Installing Steamodded with Lovely Installer for Windows

[hushed spire]

Installing Steamodded (v1) w/ Lovely Injector Installation for Windows

Thanks to Steamopollys and ethangreen-dev.

Here are the steps to getting mods working with Balatro!
Verify your game via Steam before following this guide.

Step 1: Get the Files

• Steamodded This is a link to download the latest repo version of Steamodded

• Lovely Injector This will take you to the releases page for lovely injector click on "lovely-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" under the latest version. You must disable your antivirus before downloading this the dll files will be flagged as a virus

Step 2: Prep the Mod directory

• Press windows + R and type "%appdata%/balatro"
• Create a folder called Mods (if it doesn't exist)
• Inside of the Mods folder create a folder called Steamodded
• From your downloaded Steamodded main.zip and open the Steamodded-main folder extract the entire contents into the Steamodded folder you created in the previous step

Step 3: Prep the game directory

• Open Steam and go to your library
• Right click Balatro go to Manage --> Browse Local Files
• From your downloaded lovely-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip extract the version.dll file into this directory
• At the stage add version.dll to your antivirus exception list, you can now reactivate your antivirus.

Step 4: Profit

Congrats you should have successfully set up Balatro to be modded go have fun and mod the game to your hearts desire!
Also it's likely all the mods and the modding tools are still in early development so expect broken behaviour with some of them. If you want to add mods they can be placed in the root of the Mods folder if they are a lone .lua file however if they contain multiple files be sure to create a Folder for that and extract the contents inside.

[knotty fiber]

Do I require lovely to make and play mods?

[hushed spire]

You only really need some lua knowledge to make the mods, if you want to play the mods you'll need either Steammodded/lovely/Balamod or my preferred method of Lovely + Steammodded. You can just use steammodded which will require you to patch your exe of Balatro, check the Github of Steammodded for more info on that method.

[knotty fiber]

Okay, thank for telling me
I wasn't sure if this was something new I required

I patched the exe awhile ago

[winter magnet]

where do i find the dwmapi.dll file?

nvm

[hidden light]

Id help but I am technically challenged lol

[winter magnet]

i figured it out lol

what did i do wrong?

[hidden light]

I had same thing

basically you put something in wrong spot

[winter magnet]

hmm

[hidden light]

In your balatro foler you should have the Mods folder

[winter magnet]

ye

[hidden light]

In the Mods folder put lovely and Steamodded-main

[winter magnet]

thats where i wnet wrong

i put it in the mod nae folder

name*

[hidden light]

yeah I think I did to

its a vague pronoun

[winter magnet]

its just opening normal balatro tho

[hidden light]

I also had the same mistake

I forgot what I did...

where did you put the lovely.toml?

[winter magnet]

into the mods folder

[hidden light]

It should be in Steammodded-main

and hopefull that works?

🤞🏻

[winter magnet]

nope

[hidden light]

DANG IT

[glossy thorn]

Can you open your Mods folder so I can see how you have it set up?

[hidden light]

you are missing the lovely.toml in steammodded-main I think

[winter magnet]

i have the lovely toml filr

does it have to be named that specifically?

[hidden light]

ig not

[winter magnet]

@glossy thorn any ideas?

[hidden light]

what about Balatro Demo folder?

I remember I did something with that

[winter magnet]

i deleted the demo

[hidden light]

oh right why did I say demo

LOL

[glossy thorn]

@winter magnet you have Steamodded in Mods/ModName/Steamodded, it should just be in Mods/Steamodded

So move Steamodded folder to be in the Mods directory instead of inside the ModName directory

[winter magnet]

just changed it

did i put the mod in the wrong folder?

[glossy thorn]

Steamodded is loading which is good

It looks to be an issue with JellyMod, have others gotten it to work with Lovely?

[winter magnet]

idk

i just got into the game

i moved it to the mod name folder

[glossy thorn]

Oh that might be why

ModName folder shouldn’t exist, it was just an example for the name of the mod

So the directory would be Mods/Steamodded and Mods/JellyMod

Oh another thing I noticed

You appear to have downloaded the files from GitHub directly for JellyMod - instead you should grab the files from the Releases page

[winter magnet]

what?

[glossy thorn]

https://github.com/jamesthejellyfish/JellyMod/releases

Download JellyMod.zip from here, and move those contents over to the JellyMod folder

[hidden light]

Seeing the hype now I wanna try the mod out

XD

[glossy thorn]

Once the mod ecosystem becomes more stable I would want to try a massive modpack

Like 100 mods or something all loaded together

Pretty much Balatro 2 at that point

[hidden light]

Ikr

[winter magnet]

i got it working

thank you so much

[hidden light]

or Poker 3.0

[hidden light]

np

[hushed spire]

Updated to be a bit less ambigious on the folder name (ModName --> Steamodded), So your file directory should look like C:\Users\"Your username here"\AppData\Roaming\Balatro\Mods\Steamodded and if you want to add mods in the future they can be placed in the root of the Mods folder if they are a lone lua file however if they contain multiple files eg JellyJokers be sure to create a Folder for that and extract the contents inside

Example:

Here is what you expect to see inside the Steamodded Folder:

Installing Steamodded with Lovely Installer for Windows

[ionic wigeon]

I'm getting a very strange error

Every time I open the game it instantly closes

No mods are installed and the only files in the %AppData%/Balatro/Mods directory is Steamodded and lovely/dump/(game and main)

ok fixed it

[glossy thorn]

Probably Steam wasn’t running

[ionic wigeon]

The fix was verifying game integrity, might be due to the Steamodded injector clashing with lovely injector

[burnt gazelle]

oh you were trying to run both? That makes sense, it would be trying to inject steamodded onto an exe which already has steamodded haha

[burnt gazelle]

So now you got steamodded up and running using lovely yeah?

