Malverk - A Texture Pack Manager

[high drift]

nope

that's what causes the issue

[sweet torrent]

Aaaah

So no SMODS.calculate_context({destroy_card = destroyed_card}) needed either?

Interesting, in Ghost Rider it just sets .destroyed = true for the card

[dry cargo]

Im getting a crash upon boot up, i deleted my mod and it boots up fine so i know its something with the code

crash log ^

fixed it but it just doesn't show up now

[jagged sorrel]

here it is!

Malverk seems to cause the game to crash whenever I change profiles too. I don't even have any texture pack mods on.

[high drift]

Your loc_txt in the alttexture should have a table for the text part

[jagged sorrel]

what's a table and why do I need it? I never saw it be required for the examples I've looked at (HD balatro and the Big Naturals texture pack)

[high drift]

In fact you don’t even need the description part on the alt texture

It doesn’t do anything

[jagged sorrel]

will change it, in that case

any clue on what's causing the profiles to crash?

[high drift]

Have you got a crash report for it?

[jagged sorrel]

gimme a sec, I'll crash it

[subtle shard]

is this the one I reported a while ago?

[high drift]

I fixed the initial one

I wonder if this is an outdated Malverk install perhaps

[jagged sorrel]

Couple of notes:

1. My mod works now! Thanks a lot!
2. With a texture pack mod enabled, this doesn't happen.
3. With no texture pack mods, this happens upon switching profiles

[high drift]

Oh I see

I’ll fix that tonight

[jagged sorrel]

oh! another thing: Upon switching profiles, textures do not appear until you open the texture menu and close it again

[fervent matrix]

posted this as an issue on the github but just in case it wasn't spotted; for whatever reason, small blind, the wheel, and the head have weird scanlines on 'em?

[high drift]

this is almost certainly something on your end

[fervent matrix]

it happens even if malverk is the only enabled mod, but then Stops if malverk is disabled. unless it's specifically an error with our install of Malverk?

[lapis crystal]

Are there some known conflictions with this mod?

[fervent matrix]

the only things it could be conflicting with in this case are smods (which we updated earlier today) and lovely (which is kinda doubtful? it was updated fairly recently for us). unless this is somehow a "it just is broken on our machine, and our machine in particular" thing? running windows 10, if that helps narrow anything down in the latter case.

[wary geode]

Could I make a texture to be an alternate contrast so that it could be toggled in settings?

Or is it playing cards only?
Bc I've heard a lot of complaints that Celestial Funk hurts the eye, and yknow what, I agree :P

[high drift]

You can add alternate textures to toggle between yeah

[wary geode]

how does one do that?

[high drift]

You can add them to the texture pack in the toggle_textures table

[dry cargo]

what is the Key used for the Chips and BlindChips?

[dry cargo]

nvm but i need to know the keys for the stake stickers

[high drift]

They’re linked with the stakes

[dry cargo]

really? mine doesnt seem to be linked

[dry cargo]

ohh, thank you!

[bronze grail]

How can I load in Undiscovered and Locked joker textures?

[high drift]

You can’t at the moment

[thorn shore]

key

[carmine grail]

do i put in texture mods in the mods folder?

ive been tryna install the celestial funk mod, and after i installed malverk my game keeps crashing

if i take off the celestial funk from the mods folder, it opens nicely

[subtle shard]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1335885215616208906.png?size=160&name=Send+the+Crash+log!!!!!

[lunar steppe]

don't remember ever hearing back about this

[high drift]

What about it? It’s just a random screenshot with no explanation

[lunar steppe]

oh sorry let me explain

deck in the background is default yellow deck texture, should be baba yellow deck

see this issue

[high drift]

Upon what conditions

[lunar steppe]

i have no idea

just happened once

[lost badge]

Where can I find the wiki of alt textures I can edit with this?

[winter garden]

Love this manager, but I have a suggestion for a feature to add. The ability to use only part of a texture pack. Say I wanna everything from HD Balatro, but want to use jokers and stickers from another pack, but don't want the rest of that pack to take over.

[bronze grail]

You can achieve this by enabling both with HD Balatro in lower priority, then, in the settings of the other pack, disable everything but Jokers & stickers

Some packs don't have correct config labels for everything, so Stickers might be listed as one of multiple "Enhancements"

[winter garden]

How do you disable them?

[bronze grail]

With the pack enabled, click it again and it should bring up a little gear icon

[winter garden]

Aha! I see! Thanks!

[bronze grail]

@high drift Is there a way to enable dynamic display only for certain AltTextures?

[high drift]

How do you mean?

[marsh charm]

Does malverk work with playing card replacements?

im trying to write the lua file and i cant find the argument to replace them :V

[high drift]

It doesn’t

[lunar steppe]

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

[bronze grail]

My Tiny Jokers pack has Jokers, Stickers, and Stakes, and I'd like to add double sized versions of each. I'd like the display icon to only apply based on which Jokers are enabled (1x or 2x)

[high drift]

it'll only choose between textures with a display_pos iirc

[high drift]

huh

I'll double check the logic later on

[bronze grail]

thanks, i appreciate it

[marsh charm]

hey i dont get why the one on the left works but the one on the right causes this error

[high drift]

You’re missing a sprite sheet

[marsh charm]

:?

what am i missing

or am i calling a sprite sheet wrong

[high drift]

You need a hsJokers.png

[marsh charm]

i renamed the files and it didnt work

[high drift]

In both folders?

[marsh charm]

i may be stupid

ok yeah in both folders and it still doesnt work

[high drift]

Crash log?

[high drift]

You have a typo in your texture pack object

[marsh charm]

the keys section?

this?

[high drift]

No the texture pack object

[marsh charm]

wait where

[short flower]

jojers

[marsh charm]

its misspelled on purpose, the key is called jojers not jokers

[short flower]

oh hm

[marsh charm]

i just think jojers is funny

will it work if i replace both with jokers?

[short flower]

🤷 im on drugs from wisdom teeth surgury i just saw funny word

am no coder

[marsh charm]

lmao

thats fair

[short flower]

ai told me this https://i.imgur.com/ZeeMO92.jpeg

its looking for hsJokers and the image you posted above in 1x is jsut called jokers, could that be it?

[marsh charm]

nope

[high drift]

The key doesn’t match what you assigned it as

It doesn’t matter if the misspelling is intentional if you haven’t done it everywhere it needs to be

[dry cargo]

has a template every been built for this yet?

[dry cargo]

Im getting an Atlas Crash whenever i try to open the pack in the Malverk menu, ive pinpointed the issue to the Planet Alt_Texture

[high drift]

Can you update Malverk and try again?

I can't find lines from old versions

[dry cargo]

ill try it in a bit thank you

[dry cargo]

Does Malverk let you replace the shop sign animation

[lunar steppe]

no

[dry cargo]

Damn

[queen agate]

if i use Malverk would i have to remove steammodded first ?

[dry cargo]

Probably not

[queen agate]

say less

[dry cargo]

If you insist

[dry cargo]

No

[queen agate]

[lunar steppe]

malverk requires steammodded

[night latch]

ive been having issues trying to load malverk

[rare dew]

is it normal that the game crashes when you click on the normal joker for base textures?

[night latch]

no like when i try to install it, my game just crashes

[severe gorge]

Time to learn coding to port a boykisser texture pack :D
(I'm gonna suffer so much)

I already gave up. Im just gonna edit the files

(I'm not good at coding)

[marsh charm]

i dont see where im missing where its not jojers???

local atlas_key = "crew" -- Format: PREFIX_KEY
-- See end of file for notes
local atlas_path = "8BitDeck.png" -- Filename for the image in the asset folder
local atlas_path_hc = "8BitDeck_Alpha.png" -- Filename for the high-contrast version of the texture, if existing

local suits = {"hearts", "clubs", "diamonds", "spades"} -- Which suits to replace
local ranks = {"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "Jack", "Queen", "King", "Ace"} -- Which ranks to replace

local description = "Midnight Crew" -- English-language description, also used as default

AltTexture({ -- Jokers
  key = 'jojers', -- the key of the texture
  set = 'Joker', -- define the object type that you are retexturing
  path = 'crewJokers.png', -- the filename of your spritesheet, saved in assets/1x AND assets/2x
  original_sheet = true,
  loc_txt = {
    name = 'Homestuck Joker Replacements',
  },
  keys = {
    'j_invisible'
  }
})

TexturePack({
  key = 'Jimbostuck', -- the key of the texture
  textures = {
    'js_jojers'
  }, 
  loc_txt = { 
    name = 'Jimbostuck',
    text = {
    'Homestuck Resprites'
    }
  }
})```

[marsh charm]

nvm i figured it out

my file structure was wrong this whole time lmao

[dry cargo]

I can port it over if you send the files

In dms

[severe gorge]

No need. I already modified the game files so no need to worry

[loud swift]

Is it possible to have an AltTexture object apply to multiple sets? Like apply to tarots and planets for example?

[dry cargo]

Can I get a copy so I can play with it?

[severe gorge]

Sure. Give me some hours for me to get back home and I'll dm it to you

[high drift]

No

[warm field]

im having the same issue, a quick solution i found, until an official fix, is replacing the version of malverk from the latest (1.1.3) to one before (1.1)

[high drift]

Have you got a crash report to share?

