Balatro Mod Manager is now out! 🎉

[ocean heart]

thinking about how modding would work on this, would lovely work?

it is using a dll

[waxen ether]

not anymore since it's linux

however it's so-based now

similar to how macOS modding works

you have to mod it similar to macOS now

[ocean heart]

hm idk

not sure thats worth it

[waxen ether]

nope it's really really easy

[ocean heart]

the only upside is not having to set the dll overrides which is only like a one time thing

[waxen ether]

1. build lovely injector
2. preload lovely injector into environment variable
3. done

[ocean heart]

setting the dll overrides would probably be faster tho

[waxen ether]

yeah but instead of doing the hacky windows dll override you use the UNIX native API of the same thing

LD_PRELOAD

It's LITERALLY the same as Windows and macOS

the only difference is how you load the thing

[ocean heart]

i mean yeah but im just kinda confused why you'd wanna change how it loads

i couldnt notice any bugs with proton running balatro

[waxen ether]

speed

less overhead running on proton

helps when you're running cryptid or some shit

[ocean heart]

guess i'd need a stats comparison on that

to really judge

[waxen ether]

its only slightly faster but it's mostly just because

why tf not

you already have love2d on linux

why use proton when you already have a love2d runtime on linux

[ocean heart]

i mean it aint broke

[waxen ether]

thats it

the question is not "why" but "why not" basically

[ocean heart]

but regardless its an interesting project

go off and all but i do have to agree with lars i cant see the use of this being too big

[waxen ether]

i mean i play balatro natively

[vagrant plover]

check out https://balatro-mod-manager.dasguney.com/

[waxen ether]

smods supports running balatro this way btw

I specifically requested the patch

also it's great for mod developers because you don't have to go deep into your protonprefix to install mods

[warped arch]

when coudl we expect modding support for gamepass version of the game?

[waxen ether]

and I don't have to wait a minute to wait for my saves to sync on steam and proton to start

[ocean heart]

dunno if thats supported on lovely/smods yet

[waxen ether]

it is both

[ocean heart]

no im talking about game pass

[waxen ether]

I literally submitted patches for both lovely and smods and upstreamed

oh ok

[vagrant plover]

That has nothing to do with BMM. It is something the lovely dev needs to support, and he has said he knows about it

[warped arch]

is there any like tips and tricks channel on this discord?

[vagrant plover]

regarding what?

[warped arch]

just playing the game

[ocean heart]

ask in game discusion or something idk

or watch Balatro University on yt

[vagrant plover]

yeah people are usually willing to help in #🕹・game-discussion, as long as you don't ask them about every single decision you're making haha

[warped arch]

thanks

[vagrant plover]

there's also a wiki that explains a lot about synergies

and like keku said, watching people on youtube also helps

[pseudo dock]

watch Roffle or Doc

them completionist got some tricks

[cunning matrix]

@waxen ether I updated the Linux branch so you can finally build it with docker. But you will see the poor performance of the webkitgtk2 webview being presented

[wintry veldt]

Docker you say 😎

[cunning matrix]

Note: It only works on wayland for me rn

[wintry veldt]

I’m a based arch hyprland user so I should be fine

[cunning matrix]

Someones got taste

[green trellis]

has many mods been added to it

?

[plain turret]

you can see them all here https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/tree/main/mods

[green trellis]

ty

[vagrant plover]

I believe there's about a 100 right now on there

[young jasper]

So, I installed the Mod Manager and SteamModded but the Manager is saying I dont have SteamModded installed. What do I do?

[green trellis]

istall it from the mod manager I have an issue to where it won't start balatro

[young jasper]

Thx

That fixed it

[green trellis]

np

have any idea why mine won't load?

[cunning matrix]

Is steam running?

[green trellis]

yes

[cunning matrix]

Wait

It might download lovely if it doesn't exist

so that's why

just wait

[green trellis]

ok

[vital bridge]

i did not put my mod on there

[raw onyx]

aiko

[vital bridge]

i wasn't the one who put it on there

[raw onyx]

when shenanigains

will be added to this thing

my brain is working so slow rn smh

[vital bridge]

when i feel like it's completed enough

[raw onyx]

yk it autoupdates

💔

[random otter]

can anyone send me or host the Lovely Injector v.0.7.1 file? my windows keep flagging it as virus and im at my work pc

[fluid kayak]

it'll be flagged as a virus regardless

[raw onyx]

turn this shit off

[wheat wave]

Responding to #1340334060597285025 message in a more appropriate channel:

My personal leaning would be to only accept submissions from devs directly since it makes the whole chain of permissions very clear, but since it's not my project I've been following Skyline's lead and adding mods when they've been clearly approved by the mod dev.

As long as devs are reasonably informed about what BMM is and does, and their permission is given or shared publicly, then I think the risk of developers turning around and complaining about the way their mods have been distributed is low enough.

It might also be important to inform devs that Skyline has put a huge amount of personal time and some funding into the project and its website, and fairly accepts donations on ko-fi to help offset this. The recent content usage dispute with Jen's Almanac mod was because of an artist not wanting their content included in the Almanac when they discovered Jen had a ko-fi page that the artist wasn't previously aware of, so it's clearly something that a minority of creators care about.

Legally speaking, it's debatable whether permission is needed at all for OSS mods or otherwise, since BMM falls somewhere between a browser and a distribution platform - but for the sake of respecting developers and artists and their freely-given works, I think it's important.

[raw onyx]

hey

breeze

gotta say ty

this thing actually helped a lot

downloaded gh and git stuff and then asked AI tf hard word's mean

[wheat wave]

Cheers mate, I appreciate you saying that

[raw onyx]

(i dont know neither push, commit, pull and some more random words)

[wheat wave]

Git is a whole language to learn, but it's one worth learning

[random otter]

its a work pc bruv

[random otter]

y realized that later

thanks anyway

[fluid kayak]

surely you can add an av exclusion on your work pc

[random otter]

cant, redirects me to the admin login

[fluid kayak]

surely admin admin

that's unfortunate tho

[random otter]

wanted to have fun with the pokemon mod,welp,

[worthy solstice]

thanks for the input

[wheat wave]

Speaking of mod permission;
@raw onyx Did you check with SkywardTARDIS to see if they're happy for Reverse Tarots to be added? I couldn't find anything in the Reverse Tarots thread

[raw onyx]

tbh i'm not sure at all if it is required

but once in modding chat

i told him abt this thingy

and iirc he wanted to add it here

tho the main question remains is it required

[wheat wave]

See #1339375696254074942 message
Legally, probably maybe possibly not required. Out of respect, I think it's important

[raw onyx]

who knows

tho if it is then it's kinda boring

[wheat wave]

Can't hurt to check

[raw onyx]

but it isn't mentioned anywhere in read.me or this post

so i think it's pretty much fine

this app would be dead asf if it was unallowed

AND one of @vital bridge mod's was added to this app by someone else (he said that iirc)

so pretty sure it is

[wheat wave]

Aikoyori was cool with it and gave permission, as did the 2 or 3 other devs of the other mods that were submitted to the index by other people

[vital bridge]

i just didn't submit it

I'm not mad that it's on there

[wheat wave]

On the other hand, Jen asked for his mod not to be included, so it wasn't

[vital bridge]

i only wish it was more done that's all

[wheat wave]

It's not fair to assume that devs will be cool with their work being distributed outside of places that they have direct control over, and asking permission only takes a second

[raw onyx]

if it was that simple man

now another question

how do u delete pull request

[wheat wave]

Just hit the "Close pull request" button on the website

[vital bridge]

you close it

[raw onyx]

kk

tho not gonna ask people anymore

only if ik them

like i've talked to some dev's here, like aiko, dev of reverse tarots and math guy

ngl it's kinda boring especially including the fact that they might not even know abt mod manager

[wheat wave]

Not sure i understand what you mean about "it's kinda boring".
If you want to add someone else's mod to the index, or repost it somewhere else, ask permission out of respect for them and their work.

[raw onyx]

meh for me it works so if you dont want other's to do whatever with ur mod (as long as it isn't something bad) - dont post it

[raw onyx]

-# 'its kinda boring'
asking permission for mod, then wait until he will answer, and only then add the mod take's a lot of time in total, unlike just writing md and json files and then posting them

[wheat wave]

How much active working time do you think the average dev has put into their mod? Waiting an extra minute, or hour, or week for a response isn't much to ask

[raw onyx]

they dont get a +10 respect bonus or sum for posting it there , they don't get any disrespect, they dont lose or gain anything

they just get more people who knows abt the mod

the only thing could be thumbnail that developer might want to change , but for that he can simply dms me already

or if he doesnt want it there - he can also just dms me

[wheat wave]

I more or less agree with this personally, and I'm cool with other people sharing and reusing my mods too, but it's not right to assume that all devs or artists agree. Some people prefer to have more control over their works and don't like seeing them stolen, misused or distorted against their wishes, and that's a fair viewpoint too.

[raw onyx]

and then they can just dm me or the guy who has made this app

[wheat wave]

If you ask permission, the response you get is likely to be "Hey, I'd prefer if my works weren't included on this Mod Manager, thank you for asking"
If you post it without asking and they find out later, you might be more likely to get "WTF, why did you steal my mod and get money for it?"