[ionic wigeon]

yea

[pale trench]

has anyone tired to download mods on Mac? I followed the steps from the loader instructions but it doesn't seem to be working

[burnt gazelle]

are you trying to install Balamod or Steamodded on mac?

and are you trying to use Lovely to inject either of them on Mac? I know both have been successfully installed on Mac but idk whether Lovely has support for Mac or not

I helped someone install Steamodded on mac the other day, so I could likely help you as well. The biggest issue you run into is making sure you have all the prerequisites for installing Steamodded listed here: https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded
Most of the prereqs you can easily install with Homebrew on Mac, but getting the proper 7zip-full took some searching. Once you have Homebrew, you just need to run this from Terminal: brew install sevenzip and that will install the full version of 7zip for you, otherwise you run into an error saying you need 7zz, even if you already have another version of 7zip installed

[hallow edge]

[To the top](#1217867725532041369 message)

[burnt gazelle]

It would be REALLY nice if post authors could pin stuff in this server 🥹 I think rn the only way to pin stuff is to ask one of the mods to pin it for you

[wheat tapir]

i cant find the dwmapi.dll file. can someone help

[burnt gazelle]

if you have Balatro installed in the default Steam location, use this: #1209564621644505158 message

[burnt gazelle]

@spare dove just made this awesome script to install Lovely with Steamodded with 1 click 😄 still needs some testing and I plan to test on my side as well, but give it a shot!

[burnt gazelle]

if you instead want to install it manually, click on the lovely injector link in kobs guide, then on the right side you'll see a releases tab, click on it then you'll see the dll you need

[wheat tapir]

thank you

[storm venture]

well this is new

ok got everything done

[restive schooner]

I just followed this tutorial but I get a crash error asking for a "nativefs.lua" file in my Steamodder folder, anyone does know what it is ?

[storm venture]

if you want you could use an install script for this, just make sure you get rid of the steammod folder if its in the game files

just scroll up this thread a bit and you'll see the steammodded link

[glossy thorn]

Try installing this:
https://thunderstore.io/c/balatro/p/metherul/nativefs/

Just download the contents manually and put it in your Mods folder

[restive schooner]

Using the install script above worked, thanks for the tips everyone

[final rampart]

this isn't working, first it made a nativefs.lua crash then after i installed nativefs manually literally nothing about the game was changed

and the install script before just gave "this app can't run on your pc" which i know is a windows defender issue but i still can't get it to work

wait nvm i'm stupid

[burnt gazelle]

🤣 haha what was the issue explode?

[final rampart]

i put the dwmapi.dll in the mods folder

[burnt gazelle]

MONKA

[final rampart]

ikr

[slate pawn]

I cant download main-steammodded. My browser block download him and browser say this is virus

and I take this error?

[slate pawn]

can you help me @burnt gazelle

[burnt gazelle]

Looks like your missing some files from the guide

[burnt gazelle]

Did you follow this guide?

[smoky wadi]

Hey, is there anyone here who can help me with this? Having problems trying out the mod here: #1221662711947989052 message

I launched the exe from here: #1209564621644505158 message.
Mod seemed to work for .lua files (like the extra speed mod) but for anything in a file it crashes?

I get this error message.

[cloud maple]

Hey, what your Mod dir looks like ?

[smoky wadi]

this?

[cloud maple]

And your Mod directory ?

[smoky wadi]

i tried redoing Steammodded using #1217867725532041369 message this guide, and redownloading the mod to no avail

What does the mod directory look like?

[cloud maple]

What are you using to detect files, NFS ?

[smoky wadi]

how can I check?

[cloud maple]

Since some version you should not use love.filesystem anymore but the NFS object provide by Steamodded

[cloud maple]

When you load your sprite file, send me the code block

[smoky wadi]

Is this it?

This is Steammodded --> core --> sprite.lua

[cloud maple]

I know I written this lol, I mean in your mod

[smoky wadi]

im sorry if im not sending the right one 😭

the mod seemed to be working for other people, so I thought it was a problem on my end

[cloud maple]

First of all, for the sounds consider using this: https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/blob/main/core/sound.lua

Never used it but it might cover your needs

[smoky wadi]

does that go here?

[cloud maple]

Well that go in your code, that some helper functions

Can I see the content of your assets folder ?

sounds* sorry

[cloud maple]

But in the idea:
local sound_files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems("Mods/ExtremelyNormalSprites/sounds")

This should be local sound_files = NFS.getDirectoryItems("Mods/ExtremelyNormalSprites/sounds")

And that's seems to be it

Also, for pure organisational purpose, consider locating your "sounds" folder in the assets one, it make sense since sounds are basically some assets 👍

[smoky wadi]

i think it should be good to get @keen nexus in here since they're the one who made this lol

[keen nexus]

oh ok cool

[smoky wadi]

changed the line in the .lua file and am still pulling this error

[cloud maple]

Without "Mods/" as well

[smoky wadi]

i assume this is the right line?

[cloud maple]

And you should use steamodded method to locate your mod

And make it more consistent

[storm anvil]

Forgive me if im doing something super stupid, my Lovely.toml is in a TOML file and not dwmapi.dll

what am i doing wrong to get this incorrect file?

[cloud maple]

Did you download dwmapi.dll from the Lovely github ?

[storm anvil]

i have not found anything that matches dwmapi.dll using the search function on any link to github.

[cloud maple]

In the releases

https://github.com/ethangreen-dev/lovely-injector/releases/tag/v0.3.1

[storm anvil]

thank you so much. there is so much Jargon.

[cloud maple]

Yeah I know this is not optimal, r2mm official Balatro support will help a lot for the classical users.

At least for the Lovely + Steamodded setup. Mods can still be installed separately very easily.

