💻・modding-dev

[left sonnet]

    meter = 0,
    meter_active = true,
    pink = HEX("FFFDD492"),
    meter_func,

    meter_UIBox,
}

METER.meter_func = function()
        return {
                    n = G.UIT.C, config = {align = "cm", text_drawable = true}, nodes = {
                        create_progress_bar({
                            colour = METER.pink,
                            bg_colour = G.C.PURPLE,
                            label_position = "Right",
                            bar_rotation = "Horizontal",
                            min = 0,
                            max = 5,
                            w = 4.3,
                            h = 0.6,
                            tooltip = {
                            text = {"Meter Flavour Text" },
                            },
                            ref_table = METER,
                            ref_value = "meter",
                        }),
                    }
                }
end


METER.meter_UIBox= UIBox{
    definition=METER.meter_func(),
    config = {offset = {x=0, y=1}, align = "cm", bond = "Weak", text_drawable = true}
}
``` Also would it just be this then?

[primal robin]

Even this part have a lot of issues

[left sonnet]

I would love to learn

[primal robin]

METER is global variable, not local which is not okay unless it's unique enough

[left sonnet]

It is a bit vague but it will be the only one, and I plan on renaming it to something less generic, I agree

[primal robin]

then, meter_func and meter_UIBox specified inside METER in on top of file treated as elements of array aka [1] = meter_func, not meter_func = nil

A lot of text_drawable in ui, I personally not sure what it does but you definitely dont need it, it's internal variable

[left sonnet]

Could you elaborate on this?

[left sonnet]

Right yes, I meant to delete those, it was an attempt at a workaround to a deleted thing

[primal robin]

Which programming language you actually know?

[left sonnet]

C, C#, Python

I would understand C++ concepts if need be

Is this about them having random unassigned memory at the moment?

[primal robin]

in Lua, table is combination of dictionary and array, if you specify key = value, then it sets as key = value { a = "b", c = "d" }

But if you do like this { "a", "b" }, then they're inserted as elements of array and you'll get { [1] = "a", [2] = "b" }

{ meter_func, meter_UIBox } is same as { [1] = meter_func, [2] = meter_UIBox }

[left sonnet]

So if I tried to assign anything to them it'd be like assigning it to an array with no key?

[fading rivet]

Any idea why giving a UI box an offset is making it fly offscreen?
I have its major set to G.hand, and every time it renders it just flys off down-right

Im trying to make it appear in the same place the blind payout does

[left sonnet]

Guy invented Earth's gravity in Balatro

Not sure though

That might explain why 2 meter-like objects fall rapidly down the screen right before the starting Jimbo animation

[fading rivet]

I got it to stay put if I force its VT.y to a certain position, but that makes any items it rendered have their collisions work on what would be the next frame

which is why my button was offset

[left sonnet]

Odd

Wait

Just to be sure, you didn't accidentally do y-=1 instead of y=-1

[fading rivet]

that would crash

[left sonnet]

Oh, is that not valid syntax in Lua

[fading rivet]

unfortunately not

[left sonnet]

Damn

[left sonnet]

Just to be sure, I'm not missing anything here am I?
`# Implement meter UI definition
[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = 'functions/UI_definitions.lua' # The file you want to patch.
pattern = '''
contents.dollars_chips,
contents.hand,
''' # The line(s) you want to patch. In pattern patches it should be the whole line(s).

Make sure it's unique in that file. (Unless you want to patch multiple different lines, of course)

position = "after" # Where you want to patch it: 'before', 'after' or 'at' (this last one replaces the whole pattern)

payload = '''
{n=G.UIT.O, config = {object=METER.meter_UIBox}},
''' # What code you want to append/replace it with.
match_indent = true`

[primal robin]

because you need specify not only major, but also parent, offset and alignment for predictable behaviour

[fading rivet]

what would the parent be for an element I'd prefer to be standalone

like the blind cash out screen

[primal robin]

parent is parent it needs to be rendered inside of

it belongs for rendering mostly

For movement major is used

[fading rivet]

what would be the highest level parent then

[primal robin]

I mean highlt depends on what you want to render and where

[fading rivet]

^

[primal robin]

cash out consist of multiple parts

[left sonnet]

So for a near-guaranteed UIBox render, these are necessary?

[primal robin]

so what's wrong here

[fading rivet]

this was an old pic using some hacky stuff
made all the mouse collison inaccurate

but this is what I want it to look like

rn its just flying off the screen

[primal robin]

Just copy G.round_eval definition

[fading rivet]

I did

[primal robin]

Then you missed something while copying

it's pretty straightforward UIBox which positions itself in bottom center

[primal robin]

where's major

[fading rivet]

oh wait I removed it

lemme add it back

wtf

this id exactly the same as I had before why is it working 😭

thx

[primal robin]

spectator effect

[fading rivet]

wait the buttons still broken

[primal robin]

it's just too under the screen

[fading rivet]

???

[primal robin]

There's a limited area where colliding occurs

It's some distance from the edges

[fading rivet]

why does it detect my mouse where it is though?

[primal robin]

If it detects but on click nothing happens then button function you specify just does nothing for some reason

[fading rivet]

no the buttons working

its just offset down right for collision

[primal robin]

Probably fucked up UI structure

when you mixing up things you shouldn't game may not display/process UI properly

[fading rivet]

would drawing it at the end of the love.draw do this

[primal robin]

Why you draw it manually

[fading rivet]

honesty i dont know

I have a draw loop for my minigsme and put it in there

didnt think to add it to G.I somewhere

[primal robin]

Why you doing that in a first place

[fading rivet]

non balatro UI

[primal robin]

If you're messing around with G.I then you're 100% doign something very wrong and janky

[fading rivet]

how would you get standalone custom UI to render

[primal robin]

Or it's somethign very complicated and specific

Just create UIBox, it handles rendering for you

[fading rivet]

thats what I did and nothing shows up

[primal robin]

Because it needs to be attached to something

By default it's G.ROOM_ATTACH

[fading rivet]

but what would it be attached to if it's stand..
ah thx

[fading rivet]

parent/major or both?

[primal robin]

parent needs to be nil, because if parent is present, UIBox doesnt render by itself

[fading rivet]

ight

so major then?

or is there a parameter I didnt xatch

[primal robin]

major is for placing

[fading rivet]

how do I attach it then

...

[left sonnet]

Hey, does the role type go into the UIBox definition or the Object Node btw?

So like Major and such

[fading rivet]

okay now this happens

WHY IS IT MOVING

I never touched this wtf

@primal robin any idea?

[primal robin]

again, where's major

[fading rivet]

okay its not moving now but it wont render (this is drawn seperately)

i did major = G.ROOM_ATTACH

[fading rivet]

.

[rigid solar]

So I made a stake above gold that basically applies 1 more green/violet stake... Is it normal that the scaling starting from ante 9 is that insane? Ante 9 is a bit harder than Ante 10 on gold, and Ante 10 is almost twice as big as ante 11 on gold, wtf

also ante 8 is a straight x2 which is quite big

[left sonnet]

You've messed something up I'd imagine

[fading rivet]

okay so now at least the UI box isn't lying anymore

now I need to figure out the actuall position

[rigid solar]

i would assume so too but i just copied vanilla remade's code for green stake

[left sonnet]

You say it applies it one more time right? Show me your multiplication/addition/additional application

[glass scaffold]

VERY weird question:

How do I get the profile's name and be able to pass it into a localization file?

[left sonnet]

Teach me your way master

[rigid solar]

that's all

[left sonnet]

What's your scaling modifier

[rigid solar]

?

[left sonnet]

G.GAME.modifiers.scaling

[rigid solar]

that's all there is to the code

that's what the game uses for that effect

that's the code from vanilla remade

[left sonnet]

You have to look deeper into it then

[left sonnet]

It's not an immediately helpful answer but it is usually unlikely that you can find the issue if you're just looking at the above-the-hood code or not checking variables like modifiers.scaling

[fading rivet]

.

[signal lotus]

is there a smod method that turns the highlighted card into a certain rank

also what does assert() do

[left sonnet]

Thanks, I'll have a look

[left sonnet]

It tries to load the file and if it gets an error in the process it'll print it instead of crashing the game

[signal lotus]

oh

[rigid solar]

SMODS.change_base(the card, suit, rank)

[signal lotus]

ok

[signal lotus]

thanks

how do i get the highlighted cards rank?

and how do i turn it to a queen

[glass scaffold]