[warm field]

this is the message that returns after clicking on the base textures

[high drift]

I see, I’ll fix this next time I’m on my dev machine

[dry cargo]

Just a little reminder ping :3

[wise bridge]

how do i add this mod to balatro? im not good at modding

[severe gorge]

You need some requirements.
First, a pc, second, the game. Then, you go to the steamoded github page, and there you can find a link to a tutorial on what to download and where to put it. After you download the requirements, a new folder should appear in your balatro save file folder (aka the %appdata% folder) called mods. You put this mod inside the mods folder, download a compatible texture pack, also put it in the mods folder, and when you boot up the game, you should see in the options a texture pack button. After that, everything should be really simple.

Oh my god, it looks like I wrote the Bible

[severe gorge]

If you need I can dm you the link to the guide

[wise bridge]

i got it to work, is there a way i can add a custom king queen and jack only into balatro?

through this mod i mean

[high drift]

No this mod doesn’t change deckskins, that’s built into smods

[frosty swift]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1342187005244866700/1349280070560120882/crashlog.txt?ex=67d2867d&is=67d134fd&hm=35256cdb780e841cd9cf22fa2c59399818d03936d2f5ef2a14b06f3c3cc03f66&

some guys is having this error. any idea what could cause this?

may be due to a non-updated version of malverk ?

i could not recreate

[high drift]

have you got a copy of the code that's causing the issue?

[frosty swift]

apparently, the mod crashes when changing the language of the game, possibly to chinese

it may be due to an absence of a localization file?

[high drift]

It’s complaining about the file path though

[frosty swift]

Yes that's what i don't understand. they told me this crash happened when changing language of the game but i don't get what could cause this. i asked them to update steamodded to see if that was the issue

EDIT: it was an issue with them using an old version of Malverk

[rare dew]

i got an error when trying to replace a blind sprite, any ideas on how to fix?

game crashes whenever i boot it up

[high drift]

show code

[rare dew]

main lua?

[high drift]

iirc blinds needed some animated/frames tags

check the HD balatro example mod

[rare dew]

alright

is it missing frames = 21 line?

the only difference im noticing

im gonna check

[high drift]

probably

[rare dew]

oh that was it

alright its fixed

huh

now it doesnt replace the blind sprites at all

oh wait im stupid

[wise bridge]

does malverk work for playing cards

[frosty swift]

no

[frosty swift]

look into this #1300851004186820690 message

[wise bridge]

how do i do SMODS.DeckSkin

do i need to create a new folder?

im not ggood at coding

i haveno idea what im looking at

[frosty swift]

look at other mods and try to understand how they did
i don’t know exactly as i haven’t used it

[sleek wave]

Deck Skins don’t go through Malverk. It’s all base SMODS

[zinc hare]

i cant seem to create a new profile, for some reason

-# updating lovely was what i needed (NEVERMIND)

[night latch]

wait can someone tell me how to install malverk cause my came just keeps crashing

[heavy olive]

@high drift is it possible to retexture they playing cards?

[high drift]

the pips or the base card background?

[heavy olive]

the pips

[high drift]

use SMODS.DeckSkin

[heavy olive]

wut, im sorry im new to modding and stuff

[lunar steppe]

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

[night latch]

when i click on the textures button my game crashes

How do I fix this?

[severe gorge]

Can you send the crashlog here?

I may not understand it but there are people here who can help you.

[severe gorge]

I can't understand anything. I really hope someone with better experience in reading logs can help you. I'm sorry

[night latch]

Thanks for trying

[jagged sorrel]

Is there a way I can use malverk to make a texture pack for a balatro mod instead of the base game?

[subtle shard]

it's trying to copy a table thats too deep (maybe recursive)

the crash

[sleek wave]

I believe so

[jagged sorrel]

how

[high drift]

what type of cards?

[paper escarp]

question, in the in-game malverk ui, in a texture pack's tooltip where it tells you what it changes, how/where does it pull the colours for the different categories (jokers, tarots, spectrals, planets, etc.)

[paper escarp]

i see. so it doesn't go through loc_colour()
hm. let's say in something i'm writing, that i'm trying to reassign the colour associated with a given set. what's a good, safe way of interposing that so that it takes my mod's colour for it instead of base?

[normal swallow]

getting a crash when clicking on "base game textures" in malverk. Also, some texture packs (and the base game textures) I installed seem to show nothing.

[high drift]

Is this in latest version?

[normal swallow]

yes, using 1.1.3, which is the latest i see on the github link in the top post

[high drift]

download from main rather than the release

I believe this is fixed

[north temple]

how the actual fuck dose this work

like what is the base code to create a texture pack
please god 😭

i have been doing this for THREE HOURS

not a lot of time but still

[north temple]

1 step closer

[normal swallow]

yep, works properly now!

[lunar steppe]

looks like you have your 1x/2x sprites mixed up

[dawn blade]

is it possible to give retextured vanilla jokers custom badges to differentiate them from unchanged ones

but only when the texture pack is enabled

[paper escarp]

i forget, does malverk have functionality to also replace names & descriptions of jokers (or other things it replaces like consumables and blinds), or is that something we purely rely on SMODS for

[high drift]

Malverk does that

[velvet adder]

I believe the BalaQuints joker reskin does exactly this, to rename all the legendaries to match the Quintessential Quintuplet that they now use art of.

[paper escarp]

ah. what's the correct syntax for it?

[high drift]

Check the balatro wilds or marvel universe planet packs

[paper escarp]

question - is the behaviour of AltTexture({}) such that anything in its localization var gets applied to wherever it's relevant if it's enabled in the pack? how exactly would this apply to seals, as they have two different locations in the G.localization table:

AltTexture({
  key = 'seals',
  set = 'Seal',
  ...
  localization = {
    blue_seal = {
      name = [my new blue seal name]
      text = { [my new blue seal text] }
    }
  }
})

the problem being that blue_seal exists both at G.localization.misc.labels.blue_seal & G.localization.descriptions.Other.blue_seal

and usually you'd want to replace both, but to make matters worse, G.localization.misc.labels.blue_seal is a string value (directly contains the name) and G.localization.descriptions.Other.blue_seal is a table = { name, text }

is there a correct syntax there? the examples you pointed me to only cover planets - but i imagine i would have to write a localisation file specifically for this case

[high drift]

Uhhh I’ll look into this and see how it works, it might have been something I overlooked

[feral tide]

hi gyus i want to try to replace the textures of tarot cards with tarot cards from cyberpunk 2077 on this server there are people who are authors of mods just I do not understand everything in it well

an someone explain to me how to do it?

[jagged sorrel]

what would cause this graphical error, and how would I fix it?

[jagged sorrel]

Update: it was probably a one off thing, it wasn’t replicable

All good now

[slender pelican]

something is wrong with my Malverk for me.

[slender pelican]

I found the error

the code I added

AltTexture({ key = 'myprefix_F deck', -- the key of the texture set = 'Cards', -- define the object type that you are retexturing, see wiki for full list of types id = "foxtrotdeck", name = "F deck", path = '8BitDeck.png', -- the filename of your spritesheet, saved in assets/1x AND assets/2x loc_txt = { -- [NYI] Localization text for tooltips displayed in the texture selection screen - can be added to a localization file under [descriptions][alt_texture] name = 'F Texture', text = 'Cards are different' } }) this

[slender pelican]

How do I edit this to the correct syntax?

yes, no?

[slender pelican]

Malverk peeps?

[slender pelican]

I have no idea how to do Malverk

[high drift]

Malverk doesn’t change suits

[proper mulch]

Hey, I tried using the HD textures but they don't seem to work properly

It seems like the resolution dropped

[lunar steppe]

enable pixel art smoothing

[woven snow]

Hi! I'm having an issue where the second I click to edit the textures, it crashes my game? I can't find a crash report or anything, it just kinda nukes itself?

I'm on the latest version of both Steamodded (0401a) and Malverk.

[lunar steppe]

methinks one of your other mods has an invalid pack

[woven snow]

okay that fixed that part, but now i'm getting a crash, and i think it's bc of my personal pack? But I can't figure out what's wrong with it

this is the code for my pack, as well-

[lunar steppe]

the textures field of the TexturePack shouldn't have .png at the end

[woven snow]

this fixed it! Thank you svm

[dry cargo]

Just to be sure, to replace tags, is the set tags or tag?

[paper escarp]

Tag
singular

[upper wedge]

I'm trying to make a mod that goes over the seals added in pokermon, but I can't seem to figure out what the set is. It has custom seals and stickers in the same texture, so I thought maybe it has a custom set type. I'm trying to replace the custom seals, but if I set the type as seal, it doesn't replace what I want.

[pastel fox]

@high driftPlease see, thank youhttps://github.com/Eremel/Malverk/pull/18

[unkempt sun]

same issue on my side here 💀

the process crashes entirely, leaving no trace of a crash screen
which makes debugging impossible

[high drift]

I think this is likely from a badly configured texture pack, can you try removing them until you find the culprit?

