319486791871>

[left sonnet]

Hey folks, are there any resources for learning to mess with Balatro's existing UI? I've practiced in Config but I want to be able to add stuff to the existing ui, in particular at the moment I want to add a row above the scoring area and below the blind/shop sign

I see there's a replace_ui variable but I haven't looked into it yet

[red flower]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/UI-Guide#creating-a-uibox

other than that just reading the code and figuring stuff out

there's no API for it, you would need to either patch or hook the functions that create the ui and insert your stuff there

[bold sleet]

chat, how the heck do I utilize this function?

-# I am certainly not understanding the documentation.

[left sonnet]

Alright, I'll look into hooking as I'm not familiar, thank you

Would it be a viable plan to copy an existing UI and save it to a variable, delete the original for the rest of the session, add a node under where (haha underwear) I need it, and load mine in for the rest of the session?

I don't know how to do the node-adding to an existing structure but it gives me a goal to work around

[left sonnet]

function SMODS.debuff_card(card, debuff, source)
    debuff = debuff or nil
    source = source and tostring(source) or nil
    if debuff == 'reset' then
        sendWarnMessage("SMODS.debuff_card(card, 'reset', source) is deprecated")
        card.ability.debuff_sources = {};
        return
    end
    card.ability.debuff_sources = card.ability.debuff_sources or {}
    card.ability.debuff_sources[source] = debuff
    SMODS.recalc_debuff(card)
end```Here is the source code

Looks like you input the card you want to debuff in card, debuff seems to be a true or false as in whether it should be debuffed or not, source is what debuffed the card, probably used for checks

[red flower]

you can do that but I wouldn't say it's any easier than patching

[left sonnet]

What would patching be in this context, sorry

[red flower]

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

[left sonnet]

Oh, brilliant

Thank you

[bold sleet]

What is the source for blind debuffs?

[left sonnet]

Depends on the blind I'd wager

Check Balatro's source code

[red flower]

source is just a unique string

it's basically a password, if you want to remove the debuff you need to use it

[bold sleet]

If I want to remove any debuff, then?

Really, I just want that.

[left sonnet]

It could be anything you like, yeah

[red flower]

same but you would have 'prevent_debuff' as the second argument

you would need the source to remove that prevent_debuff too

[bold sleet]

any and all debuffs, regardless of its source.

[red flower]

yes

what i said

[bold sleet]

ah

[red flower]

what's the goal?

because if you want to prevent blinds from debuffing the better way is to use the context

[bold sleet]

Played cards get un-debuffed (for the playing hand)

That's it.

[left sonnet]

Chitotty

[red flower]

what i said is probably the easiest but you need to remove the prevent_debuff after the hand is played

so like

-- before play
SMODS.debuff_card(card, 'prevent_debuff', "source")
-- after
SMODS.debuff_card(card, nil, "source")

[bold sleet]

kk

[hidden aspen]

how to use localize with seals?

i want to fetch seal's name

[red flower]

localize { type = 'name_text', set = "Other", key = 'modprefix_[key in lowercase]_seal"}

[hidden aspen]

what about vanilla seals?

[red flower]

same but without the prefix

[hidden aspen]

do i have to convert Blue to blue_seal manually?

[red flower]

yes

[hidden aspen]

okay... 😔

[lyric wadi]

earlier someone mention i can make a vanilla pool by iterating through all loaded jokers and see if it has no mod associated

how would i check if a joker has a mod or not, how do i iterate through the jokers, and should i do it that way instead of just going with a hardcoded list

since the more mods a player has the worse this approach get

[hidden aspen]

are you iterating through a list once to get vanilla pool? then it wont be resource intensive

[red flower]

SMODS.ObjectType({
    key = "vanilla",
    default = "j_joker",
    cards = {},
})


local SMODS_injectItems_ref = SMODS.injectItems
function SMODS.injectItems()
    SMODS_injectItems_ref()
    for i, v in ipairs(G.P_CENTER_POOLS.Joker) do
        if not v.original_mod or v.original_mod.id == "Balatro" then
             SMODS.ObjectTypes.vanilla:inject_card(v)
        end
    end
end

[wintry solar]

A hard coded list would also work

[lyric wadi]

yeah i just need a pool with the keys of every vanilla joker

which i guess isnt a readily available class in smod

[red flower]

taglist when

[tidal hemlock]

#1477838185919807620
if anyone's willing to help program this (and by help i mean be the sole programmer because i cant code for shit lmao)

[hidden aspen]

whats a good way to store global utility functions? I previously just stored them in some files and assigned them to MOD_SINGLETON.UTIL, but i understand that that makes them scattered.
im not sure if there is a header-like thing in lua to store them all in one file? should i look into Lua LSP and somehow autogenerate a file with all MAP.UTIL functions?

[gilded blaze]

that's not how you store a function

[red flower]

usually if you have utility functions you just write them all in one file and load that file first

saving them to the mods singleton like you did is usually what most people do

this is mine for example but i also have like a trillion other functions in their respective files
https://github.com/nh6574/JoyousSpring/blob/main/src/utils.lua

[lyric wadi]

ok to select a random card from the pool, can i just use psuedorandom_element on the pool

like not spawning a card from the pool, just grabbing a key from the pool

[pastel kernel]

checking for if sold card is a joker

actually wait, what if eggman got the sell value of the joker i sold?

[dreamy thunder]

if you use get_current_pool() it returns key
if you use G.P_CENTER_POOLS it returns the center

[pastel kernel]

so get_current_pool is the door, G.P_CENTER_POOLS is the house?

[dreamy thunder]

can say so

[lyric wadi]

more clarification

does owning jokers affect what can be pulled from the "custom" pool

it's fine if it does but for my purpose it would be funnier if it didnt

[dreamy thunder]

if you use get_current_pool yes

i think

also get_current_pool returns a lot of UNAVAILABLE strings so i recommend using SMODS.get_clean_pool with the same args

[slim ferry]

you generally shouldnt use get_clean_pool

there is a very good reason thet vanilla uses UNAVAILABLE strings

so the pool size doesnt actually change and the outcome only changes if the roll wouldve been something unavailable and it has to reroll

with get_clean_pool the pool size varies and a completely unrelated joker being in the pool or not could affect spawns

[lyric wadi]

i understand there are best practices, but for my purpose i really just need something to get a random vanilla key from a not hardcoded list

[gilded blaze]

honestly I can't find a good use case for get_clean_pool

[lyric wadi]

so i believe i will be fine???