You can try and dig through Death's code to see how to get the rank.

[signal lotus]

do i just put like "queen" or something

[signal lotus]

sorry i meant suit

[glass scaffold]

Should be same case except looking for the suit.

[rigid solar]

G.hand.highlighted[1].base.suit (assuming you only have 1 card highlighted)

[glass scaffold]

Doing that won't work because all the cards have a respective value in code.

Aces = 14
Kings = 13
Queens = 12
Jacks = 11

[signal lotus]

ok thanks

[rigid solar]

if you want the rank you do G.hand.highlighted[1]:get_id()

[left sonnet]

And Major in this case acts as parent? Cause it affects what's moving it anyways

[signal lotus]

how do i do a certain rank]

like queen

i jyust put 11?

assert(SMODS.change_base(G.hand.highlighted[1].base.suit, G.hand.highlighted[1].base.suit, 11))

[left sonnet]

12

[fading rivet]

oops

yeah

and instance type makes it render

[rigid solar]

this function takes the name of the rank, so here you'd do "Queen"

also if you don't want to change the suit, you can just put nil

SMODS.change_base(G.hand.highlighted[1], nil, "Queen")

[left sonnet]

And you've got this in an Object Node elsewhere?

[signal lotus]

Oops! The game crashed:
[SMODS P"code.lua"]:38: Tried to call SMODS.change_base with invalid arguments: suit="Diamonds", rank="12"

Additional Context:
Balatro Version: 1.0.1o-FULL
Modded Version: 1.0.0~BETA-0406a-STEAMODDED
LÖVE Version: 11.5.0
Lovely Version: 0.8.0
Platform: Windows
Steamodded Mods:
1: TheP by GhostlessYT [ID: Perv, Version: 1.0]
2: DebugPlus by WilsontheWolf [ID: DebugPlus, Version: 1.4.2, Uses Lovely]
Lovely Mods:

Stack Traceback

(3) LÖVE function at file 'boot.lua:352' (best guess)
Local variables:
errhand = Lua function '(LÖVE Function)' (defined at line 575 of chunk [lovely debugplus.console "debugplus/console.lua"])
handler = Lua function '(LÖVE Function)' (defined at line 575 of chunk [lovely debugplus.console "debugplus/console.lua"])
(4) global C function 'assert'
(5) Lua field 'func' at file 'code.lua:38' (from mod with id Perv)
(6) Lua method 'handle' at file 'engine/event.lua:55'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x016d3310 {start_timer:true, timer:TOTAL, blockable:true, trigger:after, func:function: 0x01686fc0, delay:0.1, complete:false, time:48.048870866328, blocking:true (more...)}
_results = table: 0x00fc2c58 {blocking:true, pause_skip:false, time_done:true, completed:false}
(7) Lua method 'update' at file 'engine/event.lua:182'
Local variables:
self = table: 0x00fcd3e0 {queue_last_processed:39.533333333332, queues:table: 0x00fcd408, queue_dt:0.016666666666667, queue_timer:39.536464271982}
dt = number: 0.00995168
forced = nil
\

what did i do wrong

[fading rivet]

its all in here

[daring fern]

G.PROFILES[G.SETTINGS.profile].name

[glass scaffold]

Thanks

[left sonnet]

At this point it seems Object Nodes are for everything BUT UIBoxes 😭

So I can just call the UIBox directly

[fading rivet]

any idea why this won't place the image properly?

draw_results = function(self)
        if self.ability.results_ui then
            local cover_UIE = self.ability.results_ui:get_UIE_by_ID("chart_cover")
            if cover_UIE then
                local SPRITE_DIM = 300
                local transform = cover_UIE.VT
                local w = transform.w / SPRITE_DIM
                local h = transform.h / SPRITE_DIM
                love.graphics.push()
            love.graphics.scale(G.TILESCALE*G.TILESIZE)
                love.graphics.translate(
                    cover_UIE.VT.x + ((cover_UIE.layered_parallax and cover_UIE.layered_parallax.x) or ((cover_UIE.parent and cover_UIE.parent.layered_parallax and cover_UIE.parent.layered_parallax.x)) or 0),
                    cover_UIE.VT.y + ((cover_UIE.layered_parallax and cover_UIE.layered_parallax.y) or ((cover_UIE.parent and cover_UIE.parent.layered_parallax and cover_UIE.parent.layered_parallax.y)) or 0))
                love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1)
                love.graphics.draw(self.ability.cover_image, 0, 0, 0, w, h)
                love.graphics.pop()
            end
        end
    end,

[left sonnet]

No idea

[fading rivet]

welp this works ig

[glass scaffold]

Ok, I looked up how to try and concatenate the variable into the string, and we got that.

[rigid solar]

I found the problem, it's in SMODS' formula

whoever coded it added an extra multiplication on accident

i just opened an issue for that

[frosty dock]

oh whoops

[rigid solar]

Im surprised nobody noticed this issue, I assume it's been there since the function exists

Surely many mods have some additionnal green/purple stakes

[frosty dock]

I don't think it's been used that much

I know cryptid has these kinds of stakes, but I'm not sure if it doesn't provide its own scaling

not sure beyond that, but I do think it not being noticed correlates with it not being used much

then again there's been errors in widely used parts of smods code that went unnoticed none the less, so maybe no one else has cared yet

[frosty dock]

this is normal though, the scaling is intentionally nonlinear from ante 5 on

[left sonnet]

Yes ante 8 makes sense

[glass scaffold]

I've tried like 3 different methods to get this to pull the name. Nothing's worked and the quip has been blank.

Help. pls.

[frosty dock]

that's what you use variables for

the data you want to access is unavailable at the time localization is loaded

[rigid solar]

Yeah that I noticed

Which makes sense, I just didnt expect it to be this rough

[glass scaffold]

So I can't grab the profile name when the localization files are loaded.

[rapid stag]

bump

[frosty dock]

yeah, you have to use a variable. I think quips do support those?

[round lion]

has anyone tried giving a joker a frontsprite?

i don't mean a soul sprite, i mean an actual front sprite.

as in the layer the playing cards use

[frosty dock]

that works fine, you just assign a sprite to the card's children.front in set_sprites

[rigid solar]

that's just changing the card's sprite isnt it

[frosty dock]

not exactly, it's a separate layer

[rigid solar]

oh ok

[frosty dock]

-# you can also add your own layers with separate shaders using SMODS.DrawStep

[rigid solar]

im not well versed into how sprites work, i havent toyed too much with them

[wanton jolt]

i use stickers

[frosty dock]

that's a perfectly well alternative

[rigid solar]

stickers have a shader applied to them by default tho right?

[wanton jolt]

you can remove them anyway

[rigid solar]

right

[wanton jolt]

i can give you the code i use for my stitches

because they dont have shine

[median veldt]

Hey Quick Question

Is My button Supposed To Fly Off Screen When Summoned

rhetorical question ik its not

lemme get s video hold on

[fading rivet]

no need i know whats happening lmao

[fading rivet]

do this

and get rid of the thing that adds its to G.I.NODE or wherever you put it

[median veldt]

i got the video anyway

[median veldt]

i'm a little confused what you mean

[fading rivet]

in the code that creates teh UI box

[median veldt]

ok so the first one

mmm then what

just add the variables that i didnt add?

in the config?

[fading rivet]

add this in the config
major = G.ROOM_ATTACH, type="room",instance_type="CARDAREA"

[rapid stag]

how can i make a sticker not add its localization text to a card's info_queue?
figured it out with a hacky solution: made a dummy entry in localiztion whose only purpose is to be removed via code patched into generate_card_ui that passes over the info_queue, looks for it and sets that info_queue index to nil if the key matches, then had the sticker's loc_vars return that key

[fading rivet]

get rid of the table.insert

[median veldt]

oh rlly

alright lets tryyyyy

[fading rivet]

and do this

[median veldt]

ya

[fading rivet]

if u don't do that it won't render

[median veldt]

figured

YAY BUTTON

of course i'll need to adjust some things and i have no idea where the text is but

its a button

also why does the temp_func only run once

[fading rivet]

one_press=true

remove that

[median veldt]

woops

thank you so much

[signal lotus]

i thought this a thing why didnt it work

[median veldt]

from my understanding the text should be there, no?

the node exists

oh also the code for continuing a run doesn't work

do I need to hook into some savegame function to save G.GAME.BALATROSTUCK2_current_class? because the issue is that its not saving

[fading rivet]

no that should be saving

[median veldt]

~~well its not

wait hold on

i might just be: stupid

yeah I am

it was saving

i just didnt trigger a save

lmao

so yeah only problem is the text really

[rapid stag]

bump

[granite raptor]

what's the best way to add editions (or seals/enhancements) to played cards before scoring? the first approaches i tried with the before context each have their own problems and i feel like there's something i'm missing.

    calculate = function (self, card, context)
        if context.before then
            for _, playing_card in pairs(context.scoring_hand) do
                if playing_card.edition == nil then

                    -- Card scores as holographic and juices up before scoring but is visually editioned as soon as play is pressed, which looks odd
                    playing_card:set_edition("e_holo")

                    -- Card juices up and visually turns holographic before scoring, but does not actually score as holo
