💻・modding-dev

[fading rivet]

you set it in G.GAME

i don't know what else to tell you

G.GAME.my_variable = something

[uneven drift]

I might be stupid lol

do I set it in the calculate function?

I guess thats really my question is where do I set it

I mean I guess I wouldnt have to worry about you gaining the joker as its debuffed

[fading rivet]

anywhere

[uneven drift]

I just threw it in calculate it was spitting me errors if I tried setting it in SMODS.Joker as I was intending

[fading rivet]

what errors

can you send the code

[uneven drift]

unless im not reading you right

It's fine if its in calculate I think

just gotta make sure in_pool also returns true if its nil

[fading rivet]

o

yeah thats several syntax erros lmao

your putting it in a table

put it in a function

its not in the calculate function

[uneven drift]

ah like loc_vars?

er..not put it in loc vars but

same formatting

[fading rivet]

you want it to happen during the calculate funciton right

[uneven drift]

Probably better to yeah

[fading rivet]

put it in there

you put it in the joker definition table

thats invalid lua

nor would G.GAME exist if it was

[uneven drift]

I presumed that much but definition of anywhere is a bit uh..broad

😛

in laymans terms anyway

[fading rivet]

I assumed you knew lua syntax ;-;

surely thats not an unreasonable assumption

[uneven drift]

I never said I knew the ins and outs of this programming language and from the sounds of i asked a pretty introductory question 😭

Sorry for being stupid 😛

anyway throwing it in loc_vars worked, thanks

time to see if the effect works as intended

and to see if it shows up in the shop

cool does show up 🔥

not changing hand size tho..

😠

incorrect context I think but idk why card_added should trigger when you gain the joker, no?

maybe because I bought the card..

that might be why

[slim ferry]

you probably want to be using add_to_deck instead of calculate

if im correctly assuming what the intended effect is

[frosty rampart]

yes, the add_to_deck function for jokers will trigger whenever it is acquired (bought from shop, or created from judgment/riff raff/the debugplus keybinds/etc)

[slim ferry]

and then use remove_from_deck to revert it

[uneven drift]

Harmony gives 1 hand size 1/6 chance of destruction
greg only appears when harmony was destroyed, and gives 2 hand size

alright

[slim ferry]

well

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/28e79eed79f76a9aff40cfb8070da28cad55a481/src/jokers.lua#L2479-L2484

[uneven drift]

I already was handling remove from deck to cover debuff clauses

[slim ferry]

vanillaremade win

[frosty rampart]

yea vanillaremade is a great place to look

[uneven drift]

Yeah i've been using vanillaremade but, sometimes its needle meeting haystacks y'know

[frosty rampart]

it recreates basically all vanilla content as if it was modded, and it's a great place for common questions about how to recreate behavior that vanilla has (e.g. "how do i add hand size" can be found by checking how juggler behaves)

[uneven drift]

and I dont necessarily just wanna full copy the first time around, wanna actually try to learn y'know.

but yeah I think I get enough of the internal gist at this point

[amber turret]

not to sure where to get started with this, but does anyone know where any templates for modding are to get started?

[frosty rampart]

VanillaRemade as i just mentioned is a great resource
the repo also has a fantastic Wiki tab that should help you get off the ground

[uneven drift]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#balatro-mod-development-faq
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Your-First-Mod

these are the two sources ive been using

[frosty rampart]

ya that's perfect

[uneven drift]

vanilla remades link is more of a q/a, the "your first mod" is more of the template

[amber turret]

do you know where i can find the download for it?

[frosty rampart]

have you considered clicking those two links

in particular, the Your First Mod page links to an installation guide

[uneven drift]

So your first mod page will get u installing steammodded if u havent already installed that

in the vanilla remade link under "general development" it goes through a step by step process on how to make your mod

[amber turret]

oh sorry on my computer the messages didnt load

had to check on my phone to actually see them

[uneven drift]

Anyway greg and harmony seem to be working as intended 🔥

Actually, oops all sixes compatibility.

[frosty rampart]

if you're using the SMODS.get_probability_vars and SMODS.pseudorandom_probability functions, it's already compatible with oa6

[uneven drift]

gotchya, should be good then

[north lodge]

Hey all, what would be the easiest way to get the directory/name of the current log file from lovely?

[inner terrace]

Is it possible to have something appear for a specific duration? Say, have text pop up on screen for x seconds?

[daring fern]

SMODS.calculate_effect({message = 'message', delay = number}, card)

[uneven drift]

^

[inner terrace]

Sick! Thank you!

[slim ferry]

Itll just be at the bottom

Since files are sorted in alphabetical order the latest date will be at the bottom

[north lodge]

From within a mod I mean @slim ferry

I don't mean in the file itself lol that is obvious

[slim ferry]

Ou right this is modding dev

Probably something with NFS you woul

[frosty rampart]

what's the goal exactly

[north lodge]

I am trying to read the entire contents of the current log file

[frosty rampart]

and what is the purpose of doing that

[north lodge]

I will be creating a checksum of the log

This is for the multiplayer mod

Trying to have easier tampering detection

[frosty rampart]

I don't think that's a good idea, that'll instantly make every other mod installed trigger the tamper detection (even if it's a harmless qol mod)

[north lodge]

False

You do not know what I am trying to do

Either answer the question or don't please lol

[frosty rampart]

then please elaborate, because I don't see how you can create a checksum while easily accounting for a wide variety of harmless differences and that sounds like really cool tech I'd genuinely like to know about
anyway yes look into the NFS thing eris mentioned. I'm not too familiar with it but you should be able to pair it with SMODS.current_mod.path, which is the path of the mod folder as the mod is loading

[north lodge]

I am trying to detect LOG TAMPERING not mod tampering.

Ironically creating a hash for mod tampering is easier. I did this for the bean tournament.

[frosty rampart]

I see, gotcha

[north lodge]

I think I previously did it by traversing to the folder, sorting the logs, and taking the last entry, but surely if the game can just write to the log file then it is stored in memory somewhere.

[uneven drift]

I have a joker that adds a playing card to your deck, but its not triggering hologram.

if context.setting_blind then
if card.ability.extra.amount > card.ability.immutable.cacap then card.ability.extra.amount = card.ability
.immutable.cacap end
for i = 1, card.ability.extra.amount, 1 do -- loop card generation
if card.ability.extra.kai_gift == true then
SMODS.add_card { set = "Playing Card", key_append = "goob_append", edition = 'e_negative', area = G.deck }
card.ability.extra.kai_gift = false
card:juice_up()
else
local random_edition = SMODS.poll_edition { key = "goob_seed", guaranteed = true, no_negative = true }
SMODS.add_card { set = "Playing Card", key_append = "goob_append", edition = random_edition, area = G.deck }
card:juice_up()
end
end
Any reason why its not triggering holo?

[fading rivet]

How do you put a shader on your mod badge?

[slate turtle]

fuck

[uneven drift]

Can we see your code?

[slate turtle]

which

[uneven drift]

the one that has set_ability

[slate turtle]

oh main.lua?

[uneven drift]

card.lua?

[slate turtle]

lemme check

brb

[uneven drift]

think im gonna try reworking this and do SMODS.create_card then do :add_to_deck() and see if that fixes it

[slate turtle]

this one?

[uneven drift]

I think its scored_card:set_ability("m_wheeloff_fondue")

is that line 279 in card.lua?

[slate turtle]

where do i find the card.lua

[uneven drift]

er..nevermind

[slate turtle]

look im WAY too new to ts

not new new

but relatively new

[uneven drift]

Im also relatively new, I just ran into that error before with set_ability

[slate turtle]

i made this shitty joker when i was STILL using jokerforge

😭

[uneven drift]

that did not fix it

😭

[uneven drift]

fixed it, needed playing_card_joker_effects({ _card })

(and made the funcion a _card variable)

Surprised add_card doesn't already do that

but eh, maybe u dont always want it to trigger jokers

The good news is now I can actually show on the clown desc the specific card added (or last one, if ur a cryptid head)

[naive coral]

what is the best/ easiest way to change the values of a joker, i.e something like fruit smoothie from cryptid

[frosty rampart]

oh as per vanillaremade certificate, you're actually supposed to call this line
this should be cleaner i think

[frosty rampart]

use the value manipulation functions provided in either Spectrallib or Blockbuster Value Manipulation

[uneven drift]

ok, cool, I really should see how vanillaremade does things if its something like this or harmony

nice qol added 🔥

[silk latch]

How would I go about adding this value (G.mannpower_strange_counter_total) to this achievement's description? I tried putting it in the loc_vars, but it doesn't seem to be working properly.

[uneven drift]

I should make achievements/unlocks for my jokers at some point. Jobingles = have huge deck. Jobangles = run out of cards.

Dont know about the rest tho

Deathkill win a run with 0 or less gold lol

[silk latch]

Mine are just the TF2 strange ranks, but I'm making the ones after 100 become just career triggers rather than triggers in a single run

[uneven drift]

The 135 is a loc var?