[raw onyx]

nobody get's money for posting smth here 💔

[wheat wave]

And that's a real bad look for Skyline and the other contributors

[fluid kayak]

i think notifying the person you're putting their mod in the index and immediately removing it if they ask is fine

also yeah what's with the money thing

[raw onyx]

thats a good choice tho

adding mod , dming them with 'i added ur mod, are u fine with it?'

and thats it

[fluid kayak]

i guess skyline has the kofi to fund development but that's for the manager not the index

for licenses to sign and publish the software and whatnot

[wheat wave]

Skyline accepts donations through ko-fi which is linked on the BMM GitHub page. He's totally within his rights to do it, and deserves way more than he receives - but (in the vaguest possible sense) he is making money from distributing mods through BMM, and some mod authors might be uncomfortable or upset by that

[raw onyx]

if somebody would actually be upset because of that i'd be disappointed in humanity smh

it would be fair point IF downloading the mod was taking money

but it's a donation

[wheat wave]

Waiting for a response costs nothing, and saves the possible hassle of having to remove it later. "Ask forgiveness, not permission" is not a good approach

[fluid kayak]

that's just not the approach though

[wheat wave]

It happened less than a week ago with Jen's Almanac

[fluid kayak]

it's so easily reversible

[wheat wave]

Waiting for a response is even easier

[fluid kayak]

it truthfully isn't

the difference between never uploading it and uploading it for maybe a few hours before it gets removed is so miniscule

[wheat wave]

Unless you're a mod dev who doesn't want your work distributed against your wishes, in which case it matters a hell of a lot

[fluid kayak]

not really. the mods are already publicly available, temporarily redistributing it to another publicly available place will not be a big deal for anyone

[wheat wave]

It has been previously, and I won't assume that for every single developer in the world

For me it's a matter of respect for the developers, their works, and the time invested in them

[velvet sierra]

It can definitely be. Mods need to be publically available with the way balatro works, but if I'm working on a mod for some friends, or it's in alpha and just out there with a lot of addendums about playtesting, it's not great if it starts showing up on other places. You lose a lot of access to communicating intentions if you don't control the download platform a mod is in, especially if the other platforms will give a sense of 'officiality' to a person getting into mods

[wheat wave]

I won't personally add any mods to the index without clear permission from the devs. Skyline is ultimately responsible and if he has a different opinion, then he's welcome to add them as he sees fit, but I won't change my approach

[fluid kayak]

can't have an honest conversation if y'all keep ignoring the fact that the mod is on the index for only a short time. the mod developer DOES control the platform it's on, because they are asked whether it should be removed or not. in your worst case scenario there's very little damage done, very few or no people would end up downloading the mod

[raw onyx]

cg is speaking facts asf

the fact that breeze is not against his mod being shared like this already says much

[wheat wave]

"Yes it wasn't what you wanted but it only happened for a short time" is not a good defense

[raw onyx]

god only knows how many people are actually against that

[wheat wave]

"I stole your car for two hours but i brought it back and i didn't damage it, why are you mad at me"

[fluid kayak]

rewording things to make them sound bad is a horrible and dishonest way to make an argument

[velvet sierra]

Also, notifying someone doesn't guarantee they read it, right? I've had situations in which I only found out years later that someone used my sprites for their pokémon mods, because they notified me on a platform I no longer used. In that case, not a problem, because I didn't mind, but I definitely didn't fall under the banner 'notified', even though that person probably did assume so

[wheat wave]

I earnestly think it's a fair comparison, if a little hyperbolic. I'm not trying to make you sound bad, these are genuine opinions of mine

[fluid kayak]

this is fair, i imagine the mod can be removed if the author doesn't respond in a couple days or so. i doubt that situation would ever happen though since they use the same account to post the mod

[fluid kayak]

first reason i came up with is that cars are personal, mods posted publicly can be freely downloaded and used

there's more but that's enough to disqualify the analogy so

[wheat wave]

Alright, fair. "Do you mind if I borrow your car this morning?" or "I borrowed your car this morning, hope you don't mind". Which would you personally prefer if you owned the car, and it was something you cared deeply about?

[velvet sierra]

it is probably good to know that free to use and free to distribute are generally separate concepts. I've personally released all my assets for pokémon fangames under licenses that did not permit money to be made in any way on any project that involved them, by default, not because I minded people running a ko-fi, but because in that community plenty of stuff got repackaged and put towards somewhat scammy mobile games, or ended up being redistributed to art assets websites that were less specific. (I'm sure the 'license' wouldn't hold water regardless, ofc). Even if a community doesn't have specific rules about limiting distribution, it's in no way a strange courtesy to grand people

[fluid kayak]

can I ask how this is relevant? i believe the discussion is whether asking first and undoing later is reasonably more damaging than asking first and waiting on a response to do something

[velvet sierra]

But for example, a lot of free-to-use in for-profit projects game assets are not free to distribute, because that means they can be separated from clear places to associate them with their licenses.

[wheat wave]

There's no situation where a mod needs to be posted urgently to the index and the community couldn't possibly wait a day or week or month. Impatient community members don't take precedence over the preferences of creators about their works, in my view

[wheat wave]

It's a matter of respect. Like with the undamaged car, the end result is the same, but one approach is polite, considerate and respectful, and the other is entitled and expectant

It comes across as an afterthought, with the subtext of "why would you even care?"

[velvet sierra]

open source communities also work better if courtesy and consideration are the norm. People are more likely to contribute if they feel respected, after all

[fluid kayak]

i don't see it as impatience but rather just efficiency, there's a lot of mods that aren't on the index and (assuming all of them were to be added) waiting on a response is an extra step that adds tine

[fluid kayak]

difference being that there's a reasonable expectation to be able to add a mod to the index, whereas there isn't a reasonable expectation to borrow a random person's car

i don't see it as entitled if there's a reasonable expectation

[fluid kayak]

i see asking whether they wish it to be removed as plenty respectful

[wheat wave]

You have that expectation. Not all mod devs share that view.

[fluid kayak]

i can ground that expectation by saying that the vast majority of mod devs wouldn't mind and would be thankful and it isn't very harmful to the minority that do mind

[velvet sierra]

I definitely would've minded, to be a counter example. Not because I didn't want my mod here, but the reason I hadn't done it myself, and the reason the first pushed wasn't accepted, was because I didn't want the mod to be in a place where people have presumptions 'mods will generally work', and 'i always have cryptid and talisman installed', while I knew that specific compatibility didn't work. In this case, the mod manager team's doing proper quality control, so my worries wouldn't have happened, but if they weren't doing that, it'd be very annoyed, honestly

[wheat wave]

I'm sure you're right, the majority of devs are happy to have their work shared, and I'm included in that lot. But for the minority that aren't, when the options are:

• ask permission, no harm done
• ask forgiveness, potentially deal with a blow up from an angry dev
  the choice seems obvious to me

[velvet sierra]

My assumption in this case is that people who download and discover mods by going through the modding channel here may be a bit more likely to be both report bugs or crashes, and know what to do, while the chances of someone using a mod manager doing that being less likely to. Also the assumption of 'officiality' when it comes to things like balancing and polish, honestly.

[fluid kayak]

i really don't see how it could go any other way than the modder saying "oh no id rather my mod not be on the index please" and the person adding the mod removing it from the index, apologizing, and then going on their way

i think it would be a really irrational thing to have a meltdown over

[wheat wave]

#1330872571830206494 message

[fluid kayak]

this person wasn't properly notified

completely different situation

actually not being notified probably isn't the best reason why it's not the same

meh

[wheat wave]

I'm not gonna weigh in on the "rationality" of the response, just linking it as an example of the kind of response i'd rather not personally be on the receiving end of

[fluid kayak]

also gonna say that even though its not the same, they didn't blow up, in fact the message they tried to send jen was akin to my example

so i don't see how it would support that point either way

[velvet sierra]

more ways to see if something's considerate than seeing how angry people'd get if they didn't like what you did, I'd say

[wheat wave]

You're a member of the Almanac server, I'm sure you saw the result. It was less peaceful than that single message

[fluid kayak]

as jen has pointed out and taken responsibility for, if there were proper communication things would have been fine

[vagrant plover]

I believe asking someone for permission rather than forgiveness is the obvious better approach here

Mostly because it's more respectful to the original creator and gives a better sense of community. Also because the big downside of asking for permission is waiting time, which probably won't cause any issues or drama

[pseudo dock]

drama in my card videogames

[charred flax]

I feel like I am missing something crucial, I just wanted to come in and ask if the Extra Credit Mod can be added to the database

[blazing stone]

re the above discussion, the answer is "yes, but only if the devs request it"

[cerulean rain]

yeah, I think letting devs initiate things is the most respectful way to go about things

it also means that they don't need to be explicitly against having their content on the index

[wheat wave]

I wouldn't go as far as to only ever leave it up to the devs. Lots of people won't know about BMM until they're told about it, gotta spread the word somehow.
There's no harm in asking, as long as you understand that "No" is a complete sentence and doesn't require any further questions. It's the assumption that the answer will always be "Yes" that I really take issue with.
Just check in and ask if it's something they'd be interested in doing, or if they'd be comfortable with somebody else adding it for them.

[plain turret]

I think it would be nice if uploading someone else's mod to the database required proof of permission before being accepted. That way such situations can be avoided.

[vital bridge]

i mean I'll be clear here

i don't think i was notified when my paint job mod was uploaded but like i didn't really mind that much

i just don't want it to happen again because i don't feel like my mods are good enough to be available on the mod manager

the paint job mod had like 3 textures done lol

[wheat wave]

Looks like it was added by theZamos in PR #41, commit 9022948 along with 11(!) other mods 😬

[wheat wave]

If you'd like it to be removed, I can do that. Though for what it's worth, your mods deserve to be up there with the best of them, they're consistently well made and super creative

Letters? In Balatro?! Whatever will they think of next

[vital bridge]

no no it's fine I'll just keep updating the mod

i just wish i was notified about it in the first place

[vital bridge]

math is coming...