                    -- Additionally the juice up is immediately before scoring with no delay, which also looks odd
                    G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                        func = function ()
                            playing_card:set_edition("e_holo", true)
                            return true
                        end
                    }))

                end
            end
        end
    end

[wanton jolt]

use context.press_play?

[slim ferry]

you should do the former but instead make it playing_card:set_edition("e_holo", nil, true)

iirc

this delays the animation but still actually applies the edition while scoring is calculating

wait no

its "e_holo", nil, nil, true im pretty sure

[granite raptor]

huh, i didn't see the fourth argument in vanilla balatro's card.lua file, is that a steammodded addition?

[slim ferry]

yes

-# you should set up the balatro and steamodded lsp for that since smods has comments saying what functions get overridden since recently

[granite raptor]

i think i had it set up at some point but ever since setting up git source control it doesn't seem to work(?)

[slim ferry]

oh huh

well i mean lsp does feel a bit janky sometimes

so it might make sense

[granite raptor]

i have a .vscode folder in my mod directory with a classes and lib but it's in my gitignore (since the lsp def doesn't need to be tracked i don't think) and i don't know if that's causing it to not work

[slim ferry]

that shouldnt cause any issues

[granite raptor]

basically i have the mod folder open in VSC, in the mod folder is the usual .lua files and localization folder and all that, as well as the aforementioned classes and lib under <mod directory>\.vscode\ . unless it needs to be <mod directory>\.vscode\lsp_def\classes or smth

[slim ferry]

wait

no the lsp should be in a settings.json file

in the .vscode folder

pressing F1 and selecting Open workspace preferences (JSON) should take you to creating one

[granite raptor]

oh looks like there is one but it's just. my figura LSP library for some reason??? haven't even made a figura avatar in ages

[slim ferry]

lmfaoo

[granite raptor]

then how would i add the steammodded directory as an entry in settings.json if the mod folder looks like this, would i have to add the whole file path or is there "it's in the same folder as settings" shorthand or smth

[frosty dock]

relative path:

[granite raptor]

okay update, having lsp_def in the mod directory works but if i add lsp_def/ to .gitignore the autocomplete/function view/whatever it's called just stops working which is. kind of annoying, i'd rather not have the entire smods lsp_def in my repo, is there a workaround here

[frosty dock]

a vscode workspace with both your mod and smods should do

-# mine actually has the whole mod folder, which I don't claim is ideal

[granite raptor]

no such luck, .lua files seem to only autocomplete/have lsp def if they're parented to the smods folder

unless i gotta save the workspace first or smth >_>

[left sonnet]

Opening the Mods folder with VSCode works for me, odd

And as Cat said, having both SMods and your currently-working-on mod's folder in it

[granite raptor]

you mean like this, right? 'cause it's not working.
-# if it's not working because i'm using a symlink to have the mod folder in Documents\git\ then ourrruouorughughghhhh

[left sonnet]

A hwhat now

[left sonnet]

Yes that should be fine

[granite raptor]

symbolic link

ok, turns out the fix is

• have smods and my mod folder in the same workspace
• have lsp_def folder in both
• add lsp_def to .gitignore (git is only tracking my mod folder)

[frosty dock]

weird, that shouldn't be necessary

[pastel kernel]

How do you make it so that a button returns a different thing based on what joker you’re holding? Cause I just found out that ultra greed and Neo metal simultaneously activate when I click one of their buttons.

[rapid stag]

what's your button code

i do actually need to look into this myself as i i plan on implementing some wacky button stuff

[pastel kernel]

I’m pretty sure it works beyond “different jokers call for different buttons” and you can just assign a new return based on what joker it’s on

[rapid stag]

i see. and your button node?

[tranquil echo]

hallo!!
im crashing upon shop enter and im not sure why. i think its an issue with my custom rarity but im a little lost on why

    key = "effect",
    default_weight = 0,
    badge_colour = G.C.RED,
    get_weight = function(self, weight, object_type)
        return weight
    end,
}```

[median veldt]

how do i get contexts if I'm making a custom thing

like i don't have any code that actually calls use_ability yet i don't know what to put as the context

[pastel kernel]

ooobuttons = Card.highlight
function Card:highlight(is_highlighted)
    ooobuttons(self, is_highlighted)
    asc = {
        n = G.UIT.ROOT,
        config = { padding = 0, colour = G.C.CLEAR },
        nodes = {
            {
                n = G.UIT.C,
                config = { minw = 1, minh = 1, padding = 0.1, align = 'cm', colour = G.C.CLEAR },
                nodes = {
                    {
                        n = G.UIT.R,
                        config = { minw = 1, minh = 0.5, padding = 0.01, align = 'cl', colour = G.C.CLEAR, button = 'universaljokeruse', r = 0.1 },
                        nodes = {
                            UIBox_button { label = { "Use" }, scale = 0.4, minw = 1.3, minh = 0.7, colour = G.C.RED, r = 0.1, button = 'universaljokeruse' }
                        }
                    },
                }
            },
        }
    }
    if self.highlighted and self.config.center.evilbutton == true and not self.ability.extra.to_copy then
        self.children.love = UIBox({
            definition = asc,
            config = {
                parent = self,
                align = 'cm',
                offset = { x = -1.5 , y = 0 },
                colour = G.C.CLEAR
            }
        })
    elseif self.children.love and not self.highlighted and self.config.center.evilbutton == true then
        self.children.love:remove()
        self.children.love = nil
    end
end
-- WORK ULTRA GREED
function G.FUNCS.universaljokeruse()
    SMODS.calculate_context({greedbutton = true})
end

[round lion]

you can really throw whatever in as the context and have the card do something depending on it.

[median veldt]

it's nopt a card

its an Object

[round lion]

oh.

[wintry solar]

what are you trying to do

[round lion]

despite the de-cardeization, it still works like that.

[median veldt]

i'm writing the code that calls use_ability, and I don't know what to put in the function call

[wintry solar]

https://xyproblem.info

[median veldt]

here i'll back up a bit

you choose a Class

and this class has an ability

there's a button ingame that when clicked, it will call the class' use_ability function

Class derives straight from Object, so I don't think context is actually something passed yet

[round lion]

just call something like

if obj.use_ability then
obj:use_ability(obj, {whatever flags you want here})
end```

[wintry solar]

you don't need a context for that

[median veldt]

well

i do because different classes have different effects

actually i guess I still don't need contexts

[wintry solar]

yes but they will have their own functions

[median veldt]

yeah

[wintry solar]

so you just call the class's function when you click the button

[round lion]

is it a manually activated ability

[median veldt]

Yeah with the button

[round lion]

oh.

[median veldt]

You can only use it once per round (except for one which you can pay to use

[round lion]

you only need contexts if its a passive

[wintry solar]

that's also not true

contexts only exist because calculation calls the same function over and over again, the contexts provide different flags for different timings along with other useful information for each timing

[round lion]

thats stilll a "passive" activation

[rapid stag]

this is a bit of a hacky solution, but in the uibutton table call where you specify button, add ref_table = self

for your universaljokeruse func, add an e argument

then change your context call to a more generic one that allows you to distinguish that specific context, while making sure to pass in e.config.ref_table in your context table. so something like

function G.FUNCS.universaljokeruse(e)
    SMODS.calculate_context{ universal_joker_use = true, instigator = e.config.ref_table }
end

and then theoretically you should be able to distinguish between your different jokers in calculate by checking for card.config.center.key == context.instigator.config.center.key...?

regardless, you should be able to work something out from there. your primary issue is that you're trying to make your button func distinguish between two different sources without a way to do so

although from there, you'll probably run into a problem where if you have duplicates, they'll both do something when you press the button on one

honestly, maybe instead of using a calculate context for this, you might be better off setting up a function in your joker, something like

function G.FUNCS.universaljokeruse(e)
  local card = e.config.ref_table
  if card.config.center.my_func and type(card.config.center.my_func) == 'function' then
    card.config.center.my_func()
  end
end
```? and then doing what you need the button to do in that function