[slim ferry]

i mean

get_current_pool allows for that

but also youre using a custom SMODS.ObjectType for the pool so idk why you would need get_current_pool

oh wait grabbing a key

[lyric wadi]

slightly related question, is there a way to grab the atlas x and y value of a joker from its key

or maybe centre

[red flower]

from the center it's center.pos

[slim ferry]

local pool = get_current_pool('pool_key')
local selected_key = pseudorandom_element(pool, 'modprefix_seed')
local it = 1
while selected_key == 'UNAVAILABLE' do
    it = it + 1
    selected_key = pseudorandom_element(pool, 'modprefix_seed_resample'..it)
end
``` its just this

[red flower]

from the key its G.P_CENTERS[key].pos

[red flower]

i might sneak this as a util function into smods so people dont get enticed into using get clean pool everywhere

ah wait

[slim ferry]

SMODS.poll_object

right

[red flower]

nvm eremel is doing the weight stuff

[slim ferry]

i recall eremel adding a util function for that already

and also why was get clean pool ever a thing

[red flower]

dunno

[lyric wadi]

ok one last unrelated question

how do you change which loc key a card is using with code again

like changing its name and description

[red flower]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#how-do-i-change-the-name-or-description-of-a-card-dynamically

[lyric wadi]

yippee

i think

i hope it works

what to hell

i cant even tell what happened

[tidal hemlock]

i think its trying to turn text into a number

did you accidentally use a string instead of a number somewhere?

[lyric wadi]

ok this is line 178 from theSuite

set_sprites = function(self, card, front)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            blockable = false,
            func = function()
                if card.ability then card.children.center:set_sprite_pos({x = card.ability.extra.spriteX[card.ability.extra.anchorSuit .. card.ability.extra.followSuit], y = card.ability.extra.spriteY[card.ability.extra.anchorSuit .. card.ability.extra.followSuit]}) end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end

it's the func of this event

spriteX and spriteY are key based dictionaries

[tidal hemlock]

idk its something to do with the x = and y =

[lyric wadi]

so it worked fine before, but maybe the order it define things are different?

i just copied the code from earlier into this event

i even checked card.ability exists

[tidal hemlock]

why cant you just if card.ability then card.children.center:set_sprite_pos( card.ability.extra.spriteX[card.ability.extra.anchorSuit .. card.ability.extra.followSuit], card.ability.extra.spriteY[card.ability.extra.anchorSuit .. card.ability.extra.followSuit]) end

[lyric wadi]

wait you dont need to assign them to x and y resperctively?

[pastel kernel]

how to set joker sell value actually

as in starting value

[lyric wadi]

unrelated but for debugplus is there a command to spawn a joker into the shop

[tidal hemlock]

i dont think so, i think that may solve the problem because it says the problem is at x

[pastel kernel]

No?

I think you have to just do add_card but set the area to G.shop.cards?

[red flower]

that won't give it the shop ui

[pastel kernel]

if context.selling_self and card.ability.extra.extra_value == 0 then
            local newegg = SMODS.add_card{ key = "j_busterb_eggman" }
            newegg.sell_cost = 0
            end```

wtf

ok there

so

i hope this thing actually gets 0 sell value

[tidal hemlock]

sell value is hardcoded to be 1 if less than 1

why? i have no clue

[lyric wadi]

because voucher half buy prices, and sell price is directly half of buy price

[tidal hemlock]

ah right

[lyric wadi]

so basically prevents it being /8 into rounding down to selling for 0

[pastel kernel]

herelua if context.selling_self and card.ability.extra.extra_value == 0 then local card = create_card("Joker", G.jokers, nil, nil, nil, nil, "j_busterb_eggman", "eggman") card.sell_cost = 0 card:add_to_deck() G.jokers:emplace(card) end

[rigid solar]

So I believe quantum enhancement used to have some infinite recursion prevention but it's no longer the case? because as long as the card is highlighted it's pilling up events

[red flower]

is this in latest dev?

[rigid solar]

latest release

[red flower]

i know there are some things fixed in dev

[rigid solar]

hmm ok

because i've seen multiple reports of quantum enhancements being broken in different ways (which all make the game very slow in general) since the 1503 release

[red flower]

yeah that is known

[rigid solar]

if it's fixed in dev that's cool, tho we'll have to wait for a release for most people to actually get the fix

[red flower]

still, you should try it out yourself in dev

maybe that specifically didn't get fixed

[rigid solar]

sure

[lyric wadi]

fuck i never thought about this

if theres no way to force spawn a joker in shop

how tf am i gonna test

[rigid solar]

an "easy" way is to get all jokers of the same rarity in your joker lineup, then reroll the shop until it spawns

[tidal hemlock]

make a temporary tag that makes that joekr spawn in shop, then spawn that tag

[rigid solar]

you can also install #1458048711799079034

there's a reroll shop feature to reroll until a chosen card appears

[red flower]

i have some custom code in my mod to spawn a tag for that lol

[pastel kernel]

how to check if sell value is 0 or at the very least lowest possible

[rigid solar]

Can confirm this is fixed in 1514a

[tidal hemlock]

bro, i think half the things you're asking about, you can recreate in jokerforge and see how jokerforge does it

[rigid solar]

or just check vanillaremade code

[tidal hemlock]

that too

[rigid solar]

like here you can just check how swashbuckler gets other jokers sell value

or temperance

[pastel kernel]

i'm trying to make eggman get to $0 sell value.

hmm

[lyric wadi]

rip

is my joker borken or is my luck just ass

i've done 200 rerolls and it hasnt showed up once for my testing

[pastel kernel]

how do i get this to work properly bruh

[lyric wadi]

ah, i finally got it to show up

[sleek valley]

IVO ROBOTNIK?!?

[lyric wadi]

and of course it didnt work

[pastel kernel]

ok how do you make it so that if the sell value is 0, it actually disappears for good and doesn't clone itselflua if context.selling_self and card.ability.extra.extra_value ~= 0 then local card = create_card("Joker", G.jokers, nil, nil, nil, nil, "j_busterb_eggman", "eggman") card.sell_cost = 0 card:add_to_deck() G.jokers:emplace(card) end

[lyric wadi]

same question as yestderday i think

what's the """""proper""""" way to have a card run something when it appears in shop

[exotic hedge]

What did I miss? Sorry about that, I just woke up.

[elder rune]

One of those gamling ads idk

[exotic hedge]

Ohhh okay

Thanks 🙏

[lyric wadi]

gamblin is a peglin themed mod for this game

[pastel kernel]

if anybody could help me out, tell me```lua
SMODS.Joker {
key = "eggman",
unlocked = false,
atlas = "bb_legendary",
blueprint_compat = true,
pools = { ["bustjokers"] = true },
rarity = 4,
cost = 0,
pos = { x = 0, y = 4 },
soul_pos = { x = 0, y = 5 },
config = { extra = { start = 0, gain = 3 } },
loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
return { vars = { card.ability.start, card.ability.extra.gain } }
end,
add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
for k, v in ipairs(G.jokers.cards) do
if v.key == "j_busterb_eggman" then
card.ability.extra_value = 0
end
end
end,
calculate = function(self, card, context)
if context.selling_self then
if to_big(card.ability.extra.extra_value) ~= to_big(0) then
local card = create_card("Joker", G.jokers, nil, nil, nil, nil, "j_busterb_eggman", "eggman")
card.sell_cost = 0
card:add_to_deck()
G.jokers:emplace(card)
end
end
if context.selling_card and context.card.ability.set == "Joker" then
card.ability.extra_value = card.ability.extra_value + card.ability.extra.gain
card:set_cost()
return {
message = localize('k_val_up'),
colour = G.C.MONEY
}
end
end
}

[mystic river]

extra value isn't in the extra table, so that check will always be true (nil ~= 0)

you also shouldn't have to do to_big anymore, now that amulet is available