[unkempt sun]

I tried Aikoyori's Paint Job, which should have no problem loading for other people

any texture packs would crash the game instantly

Malverk UI when no pack is installed is fully empty (no default pack as well), is that normal

[paper escarp]

to elaborate further,

because of the way AltTexture works, only the things in the localization table that share keys in keys get replaced. for example:

AltTexture{
  key = 'myAltTextureKey',
  set = 'Joker',
  path = 'myTexturePath.png',
  keys = {
     'j_joker',
     'j_wee'
    },
  localization = {
    j_joker = {
      name = 'my new base joker name',
      text = {
        'my new base',
        'joker text'
      }
    },
    j_wee = {
      name = 'my new wee joker name',
      text = {
        'my new wee',
        'joker text'
      }
    },
    j_half = {
      name = 'my new half joker name',
      text = {
        'my new half',
        'joker text'
      }
    }
  },
  loc_txt = { name = 'AltText Name In UI' }
}

even though i specify j_half in localization, because it's not present in keys, it doesn't get changed if i turn on the pack. which makes sense, it shouldn't if it's not being replaced. so the thing in localization only gets replaced if its table name matches something present in keys

the problem i was bringing up here was with seals and how each seal has two places in G.localization, one at G.localization.misc.labels.blue_seal, which defines the localization for the label that appears on the description box itself when you over over the seal & G.localization.descriptions.Other.blue_seal, which defines the localization for the text in references to said seal, per seal. my query was how this gets parsed when attempting to change it and what the correct syntax is, as the prior examples you gave me doesn't cover them

additionally, similarly, since things in localization don't get replaced if their table name isn't present in keys, if i make an AltTexture for the planet set and want to potentially change how planets are referred to, i may want to change the value at ``G.localization.misc.labels.planet`, which i don't think is possible like this?

i did also think about a localization file, but isn't it the same case that that it'll only apply anything in the alt_texture = { alt_tex_[texture pack key] = {} } table with keys matching what is enabled in the UI?

[austere cloak]

is there a base i can use to replace boss blinds?

im still new to modding and i cant seem to figure out what to actually do here

[paper escarp]

i imagine there's variables i can check to see if my texture pack and options within that texture pack are active. but is that something i can access from within my mod somehow?

i don't word good

[normal swallow]

trying to make a texture using Malverk's API, but when I load it up in game, it's completely blank. A complete novice to this sort of stuff so I'm sure it's something glaringly obvious but I can't seem to sus it out.

[normal swallow]

nvm, figured it out

[amber moat]

Is there a way to use Malverk to change the logo image of the main menu, and allow for the individual configuration of textures and localization to be turned on and off? If not, are there any plans for such updates in the future?

[high drift]

How individual are you looking?

[celest shell]

Are tags modifiable with Malverk? I was hoping to do something like this

[high drift]

Tags work yeah

I don’t think souls would work on them though as they’re drawn differently to cards

[celest shell]

I forgot to add the tags to the texture pack, so that's why it wasn't recognizing it. But now it's crashing with the tags registered. Did I initialize the tags right?

[high drift]

Looks like it’s failing to create the texture object properly

What’s the code looking like?

[celest shell]

This is the main file:

-- Load the vanilla tarot textures
SMODS.load_file('content/Tarots.lua')()

-- Load the vanilla voucher textures
SMODS.load_file('content/Vouchers.lua')()

-- Load the vanilla planet textures
SMODS.load_file('content/Planets.lua')()

-- Load the vanilla Spectral textures
SMODS.load_file('content/Spectrals.lua')()

-- Load the vanilla Tag textures
SMODS.load_file('content/Tags.lua')()

TexturePack {
    key = 'soul_everything',
    textures = {
        'soul_everything_tarots',
        'soul_everything_vouchers',
        'soul_everything_planets',
        'soul_everything_spectrals',
        'soul_everything_tags',
    },
}

-- Load the Credits tab
SMODS.load_file('credits.lua')()

And this is Tags.lua:

AltTexture = {
    key = 'tags',
    set = 'Tag',
    path = 'Tags.png',
    keys = {
        'tag_uncommon',
    }
    -- soul_keys = {
    --     'tag_uncommon',
    -- }
}

[high drift]

Image is definitely correct?

[celest shell]

It points to Tags.png which is the file in assets/1x and 2x. Is there a size limit or general requirements for the image?

[high drift]

nope

I dunno, that all looks fine to me

[celest shell]

This is the file I'm using (started on, rather)

[high drift]

Does it work without the soul keys?

[celest shell]

Nope

[high drift]

Oh that image might actually be too big

There’s a limit on width for sure in loce2d I think

Hard to see on mobile though

[celest shell]

Gotcha. I'll see if that works. No height limit, though?

[high drift]

Not sure on height

I know Aura had to stop using single line animation atlas

[celest shell]

hmm, setting it to the default Tag image size still produced the same crash

[high drift]

That is strange

[celest shell]

Do you know of any Malverk mods that change tags for me to reference?

[high drift]

The hd one does

[celest shell]

Well, that one's giving me a crash on boot

It is relatively old, though

wait, disabling my mod made that one load it looks like

I must be doing something wrong somewhere lol

Yup, I found the culprit

[high drift]

😭 at least you found it

[amber moat]

i use the google translations so there maybe some wrongs

my texpack changes some names of jokers

i want them can be turn on and off in configs of malverk whlie enable the texture

and i want to know if malverk can be used to change the main menu logo

[wide steppe]

I made every joker a soul and this is happening.

The one on the right is the cryptid jolly jokers one.

[high drift]

It can’t change the logo, Malverk only changes game objects. The localisation and textures are not able to be turned on and off independently either.

[amber moat]

then will a future version support these feature?

[high drift]

Probably not, no

[amber moat]

ty anyway

[paper escarp]

when you say the logo, what are you referring to?
my mind immediately goes to the graphic in the title screen, but you might not mean that

[amber moat]

this

[vocal hamlet]

Tbh as more and more mods implement ui texture redskins it would be nice to be able to manage them somehow

[paper escarp]

i see
well right now, the only way i know how to replace that is via an SMODS.Atlas structured like

  key = 'balatro',
  path = [your asset path here],
  px = 333,
  py = 216,
  prefix_config = { key = false }
}```

[amber moat]

ty

[wary geode]

Where do I put display_pos? For the longest time I never realized my pack doesn't show the intended texture

[calm tusk]

@high drift sorry to bother you but i can't figure out how to do the floating thing like on legendaries (i am changing perkeo) (sorry for the ping as well 😭)

[vocal hamlet]

It's just the soul sprite, the joker in question just needs a soul_pos which is the coordinates of it.

[calm tusk]

alright then

thanks

guh,,, i did something wrong

[vocal hamlet]

Did you do the soul_pos the same as the normal sprite pos? 1 indexed and everything

[calm tusk]

uh

[vocal hamlet]

Wait it is 0 indeed I think it's hist the only thing that is

I think you might add it right to this line but u don't don't remember

atlas = 'Joker', pos = { x = 0, y = 0 }

[calm tusk]

ive been doing the jokers like this and it works

[vocal hamlet]

Does this joker already have a soul sprite? I forgot this was foe malverk

[calm tusk]

yeah it does

perkeo

[vocal hamlet]

If so you should just be able to put it in the same place as the soul sprite in the default sprite sheet

[calm tusk]

yeah i suppose but ive been doing this, should i swap to the full sprite sheet way?

[vocal hamlet]

Well if this works for everything else it ought to for perk. I'll look at the malvern page a little

[calm tusk]

oki

[vocal hamlet]

soul_keys, used to provide a table of keys of objects that should have a floating sprite. Floating sprites should be the next sprite along in your sprite sheet. (Must be used in conjunction with keys)

[calm tusk]

buh

[vocal hamlet]

Sorry for giving you weird irreverent advice at first

[calm tusk]

nah it's fine lol

[calm tusk]

it still appears to be doing this... huh...

wait i might have found the issue

nope

i dont have a clue why

[high drift]

Can you send your full alt texture code?

[calm tusk]

i assume you mean this

not much else it could be

[high drift]

And what’s going wrong exactly?

[calm tusk]

the floating sprite is just a grey rectangle

[high drift]

Delete the soul_pos, columns and localization properties

[calm tusk]

ok

[high drift]

The columns one might be messing it up, but the others do nothing so might as well delete them

[calm tusk]

fair enough

[high drift]

Everything else looks okay though

[calm tusk]

is that all then?

[high drift]

That’s all I can suggest without my pc

[calm tusk]

oki

[high drift]

Is it still broken?

[calm tusk]

yeah

😔

[high drift]

Are the sprite sheets definitely correct?

[calm tusk]

uhhh

[calm tusk]

...?

[high drift]

A smaller sheet is fine

Just make sure 1x and 2x are the same and that there’s the pixel border at the edge

[calm tusk]

okay well now the gray rectangle isnt there but neither is the floating sprite so i assume that was caused by the soul_pos

[vocal hamlet]

I set an error I think

The soul sprite didn't have a whole card's worth if space

[calm tusk]

huh

[vocal hamlet]

It's not centered in the same size space as the cerd

at least it isn't in what you sent

[calm tusk]

are you saying i should move the sprite down some?