[round lion]

as in it could happen without forced input

[wintry solar]

forced input could also use contexts though, it's about functions being used for multiple different things from different places, not whether it's passive or active

[median veldt]

oh shit okay uh

so that Class object

i've created one and I:
a) don't know how to check if it exists
b) don't know how to actually spawn one into the game

Oh sorry it's a GameObject

Same issues thoug

[tranquil echo]

alright time for my issue 😓
ive made a custom rarity. when entering the stop, my game just crashes immediately. this is the code for my custom rarity

    key = "effect",
    default_weight = 0,
    badge_colour = G.C.RED,
    get_weight = function(self, weight, object_type)
        return weight
    end,
}```
and here is the crash

[round lion]

how's text styling done

as in wheres the files for it

[pastel kernel]

…I think different buttons isn’t such a bad idea.

[round lion]

smods' haunted.

i can't find how {button:} is done

[pastel kernel]

Documentation me thinkss

[rapid stag]

this isn't necessarily different buttons per se, just more actually trying to distinguish one button use from the other, since your issue was that your button use on one joker was triggering both what you wanted that button to do and your other joker's button functionality - you just weren't distinguishing between the two at all

[deft gust]

How do I implement a Shoot the Moon effect in code? The example mod I'm going by doesn't have an example for this

[round lion]

im not trying to flood g.funcs though

[tranquil echo]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/1abd606dc26c46f0c7b281995f40fb25b1d54b4f/src/jokers.lua#L4373

[pastel kernel]

Oh no what I meant was I think I should just make another button.

Trying to figure out how to make a button work is already stress for one day.

[fading rivet]

if your using buttons that going to happen

[pastel kernel]

Trying to do it on multiple jokers will just make me suicidal.

[deft gust]

oh perfect
thanks!

[round lion]

welp, ONWARDS TO HITTING THE FUNCTION LIMIT

(and a shit ton of knuths arrows worth of coding warcrimes

like actually, wheres the commit that lead to this, my head feels like it will split open

[pastel kernel]

Saxton Hale - Spend $5 to increase operator, increases price by ^1.5 each use.

Actually make that $25

[round lion]

atp i think they killed a person to make that function possible

cause i cant even find a commit about it

[tranquil echo]

i might tweak i would LOVE help with my crash 😭

[pastel kernel]

LOVE? like LÖVE2D?

[tranquil echo]

yes

i think ive asked four times now across two different days and ive been ignored each time

and i cannot figure it out myself

[pastel kernel]

What’s ur crash

[tranquil echo]

^^

[rapid stag]

i've looked at this crash several times and can't figure out why it's doing that, sorry 😭

[tranquil echo]

😭

lovely

[twilit hearth]

how are you guys teaching yourselves how to make these mods? I need some advice

[pastel kernel]

why are you on 0.8?

and why is your version 1224?

[tranquil echo]

what

[twilit hearth]

if im being honest i started vibe coding but that can only get me so far. and also i feel dirty doing it

[rapid stag]

steamodded wiki and vanillaremade are your friends

[fading rivet]

slamming my head against a wall aka digging into balatros code and other mods code

[pastel kernel]

your mods are not of latest

[twilit hearth]

I started doing that too

i wanted to die

[tranquil echo]

oh yeah i havent updated in a while

[fading rivet]

whats your editor?

[tranquil echo]

shoulkd i do that

[twilit hearth]

vscode

[pastel kernel]

lovely 0.9 now

[fading rivet]

do you have the LSP

[pastel kernel]

1503? now

[twilit hearth]

LSP?

[rapid stag]

and also repeatedly ramming my head into the wall, too

[versed swan]

Lots and lots of practice and experience, and also lots of asking for help (from human programmers)

[fading rivet]

along with config set up for smods lsp

[fading rivet]

lua server protocol

type hints and stuff

[twilit hearth]

I did not know that was a thing

is it an extension?

[versed swan]

Yes, theres one for VSCode

[tranquil echo]

version.dll in the balatro steam folder is for lovely right

[rapid stag]

yes

[versed swan]

these b*ts are getting crazy now theyre promoting lua???? /j mods do not ban pls

[fading rivet]

LMAO

[rapid stag]

is it possible to set up something similar to a workspace library in notepad++

[fading rivet]

hold up funny idea

FRIXK NO CHROMECRASHRS

I dont got wifi

oh nvm the stuff is still stored in cache sick

[pastel kernel]

What’s this

[twilit hearth]

oh wait

yeah I do have lua

[fading rivet]

DEVELOPERS HATE THIS ONE EASY TRICK!!
go to https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki for free tips on how to mod!!!

[fading rivet]

adds smods and balatros lsp to the thing

[twilit hearth]

right but where is this

[fading rivet]

.vscode/settings.json

[pastel kernel]

However sometimes people don’t know where to use certain things

[twilit hearth]

wait

I dont have smods downloaded???

[fading rivet]

?????

[twilit hearth]

I have Steamodded

not smods

what did I do wrong here

[fading rivet]

thats smods

[twilit hearth]

I tried to run smods beta or whatever from the github and it kept crashing

I think I installed this one from the balatro mod manager

well regardless I added those paths to the settings

[twilit hearth]

question

is the extra calculate function at the bottom necessary for essentially what is a worse golden joker?

[rapid stag]

...there's a mod manager?

[twilit hearth]

Yeah but apparently its extremely outdated

[inner terrace]

in this case, I think so, since it's setting dollars to a value, it needs to be able to access the context of when to do that <-- am still relatively new to all this, I very much could be wrong

Hmm
Is it possible to rename "chips", or is that hardcoded where it appears? If a poker hand name is changed (using take_ownership and a localize() call), it more or less auto-updates everywhere else, but I can't find a similar method for something as base as the term chips

[tranquil echo]

hey i figured it out

[rapid stag]

what was it?

[tranquil echo]

no fucking idea

but it snot crashing anymore 😭

i replaced my custom rarities file with the one here, and then i added my custom rarity to this file, ran it once, and then i removed the vanillaremate part

and its working

[daring fern]

I think you could use SMODS.current_mod.process_loc_text and iterate over it recursively and use string.gsub

[inner terrace]

I'll have to look into it! That sounds sick

[tranquil echo]

what are some mods with custom card areas i can look at for reference

i dont wanna pester yall wit questions and so i just want examples ^^

[rapid stag]

for setting up the cardarea, you could look into the helper function introduced with steamodded 1221a: https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/1221a#modobjectcustom_card_areas-helper-function

and here's a screenshot of how i do this in my mod where i implement a custom 1-joker-large cardarea for certain custom decks

iirc atm you will also need to write a patch to add the cardarea to evaluation - something like:

[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]'
pattern = "-- TARGET: add your own CardAreas for joker evaluation"
position = 'before'
payload = '''
if [condition to check if your cardarea exists] then table.insert(t, [reference to your cardarea here]) end
'''
match_indent = true
overwrite = false
times = 1

see here how joyousspring does that

hope that helps

i'm new to custom cardarea stuff myself. so far what i know is that you can populate it using SMODS.create_card/SMODS.add_card by including area = [reference to your cardarea] in your arguments

[tranquil echo]

where do i put this patch

a little lost on that part

[rapid stag]

in a .toml file in the /lovely/ subdirectory of your mod

[tranquil echo]

mm ok ty

[tranquil echo]

youll never believe it

im having more strange nil index crashes!

lemme keep tinkering but i may have questions

wait i know exatcly whats going on holdon

im trying to make a consumable spawn a specific joker in a specific card area

    key = 'sparkling_water',
    atlas = 'Potions',
    set = 'effectGive',
    pos = {x = 1, y = 1},
    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.4,
            func = function()
                play_sound('tarot1')
                SMODS.add_card({
                    key = 'j_embr_sparkling_water',
                    area = 'embr_potionArea',
                })
                return true
            end
        }))
        delay(0.6)
    end,
    can_use = function(self, card)
        return true
    end
}```

[rapid stag]

...that's odd. my understanding of what T is in that context is to do with sprite rendering. it shouldn't be nil. do you still get this crash on the current release of steamodded?

[tranquil echo]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh let me update my steammodded

😓

[rapid stag]

wait a minute

does the area arg take a string?

it could be to do with that. try passing a direct reference to the cardarea instead

[tranquil echo]

why the FUCK did potassium turn itself on after i updated smods LMFAO

[rapid stag]

that's interesting

[tranquil echo]

how silly

but that fixed it

i need to play with the scalee but its there

oh wow you can just drag these freely😭

[rapid stag]

that means it's not being added to your cardarea correctly

could i see your cardarea definition

[tranquil echo]

fixed it ^^

i was using create_card instead of add_card

[rapid stag]

i was about to bring up the docs for these funcs, but yes, that would do it

[median veldt]

bump :3

[rapid stag]

oop. what was your code for this object?

[median veldt]

kind of bad, but it is what it is.

and here's a definition of one

[median veldt]

sorry, ping because late reply

[rapid stag]

all good

hmm. are you running debugplus? if so that would be quickest to help determine if the class exists

[median veldt]

yep! ^u^

[rapid stag]

in-game, try just simply doing eval BS2.Classes and eval BS2.Class in the console and seeing what that outputs. if you get anything other than nil, that means your things exist. but would also be useful to see if it's as you expect

as for spawning one, do you know where you want to spawn them? into the joker area? the consumables area? the hand area? your own custom cardarea?

you could also test spawning that with debugplus, too

[median veldt]

looks right

[median veldt]

they're not really cards at all

[rapid stag]

that makes sense

[median veldt]

there's only ever one at a time

[rapid stag]

but given that you want to spawn it, you intend for there somewhere for it to be, no?