(i mean if you want to be backwards compatible with talisman, you can, but people really should be using amulet these days)

[pastel kernel]

I thought it would be easy to make a joker that does what it’s ability would say

This joker specifically

It’s 12 AM… I don’t wanna work on the mod tonight… or today idk.

[wanton jolt]

try starting from 1$ if 0$ doesn't work

[sleek valley]

hmmmm
that's not supposed to happen

[wild patrol]

Honestly that's even better lol

For an ante 8 boss lol

[sleek valley]

i mean sure, i cant deny it fuckin rocks!!
but i'm tryna think balanced here lmao

but then again, it is a great punisher
the bigger your hand size, the worse you get it

[tidal hemlock]

you can also deckfix on ante 8 lol

[lyric wadi]

it also hard counters things like Steel Cards or Shoot the Moon/Baron builds

which i think is neat

[red flower]

you're passing the whole cards table to destroy cards

when you only want the selected one by pesudorandom

also, you need to remove the card from the _cards list after picking or it might pick the same card more than once

also while it probably does nothing you should remove the discard cards from highlighted bit in case it tries to discard a destroyed card and you end up with ghost cards

[sleek valley]

Good idea, thx

[gusty compass]

where would i be able to edit the ui of the hands and discards exactly?

or would i have to go around and search via nodes

[versed swan]

How do you force a crash?

[slim ferry]

error("message")

i thibk

or assert(false, "error message")

[versed swan]

that would do it, thank you

[sleek valley]

ngl, im not sure how to do that one

[red flower]

local value, index = pseudorandom_element(...)
if selected then table.remove(_cards, index) end

[sleek valley]

tyy

[lyric wadi]

what

line 41

does this not get the pool

[red flower]

what is that line in the lovely dump?

I'm guessing G.playing_cards doesn't exist at the point this is called?

[nimble jay]

can someone tell me what ive done please? Im really knew to modding, so i have no clue

This joker is supposed to give 8 mult then make another version of itself at the end of the round, but it crashes every time i do it. If i use a vanilla joker it works, if i use smods.create_card with a modded joker it works, but smods.add_card with a modded joker just causes it to crash. Whats weirder as well is that it doesnt crash like usual and give a report, it just freezes and doesnt respond.

heres the code:

SMODS.Joker {
    key = "tatoo_you",
    config = { extra = { mult = 8, odds = 2 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return {
            vars = { card.ability.extra.mult, card.ability.extra.odds, G.GAME.probabilities.normal or 1 }
        }
    end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            return {
                mult = card.ability.extra.mult
            }
        end
        if context.end_of_round and not (context.individual or context.repetition) then
            SMODS.add_card({ set = 'Joker', area = G.jokers, key = "j_jojo_tatoo_you" })
        end
    end
}

(odds bit it still there cause i plan to make it a 1 in 2 when i get this working)

[wind reef]

Anyone know what function i can hook into for a function to trigger when the first hand is drawn? Trying to do something similar to the idol but only for cards in the first hand

[lyric wadi]

okay at this point it is just trolling

like fuck do you mean attempt to index in to nil

[red flower]

you can use context.first_hand_drawn in calculate

[red flower]

you wrote abilty

[lyric wadi]

😭

[red flower]

if it adds itself then it will do infinitely

what you should do is save the card added with add_card in a variable and add a flag to it like added_card.modprefix_created_by_me = true and if it has that flag then it doesn't add anything

[slim ferry]

-# or use an event

[red flower]

also yeah

[nimble jay]

that makes so much sense, thank you

[nimble jay]

ill look into how to do that lol

[red flower]

an event is probably better because you also need to clear the flag

[nimble jay]

i didnt think it would trigger after being added

[wind reef]

yeah i could but i wanna make this run so that if you randomly got the joker after the first hand is drawn it would still work even if you didnt have it at the time

[red flower]

so you want the first card drawn for the blind or the first after it gets added?

[wind reef]

first for the blind

[red flower]

then what did you mean here

[red flower]

i didn't mean this as a one or the other btw

i meant if you want it to do both

[wind reef]

Basically i want it work where a card in the first drawn hand is selected regardless of if the joker is there so that if you get the joker a hand into the round it doesnt check again but knows what card was selected from that first hand drawn

[red flower]

ah i understand

use mod calculate

SMODS.current_mod.calculate = function(self, context)

[wind reef]

ahh didnt know that was a thing, thought only cards ran calculates. thanks!

[mystic river]

cards, blinds, decks, stakes, modifiers, challenges, and the mod all have a calculate

i think the only thing that doesn't is tags (they have apply_to_run instead)

[red flower]

soon(tm)

[sleek valley]

what about adding inject_card to undiscovered sprites?
or just any way to add custom sizes lol

[red flower]

i dont remember there being anything for that

idk exactly how undiscovered stuff works since i always make all my cards discovered but i could take a look

[lyric wadi]

how do i make a joker hide modtag but temporarily

[sleek valley]

exactly, there isnt anything for it, not in UndiscoveredSprite at least -w-

[red flower]

i meant i dont remember there being anything in the pipeline to fix that

[sleek valley]

ah, i see

[sleek valley]

to be clear, you mean the label at the bottom with the mod's name?

[lyric wadi]

ye

[sleek valley]

hmmmm
i cant think of any way you could tbh

[stoic jacinth]

Before I post it, I know some communities feel strongly about ai assisted dev, so is an ai made qol mod ok? One to update mods and one to sort mods, no ai art used.

[sleek valley]

at least you asked respectfully

[stoic jacinth]

Understood I'll refrain 🙂

[lyric wadi]

how do i grab the loc var return of a joker

like for example i want to grab the var Popcorn is returning

but like to use with my joker

[mystic river]

G.P_CENTERS[key]:loc_vars({}, card)
and just discard the info queue table

though I'm not 100% on if that'll work on a vanilla joker, with how thunk defined everything in one big if-then statement

[lyric wadi]

yea :(

this is like the second half of the hard part

[sleek valley]

it's worth a shot tbh

[lyric wadi]

first half of the hard part is almost there

[sleek valley]

better to try and fail than to not try at all

[mystic river]

given that it's a known joker, you can probably dig the relevant variable out of the center config

[lyric wadi]

yeah problem is that it's not known

[mystic river]

or the card ability, if you want the decayed version

[lyric wadi]

which one do you think it is

[mystic river]

SMODS.find_card("j_popcorn")[1]

[lyric wadi]

not the second one that's from my mod

[mystic river]

though that wouldn't find cards still in the shop, if you care about that
what are you planning to do with this return value anyway?

[lyric wadi]

just feed it into loc var

[mystic river]

you can also probably invoke the vanilla loc vars function, if you dig it out of the vanilla source

[mystic river]

for what purpose?

[lyric wadi]

to have it not do this

really gives it away

[mystic river]

yeah probably just find a way to invoke vanilla loc_vars

[lyric wadi]

rip

[mystic river]

i don't recall what the function is called and I'm at work rn but it's in the vanilla code and searching for j_diet_cola should bring you to it

(along with like every other joker related function but yk)

[slim ferry]

Since its vanilla its most likely "Diet Cola" in the loc vars

[lyric wadi]

ok but i would like to also not do 150 checks like vanilla

[slim ferry]

Because we love hardcoded self.ability.name checks

[lyric wadi]

😭

also fun test : can you tell what's wrong (other than the obvious nil)