[storm anvil]

well i must have done something wrong. without any mods added i crash on start of game.

the Propt window is nice, shows im at least progressing

[cloud maple]

Can you share it ?

[storm anvil]

i just closed the application and tried it again to make sure, it worked this time./

i dont have anything that shows im modded tho. aside from the prompt window. no steammod text in the bottom corner

[cloud maple]

It supposed to be in the top corner, did a second window launched when opening balatro ? Lovely should create a Windows cmd window with some informations in it

[storm anvil]

yes, forgive me thats what im calling the prompt window. all i have in the top right corner is "1.0.0n-FULL"

[cloud maple]

Can you share me the content of this window ?

[cloud maple]

It don't look like it's loading anything, can you share me the content of your Mods directory ?

[cloud maple]

What's inside steamodded ?

[storm anvil]

core, debug, loader

[cloud maple]

Any other file ?

[storm anvil]

no

[cloud maple]

Well, you are missing the lovely.toml !

[smoky wadi]

i think i figured out the issue! The mod folder ExtremelyNormalSprites was inside of ExtremelyNormalSprites. I changed it and it works!

[storm anvil]

so thats where that goes!

ayyy steamodded is there!

[cloud maple]

Yep, that's what Lovely use to load stuffs

And Steamodded is the primary target most of the time

[storm anvil]

Chrome wont let me download the injector lol

[cloud maple]

Why do you need it now lol

[storm anvil]

dont i need the injector to download mods?

[cloud maple]

Nop

You can find them on this discord

And you put them on your Mods directory

and that's it

[storm anvil]

oh nice

do i need to be logged into Github to get a mod?

[cloud maple]

Nop, you can just look in this discord, go to the github links and download the releases 👍

[storm anvil]

😭 i must be blind. i cannot for the life of me find where im supposed to click to get the folder i need to put in the mods folder.

[cloud maple]

Some can also be found there: https://www.nexusmods.com/balatro/mods/

[cloud maple]

Show me an example of mod you want to download

[cloud maple]

This one don't have a release, but you can easily download it:

"Download zip"

[storm anvil]

omg ty

[cloud maple]

Unzip it and put the content in your Mods dir

[storm anvil]

Steamo i owe you a coffee or beer. thank you so much

[cloud maple]

Np lol

[storm anvil]

by unzip do you mean extract?

[cloud maple]

Exactly yeah

[storm anvil]

YESSS IT WORKS. ITS ALIVE

[spare dove]

@burnt gazelle general heads up that we should have mac support by the next update

and that install scripts that download lovely from the repo will need to be patched if they're not grabbing dwmapi.dll by name.

[hushed spire]

I'm just following my guide again for steamodded v0.9.5 and v0.3.1. I'll add any changes if it needs it

Looks like everything still works

[hallow edge]

yep, still real helpful 👍

[frigid crystal]

I can't seem to find the 'dwmapi.dll' in the local files of Balatro on Steam

[hallow edge]

that's because you're the one who needs to put it there

[frigid crystal]

Ah, ok. Then where do I pull it from?

[hallow edge]

from github, where the guide tells you to in step 1 😐

[frigid crystal]

Oh... I admittedly didn't see that it was a part of the 'Lovely' segment of the process... I thought that 'dwmapi.dll' was a part of the game already. XD

[hushed spire]

⚙️ Video Guide ⚙️ for those that prefer a visual guide to a written one. Honestly I just wanted an excuse to test out my mic 😂 . I tried getting rid of any personal details so if I've accidentally left something in there please @me

[hardy cipher]

Thank you, managed to get it working on steamdeck.

[hallow edge]

boop, one-way ticket to the top

someone should pin that message tbh

[narrow quest]

If you're interesting in keeping this guide up-to-date:

• the lovely.toml is now included in the .zip and doesn't have to be downloaded separately
• Lovely's dll is now called version.dll, not dwmapi.dll

[copper python]

Have you been able to get this to work with 1.0.3? Same setup (steammodded 0.9.8) works okay with 1.0.0 exe and lovely 0.3.1, but nothing works only updating to 1.0.3c and lovely 0.4.0

[copper python]

Nvm, got it to work by adding 'WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command%' to the game launch options

[narrow quest]

It's functional for me on the 1.0.1c-FULL public_experimental branch with SM 0.9.8 and Lovely 0.4.0, though i'm on Windows. I guess you're running on Linux with Wine?

[copper python]

Yep this is on Steam Deck, and yeah the 1.0.1c beta, miswrote that. Seems all good now though with the DLL override launch option, guessing due to Lovely using the version.dll now

[hushed spire]

Fab, I'll be updating soon

[hushed spire]

Written Guide and video description updated! If anyone with the ability to pin the main message sees this, please pin the original message.

[cloud maple]

Can you add the video guide to the main message?

[hushed spire]

Sure that makes sense

[cloud maple]

@remote quest Hey, can you pin this ? #1217867725532041369 message

That's what we use as primary information for the good way to install the Modloader

[cloud maple]

I missed the link

Sorry lol

#1217867725532041369 message

That's the one @remote quest

[spare dove]

man it's so weird to see my face and name in someone else's youtube video

thanks for writing all of this up KoB, you're the best :-)

[hushed spire]

It's weird making a YouTube video and watching it back as well 😂. You're welcome and thanks to both of you for the modding tools 👌

[cloud maple]

Meanwhile on the PS injector side:

[trim lagoon]

any chance of getting a toggle on turning mods on and off for steammodded soon

[fervent roost]

For now, if you want to disable a single mod, you can just rename the mod file to something other than .lua (such as .lua.disabled) and ifyou want to disable steamodded, just rename the version.dll to disable lovely

[trim lagoon]

ye rn the reason i mostly prefer balamod to steammodded is the easy,in game toggle for mods.