[median veldt]

i'm actually not sure if i am getting the meaning of spawn right

[rapid stag]

i see

[median veldt]

i just need there to be the presence of the object so that its ability can be triggered

i suppose i could put it somewhere with no sprite or anything

[tranquil echo]

i hate to bother you over and over
however
what do i put in my utils.lua for it to properly patch? when using target = '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua]' it crashes complaning that utils.lua doesn exist which is correct.
i tried pointing it towards target = '=[SMODS _ "src/objects/cardarea.lua"]' and that loads the game but the new joker doesnt do anything
the attached crash is for the former case

[rapid stag]

in that case, you could make a variable in G.GAME to put it in

[median veldt]

G.GAME.BALATROSTUCK2_class

[rapid stag]

...what? the first one should work. what is the patch?

[median veldt]

figured, but like.

how

what value do i put

[tranquil echo]

version = "0.1.0"
dump_lua = true
priority = 0


[[patches]]
[patches.pattern]
target = '=[SMODS _ "src/utils.lua"]'
pattern = "-- TARGET: add your own CardAreas for joker evaluation"
position = 'before'
payload = '''
if true then table.insert(t, embr.potionArea) end
'''
match_indent = true
overwrite = false
times = 1```

[median veldt]

what exactly is embr?

[tranquil echo]

my mod prefix

[median veldt]

m

i think this might be running before that's registered? maybe

not really sure.

[rapid stag]

change your condition to if embr and embr.potionArea then

[median veldt]

oh yeah true

[median veldt]

anyway, yes.

[tranquil echo]

omg that worked

[median veldt]

um.

[tranquil echo]

thank you i love you so much

[median veldt]

what value

i've never really created a custom gameobject

the gameobject is bs2_class_bstuck2_[class name]

[rapid stag]

under what condition do you want the object to be
i guess, spawned, since there isn't really a good term for it

[tranquil echo]

created?

[median veldt]

"exist"

rather than "not exist" which is what it is currently i think

hold on let me check something

[tranquil echo]

i lied
it booted but it still doesnt work if its in the custom area

[median veldt]

i'm assuming this means that i am wrong in my judgment

[tranquil echo]

sorry twin but i have no idea 😭

mine is a really janky way doing things
the stuff in my custom card area is just regular jokers disguised as something else

[rapid stag]

check lovely/dump/SMODS/_/src/utils.lua to see if the patch is being applied

[median veldt]

hm. line 70 is the first in the screenshot.

oh

wiat

nope

i know the problem

[tranquil echo]

this file is 3.5k lines long what am i looking for in here

[median veldt]

check the part where you patched!

[rapid stag]

i actually don't know anything about creating gameobjects 🫠 much less instantiating one into a G.GAME variable. i'm sorry

[rapid stag]

ctrl + f for -- TARGET: add your own CardAreas for joker evaluation

[median veldt]

one moment i might not need to instantiate it if this works.

i in fact do not!!!

[rapid stag]

oh right this specifically is a iteration issue

[median veldt]

i needed to use ipairs

i know that, i just didn't catch it

[rapid stag]

i was about to bring that up yeah

[median veldt]

so basically i can just call use_ability directly on the thing

which is awesome.

[tranquil echo]

i may be stupid

[tranquil echo]

its there!!

        local t = {G.jokers, G.consumeables, G.vouchers}
        if embr and ember.potionArea then table.insert(t, embr.potionArea) end
        -- TARGET: add your own CardAreas for joker evaluation
        return t
    end```

[median veldt]

isnt it embr.potionArea

[rapid stag]

that would do it

[tranquil echo]

well
it is not unfortunately

[rapid stag]

what is the correct way to refer to your cardarea

[tranquil echo]

wait

is it not embr.potionArea?

[rapid stag]

could i see your cardarea definition please

[tranquil echo]

    game.embr_potionArea = CardArea( 
        16, -- x coordinate
        3, -- y coordinate
        game.CARD_W * 2, 
        game.CARD_H * 0.5, 
        {
           
            card_limit = 1,

            type = 'joker',
            
            highlight_limit = 1,
           
            no_card_count = true, 
            align_buttons = true, 
        }
    )
end```
pulled off of the smods wiki

in its own file

[median veldt]

G.embr_potionArea

i believe

[tranquil echo]

youre probably right

[rapid stag]

i gueeess that could work, but iirc what's recommended is to put it into your mod's global table and refer to it that way

[tranquil echo]

it was not

[rapid stag]

do you have a global mod table that you put things into?

[tranquil echo]

nope

[rapid stag]

i see. you should just be able to put it into a global variable anyway so that SMODS can access it

so before your cardarea definition, put

[your global variable name here] = nil
``` then immediately following it but before the end of the function, put
```lua
[your global variable name here] = game.embr_potionArea
``` then in your patch, change the payload content to
```lua
if [your global variable name here] then table.insert(t, [your global variable name here]) end

the name can be anything you want, so long as it is exactly the same across all substitutions

[tranquil echo]

aye that worked

you are so magical thank you

so much 😭

[rapid stag]

np 👍

[median veldt]

<@&1133519078540185692>

sigh

do you think the people who get hacked fall for the same scam that the accounts do or do they do multiple different kinds

cuz if so thats just sad

actually i'm pretty sure it is the same

like a virus

i once fell for that steam report scam and they had just done the same thing

[thorn ingot]

lmao, that one was funny. To be fair, coding too much messes you up.

[median veldt]

lmao??

[thorn ingot]

I meant the way the spam was worded.

[median veldt]

oh yeah lmao

what function can i hook into to set a variable at the start of every round?

[rapid stag]

elaborate on the start of every round? like when you start a blind? or when you start a new run/load it?

[median veldt]

the former

[rapid stag]

hook new_round()

[median veldt]

it's iin G.GAME so it'll save if you load it

kk

Lets hope I remember how to hook lets go its been a bit

[median veldt]

G.FUNCS.new_round or just new_round

[rapid stag]

just new_round()

takes no args

[median veldt]

kk

did I do that right

[rapid stag]

yes

for anyone reading back over this and wanting the latter, that'd be Game.start_run(self, args)

but for that one, if you want a point in runtime that's still in the main menu, G.FUNCS.start_run(e, args)

[median veldt]

,

maybe cuz its lovcal

no that cant be right

[rapid stag]

probably because of the _

[median veldt]

cuz i have this one earlier

BRo

al i did was change the name

let me check what line that is

[frosty rampart]

it needs to be local new_round_ref = new_round, without the parentheses

[median veldt]

oh

woops

[rapid stag]

oh

[median veldt]

i knew that

[frosty rampart]

you should be copying the function itself, not the return value of the function

[median veldt]

yea

[vocal helm]

Is there a way to check for a poker hand in G.hand instead of G.play?

[frosty rampart]

pretty sure there's a function that evaluates poker hands for any given table of cards, but i don't know the name of it off the top of my head

[frosty rampart]

oh it's literally evaluate_poker_hand()
pass it a table of cards (e.g. G.hand.cards) and it'll return a table with a bunch of other tables detailing all the contained poker hands

[vocal helm]

sweet, thanks!

[daring fern]

No, it would be G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info

[vocal helm]

Ah; with that, how would I get a poker hand? i.e. checking for "Two Pair" in G.hand.cards

...where is G.FUNCS found in the code, anyway? I'm checking the lovely dump and I could also benefit from checking draw_from_hand_to_deck

[daring fern]

G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info is in src/overrides.lua, G.FUNCS.draw_from_hand_to_deck is in functions/state_events.lua

[vocal helm]

thanks!

thanks!

[daring fern]

next(select(3, G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info(G.hand.cards))['Two Pair'])

[frosty rampart]

do you mind elaborating on the difference between the two?

[vocal helm]

-# why select(3, ...)

[daring fern]

evaluate_poker_hand doesn't call context.evaluate_poker_hand

[frosty rampart]

ah, fair enough

[daring fern]

Because G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info returns 5 values, and the third one is the poker hands.

[vocal helm]

ahh, okay!

[vocal helm]

Thanks for the help!

[median veldt]

is there a function i can call that would serve the same effect as return { message = whatever } in a joker

like making a message pop up under a card

[daring fern]

SMODS.calculate_effect(effect, card)

[glass scaffold]

So does a calculate function for SMODS.Challenge work as normal or is there some trickery I need to know going in?