[mystic river]

that's true
you'd want to pass the center instead of your joker, i think?

[lyric wadi]

ideally if possible

[mystic river]

so instead of Card:whatever vanilla loc vars is called(card, etc) it's like Card.whatever it is(G.P_CENTERS[key], fake card?, etc)
i don't know the parameters the function takes lol

[lyric wadi]

answer : ||real Diet Cola is not full to the brim||

[mystic river]

actually I'm almost sure the vanilla function runs on the card directly without passing the center
argh this is hard to think about without access to vanilla code

[lyric wadi]

if even cryptid threw a concept away then im fucked i think

[mystic river]

i don't think it's impossible to do, i just can't give very specific advice without code access

like, have you looked at the vanilla loc vars function?

[lyric wadi]

trying to find where it is

like i understand you cant have a code dump on a decent site like github because then that is just piracy but also arg

[mystic river]

too bad balatro isn't structured like doom, where you could release the engine source code but keep the game content proprietary

[lyric wadi]

holy heck crash so bad i dont even get a crash log

it just

disappear

[round lion]

||diet cola if the packagers WERENT COWARDS||

[lyric wadi]

bad news : the loc_var part returns a generate_card_ui function

cant index into that

[mystic river]

oof

[wintry solar]

What is the concept?

[kind palm]

Prototype of the Bear 5 card

[lyric wadi]

i think i have to hook into the bit that generates the tooltip ui for jokers

which is

worrying

[sleek valley]

how do i check the number of remaining hands the player has again?

i want to check for when this hits 0 and then manually cause a game over

[slim ferry]

G.GAME.current_round.hands_left

iirc

[plain apex]

question how do i fix this so that people with amulet can still use the mod since it provides talisman?

[wild patrol]

Update talismen

[umbral zodiac]

read the entire message again 😭

[plain apex]

amulet supposedly provides talisman

[umbral zodiac]

i have to imagine its due to the version dependency

[wild patrol]

Maybe amulet doesn't have the correct version?

[sleek valley]

doesnt work .w.

[wild patrol]

Try the official version of talisman see what happens

[plain apex]

nah that didn't work either

[slim ferry]

Amulet says 3.5.0

Thats definitely higher than 1.7.0

[umbral zodiac]

i have no clue then

super weird

[plain apex]

like im told amulet is better talisman and whatever and that it should just work?

[slim ferry]

-# header jank maybe?

[plain apex]

but it doesn't?

[umbral zodiac]

^

[wild patrol]

It could be maybe the mod is looking for the official version of tailsman and not amulet

[umbral zodiac]

i have to imagine it's just the fact that youre using legacy headers

[slim ferry]

No

Thats

[umbral zodiac]

because i have made mods that depend on talisman and amulet works fine for them

[slim ferry]

This is modding dev

And thats also jus not how dependencies work

[plain apex]

how do new headers work?

[umbral zodiac]

not at all

use json files

[slim ferry]

See mod metadata page on steamodded wiki

[umbral zodiac]

there should be a section about it on the

yeah

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Mod-Metadata

[lyric wadi]

am i hooking correctly

im decently sure im not so

[slim ferry]

You are not calling the reference

[umbral zodiac]

instead of local ret = hangedman_imposterous_generate_card_ui_hook (holy long name)

you should do local ret = hangedman_imposterous_generate_card_ui_hook(self)

[slim ferry]

And also thats. Not how you create the reference

[sleek valley]

nvm, it's correct, i just wrote the if statement wrong lol

[slim ferry]

You shouldnt be calling the function when creating it

[umbral zodiac]

^

[lyric wadi]

the goal is for it to overwrite the ui if it's this specific joker

[slim ferry]

Okay

The point is though

[lyric wadi]

no i know

[slim ferry]

This just isnt how you hook in general

[lyric wadi]

im just stating my goal to make it easier for you to point me toward doing it correct

[umbral zodiac]

you should
set the original reference to the function, not the results of the function
make sure you call the original function
also should probably not call the original function if it is that special card, since otherwise youre leaving a ton of probably-orphaned ui

also don't use card or Card to refer to the card that's calling the function, use self
lua's method calls (:) implicitly define self as a variable which refers to the table calling the function

[lyric wadi]

im basing on the guide on vanillaremade but yeah that was a func with args and this doesnt, so i guess i can see why it doesnt work the same

is it this???

[mystic river]

the args aren't what's wrong

[umbral zodiac]

ya basically
say youre hooking some function thats a part of a card, to replace it with no side effects it'd look like this

local ref = Card.func
function Card:func()
  return ref(self)
end

[umbral zodiac]

you still need to refer to the original function properly (Card.generate_UIBox_ability_table)

[mystic river]

hooking works because functions in lua are literally variables

[lyric wadi]

eh???

[mystic river]

stop calling the function to define your ref!!!

[slim ferry]

You shouldnt call it when creating the reference

[lyric wadi]

what

am i stupid

[umbral zodiac]

how many lightbulbs does it take to hook one function

[slim ferry]

no ()

For the first one

[lyric wadi]

two brights one and a dim one

[umbral zodiac]

"calling" a function is when you () it
calling it means that you don't get a reference to the original function, you get the results of it, which means you can't access the original function itself

[lyric wadi]

oki

got it now

anything else?

[mystic river]

local ret = function(parameters) -- Calling the function with the parameters and putting the return value in "ret"
local ref = function -- Putting the *actual function* into "ref"

[umbral zodiac]

i dont actually know if this would work but thats just because this is being called on a card and youre calling it on a center when it's disgusied

normally a card is passed into generate_uibox_ability_wtv
but in this case its passing in the center (basically the prototype object)

[mystic river]

yeah i think this might just be a different way to do the thing that turned out not to work before

[lyric wadi]

ag

[mystic river]

though i know fake cards are a thing, you might be able to use those

[plain apex]

so id do this and just throw it in here?

[mystic river]

the collection uses them

[umbral zodiac]

yep

and make sure to remove the legacy header info from the top of your lua file

its not necessary iirc but its just useless now

[slim ferry]

Not removing the header can make it load twice iirc?

[mystic river]

smods might have implemented a measure against that at some point but there's no reason to leave the header in

[slim ferry]

Think of the 0.9.8 players /j

[umbral zodiac]

0.9.8 compat is like making sure that your country's due process is still compatible with people who have passports from 1776

[mystic river]

frankly I'm surprised smods itself keeps backwards compatibility for 0.9.8 mods

[plain apex]

so why isn't this working?

[lyric wadi]

rip of course it doesnt work

im krilling my shelf

[sleek valley]

send the code

[mystic river]

check the logs in the lovely folder, there's probably a relevant error message

[lyric wadi]

if it's the hook part

local hangedman_imposterous_generate_card_ui_hook = Card.generate_UIBox_ability_table
function Card:generate_UIBox_ability_table()
    local target = self
    if self.config.center_key == "j_hangedman_imposterous" and self.ability and self.ability.extra.disguisingAs then
        target = G.P_CENTERS[self.ability.extra.disguisingAs]
    end
    local ret = hangedman_imposterous_generate_card_ui_hook(target)
    return ret
end```

the entire thing

ignore the backticsk thats discord markdown getting flushed in

[mystic river]

you didn't do the hook wrong
but as ophelia said, the intercepted version calls the function on a center instead of a card, which doesn't seem to work