[silk latch]

The local variable is the progress.

The 135 is just normal text

[uneven drift]

Hmm idk

[fading rivet]

How can I send another texture into a shader?
I need to mask my mod badge using it

[old epoch]

is there a way to make a consumable instantly draw cards to hand?

[uneven drift]

one of the cryptid consumables kinda does that

[old epoch]

which one?

[old epoch]

alright, thank you!

[uneven drift]

np, good luck

[red flower]

specific cards or just the top cards

[old epoch]

top cards

like the serpent but a consumable

[red flower]

SMODS.draw_cards(num)

[old epoch]

oh thank you!

[red flower]

achievements might not accept formatting from what i see
i can probably work on that for smods later this week

[rare minnow]

So I've been trying to make it so you get Xmult, discards, and hand size. But only the Xmult and Discards are working

[red flower]

if you add more than one of the same key to a table only the last one will be added

that is to say, you have 2 add_to_deck and remove_from_deck, combine them

[rare minnow]

Thank you

[rare minnow]

How would I add extra hands in a joker?

Like, drunkard but hands instead of discards

[red flower]

have you checked the code for grabber

[rare minnow]

Not yet, does that show how to do it?

[red flower]

yes

[rare minnow]

Thank you.

[rare minnow]

So I did that, but when i sell my joker it didn't get rid of the discards

I mean hands

[red flower]

reverse the operation in remove_from_deck

[red flower]

like here

[rare minnow]

thanks

[wild escarp]

How would I change the score requirement of an upcoming boss blind?

[radiant spire]

You could edit the ante scaling parameter directly

Though that also affects the small and big blinds. Bodged solution ik but just throwing that out there

[daring fern]

You would have to patch create_UIBox_blind_choice

[wild escarp]

Okay, I'll look into that.

[rare minnow]

For making a custom deck, would I start by making a folder in my src folder like with jokers, or what?

[gilded blaze]

yes
as long as you load it in main.lua

[urban wasp]

why doesn't this work?

SMODS.current_mod.menu_cards = function()
    return {
        key = "v_crp_cryptposting_directors_cut",
        edition = "e_crp_overloaded",
    }
end

[gilded blaze]

which smods version are you on

[urban wasp]

i was on 1606b

i am now on 1503a

[gilded blaze]

I'm a bit confused

it should work, there's nothing wrong with that

[urban wasp]

these are the definitions btw

SMODS.Edition {
    key = "overloaded",
...

SMODS.Voucher {
    key = "cryptposting_directors_cut",
    atlas = "directors_cut",
}

and it previously worked when using the old cryptid method

@gilded blaze any idea or am i cooked 😭

[median veldt]

your mod's prefix is crp right

[urban wasp]

of course

hm wait

this may just be an issue on my part lol

[pastel kernel]

How do you juice up the x in the scoring table

[daring fern]

G.HUD:get_UIE_by_ID('hand_operator_container'):juice_up()?

[flint spindle]

I'm trying to rework the blue seal by adding a 1 in 2 chance, but somehow the seal adds 1-2 planet cards instead of 0-1 planet cards, like it adds one guarenteed then retriggers with the 1 in 2 chance. I have no clue what is wrong in my code to cause that extra planet card to appear

[daring fern]

You would have to patchCard:get_end_of_round_effect if you want to change Blue seal's effect.

[flint spindle]

ah right ok

thank you

forgot about that thing

[timid zinc]

is there a way to make SMODS.calculate_effect create a message that appears above a deck? i tried passing both self and back in a deck's to that function but it doesnt appear above the deck

I can't use return because it's an event

[tranquil cypress]

you could probably try SMODS.calculate_effect({ message = localize("k_upgrade_ex") }, G.deck)

[timid zinc]

Works well enough, thank you!

only downside is that it doesnt juice the topmost card but that's whatever

[daring fern]

It should be G.deck.cards[1] or G.deck

[flint spindle]

bro I don't get it all I want to do is make hex set the jokers sell value to 0 and none of this works wtf how do you do this

literally trying everything that exists and it doesnt work lol

[fading rivet]

you need to hook the calculate_cost or whatever its called

i did it for one of my cards lemme find it again

[flint spindle]

ye could you show me what you mean

sorry

[daring fern]

eligible_card.ability.extra_value = -eligible_card.sell_cost

[flint spindle]

ohhh I misunderstood how that works

[timid zinc]

That doesn't juice it either but i am queueing it right before a draw event which might be related

Actually yeah that makes sense

Thank you

[fading rivet]

nvm ignore what I said and use somethings answer

[flint spindle]

ye it worked first try lol

[fading rivet]

you only need hooks if you want changes across cards

[flint spindle]

ty regardless

[silent sail]

how do i make these reflect when i modify all booster sizes?

[slim ferry]

you shouldnt manually set booster_choice_mod and booster_size_mod to the packs

that gets handled automatically and you dont need to do anything

[keen totem]

is the boolean param of SMODS.find_card() a thing to determine if it should count Debuffed cards?

[slim ferry]

yes

[keen totem]

alr

[lyric wadi]

hi dev chat :3 :3

i know red card checks for packs being skipped and theres a global for it

but how would i check for the type of packs that's skipped

like specifically triggering on skipping an Arcana pack but not Celestial pack

[red flower]

booster.config.center.kind

i don't remember where the booster is stored in that context

[faint yacht]

context.skipping_booster + context.booster

[lyric wadi]

so context.booster.config.center.kind == 'Type' ?

[distant junco]

yeah

[lyric wadi]

aw heck

-- Track boosters packs skipped
        if context.skipping_booster then
            
            G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped = G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped or {}
            G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped[context.booster.config.center.kind] = G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped[context.booster.config.center.kind] or 0
            G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped[context.booster.config.center.kind] = G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped[context.booster.config.center.kind] + 1

            G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped_this_run = G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped_this_run or 0
            G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped_this_run = G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped_this_run + 1

            print("[HangedMan_CalcEvent] A " .. tostring(context.booster.config.center.kind) .. " Pack was skipped")
            print("[HangedMan_CalcEvent] There has been a total of " .. tostring(G.GAME.boosters_packs_skipped_this_run) .. " Booster Pack(s) skipped this run" )

        end

what is incorrect about this code

[fading rivet]

can you print context.booster.config at the start of the check

[lyric wadi]

ok gimme a sec

[wispy falcon]

How do I check, if a specific Boss Blind got selected?

[lyric wadi]

ok this has been resolved

context.booster was already the centre, so context.booster.kind is enough

thankies :3

[gilded blaze]

if context.setting_blind and context.blind.key == "bl_modprefix_key" then

for vanilla blinds, use context.blind.name == "The Hook" instead

[wispy falcon]

Forgot to mention that I need it for a lovely patch, my bad

Okay, other question: I'm trying to make a custom boss blind, that changes stuff. You don't play hands anymore but have to answer stuff. Why is it crashing with so much errors? Like, it says that CONTROLLER is undefined and the same for SETTINGS for example. What may cause that issue? Because that would resolve the need for this key

[gilded blaze]

there's not much I can help since the mechanic is alien
unless you show me your snippet

[wispy falcon]

This is the blind. get_random_riddle("the_riddler") is just a function that picks a random riddle from a file and returns that

If you still need something, let me know :3

[gilded blaze]

create_UIBox_buttons is a general constructor for UI buttons
why are you hooking it for this Boss Blind's effect

function G.FUNCS.destroy_a_card(e)
    local index = math.random(1, #G.hand.cards)
    SMODS.destroy_cards(G.hand.cards[index])
end

using math.random here will not respect the run's seed

[wispy falcon]

I did this like 6 months ago, so I don't know why anymore... How do I use it normally?

I know that but I probably should make it respect the seed

[gilded blaze]

you did it 6 months ago...
I recommend starting from scratch, it's no use trying to salvage this abomination

[wispy falcon]

Can you help me on how to start then? Like what I should use as a reference or what I definetly shouldn't do this time?

[gilded blaze]

first, start with familiarizing yourself with contexts https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/Calculate-Functions
you can then decide when the riddle shows up

your old SMODS.Blind code didn't use any of the contexts, which made the function fire a bajillion times

also start with something simple, study the game code and SMODS APIs more

based on your code 6 months ago I believe you did not study contexts at all before jumping into making a complicated and unconventional blind

[wispy falcon]

Sounds like me. Can I ask you whenever I need help with something? Like through dms or by using @

[gilded blaze]

I'm going to bed soon

[wispy falcon]

No, I don't mean today. I mean in general when I'm struggling with it

[gilded blaze]

ah, sure then
just talk and ping me here

[wispy falcon]

Got it, thank you :3

[gilded blaze]

mind you that I may talk here on my phone, it's a lot more limited there as I don't have easy access to my mod's code, the game's code and SMODS APIs

[wispy falcon]

All good

[silent sail]

can someone explain how to make the values change when pack contents increase

[fading rivet]

are there any guidelines for what forcetrigger should do?