[wheat wave]

Now you've gone too far

[vital bridge]

i got expression evaluation working

using a library

[winged cave]

How could you add math to my balatro, a game known for having multipliers in it /silly

[vital bridge]

i just need to come up with a good way to use both letters and math

[winged cave]

You monster /silly

[wheat wave]

Letters and numbers were never meant to be used together, this unholy union can only end in devastation

[winged cave]

LMAO

Kid named algebra /silly

[vital bridge]

do i make math and letters incompatible

[winged cave]

Kid named calculus actually

[winged cave]

You should Yeah

That sounds really funny

[vital bridge]

or do i somehow combine them in an amalgamation

[vital bridge]

do you wish to know the context

[winged cave]

Yes

[vital bridge]

i have a balatro mod that adds letters to the game

as in you can make words with them

[winged cave]

Huh

Cool

[charred flax]

Alright, seems odd that the question has not been popped yet at least. How well known is the extra credit mod in the whole grand scheme of things?

[vagrant plover]

it's decently well-known, though mostly within balatro university's community I believe?

[wheat wave]

It's probably one of the most popular in terms of numbers, but it's also sort of an independent thing, like most of the youtube/streamer community mods. I reckon most people who know about it just download it from a link in the comments

[charred flax]

That is very fair. I tried to find a link that is more than the github mod page and came up empty. So I guess in this case trying to ask the creator for the go ahead is rather difficult.

[wheat wave]

There's this thread https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1314727172296020058

[vagrant plover]

I believe the main person handling ExtraCredit stuff is CampfireCollective

so you could give them a tag in the thread Breeze just linked and ask about getting added to the BMM

[charred flax]

I saw that too, just wanted to search for other spots.

[vagrant plover]

I believe they also have a thread in balatro uni's private discord, but that's ya know... private

[charred flax]

Rip

[raw onyx]

this chat is unfairly dead

[raw onyx]

the 7 questions just killed me lmao

but is it allowed to like add few mods at the same time

not 1 by 1

[wheat wave]

#1339375696254074942 message

[raw onyx]

how is it even related

[wheat wave]

Did you do it?

[raw onyx]

what if no

[cerulean rain]

then you gotta do it

[raw onyx]

then what if yes

[wheat wave]

Adding multiple at a time is fine, as long as you're careful how you do it. There's some less obvious features of Git that might cause problems if you're not aware of them.

• If you make a pull request, then make commits to the fork that the pull request is from, those commits will also be added to the pull request.
• If you create a new branch after making a commit to a fork, then make pull requests from those forks, the original commit will appear in all of those pull requests as a duplicate, and may cause merge problems.
  You were right to create multiple branches for each of these:
  #159 #160 #161
  but because the main branch they were created from already contained the commit "Added 5 New mods" (5ce6de9), each new PR now contains that same duplicated commit.
  It would merge okay, but makes the history messy

And seriously please ask for permission and take screenshots of responses

[raw onyx]

yee ts is confusing me asf

i basically got 0 idea how in the world do i even use all ts

[raw onyx]

is that some kind of racism

like would u ask me to do that if i had other user in github

or do u ask that b4 accepting anything

[vagrant plover]

Do you know how insane you sound

[raw onyx]

i mean literally , ts only works for me

[raw onyx]

nonoon listen

everybody can add anything there

but for some unkown reasons

ts only works for me

like it'd be fine if it was in pinned message or sum or mentioned everytime somebody was asking abt adding thing's here

but it isnt

thats the thing

[wheat wave]

For every commit i've personally approved, if it wasn't submitted by the dev, I've gone back through the Balatro discord to check that the submitter has asked for permission before I've merged it. I've taken screenshots too, just because it's good practice to be able to prove this.
The reason i'm asking you directly is because I can see that you haven't done it publicly, and I'm politely hoping that you've done it privately in DMs instead.

[raw onyx]

sounds more fair now smh

[wheat wave]

That's fair, and I can see how that would appear to be you being singled out. I'm sorry to give that impression. It's just the first time i'm personally running up against this, and I have slightly stronger feelings on the matter than Skyline. It's still his repo and ultimately up to him. Like i've said previously, i'm just not comfortable taking the responsibility for adding mods without authors permissions.

[wheat wave]

Git can be pretty overwhelming if you haven't used it before, but it's worth taking the time to learn the basics. This is a good visual guide to explain some of the basic terminology:
https://agripongit.vincenttunru.com/

[wheat wave]

I have another request for submitters, while I'm loudly making them - if you're submitting a mod on behalf of someone else, please link to the latest Release where possible, instead of the latest HEAD.
Not all devs keep their repos in a functional state at all times, and there might be random breaking changes from time to time if devs are just committing and pushing changes as they're made. Releases are usually preferable

[hidden nexus]

any tips on how to run it on linux. i am having the problem seen above along with there also being the relevant things open. here is also the backtrace message.

[vital bridge]

https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/pull/165

submitting this for the dev

[raw onyx]

aiko

does ur mod have stakes ?

shenigains one

[vital bridge]

no

and don't submit it for me

[raw onyx]

ts isn't related at all

💔

[vital bridge]

I've had problems getting the source code thing for the releases

if you fix that that will be fire because i don't need an extra release file

[cunning matrix]

BMM doesn‘t currently have linux support. It‘s still wip

[hidden nexus]

Challenge accepted I will find a way to make it work without any official Linux support yet. || me finally an adult and my father with 40 years of programming experience to solve it ||

[dawn grove]

that "I" there is doing some heavy lifting, you can just talk about external contributions in the passive voice

[cunning matrix]

Yeah you‘re right. Thanks for your work

I was just refering to the changes being merged into the branch

[dawn grove]

also @waxen ether the current linux branch works well with the game packaged for the native linux runtime, this is how im using it. you'll just have to wrap the combined love+balatro binary in a script that exports LD_PRELOAD and BMM will run that no problem (as long as it's called Balatro.exe)

[waxen ether]

that's what I've been doing lmfao

I was just gonna rewrite that exact script into rust and put it in boson

i have my own script for that

#!/bin/bash
gamename="Balatro"
defaultpath="/home/$USER/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/$gamename"

LAUNCH_COMMAND="exec love"
# LAUNCH_COMMAND="$HOME/love-11.5-x86_64.AppImage"

# LD_PRELOAD="libsteam_api.so"
export LD_PRELOAD="$LD_PRELOAD:$defaultpath/liblovely.so"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$defaultpath"

pushd "$defaultpath"

$LAUNCH_COMMAND Balatro.exe "$@"

[dawn grove]

im repackaging balatro with nix🫡

[waxen ether]

package boson too 🧌

[dawn grove]

im not familiar with that (or even rust), could you link me a github or something?

[waxen ether]

https://github.com/FyraLabs/boson

It basically acts like a custom Proton build

so if you can package Proton-GE or any other steam compat tool you can package it in Nix

reference: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/296009

replace the Proton build script with the intended rust and nodejs builds and you're good to go

[dawn grove]

got it

looks cool, but now i have to cope with the knowledge that people wrote games in electron😔

[worn hound]

It'a far more common than one would expect

[hidden nexus]

@dawn grove trying to launch mod maneger on arch linux. Could not create default EGL display: EGL_BAD_PARAMETER. Aborting...

[dawn grove]

could you try with GDK_BACKEND=x11 prepended to the command?

what desktop are you using? do you know if it's on wayland or x11?

[hidden nexus]

Wayland

[dawn grove]

the env var should be GDK_BACKEND=x11, had a typo in the first message

[hidden nexus]

Where would I put that in the command line?

[dawn grove]

just before the command

if you're using nix with the installer i linked you, the full command is GDK_BACKEND=x11 nix run github:skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support

if it works through xwayland then it'll probably work on wayland with WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 nix run github:skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support

[hidden nexus]

i got this error and when i did what is said it did the 2nd image the first being the error.

[dawn grove]

try this GDK_BACKEND=x11 nix run github:skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'

i believe you used the official nix installer (or installed it from arch's repos), the installer i linked you has different default settings that are more popular among the nix community

[hidden nexus]

i have gotten the same problem as before of it just popping up and blank box in the second photo

[dawn grove]

could you check if WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 instead of GDK_BACKEND=x11 works?

are you using a dedicated nvidia gpu?

[hidden nexus]

yes a nvadia geforce rtx 4080 super

[dawn grove]

any luck with this?

[hidden nexus]

it did the ame empty box and the same errors again

[dawn grove]

there's one more thing that people disable
WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 nix run github:skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support
if this doesn't work either i would suggest trying to log out of wayland and running it from a pure x11 session to see if it helps

[dawn grove]

nvidia + wayland + webkitgtk are a sad combination :3

ubuntu patches out some of webkitgtk's features to get reliable nvidia support afaik

[hidden nexus]

I must correct myself as I now found out for with a 100% accuracy that I use Xwayland

[dawn grove]

xwayland is an x11 compatibility layer for wayland sessions, forcing an app to use x11 will run it on xwayland if you're logged into a wayland session, switching between wayland and x11 tho happens at the log in screen when you're selecting your desktop

[dawn grove]

no luck with this?

[hidden nexus]

It is giving me the experimental nix feature again

[dawn grove]

yeah my bad, just add --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' to every nix command 😅

[hidden nexus]

just to double check that is at the end of the comand?

[dawn grove]

yes

you can also enable them permanently with this echo 'experimental-features = nix-command flakes' >>~/.config/nix/nix.conf && sudo systemctl restart nix-daemon

then you won't need to add them to the commands

[hidden nexus]

nope no luck there

Do you know if official Linux support is gonna come out anytime soon?