[ripe wing]

Syntax error: game.lua:4: '=' expected near 'Game'



Traceback

[love "callbacks.lua"]:228: in function 'handler'
[C]: at 0x7ffd320e9a00
[C]: in function 'require'
main.lua:16: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'```
i tried following the video and got this error on launch

[fervent roost]

can you navigate to your mod folder. There should be a folder named lovely and in it a folder named dump. In the dump folder, can you send a copy of the file @game.lua?

[ripe wing]

this one?

[fervent roost]

hmm thats odd

@spare dove do you know whats going on here?

looks like some kind of garbage data there

[ripe wing]

i just got it out of github like 20 minutes ago

im also on the beta, if that matters

[fervent roost]

can you maybe try going to steam right clicking balatro, properties, local files, verify file integrity?

[ripe wing]

1 files failed to validate

[fervent roost]

right steam should fix it, then try launching again

it shouldn't touch lovely

[ripe wing]

thank you

[foggy sail]

hello i am trying to download this but cant seem too get it too work could someone please assist me with this

[hallow edge]

what step are you stuck at?

[foggy sail]

so i finally got it to work but the mods keep crashing the game

[main matrix]

which mod?

[hallow edge]

looks like an incomplete installation of a mod, i.e. you have only put the lua file of a mod in your mod folder instead of all the files

[storm scroll]

i dont have version.dll ???

[spare dove]

Make sure you have version 0.4.0 from here: https://github.com/ethangreen-dev/lovely-injector/releases/tag/v0.4.0

[storm scroll]

this dll ad to steamapps/common/balatro ?

[hallow edge]

yep, and remove dwmapi.dll in case you still have than on your system

[misty barn]

for anyone that's running on Linux, you'll probably have to add a manual override on steam for version.dll in your prefix

that's what I had to do

[fervent roost]

Yeah need to set the steam launch args to WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command% on Linux

[tawdry kelp]

if something breaks in steamodded i'll switch to that

[near coral]

hey uhh, I tried this but the game crashes on start up each time I try to launch it

with some work I managed to find this

[celest summit]

i know this is a late replay but THANK YOU! i was bashing my head trying to figure out why the new version.dll injector wouldnt work!!!

[sharp wraith]

W guide

[near coral]

crash is still happeningh :<

[knotty fiber]

Is it the lovely method that makes SMOD a nil value? Or am I just silly

[hallow edge]

nope, SMOD is a nil value regardless

you're looking for SMODS, with an s at the end

[knotty fiber]

Oh, thank you!

[near coral]

it has been 5 days without balatro :<

[spare dove]

have you tried deleting Balatro.exe and validating the game files? I've seen this happen when people install lovely into a game that's already been patched with steamodded

[near coral]

thank you :> it worked

[hushed spire]

I might add a note in saying to verify your install before modding to make sure that people who've tried alternate modding methods don't run into the same issue.

[humble fern]

What is the purpose of using lovely installer? Can't you just use steammodded injector?

[olive zephyr]

Lovely does not modify the exe itself, and instead is a separate file

so when the game updates you don't need to reinject

plus Steamodded is requiring Lovely next update anyway, might as well install it now

[fervent roost]

also with lovely, you can update steamodded easier

also it lets other mods use it which is a bit more powerful for some stuff

[hallow edge]

and anti-virus software doesn't get in the way of it as easily

[granite haven]

does it work on mac

is this what the game directory thing is meant to look like

[hallow edge]

I'm not exactly sure where mac support is at currently for lovely

it should work in some way, I'm not sure if there's any specific steps to it though (lacks docs)

[fervent roost]

There's a different version of lovely for macOS

The liblovely.dylib file

But there's something else you need to do to activate it

I believe this is the script https://github.com/ethangreen-dev/lovely-injector/blob/master/crates/lovely-mac/run_lovely.sh

[spare dove]

in theory all you need to do is run the script via steam

in theory lol

[noble crest]

how can i download lovely and steamodded in one go without messing up one or the other

cause i followed the guide and only steamodded works i think

im saying i think cause im not sure i only tried to play a mod that had steamodded it worked and a mod that had lovely and it didnt work

[fervent roost]

Is there a terminal window that opens when you launch the game?

[noble crest]

yes

[fervent roost]

That's lovely

[noble crest]

and when i try to close it it closes the game

oh snap

[fervent roost]

You can add --disable-console to your steam launch args to hide it

But it's nice for debugging

[noble crest]

like write this in the steam launch settings?

[fervent roost]

Yeah if you want to hide the console

[noble crest]

okkk it worked ty bro

[fervent roost]

No problem

[fervent roost]

@hushed spire maybe you should add that to the guide, as most people probably don't want to see the console

[hushed spire]

I've actually hit the character limit on my original post so I'll have to rework the message a bit to fit some things in their, preferably I would be able to add some insight for other OS options but not sure that will work

[prisma solar]

I think you probably should make it clear that if you hide the console, you might not neccesarily know that the thing actually started

[fervent roost]

Maybe a GitHub gist or something for it

[fervent roost]

I mean if steamodded is loaded, it's version is on the top right and there's a mod button

And you mention that after you get them to run it to see if it works

[tawdry kelp]

i do want to note it works perfectly on the steam deck with the linux instructions

there are some very minor bugs with various mods with a controller, like the oddities chips can't be taken and put in your inventory unless you use the touchscreen

the fusion jokers similiarly have issues on the deck/a controller

i'm not sure what can be done about it honestly, and i'm not sure i'm reporting it in the right place at all

[fervent roost]

Should probably report controller issues with mods to the mod creator

[pearl kettle]

can someone link me to the new install guide? i cant run reverie and want to get a fresh install for lovvely

[fervent roost]

This is the new guide

If you need to update lovely, just download the new version.dll and replace the old one

[cloud plaza]

Hi All, I'm trying to play the Reverie mod, and so I have to add the Lovely injector, I'm already using 1.0.1-n-full or however it goes, 0.9.8 steammodded and 0.5.0.beta2 of Lovely and I'm having no luck launching the game even with no mods in my directory only the steammodded folder

[hallow edge]

verify game files on steam any try again

[cloud plaza]

Thank you!

