Photon Mod Manager | Balatro | Page 1

versed heath Jun 20, 2025, 3:42 PM

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Photon Mod Manager is intended to be a place you can upload and download mods (and eventually modpacks) to share with the world.

Right now, it is just a website, but we are looking at making it part of SMODS in the future, as an in-game mod manager solution.

Do stay cautious of what you download, as anyone is allowed to post on there, so maintain the same caution you would otherwise take when getting random stuff from the internet; we don't take any responsibility for anything that happens as a result of downloading mods via GitHub. In addition, please do not put other people's mods on the site. I would like to uphold that all mods on the website are there by the consent of their creators.

With all that being said, here's the link: https://photonmodmanager.onrender.com/

If it's on a loading screen, that's because I can't afford more than the free tier for the site I'm hosting this off of, so when the site is inactive for a while, it'll have to boot up again, which takes a minute.

Finally, if you experience any bugs on the website, please let me know and I'll fix them right away! Enjoy the site!

queen compass Jun 20, 2025, 4:03 PM

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peak dropped

versed heath Jun 20, 2025, 4:03 PM

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:3

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It's the official launch now since I've fully implemented tags and likes

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RECOGNIZED ISSUES

None!

PLANS FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE

Add modpack support

glossy wolf Jun 20, 2025, 4:16 PM

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I would like to uphold that all mods on the website are there by the consent of their creators.
You could enforce that all mods on the index have e.g. "photon_mod_manager": "allowed" in their json (which doesn't pose an issue for mod loading)

versed heath Jun 20, 2025, 4:36 PM

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That's true actually

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I think I'll add that

glossy wolf Jun 20, 2025, 4:43 PM

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oh also I Forgor 💀 to add the miscellaneous tag to Balatest before submitting it and now I can't fix it

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(which also idk if you'd want it there since no player needs it, it's only for devs)

versed heath Jun 20, 2025, 4:47 PM

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glossy wolf oh also I Forgor 💀 to add the miscellaneous tag to Balatest before submitting i...

Wdym

glossy wolf Jun 20, 2025, 4:47 PM

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it's currently tagless

versed heath Jun 20, 2025, 4:49 PM

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I'll add it in the patch tonight

untold void Jun 20, 2025, 5:16 PM

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glossy wolf > I would like to uphold that all mods on the website are there by the consent o...

That's a neat solution, though maybe "allow_redistribution": true for a more platform-agnostic approach?

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And because using a string when a bool would suffice makes my brain itchy

glossy wolf Jun 20, 2025, 5:21 PM

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maybe make it an array for specific platforms, or true for all of them

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defaults to false for none of them

versed heath Jun 20, 2025, 5:26 PM

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tru

rigid prism Jun 21, 2025, 1:09 AM

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Added my mod to it.

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...Also I've already pulled a funny and favorited my own mod twice using regular and private windows. Didn't really expect it to work, but it does.

versed heath Jun 21, 2025, 1:28 AM

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rigid prism ...Also I've already pulled a funny and favorited my own mod twice using regular...

it was bound to happen at some point
I can't really do any further protections without dealing with the mess that is IP

versed heath Jun 22, 2025, 3:21 AM

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I do apologize for the delay on the update -- It has been done; redistribution protection has been enabled, and the tags have been properly fixed. Thank you so much for your patience!

hoary lintel Jun 30, 2025, 11:54 PM

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did somebody post the thing yet

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there we go I posted the thing

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(genuinely if this gets merged into SMODS though that'll be very nice and I hope it does lowk)

versed heath Jul 1, 2025, 5:28 AM

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real

versed heath Jul 9, 2025, 8:06 AM

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Uploading mods is experiencing some issues right now but they'll be fixed today
Hopefully

versed heath Jul 9, 2025, 4:38 PM

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My bad dance
There was no error with the mod manager I was using a faulty JSON file

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On the other hand... we now have a "mod details" page for every mod, where you can see more details about it!
It's still being worked on tho

versed heath Jul 10, 2025, 4:50 AM

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If you go onto the site now, you may see the "Wiki" tab -- it is something I am looking to implement and am in the midst of, though I am running into issues with getting it to work.

Stay assured, it will happen, but it likely will not do anything for now.

versed heath Jul 11, 2025, 9:25 AM

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Made some great progress on it -- at this velocity, it should be out by tomorrow.
I'll get some rest though, I've been working on it for like 18 hours

versed heath Jul 12, 2025, 3:49 AM

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As promised, the wiki is now released!
When browsing mods, you can click on one to see its info, then click on the "view on Photon Wiki" page!
There is no loc_vars support because that would be an absolute nightmare, but you can still view everything else regardless!
Enjoy!

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It won't work with all mods, but it should work with a fair chunk of them, as long as they have a localization file and are consistent about it

versed heath Jul 12, 2025, 7:15 PM

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Wiki does have some loc_vars support now
Would be 100% but the combination of Lua's replacement for ternary operators and SMODS' new probability thing make it so it's not happening 100%

Might in the future but I'm not really feeling like tackling it any more than I have

versed heath Jul 13, 2025, 10:21 PM

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I'm noticing that I'll say "I'm not doing this" one day and then immediately start working on it the next day
I think I have terrible self control

Anyway there is (at least partial) pseudo-ternary operator and new probability support now

Only thing left is localization

minor sentinel Aug 9, 2025, 3:48 PM

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a

versed heath Aug 9, 2025, 6:09 PM

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sick jacinth Feb 8, 2026, 6:42 PM

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How does it handle versions? Can I configure it to only do versions with a tag, so it doesn't auto index my dev versions?

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