[vocal hamlet]

I mean that's not the issue really, that depends on where your want it to show up. What I mean is side- to-side it isn't in a 71x95 space that I can see

Soul sprites have an entire transparent card of the same size as the background card behind them

[calm tusk]

ohh

[hallow dock]

am i able to retexture playing cards with malverk, also what set would i use for that

[vocal hamlet]

That's the in-buit decisions function in smodded you'd you

Not malverk

[hallow dock]

rats

[vocal hamlet]

it doesn't mean it's harder really, and afaik a mod can include both a malverk texture pack and a smods deckskin

yeah you definitely can, malverk basically just adds an object to use itself

[wary geode]

bump

[paper escarp]

usually inside an AltTexture

[wary geode]

give example?

[high drift]

display_pos = ‘key’ iirc

[calm tusk]

I'm doing all the tarots, planets and spectrals at the same time so I can use the whole sprite sheet

[half zephyr]

#1364102875063521322 isnt this vvhat your doing?

[calm tusk]

Uh?

[night latch]

im having some trouble getting malverk to work uhhh

can someone help me? I get a crash and error when trying to open the textures through the ingame menu

[calm tusk]

uh no not even clsoe

[half zephyr]

thats vvhat this does

[calm tusk]

I think I misunderstood you as thinking I was making everything float like that

[calm tusk]

now how to do spectrals/tarots/planets....

[vocal hamlet]

I mean... what they're trying to say is that souleverything doers all of those things

so you can reference it

[calm tusk]

ah

okay i get it

sorry!

[paper escarp]

does context.post_trigger include dollar bonus calc?

[wide steppe]

No?

[paper escarp]

why did i post this here, i meant to post this in the steamodded thread

oh, i missed the thread by one pixel, thanks discord

[magic niche]

tryna figure out how to set where on the sheet to get the card texture from when replacing something

the information provided seems to only be for sheets arranged identically to default?

is there a tutorial anywhere for using Keys correctly?

like it says to use them for only replacing specific objects (which im doing) and when sprite sheets are laid out differently (also doing)

but doesnt explain how

[high drift]

the keys table is the order

[magic niche]

is that provided anywhere? ive been trying to find things out myself before asking but i wouldnt know where to look for that

[high drift]

you define the keys table

[magic niche]

uhh

ok to clarify so i dont sound insane

[vocal hamlet]

do you need to contruct the whole keys table if you're replacing a sheet from the base game wholesale?

[high drift]

no

[magic niche]

im tryna replace Soul in the spectral cards but only soul

so rather than making an entire seperate tarots sheet to pull one card

im trying to use unused space on enhancements

[vocal hamlet]

the you'd do "keys = " {"[idktheprefix]_soul"}"

I think

[high drift]

don't do that

[magic niche]

which means i need to specify that the only card im Replacing is soul, but the position im replacing it with is not the position of soul on that

[high drift]

you either use the original sheet, or you use a new sheet

[magic niche]

ftr im replacing the entirity of enhancements already

[vocal hamlet]

and just have it be soul on the sheet

[vocal hamlet]

oh... you can just use 2 sheets tbh

[high drift]

that's irrelevant

[magic niche]

fucked up

[vocal hamlet]

I think the issue with using the unused space on the enhancementsatlas is other things trying to call those pos's for whatever reason

[magic niche]

if something else is trying to call that position on My modded spritesheet thats on them frankly

[high drift]

just make a sheet like this https://github.com/Eremel/Aure-Spectral/blob/main/assets/1x/aure_spectral

[magic niche]

only reason im even replacing the card back for soul is because i replaced the stone itself on the enhancements sheet

and so id have to make an entire duplicate tarot sheet, unedited

which is Really Stupid

[vocal hamlet]

you make a malverk atlas like you make an atlas for new objects, unless you are replacing a whole sheet wholesale

[magic niche]

i see

[vocal hamlet]

you just put the objects you want to replace on it in their own grid without worrying about what their original atlases are

[magic niche]

i dont think i even understand how that aure one is doing it

cause it says its just replacing c_aura in the keys

[vocal hamlet]

and it's convention is to seperate card types, but I don't think it's needed at all

[magic niche]

i dont think i understand where its position is being defined

thats been a running theme in the things im trying to replace so far is i can never figure out how positions are being defined

[high drift]

you dont define the position

[magic niche]

wack

[high drift]

you tell malverk what order your sprites are in, left to right, top to bottom

[vocal hamlet]

the position is defined by being the only card, and if it wasn't the only caerd, the order of the keys

right?

[magic niche]

[magic niche]

is there a guide anywhere on how to do that part then

i havent been able to find one

[vocal hamlet]

and if you are replacing a whole base game atlas, then you give it a set instead of indivudual keyes, right?

[high drift]

keys = {
  'object 1',
  'object 2',
  ...
}```

[magic niche]

apologies for being an absolute moron but where do i define these

for example when i put c_soul, i didnt define that, idk where that is

[high drift]

c_soul is how the game's code refers to the spectral card Soul

[magic niche]

sick, sick, am i fucking Stupid

oh oh oh i am assembling the puzzle pieces in my brain

[vocal hamlet]

https://github.com/ywssp/Balatro-ColoredSuitTarots/blob/main/ColoredSuitTarots.lua

This might be a more helpfful example trexture pack?

[magic niche]

is the vanilla soul card itself the literal only exception to the "soul" floating bit being the card back's position but incremented by 1

and therefore what im trying to do is just Too different

and not just Not Best Practice but Genuinely Not Possible

[vocal hamlet]

just make an atlas with the sould bg and the soul stone

[high drift]

no it should work like every other card

[vocal hamlet]

whatever they may be

[vocal hamlet]

it doesn't care what the original card position was when you're not using original_pos or whatever

[magic niche]

im gonna be real this is the Actual dumbest ive ever felt

[vocal hamlet]

AltTexture({
key = 'soultexture'',
set = 'Spectral',
path =[yout image with just soul and the stone].png',
keys = {'c_soul'},
soul_ keys = {'c_soul'},
loc_txt = {name = 'Whatever you want'}
})

I think this is roughly what you want

[magic niche]

probably?

[vocal hamlet]

wait

[magic niche]

so like, the soul card's stone itself is stored on the enhancers sheet (in vanilla), so given im replacing that whole sheet already it just makes sense to me to replace the stone there, and then theres 2 whole unused card positions, so im like, well surely i can just make one of those be the back instead of adding a new sheet just for that

[vocal hamlet]

``TexturePack({
key = 'your textures',
textures = {'[modprefix]_soultexture', etc},
dynamic_display = true,
loc_txt = {
name = Your textures',
text = {
'whatever the texture pack does'
}```

[magic niche]

in my head it should be easy to just, tell it "sick, use the expected sprite position for soul's stone, and then just, use this space for the card back"

[vocal hamlet]

you need this too

[vocal hamlet]

are you reskinning the whole enhancers atlas?

[magic niche]

yea the soul stone is just like, the one little bit that isnt working

or, well, the stone works

its assigning the correct card back for it that isnt

if i just tell it to replace soul and then give it the enhancers path it uses green deck for the back cause i guess thats the equivalent position?

[high drift]

take your background sprite and your stone sprite, put them on the same sheet

by themselves

nothing else

[magic niche]

thats ridiculous but if its genuinely the only way

[vocal hamlet]

yeah like I was saying

you just need 2 t,altexture objects and your texturepack object

and 2 pngs

well maybe 3 alttextrure objects because backs might be seperate

but you can def use the same png

[magic niche]

4 cause seals too

wouldve all been on the one png as with vanilla

[vocal hamlet]

the only one you need to split off into a new png is soul

the rest you can just use the same atlas and orignal_pos

or whatever it is

[magic niche]

oh thats what u meant

[vocal hamlet]

it's not that

it's original_sheet

[magic niche]

yea

[high drift]

original_sheet is only needed if you're specifying keys

[magic niche]

mucho cringe but if thats just How It Works ill have to

[vocal hamlet]

even easier

i guess it defaults to original sheet pos

[magic niche]

gotta leave actual Gaps in the spritesheet

[vocal hamlet]

for unkeyed

[vocal hamlet]

I mean, ngl I can see how intuitively it'd make sense to be able to do one atlas and pos values

that's how other smods objects work

[magic niche]

yea i got artist brain instead of programmer brain

so this is so ass-backwards in my head lol

[vocal hamlet]

it's a bit ass-backwards compared to the smods status quo too

[magic niche]

wack

[vocal hamlet]

not entirely sure why eremel didn't have an option to manually define pos and soul+pos values like other smods stuff

[magic niche]

its already wild to me that i have to use a Different mod to do the cards themselves lol

[high drift]

because it's designed to be as simple as "here's a spritesheet for this object"

[vocal hamlet]

well it kinda means that it has weird conceptial differences from how thunk or mods do spritesheets

but fair

[magic niche]

it makes sense depending on who the userbase is expected to be tbf

im an artist not a programmer

so my brains wired for filling out whole spritesheets like this

cutting it up and putting it into seperate files is unintuitive to me but probably makes sense to modders ig

[high drift]

it's not for people who have a good understanding of code, the basic structure of an object is

AltTexture({ -- HD Jokers
    key = 'hd_jokers',
    set = 'Joker',
    path = 'hd_jokers.png',
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'HD Jokers'
    }
})```

literally the only object that needs cutting up is soul

[magic niche]

thx anyway

that said i figure the primary audience for smth like a texture pack manager is uhh

artists moreso than programmers

idk im not here to look a gift horse in the mouth im glad this thing lets me do this at all

[magic niche]

it worked so im happy

[vocal hamlet]

This is a really cute texture btw :3

Glad you got it working

[magic niche]

ty its part of a texture replacement based on lapfox/halley labs

a long-running music project

[half zephyr]

i enabled base game features vvhile having other textures on novv i cant turn it off
i get this every time i click on it in textures menu

do i redovvnload malverk?

still not vvorkin

pls help 😭🙏

[high drift]

Just fixed, try updating now

[half zephyr]

u talking to me?i dont understand

[high drift]

yes

[half zephyr]

u mean update malverk?