[jolly canopy]

"Open the Steamodded folder and from the Source code (zip) file extract the core, debug and loader folders and the lovely.toml file into this directory"
having difficulty with this one

mainly that i have no idea what i am doing and what this means

[jolly canopy]

would anyone be able to help me in this process
from what i thought, i thought i should just move the steammodded main into the steam mod folder, but idk now

[jolly canopy]

also where is file version.dll

[jolly canopy]

okay, i followed the youtube tutorial, however this is what is popping up :

[frosty pollen]

Same thing is happening to me

[jolly canopy]

managed to fixed it
tldr: you want to follow the modding to a exact T

[frosty pollen]

What did you change? I have the exact error message

[frosty pollen]

I did it just like the video

[weary robin]

Yeah running into the same issue with Reverie... Only mod installed is Reverie, located in C:\Users\Jaded\AppData\Roaming\Balatro\Mods\Steamodded

crash when looking at anything reverie related. Tags, spectrals, decks, uhhh.. legit anything reverie related.

The video guide says to put the Reverie folder in the Steamodded folder inside of the mods folder but the readme for Rev says to put it in the Mods folder. Regardless, I've tried both and they both lead to a crash :/

BTW all my other mods work, the second I added Reverie, alone all these issues crop up.

for now I'll just use my pack of old mods.

[true loom]

when you just had a reverie folder within your mods folder, did you have all of these? the reverie folder itself shouldnt have to be inside of steammodded to work.

[hushed spire]

I'm not sure which video guide you're referring to but your mods should go into the Mods folder at %appdata%/balatro

This is how my mods folder looks

Your mods should not be nested within these folders ie you should not have the contents of the mods within a folder in another folder

For example the reverie mod that is shown in the second screenshot should have the inside of the folder looking like this:

[hushed spire]

Just reinstalled both steamodded and lovely plus I updated all my mods, (I've modified JellyMod to only use certain jokers and nothing else. Not because of compatibility mostly just preference driven). Glad to say that everything is working.

[weary robin]

Alright I'll do a full clean reinstall, not just a verify and report back if theres any issue!

I do recall accidentally download 1.0.0 of steammodded by accident because I downloaded the source and not from releases.

[spare dove]

Heads up that things will be changing a little bit with this next release. Instead of downloading version.dll or liblovely.dylib you must instead download the correct archive for your platform. You can see an example of the new release format here: https://github.com/ethangreen-dev/toolchain-test/releases/tag/v1.0.30

[deep spade]

Curious how was the process I have a steam deck and want to mod the game .

[fervent roost]

For steam deck, follow the windows instructions, but you have to add WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command% to the game's steam launch options

[hardy cipher]

Detailed how to you can follow this guide https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3178949415

For TS: I'm sorry for posting link and if its out of topic

[clear schooner]

How did you fix that, I followed it perfectly and got the precise error

[warped scroll]

what on earth

it's none of my mods that're causing the issue

[warped scroll]

though also quick question: since lovely.toml isn't in the actual source zip, do you take that from 0.9.8?

[warped scroll]

I also noticed that I got this error before when I only used the source zip, cause it looked like it was asking for a file that wasn't in the source zip at all.

so I had to use 0.9.8, copy the 3 folders from there into the directory (/mods/steamodded) and then replace the 3 folders with 1.0.0 alpha

3 folders being "core" "debug" and "loader"

[warped scroll]

kinda sucks that I'm in a timezone when everyone else is asleep, so I have to wait for any answers zzz

[hallow edge]

lovely.toml is in the source zip for 0.9.8, but not for 1.0.0. You'll be missing files if you just use core, debug and loader. Since 1.0 relies on lovely very heavily, putting all patches in one files would be hideous - there is instead a lovely subfolder with multiple patch files

https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded /wiki This contains accurate install instructions that work both for 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 (with the added detail that there is no release for 1.0 yet, so using the first method you'd have to download from the main branch instead)

[warped scroll]

I see, that's very helpful, thank ya

I didn't know that steamodded went from the single "lovely.toml" file into a lot of "toml" files, it's not mentioned so

Syntax error: card.lua:166: ambiguous syntax (function call x new statement) near '('



Traceback

[love "callbacks.lua"]:228: in function 'handler'
[C]: at 0x7ff8cb442fa0
[C]: in function 'require'
main.lua:27: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'```

now what 😭

oh it's one of my mods now

okay time to figure out which one it is

okay yeah, figured it out, thank ya

[wheat tapir]

Can someone please help

I have no mods in the folder except Steamodded

[hallow edge]

you have
the code for steamodded 1.0 with the lovely.toml file for 0.9.8

to use 1.0, just delete lovely.toml

the guide here says you need to put it somewhere yourself, but you don't

https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started

[wheat tapir]

Thank you, I'll have to try when I get home

[hushed spire]

Updated Guide since lovely now has a zip file to download instead of a dll

[hallow edge]

could you also update the step where it tells you to only put core, debug, loader and lovely.toml? The other files aren't much overhead, and it's not accurate for 1.0

[hushed spire]

Unless there is broken functionality with 0.9.8, those following the guide will likely be downloading this version not the pre release v1 from the main branch. I think it makes more sense to update the steps when the release happens. At that point the only change will be to extract the lovely folder instead of lovely.toml.

[hallow edge]

my point is just extracting the entire zip file works for both

[hushed spire]

True, I just prefer to get what's needed nothing more. It's what I would want from a guide so I designed it like that.