[lyric wadi]

how do i convert it to card

[mystic river]

INFO - [G] 2026-03-15 14:30:37 :: ERROR :: Loader :: Found invalid metadata JSON file at C:/Users/EricT/AppData/Roaming/Balatro/Mods/Fortlatro/Fortlatro.json, ignoring: [lovely json "libs/json/json.lua"]:185: expected ']' or ',' at line 16 col 4

[lyric wadi]

or are they just

two unrelated objects

[mystic river]

look for the function that makes fake cards for the collection

[hardy vessel]

Is there a way to see if a joker has any sticker? I see how to get specific ones, but I'm not sure about just in general

[lyric wadi]

no

i mean pulling the card class from the centre or key

[mystic river]

iterate over SMODS.Stickers and check each one individually

[mystic river]

centers don't contain cards
cards contain centers

[plain apex]

ah i see it wanted commas here

[lyric wadi]

okay then i have bigger problems

so the card object has to remain the imposterous, but i have to somehow feed it the fake key/name

hm

[plain apex]

well fortlatro supports amulet now w for the people using that

[lyric wadi]

heck

i dont think this is what i wanted

i mean i passed the card into it but uhh

it is a funny effect but not what i wanted to do with it

if im desperate enough i might keep it

woe, obstructions be upon ye

[wanton jolt]

lol

[hardy vessel]

how could you check if a joker can have stickers like eternal or perishable applied or not?

[slim ferry]

card.config.center.sticker_key_compat ~= false

[daring fern]

if SMODS.Stickers['modprefix_key']:should_apply(card, card.config.center, card.area, true)

[hardy vessel]

does that work with vanilla stickers? i was getting some mixed messages if it does

[daring fern]

Yes, it does.

[hardy vessel]

I keep getting this error when this function runs. I just have it running in an if check, so I'm not sure what is going on exactly

[daring fern]

Code?

[hardy vessel]

    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        local eternal_check = card.ability.eternal or false
        local eternal_compat = SMODS.Stickers['eternal']:should_apply(card, card.config.center, card.area, true) or false
        local joker = G.jokers.highlighted[1]
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.4,
            func = function()
                for k, v in pairs(SMODS.Stickers) do
                    -- print(v)
                    if v ~= SMODS.Stickers.eternal then
                        v:apply(joker, nil)
                    end
                end
                if eternal_check then
                    SMODS.Stickers.eternal:apply(joker, nil)
                elseif eternal_compat then
                    SMODS.Stickers.eternal:apply(joker, true)
                end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end,
    can_use = function(self, card)
        if #G.jokers.highlighted ~= 1 then
            return false
        end
        local sticker_check = false
        for _, sticker in pairs(SMODS.Stickers) do
            if G.jokers.highlighted[1].ability[sticker.key] then
                sticker_check = true
            end
        end
        if sticker_check then
            return true
        elseif SMODS.Stickers['eternal']:should_apply(card, card.config.center, card.area, true) then
            return true
        else
            return false
        end
        
    end

[daring fern]

If should be: ```lua
local eternal_compat
if type(SMODS.Stickers['eternal'].should_apply) == 'function' then
eternal_compat = SMODS.Stickers['eternal']:should_apply(joker, joker.config.center, joker.area, true)
elseif joker.config.center.eternal_compat then
eternal_compat = joker.config.center.eternal_compat
else
eternal_compat = false
end

[sharp jasper]

whats the issue with this hand?

    key = "house_down",
    visible = true,
    mult = 15,
    chips = 150,
    l_mult = 7,
    l_chips = 75,

    loc_txt = {
        name = "House Down",
        description = {
            "Both a Full House and a Down"
        }
    },

    example = {
        { 'S_A', true },
        { 'S_A', true },
        { 'C_A', true, enhancement = 'm_wild' },
        { 'D_K', true },
        { 'D_K', true }
    },

    evaluate = function(parts)
        local down = parts.djvxx_down
        if not next(down) then
            return {}
        end
        if #parts._3 < 1 or #parts._2 < 2 then
            return {}
        end
        return {SMODS.merge_lists(parts._all_pairs, down)}
    end
})```

[hardy vessel]

Nothing, this always comes ups false. I tried with a few jokers and it looks like the second SMODS.Stickers['eternal'].should_apply == false statement always triggers, leading to eternal_compatalways being false

[rapid stag]

SMODS.merge_lists takes a table of tables

i.e.

local table1 = { bla, bla1, bla2 }
local table2 = { bla3, bla4, bla5 }

local merged = SMODS.merge_lists{ table1, table2 }

so you could get away with turning it into a table call, but if that still causes issues, try returning just the function result as it returns a table and as is, that will be a nested table

i have no experience with custom hands though, that's all i notice

[jagged gulch]

Hey I'm pretty new to Lua and wanted to try out something simple to get a understanding of balatro modding (Since I want to make a mod), so I decided the first step would be taking one of the example mods and turning it into something new... can someone explain why even when I dumbed it down to effectively the exact same text as the Deck of 4s from the example mod it crashes the game on start up?

 SMODS.Back{
    name = "Deck of Faces",
    key = "faces",
    pos = {x = 1, y = 3},
    config = {Jack = "4", Queen = "Queen", King = "King"},
    rng = random.math(0,3),
    loc_txt = {
        name ="Deck of Faces",
        text={
            "Start with a Deck",
            "full of {C:attention}random{} Face Cards",
        },
    },
    apply = function(self)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                for _, card in ipairs(G.playing_cards) do
                    assert(SMODS.change_base(card, nil, self.config.Jack))
                end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end
}```

(I'm probably going to be frequenting here a lot tbh since I'm very new and have little experience...)

[red flower]

can you post the crash log?

[jagged gulch]

Oh sure

[jagged gulch]

I think this should be it

[red flower]

ah it's math.random

[wanton jolt]

honestly i would not do random faces but try to spread them out eveenly

[red flower]

idk what that line is trying to do however

[jagged gulch]

It was there before I dumbed down the line

[jagged gulch]

That was the plan but I wanted to just

Get the logic to change the faces through a variable

So I can later edit said variable to be based on the value of the cards themselves

Rather then

Random

[red flower]

in the smods example?

[wanton jolt]

i have a wiki for you

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

that answers most modding questions

[jagged gulch]

No it was before I tried to retrace my steps to see what was crahing everything

[jagged gulch]

Thank you

[red flower]

ah ok

[wanton jolt]

and you can check how checkered deck changes the deck

-- Checkered Deck
SMODS.Back {
    key = "checkered",
    pos = { x = 1, y = 3 },
    unlocked = false,
    apply = function(self, back)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
                    if v.base.suit == 'Clubs' then
                        v:change_suit('Spades')
                    end
                    if v.base.suit == 'Diamonds' then
                        v:change_suit('Hearts')
                    end
                end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end,
    locked_loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, back)
        local other_name = localize('k_unknown')
        if G.P_CENTERS['b_black'].unlocked then
            other_name = localize { type = 'name_text', set = 'Back', key = 'b_black' }
        end

        return { vars = { other_name } }
    end,
    check_for_unlock = function(self, args)
        return args.type == 'win_deck' and get_deck_win_stake('b_black') > 1