[daring fern]

It's the same as an SMODS.Back calculate function.

[vital wren]

both ceremonial dagger and riff-raff trigger on context.setting_blind but ceremonial dagger triggers first. why does their order in the joker zone not affect the order of their resolution?

wait. i think i know what's wrong. my code

the event manager my nemesis

[upbeat swallow]

Is it possible to replace the Jimbo card that appears when you win/lose?

And possibly the default Jimbo joker that appears in games even if you disabled vanilla jokers

[glass scaffold]

So this SHOULD spawn only 5 of the same Joker, but it's spawning infinite of random ones

[daring fern]

You need a context check also you're returning true before it can create the other four jokers.

[glass scaffold]

So what context check should I use for when I start the run?

[glass scaffold]

I got it to spawn all 5 of the same Joker, so that's fixed

[daring fern]

You shouldn't, you should use apply

[gilded blaze]

for i = 1, 1, 5 do

that would be start = 1, end = 1, step = 5

[glass scaffold]

Ok, about to test this nightmare out.

Nope.

[gilded blaze]

use #G.jokers.cards ~= 5 instead of not (#G.jokers.cards == 5)

the error would be not (#G.jokers.cards = 5), you're trying to assign instead of comparing

[glass scaffold]

And this would allow me to use the apply properly instead of relying on calculate, yes?

apply = function(self, back) rather than the calculate?

This keeps throwing [SMODS WildcardCollection "crossmod/music_music_rotation.lu:48: attempt to index field 'jokers' (a nil value).

And for the life of me, I don't get how.

[gilded blaze]

that's because apply is called before areas are initialized

put that inside an event

[glass scaffold]

5 Weezers

FINALLY it works

[umbral zodiac]

why is your game malignantly orange

[glass scaffold]

Trance

[umbral zodiac]

i know that

but like why so orange

[glass scaffold]

Spooky theme

[umbral zodiac]

[peak void]

im curious, is there a way to get highlighted jokers/consumables the same way you can get highlighted cards in hand?

[daring fern]

G.jokers.highlighted and G.consumeables.highlighted

[peak void]

oh, you can do that? thank you

[umbral zodiac]

note that the cards in that table will be in the order they were highlighted

not the order they’re placed in

[peak void]

unrelatedly, is it possible to get card retriggers from the use event of a consumeable?

    use = function(self, card, area, copier)
        G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
            trigger = 'after',
            delay = 0.4,
            func = function()
                play_sound('timpani')
                card:juice_up(0.3, 0.5)
                return true
            end
        }))
        for _, playing_card in ipairs(G.hand.cards) do
            if SMODS.has_enhancement(playing_card, 'm_bonus') then
                G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                    trigger = 'after',
                    delay = 0.4,
                    func = function()
                        playing_card:juice_up(0.3, 0.5)
                        ease_dollars(math.max(0, card.ability.extra.bonus_dollars), true)
                        return true
                    end
                }))
            end
        end
        delay(0.6)
    end,

Here's what I'm doing. It works, but obviously there's nothing that checks for retrigger effects like red seals or mimes. I'm like, fairly certain that it's just not possible to do this, which is probably fine, but it would be nice I guess

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[peak void]

well this already works

it just adds $4 for every bonus card in hand when the consumeable is used

the goal is ideally to make it so that if the card would be retriggered in hand, it would give $4 again

[daring fern]

for k, v in pairs(G.hand.cards) do
    if SMODS.has_enhancement(v, 'm_bonus') then
        local reps = {1}
        local j = 1
        while j <= #reps do
            G.E_MANAGER:add_event(Event({
                trigger = 'after',
                delay = 0.4,
                func = function()
                    v:juice_up(0.3, 0.5)
                    ease_dollars(math.max(0, card.ability.extra.bonus_dollars), true)
                    return true
                end
            }))
            if reps[j] == 1 then
                SMODS.calculate_repetitions(v, {repetition = true, cardarea = G.hand, card_effects = {{}, {jokers = {dollars = math.max(0, card.ability.extra.bonus_dollars)}}}}, reps)
            end
            j = j + 1
        end
    end
end

[vital wren]

is there somewhere i can hook that will let me do stuff just after a run starts but after any consumeables from deck/challenge have been gained?

[mystic river]

you might not need to hook it
have you tried reset_game_globals?

[vital wren]

wasn't aware of it. where does that get called?

[peak void]

that works, thanks! I didn't know about calculate_repetitions

[mystic river]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/The-Mod-Object#modreset_game_globalsrun_start
not sure of the exact timing off the top of my head
you can try searching the code, or you can just put your thing in there with a couple test prints to see

if it's too early you can probably just use an event to delay your thing

[vital wren]

neat, ill give it a try

[sleek valley]

would there be a way for a blind to debuff all scored cards?
like, i want to make it so that the unscored cards are the only ones that count to score

making them count was easy, just copy Splash code, but making the scored card not count is where im struggling

[daring fern]

Do you want to debuff it or make it unscoring?

[sleek valley]

is that... not the same thing?

[daring fern]

Yes, there are jokers that trigger on unscored cards.

[sleek valley]

ah right
let's say debuff then

[daring fern]