[hallow edge]

that's fine, I have another set of instructions for all operating systems on github anyways

I was just trying to futureproof

it's already caused some amount of confusion, I've seen several people download 1.0 source but use the 0.9.8 lovely.toml file

[hushed spire]

Yeah absolutely those are also great whatever helps people get into modding as easy as possible. I would have loved to add in more instructions for Linux/Mac but there is a word limit and since I don't use my Linux install as much as my windows I kept it to the OS I can test on to make sure things are working.

[south ivy]

Quick question - anyone know how I could fix this or is it just a hard wipe and reset

[fervent roost]

Try verifying file integrity from steam

[pure abyss]

very confused. feel like i followed the guide well but when i open the game it doesnt open a modded version just regular version. any suggestions?

[slim tusk]

Did you install Lovely..?

Lots of people forget that step and try to just install Steamodded

[pure abyss]

i downloaded loveley.toml i dont think i installed loveley tho. where do i get that from?

i think i have fixed it. i had put .dll file in steamodded instead of .toml seems to be working now

[slim tusk]

^

[ripe plume]

I seem to remember that it was not necessary to install lovely first THEN steammoded, am I crazy

[hallow edge]

either you use steamodded by itself, then you cannot use lovely

or you use steamodded as a lovely mod, then you strictly need lovely first to do so

[ripe plume]

Then I did this one I am sure

[hallow edge]

don't

[ripe plume]

Uhh I can't use lovely (for some discreet reason)

[hallow edge]

wdym you can't..

the steamodded injector is lame and deprecated and won't live to see the next release

you should be using lovely if at all possible

[ripe plume]

Ok thanks for that

[ripe plume]

But I will say this news kinda sucks for me

[hallow edge]

Maybe I could help if you explained what issues you're having with lovely...

we can move this to DMs if you want

oh nvm i see

i can't recognize profiles apparently

[ripe plume]

？

[hallow edge]

whatever

if this is the case of "can't use lovely" I think it is, I can't help

[ripe plume]

Oh I see too bruh my stupidity

[spare dove]

it's possible that certain "mods" on certain "sites" are incompatible in the sense they require you to inject them manually / with another tool

if your problem is entirely Lovely + Steamodded then you should validate your game files

If your problem is Steamodded + Lovely + "mod from another site hint hint that requires a custom injector" then it wont work

[ripe plume]

Finally funking did it

[ripe plume]

Thought it would be a good idea to share a little guide that I made

https://github.com/Dimserene/Winlator-Steammodded1.0.0

Step 7 & 8 directly translate to WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command%

[maiden dune]

Install winlator and run the app: what does this mean

i dont see an exe or anything like that

[flint saffron]

if ur running the game on windows on pc that guide's not for you

[ripe plume]

@maiden dune this guide is for windows emulator

[raw shadow]

Man the install goes completely fine but as soon as I try and load the mod I want the game just crashes :/ im assuming its the mod itself not the loader but its weird bc the mod specifically calls to use steamodded 1.0.0 which is the version I have

[hallow edge]

This guide is for 0.9.8, it won't work for 1.0.0

The guide on github will work for both: https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started

[raw shadow]

I mean to be fair the guide itself is fine and gets the modloader installed, its more the mods themselves im having issues with

Other mods work fine, I was trying to download Cryptid and Talisman by MathIsFun and as soon as I go to launch it would just crash but other mods have no issues so far

[hallow edge]

Mind sending your mods folder rq?

[raw shadow]

how do i do that

[hallow edge]

you should see an option in file explorer to compress to a zip file

[raw shadow]

okay one sec

[hallow edge]

I could have thought of that one, actually

there's a restriction with lovely where mods (that do not use steamodded) don't know their file location so they just assume one

Talisman's folder needs to be named exactly Talisman

[raw shadow]

would it be the same for Cryptid as well?

[hallow edge]

cryptid uses steamodded so it should be fine regardless

[raw shadow]

welp that definitely worked, I changed both of their names and having no issues

[cursive violet]

thanks for the guide, this is my first time modding a game ❤️

[modest ridge]

keeps access denying, do i really have to play with my antivirus turned off

(also yeah, the message is in spanish)

[ripe plume]

Did you add your game directory in whitelist

[modest ridge]

the whole balatro to the whitelist

i'll try that

[ripe plume]

Hmm but it is panicking at unable to read file

[modest ridge]

forgot the appdata route too

oh that's the second part

now it should work- nope

but at least one popup is gone

thanks btw

[ripe plume]

Now what seems to be the problem

[modest ridge]

i have to whitelist all of the luas

it works now, however the mod did not load

nvm im blind

thanks again

time to enjoy cryptid

[stoic beacon]

So I'm trying to fo this whole thing, and when I load up Balatro, it says an error message "lovely has panicked" and crashes

This is the log file I found when it crashed.

[hallow edge]

This guide doesn't fully work for steamodded 1.0

Refer to this instead: https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started

[stoic beacon]

AHH it finally works thank you!!

[hexed wolf]

any help?

[olive zephyr]

make sure the cryptid folder is exactly named Cryptid and isn't nested

[hexed wolf]

changed the name and this happend

it launched but and the end of animation crashed again

[ripe plume]

Bruh it's barely readable

[hexed wolf]

sec

[ripe plume]

You installed cryptid by release right?

[hexed wolf]

yeah i think so

nevermind

it wasnt latest release

thanks

[left hatch]

@prisma basalt

[left hatch]

@prisma basalt

[hallow edge]

@hushed spire Are you ever gonna update this? I've seen several people trying to use it to install steamodded 1.0 and ending up with borked installations, and regardless there's not much of a reason for anyone to be using 0.9.8 at all. If not, could you maybe just mark this as outdated and link to the official instructions?