[high drift]

yes

[half zephyr]

i dont see any nevv release tho...

[magic niche]

yea that was happening to me too, didnt realise it wasn't Known

[half zephyr]

still the same

[high drift]

download from source

[half zephyr]

https://github.com/Eremel/Malverk/releases/tag/V1.1.3 here no?

i got it from here

[high drift]

no

[half zephyr]

oh from vvhere then

[high drift]

https://github.com/Eremel/Malverk/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

[half zephyr]

ah tysm! vvorking novv

👍

[night latch]

yeah i crash too and im still crashing

[mortal parrot]

wait how do i even make a texture pack with this

[wide steppe]

Try looking at some of the examples.

[fiery patrol]

my game isnt crashing and it says the mod is active but theres no texture option showing up

[calm tusk]

hmmm showman texture isnt applying and ive tried both j_showman and j_show_man

[subtle shard]

it's j_ring_master

[calm tusk]

ah ok

[tranquil socket]

hi i'm trying to use this mod to convert a tarot texture replacement into a malverk texture mod
i copied the format of the hd textures mod but i'm getting an error. would like some help

[tranquil socket]

still haven't found out why it does this (i still get the same "failed to collect file data" error
i'll drop this here if anyone can help me figure out why (i've digged up here and figured it might be a path error but even when i fixed it and all and even added a subdir it still doesn't work at all)

[tranquil socket]

um, sorry to ping you @high drift but i've been struggling with this for three days now and i'm still not sure why this isn't working when i've referenced both the HD pack and the messages here for debugging
sorry i'm not familiar with lua at all

[high drift]

your sprites aren't in an assets folder

[tranquil socket]

i've managed to make it work now but uh... now every time i try to open the textures menu i instantly crash by stack overflow

[tranquil socket]

sorry to ping you again @high drift but every time i have a malverk tex pack mod installed and attempt to open the malverk textures menu, game crashes by stack overflow
picture of the mods i have here (the highlighted one is the malverk tex pack i've been working on just above)
and attached is my latest crash report reproducing the stack overflow

[mortal parrot]

could anyone guide me through how i could make one of these texture packs?

i want to put this into the game

[unkempt sun]

SMODS.DeckSkin

Malverk doesn't do that

[tawny cairn]

Not sure why would Malverk cause a crash in an "in_pool" function with G.playing_cards not existing

[lost nacelle]

i found this balatro texture pack template so hopefully i will be able to convert my final pack to malverk

i know literally nothing about lua
-# apparently it's just better python and i know python so uh

[wary geode]

I don't get it. I've established the display_pos but it's not showing up in-game

[high drift]

It defaults to the first texture in the texture pack object iirc

[wary geode]

so how do I fix it

I am assuming I swap the block for booster pack on top

[high drift]

Yeah if you want the booster to be the icon

So where you have the table of texture keys put the booster one first

[wary geode]

uhhh still doesn't work

[high drift]

Can you show the texture pack object?

[wary geode]

should be this one according to the code but it still shows Mercury

[mortal parrot]

wait how do i even change a joker's texture with this

i forgor

[high drift]

No no, the TexturePack object

[wary geode]

aah I moved the celestial on top and now it works

thanks

now to update it on my Github and Nexus

[bleak nacelle]

does malverk support modifying deckskins yet?

[high drift]

No that’s a smods feature

It’s not something I plan on adding to Malverk

[paper escarp]

i actually had an interesting feature request idea in relation to applying textures for undiscovered jokers, if that's still planned - where you could specify multiple different soul textures, and when populating the collection page with undiscovered jokers, it picks from them at random. so that way if you open a collections page that's just full of undiscovered jokers, it could look a little more visually interesting than just 15 of the same texture

for instance, i would use it to basically silhouette all the different legendary joker souls in my mod in place of the standard joker silhouette.

although this would probably be awful to implement for how little use it'd get overall

[tulip flax]

is there any place with the internal names for everything? i need them to put them in the keys section for the alt textures

[untold python]

I used the language files

[high drift]

You can see them all in the keys.lua in the utils folder of Malverk iirc

[tulip flax]

why does no floating sprite appear on black hole and why does the soul not change its floating sprite?

wait actually nvm i think i got it

nvm i dont

[high drift]

You need to have the key in the keys table too iirc

[tulip flax]

i did that and it still doesnt work, now the soul just lost its floating sprite

[tulip flax]

tried merging the floating sprites and the base sprites into a single file, which for some reason just doesnt work? like it just ignores the soul_key and just uses whats supposed to be the floating sprite as the sprite for the next card instead

[high drift]

Yes the soul = path is specifically for the card the soul as it’s on a different atlas in vanilla

You should order your sprite sheet as card soul card soul

[valid harness]

hey, i've been trying to add localizations to a texture pack I'm making, but when I try to change the seals' names it gives me this error. Here's how the file's structured, and I also made sure the keys were the proper ones

Everything else works by the way

[tulip flax]

did that, there still arent any floating sprites generating at all on any card

[tranquil socket]

is it possible to turn an smods mod that is only a deck skin mod into a malverk mod? or does it need something else to replace too for that to work?

[high drift]

Deck skins aren’t supported by Malverk

[austere cloak]

got a malvert crash
[SMODS malverk "utils/ui.lua"]:473: attempt to index local 'texture' [a nil value]

the whole log :

[high drift]

I think this is a miscofigured texture pack crash

[austere cloak]

probably, im still new to editing stuff

--- STEAMODDED HEADER
--- MOD_NAME: Regretevator Items/Effects Planet Cards
--- MOD_ID: RegItemPlanetCards
--- MOD_AUTHOR: [Mediumkey]
--- MOD_DESCRIPTION: Replaces planet cards with Items from Regretevator
--- PREFIX: REGP
--- VERSION: 1.0.0
--- DEPENDENCIES: [malverk]

AltTexture{ 
    key = 'planets',
    set = 'Planet',
    path = 'reg-tarot.png',
    original_sheet = true,
    display_pos = 'c_saturn',
    localization = true
}
TexturePack{ 
    key = 'regcards',
    textures = {
        'reg_planets'
    },
    loc_txt = {
        name = 'Items-Effects',
        text = {
                    'Replaces planet cards with Items',
                    '/ effects from Regretevator'
        }
    }
}

what am i doing wrong here

[high drift]

textures should be REGP_plants

[austere cloak]

let me see if removing the p fixes it

neither removing the p or adding regp fixed that

maybe im using an outdated version?

[high drift]

no it needs to match the capitalisation

[austere cloak]

ah there we go

now theres a new crash

["malverk.lua"]:138 attempt to index a nill value

i could use assistance rq @high drift

[high drift]

remove the localization = true line

[austere cloak]

worked

thanks alot 😓

[paper escarp]

switch_func? what switch_func? i've only specified 17 alt textures total, that shouldn't be enough to make it create a second page, right?

[wary geode]

Is there a way to intergrate a texture to another modded features?

I got too many requests on Celestial Funk to support other modded planets like Multiplayer and Cryptid

Well not too many tbh, but enough to make me think it's worth my time

[high drift]

yes there is, I can send you some code later today

[wary geode]

Awesome sauce

[thick rivet]

how can i insert the mod inside balatro? @high drift

[slim pecan]

Hi, sorry to bother you, but I keep getting this error when trying to replace the invisible joker with Big Boss

AltTexture({
key = 'BB_Invisible',
set = 'Joker',
path = 'BB_Invisible_Texture.png',
keys = {
'j_invisible'
}
})

TexturePack({
key = 'BB_Invisible',
textures = {'Invs_BB'},
loc_txt = {
name = 'Big Boss Invisible',
text = {'When you can't even say', 'my name'}
}
})

[slim pecan]

https://github.com/Eremel/Malverk

Did you see the instructions here?

[slim pecan]

@high drift Did you end up seeing this?

[high drift]

you textures keys are wrong

they should match the altexture object keys but with your modprefix at the start

[slim pecan]

I guess I'm not sure what the texture keys are supposed to be

The j_invisible?