if context.debuff_card and next(G.play.cards) and SMODS.in_scoring(context.debuff_card, select(4, G.FUNCS.get_poker_hand_info(G.play.cards))) then
    return {debuff = true}
end
```?

[sleek valley]

uuhhh nope, doesnt work .w.

maybe i wrote smth here wrong, idk

[drifting garden]

how can i allow the player to select 2 jokers at once while they have a card selected that wants to interact with 2 jokers? i know cryptid did it, but looking through the files i can't find where that code is :(

[slim ferry]

https://github.com/SpectralPack/Spectrallib/blob/7b92966e527b99a7afb0b70a7a08d4fd9295582c/other_utils.lua#L17-L23 this does it permanently like in cryptid, idk how to make it if you have a specific card selected without breaking other stuff that changes the limit

[rigid solar]

yeah basically you just manipulate G.jokers.config.highlighted_limit

[wintry solar]

you can use something like this for dynamic adjustments when you select ceertain cards

[nimble jay]

sorry if this is easy and im just missing it, but how do you check if the played hand has at least two scoring cards of the same rank and suit?

[median veldt]

what are events actually for?

no i was not

[nimble jay]

my bad

[umbral zodiac]

they run when they can, useful for making code that waits for and runs after some condition is met

additionally since it’s a queue you more easily control the order of things happening

[hidden aspen]

because by default events block each other, and some animations are events it allows to do something on animation finish / chain animations

[median veldt]

mm

i see

also is it just me or is this just scuffed

[obtuse wraith]

Jade Penguin moment.

[versed swan]

I'm just gonna give this to you:

local function has_identical_cards(card_list)
  local ranks = {}
  for _,card in ipairs(card_list) do
    local rank = card:get_id()
    local suit = card.base.suit

    ranks[rank] = ranks[rank] or {}

    if ranks[rank][suit] == true then
      return true -- The for-loop stops here
    else
      ranks[rank][suit] = true -- After, we go check the next card
    end
  end
  -- All cards checked and nothing was found
  return false
end


-- To use the function:
if has_identical_cards(G.play.cards) then
  -- do something
end

[sleek valley]

idk, looks fine to me /j

[nimble jay]

thank you sm!!!

[tranquil echo]

how would i check if a certain card is in a card area

and also, how would i change the functionality of an already existing enhancement

[hidden aspen]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#how-do-i-get-if-the-player-has-a-certain-card

[tranquil echo]

oh lovely

[hidden aspen]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/API-Documentation#taking-ownership

[tranquil echo]

so many of my questions i just dont know where the answers are

tysm

[median veldt]

is it possible to like
card.use()
and it'll use it if card is a consumable

[tranquil echo]

wdym?

[median veldt]

like if I were to run a for loop through G.consumeables.cards and if they're a certain type of consumable, force it to be used

cuz i have a deck that i want to spawn two cards and use them immediately

[tranquil echo]

ah

i mean i thiiiink so?

[turbid kindle]

Infinite Tower
Legendary Joker

If your hope is known to shatter and you doubt that we'll survive [...]
All tags become Lightbulb Tags. Use this card to consume one Lightbulb Tag and gain +2 xMult.

Lightbulb Tag
At the beginning of blind, turn all playing cards in hand into the Brights suit and give them the light enhancement.

Brights (from 0 Error)
Brights have the special property of counting as all 4 vanilla suits.

Light Card (from Cryptid)
When played with 5 other scoring cards, gain x0.2 Mult and increase requirements by 5.

I'm making an expansion mod that requires both 0 Error and Cryptid and this is the first legendary joker. Thoughts?

[tidal hemlock]

did i just make 4 halves of brights

ASaS has 4 special suits that acts as 2 of each vanilla suit

[turbid kindle]

You made your own suits

You shouldn't compare your mods to other mods, because what you bring to the table is its own thing and you should keep it that way!

Besides Brights interact weirdly with flushes

[tranquil echo]

how do i change the description of something based on a condition?

😓

[red flower]

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

[tranquil echo]

i love oyu

uh
i may be stupid
but what if my description changes if a different card exists

can i put an if inside of my loc_vars?

[vital wren]

oh dang, i didn't know VR had an faq. im gonna read the whole thing and learn so much shit lol

[red flower]

yes

[tranquil echo]

oh peak ok

im doing that then!

[vital wren]

how would i check a card's printed suit ignoring wild and smeared joker?

does card.base.suit do that?

[rapid stag]

yeah, checking card.base.suit will ignore wild & smeared

[naive coral]

i am trying to make it so a joker destroys itself if it is not clicked for 15 seconds. how would i go about doing this?

[idle plaza]

Make an update(self, card, dt) function for the joker that counts up a timer by repeatedly adding dt to it. When that timer exceeds 15, destroy the joker.

Then, hook Card:click() and if self.center.config.key matches your joker's key, reset the timer to 0.

[fading rivet]

local click_ref = Card.click
SMODS.Joker{
-- stuffs
  config = {
    extra = {
      timer = 15
    },
    immutable = {
      timer = 0
    }
  },
  click = function(self)
    local ret = click_ref(self)
    self.config.center.ability.immutable.timer = 0
  end,
  update = function(self, card  dt)
    card.ability.immutable.timer = card.ability.immutable.timer + dt
    if card.ability.immutable.timer >= card.ability.extra.timer then
      SMODS.destroy_cards(card)
    end
  end
}

I think that should work

[fading rivet]

oh update takes card that makes it easier

[red flower]

i dont believe SMODS.Joker.click exists

[fading rivet]

wait it probably doesn't

fixed

[median veldt]

bump

this in fact does not work

just says use is a nil value

[idle plaza]

The function you're looking for is Card:use_consumeable(area, copier)

[median veldt]

what do i set to copier?

[idle plaza]

You can just exclude it, I think it's for like, the Fool.

[median veldt]

okay so i'm assuming i have to destroy the card manually 😭

because it used the card but the card sitll exist

yeah ok

[naive coral]

i tried implementing this and it didnt work. any ideas why?

[fading rivet]

how did it not work

crash?

no reset?

[naive coral]

no crash, its just the timer never gets reset

so it vanishes no matter what

[fading rivet]

I made this on my phone so i'm going off memory

[naive coral]

nah its alg (your really good then wow)

[fading rivet]

okay click probably doens't override like I thought it would then

when you click on the card does its UI show up like normal

[naive coral]

yes, the text is still there

acts like any other joker

[fading rivet]

okay then yeah it doens't override what I thought

[fading rivet]

do this

[median veldt]

im so sorry to bother you with more ui but i just have one small thing

how do i add l9ike a tooltip to my button

the tooltip is already in localization it's jsut c_bstuck2_[your class]

[fading rivet]

use the func thign in config

[median veldt]

yea i've got it

[fading rivet]

G.FUNCS.hover_minigame_proxy = function(e)
  if not e.parent or not e.parent.states then return end
  if (e.states.hover.is or e.parent.states.hover.is) and (e.created_on_pause == G.SETTINGS.paused) and
    not e.parent.children.alert then
      local _sprite = e.config.ref_table:get_uibox_table()
      e.parent.children.alert = UIBox{
        definition = G.UIDEF.card_h_popup(_sprite),
        config = {align="tm", offset = {x = 0, y = -0.1},
        major = e.parent,
        instance_type = 'POPUP'},
    }
    _sprite:juice_up(0.05, 0.02)
    play_sound('paper1', math.random()*0.1 + 0.55, 0.42)
    play_sound('tarot2', math.random()*0.1 + 0.55, 0.09)
    e.parent.children.alert.states.collide.can = false
  elseif e.parent.children.alert and
  ((not e.states.collide.is and not e.parent.states.collide.is) or (e.created_on_pause ~= G.SETTINGS.paused)) then
    e.parent.children.alert:remove()
    e.parent.children.alert = nil
  end
end

local blind_tag_ref = create_UIBox_blind_tag
function create_UIBox_blind_tag(blind_choice, run_info)
    local ret = blind_tag_ref(blind_choice, run_info)
    if not ret then return ret end
    if not G.GAME.round_resets.foobar_minigames then
        G.GAME.round_resets.foobar_minigames = { 
            Small = FooBar.get_next_minigame_key(),
            Big = FooBar.get_next_minigame_key()
        }
    end
  local _tag = FooBar.Minigame:init(G.GAME.round_resets.foobar_minigames[blind_choice])
  local _tag_ui, _tag_sprite = _tag:generate_UI()
  _tag_sprite.states.collide.can = not not run_info
    ret.nodes[#ret.nodes+1] = {
        n=G.UIT.R, config={id = 'minigame_'..blind_choice, align = "cm", r = 0.1, padding = 0.1, minw = 1, can_collide = true, ref_table = _tag_sprite}, nodes={
            {n=G.UIT.C, config={id = 'minigame_desc', align = "cm", minh = 1}, nodes={
                _tag_ui
            }},
            not run_info and {n=G.UIT.C, config={id="minigame_container",align = "cm", colour = G.C.UI.BACKGROUND_INACTIVE, minh = 0.6, minw = 2, maxw = 2, padding = 0.07, r = 0.1, shadow = true, hover = true, one_press = true, button = 'foobar_select_minigame', func = 'hover_minigame_proxy', ref_table = _tag}, nodes={
                {n=G.UIT.T, config={text = "Play Minigame", scale = 0.4, colour = G.C.UI.TEXT_INACTIVE}}
            }} or {n=G.UIT.C, config={align = "cm", padding = 0.1, emboss = 0.05, colour = mix_colours(G.C.BLUE, G.C.BLACK, 0.4), r = 0.1, maxw = 2}, nodes={
                {n=G.UIT.T, config={text = "Play Minigame", scale = 0.35, colour = G.C.WHITE}},
            }},
        }
    }
    return ret
end

[median veldt]

DAMN!!!!

[fading rivet]

heres what I did for my thing

the important part is the func = 'hover_minigame_proxy', ref_table = _tag

[median veldt]

i'm a bit lost

[fading rivet]

that creates the function to be called one and provides data to it

wait not once sorry

called every frame

whenever its drawn

[median veldt]

i have the func i'm just not sure what i'm supposed to put in it?

[fading rivet]

lemme add comments

G.FUNCS.hover_minigame_proxy = function(e)
  if not e.parent or not e.parent.states then return end -- something broke, don't crash
  if (e.states.hover.is or e.parent.states.hover.is) and (e.created_on_pause == G.SETTINGS.paused) and
    not e.parent.children.alert then -- you are hovering, and you weren't hovering last frame
      local _sprite = e.config.ref_table:get_uibox_table() -- generates the popup
      e.parent.children.alert = UIBox{ -- display the popup
        definition = G.UIDEF.card_h_popup(_sprite),
        config = {align="tm", offset = {x = 0, y = -0.1},
        major = e.parent,
        instance_type = 'POPUP'},
    }
    _sprite:juice_up(0.05, 0.02) -- unneeded