    end
}

but instead of checking for suits you check for ranks

[red flower]

the deck of fours example is fine too

[wanton jolt]

you can check the rank by doing this
v:get_id() == 13 -- Ranks 2-10 are IDs 2-10, Ace is 14.

[jagged gulch]

Would something like this work or is the syntax wrong?```lua
-- Checkered Deck
SMODS.Back {
key = "checkered",
pos = { x = 1, y = 3 },
unlocked = false,
apply = function(self, back)
G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
func = function()
for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
if v.base.value == ('1', '2', '3') then
v:change_value('Jack') --editted part
end
if v.base.suit == 'Diamonds' then
v:change_suit('Hearts')
end
end
return true
end
}))
end,
locked_loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, back)
local other_name = localize('k_unknown')
if G.P_CENTERS['b_black'].unlocked then
other_name = localize { type = 'name_text', set = 'Back', key = 'b_black' }
end

    return { vars = { other_name } }
end,
check_for_unlock = function(self, args)
    return args.type == 'win_deck' and get_deck_win_stake('b_black') > 1
end

}```

[jagged gulch]

Oh

Id not value

Oh wait yeah value is set based on id right? I remember seeing that in the "Cards.Lua" code

[wanton jolt]

if v:get_id() == 2 or v:get_id() == 5 or v:get_id() == 8 or v:get_id() == 14 then
  assert(SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'Jack'))
end
if v:get_id() == 3 or v:get_id() == 6 or v:get_id() == 9 then
  assert(SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'Queen'))
end
if v:get_id() == 4 or v:get_id() == 7 or v:get_id() == 10 then
  assert(SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'King'))
end

something like this

theres probably a more elegant and mathematic way to do this but eh

[jagged gulch]

Ah ok

[wanton jolt]

i commented the change_value thing because i'm unsure how to do it

[jagged gulch]

Let me see the code for Death

Or strength

[wanton jolt]

right

[red flower]

the earlier code was correct, you use SMODS.chaneg_base

change

[wanton jolt]

oh its smods

does it take id or the rank name

[red flower]

name

[wanton jolt]

i changed the above snippet

since its in a event function i guess you could put in in assert hold on

[jagged gulch]

So put all together it would be:

        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
                    if v.get_id == 1 then
                        v:SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'Jack')
                    end ```
to change the value of all 1s into jacks

[red flower]

1 doesn't exist, if you want Ace it's 14

[wanton jolt]

Do you think there is a way to put a card sprite on top of another? I dont want to make sprites for each possible Totem (consumable) combination

[red flower]

yeah, drawstrps

drawsteps

look at the example The Soul in vanillaremade

[jagged gulch]

Oh right

[red flower]

canvassprites might also work but im bad at those to explain

[jagged gulch]

I thought it would just default to 2

[wanton jolt]

-- Checkered Deck
SMODS.Back {
    key = "deck_of_faces",
    pos = { x = 1, y = 3 },
    unlocked = true,
    apply = function(self, back)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            func = function()
                for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
                    if v:get_id() == 2 or v:get_id() == 5 or v:get_id() == 8 or v:get_id() == 14 then
                      assert(SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'Jack'))
                    end
                    if v:get_id() == 3 or v:get_id() == 6 or v:get_id() == 9 then
                      assert(SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'Queen'))
                    end
                    if v:get_id() == 4 or v:get_id() == 7 or v:get_id() == 10 then
                      assert(SMODS.change_base(v, nil, 'King'))
                    end
                end
                return true
            end
        }))
    end,
}

[wanton jolt]

i mean i guess i could put a empty soul pos

thats one of the ways i thought of

[red flower]

you should remove the locked loc vars and check for unlock

[wanton jolt]

yea

[red flower]

wdym?

[wanton jolt]

like a soul pos with a blank sprite, until its "combined" then soul pos changes to the head sprite

[red flower]

ah yeah i do that for one of my mods

[wanton jolt]

and i guess to merge and separate them i'd use consumables

[jagged gulch]

I assume it's because it needs a back texture since it only crashes when I click to it in the deck selection

[red flower]

remove locked loc vars and check for unlock functions
those are incorrect here

[wanton jolt]

yeah

remove them

also set unlocked to true

[red flower]

also i recommend installing the release version of smods instead of the latest commit

[hardy vessel]

I'm looking into context.modify_shop_card and I want to use it to change the first card in a shop line up but I'm not sure how to go about it. G.shop_jokers.cards[1] doesn't seem to work

[red flower]

what's the goal?

[hardy vessel]

Having specific jokers or Tarots appear at certain shops

[red flower]

do you want it to work like tags where they replace the first card of the set or always the first in the shop?

[hardy vessel]

first card no matter the set (so a joker could replace a planet, for example)

[red flower]

you should probably use create_shop_card instead and return the card you want the first time it's called

[wanton jolt]

fuck

[red flower]

you can check context.starting_shop to set a flag and context.ending_shop to remove it

[hardy vessel]

it seems like create_shop_card is checked before starting_shop shop. i don't see the modified shop card until i reroll (which is not ideal)

[dapper sun]

if i'm using a smods hold keybind, how do i get when it's released?

[hardy vessel]

My workaround for now will be using context.blind_defeated for now. Somewhat serves the same purpose for what I need

[prime timber]

for anyone that uses jokerforge, would you be able to explain the variables to me? i am trying to make a joker that prevents a blind from ending until all hands are played but i cant figure out how to work it

the basic thing i want to do is say "when hand is scored, if total score would exceed the blind (i.e. end the blind) & hands remaining are > 1 (so that you can actually still leave the blind once hands are gone), then reset the target blind to be your total score +1"

but it seems like the Blind Requirement condition and the Modify Blind Requirement effect are not working properly and not really letting me set the right numbers

[wanton jolt]

export your current joker code

i'll do the thing

[prime timber]

for realskies?

[wanton jolt]

yes

[prime timber]

like the .lua file?

[wanton jolt]

yes

[prime timber]

coming right up

[wanton jolt]

i will just make the code work but not clean it up to normal coder standards, you will still have forgeslop

[prime timber]

yeah of course, i want the slop

[wanton jolt]

ew

[wanton jolt]

fuck when i set the blind requirement it does it before it finishes scoring despite me putting in context.after

[prime timber]

yeah thats weird

just throwing ideas out there, would it maybe be possible to calculate the score before the hand is actually played, and then if the hand is played and before the cards are scored, increase blind to calculated value +1?

definitely clunky but idk if that would solve the problem

[red flower]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#why-does-the-animation-play-before-scoring-when-the-context-i-put-it-in-occurs-later

[wanton jolt]

omg it works thank you

[prime timber]

yay! success?

[wanton jolt]

wait

[prime timber]

okay tyt! thank you so much again

[wanton jolt]

why u saying ty and thank you

SMODS.Joker{ --Walter White
    key = "walterwhite",
    loc_txt = {
        ['name'] = 'Walter White',
        ['text'] = {
            [1] = 'Does not exit a {C:attention}Blind{}',
            [2] = 'until all hands are played'
        },
        ['unlock'] = {
            [1] = 'Unlocked by default.'
        }
    },
    pos = {