[unkempt sun]

the key of AltTexture

[slim pecan]

I don't really code so I'm confused as to most of the terms. I checked the github and I got lost at ToggleTextures

[unkempt sun]

should be yourmodprefix_BB_Invisible

put that inside textures instead the current one

[slim pecan]

Ah so

TexturePack({
key = 'BB_Invisible',
textures = {'BBInv_BB_Invisible'},
loc_txt = {
name = 'Big Boss Invisible',
text = {'When you can't even say', 'my name'}
}
})

[high drift]

yeah

outside of giving screenshots with line numbers, your crash isn't helpful in the slightest though

[slim pecan]

I don't know what program I'm supposed to use to mod the game, I'm using notes files

Yeah I'm still getting the same "expected near t" error. Not sure if it's syntax or maybe another malverk mod that has a conflicting value

[high drift]

you need an IDE

something that will highlight your syntax errors for you

[slim pecan]

Ah I see, any suggestions?

[high drift]

personally I use visual studio code

[slim pecan]

Hahaha thats really funny hold on

[slim pecan]

The "can't"
was interferring with the text display

the apostrophe

[unkempt sun]

add a backslash before the apostrophe to include it as a string character

[slim pecan]

I just used "" instead

[unkempt sun]

that also works

[slim pecan]

now I'm getting the "attempt to index local texture" a nil value
error

Whenever I press the textures setting, I'm assuming I need to upload some sort of mod picture?

[unkempt sun]

where did you putBB_Invisible_Texture.png

[slim pecan]

I've got the mod folder, then
BigBossInv.lua
Assets
|___1x
2x

1x and 2x have the correct textures

2x being 71 x 95 I believe

[unkempt sun]

it's the other way around

[slim pecan]

Ah hold on

no I said it wrong my b

1x is 71 x 95

The problem being on line 473 of utils/ui

AltTexture({
key = 'BB_Invisible',
set = 'Joker',
path = 'BB_Invisible_Texture.png',
keys = {
'j_invisible'
}
})

TexturePack({
key = 'BB_Invisible',
textures = {'BigBossInv_BB_Invisible'},
loc_txt = {
name = 'Big Boss Invisible',
text = {"When you can't even say", 'my name'},
}
})

Code repost

[high drift]

Are you using a .json file or a mod header?

[slim pecan]

Sorry, I'm not really sure, I've pretty much just got this

[unkempt sun]

is malverk incompatible with mods using mod header

I can't seem to find any issues with local texture here

[slim pecan]

I did use a mod header though:
--- STEAMODDED HEADER
--- MOD_NAME: Big Boss Invisible Joker
--- MOD_ID: BigBossInv
--- MOD_AUTHOR: [bayonora, ThisNameTaken]
--- MOD_DESCRIPTION: Changes Invisible card with Big Boss
--- DEPENDENCIES: [malverk]

[slim pecan]

Yeah I was looking there too, not too sure what would be up unless theres something fundamentally wrong with the texture

Both named BB_Invisible_Texture

.png

Is it possibly the _Texture that is messing with it?

[high drift]

Your prefix is BigB

So BigB_BB_Invisible

[unkempt sun]

mod header automatically takes the first 4 characters of mod ID as prefix if not specified

[slim pecan]

Ah I see

Specify using '' I assume?

[high drift]

Yes

[unkempt sun]

I recommend switching to json tho

you must define a prefix there, but it's a lot easier to manage

[slim pecan]

Not sure what a json is, or how to switch

[unkempt sun]

it's a separate file
here's an example

[high drift]

Don’t worry about it

[unkempt sun]

Ig mod header will still be supported

[slim pecan]

Sorry I've only used C++ and a smattering of python

[unkempt sun]

that would be me a year ago

[slim pecan]

Yeah haha

[unkempt sun]

over 11 months of tampering with lua has helped me a lot in understanding Balatro modding

[slim pecan]

Yeah, I'm hoping to do another funny thing with this mod.

[unkempt sun]

json is widely used in many programming languages despite its full extension name (javascript object notation)

[slim pecan]

Oh I see, I might pick that up as I need to add music a bit later

[slim pecan]

TexturePack({
key = 'BB_Invisible',
textures = {'BigB_BB_Invisible'},
loc_txt = {
name = 'Big Boss Invisible',
text = {"When you can't even say", 'my name'},
}
})
Switched it up to this and I'm still getting the same texture nil error

[high drift]

Can you send the error

[high drift]

Oh sorry

Prefix is lowercase

So "bigb_BB_Invisible"

[slim pecan]

I think that did it, thanks a bunch!

@high drift @unkempt sun I really appreciate the help :)

[wary geode]

[high drift]

I’ve been looking at it, and I’m not 100% on replacing custom planet cards, but I think if you do table.insert(Malverk.keys.Planet, "custom_key") and then add the keys as normal to the alt texture it should work

[wary geode]

I see

Thank you, I'll try it later once I get home from work

[paper escarp]

bump - is this a malverk bug or am i not properly defining something inside my TexturePack() to handle whatever's causing the switch_func issue?

[lethal flower]

Bug Report:
When I apply the Default Textures and then click it (in the order from highest to lowest list) (click, not drag, if you drag it nothing happens), the game crashes with an error. I will send the error message in just a second.

Error message.

[high drift]

Update Malverk

From source code, the release hasn’t been updated actually

I’ll do that now

[paper escarp]

...wait... can malverk not replace the challenge deck skin? nvm, i implemented something wrong, pebkac

[fiery patrol]

im havinng difficulty with this mod, ive installed it into the mods folder along with some of the textures I want (also in the mods folder), but the textures option is not showing up in the menu

[untold python]

Do you have the mod menu on the main menu?

If not, steammodded isn't loading

If so, does malverk show up in the modlist there?

If so, is it on?

[fiery patrol]

it shows up on the modlist as enabled along with all the textures

ita just that the mod menu isn't on the main menu

[untold python]

malverk shows up in the options menu usually

[fiery patrol]

it is not there

[untold python]

Very strange
I'd recommend delete and reinstall the mod? That tends to help with most mods that fail to load

[twilit scroll]

How do you set undiscovered_joker/undiscovered_tarot in an AltTexture?

Which set?

[valid harness]

i'm also looking for it

i was checking at the [Windows Solitaire](#1337605360776646656 message) mod and even if they added every set available it still didn't change the undiscovered cards

[twilit scroll]

HD texture also has textures for them but they're unused, I assume they aren't currently supported and would have to be handled simlilarly to The Soul's soul

[wary geode]

hey what's up with my thing...
I tried adding custom textures for modded content but it didn't read it

nevermind guys I forgot to check the box ❤️

[twilit scroll]

Localization for blinds from texture_packs localization doesn't seem to work. In malverk.lua it checks G.P_CENTERS to get the type of object to apply the loc to, but blinds aren't in G.P_CENTERS so it's always nil and gets skipped.

malverk.lua line 150

if pack.localization then
  local loc = G.localization.descriptions.texture_packs[pack.key].localization
  for center, new_loc in pairs(loc) do
    local object = G.P_CENTERS[center] or nil --always nil for blinds
    if object then
      local game_table = AltTextures_Utils.game_table[object.set] or 'P_CENTERS'
      local default_loc = G[game_table][center].default_loc_txt
      if object.set == 'Booster' then
        local temp_center = center:sub(1, -3)
        SMODS.process_loc_text(G.localization.descriptions.Other[temp_center], 'name', new_loc.name and new_loc or default_loc, 'name')
        SMODS.process_loc_text(G.localization.descriptions.Other[temp_center], 'text', new_loc.text and new_loc or default_loc, 'text')
      else 
        SMODS.process_loc_text(G.localization.descriptions[AltTextures_Utils.loc_table[object.set] or object.set][center .. (object.set == Seal and '_seal' or '')], 'name', new_loc.name and new_loc or default_loc, 'name')

        SMODS.process_loc_text(G.localization.descriptions[AltTextures_Utils.loc_table[object.set] or object.set][center .. (object.set == Seal and '_seal' or '')], 'text', new_loc.text and new_loc or default_loc, 'text')
      end
      G[game_table][center].set_card_type_badge = new_loc.badge and Malverk.badges[new_loc.badge] or (G[game_table][center].default_card_type_badge ~= '1' and G[game_table][center].default_card_type_badge or false)
    end
  end
end

[paper escarp]

...What? Malverk handles the Soul in full

[twilit scroll]

scroll up 1 post... we're talking about the undiscovered textures not The Soul. "they (undiscovered textures) aren't currently supported and would have to be handled simlilarly to The Soul's soul"

[paper escarp]

oh, i read that

for some reason i misread what you said

[paper escarp]

had another, similar idea but this time for locked jokers - and i think this might be outside the scope/spirit of what malverk is/does but i think it would be nice to be able to do different locked graphics based on rarity (i would also say "and/or object type" but given how some are differently shaped such as tarots/spectrals and especially vouchers, i imagine that would have to be the case anyway). imagine being able to have a locked graphic per common, uncommon, rare, etc.

may probably also need a fallback in the case of modded rarities, but it would be nice to be able to pique players' interest in a locked item because it looks different than the rest

[untold python]

I'm pretty sure the shape is just through a shader, and not something unique to the jokers

[paper escarp]

...so this shape is caused by a shader? i'm not sure that's right

[untold python]

I meant for stuff like the half joker, or the square joker

[paper escarp]

i was talking exclusively about the locked graphics though

[hollow scaffold]

hey so have a problem when clicking settings

[high drift]

you have Malverk nested

[hollow scaffold]

what do you mean?