[round lion]

i think it usually just gives the bonuses without any conditions.

theres no official guidelines so you could just make forcetriggering give drawbacks

[slim ferry]

if youre increasing cards and choices in packs in the proper way then you dont need to do anything

that is modifying the two associated values in G.GAME.modifiers

[silent sail]

this is how im doing it, the packs get the effects but the description wont change

secondly how would one get this to spawn naturaly on consumables?

[slim ferry]

yeah pack descriptions in general dont change for that

there isnt a way to change that without heavy patching as far as i know

[silent sail]

How odd

Because vanilla ones change just fine

[slim ferry]

OH WAIT HUH

oh oops

well idk then actually

oh wait its just the default loc_vars for packs that does that and SMODS takes ownership of the vanilla packs

so if you leave loc_vars out entirely i think it just works

[red flower]

i should probably do that in vremade

i think i wrote that before that was added

[slim ferry]

there should probably be a util function for that actually

[red flower]

you can just SMODS.Booster.loc_vars probably

[slim ferry]

like SMODS.get_pack_vars or smth

oh true

[silent sail]

I see

[slim ferry]

if you dont return anything else in loc_vars just leave it out, else you can do the vars like this

and if youre returning other vars then just manually append to v.vars

[silent sail]

Mhm

Ill patch all that when I finish work

[vague haven]

yo im kinda new to modding and just doing it for fun and also im JUST starting in lua

just wanted to know what is important about loc_vars and what uses could i give it

i know it sveery important 😭

thhats about it tho

[frosty dock]

Hey, try giving this a read

feel free to drop in here with any questions

[fading rivet]

loc_vars is used to provide data for your jokers description
check out the page aure sent, but the most important thing is that you use it to fill in stuff like +#1# mult and make it display +4 mult

[vague haven]

is this lua in general or smods

also ty

[fading rivet]

smods

[fading rivet]

how much lua do you know

and do you have any other coding experience

[vague haven]

just python so honestly nothing 😭

[fading rivet]

how much python

[vague haven]

im like mid level in python

[fading rivet]

you should be fine

[sturdy compass]

Agreed

[vague haven]

ik my way around most functions i draw the line at threading tho

[fading rivet]

lua mostly follows typical standards

just know that lua is 1 index

[sturdy compass]

Isn't Python also 1 index?

[fading rivet]

you should like never have to touch that unless your doing some shenangains

[fading rivet]

no its a reasonable language and is 0 indexed

[vague haven]

doing shenanigans is the funniest part tho

[sturdy compass]

Python is FAR from a reasonable language smh

[fading rivet]

me when I call an integer and it deletes my system

[fading rivet]

yeah but like really advanced shenangains

[sturdy compass]

see you get it

[vague haven]

im just doi ng this because i actually wanna put my time into a dumb project like a mod for my friend group or something related to coding

been learning just python for like 2 or 3 months but is jus tthe stupid python excersises

so im just tryna analyze the way balatro works now since is a game i always looked up to when talking about design

[sturdy compass]

Balatro Modding is a good starter project, it's pretty easy to pick up and Lua is pretty forgiving as well. There's also generally a ton of resources and support for newbies like yourself to use

[vague haven]

yeah ivbeen reading so much github has so much info regarding smoded

[fading rivet]

have you taken time to learn lua

like jsut basic lua syntax

[vague haven]

not that much honestly

seems similar enough to python

[fading rivet]

once you figure out the syntax thats basically all you need

[sturdy compass]

I also have a few video tutorials out there if that interests you. Currently goes over setting up your project file, how to make a joker, and what patching/hooking is

[vague haven]

like the logic is very similar but the syntax is like the interesting part

[fading rivet]

and yeah its simple enough that you should be able to figure it out just by looking at it

since you have previous experience

[frosty dock]

Maybe give some parts of this a read if you want to get a bit more of a feel for what the differences are

but you should be fine either way

[vague haven]

ive made a joker, but im using example jokers, so i wanna understand how it actually works yk

[sturdy compass]

of course

[fading rivet]

so far I think the most unintuitive thing for me is that you can call functions like func{table params}

like why

[vague haven]

i feel like in like hypothetical scenarios im uncapable of learning

[sturdy compass]

I'll link the vids then because I think you'll gain some desired knowledge from them
https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1486847115127947374

[vague haven]

yes yes this is all so helpfull

[fading rivet]

i have the same issue with js doing

func`string`

frankly this is even worse

[vague haven]

i keep forgetting what tables even are 😭

i know it was something related to lists but thats about it

[fading rivet]

python dictionary/classes

[frosty dock]

they're basically dicts

[vague haven]

oh i see

[fading rivet]

and also lists yeah

[vague haven]

okay that explains a lot

[sturdy compass]

arrays but with depth

lol

[vague haven]

i mean dicts are basically just list inside of lists so yeah that makes more sense

[frosty dock]

basically they can be indexed with anything

number indices make list entries of sorts

[fading rivet]

{1, 2, 3} is a list-like table with key:values 1:1, 2:2, 3:3

[frosty dock]

-# except nil

[vague haven]

is first value the key and second the actual value ?

[fading rivet]

{a = 2, b = 3} is a normal table with key:values a:2, b:3

[fading rivet]

yeah

[vague haven]

so like a is 2 and b is 3

right

yaeh i kinda get that

[fading rivet]

{1, 2, 3, a = 2, b = 3} is a combination of both of them, with key:values 1:1, 2:2, 3:3, a:2, b:3

[fading rivet]

yep

[frosty dock]

{a = 2, b = 3, 4} is a table with key:values a:2, b:3, 1:4

whoops i'm slow

[vague haven]

oh you can just use any key ever okay

[fading rivet]

except nil

but yeah

[vague haven]

so literally dict

[sturdy compass]

pretty much

[vague haven]

is nil just 0 or less than that

actually is less right

[fading rivet]

no nil is nil

[frosty dock]

nil is null

[sturdy compass]

nil is literally nothing

[fading rivet]

akin to None or null

[vague haven]

right

[frosty dock]

there's also metatables which let tables cosplay as functions among other things

[vague haven]

so like basically to empty a variable

[frosty dock]

so they're technically more than just dicts

[fading rivet]

i don't think thats useful rn lmao

[frosty dock]

it isn't

just saying that they're not literally dicts

[fading rivet]

fair

[sturdy compass]

-# iirc this is what makes smods fundamentally work for the most part but obviously you'd know better than me lol

[vague haven]

they might in some weird obscure case

[fading rivet]

okay I won't explain much but these are basicly dunder methods

[fading rivet]

no they are really useful

but not when your starting modding

metatables are how lua's class system works

[vague haven]

i mean im not thinking of really becoming a modder, i mean maybe the goal is just to learn, also have fun

[fading rivet]

fair

that was my start too lmao

[vague haven]

some of this is very simple and start and some of it is confusing

[sturdy compass]

that goes for anything tbh

[frosty dock]

yeah because it's generally how you make something that resembles classes

[vague haven]

anyways

ty all for help ill try to like

check everything out and see how much i can just note

is it okay if i ping you or are u just active like that

[fading rivet]

people check this channel pretty often

i'm open to ping though

[vague haven]

ic

ty!!!

[sturdy compass]

I hope you'll find the community eager to assist

[amber turret]

Does anyone know how to make a new hand show up in the run info menu? heres my code, I did just copy one of the hands from the example but i plan on replacing it.

my current idea for hands are pair hands but its with cards of the same suit and rank

[red flower]

that looks like it should show up

are you starting a new run

[amber turret]

yes

[red flower]

does the consumable appear

[amber turret]

oh wait

my main mod file is a json where in the mod info data says its a .lua file

Its still not showing up for some weird reason

[red flower]

the planet doesnt show up either?

[amber turret]

havent tried it yet

[red flower]

well if it doesnt then the file is not loading

[amber turret]

but it doesnt show in collection

[red flower]

then the file is not loading lol

[amber turret]

idk whats happening this is my main file

[red flower]

whats the structure of your folder

[amber turret]

wait, does something need to be the same as the foldername?

[red flower]

no

[red flower]

the mod is disabled lol

remove the lovelyignore or enable it in-game

[amber turret]

oh, i just copied pasted that from another mod folder

ah, it shows up now, thanks!

[daring fern]

No.

[fading rivet]

patching/hooking time yay

[amber turret]

working on trying to make a new hand for the idea i had, but idk how i would code the detection plz help

[analog slate]

if i make a card a legendary card can it still show up in shop

[fading rivet]

no

[analog slate]

BUT CAN I PLEASE MAKE THAT A THING

[fading rivet]

yes

idk how but you can

cryptid does it

[daring fern]

local ret = {}
for k, v in pairs(parts._2) do
    local suits = {}
    for kk, vv in pairs(SMODS.Suits) do
        if v[1]:is_suit(vv.key) then
            suits[vv.key] = true
        end
    end
    for kk, vv in pairs(suits) do
        if v[2]:is_suit(kk) then
            table.insert(ret, v)
            break
        end
    end
end
return ret

[amber turret]

oh cool thanks

[true jasper]

Take ownership of the legendary rarity and change its weight

[analog slate]

i made them a little too op how can i nerf them.. i want more like ideas

[amber turret]

Mario 64 DS: find luigi.