[dawn grove]

no idea, no

i think im the only one testing it, and it works on my machine

so fixing your issue will likely depend on other arch users contributing some testing effort

it's a common tauri problem with 10s of GH issues about it, and a lot of people work around it with a lot of different tweaks

so shrug

[hidden nexus]

ol fashion way on my pc for now then, or until i randomly try solving it again ||which will realsitacly probaly be in 15 mins||

[dawn grove]

you can try to run the appimage i suggested sending you before

https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/issues/11994 the last few comments in the main tauri issue suggest there's a workaround for it in the appimage bundler

but tauri's maintainer didn't say whether or not he's switched to the linuxdeploy/lib4bin versions that include this

[hidden nexus]

thank you for the help so far

[dusk charm]

Idea: allowing to sort mods by "last updated/uploaded"

[raw onyx]

already exists as a issue on github

[ocean meadow]

It did, but it was closed as not planned for some reason

That along with disable button would be great features

[raw onyx]

absolutely right, it would be so peak

[worldly carbon]

maybe move the verify database button there too (it acts weird when using local versions)

[dawn grove]

@cunning matrix i saw you bring up issues with "the web view" or "the css" on linux but im not sure what exactly these issues are. do you mean the somewhat broken effect on the button components? or does something not render at all for you? it would be great if you added an issue on GH demonstrating this problem. i want to help with it but im not sure what's wrong

[vital bridge]

:3

i will put the shenanigans mod on the mod manager

one day

[worn hound]

The silly shall spread :3

[hard reef]

any idea why Steam modded is crashing my game?

[cunning matrix]

Blur, poor performance & rendering issues

[dawn grove]

you should take this to #⚙・modding-general and send a crash log with ur message there. BMM is not affiliated with smods

[dusk charm]

idea: allow the mod manager to check for updates and auto-update mods

[worn hound]

It already checks for updates, forcing updates would not be a good idea though

[dusk charm]

whys that?

[worn hound]

Because mods updating can break things, if it happens with the game open it'd likely crash, if done when it's closed but you had a run going then trying to resume it is liable to cause a crash, even otherwise it's still possible that an update to a mod accidentally made it incompatible with another, so you might want to delay updating it until it's fixed, etc

[dusk charm]

well i didnt mean force updates i meant like
have something notifying you a mod has an update and having a button to update it + an update all button

like what r2modman does

[worn hound]

There is a button to update them
Only thing missing is an Update All button then?

[dusk charm]

there is? i swear a few days ago cryptid had an update and it did not notify me of it at all

[worn hound]

The greyed out Installed block on a mod entry gets replaced with a blue Update block

[dusk charm]

huh
well then
thanks for letting me know!

[worn hound]

Cryptid might not have the update checker enabled yet, since it's opt-in on each mod's entry to the list / it has to be told in the manifest what a new update looks like

[torpid osprey]

can i download mods which is not added in mod manager?

[vagrant plover]

Yeah you can download any mod, and they'll show up in the mod manager as "external" mod I believe

[cedar hamlet]

trying to run BMM, my directory seems to be correct and my mods seem to be installed fine but i cant launch it through BMM (launch button does nothing) and when launching through steam, my mods dont load at all. any help would be VERY appreciated but nws if not!

if you could ping me if you respond to this, that would be great!

[velvet sierra]

just checking before I send a push request, but is there a way for the mod description to dynamically update? Balatro Goes Kino's description indicates the wrong version in its description, and if there's no automatic updating for it, I'll make sure to write a generic description for the mm

[dawn grove]

@cedar hamlet what platform are you running it on? could u open BMM in a terminal and send logs of what happens when u press launch?

[wheat wave]

Not currently, nope. The mod index repo only has two scripts, the validator which checks the contents of new pull requests, and the hourly version checker which only affects the version parameter of meta.json

[cunning matrix]

New release guys: https://balatro-mod-manager.dasguney.com/download

[tardy fox]

What’s been updated?

[ocean meadow]

no disable button 😥

[dawn grove]

yeah i had the same question so i checked github https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/releases/latest

[cunning matrix]

Mostly fixes & stabilization

[wheat wave]

And a 774-line Fortran program? Wild

[cunning matrix]

Very required || (absolutely not) ||

[wheat wave]

BMM is now almost 8% Fortran apparently

Gotta get more pretty colours on the Languages rainbow

[cunning matrix]

Actually

[wheat wave]

Aha. I was just looking at the first commit

[tardy fox]

Ah, Alrighty then, coolio

[raw onyx]

WWWW

[noble yoke]

No linux?

[dawn grove]

there's a branch u can try https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/tree/66-linux-support, im using it alongside a few other people on gh

and please report issues or missing features!

[noble yoke]

Apparently my distro has an old version of rust in apt

1.75

Welcome to manual build hell i guess

[dawn grove]

you can use nix or the Dockerfile instead

both make it much simpler, and i tested them on an old mint install

[dawn grove]

also the recommended installation method for rust is rustup, i think following the Dockerfile as a guide for a native install will work

[noble yoke]

how do i launch bmm now

nevermind

curiously, it doesn't show anything

[2025-04-03 16:53:39] INFO [bmm_lib::logging] Logging system initialized at 2025-04-03 16:53:39.058709740 +03:00
[2025-04-03 16:53:39] INFO [bmm_lib::logging] Log file: /home/magotrap/.config/Balatro/logs/bmm_2025-04-03_16-53-39.log
[2025-04-03 16:53:39] DEBUG [bmm_lib::logging] Debug logging is enabled
Gtk-Message: 16:53:39.062: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"
[2025-04-03 16:53:39] INFO [bmm_lib::discord_rpc] Initializing Discord RPC Manager
[2025-04-03 16:53:39] INFO [bmm_lib::discord_rpc] Setting Discord RPC enabled status to: true
[2025-04-03 16:53:39] INFO [bmm_lib::discord_rpc] Discord RPC thread started
Gtk-Message: 16:53:39.273: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"
Could not create default EGL display: EGL_BAD_PARAMETER. Aborting...

[dawn grove]

white window? if this is the deb i would suggest trying the appimage instead (although both worked for me), i would also recommend trying from an X11 session and seeing if this works (then we can start trying to get it working on wayland)

[noble yoke]

...there's an appimage?

[dawn grove]

yeah, the tauri build command makes a deb, rpm and appimage

[noble yoke]

There is a grey window though

Nix

[dawn grove]

ok, could u try from an x11 session?

[noble yoke]

I tried it

[dawn grove]

im getting an ubuntu install in a VM to test on, in the meantime could you try the appimage, i uploaded it in my BMM fork for convenience https://github.com/janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/releases/download/v0.2.3%2B/Balatro.Mod.Manager_0.2.3_amd64.AppImage

[noble yoke]

It worked!
Thanks m8y

[dawn grove]

@hidden nexus in case u wanna try it too

[cunning matrix]

@dawn grove Btw is it still laggy on x11?

[dawn grove]

i haven't had performance issues, just visual ones. i intended to look more into the performance at some point, but the app isn't noticeably laggy for me in its current state (on KDE 6 wayland)

[cunning matrix]

Which visual issues did you see?

[noble yoke]

i assume reverie is not listed due to reasons and not being updated

[dawn grove]

mods are added manually through this repo https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index, if u can get reverie's author's permission you can just make a pr and add the mod to the index

[dawn grove]

give me a few mins to grab screenshots. it's just CSS weirdness, and Tauri's stance on this is "if the visual artifacts are present when u open your app in Epiphany (gnome's webkitgtk browser) then it's unsupported CSS that you should just change

i couldn't get past the initial "where's balatro" page on the browser tho, because the native file picker doesn't work in browsers (duh)

[dawn grove]

text outlines are cut off everywhere and that's actually it

i thought there was something wrong with the buttons (as a component), but it's just the button's text outline

i assume the bottom half of the text outline shouldn't look like this

[cunning matrix]

Yeah

[cunning matrix]

Could you look for a workaround for this issue, so that we can use custom CSS on linux?

[dawn grove]

it's reproducible on the welcome page, firefox vs epiphany👍

[dawn grove]

idk much about tauri / frontend tbh, but i'll look into it on my next weekend (april 11th). but i think just changing the effect to something simpler / more generally available is the better move here tbh

[cunning matrix]

But on firefox, it looks correct?

[dawn grove]

yes, firefox uses a custom engine

other than tauri's

epiphany or midori are the common denominator to target

[cunning matrix]

True

So we need conditional css

[dawn grove]

-webkit-text-stroke: 1px black; works on epiphany/webkitgtk and should work on mac too

(i just replaced all text-shadow with -webkit-text-stroke: 1px black; so it looks like shit but replacing them with the same intended sizes should look much better

and firefox supports a text-stroke property with the exact same interface, so the most compatible solution is slapping

-webkit-text-stroke: 1px black;
text-stroke: 1px black;

everywhere for text outlines

[cunning matrix]

What about the animations? Do they work fine?

[dawn grove]

i think so, are there any animations other than the pagination thing fading in and the background swirly?

sorry for the mkv 😅

[cunning matrix]

No the animations look fine

[dawn grove]

@cunning matrix are there concerns against adding CI that auto updates the pnpm-lock.yaml file to the linux branch?