        x = 0,
        y = 0
    },
    display_size = {
        w = 71 * 1, 
        h = 95 * 1
    },
    cost = 6,
    rarity = 2,
    blueprint_compat = false,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = true,
    atlas = 'Joker',
    pools = { ["modprefix_mycustom_jokers"] = true },
    
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        
        return {vars = {(G.GAME.chips or 0)}}
    end,
    
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.after and context.cardarea == G.jokers and not context.blueprint then
                return {
                    func = function()
                        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                            func = function()
                                if (SMODS.last_hand_oneshot or G.GAME.chips >= G.GAME.blind.chips ) and G.GAME.current_round.hands_left > 0 then
                                    card_eval_status_text(card, 'extra', nil, nil, nil, {message = "Not Done Yet.", colour = G.C.GREEN})
                                    G.GAME.blind.chips = math.floor(G.GAME.chips + 1)
                                    G.GAME.blind.chip_text = number_format(G.GAME.blind.chips)
                                end
                                return true
                            end
                        }))
                    end
                }
        end
    end
}

[prime timber]

tyt is take your time

[wanton jolt]

oh

yeah minimum hands had to me > 0 because the hands get substracter before context.after is calculated

[prime timber]

oh that makes a lot of sense

how do i import this back into jokerforge?

[wanton jolt]

uhhh idk good luck

ask jokerforge discord

[prime timber]

will do, thank you for the help

@wanton jolt how would you normally add this in outside of jokerforge?

[pastel kernel]

Ok nothing’s working.

[wanton jolt]

well i would just not have the loc_txt in the joker file

because i handle loc in a separate file

[pastel kernel]

ok why tf am i not allowed to add or subtract the set value 0?

wdym start is a nil value?

[idle plaza]

What's your code and what's the exact error?

[pastel kernel]

i wrote card.ability.start instead of card.ability.extra.start, otherwise it's still not working as intended

eggman either ignores the "if sell value is 0" argument or is permanently sold even when the sell value is not 0

[idle plaza]

What's your code for that joker?

[pastel kernel]

SMODS.Joker {
    key = "eggman",
    unlocked = false, 
    atlas = "bb_legendary",
    blueprint_compat = true,
    pools = { ["bustjokers"] = true },
    rarity = 4,
    cost = 1,
    pos = { x = 0, y = 4 },
    soul_pos = { x = 0, y = 5 },
    config = { extra = { start = 0, gain = 3 } },
    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.start, card.ability.extra.gain } }
    end,
    add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
    for k, v in ipairs(G.jokers.cards) do
        if v.key == "j_busterb_eggman" then
        card.ability.extra_value = 0
        card.ability.extra.start = 0
        end
    end
end,
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.selling_card and context.card.ability.set == "Joker" then
            card.ability.extra_value = card.ability.extra_value + card.ability.extra.gain
            card.ability.extra.start = card.ability.extra.start + card.ability.extra.gain
            card:set_cost()
            return {
                message = localize('k_val_up'),
                colour = G.C.MONEY
            }
        end
    end,
    remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
        if G.jokers then
            if card.ability.extra.start < 1 then
                return true
            else
                local card = create_card("Joker", G.jokers, nil, nil, nil, nil, "j_busterb_eggman", "eggman")
                card.sell_cost = 0
                card:add_to_deck()
                G.jokers:emplace(card)
            end
            
        end
    end,
}```

i forgot to remove the comment, i stole this from egg

[idle plaza]

I don't think the remove_from_deck function allows you to prevent destruction? I think it's just a "do things in response to being destroyed" type of function.

Try using context.joker_type_destroyed in your calculate instead. This does let you return {no_destroy = true} when you want to prevent the destruction. Just check to make sure context.card == card alongside everything else.

[pastel kernel]

i was thinking of selling_self but idk if this also works

[idle plaza]

No clue. The smods wiki page on calculate functions only mentions joker_type_destroyed having any way to prevent destruction, but it's also not necessarily the most up-to-date thing in the world.

[pastel kernel]

somethingcom save me

[red flower]

it is the only way

[pastel kernel]

wait, context.card == card?

[red flower]

what are you trying to do? i didn't understand your description very well

[idle plaza]

Because joker_type_removed responds to everything gettin destroyed (except playing cards), whereas what you were using before, remove_from_deck was only called for the joker itself being removed.

[pastel kernel]

ok so, dr. eggman, legendary, he always starts at 0 sell value, it increases by 3 each time a joker is sold, and when you sell him, he reverts back to 0 sell value. if you sell him at 0 sell value, he disappears completely.

[red flower]

ah ok, i don't think this is something you can do with only the api

you would probably need to hook the sell function

[pastel kernel]

ah

i'll have to change his ability then

[idle plaza]

-# To be fair that looked kinda weak for a legendary anyways

[pastel kernel]

-# went with the egg route and made him an econ joker. maybe i can give the old ability of ultra greed and give it to eggman instead.

either that or you can suggest a different ability altogether

[pastel kernel]

the original ability was supposed to take from wario.

instead of selling a joker, it's when a joker is triggered

[wanton jolt]

how do i make it so a joker can't be debuffed at all when/if a certain sticker is applied on it

[idle plaza]

local old_set_debuff = Card.set_debuff
function Card:set_debuff(should_debuff)
    old_set_debuff(self, should_debuff)

    if self.ability.yourmodprefix_stickerkey then
        self.debuff = false
        self.perma_debuff = false
    end
end

My mod has the exact same idea, this is what I did for it.

[wanton jolt]

awesome thanks

[gilded blaze]

you can also use SMODS.debuff_card

[thorn ingot]

Hey guys, do you know how I could make one of the tags that appears on ante 2+ appear on ante 1?

I've been trying this, but it doesn't quite work.

        return (G.GAME.round_resets.ante >= 1)
    end,```

[idle plaza]

Use > not >=

>= means "greater than or equal" meaning 1 and above

> just means "greater than" so anything above 1, but not including 1.

[thorn ingot]

Wouldn't that make it not appear on ante 1? that's what I want.

[gilded blaze]

vanilla tags use min_ante to limit spawning
you want to remove that field when taking ownership

[idle plaza]

Oh I just misread, sorry.

[gilded blaze]

wait, in_pool takes priority over min_ante iirc

why doesn't it work

[thorn ingot]

I don't know been trying it and it just doesn't show up

[red flower]

probably some vanilla jank

[thorn ingot]

I'm trying to change the meteor tag

[gilded blaze]

ok I was wrong then

remove min_ante field

[thorn ingot]

okay, I'll rewrite that section.

thanks guys.

[wanton jolt]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[exotic hedge]

bam

[wanton jolt]

epic lolhappy win

[near coral]

Is the game hard coded to do Xmult after +mult

[wanton jolt]

uhhh

you could try giving mult on after?

[thorn ingot]

Aight, got it working. For posterity:

min_ante = nil, doesn't work. min_ante = 1, does.

[wanton jolt]

or use events?

[near coral]

I'm wanting a rekoj that does +mult after ÷mult (Xmult below X1)

But my coder said it's impossible without changing the inherent order for mult calculation

[tall wharf]

could you do just x1/divisor mult

oh

you can use like

SMODS.calculate_effect

[near coral]