[analog slate]

yea its luigi

so anywas i need ideas onb how to nerf kindness luigi harder than spectre nerfs two time

[analog slate]

w idea

[frosty rampart]

reset at end of round, and also make it only count played and scored hearts

[amber turret]

help plz

[analog slate]

i dont really want it to reset tho but i can see what i can do with the other idea

[amber turret]

it seems to crash when i hover over the planet card

[daring fern]

It should be modprefix_key not modprefix_key_name

[lyric wadi]

is there a context for when a run is won

like for unlock condition

[keen totem]

since card is always the joker itself in calculate functions, and not blueprint when its context.blueprint, is there a way to get a ref to the blueprint card in that case

[fading rivet]

context.blueprint_card

[keen totem]

how do you make a Joker eternal properly

card:add_sticker("eternal", true) visually adds the sticker, but it can just still be sold for some reason

[daring fern]

Does the joker your putting it on have eternal_compat?

[keen totem]

ah

is there a way to have it not able to naturally be eternal, but let it still gain eternal later?

[daring fern]

You would have to patch SMODS.is_eternal

[keen totem]

yea i cant be bothered to do that tbh

[keen totem]

would this method do nothing to an already eternal joker?

[daring fern]

Yes.

[uneven drift]

How do I determine if a playing card is flipped

I have a joker that when you are playing cards, flips them, sets a random enhancement, and then unflips. But if the scored card is already flipped, it shouldnt flip them face up

[rapid stag]

card.facing == 'back'

[uneven drift]

thanks

[naive coral]

how can i disable a joker from triggering a message when it provides mult?

[daring fern]

remove_default_message = true

[naive coral]

where does this go?

nvm

[naive coral]

ok so i have a joker with 2 + 2/3 ^mult. however, whenever it triggers, it shows 2.66666666666666666667 ^mult. this isnt that bad of an issue, but i would like to round it to two decimal places. how can i do this?

im using a message = ('^' .. card.ability.extra.emult)

to do it

[red flower]

number_format(card.ability.extra.emult) maybe

i know there's a way to round to two places but i dont remember if i made a function for it in jokerdisplay or if it was that one

[frosty rampart]

if you're using the exponential mult provided by talisman/amulet, i don't think you need a message at all. and the automatic message that would be generated should just round it automatically

[naive coral]

its spectrallib repurposed

[red flower]

that should have the message then

[frosty rampart]

does your mod depend on slib or did you copy the code into your own mod

[naive coral]

the problem is i couldnt get the imbuilt ones to display properly, so i used manual messages

my friends are tech illiterate so its easier for them to just download a mod with it inside of it

yes i copied

[frosty rampart]

if they can install 1 mod they can install 2 mods

i don't see any reason not to just make your mod depend on spectrallib

[naive coral]

i do it for them when i see them, its just easier i prefer it that way

[red flower]

you can also zip them in a release like cryptid does

[frosty rampart]

true

[whole lava]

how can i make the description like that card's having a enhancement?

[amber turret]

what?

oh

[keen totem]

is there a way to get three random elements from a table and make sure they're all unique

[fading rivet]

use psuedorandom_element and remove the selected item frmo the table

[keen totem]

alr thank you

[keen totem]

is there a way to make an enhancement effect in context.before that doesnt run once per card

i want to do the effect only once per played hand

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[silent sail]

how would i get a hand to level up with a vanilla hand?

like i have a joker that lets you select more cards so i added three pair and 6 of kind but i cannot figure out how to sync the levels

[daring fern]

Hook SMODS.upgrade_poker_hands

[silent sail]

interesting ok thanks

[silent sail]

how would i get this to naturally spawn on random consumables?

[keen totem]

run an effect before a hand is scored

the issue is that just using the calculate function in the enhancement causes it to run the code once for every card with the enhancement

I want it to run once per hand instead

[daring fern]

local oldcreatecard = create_card
function create_card(_type, area, legendary, _rarity, skip_materialize, soulable, forced_key, key_append)
    local card = oldcreatecard(_type, area, legendary, _rarity, skip_materialize, soulable, forced_key, key_append)
    if SMODS.ConsumableTypes[_type] and not card.playing_card and not card.edition then
        local edition = SMODS.poll_edition({key = 'edi'..(key_append or '')..G.GAME.round_resets.ante})
        if edition == 'e_modprefix_key' then
            card:set_edition(edition)
        end
    end
    return card
end

[silent sail]

where would this go?

[daring fern]

You would put in your file but outside of any object definitions.

[red flower]

you can just set a global and clear it in context.after
or use mod calculate and check for the enhancement there

[whole lava]

can i erase the vanilla enhancement?

[red flower]

what do you mean

[whole lava]

i mean i want to delete all of this or just disable all of it

[red flower]

you can probably take_ownership of them and set in_pool and no_collection

[whole lava]

ok thanks:))

is this right?

[keen totem]

how would I do a mod calculate?

cause that seems like a better solution in this case

[wanton jolt]

is there a way to not have the pop in effect on card titles while having a custom font

[red flower]

not what i said but if it works then it's probably fine

[red flower]

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

[red flower]

maybe you can with dynatexteffect but i dont think there's a specific in-API way to remove it other than that or hooking localize

[wanton jolt]

because i do remember E: and f: being exclusive

[fading rivet]

I thought that was E and X

yeah f is compatible with all others

[wanton jolt]

yeah my bad its just that i use X too in that title

lool

[fading rivet]

ah

[whole lava]

but it doesn't work...

[red flower]

i meant this then https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/API-Documentation#taking-ownership

[silent sail]

also how would i change the weight of it spwaning on consumables?

[whole lava]

does that work for pokerhand?

[red flower]

it does but poker hands dont have in_pool

[jaunty ermine]

Hi! I'm trying to write some UI for the first time and I can't figure out what's wrong with the following code. It works except for the recalculate call in the cycle_options callback, which fails because toggles_container.UIBox is apparently nil. But I can't figure out what I need to do for it to... not be that. Any ideas?

SMODS.current_mod.config_tab = function()
    local toggles_container = {n=G.UIT.O, config={
         id = 'toggle_container',
         object = UIBox {
             definition = mod_stake_toggles(mod_names[1]),
             config = {align = "cm", minw = 1, minh = 3, outline = "1", outline_colour = G.C.BLUE}
        }
    }}
    
    local config_ui = {n = G.UIT.ROOT, config = {r = 0.1, minw = 8, minh = 6, align = "cm", padding = 0.2, colour = G.C.BLACK}, nodes = {
        {n = G.UIT.C, config = {minw = 1, minh = 4, colour = G.C.CLEAR, padding = 0.15}, nodes = {
            {n = G.UIT.R, config = {minw = 1, minh = 3, align = "cm", outline = "1", outline_colour = G.C.PINK}, nodes = {toggles_container}},
            {n = G.UIT.R, config = {minw = 1, minh = 1}, nodes = {
                create_option_cycle {
                    options = mod_names,
                    opt_callback = 'hs_switch_mod',
                    ref_table = cycle_ref
                }
            }}
        }}
    }}
    
    G.FUNCS.hs_switch_mod = function(args)
        toggles_container.config.object:remove()
        toggles_container.config.object = UIBox {
            definition = mod_stake_toggles(args.to_val),
            config = {align = "cm", minw = 1, minh = 3, parent = toggle_container}
        }
        toggles_container.UIBox:recalculate()
    end
    
    return config_ui
end

function mod_stake_toggles(mod_name)
    local toggles = {}
    for _, stake in ipairs(G.higher_stakes.modded_stakes[mod_name]) do
        print(stake.name)
        toggles[#toggles+1] = create_toggle({row = true, label = localize { type = 'name_text', key = stake.key, set = stake.set }})
    end
    return {n = G.UIT.ROOT, config = {align = "cm", colour = G.C.BLACK, outline = "1", outline_colour = G.C.CYAN, minw = 1, minh = 3}, nodes = {
        {n = G.UIT.C, config = {align = "cm", minw = 1, minh = 3}, nodes = toggles}
    }}
end

[gilded blaze]

it seems like you're trying to define G.FUNCS.hs_switch_mod inside of config_tab

[jaunty ermine]

Moving it out hasn't made a difference, sadly, when coupled with another way to grab toggles_container like shoving it in the cycle_options' ref_table

Lemme stuck the whole thing on GitHub real quick

[gilded blaze]

you gave the node an ID, why not grab it by calling G.OVERLAY_MENU:get_UIE_by_ID('toggle_container')?

you're getting a UIElement this way, unlike before where you just grab a prototype table

[jaunty ermine]

Oh! I didn't know that was something I could call that on - I gave it the ID so I could try doing config_ui.UIBox:get_UIE_by_ID but that also returned nil. Let me see if that works instead

In the meantime here's the full context:
https://github.com/atlanticaccent/higher-steaks

[jaunty ermine]

That and fixing a typo fixed it, thank you!