[cunning matrix]

I need to implement CI CD pipeline anyways

[dawn grove]

i made a pr fixing the nix build on ubuntu (and probably other distros), would u mind testing it by running nix run github:janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support-upstream --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' and letting me know if u still get an empty window?

i got it working in a VM, but real hardware and graphics cards complicate things

the PR just uses a different build of webkitgtk that's compiled against mesa 24 (the one on ubuntu 24) and this worked for me both on ubuntu and in my nixos that runs the mesa 25 drivers

[noble yoke]

Crashed

Gonna stick with the app image

[dawn grove]

are you sure u used the command i sent? it points at a different branch than the one in the readme. and also, i get it if u don't wanna bother with this anymore🫡

@cunning matrix wait did u make the css change i suggested or did the ubuntu pr fix the css too?

omg looks like it fixed the css, lol

does this mean the deb and appimage have had proper rendering all along

[hidden nexus]

thanks that works for me.

[dawn grove]

if you're willing to help with testing, could you try this too nix run github:janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support-upstream --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'?

also are there artifacts in how the text outline is rendered for you? in both the appimage and the nix build

[dawn grove]

here's a better screenshot with hidpi scaling but the background animation doesn't render anymore and things are noticeably slow

this could be either my pr or a regression introduced in 0.2.4's commits since the only differences are the downgrade to mesa 24 and you rebasing the linux branch on main again

[hidden nexus]

that works on arch, i also got no artifacts.

[dawn grove]

thank you

[dawn grove]

switching back to mesa 25 does restore the css issues, so now my pr fixes visual artifacts and introduces performance issues. i'll check if these perf issues are reproducible on ubuntu done, it works flawlessly on ubuntu

also the appimage has broken css (despite building against ubuntu 24 with the old mesa libs)

why does linux have to be like this 😂

[hidden nexus]

@dawn grove I do want to report that from the appimage i am unable to launch balatro itself when i hit the launch button it says that balatro is already running, it is a small bug because you still can launch balatro from steam if you have lovely around and the mods from the launcher you installed will be there

[dawn grove]

the appimage is kinda sandboxed so it's probably unable to find the real steam binary / process

the last fallback launching method (using xdg-open) is probably the only one that'll work as expected in the appimage

[noble yoke]

[2025-04-03 23:26:05] INFO [bmm_lib::logging] Logging system initialized at 2025-04-03 23:26:05.508673373 +03:00
[2025-04-03 23:26:05] INFO [bmm_lib::logging] Log file: /home/magotrap/.config/Balatro/logs/bmm_2025-04-03_23-26-05.log
[2025-04-03 23:26:05] DEBUG [bmm_lib::logging] Debug logging is enabled
Gtk-Message: 23:26:05.512: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"

I ma go to bed

[dawn grove]

i think this is logged every time BMM launches, it's not a build error or a crash, no?

[keen stream]

@cunning matrix add https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1221215713910325330 😔

[main nexus]

That's up to Divvy

[keen stream]

😭

[vagrant plover]

divvy's mod preview is 3 mods in a trenchcoat, and BMM doesn't support that yet

[keen stream]

unfortunate

[keen stream]

@tight harness

[wheat wave]

Divvy's Preview was on the index, but I removed it because it couldn't be installed by BMM.

Fantom's Preview is an alternative that doesn't have the multi-mod problem, though it's built with the Multiplayer mod in mind. Version 2.0.0 added a new "feature" which forces a 5-second wait timer before displaying the calculated score... Recommend using version 1.1.1 if you're not playing Multiplayer

[vagrant plover]

wtf

"built with the multiplayer mod in mind" for a score preview mod?

and the solution is to add a 5 second timer??? 😭

[wheat wave]

Yep. There's some ongoing discussion about it #1355950314905141282 message

Still stands out amongst the other Multiplayer-Approved Mods imo

[vagrant plover]

oh landslide win to get it banned, nice

though someone brought up a very interesting point that "some people could just have a balatro calculator up on a second screen"

[wheat wave]

Yep, that's exactly why the time delay feature was included. #1355950314905141282 message

[vagrant plover]

Huh. Thanks for the links breeze, interesting read

[wheat wave]

There's always drama in the banana stand

[tight harness]

I've got a lot of catching up to do huh

[keen stream]

pff nah man you're good

😭 🙏

really the only mods id like to see with compatibility is talisman and the gemstones mod

[tight harness]

I'll have a look into updating my mods this weekend ig 🤷‍♂️

[wheat wave]

Your mods aren't at fault, it's just a limitation with BMM being unable to install multiple mods with a single mod-index entry, and lovely being unable/unwilling to recursively search through folders for mods.
More light reading here: #1339375696254074942 message

[dawn grove]

judging by the number of GH issues created about linux support (and my influence recommending nix :p), i can say there are more nix users of BMM than the other packaging formats combined

[ocean meadow]

I feel like that's more of an indicator of the vocal minority than anything else tbh

[tight harness]

That's fine and even expected. My mod structure is a mistake, so I'll have to fix that and look into BMM.

[tight harness]

Does BMM not work on Linux? bc that's what I use xd

[dawn grove]

it does but not officially yet

[wheat wave]

Almost certainly, judging by the Windows/Mac split

[ocean meadow]

You're more likely to comment on stuff when there are issues, and seeing as the Linux version has a few kinks, it's expected to see a lot of issues on it. However, people running Windows or Mac don't have as many issues, so they don't feel the need to report anything

[dawn grove]

well i meant any other linux platform😅

nix vs deb & appimage

[wheat wave]

Ohh, righto

[ocean meadow]

ah, that makes more sense lol

[dawn grove]

u can get it here https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/tree/66-linux-support, or from my fork's releases but im cooking up the latest release now and will post it here when it's done (my country has terrible internet)

[placid flare]

Will there be a "Localization" category in mods in the future?

[dawn grove]

v0.2.4 linux release, https://github.com/janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/releases/tag/v0.2.4%2B
it includes deb, rpm, and appimage packages, but the recommended install method is the nix package manager which can be installed with

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | \
  sh -s -- install
. /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh

then you can compile and run BMM with

nix run github:janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support-upstream --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'

[hallow geyser]

Thank you for thinking of mac users - From a mac user

[cunning matrix]

@dawn grove Is BMM running fine for you on Wayland?

[dawn grove]

yes

[cunning matrix]

No issues at all?

[dawn grove]

after the mesa 24 pr animations are slow, but i believe it's only an issue on nixos setups

[cunning matrix]

mesa 24 pr?

[dawn grove]

the one we were just talking in its comments

the change k900 is arguing against is replacing the webkitgtk libraries used by nix with another version that's built against mesa 24 instead of mesa 25
that change

• fixed the CSS for me
• made the app run (and render correctly) for @hidden nexus on arch
• worsened the overall performance on nixos, but not on the mint VM i test on

k900's point was that i'm breaking the app on nixos while trying to make it work on other distros, while "trying to make it work on other distros" is somewhat not possible, but as far as my & theminaneinf's testing yesterday goes, i got something that works well

i pinned webkitgtk against mesa 24 because it's what ubuntu 24 ships. theminaneinf is actually testing on arch tho and it works for him

[cunning matrix]

Great

I‘ll test the linux branch later today to see if it works fine

[dawn grove]

an appimage built with the Dockerfile still has broken CSS

the currently best build is the nix one

[cunning matrix]

If the animations and the overall performance works, I might look into merging it into the main branch before v0.2.5

But

We definetly need a flatpak and an app image

[dawn grove]

you can test all the dockerfile artifacts from this release btw: https://github.com/janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/releases/tag/v0.2.4%2B

[dawn grove]

tauri has no flatpak bundles support afaik, but since i was able to create an appimage using nix bundle (i haven't uploaded that anywhere), i can look into bundling a flatpak from the nix flake too

there might be simpler appimage -> flatpak bundlers

we can look into using one of those on the docker appimage

[cunning matrix]

This wouldn‘t require the user to have nix, right?

[dawn grove]

right

[cunning matrix]

Great

[cunning matrix]

https://v2.tauri.app/distribute/flatpak/ ?

[cunning matrix]

@dawn grove try using this

[dawn grove]

hmmm so the flatpak is just a repackaging of the deb

sure 👍

[cunning matrix]

Great! I'm so hyped

Btw I'm also currently working on Code signing for Windows

[stoic vault]

Hey, can I get the little red dot background used for the ui? I checked the package contents on Mac but couldn't see it

@cunning matrix

Oh and the app icon ^_^

[dawn grove]

here's the icon https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/blob/66-linux-support/src-tauri/icons/512x512.png

and i assume the background is css not an image but idk

[stoic vault]

It's a tiled pattern of dots so I wouldn't assume so? If it is ill just recreate it then lol

[dawn grove]

i think it's this div https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/blob/66-linux-support/src/routes/%2Bpage.svelte#L42

[stoic vault]

ahh

[cunning matrix]

I'll setup a pipline for the app today, so it automatically builds for the changes in the main branch

Btw, I have a new goal for my ko-fi if anyone wants to donate for a good cause: https://ko-fi.com/skyline69/goal?g=0

[dawn grove]

3.4 million euros

[tardy fox]

brother
what

[stoic vault]

wait, does mod manager automatically update mods?

[cunning matrix]

It displays you the updates

If there are any available

[stoic vault]

ah sweet ok

i was about to update a mod when i realized i should instead download it through mod manager lol

[stoic vault]

So the reason i asked earlier is cuz im making Steam Grid assets so i can add it to my steam library, and im stuck on the final item

what should this little square thing be?

[dawn grove]

im not sure i understand what ur asking

[pseudo dock]

They're asking what mods should they add into the thumbnail of that little box

[cunning matrix]

@dawn grove Any updates?

[grim blade]

My game keeps crashing on launch (im trying to play with the pokermon mod). I thought it might be problems with compatibility with other mods so i deleted everything besides pokermon and steam modded but its still crashing on launch. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to solve it?