[hushed spire]

Sure, I'll look into getting it updated soon I'll need to add some quick notes about adding the dll to your antivirus exception list because the current version are being flagged continuously. Unfortunately there are also still a good chunk of mods that don't work with V1 on my own system but admittedly I haven't played in a hot minute.

[hallow edge]

I have some remarks on the official page about this myself, but will reorganize to make clearer that it's absolutely required. Most mods made for 0.9.8 should work with 1.0 by now, with few exceptions

Notably Reverie doesn't work at all, but an update should release soon. Upstream codex also doesn't work but is functional with some adaptions (see for example my fork). Deck creator also won't work

[hushed spire]

Those are some of the mods I enjoy which is why I held off updating the guide

[hallow edge]

that's fair, and I don't mind if you'd still like to wait, I'd just appreciate a warning that it's for 0.9.8 and won't work for newer versions in the meantime

[hushed spire]

Done

[hallow edge]

ty

also this will still work for 0.9.8 regardless

[hushed spire]

There isn't an updated video guide just yet that might come later although tbh there are probably several already existing ones anyway

[hallow edge]

one exists specifically for cryptid, but it does also cover steamodded (it has a bit of an issue though where people can mistake deleting the lovely folder for putting mods inside of it)

[unique sinew]

I'm having issues on MacOS installing Lovely in the first place and in turn Steammodded. I follow all the steps carefully on the installation guide on github but I'm lost when it says to drop any mods into the User/Library/Application Support/Balatro/Mods folder. The folder doesn't exist and it feels like there's some intermediary step that I'm missing. I'm a complete newbie to modding in this manner. Probably won't do anything with this until tomorrow though. Any help would be appreciated 😊

[hallow edge]

There's two options you have. Either create the folder yourself, or run the game once and lovely will create one for you

[unique sinew]

See, I somehow did something wrong because I tried both of those and it didn't appear that anything had changed. It's also possible I'm using the wrong version entirely (as in the Arm vs x86). I'll try with the opposite package and get back to see if that fixes things

[hallow edge]

Also note that on mac, you can't run the game modded through steam, you have to launch it with the included shell script

[unique sinew]

That was another part that confused me. Another question: I followed the instructions on how to get to the file location (Browse local files in Steam) and it opens a folder with only the executable in it. Do I need to drop the two Lovely files one level deeper or in that first folder it opens?

[hallow edge]

I'm pretty sure it goes directly in that folder all the same, not inside the archive

[unique sinew]

Gotcha, I'll try it with the opposite package and see if that fixes any issues. Thank you!

[unique sinew]

Hello again, I tried running Balatro with the shell script but I'm not sure that I did it right. I tried both dragging the script into Terminal as well as opening with Terminal and both times it gave me several instances of "no such directory exists". Here's a screenshot of what it says

[hallow edge]

Do you have a different steam installation folder?

[unique sinew]

Ohhhhhh, that could be it. Yeah, the main executable is stored on an external drive because of space issues with my computer. Is that bad for my chances on modding? Lol

[hallow edge]

not much of an issue, you just need to replace the file path in the script with your installation folder

not sure if it can be retrieved from environment variables. if so that could be an alternative for a future version

[unique sinew]

I'll try to replace the file path once I get home from work, and I'll probably be back again 🤣 thank you!

[unique sinew]

Update on this whole situation: I realized that Balatro was only like 80 MB so I just moved it back on to my computer and was able to start Balatro via the shell script. Now to move on to the other steps...

[unique sinew]

I am now modded, thank you so much for your help!

[solid linden]

@hallow edge hey since you seem to know what youre doing do you think you could help me with a problem

when i get the lovely injector my balatro doesnt seem to start

[olive zephyr]

not enough information, please send any relevant crash logs

[solid linden]

i dont get any crash logs i just try to open the game and it loads as its about to open but then doesnt

just nothing happens

[olive zephyr]

what do your game installation and mod folders look like?

[olive zephyr]

thunderstore?

[solid linden]

thats just a different thing i was using for modding lovely still wasnt working even before i had that

[ripe plume]

Thunderstore is super weird

[solid linden]

why

[ripe plume]

It is not going well with manually installed lovely and Steamodded

[solid linden]

nope

im pretty sure its just lovely that wont work

is there any way to play modded balatro without it?

or do all balatro mods require it

[ripe plume]

Almost all mods require Steamodded

Which requires lovely

[solid linden]

damn

[ripe plume]

So I am afraid not

[solid linden]

feels bad

[ripe plume]

Also I've seen ppl with thunderstore that can't install other mods

[solid linden]

i deleted thunderstore and it still wont work

whenever i try to open it straight from the folder i get this

[olive zephyr]

try verifying file integrity

[hallow edge]

looks like antivirus interference. Follow this and try again https://github.com/Steamopollys/Steamodded/wiki/01.-Getting-started#about-anti-virus-issues

[solid linden]

MY GOAT

I had to delete my antivirus but i finally got it

[ripe plume]

what av you are using lol

[solid linden]

i was using like RAV which was under the name reason cybersecurity

no idea how i got it tbh

[ripe plume]

Wow

I did a brief search that seems more like a malware than a av

[solid linden]

yeah i saw on reddit a couple people saying they had no idea how they got it and that theyve never even heard of the company

very weird

[ripe plume]

Find a better av

There are many good ones out there

[hallow edge]

windef sucks at what it does but it's good enough

[solid linden]

yeah thats probably what ill use that for now

[hushed spire]

I stick with windows defender unless you're constantly downloading some odd things you'll be fine. I've got malwarebytes ready to boot for a quick scan but windows defender is honestly really solid now.

[frigid crystal]

Recently tried to update Steamodded and Lovely, but now the modded tab won't even show up, meaning that the mods aren't even showing up. Is there some way to fix this?