[daring heron]

er balatro modding isnt that hard right 🤔

surely not

[slim ferry]

its not

[uneven drift]

How would I make legendaries appear in the shop? 🤔 thinking about making a joker that has them show up

[daring fern]

local oldgetcurrentpool = get_current_pool
function get_current_pool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
    if next(SMODS.find_card('j_modprefix_key')) and _type == 'Joker' and _append == 'sho' then
        local poll = pseudorandom('rarity'..G.GAME.round_resets.ante.._append)
        if poll < (1/odds) then
            _legendary = true
        end
    end
    return oldgetcurrentpool(_type, _rarity, _legendary, _append)
end

[uneven drift]

thanks, not sure what I want the odds to be yet

but it worked 😛

[keen totem]

what would be the context that something like bonus card would trigger on

(it doesnt use a calculate function, but if you were to recreate bonus card and have it use a calculate function instead of the built in system)

[rigid solar]

https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/blob/main/src/editions.lua

[daring fern]

You can't recreate Bonus Card with a calculate function, because it adds it's chips to the cards base chips.

[viscid talon]

quick question, is it possible to have multiple consumables reference the same localisation description?

e.g. if i had multiple Apple Cards that share the same description "This is an Apple Card"

[red flower]

yes, key in loc_vars

[viscid talon]

o okay

ill have to look into that

[red flower]

the different booster packs do this because each different art is a different object

[viscid talon]

:o yay

[past spade]

how do I get the deck back of a card?

[red flower]

like, the sprite object?

[past spade]

deck key preferably, though sprite pos could probably work

[red flower]

well usually cards have the same back as the current deck except for that one copy glitch that is fixed in smods

[past spade]

its for a drawstep that needs to work during deck selection too

[red flower]

me when i get xy problem'd..

here's how cryptid does it https://github.com/SpectralPack/Cryptid/blob/6daf1302f37751a888eeee74b9964d88c6c92938/lib/ui.lua#L12
it seems to account for galdur too

[past spade]

ah this looks like a very good example of what I'm trying to do, thanks

[keen totem]

do :juice_up() calls need to be done in an event?

i feel like i keep seeing them exclusively called in events

[red flower]

no

[idle plaza]

They don't need to be in an event, in that you won't crash the game or something. But events help a lot with timing.

[cinder elk]

hey im looking at astra's video where is this code located in vanillaremade

[frosty rampart]

the wiki (scroll down, it's part of a rather long section)
https://github.com/nh6574/VanillaRemade/wiki#how-do-i-organize-my-files

[sturdy compass]

[fading rivet]

is it possible the sacle down the contents of a UIBox embedded in an object node

like to 0.9

[knotty solstice]

local function is_mouse_near_card(card, mx, my, padding)
    local x = card.VT.x * G.TILESIZE * G.TILESCALE
    local y = card.VT.y * G.TILESIZE * G.TILESCALE
    local w = card.VT.w * G.TILESIZE * G.TILESCALE
    local h = card.VT.h * G.TILESIZE * G.TILESCALE

    local sw, sh = love.graphics.getDimensions()
    padding = padding or (0.1 * math.min(sw, sh))

    return mx > x - padding and mx < x + w + padding and
           my > y - padding and my < y + h + padding
end

local card_cap = 50
local rank_thereshold = 20

local draw_hook = Card.draw
function Card:draw(layer)
local function is_area_allowed(area)
if area == G.consumeables then return true end
if area == G.jokers then return true end
end
if self.area and is_area_allowed(self.area) and self.highlighted ~= true then

if #self.area.cards >=card_cap and self.rank and self.rank >=rank_thereshold then
local mx, my = G.CONTROLLER.cursor_position.x, G.CONTROLLER.cursor_position.y
if not is_mouse_near_card(self,mx,my) then
    return
end

end

end

return draw_hook(self,layer)
end
local l_update = Card.update
function Card:update(dt)
if self.area and #self.area.cards >=card_cap and not self.bl_optimized_request_update then
    return
end
if self.bl_optimized_request_update then
    self.bl_optimized_request_update = false
end
return l_update(self,dt)
end

eval_hook = eval_card
eval_card = function (card,context)
    if card.area and #card.area.cards >=card_cap then
        card.bl_optimized_request_update = true
    end
    return eval_hook(card,context)
end

this reduces lag a bit but it doesn't make the game run clean with lot of cards like I want it to

what else I need to modify?

[daring fern]

What is the goal?

[knotty solstice]

I'm trying to optimize it to be able to run lot of jokers and consumables at once (jokers may be harder) but I noticed with consumeables If you have something like 200 consumeables and even If they aren't being rendered the game still lags for some reason even If they don't have any calculate functions

[fading rivet]

have you considered the amount of memory that is being juggled and cpu power it takes for that amount of cards

[knotty solstice]

but the cards are not being rendered at all and they don't have calculate functions

the memory part though

does the memory cause significant lag even with small amounts like 200(because it has many variables or something) and should reducing that fix it?

[knotty solstice]

I tested that by making the update function and draw function and calculate function do nothing

and lag was still there when getting to 3 digits

[red flower]

for consumables is because can_use is run a lot im assuming

[spice sage]

Hey, is there a built-in way to offset the logo of the game?

[red flower]

G.SPLASH_LOGO.alignment.offset.x or .y

also G.title_top as well to move the cards

[spice sage]

Thank you!

[white zinc]

just downloaded the debug mod. i feel a bit silly asking this, but what's the command to spawn a joker?

i looked through the github and found a list of supposed hotkeys, but none of them seem to work :/

aha, i have figured it out

i had to hold tab, not just press it

[uneven drift]

yeah think u figured it out but collection and then find the joker u wanna spawn and press 3

same for anything else

[near coral]

To spawn things you go into the collection, hover your cursor over what you wish to spawn, and press 3

Pressing 1 unlocks it if locked and pressing 2 discovers it if undiscovered

Holding tab is for in game stuff, like giving money, rerolling bosses, etc.

It also tells you how to cycle through editions, enhancements, seals, etc. as well as how to duplicate and despawn things among other commands

[white zinc]

alright, i've racked my brain enough to feel like i can once again ask for some assistance. this joker is supposed to give +1 hand size for every 4 wild cards in your full deck. i cannot get it to work unfortunately, and i think i did so much spaghetti code that my mind is a bit broken as well. if anybody's able and willing to help me troubleshoot, i'd be more than appreciative

[daring fern]

add_to_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
    card.ability.extra.hand_size = 0
    local count = 0
    for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
        if SMODS.has_enhancement(v, 'm_wild') then
            count = count+1
        end
    end
    card.ability.extra.hand_size = math.floor(count/4)
    G.hand:change_size(card.ability.extra.hand_size)
end,
update = function(self, card, dt)
    if G.playing_cards then
        local count = 0
        for k, v in pairs(G.playing_cards) do
            if SMODS.has_enhancement(v, 'm_wild') then
                count = count+1
            end
        end
        if card.added_to_deck then
            G.hand:change_size(math.floor(count/4)-card.ability.extra.hand_size)
        end
        card.ability.extra.hand_size = math.floor(count/4)
    end
end,
remove_from_deck = function(self, card, from_debuff)
    G.hand:change_size(-card.ability.extra.hand_size)
end

[white zinc]

wait, is this the whole thing?

wow that's condensed

is this all i need to have inside under my calculate = function(self, card, context)?

[daring fern]

No, this replaces the calculate function.

[white zinc]

alright, i replaced it and now the game crashed when i try and view it

i must've replaced it wrong

[fading rivet]

bump

[queen crescent]

how would i force trigger tag1 from tag2
-# provided tag1 is present (for example: rare tag)

[red flower]

i don't know if this is a cryptid thing or something but forcing a rare tag normally wouldn't be possible without manually recreating the effect, since it triggers in a specific shop context

[queen crescent]

well, i want to force remove a tag without activating its effect

[red flower]

you can just iterate through the tags and call tag:nope on it im pretty sure

[queen crescent]

no idea how id do it, i'm exploring uncharted territory

[red flower]

the tags are in G.GAME.tags

[silent sail]

loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        info_queue[#"Info"_queue + 1] = G.P_CENTERS["joker"]
        local j = card.ability.extra.Joker or 'j_joker'
        local n = card.ability.extra.Jokername or 'Joker'
        return {vars = {j, n}}
    end,

how do i make this actually provide the info queue

[queen crescent]

the hells tag:nope anyway

[fading rivet]

G.P_CENTERS.joker isnt a thing

[silent sail]

im trying to figure out what to replace joker with

this is from SMODS

info_queue[#1116390750314307698_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS.j_stone

i tried doing G.P_CENTERS.j but that didnt work

wait i got it

[fading rivet]

the key of the object you want the info queue from

[fading rivet]

thats also not a thing

[silent sail]

iinfo_queue[#1116390750314307698_queue + 1] = G.P_CENTERS[j]

this is what i needed to get it working

[fading rivet]

provided j is a key, yeah that will work

[queen crescent]

ill bump this to see if anyone else can give a guide

[faint yacht]

Just does the visual "Nope!" and removes the tag.