[dawn grove]

not really, i was on a long vacation from work that's gonna end tomorrow so today i'll be catching up to a delayed task i had, and if i have time i'll work on automating updates to the nix flake's npm deps then i'll get to the flatpak. you can expect noticeable progress to start on monday

[young mango]

does this have an update checker/manager?

[dawn grove]

yes, it tells you when there are updates

[young mango]

does that apply to ones installed to appdata?

(like manual installs)

[dawn grove]

u mean mods u added manually? unmanaged mods have a button on them that allows u to convert them to managed ones, and then u can update them from BMM

if a manually installed mod doesn't exist in the BMM index the option to convert it to a managed mod won't be there

[young mango]

alright

[radiant widget]

hey there, I recently got BMM
used it to update Steammodded and download Bunco
but the game now crashes when I try to start it

[radiant widget]

I found the problem, the version of Steamodded I got through the manager wasn't working with Bunco
got the latest release off Github and now it works

[dawn grove]

was just testing this before replying :p
the BMM entry for steamodded gets the very latest (unstable) changes instead of fetching releases

[radiant widget]

yeah, that should prolly be changed

[vagrant plover]

some mods require the latest dev version of steamodded, so I don't think it should

[radiant widget]

perhaps give the user the option of getting the stable or unstable version of Steamodded through the manager?

[dawn grove]

i think very few ones do

[vagrant plover]

you mean like this?

[dawn grove]

given the current BMM index schema, there's only one url that will always be fetched for mod downloads and referenced for mod version names

[radiant widget]

oh shit, I missed that

[dawn grove]

had no idea steamodded gets special treatment

that's cool

[dawn grove]

@cunning matrix how about adding a note to the readme about the version picker being present for Steamodded and Talisman?

i assumed that ModInstaller code was unused tbh

[raw onyx]

same abt talisman

[crude cliff]

i'm trying to use the mod manager, any ideas on this error?

[dawn grove]

latest Steamodded is broken

[dawn grove]

uninstall it then reinstall again while picking the second option in this list

[crude cliff]

fook lol

[dawn grove]

0323b should work

[crude cliff]

so I want 0312b?

ok

ok that worked, great thank you

[ocean meadow]

There should definitely be a way to change the version without having to uninstall/reinstall imo

(And disable, but I digress)

[dawn grove]

i think it should default to the newest stable release as well

[ocean meadow]

iirc it used to do that, but it was changed

[dawn grove]

you can create a feature request on GH btw, skyline pays more attention to the repo than this chat (from what ive noticed)

[ocean meadow]

I did that for the disable button feature (which a lot of people have been requesting) but it was closed immediately

[dawn grove]

yeah he's trigger happy with the "close as unplanned" button, most of the issues i created i contributed their implementations myself so they got merged👍

[ocean meadow]

I might look into that. But I doubt he will implement that feature specifically since he said he "didn't see the point in it", but it's worth a shot

[dawn grove]

@cunning matrix well I hope u consider it again, the point in this is having the BMM database keep track of what mods someone's interested in, even if they don't want to use them right now

either due to incompatibilities or whatever

i've installed and deleted cryptid 10 times so far

[ocean meadow]

I can't even imagine it being that difficult to implement, since all it is doing is placing a '.lovelyignore' file in the mod's directory

[dawn grove]

hmm, does steamodded respect that file too?

[winged kite]

yea

[ocean meadow]

yup, I do it manually all the time

[cunning matrix]

I'll consider it

@dawn grove Btw do you see the blured background on Linux too?

Because I can't on Arch

[dawn grove]

it's transparent in this video

[dawn grove]

so i believe yes

can't get to my computer to grab new screenshots tho

[dawn grove]

i wanted to test if building with the dockerfile changed to ubuntu:jammy instead of noble will produce better binaries, i made a build but didn't have the time to run it, so i'd recommend u try that

since arch's system libraries may be too new for tauri

[dawn grove]

and noble's too

the only difference between the two is that in jammy u need to add build-essential to install-deps.sh because rustc tries to link the binary using gcc for some reason

[cunning matrix]

I tried with your build: https://github.com/janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/releases/tag/v0.2.4%2B

But it was only half-transparent build for me

[dawn grove]

yeah this is the noble one

my screenshots and videos are from the nix build

[cunning matrix]

Where is the build?

[dawn grove]

didn't upload it anywhere

[dawn grove]

that's why i said this

all u need to do is replace ubuntu:noble@HASH here with ubuntu:jammy and add build-essential to the apt deps script

[cunning matrix]

mhmm I see. So this would produce a different binary?

[dawn grove]

yes, will use older dependencies (built against mesa 23)

im not sure what graphics libs are currently available in noble, but what i know is that older webkitgtk gave better results

[cunning matrix]

Damn

This is some bs

[dawn grove]

indeed

[cunning matrix]

I am currently not home (where my linux machine is), so I can't really experiment with it since I am on macOS rn. Could you test it by chance? If not, that's completely fine too

[dawn grove]

it's 2am & im on my phone in bed

but i'll be able to test it tomorrow

[cunning matrix]

Alr

[dawn grove]

i wrote the pr for this https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/pull/167 and although i asked u first, looks like ur ignoring it (?)

[wheat wave]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-pablo-lonely-alone-gif-12928789

[surreal mango]

wait it does that?

[vagrant plover]

it's only an option when going to the smods page

[surreal mango]

ah i see

[dawn grove]

and talisman

[surreal mango]

i wish the rest of the mods had those, talisman and smoded look like the only ones for now

it makes compatibility more difficult

[rustic summit]

Does BMM have functionality to set "custom" mods?
I.e. I often edit some mods for personal preference.
I'd like to be able to point BMM to a folder within mods and say it is "X" mod, and have it give me the option to enable/disable etc.

[raw onyx]

??

[dawn grove]

its CI is failing anyway, make sure its JSON is valid (for example with jsonlint.com) and that the image is 1920x1080 or smaller

here's a review for free👍

[raw onyx]

image?

[dawn grove]

if you're not adding icons then it's fine

i checked the pr itself, the trailing commas like this are a json extension & not parseable by most tools

(so the last item shouldn't have a comma after it)

[raw onyx]

noticed and updated already

but tf is that

a bunch of random mods

on beelatro

and this thingy

[dawn grove]

i think these conflicts mean other PRs have added these mods already, but if they're unrelated to ur PR completely then i'd recommend just creating a new PR from scratch
fixing a conflict depends on your familiarity with git

[raw onyx]

welp ig ill just remove it

ts is 2 weeks old

but ty ngl

reviewed 1.948e43 times faster than the actual reviewer

🫶

[dawn grove]

u updated one json but I think all of them have trailing commas

[raw onyx]

one?

[dawn grove]

yeah

[raw onyx]

not sure what u mean

[dawn grove]

i think only one json in the ouija pr was fixed, while the rest still have trailing commas

[raw onyx]

oh, they arent supposted to be there

it's some shit from old pull request

thought i removed them, but somehow they just sneaked in ouija with friends of jimbo

is ti fine or should i like do sum

[dawn grove]

you should remove them, otherwise they'll add back these trailing commas (and probably break auto updates for all mods)

are you uploading the mods with the git command or VSCode?

[raw onyx]

git command

and did that 2 weeks ago

smh didnt even know anything about git b4 that day

and kinda forgot everything already

[dawn grove]

since the PR has no conflicts i think you can fix it by going back to its folder and running git fetch origin main then git rebase origin/main and if this prints no errors then you can upload the fix to github with git push --force-with-lease

[raw onyx]

ok ig💔

back to git again

[dawn grove]

btw this assumes the first PR was merged

[raw onyx]

it wasn't

:fiire

[dawn grove]

then i'd honestly just recommend deleting the entire git repo from your disk and making a new PR from scratch here too :3

[raw onyx]

lmfao

yee ikrr

using ts for first time properly is kinda impossible

[dawn grove]

you can get help from an ai https://chat.deepseek.com they're good at git

[raw onyx]

theres a thing

that's exactly what i did

but with gpt not the deepseek

[dawn grove]

aha

[raw onyx]

i'd prefer killing myself rather than trying anything related to git without ai

[dawn grove]

it's not the most intuitive thing but it's a great tool

[raw onyx]

wait can't i just delete the useless files ?

[dawn grove]

one by one from the gui? yes but this'll clutter the history and also keep the first "add 5 new mods" commit in it

[raw onyx]

welp itll surely be 10 times easier than doing everything again

[dawn grove]

🤷 ok then

people usually care about keeping the history clean, but idk about this repo's guidlines/standards

i'd say go for it and let's see if anyone comments

[raw onyx]

man people who care abt keeping history clean

also care about git

while i don't really do that

for me it's just a way to send mods to this app

nothing else

the biggest problem rn is the reviewer who didn't even tell all ts last 2 weeks

still ty 🔥

[dawn grove]

everyone's contributing their time any way

[wheat wave]

That's me! I'd been putting them off because it seemed like you'd gotten halfway through the submissions then left. All 3 of your 3 PRs contained conflicting entries and weren't up to date with the repo so it would have merged badly.
Also:

• Revo's Vault is already on the index
• Ouija has been marked as archived and abandoned by the creator
• And have you checked with the authors of Beelatro, FriendsOfJokers, Super Balatrio Bros, Dread Jokers, Therkle's Doodles and Warpzone about whether they're happy for you to submit them to the index?

[raw onyx]

that's what u should've said 2 weeks ago so i'd fix all this

in case u didnt know theres 'changes requested' thing 💔

[wheat wave]

I did ask about the permissions and you were confrontational and dismissive about it, so i left it alone

[raw onyx]

thats not what reviewers do

[worn hound]

It's exhausting to dig for answers if someone isn't giving them, there's no obligation, and it still seems like you're deflecting the permission question?