Are you talking about the ÷mult or the mult order
The ÷mult is already handled

÷1.2 just equates to approximately X0.83333 so I just had it do that

[tall wharf]

mult order

[near coral]

Oh

And that's supposed to make an exception to the typical +mult then Xmult logic?

[tall wharf]

you just order it how you want

[near coral]

For context, is it that the vanilla process favors +mult over Xmult and the smods one allows complete freedom over the order applied?

[wild patrol]

is there a limit on how many animated jokers you can have

I added another one but the spirte sheet is invisible

everything is in the correct spot

[faint yacht]

return { xmult = val, extra = { mult = otherval } }

[wild patrol]

nvm I figured it out

my dumbass forgot to set the pos to 0

[rapid stag]

why not

local old_set_debuff = Card.set_debuff
function Card:set_debuff(should_debuff)
    if self.ability.yourmodprefix_stickerkey then
        return
    end

    old_set_debuff(self, should_debuff)
end

oh, thanks for leaving me scrolled up discord, very cool

debuff_card is probably also better for it, yeah

[near coral]

Why is this voucher wide

(Rightmost one)

[wanton jolt]

what does the atlas look like

[near coral]

It's the same size as the normal vouchers, I would know since I made them

However I didn't code them in, so I know it's a code thing

[wanton jolt]

thats what i asked kinda

the atlas code

[near coral]

Oh whoopsie

[near coral]

The size issue is persistent across both the tier 1 and 2 versions so I'm just sending the tier 1

[wanton jolt]

thats just the voucher code

[near coral]

I'm out of it today istg

[wanton jolt]

also you should change unlcocked to unlocked

[near coral]

They have a habit of misspelling things

In fact they accidentally gave 2 rekojes the same name

[wanton jolt]

anyway if you have the atlas for the vouchers

the atlas code

[near coral]

I don't know where to access the atlas code

I only know about the atlas graphic sheet

[wanton jolt]

uhh wait

oh ur github is

just the zip file

[near coral]

My github is outdated

I can send the test build here if you want

[wanton jolt]

i guess yeah

[wanton jolt]

yeah voucher px is 61 instead of 69

go on main.lua

[daring fern]

No, it should be 71

[wanton jolt]

true

i looked at the code above like an idiot

[near coral]

So it's 61 px instead of 71 px

[wanton jolt]

SMODS.Atlas({
    key = "Vouchers",
    path = "bzr_vouchers.png",
    px = 71,
    py = 95,
})

its 71 instead of 61

[near coral]

Yeah, I meant it as it currently being 61

[wanton jolt]

yeah

lol why are the jokers 95.1

[near coral]

I have no idea

I didn't even know that until now

If you want point out any more errors for me to fix, I can send them the updated lua file

[wanton jolt]

i mean most things that should be 71 * 95 arent

[near coral]

Such as what

[wanton jolt]

like misprint

consumables

[near coral]

Ok so bizarro misprint is a special case, it's supposed to have a mini rekoj inside of a display window

[wanton jolt]

wait no consumables just doesnt have the border

[near coral]

?

[wanton jolt]

the consumable file itself is similar to the atlas size given so its fine for now

and its the same for misprint

[wanton jolt]

i know i already tried to do something for you about that

[near coral]

The whole grade 10 ordeal has been solved already, at least I hope

So the consumables and "bzr_misprint" are supposed to be 71x95?

[wanton jolt]

no its fine

because the atlas size is the same as their actual image sizes

so there should not be any stretching issues

as far as i am aware

anyway i need to rly do my totems lol

[near coral]

I want to be on the safe side and have it be the standard measurements

All I need to know is if they're meant to be that

[wanton jolt]

for it to be in the standard measurements (idk for misprint and how its coded exactly

the consumables should be in a similar grid size than a joker so 71*95

while the card itself is 63*93

so there should be a left and right margin of 4px and a top and bottom margin of 1px

[near coral]

So while the smods measurement has it be the same grid size as jokers, the atlas sheet can still be the standard 1 px margin on all sides?

[wanton jolt]

well in the case of your consumables

the current smods measurement is the same as your actual sheet file

both are not standard

now you only have one consumable so its not that much of an issue yet

[near coral]

Well 2 really, a tier 1 and a tier 2

[wanton jolt]

i only see morality here

[near coral]

Oh wait I'm thinking of vouchers I'm rupid

Yes there's only one consumable

[wanton jolt]

yeah for vouchers you need to add some left and right margin

[near coral]

So instead of 1 px on all sides it's 4 px horizontally and 1 px vertically

And this accounts for both parrallel sides?

[wanton jolt]

just overlay your vouchers on this pic tbh

[near coral]

Skul

There's a horizontal margin of 6 px on the left and right is that correct?

[wanton jolt]

vouchers are thinner than consumables

yeah

[near coral]

And the consumables are 4 px horizontally

[near coral]

I just realized, bzr_misprint might just not have the 1px margins, seeing as each measurement is 2 below standard

So it shouldn't matter, seeing as they're to be stuffed inside a card sleeve

Ok I changed the consumable size on both the atlas code and atlass sheet and this is what I got

[wanton jolt]

did u add a margin

[near coral]

Atlas px I made 71x95 as well

It matches the canvas size

The voucher issue is fixed though

[wanton jolt]

did you reload the game or just the atlas

[near coral]

Whole game, but I saved everything before closing

[wanton jolt]

uhhh

weird

[near coral]

[wanton jolt]

did you also change the 2x? i know that question could be stupid

[near coral]

Oh wait you're right

I hadn't

Only the 1x

[wanton jolt]

did you do the 2x for the vouchers?

[near coral]

And I have the game with art smoothing on

[near coral]

No, it's weird

[wanton jolt]

wait you have python right

[near coral]

What are you trying to sell me

[wanton jolt]

just a one click resize assets

so that you change the 1x

click this

[near coral]

I have aseprite I can do it on my own

[wanton jolt]

and it does the 2x automatically

oh thats cool

[near coral]

Alright everything is fixed

[wanton jolt]

👍

[near coral]

[tranquil echo]

why is it evil

    key = 'effect_give',
    primary_colour = G.C.RED,
    secondary_colour = G.C.RED,
    default = 'PLACEHOLDER',
    collection_rows = {4,4},
}

SMODS.Atlas {
    key = "effect_give",
    path = "../../source/assets/1x/PLACEHOLDER.png",
    px = 34,
    py = 34
}

SMODS.Consumable{
    key = 'PLACEHOLDER',
    set = 'effect_give',
    pos = {x = 0, y = 0},
}```

[wanton jolt]

you forgot to localise the name

[tranquil echo]

whats the syntax for that

[wanton jolt]

b_modname_key in dictionary i'm sure

[tranquil echo]

what? 😭
sorry im really bad at this i wont understand unelss its handed to me on a silver platter

[wanton jolt]

do you have a localisation lua

[tranquil echo]

OHH LIKE FOR LANGUAGES

no

okay i understand now

[wanton jolt]

tough

i honestly dont know how to do localisation in the same file as the consumable

lol

but if u end up making a language lua its in

return{
  ...
  misc={
    ...
    dictionary ={
      ...
      k_modname_key = "effect give",
      ...
    },
    ...
  },
}

[tranquil echo]

ouuu okay

yeah i was figuring it out tysm

[wanton jolt]

... means there could be something there already

[tranquil echo]

and k_modname_key is k_[MODNAME]_key?

[wanton jolt]

k_[MODNAME]_[KEY]

modname being the prefix you set

[tranquil echo]

ah got it okay

[wanton jolt]

in my case felijo

[daring fern]

No, it should be b_key_cards

[tranquil echo]

what

[wanton jolt]

what

on right

you have to put _cards at the end

[tranquil echo]

mm okay

mmmm no it still hates me

[wanton jolt]

what did you put in the dictionnary

[tranquil echo]

k_embr_effectgive_cards = "Effects",

[wanton jolt]

your key is effect_give not effectgive

[tranquil echo]

"prefix": "embr",
is whats in my json

[wanton jolt]

it should be b_embr_effect_give_cards = "Effects",

god i'm tired