[white zinc]

alright, i have a joker idea that i want to try and code, and i want to get a rough idea of how i could approach it.

This Joker gains +2 chips per combination of 15 in scored cards.

(ex: the hand 5, 5, K, K would score 8 chips)

my thinking is that after we have all scored cards, i run through every single combination of card grouping, check if their total is 15 (doing some extra stuff to make Aces count as 1 and not 11), and increase a variable if so. anybody know of a better way of doing this?

[fading rivet]

bump

[red flower]

i literally gave you a guide 😭 you're just asking people to code it for you at that point

just ask the specifics of what you don't know

[queen crescent]

the idea is idk how id trigger tag:nope but ill look at how cryptid does it

[tepid crow]

N just told you how to do it? Iterate over G.GAME.tags, and for each tag check whether it's the tag you want to remove. If so, call :nope() on it

[queen crescent]

i was just about to say
run an if statement if a tag is present, if it is; remove it

would there be a problem with duplicates?

[tepid crow]

idk how id trigger tag:nope
It takes no arguments. You can check tag.lua:24, it defines Tag:nope

[queen crescent]

.

[queen crescent]

..

-# two of one tag

[fading rivet]

problem solved

[red flower]

when you iterate you need to check that the tag is your heart tag and just :nope the first one you find if you only want to delete one

[tepid crow]

run an if statement if a tag is present
not really? you should, for each tag, check whether that tag is the one you want (something like if mytag.key == "hearts" then ...)
if it is; remove it
yes (by calling :nope())

[tepid crow]

Depends, are you removing multiple tags at once? If only one every time, you're fine

[queen crescent]

one at a time
although should i do something in the event i have two

having three broken hearts causes an immediate game over and if you gain a heart you lose it and a broken heart is also lost

[hidden notch]

-# Was about ask a Question but N' has already answered it before, Thanks N'!

[tepid crow]

local wiki = N

[red flower]

oh lars the bug i told you the other day wasn't fixed lol

[queen crescent]

uh

[tepid crow]

Should be fine. You can let one of the tags successfully activate, removing the other one

[tepid crow]

what does that mean 😭

[red flower]

the orphan text is still there, it turns out that specific version of smods we were testing at the time had another bug that prevented it

[tepid crow]

god

that's awesome

kinda too busy rn to fix it but thanks for letting me know 😭

[red flower]

i can probably pr the fix this weekend

[tepid crow]

if you do, just ping/dm me on discord so I actually see it

[knotty solstice]

is there a formula to simplify tetration??

like how theres a formula for factorials

so instead of calculating how much is !10000
you just use the factorial formula

[fading rivet]

what?

[knotty solstice]

I inversed the place where ! is supposed to be

I put it at the beginning but It's at the end

[fading rivet]

no not that

I understand you didn't mean subfactorial

I mean what does this mean

[knotty solstice]

Like there's Stirling's formula for factorial

[fading rivet]

instead of calculating 1000! you do it with a formula, which is just calculating 1000!

[knotty solstice]

I meant so you don't have to do 1000x999x998...

1000 times

which is a lot slower

so you use stirling's formula

is there a equal for tetration?

[fading rivet]

theres no way float exponentiation is faster than integer multiplication

[knotty solstice]

If you were to calculate factorial without using stirling's formula for factorial of 1000 you would need to do 1000 for loops

thats what I mean

[fading rivet]

float exponentiation is really fricking expensive

[knotty solstice]

I think we're understanding different things

wait lemme create a function to explain

[fading rivet]

im thinking of sqrt(τn) * (n / e)ⁿ

which includes float roots, division, and exponentiation

all very expensive operations

compared to a for loop and integer multiplication

[fading rivet]

spectrallib has code for doing it

[knotty solstice]

Nice

I'mma look into it

what I was trying to mean was

local function fact(n)
  local result = n
  for i = n-1,1,-1 do
    result=result*i
  end
  return result
end
local function stirling_approximation(n)
    local x=math.pi*2
    local a = math.exp(1)
    return math.sqrt(x * n) * (n / a) ^ n 
end
local result = stirling_approximation(10000000)

how the stirling_approximation function will be much faster than doing 1 million for loops

but I suck at math

so I can't really explain it clearly

[knotty solstice]

do you know the name of the function?

[fading rivet]

search tetra itll probably come up

[fading rivet]

okay so im stupid I though float exponentiation was like O(n)

its faster

[knotty solstice]

function Spectrallib.tetrate(base, height)
    -- just use Talisman/Amulet's tetration if possible
    if Talisman then return to_big(base):tetrate(height) end

    -- avoid easy cases; taken from omeganum tetrate
    if height <= -2 then return NaN end
    if base == 0 then return height == 0 and NaN or math.ceil(height) % 2 end
    if base == 1 then return height == -1 and NaN or 1 end
    if height == -1 then return 0 end
    if height == 0 then return 1 end
    if height == 1 then return base end
    if base == 2 and height == 2 then return 4 end

    -- the function itself
    if height > 1e6 then
        if base < math.exp(1/math.exp(1)) then
            local negln = -math.log(base)
            return Spectrallib.lambert_w(negln) / negln
        end
        return base == 1 and 1 or (base > 0 and base < 1 and 0) or (base < 0 and NaN) or math.huge
    end
    local frac = height - math.floor(height)
    local tower = {}
    for i = 2, math.floor(height) do
        tower[#tower+1] = base
    end
    local tot = tower[#tower] ^ (base ^ frac)
    for i = #tower, 1, -1 do
        tot = tower[i] ^ tot
    end
    return tot
end

this is regular tetration but it doesn't approximate it

I'm pretty sure theres a way to approximate it though

I'm trying to come up with something but I suck at math and my mind is just overflowing

I realized that 2^(2^(2^2))
is 65536
however 2^(4^2)
is also 65536

and that reduces the work in half I think

If someone who's good at math could help me I'd appreciate

[whole lava]

how can i create a joker when the run start and not when the run is continued?

[lyric wadi]

hey dev chat

does jokers being destroy counts for context.destroying_card ?

[fading rivet]

[lyric wadi]

and if yes do food jokers destroying itself counts?

[lyric wadi]

holy shit teto

[fading rivet]

im pretty sure the wiki answers this

[fading rivet]

no

that's context.destroy_card

wait being destroyed

okay both are wrong

those 2 are for checking if a card should be destroyed

[lyric wadi]

ok assume im talking about whichever one triggers when a card is destroyed

[fading rivet]

context.remove_playing_card (playing card destroyed) and context.joker_type_destroyed (anything else)

[lyric wadi]

ok

so does food joker counts for joker_type_destroyed

[fading rivet]

yes

[wispy falcon]

What may be the reason, this shader does not apply to the floating sprites? The shader switches between visible and invisible and I have apply_to_float = true in the edition

[fading rivet]

it would help if we had code

[wispy falcon]

What code? The shader code or the edition code?

[fading rivet]

both

not the glsl though

[wispy falcon]

The shader/edition is called forgotten

[fading rivet]

weird

[wispy falcon]

Yeah, as far as I know, I did nothing wrong

[wispy falcon]

@daring fern Sorry if I misunderstood your bio regarding pinging you but do you have a clue why this isn't working?

Also, how do I allow spaces in a text input?

[red flower]

done https://github.com/larswijn/CardSleeves/pull/34

[primal robin]

wait no_styled_name is a thing?

Interesting

is there an option for like "only_description" or "only_text" or "only_info_queue" or smth?

[queen crescent]

is it actually like mytag.key or what do i plug there

/genq

[wispy falcon]

This makes me crazy TwT

[viscid talon]

how do i use quantum enhancements

[mystic river]

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

[viscid talon]

uh thats not good

[faint yacht]

iirc I had to do a hook for Card:should_hide_front for some of my antics.

[hidden notch]

I wanna change how my Enhancement draws the Base-Sprite....
Where would I start? What do I need to hook or even Lovely-Patch?
(The basic goal is to draw half the Sprite-Size)

[hidden notch]

Hey funny i'm literally looking at that rn

[sturdy compass]

probably a drawstep

[tepid crow]

if you named the iterator mytag then yes

[queen crescent]

i didnt?

[tepid crow]

(if you have no idea what I'm talking about, start googling "lua for loop")

[hidden notch]

-# Which one would you suggest looking at specifically for drawing the Base-Sprite (in SMODS->src/card_draw.lua)?
Actually; I'm gonna assume "key = 'front'" now that I'm looking at it owo'

[queen crescent]

yeah i didnt name any iterator such

[tepid crow]

then change it to [whatever-you-named-it].key

[queen crescent]

?