[raw onyx]

i literally was saying how im doing it b4

when the topic abt all ts started

in case ur wondering - nothing changed

[lusty totem]

hey as a user. i really would like the ability to tell a mod to update anyways. currently i cant update any of my mods using the button since i have a version of steamodded that the mod manager doesnt recognize.

like just a button here that says download anyways would be great.

[dawn grove]

BMM probably recognizes your unmanaged install of steamodded anyway, so this warning should be updated to check both managed and unmanaged mods first

[lusty totem]

yeah it says i have steammodded but its listed under local mods

[dawn grove]

could you create a bug report about it on github https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/issues?

[lusty totem]

sure

[lusty totem]

okay i made one.

should i make a feature request as well for the other thing?

[dawn grove]

the dependency warnings only appear for Talisman and Steamodded, both of which should always be detected when installed externally

so the bugfix removes the need for the "download anyway" button, unless you actually wanna be able to install incomplete/broken mods

i'm not the project's dev so i can't make a decision on new features, but if u want that make a second issue and discuss it with skyline

[lusty totem]

ill just wait and see on the bug report what is said

[dawn grove]

i'm writing its fix now (:

[lusty totem]

thank you

[dawn grove]

also btw there's a special downloader for steamodded and talisman, so if u want to use a specific release tag u can just uninstall smods and use the version picker below the download button

(it's an undocumented feature)

[lusty totem]

yeah rn the issue is that the version of steamodded that some mods want is not in a release package. its just downloading the source code off github

[vagrant plover]

BMM supports both releases and the latest commit (but not specific older versions) for smods. That should be good enough for about 99% of mods

[rustic summit]

Would it be possible to point BMM to certain folders that contain "modpacks" and then use mklink to symlink the "modpack" folders to the 'Roaming/Balatro/Mods' folder?

[noble yoke]

Where the hell is the Linux appimage

[dawn grove]

in my fork's releases https://github.com/janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/releases/tag/v0.2.4%2B

[nimble quarry]

@cunning matrix does this work for the MS store version?

[cunning matrix]

no

[static estuary]

get this interesting message using the mod manager to get the (Deck creator mod)

[worn hound]

I've gotten that too, mod might be broken on recent steamodded? Or it doesn't install quite right

[static estuary]

yeah iv been playing around with Cryptid and a few other fun mods, only thing that seems to be broken is Creator

[vagrant plover]

pretty sure deck creator doesn't work

[vagrant plover]

also, my PR https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/pull/180 fails validation and I'm not sure why 🤔

[frigid mountain]

Are you able to add this on to a phone to add to balatro

Dang it ok

Is there any mods you can add to it on mobile

[wheat wave]

I don't think the JSON schema action supports being given a comma-separated list of files to check, so it fails whenever there are multiple affected folders

[vagrant plover]

The documentation implies it should work when using newlines instead of commas actually

• files - (required) Multiline input of file paths to validate - supports globs

[wheat wave]

We can try it if you've got a second. The action is run on the forked branch, not on the central mod-index, so if you change line 63 on your local fork, i can run the validator again

[vagrant plover]

Sure! Like this https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/compare/main...larswijn:balatro-mod-index:add-api-cat?

[wheat wave]

No idea! Let's find out

I might have been wrong about the fork action being run, I think the check-mod.yml that was present at the time of submission is what's run. More testing needed

[vagrant plover]

oop

[wheat wave]

After testing, i think it runs the version of the check-mod.yml workflow that existed in the main skyline69/balatro-mod-index repo at the time of the latest commit of the PR

[wheat wave]

Validator failing for multiple mods should be fixed by #181.
I haven't been able to find any way to re-run previously failed tests using a newer workflow to be able to fix up the ❌ marks on old PRs, if anyone knows of a way to do this, let me know

[uncut fable]

CardSleeves doesn't come up if you search "sleeves", don't know how the search engine in the manager works but figured I should point out that one

[ocean meadow]

You should probably make an issue on Github for that if it doesn't already exist. He checks those more regularly than here

[wraith fern]

sorry if this question is answered somewhere else but i have a deck skin i made that i wanted to upload to the balatro mod manager, where would i go to do that ?
or just wherever most mods are uploaded im not even sure if mod manager is the most popular place for mods lol

[wheat wave]

First step would be to upload it to GitHub. Creating your own thread in #1209506514763522108 for it would also be helpful for visibility

Is it in a state where it can just be copied into %AppData%/Balatro/Mods, or does it require manual installation into the Balatro.exe?

[wraith fern]

uhh i think it is in a state to be copied but let me make sure real quick

yeah

[wheat wave]

I also highly recommend starting off by making a test repo and following this guide to understand the basics of GitHub, if you haven't used it before

[noble yoke]

Still not good enough for the mainline branch?

[dawn grove]

we have inconsistent levels of goodness depending on what packaging format and distro you're using
for example, the appimage (iirc) doesn't render the text outlines correctly and its launch button does nothing

the deb has the rendering issues, but since it's not sandboxed in any way, it launches the game fine

[dawn grove]

u just want to git cherry-pick your change into each PR, and i see there are 3 open PRs so it doesn't necessitate a script to automate it imo

but if u want, and are ok with using bash, i can whip something up to query github for the PRs and automate the entire thing

[wheat wave]

I was thinking more for the closed completed PRs

[dawn grove]

oh

it shouldn't matter tho

[wheat wave]

#180 for example, where the validator failed incorrectly

[dawn grove]

i think i can do a thing

if the intention is changing old PRs to have a checkmark then it won't help, but i think making a PR based on a very old commit from the repo will make the script validate all mods

if the validation itself doesn't matter -only the check mark- u can always change a PRs status to success from the checks api

[wheat wave]

I wasn't aware, I'll look into that

For me, it's a case of trying to solve a problem because it's there, and because ❌ marks make my brain itch. Manually changing the PR status would be enough to make me happy

[dawn grove]

it's a bit convoluted because checks are addresed by id, but you can list the check runs for the last commit of each pr, then update them all to have a field "conclusion":"success"

also instead of the curls, the gh cli has nicer commands for PR queries (can help u get these commits easily) and has an api command that wraps the queries with no dedicated commands too

[wheat wave]

Thanks for the info. Seems like API write access for check runs is restricted to GitHub Apps, which is a new rabbit hole to fall down tomorrow

[dawn grove]

huh

[wheat wave]

I think these markers are entirely from check runs, separate from the PR status (which is writeable as a user)

[dawn grove]

i think the old (non fine grained) access tokens can (or maybe could) do this

[wheat wave]