[digital canyon]

Did version.dll get deleted by antivirus

[frigid crystal]

Oh, that explains it. Now I just gotta find it

[frigid crystal]

Well, now comes an odd problem- If I have the version.dll file in, it doesn't even open, but when I go to verify it, it removes version.dll from it

[pale swan]

For steamodded, do i just drag the steamodded-main folder into the folder i made? or am i a fool?

[vivid yacht]

was losing my mind over a 'virus check failed' error on the lovely downloader even after doublechecking browser and windows defender, took 30 minutes before i realized nordVPN had self-enabled its own virus protection

[orchid saffron]

if you still need help, you should have your files set up like this: AppData\Roaming\Balatro\Mods\Steamodded

once its at steamodded you should see this:

i was running around for 20 mins till i fixed it

you get the folders named -main when you use the dev link (green code box) to download the ZIP folders on github

just remove the -main to have the normal folder names

[hallow edge]

you dont need to remove the -main suffix for steamodded, it doesnt care about the folder name

other mods like cryptid and talisman do though

[fervent roost]

I think cryptid doesn't anynoreb

Talisman still does.

[orchid saffron]

i only add to remove -main to avoid confusion lol

[slender escarp]

lol thanks for posting this, it's been driving me insane lol. I had no idea nord had antivirus

[knotty wolf]

can someone tell what ive done wrong here? im not really sure

[hallow edge]

Did you disable your antivirus?

[hushed spire]

Is it your pc with no other account, that you have admin privileges to? Some antivirus adjacent software will restrict you regardless so make sure you have no additional software that is placing any restriction. Also if you have a 3rd party antivirus and disable it don't forget that windows defender will reactivate itself.

[mystic agate]

I get the attached error when launching the game. I have a 6950XT

[warped copper]

Trying to install Lovely with the Brainstorm mod, currently stuck. Does anything look wrong with my game directory?

Balatro launches as normal, and the Lovely command window opens, but no mods in any of the setting menus in game

[hallow edge]

Mods folder needs to be in %AppData%/Balatro, not in the game folder

[warped copper]

ok I see, thanks

[elder imp]

Someone please help, whenever i try to launch the game it doesnt even launch it just instantly closes. no start screen or anything. Ive tried like 5 guides

[hallow edge]

it's concerning you've tried 5 different guides, at least some of them must be outdated

remove dwmapi.dll, that thing is ancient...

also get rid of that extra lovely.toml file from steamodded, what guide told you to put that there?

[elder imp]

thank you. it was some random youtube guide but i followed the official guide on github and it worked

[sly kelp]

My thing keep saying "Dangerous download blocked every time I try to download the "lovely-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"

and yes I did disable my antivirus, or at least I think so

[hallow edge]

Try to bypass in browser settings or use a different browser (ideally non-chromium)

[warped garden]

I seem to have done something wrong but I do not know what help would be appreciated version dll is included in the balatro game files it was cut out of the ss

[hallow edge]

your steamodded folder is nested

move the inner smods-main folder out into your mods folder

[warped garden]

Thank you very much John Smods

[woven bolt]

is this still current?

i dont see a mods button on the home screen

[narrow quest]

Yep, it's accurate, you might've misplaced a file or had something deleted by your antivirus. What do your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Balatro and %AppData%\Roaming\Balatro\Mods folders look like?

[woven bolt]

i had smod inside of steamodded but not smod is crashing any time i play any hand

[narrow quest]

Apparently Cryptid isn't updated for the latest version of Steammodded. You might be able to try deleting the Steammodded folder and using this older version instead https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/archive/refs/tags/old-calc.zip

[woven bolt]

ill give it a shot

was able to play a hand so i think its good lol

@narrow quest you were able to help last time do you know what this one is?

[narrow quest]

Hm, not sure about that one. You might have to try with fewer mods, might be a conflict

Could also be a misnamed mod folder, apparently Cryptid and Talisman can have problems if there are spaces or "-main" in the folder title

[woven bolt]

i only have bunco and cryptid, along with the dependencies like lovely smod and talisman

[smoky gazelle]

hi! im new here! so it looks like i got all of the steps right but when i load it up this happens

[narrow quest]

That's a sign that Steammodded wasn't installed properly. Double-check that %AppData%\Balatro\Mods\Steammodded\ contains a number of files and folders, not just one folder contained inside it

[smoky gazelle]

Yea it's only one folder but how does that work? Do I download one of the branches like better_calc

[narrow quest]

Sounds like you've nested one folder inside the other. Move the inner folder out one level

[smoky gazelle]

so i tried to take everything out of smods-main and into Steammodded and this comes up. does this mean ortalab isnt working?

[narrow quest]

If you're wanting to play with Cryptid then you'll need to use Steammodded version 1304a from here: https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/archive/refs/tags/old-calc.zip

And looking through #⚙・modding-general I think Ortalab has some issues on the latest version too, so if you get the same crash after installing the older version of Steammodded, try using an older version of Ortalab as well

[smoky gazelle]

i got that one working but now it replaced the problem with pokermon

[narrow quest]

I don't believe the issue is with Pokermon, that log actually says what the issue is- those last 3 mods require a more recent version of Steammodded. You could either remove those 3, or remove Cryptid and update to the latest Steammodded, or try the latest unstable dev version of Cryptid:
https://github.com/MathIsFun0/Cryptid/archive/refs/heads/refactor.zip

[smoky gazelle]

yeah im just gonna get rid of cryptid and ortalab

it finally worked! but i had to get rid of all except talisman and codex

[hallow edge]

nah you're just using an old version of codex that's not compatible with anything else

https://github.com/lshtech/Codex-Arcanum you can use this and out your mods back

[graceful plaza]

Hello, I have followed some guides on how to install steamodded and Lovely. I got them to work on the mainmneu, but steammodded cannot find my own mod