[high drift]

in your mods folder, it should be Mods > Malverk > files here not Mods > Malverk > Malverk > files

[hollow scaffold]

but its not?

[high drift]

well it's not installed correctly

[hollow scaffold]

huh so looks like the issue was not that but that there was an earlier version of malverk in my mod folder even though it was turned off

[unkempt sun]

are you sure you turned it off properly with .lovelyignore?
cuz I don't think the in-game toggle would add one

[lunar bone]

attempting to make a Malverk texture, and it works, but now my game crashes upon entering the deck preview. how do I fix this?

oh it's probably because of ui_assets

↖️ stupid. needs to think more

[sullen rapids]

how would i replace the texture for wee joker since it uses the default joker texture

[high drift]

Youd have to use the keys field, or add a texture just for wee

[sullen rapids]

so like do i just define the key as "wee joker" or something like that

[high drift]

it's j_wee iirc

[sullen rapids]

thanks 👍
is there a list for all the keys for future reference?

[valid harness]

sorry for the ping, but here https://github.com/Eremel/Malverk/blob/main/utils/keys.lua

[sullen rapids]

am i missing something?

[subtle shard]

a comma

after why so +4

[sullen rapids]

yeah i figured that out the hard way

[rose thunder]

Is it possible to rescale the textures?
I'm making all jokers smol but it's not scaling right

[subtle shard]

Not sure for malverk but you can set a size on the atlas

[rose thunder]

wait I can just use px and py in the AltTexture

stickers are a bit wonky but whatever

[rose thunder]

Where's the wiki?

[lunar bone]

malverk has all the types listed in its readme

[rose thunder]

this is it

the only mention of the types is to "see the wiki"

[valid harness]

https://github.com/Eremel/Malverk/blob/main/utils/keys.lua here

[high drift]

I never made a wiki 😭

[paper escarp]

then why write 'see the wiki' 😭

unless that was some kind of futureproofing

[sand burrow]

How do I add mod support like cryptid?

[terse crest]

question if people have answers

I see the mod as loaded, but the button to select textures does not appear

[high drift]

You’re looking in the options menu right?

[terse crest]

figured it out, sorry

i scrolled up, saw the message bout installing worng

and then fixed it

[paper escarp]

bump
i'm also curious about the prospect of replacing the undiscovered and locked textures that i raised before

i'm wondering if the primary issue with those is the fact that they're not strictly an object type, and more replacement sprites for existing objects

[high drift]

I just haven’t done them

[paper escarp]

ah, i see fair enough

[paper escarp]

bumping as this is still the case and i don't know what to do about it, especially as i can't find anything in documentation that covers it

[wary geode]

hello, is it possible to add a "shine" effect to a textured card using malverk?

[paper escarp]

like vouchers? vouchers get their shine from their shader, which is also used by invisible joker.
they use the shader literally called 'voucher'

but i don't think this is something malverk can do you would have to look into doing this via steamodded and just making it a condition based on whether that card is using your malverk atlas

[unkempt sun]

SMODS.DrawStep

[hollow scaffold]

Question, is malverk able to do textures for mods? As in replace a texture in a different mod

[high drift]

it is

I'd have to look over some code but it is definitely possible

[hollow scaffold]

id apreciate it ^^

[mortal parrot]

Oo?

Artbox texture pack?

[hollow scaffold]

naah i just mainly thought to expand my seal texture pack to do unique sprites for some modded seals in mods like ortalab or phanta ^^

[mortal parrot]

Ooh

[frigid sphinx]

what is the path for playing cards? im trying to reskin the low contrast suits and i have no idea how to do that

[paper escarp]

wdym by path

like, the filepath?

also, you need to do deckskins for that, malverk doesn't support playing cards
https://github.com/Steamodded/smods/wiki/SMODS.DeckSkin

[topaz locust]

Is there a way to change the stickers skin, not the stake ones, the perishable or rental ones

[paper escarp]

same way you replace anything else in malverk?
it does support stickers and there are individual keys for eternal, perishable and rental

[paper escarp]

bumping as this is still the case

[frigid sphinx]

i open the textures library and the game crashes

[plucky belfry]

Hey, @high drift I'll make this quick. Perhaps you could make a small change in your ui.toml file to not have this large gap with your mod installed?
(I just removed the extra padding from the horizontal row and added an empty node to make up for the missing padding.)

-# please don't kill me if you see this thanks you

-# (also disregard the green button, that's another mod)

[high drift]

what am I looking at

oh I see

[plucky belfry]

So, the textures button.

The way you have it setup creates some extra padding, which separates the buttons both horizontally and vertically.

Since we don't want the second one, because it stacks with the already existing padding, I just removed it and made up for it with an extra empty node.

That's everything I did.

so maaaaaaaaaaybe just maaaaaaaaaaaybe you could just implement my shitty fix?

[high drift]

maybe if I remember when I next work on malverk

[plucky belfry]

ok

[dapper jackal]

I keep getting an error and i dont know why

--- STEAMODDED HEADER
--- MOD_NAME: Undertale Tarots
--- MOD_ID: UndertaleTarots
--- MOD_AUTHOR: [VioMarks and WhitetailAni (undertale mod)]
--- MOD_DESCRIPTION: Undertale mod tarot cards but ported as a malverk texture pack
--- PREFIX: UTarots
--- VERSION: 1.0
--- DEPENDENCIES: [malverk]

AltTexture({
key = 'Undertale Tarots', -- the key of the texture
set = 'Tarot', -- define the object type that you are retexturing, see wiki for full list of types
path = '222139.png', -- the filename of your spritesheet, saved in assets/1x AND assets/2x
original_sheet = true,
loc_txt = { -- [NYI] Localization text for tooltips displayed in the texture selection screen - can be added to a localization file under [descriptions][alt_texture]
name = 'tarot',
}
})

TexturePack({
key = 'undertale_tarots', -- the key of the texture
textures = {'tarots'}, -- a table of keys of your AltTexture objects
loc_txt = { -- Localization text for tooltips displayed in the texture selection screen - can be added to a localization file under [descriptions][texture_packs]
name = 'Texture Pack Name',
text = {'description line 1', 'description line 2'}
}
})

this is the code

[plucky belfry]

for starters you are using the very old and outated metadata.

everything else idk, I haven't used malverk eve

[dapper jackal]

what does that mean

[plucky belfry]

The header.

Use the .json for metadata instead of the header.

[dapper jackal]

that part seems to work fine tho

[dapper jackal]

@high drift is this a common error or am i missing something?
-# also sorry for the ping

[high drift]

Your textures table needs mod orefixes

[dapper jackal]

what are those

[high drift]

Prefixes*

[dapper jackal]

could you give me an example? sorry but i'm really bad at this

[high drift]

textures = {"UTarots_Undertale Tarots"}

[dapper jackal]

the crash is gone but the tarots are showing like this

[high drift]

Your atlas isn’t the right size

[dapper jackal]

what's the atlas

[plucky belfry]

Chances are you put the 1x file in the 2x folder.

Balatro uses 2 files for its atlases, one normal sized, which goes into /assets/1x, and an identical one, but double the size, which goes in /assets/2x

You may be wondering "why is it that way", at which I answer you with "I have no fucking clue."

[dapper jackal]

thanks

that solved it

[plucky belfry]

<3

[dapper jackal]

now i gotta hope it doesnt explode when i try to port the boosters

[dapper jackal]

AltTexture({
key = 'Tarot_Booster', -- the key of the texture
set = 'Booster', -- define the object type that you are retexturing, see wiki for full list of types
path = 'booster.png', -- the filename of your spritesheet, saved in assets/1x AND assets/2x
loc_txt = {
name = 'booster'
},
keys = {
'p_tarot_normal_1',
'p_tarot_normal_2',
'p_tarot_normal_3',
'p_tarot_normal_4',
'p_tarot_jumbo_1',
'p_tarot_jumbo_2',
'p_tarot_mega_1',
'p_tarot_mega_2',
},
})

TexturePack({
key = 'undertale_tarots', -- the key of the texture
textures = {'UTarots_Tarot', 'UTarots_Tarot_Booster'}, -- a table of keys of your AltTexture objects
loc_txt = { -- Localization text for tooltips displayed in the texture selection screen - can be added to a localization file under [descriptions][texture_packs]
name = 'Undertale tarots',
text = {'Tarots from the undertale mod', 'but ported as a malverk mod'}
}
})

now there is no crash but the packs dont show

[paper escarp]

bumping once more

[humble peak]

wait does this support face cards or am i at another dead end

[subtle shard]

No you want to use SMODS.DeckSkin for that

[humble peak]

aaah thank you

[dapper jackal]

just in case its useful to someone, its not p_tarot but p_arcana

[foggy garnet]

Which are the 8 images that qualify as the "Enhancers"?

[foggy garnet]

Found it

[foggy garnet]

Can someone tell me which is the 16th deck that is a part of the 'backs' for Malverk.

[high drift]

Challenge, bottom left

[foggy garnet]

This one?

[high drift]

Yes

[foggy garnet]

The omlette

Considering the layout of the backs I'm surprised it's not the one between plasma and ghost

[foggy garnet]

Can someone tell me which Malverk set covers the white backings of cards?