[tepid crow]

G.GAME.tags[i].key

[viscid talon]

ok so this is my code rn

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.check_enhancement == 'm_stone' then
            return {
                m_stone = true,
                m_mult = true
            }
        end
    end
}

it doesnt seem to work

i do have the optional features enabled in main.lua

over here

[slim ferry]

context.check_enhancement is true|false

[viscid talon]

oops

[queen crescent]

?

[slim ferry]

You might want to take a look at the documentation

[viscid talon]

ok now it just dies

[slim ferry]

just ignore that it references retriggers

[viscid talon]

oops i mustve looked at the wrong page

[tepid crow]

I'd keep the if G.GAME.tags[i] and G.GAME.tags[i] == ..., just as safety (it doesnt break anything, but it doesn't hurt to have it)

Secondly, if you want to only delete one tag, you'll need to stop the loop somehow after noping the first tag

[viscid talon]

the explanation didnt rly make much sense so im just taking some code from the extra credit mod instead

ok so it works but it makes major lag spikes

maybe its bc of the handy mod? tbf im not on the latest version of smods

lemme fix that

[uneven drift]

Is there a way I can make a specific joker store slot have a discount, and not the others. I'm thinking about making a joker that gives you a store slot w/a discount

Not sure what type of slot, im thinking random per shop visit

(tho voucher slots might not be fun so maybe 50-50 between joker and booster)

idk just making things seeing if this is implementable

I might just do u get gold back whenever u buy something

[faint yacht]

Former:
Have a hook on Card:set_cost_value.
In context.starting_shop, choose between G.shop_jokers and G.shop_booster, then randomly choose between the slots.
Then, in context.modify_shop_card, check if the card is in said slot and call :set_cost() on said card.

-# Or something of such.

[uneven drift]

🤔 thanks

[sturdy compass]

Front might work, but I may also suggest fully making your own as well

[hidden notch]

I am so lost in the sauce rn

[uneven drift]

We love being lost in sauce

[hidden notch]

I see that it calls suit:draw(self, layer), but I can't find a draw() function that takes 2 parameters..?
Edit: Is it using SMODS.loading:draw()? Nvm, still have no idea

[hidden notch]

I don't really get how I would go about drawing the Base-Texture but at half Size with a custom Draw step :/

[verbal trout]

Guys, I'm making a mod in JokerForge and I'm getting this error when I create a consumable. Like, when I remove it, the game works again.

[slim ferry]

you should not have both talisman and amulet installed first of all

also probably ask in the joker forge discord

[verbal trout]

oooooooh, thxx!

[queen crescent]

yeah, but idk how 😭
such is the suffering of exploring new territory

[tepid crow]

The best advice I can give you is to just start researching it. If you google "lua stop loop", you'll get some great results that should point you in the right direction

[slim ferry]

have you ever heard of break

[queen crescent]

?

[primal robin]

missed child continue:

[viscid talon]

how do i make a joker give xmult ONLY for 7s?

as in like

it wont give mult unless your hand has only 7s and nothing else

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

    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main and context.full_hand[1]:get_id() == 7 then
            return {
                xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult
            }
        end
    end
}```
this code does nothing, which is NOT what i want ^^^^

[rigid solar]

you're only checking the 1st card of your hand

[viscid talon]

oops

so would i do context.full_hand:get_id() == 7 then?

[rigid solar]

loop on all cards in context.full_hand

[daring fern]

if context.joker_main then
    local passed = true
    for k, v in pairs(context.full_hand) do
        if v:get_id() ~= 7 then
            passed = false
        end
    end
    if passed then
        return {xmult = card.ability.extra.Xmult}
    end
end

[viscid talon]

loop?

ooo for k v in pairs...

[hidden notch]

Well, getting somewhere

[viscid talon]

thank you something!

what does for k and v in pairs(context.full_hand) mean?

im guessing what its doing is looking at my full hand and saying "if every card ISNT a 7, you're not doing it right"

[fading rivet]

if only

[shell timber]

for key, value in pairs(table) do loops over all of the keys in table and gives each corresponding value

if you swap pairs for ipairs it does the same but only for ascending integer keys

[frosty rampart]

^ it runs the loop once per every element in table, and you can use key and value to access info about each element

[viscid talon]

hmm i see

every card has a key assigned to it, right?

[frosty rampart]

every [anything] has a key assigned to it if it's in a table. it's decided by the table, not by the cards

[viscid talon]

so the loop here is sorta like a border guard checking to see if the key matches the 7

[queen crescent]

i think im just being stupid

[viscid talon]

oh right

[frosty rampart]

anyway every time the loop runs in something's code, k is the index of the card in context.full_hand, and v is the card object itself. the loop checks each card's ID, and if even one of them isn't a 7, it sets passed to false and therefore it won't give the xmult

[viscid talon]

gotcha

ill have to make a note of that

[hidden notch]

How do I stop the normal suit from rendering? o~o'

[frosty rampart]

hook the front drawstep to skip it if it's your custom enhancement

[viscid talon]

-- Seven Sisters
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "sevensisters",
    pos = { x = 7, y = 0 },
    config = { extra = { xmult = 3.5 } },
    cost = 9,
    rarity = 3,
    blueprint_compat = true,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = false,
    atlas = 'HatchetJokers',

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

    -- Code by Somethingcom515
    calculate = function(self, card, context)
        if context.joker_main then
            local passed = true
            for k, v in pairs(context.full_hand) do
                if v:get_id() ~= 7 then -- if even one card is NOT 7, its false. ~= is the lua equivalent of !=
                    passed = false -- the local "passed" variable is set to false
                end
            end
            if passed then
                return { xmult = card.ability.extra.xmult }
            end
        end
    end
}

--[[

k = *key*
v = value

the code above runs a loop for each corresponding key within the table.
everything within a table (whether its cards, blinds, etc) is assigned a key.

everytime the loop runs in the code, [k] is the index within the context (your full hand) while [v] is the card object
itself. think of [k] as a search string and [v] as the card object. your loop is checking each card's ID. if even one of them
ISNT a 7, the code will not run, hence why its set to false

--]]```

is this correct

[hidden notch]

Okay stupid question; How do I hook a drawstep?

[frosty rampart]

smods maintains a list of drawsteps like most of the other stuff it provides, SMODS.DrawSteps.front.func would be the function you need to hook

[frosty rampart]

looks good yea

[viscid talon]

yippee

i like storing little notes in my code so i can look back and remember

thank you gozaimasu

[primal robin]

SMODS.DrawSteps.front.func is function you're looking for

[queen crescent]

yeah im being stupid
421% of the time

[viscid talon]

how do you alter shop rates with a specific joker

im trying to make a joker that increases the likelihood of encountering negative jokers in store

sorta like what Hone does

[queen crescent]

peek yahimod yahi joker
-# YAHIMOD OF ALL MODS 😭

[viscid talon]

o oke

o i could check wormhole deck

Lol

[slim ferry]

please do NOT look at yahimod code 😭

[viscid talon]

yeah i took a look and it looked like such a mess 😭

[queen crescent]

anyways time to bang my head on the keyboard 421 times because of my stupidity

[viscid talon]

ok so the wormhole deck (cryptid) has something like this G.GAME.modifiers.cry_negative_rate

im unsure what the "cry" means

ohh cryptid

LOL

[slim ferry]

cryptid prefix

[viscid talon]

im so dumb

[slim ferry]

yes

[viscid talon]

sobs

[daring fern]

local oldenegativegetweight = G.P_CENTERS.e_negative.get_weight
SMODS.Edition:take_ownership('e_negative', {
    get_weight = function(self)
        local weight = oldenegativegetweight(self)
        for k, v in pairs(SMODS.find_card('j_modprefix_key')) do
            weight = weight * number
        end
        return weight
    end
}, true)

[viscid talon]

ahhh so i have to take ownership then

ill make notes!

and im guessing number is substituted for 2

or i have to make number a local variable and define it as 2 ?

[slim ferry]

you should replace number with whatever the config value is for the joker

that controls the negative rate

[viscid talon]

o i see

[slim ferry]

so v.ability.extra.whatever

[viscid talon]

well its meant to make negative jokers 2X more likely

[slim ferry]

i mean yeah

but less hardcoding numbers is usually better

[viscid talon]

oo oke

hmm

-- Black Joker (Ownerships) / Code by Somethingcom515
local oldweight = G.P_CENTERS.e_negative.get_weight
SMODS.Edition:take_ownership('e_negative', {
    get_weight = function(self)
        local weight = oldweight(self)
        for k, v in pairs(SMODS.find_card('j_hatch_blackjoker')) do
            weight = weight * 2
        end
        return weight
    end
}, true)

--[[

We are taking ownership of the game's negative rate!
The old weight is defined as a GAME variable. We are taking the base weight, then telling "Black Joker"
to apply its increased rate, which is 2.