I did have a crack with a couple different user authentication types, using

gh api --method PATCH -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-Github-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" /repos/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/check-runs/40221327907 -f "conclusion=success"
``` and get denied with "You must authenticate via a GitHub App. (HTTP 403)", which matches up what the API docs say

40221327907 determined from querying the check_runs like you mentioned

[dawn grove]

yeah, i was just going off of what we do at my job, but a lot of our github usage is through very old users and policies

[wheat wave]

Interesting, okay. Maybe cURL with a classic token will work then

[dawn grove]

nah, id just assume the user we're doing this with still has the access just as an exception

gh maintains old things™ well, for example we're still paying $5 a month for an enterprise plan since 2012 although u can't find it anywhere in the docs or subscribe to it in any way

[wheat wave]

The API is also versioned, I might do some digging and see if there's an earlier version with different auth requirements

[dawn grove]

creating an app would be simpler

[wheat wave]

I put my spade in the dirt and immediately hit bedrock... The API is technically versioned -- in that there is one version. Looks like the App is the way, but a job for tomorrow

[cunning matrix]

Done

[lusty totem]

amazing

is the update out that is gonna have this feature?

[cunning matrix]

It will come in the upcoming version

[lusty totem]

got it well im looking forward to it

[cunning matrix]

I'll make this clickable too, so it's easier to get to the page

[dawn grove]

i wrote the other thing (checking if it's a local install)

[cunning matrix]

It's merged btw

@dawn grove Could you give me the non-noble one rq?

And try if it works

If yes, could you make a PR

[dawn grove]

idk what "rq" means
and i haven't got around to trying this yet but ill do it now

[cunning matrix]

real quick

[split turtle]

whenever I try to use the "launch" button, it says balatro is already running, not sure why

[dawn grove]

yeah, appimage limitation, use the deb or nix flake if possible

and maybe create a bug report on github 👀

i can't repro the issue myself because i don't use steam but i know it exists because of other people reporting it

[dawn grove]

this is how u can use the nix package: #1339375696254074942 message, note that this'll compile BMM from source on your machine

[pseudo tapir]

for some reason it keeps installing the mods to my vanilla folder instead of my modded balatro even though i have set the path to the modded balatro version

it does properly launch the modded version but when i try to install mods through the menu it stubbornly installs them on the original

[cunning matrix]

@wheat wave Good?

[cunning matrix]

@dawn grove any updates so far?

[dawn grove]

it didn't work

was gonna send screenshots in a few minutes👍

[cunning matrix]

Shit

[dawn grove]

both jammy and noble builds look the same

[cunning matrix]

Shit

What can we do

[cunning matrix]

So both have the issue now?

[dawn grove]

yeah, the only build that looks good is the nix one, im trying to pin webkitgtk version in the Dockerfile to the same one in the nix flake

🤷

[cunning matrix]

Did it work?

[dawn grove]

yes

[cunning matrix]

Great

[cunning matrix]

Could you then do a PR please

[dawn grove]

👍

[dawn grove]

for sure, i've just been able to run it btw

(due to poor internet and stuff)

[dawn grove]

https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/pull/175

[cunning matrix]

?

what's wrong with the docker script?

[dawn grove]

failed to add the host (veth6a015e9) <=> sandbox (veth820d284) pair interfaces: operation not supported
something is busted with your docker setup

[cunning matrix]

Nah everything looks fine

wait let me restart my computer

Might be a problem on my side

[dawn grove]

i was gonna recommend u install docker with the script\u2122

 sudo sh ./get-docker.sh --dry-run```

[cunning matrix]

Yeah, it was my problem

I just updated the linux kernel and ran the script, that's why it happened

when I rebooted, everything worked fine

So all good

[dawn grove]

v0.2.4+good-css linux release, https://github.com/janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/releases/tag/v0.2.4%2Bgood-css

what's changed (from 0.2.4):

• CSS renders correctly in comparison to the previous release
• supports installing mods into custom wineprefix %APPDATA% paths, this fixes BMM for users whose steam library is on a separate drive from their user's home

the release includes a deb, rpm & appimage packages, there's also a nix package available at github:janw4ld/balatro-mod-manager/66-linux-support-upstream

[cunning matrix]

The performance on this one is reallllly bad

I get like 3fps

And the blur is not supported

And the dots disappeared

[dawn grove]

it's probably too old for your system

[cunning matrix]

Could you show me in a screen recording, how it looks for you?

[dawn grove]

it's in a VM so idk if it's bad because of that or not, and i'm working on something else, give me until tomorrow

i think we need someone actually running ubuntu to test it

[cunning matrix]

Hold on I have ubuntu

Let me try on that

But on Arch it definetly is not usable

[dawn grove]

what does it look like when run with task debug?

[cunning matrix]

Let me see

[dawn grove]

if it looks and works fine for u then bun tauri build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --verbose your build and send me the appimage

we can update the docker container to use arch

or have two separate arch and ubuntu appimages i guess

[cunning matrix]

8:47:07 PM [vite] error while updating dependencies:
Error: The service was stopped: write EPIPE
    at /home/skyline/programming/balatro-mod-manager/node_modules/.deno/esbuild@0.21.5/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:993:26
    at responseCallbacks.<computed> (/home/skyline/programming/balatro-mod-manager/node_modules/.deno/esbuild@0.21.5/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:622:9)
    at afterClose (/home/skyline/programming/balatro-mod-manager/node_modules/.deno/esbuild@0.21.5/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:613:28)
    at /home/skyline/programming/balatro-mod-manager/node_modules/.deno/esbuild@0.21.5/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1983:18
    at onwriteError (node:internal/streams/writable:603:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:92:21)

[dawn grove]

did u try to rm -rf your node_modules and bun i it again?

i have to beg the question
does BMM really need all this 3D rendering🥸

[cunning matrix]

3D rendering?

Wdym?

[dawn grove]

since we're dealing with graphics drivers issues, im just wondering why does the app require that to run

not a question that can be answered, just nonsense

[cunning matrix]

I tried to run on on Gnome (Wayland), i3(X11) & hyperland(Wayland) and none of them did work

[dawn grove]

task debug maybe failing because u never set up a tauri env to begin with 👀?

but if these failures are with the appimages then we're cooked

[dawn grove]

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tauri-devel-meta includes everything

[cunning matrix]

They are with the appimages

We're definetly cooked

[dawn grove]

there are at least 2 people using the old appimage on arch

[cunning matrix]

I hope that I'm doing something wrong

I really hope

[dawn grove]

are u sure u can run any tauri app

like https://github.com/cinnyapp/cinny-desktop

they're building their app with ubuntu 20 (focal)

[cunning matrix]

I really hope it has nothing to do with this

[dawn grove]

i don't think it does

because performance varies with how we built the thing

[dawn grove]

tauri v1 tho

@cunning matrix could u merge this < https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/pull/176 > and check its appimage

[cunning matrix]

I'm trying to buid it normally now on ubuntu hold on. Nvm it's still bad performance

[cunning matrix]

I can't it's gonna take a lot of workflow time

[dawn grove]

merge it then revert it after one build

to get one appimage

also i don't think a run every ~4 days will use up the 2000 minute limit

it's at most 100~200 minutes a month

[cunning matrix]

but there was already a draft with a linux build in it

[dawn grove]

wdym? my releases?

[cunning matrix]

No I had one

Hold on

[dawn grove]

but it includes non of the linux specific code tho

[cunning matrix]

Oh yeah

Remember me to remove this plz

It's building now

[dawn grove]

indeed

if it works fine we can check the action's source code and replicate that for docker & local dev envs

oh btw, i noticed something weird while trying things out, the app never runs as multiple instances even when each is a different package

this prevents me from comparing builds side-by-side

[dawn grove]

https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-manager/pull/177

[stuck sparrow]

trying this atm using linux mint the launch button does not do anything but i am able to run the mod manager

[dawn grove]

does it have animations? how slow is it?

[stuck sparrow]

runs smooth just can't get into balatro

[dawn grove]

with the appimage, right?

the deb should work tho

[stuck sparrow]

i used this

[dawn grove]

it should work tbh, could you send the logs when u press launch?

[stuck sparrow]

where is the log at?

[dawn grove]

when u run BMM in a terminal they're printed to the console

[dawn grove]

does launching from steam works as expected and the installed mods work?

ik these are fundamentals that should work for everyone but just to make sure

[stuck sparrow]

sorry i am really new to linux so idk what you mean got linux 2 to 3 days ago but no i don't see a mods button but the manager does say it's installed

[dawn grove]

installing BMM with the method you picked adds a BMM command that you can run in the terminal emulator (the second app on your task bar)

when u run it like that it prints its logs to the terminal

so try running it like that, pressing Launch then sending the logs

[stuck sparrow]

discord won't let me upload it

imma assume it's a server setting

[dawn grove]

if it's too long u can save it to a file and upload the file here

[stuck sparrow]

[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [bmm_lib::logging] Logging system initialized at 2025-04-09 16:41:51.043645559 -04:00
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [bmm_lib::logging] Log file: /home/refaera/.config/Balatro/logs/bmm_2025-04-09_16-41-51.log
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] DEBUG [bmm_lib::logging] Debug logging is enabled
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [bmm_lib::discord_rpc] Initializing Discord RPC Manager
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [bmm_lib::discord_rpc] Setting Discord RPC enabled status to: true
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [bmm_lib::discord_rpc] Discord RPC thread started
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [balatro_mod_manager_lib::github_repo] URL from git_info: https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index.git
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] INFO [balatro_mod_manager_lib::github_repo] Downloading from URL: https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] DEBUG [reqwest::connect] starting new connection: https://github.com/
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] DEBUG [reqwest::async_impl::client] redirecting 'https://github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/archive/refs/heads/main.zip' to 'https://codeload.github.com/skyline69/balatro-mod-index/zip/refs/heads/main'
[2025-04-09 16:41:51] DEBUG [reqwest::connect] starting new connection: https://codeload.github.com/
[2025-04-09 16:41:52] DEBUG [balatro_mod_manager_lib] Launched Balatro through Steam URL protocol

[dawn grove]

could you close BMM, the game and steam, then run this command xdg-open steam://run/2379780 and let me know if it launched the game or not?

[stuck sparrow]

nope

[dawn grove]

and this xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/steam prints nothing, right?

[pseudo tapir]

hey the mod manager keeps downloading mods to the regular balatro folder instead of my "balatro - modded" folder what's up with that?

[dawn grove]

if so, then your steam install isn't detected correctly by the system

[stuck sparrow]

it does this

[dawn grove]

(the system here being your OS itself)

[dawn grove]

huh

this means it should work

[pseudo tapir]

is there any way to fix this?

(and for reference,it is connected to the "balatro - modded" directory in the settings)

[dawn grove]

one last thing to try WINEDLLOVERRIDES='version=n,b' ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Balatro/Balatro.exe if this launches the game then i can update the code with a fix

[dawn grove]

does this xdg-open steam://rungameid/2379780 work instead?

[dawn grove]

how about steam steam://run/2379780

and also steam -applaunch 2379780, one of them has to work 😅

[stuck sparrow]

that worked

booted up steam then balatro

[dawn grove]

yeah that's the intended behaviour

[dawn grove]

could you try

• running xdg-open ~/.config/mimeapps.list, this'll open a text file in a notepad
• search for steam in this file, then delete the line x-scheme-handler/steams=steam.desktop when found
• running BMM again and trying the launch button

[dawn grove]

the mods directory is based on the exe name, which can be only Balatro.exe in the current state of BMM. create a bug report on github for this please

[dawn grove]

my bad, the first command should be xdg-open ~/.config/mimeapps.list instead

[stuck sparrow]

no matchs

[dawn grove]

sad

how did u install steam?

something is misconfigured on your machine

[stuck sparrow]

this comes with linux mint the software manager

[dawn grove]

yeah i recognize it

give me a few minutes and i'll send you another package to try

[stuck sparrow]

np

[stuck sparrow]

the game launches now but the mod menu is not there

[dawn grove]

what does this command ls ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Balatro/ return?

it should include at least Balatro.exe and version.dll

[dawn grove]

nothing looks wrong

[dawn grove]

could you try launching the mod manager with WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" BMM instead of BMM?

[stuck sparrow]

mods still do not work

[dawn grove]

try following this and set the game launch options to WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b", this one should work

ahhh, i know of a much simpler approach to all this, but discussing it is against the server's rules🥸

[stuck sparrow]

oof