[foggy garnet]

Alright trying to identify what is what on the enhancers image. Blue are a part of the set "Back", green are the "enhanced" set, gold is "seal". But I have not yet been able to identify which ones are the remaining purples.

[lucid jacinth]

4,0 is locked deck
0,1 is - well, the soul spectral uses that sprite, but i don't think it uses it from this sheet?
5,3 and 6,3 are used for undiscovered items (jokers and everything else)
and 1,4 is an unused deck

1,0 is the base card image, though i don't know if this is where the game actually gets it

[foggy garnet]

Oh no I can identify what they are, I'm trying to label which is part of which malverk replacement set

[lucid jacinth]

ah, lol
i don't know that, i haven't actually used malverk in ages

[foggy garnet]

If the game doesn't use the card white from this sheet, any idea from where it is?

[lucid jacinth]

looking through the game's textures i don't see it anywhere else, so i think it is that after all
... and apparently the soul does use that sheet, cause i don't see the soul gem on tarots.png

[foggy garnet]

It is good to know the bottom left deck is unused

[lucid jacinth]

i didn't know you could get your soul sprite from a different sheet than your base sprite

[unkempt sun]

unlike jokers with soul_pos, The Soul loads a shared sprite for the gem separately to use its own juice animation

[foggy garnet]

Do you by chance know how to replace the whites?

[high drift]

Add c_base in an enhanced alt texture

[foggy garnet]

You'll have to forgive me I'm not very well versed in programming

Where would that go?

[high drift]

I can send some code later

[foggy garnet]

Merci

[foggy garnet]

    key = 'luigi-enhanced',
    set = 'Enhanced',
    path = 'EnhancersLuigi.png',
    keys = {'m_bonus','m_mult','m_wild','m_glass','m_steel','m_stone','m_gold','c_base'}
})```

Um

xD

Oh interesting

[high drift]

you need to add default_pos = true iirc

[foggy garnet]

Right

Let's add that real quick.

Let's gooooooooooooo

Now I just pray in my corner for locks support.

And card sleeve support but that's a whole new can of worms

[high drift]

you should be able to do card sleeves it's just not particularly simple to set up iirc

[foggy garnet]

Yeah no I am replacing the card sleeves

The issue is it replaces, all of them.

I'd love if it could be defined in malverk as well.

        {
            path = 'helluvasleeves.png',  -- your sleeve atlas path
        },
        true
    )
    SMODS.Atlases['casl_sleeve_atlas'].mod = SMODS.current_mod```

How I'm currently replacing the card sleeves^

Having it as a define-able replacement in Malverk would be neat since then we could define with keys which ones are being replaced and we can toggle it on or off.

But that's definitely a stretch goal that would require I imagine a lot of programming.

I'm gonna make a nifty graphical guide for this mod

[high drift]

no I mean malverk already supports doing that

I just havent documented it anywhere

[foggy garnet]

Oh?

Funnily enough I was about to report that c_base isn't documented in the keys list

Throwing together this nifty graphical guide for anyone needing a quick reference for sets and key names.

[high drift]

you have a mislabeled back

next to ghost

[foggy garnet]

Will fix that.

Is the stone able to be replaced?

Wait is the mislabeled one also not used by game?

[high drift]

yeah the game doesn't use it

you **can **replace the soul sprite I don't remember how off the top of my head

[foggy garnet]

Then until that's identified we have this neat graphical guide for enhancers sets and keys.

Will probably save me some time down the line making mods xD

So

Do you by chance have code I can reference on how to replace the card sleeves through malverk? xD

[high drift]

I don't

[foggy garnet]

I have two mods I'm currently developing that I want to add sleeve support to and would prefer if they properly toggled with the textures.

[high drift]

oh wait maybe

[foggy garnet]

Exciting.

[high drift]

No, I don't

[foggy garnet]

Shit

Time to search through all of malverk's code for the word sleeve

xD

[high drift]

no that won't find anything

[foggy garnet]

0 results

Yeah

[high drift]

Malverk is able to be configured to work with any set of things

[foggy garnet]

Ah

I need to grow at least 5 more brain cells if I have any hope of figuring this out then.

If I can get it to work it'd be great since then it'd mean people wouldn't have to enable/disable their mods to bring back the vanilla sleeves when they aren't using the deck backs.

Um.

I think I found a bug?

I set up a custom deck white with the c_base and it's working.

But then I disabled the texture through the malverk menu and the backs have updated to being off but the whites are still custom.

Yeah repeated the error.

1. Turn on texture with c_base texture.
2. It correctly applies.
3. Turn off texture with c_base texture.
4. C_base remains. Other aspects remove correctly.

    key = 'luigi-backs',
    set = 'Back',
    path = 'EnhancersLuigi.png',
    original_sheet = true
})

AltTexture({
    key = 'luigi-enhanced',
    set = 'Enhanced',
    path = 'EnhancersLuigi.png',
    keys = {'m_bonus','m_mult','m_wild','m_glass','m_steel','m_stone','m_gold','c_base'},
    original_sheet = true
})

AltTexture({
    key = 'luigi-seal',
    set = 'Seal',
    path = 'EnhancersLuigi.png',
})

TexturePack {
    key = 'cards',
    textures = {
        "LPB_luigi-backs", "LPB_luigi-enhanced", "LPB_luigi-seal",
    },
        loc_txt = {
        name = "Luigi's Balatro",
        text = {
            "Changes the cards into",
            "a Luigi's Casino style."
        }
    }
}```

Tried putting the default cards on in the Malverk menu but that didn't fix it either.

[foggy garnet]

Trimmed my code to only have the malverk related sections

[paper escarp]

bump

[foggy garnet]

Is it possible to trigger other variables based on if something is active in Malverk? Specifically I have tarot cards that tie in with changed tarot card names and descriptions. I'd love it if the custom names and descriptions only trigger is the malverk texture pack is properly on and the tarot config is enabled so that it properly matches.

Another bug discovered.

I'm on smods 0827c. Trying to toggle any of these options doesn't save when exiting back and there's the error there at the bottom.

[grizzled falcon]

Hey i'm a new to this modding thing and I was told that what I wanted to do for mt Luigi Poker mod would have to be done through a texture pack and not smods. Is there a way to make it so that I can change the white background to the light blue in luigi poker and have it only apply 1.) to base game cards (no jokers, tarots, etc) and 2.) have it the changes apply only when my Luigi Poker mod is running?

the change i want is for it to go from the left picture to the right

[foggy garnet]

Malverk runs through smods so smods will be necessary as well.

[grizzled falcon]

oh i thought it used its own separate functions/commands

[foggy garnet]

C_base is used by all of those cards so the only way for it to ignore it would be to add the backings to the card on the face as well but then you wouldn't be able to have enhancers show

Actually jokers and tarots don't use that image so they wouldn't be changed.

[grizzled falcon]

aww that sucks, i guess it would be more accurate to the og game but it would suck not being able to see the modifiers :<

[foggy garnet]

I'm confused as to which cards you're trying to exclude from having the blue background

Since jokers and tarots don't use it you should be fine

I'm using the blue card on my own Luigi's Balatro mod

But there's currently a bug where it can't be disabled without a reset.

[grizzled falcon]

i just want the standard cards (ace, face cards, and the number ones) to have the blue background. I would still like for the enhancer things (lucky card, polychrome, steel, mult, etc) to still show up though too cuz it'd be annoying to have to scroll through every card just to see if it has a special effect or not

[foggy garnet]

Then yeah you don't need to exclude anything.

[grizzled falcon]

looks like great minds think alike lol, didnt know u were also doing a luigi mod! Is it also based on Luigi Poker (NSMB DS) or is it a different minigame?

[bitter sparrow]

hi, i need help

basically i am making a texture pack that replaces jokers,the 2x sprites works but the 1x sprites one wont show..please help

this is the 1x folder btw

AltTexture({
key = 'amine_jokers',
set = 'Joker',
path = 'amine_jokers.png',
loc_txt = {
name = 'Amines joker madness',
}
})
TexturePack({
key = 'amine_jokers',
textures = {'jokermadness_amine_jokers'},
loc_txt = {
name = 'Amines joker madness',
text = {'The joker madness', 'is real'}
}
})

the code since i think i messed something

if i did please help

[bitter sparrow]

this is what happens

my spritesheet

2x spritesheet

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i get this

error

[bitter sparrow]

ok i got it fixed

even the x1 sprites not showing

[foggy garnet]

What key do we use to replace the soul stone?

    key = 'spectralHELLUVA',
    set = 'Spectral',
    path = 'helluvaenhancers.png',
    keys = {},
    soul = 'helluvaenhancers.png',
    soul_key = {'c_soul',},
    loc_txt = { name = 'Helluva Spectrals',},
    keys = {'c_soul'},
    original_sheet = true
})```

Okay got this

[nova niche]

forwarding this here, asked in modding dev and they told me to come here

[nova niche]

🥺

[nova niche]

😔

[hollow scaffold]

hey so dont wanna bother and its been a long time but have you found a way to do that?

[high drift]

Oh I completely forgot about this, what is it in particular you want a pack for?

[hollow scaffold]

basically i have a pack that changes seals and want to change seals from some of the mods to match, and also collectables from my mod ^^