--]]

-- Black Joker
SMODS.Joker {
    key = "blackjoker",
    config = { extra = { negative_rate = 2 } },
    pos = { x = 9, y = 0 },
    cost = 9,
    rarity = 3,
    blueprint_compat = false,
    eternal_compat = true,
    perishable_compat = true,
    unlocked = true,
    discovered = false,
    atlas = 'HatchetJokers',

    loc_vars = function(self, info_queue, card)
        info_queue[#info_queue + 1] = G.P_CENTERS.e_negative
        return { vars = { card.ability.extra.negative_rate } }
    end,
}

this is what ive got rn

im unsure what to do next, or what to note

[hidden notch]

Looks Good :3
Until you start dragging it somewhere :(

[viscid talon]

is it a little laggy when you drag it?

[hidden notch]

No not at all, it sticks perfectly... it's just very offset x'3

[viscid talon]

oh hm

im unsure how to fix that :(

[daring fern]

#💻・modding-dev message

[hidden notch]

Oh my gosh, Thank you!
I was just looking for that

[viscid talon]

are my notes correct

also setting the weight to 2 does almost nothing

i keep rerolling and the odds i get a negative joker arent any more likely

[wintry solar]

you're changing a 0.3% chance to a 0.6% chance

[keen totem]

how do base game jokers interact with pools

do you just have to manually create pools for them or do they already have some

[viscid talon]

gotcha gotcha, ill try and figure out the maths then

[red flower]

this? https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.Attributes

[viscid talon]

0.6% to 25% seems good for a joker of this rarity

[keen totem]

whatever the pools thing in an SMODS.Joker is

idk if that's this

[viscid talon]

0.3 in 1 or 0.3 in 100

[red flower]

that's for this https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.ObjectType#api-documentation-smodsobjecttype

but there are no base game pools and for the most part the utility has been replaced by attributes in the latest version

[keen totem]

can you make modded attributes?

[red flower]

yes

[keen totem]

alr

[viscid talon]

0.3 to 30 makes more sense

thats a 100x increase

meow

[red flower]

1 in 3 jokers being negative seems game breakingly strong

[viscid talon]

true

ill do a 20x increase instead

[keen totem]

what is key_append in SMODS.add_card?

[wispy falcon]

bump

[keen totem]

how would you add a custom joker as an info_queue?

[daring fern]

It's a string that gets passed into in_pool as args.source so cards know what their being created from.

[daring fern]

table.insert(info_queue, G.P_CENTERS.j_modprefix_key)

[red flower]

also RNG seeding

[keen totem]

would info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS.j_CGN_Yin work?

[red flower]

yes

[keen totem]

would the load order of jokers affect this

[red flower]

no

[keen totem]

whats causing this to crash then

[red flower]

what's the log

[keen totem]

oh i just realized the issue

im having two jokers info_queue each other

so it just infinitely does more info_queues

[red flower]

you can check for card.fake_card

[keen totem]

is there a way to fix this

[red flower]

so it doesnt add it when its in a tooltip

[keen totem]

if not card.fake_card then
    info_queue[#info_queue+1] = G.P_CENTERS.j_CGN_Yang
end

would this work then

[red flower]

yeah

[keen totem]

alr thank you

[queen crescent]

still doin it

[wintry solar]

G.GAME.tags[i]:nope()

[queen crescent]

eremel i wanted to know if im doin it right 😭

[wintry solar]

you're not thats why I gave you some different code 😭

[silent sail]

i have a .lua for making dynamic big poker hands but it seems to only apply visually and the actual returned value is unchanged

how do i fix that

[wraith jolt]

Hey!

[queen crescent]

dont know what thatll do but when ill test

pretty weird for a oneliner

[wintry solar]

Well you’re trying to nope a value tag that you never set so it’ll just crash

[wraith jolt]

@keen totem you forgot about me

[red flower]

you're not supposed to replace the entire thing if that's what you're thinking 😭

just the nope line

[naive coral]

how do i replace the mult sound effect in scoring with another sound effect?

like in a simple base joker for example

[red flower]

if adding sound to the return doesn't work you can try mult_message = {message = localize{type='variable',key='a_mult',vars={number}}, colour = G.C.MULT, sound = key }

[naive coral]

it just plays it as soon as i press the play button when just sound in the return, so yeah thats helpful thanks

[red flower]

if that happens then youre doing something wrong

i meant mult = number, sound = key

[naive coral]

if context.joker_main then
return {
mult = card.ability.extra.mult,
sound = ("prefix_examplekey")
}
end

something like that?

[red flower]

yeah, if it doesnt work then it just wont play the sound

[naive coral]

? mult still scores, just the sound plays as soon as the hand starts

theres def a simple fix tho

ill put something together

[red flower]

i have no idea why it would do that

[red flower]

what about this

[naive coral]

yeah im trying it now

think i spy the issue

nvm

[white zinc]

so this gives me two different crashes. one happens when i try and view the joker in the collection. i believe what happens is that it tries to count the playing cards, but if you're in the menu, it doesn't have any cards to count so it crashes. then, if you try to view the joker in your collection during a game, you get an error saying that hand_size is a nil value (not sure why that is). any chance you can help me?

[daring fern]

Yes, I updated the code, also change the variable in the config to hand_size instead of handsize

[white zinc]

it no longer crashes, but now once you have a wild in your deck, your hand size decreases once per frame

do i need to change anything in the loc_vars?

[daring fern]

No, I updated the code again.

[white zinc]

just so i'm learning, what are you changing and why?

[white zinc]

in my code, i'm trying to debuff a random joker from an array.

if #jokers > 0 then
local temp_card = pseudorandom_element(jokers, pseudoseed('bgn_aj_joker'))
G.jokers.cards[temp_card].debuff = true <-- this line is wrong
end

problem is that my temp_card variable is a joker and in order to debuff a card, i need to use an integer. if i have a joker, how do i find it's cooresponding integer value?

[mystic river]

don't
temp_card and G.jokers.cards[joker's position] are literally the same table in this context

you also shouldn't set Card.debuff directly
use SMODS.debuff_card

[stiff locust]

how would i make an info_queue box for a tag

[white zinc]

i can't find this on the documentation wiki, any chance you have the link to where i can read ab this?

[true jasper]

info_queue[#info_queue + 1] = { key = "key", set = "Tag" }

[queen crescent]

yeah i am being stupid

[wintry solar]

What are you trying to do?

[queen crescent]

if you get a game over during a blind, prevent it (just like mr bones but in a tag)
secondly, if it finds a broken heart, destroy both tags (this and broken heart)

the broken heart will have a seperate implementation where if you get three of them, instant game over

[wintry solar]

And what’s currently working?

[queen crescent]

nothing :D

[wintry solar]

Tags don’t use the normal calculation cycle at the moment, they have a different workflow

So your context checks will never pass

[queen crescent]

well, what do tags use?

[gilded blaze]

for i = 1, #G.GAME.tags do
    G.GAME.tags[i]:apply_to_run({type = 'shop_start'})
end

this is the equivalent of SMODS.calculate_context({entering_shop = true}) but for tags

[queen crescent]

so if i put type = 'game_over' will it activate on a game over

[gilded blaze]

yes

function SMODS.current_mod:calculate(context)
    if context.end_of_round and context.game_over then
        for i = 1, #G.GAME.tags do
            local triggered = G.GAME.tags[i]:apply_to_run({type = 'game_over'})
            if triggered then
                return {
                    message = localize('k_saved_ex'),
                    saved = 'ph_mr_bones',
                    colour = G.C.RED,
                }
            end
        end
    end
end

well, for preventing game over you definitely need more work

[queen crescent]

i was thinking of taking mr bones code from vanillaremade to get the job done

[gilded blaze]

check out the updated snippet

[queen crescent]

also got this snippet to check for any broken hearts

[queen crescent]

uh

[gilded blaze]

put that global calculate in main.lua

[queen crescent]

yeah

done

its in main.lua fr now but i think i'm just smooth brained

[gilded blaze]

also change your apply to this

apply = function(self, tag, context)
    if context.type == 'game_over' then
        local prevent_trigger = false
        for i = 1, #G.GAME.tags do
            if G.GAME.tags[i].key == 'tag_dw_brokenheart' then -- tags have prefixes btw
                prevent_trigger = true
                break
            end
        end
        if prevent_trigger then
            tag:nope()
        else
            local lock = tag.ID
            G.CONTROLLER.locks[lock] = true
            tag:yep('+', G.C.GREEN, function()
                G.CONTROLLER.locks[lock] = nil
                return true
            end)
            tag.triggered = true
            return true
        end
    end
end,

[queen crescent]

test time

[gilded blaze]

also

how are you going to deal with multiple instances of this tag

let SUAS happen? actually no, it just wastes all other tags

[queen crescent]

i don't know

[queen crescent]

at the same time, the broken heart is supposed to like get rid of the heart tag and itself

[gilded blaze]

that's the problem

how are you going to deal with x instances of this tag and y instances of that tag

[queen crescent]

having 3 instances of brokenheart cause an instant game over
and if you get a brokenheart while having a heart they should both self-destruct, i'd use destroy_card but does it work on tags

[gilded blaze]

no

[queen crescent]

both the vanillaremade wiki and smods wiki dont say a lot