    play_sound('paper1', math.random()*0.1 + 0.55, 0.42) -- unneeded
    play_sound('tarot2', math.random()*0.1 + 0.55, 0.09) -- unneeded
    e.parent.children.alert.states.collide.can = false -- if the popup goes overtop of the button, this makes sure the button won't be pressed accidently
  elseif e.parent.children.alert and -- you stopped hovering
  ((not e.states.collide.is and not e.parent.states.collide.is) or (e.created_on_pause ~= G.SETTINGS.paused)) then
    e.parent.children.alert:remove() -- kill the hover
    e.parent.children.alert = nil
  end
end

[warped ocean]

hey chat is there a way to make my joker message display chinese characters?

[fading rivet]

yeah

i forgor though lemme check aiko's

[median veldt]

yeah! https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Text-Styling#text-font-modifier-f

[fading rivet]

wait chinese

[median veldt]

yeah you'd just need to change the font

[warped ocean]

oh thank you!!!

[fading rivet]

okay this works for japanese

[median veldt]

f:2 for simplified chinese and f:3 for traditional

[fading rivet]

just change the number till it works for chinese

[median veldt]

f:5 for japanese

[warped ocean]

now i can have comedic chinese text 🔥

[median veldt]

i wish there was a pixel font for the other fonts tbh

[fading rivet]

iirc you can make cusotm fonts

[median veldt]

yeah

but like

why is the default so... smooth..

[naive coral]

how to do the hook part, im relatively new to this and have no clue how from what i can see in other mods code

dont think ive hooked something before

[median veldt]

i can explain hooks in a bit unless foo gets to it first

[warped ocean]

ye chat im not getting this to work 😭

[naive coral]

couldnt find hooks in the smods docs

[warped ocean]

it just pops up as the {f:2}

[fading rivet]

local hook_ref = hook_func
function hook_func (args)
  -- do something
  local ret = hook_ref(args)
  -- do something
  return ret
end

[warped ocean]

wait im a chud

nevermind

[fading rivet]

theres stuff in vremade iirc

[warped ocean]

i forgot to save 😭

[naive coral]

vremade?

[fading rivet]

vanilla remade

[median veldt]

yeah hooking isn't an smods feature

[fading rivet]

recreates the balatro jokers and stuff as if there they were a mod

[warped ocean]

welp nvm it still didnt work 😭

[median veldt]

i think sometimes it's a little overprogrammed but

ya

[naive coral]

neat

[median veldt]

namely the boosters i think its like a lot more than necessaryy

actually i think its like that on purpose

[median veldt]

show code?

[warped ocean]

message = "{f:2}新年快乐!{}",

wait

[median veldt]

oh

[warped ocean]

no is simplified

[median veldt]

i actually don't think text styling is supported in that

[warped ocean]

idk why it doesnt work

awww

sad

[median veldt]

i thought you were talking about loc_txt

[warped ocean]

ye nah lol

or unless u can pull from loctxt on message

[fading rivet]

it might work if you use the localization function

[median veldt]

alright, uuughm Now what

what exactly do i set for ref_table

[fading rivet]

you can

[warped ocean]

oh ye then ill prob do that!

[fading rivet]

whatever generates the tooltip

[median veldt]

idk?

the button ig?/

not rlly sure what that means sorry

[fading rivet]

no like what has the code to generate the tooltip

[median veldt]

oh

[fading rivet]

like returning the UI nodes

[warped ocean]

or like i meant pull from locvars

[median veldt]

do i need to make it myself? if it's just from localization?

[warped ocean]

saddd ye

[fading rivet]

you can pull informatoin from that

but you'll have to format it

[fading rivet]

when pulling informatoin from there it will be formattingi n the right colors and stuff, but you gotta do the UI box

[naive coral]

not too sure on what im doing wrong, but the game crashes with this text when booting it up but im sure its not to do with my lack of knowledge on hooks but it just being a local variable there.

[median veldt]

can i just steal the code from like anywhere really

[fading rivet]

??

[median veldt]

or
wait you sent me yours

[fading rivet]

yeah I sent mine

which is mofidied from hover_tag_proxy

[median veldt]

i'd just have to replace the text in that with localize functions?

[median veldt]

what

[fading rivet]

the first and last 1 lines

one sec brb

[median veldt]

kk

none of that was in your snippet

[fading rivet]

k back

[median veldt]

your snippet is going over my head i'm so sorry i have no idea what to edit in this function

[fading rivet]

bro its a ss of the ss I sent into discord

[median veldt]

OH

I did NOT see that sorry

[fading rivet]

okay so once you make the UI box

you want to call localize

with type = "whatever type your entries are located in"

key = "key to find your entry"

and nodes = some local variable you assigned to an empty set before hand

that will populate said local variable with nodes you can insert into our UI nodes

[median veldt]

i'm so sorry you're going to hate me
i'm still so confused 😭 okay hold on let me think aloud cut me off if i'm not getting it

i need to make a ui box

the code i can borrow from either an existing function ingame or i guess i could also just use your snippet from earlier if i modify it

thennn i put it in a variable in config called ref_table? or

yeaaah i'm sorry your codeblocks are not helpful 😭 i can't make heads or tails of any of it

i got the hovering code down, that makes sense i just. don't have a ui box nor do i know how to create it, and i'm not sure what ref_table is supposed to be

[fading rivet]

ref_table provides information for the tooltip ui generation function

it can be whatever you want it to be

[median veldt]

this means nothing to me 😭

[fading rivet]

is the tool tip ever going to change

[median veldt]

not necessarily, considering that the button gets remade when you change your class

it just needs to display the name and description of the related consumable

[fading rivet]

is your localization file like this

Other = {
class_sushi_class1name = {...}
}
or something?

if so set ref_table class1name

[median veldt]

like i said, name and description of the related consumable

[fading rivet]

okay set ref table to the class name

[median veldt]

the actual Class object doesn't need localization

[median veldt]

'c_bstuck2_' .. G.GAME.BALATROSTUCK2_current_class?

[fading rivet]

yep

[median veldt]

alright that's there

[fading rivet]

whats your func='' look like

and the function it points too

[fading rivet]

okay

change local _sprite ... to local _sprite = BS2.get_class_uibox_table(e.config.ref_table)
and make BS2.get_class_uibox_table(key) return the popup ui nodes

[median veldt]

and the ui nodes i can get from that one screenshot?

[fading rivet]

style the UI nodes however you want
to get the text you want to place inside from the localization fiels

i swear I was holding shift

[median veldt]

well i just wanted it to be like

your friendly neighborhood tooltip

that all the cards use

so i'm assuming I wouldn't really need to change much from that

[fading rivet]

look into the UI_Definition file then

[fading rivet]

is this in other or Descriptions

[median veldt]

Descriptions

what the fuck does this have to do with paperback

[fading rivet]

local name = {}
localize{type="name", set="bstuck2_Class", key=e, nodes=name}
local desc= {}
localize{type="descriptions", set="bstuck2_Class", key=e, nodes=desc}

that'll give you text nodes you can insert for the name and description

[median veldt]

i am 100% not doing this right

oh yeah

i'm not

[fading rivet]

title is already a text node

and text is a list of text nodes

just put them in the nodes key

like nodes={title}

[median veldt]

back to the paperback error

[fading rivet]

no clue what thats about

[median veldt]

well

did i mess anything up

is this even a popup??

[fading rivet]

just do nodes = text

[median veldt]

there doesnt seem to be as much code as i thought there'd be

[fading rivet]

balatro's UI is pretty neat

also you don't need if title

it won't crash if its nil

[median veldt]

so like this

this is the paperback code.. i'm. really not sure why this is triggering??

Ah.

wait no that still shouldn't error out??

i'm just going to turn off paperback for a sec i'll deal with that later

[fading rivet]

yeah thats a future issue

[median veldt]

that's more like it

[fading rivet]

whats the stack trace

[fading rivet]

toki pona spotted

[median veldt]

:3

[fading rivet]

ooooh

i've told you to do the same thing 3 times and you haven't done it omg

nodes=title

[median veldt]

sorry!!

[fading rivet]

nodes=desc

[median veldt]

Okay, Did I Do It Wrong

[fading rivet]

that should work

[median veldt]

mmmnope

same error, stacktrace looks the same

[fading rivet]

wtf

okay get rid of adding the nodes for now

made it nodes = {}

and see what happens

[median veldt]

same

just in case here's the stacktrace but it does look the same

[fading rivet]

try making a root a r or c

[median veldt]

pardon?

[fading rivet]

the root node

make it a c or r node

[median veldt]

so like this

[fading rivet]

yeah

[median veldt]

alright

🤞

auuuugh

didn't even change anything

[fading rivet]

still crash

i got no clue then I didn't have this issue ;-;

[median veldt]

idk if this helps but here's that line in dumps

[primal robin]

oh man, you're so out of luck, you're messing around with pretty complicated stuff right now

[median veldt]

☹️

why is it this hard to add a damn tooltip 💔

this seems like there should just be a function for it

[primal robin]

localize function does not returns array of element, it returns array of array of text lines which you need manually pack into rows and then into column

or smth like this in short it's really shit

[fading rivet]

ooooh thats what I got wrong

mb

[red flower]

there's a lot of conversation so maybe you have already tried this but have you tried to use the tooltip/detailed_tooltip field on the node?

[median veldt]

what

not sure what that is actually

[red flower]

https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/UI-Guide#node-configuration

detailed gets from a center like {T:} iirc

[fading rivet]

wait since when was that a thing

or do the smods patches/overrides not iplement into the skip tag area

[red flower]

this is a vanilla thing

[median veldt]

oh my

okay i'm going to assume detailed is more like the tooltip i'm thinking of

[fading rivet]

why does the tag tooltip not do that 😭

[red flower]

dunno

[median veldt]

Awh.

i had set it to this, dunno if i misinterpreted your statement

but the {title=... thing didn't work with detailed either so

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i dont recall the syntax

[rapid stag]

remind me how i dump localization files again?

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ok it read it, it has to be the center object

so G.P_CENTERS[key]

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forgor lua was 1indexed omg