FOR ♥♥♥♥ SAKE

[Crazed Wallace]

IM TRYING TO GET A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BALATRO MOD TO WORK AND MY MOD DIRECTORY DOESNT EXIST! WHERE THE ♥♥♥♥ IS IT!?

[Amble]

I eated it

[=jF=]

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Balatro

[Scrub]

Open the .exe with 7zip

[chrisbamb]

I see the art of writing in clear and precise language without the need to shout or swear has clearly vanished these days.

[Mid-Boss]

If the mod directory doesn't exist, create it.

[Crazed Wallace]

Originally posted by Scrub:

Open the .exe with 7zip

if your talking about steam modded, doesnt exist.

[Crazed Wallace]

Originally posted by Mid-Boss:

If the mod directory doesn't exist, create it.

that doesnt do anything, i tried.

[Crazed Wallace]

Originally posted by chrisbamb:

I see the art of writing in clear and precise language without the need to shout or swear has clearly vanished these days.

yeah because i've been trying to get it to work for the past 3 months without any success!

[Crazed Wallace]

and i also have the issue of the steam modded folder itself not having a zip file in the first place! it doesnt exist! WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ DO I DO?!

[Crazed Wallace]

also for the: "smods-main" too!

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Crazed Wallace:

WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ DO I DO?!

I suggest calming down first.
Then I suggest reading and following the instructions of whatever you're trying to install. Make sure you follow every step exactly, and in order.

[AnonTwo]

Given the game doesn't have official mod support, I would recommend reading instructions from where you got the mod, and asking for assistance there

Not because it's against the rules to talk about it here, it's not...but because chances are the website you got the mod from has actual support for the mod.

If you went 3 months and couldn't get support for the mod from the providers, chances are it might be a dead mod.

[Crazed Wallace]

Originally posted by AnonTwo:

Given the game doesn't have official mod support, I would recommend reading instructions from where you got the mod, and asking for assistance there

Not because it's against the rules to talk about it here, it's not...but because chances are the website you got the mod from has actual support for the mod.

If you went 3 months and couldn't get support for the mod from the providers, chances are it might be a dead mod.

one, there isnt assistance for it, this is my only way to get help from the mod! and its steam modded! the only way that i know of that you can install any balatro mods! IS THERE SOME UNKNOWN MOD LAUNCHER AND INSTALLER I WAS NEVER TOLD?????

[Dudebro171]

A directory is just a fancy term for where the game's files are stored. Right-click on Balatro, hover over Manage, click on Browse Local Files, there's your directory. Its called that because it directs what the exe can and can't use. You want your game to access its own data and assets, but you don't want it to delets System32. So most devs and engines quarantine a game and its assets into its own folder full of all the things it needs to run. That also means that by using your own assets and some code wizardry, you can force a game to run code it wasn't intended to, using said directory, meaning AK47's and big titty dragon wives in Skyrim.

In fancier and honestly-more-convenient terms. Go to where you have Steam (I keep mine out of Programs as to not freak out my antivirus everytime I mod a game), click on SteamApps, click on Common, and it'll show you a list of all of your installed games. None of the mods I checked need appdata, but for a few hints; Appdata's in a file with your name on it, make sure you can see hidden files, and Balatro's in Roaming. If you wanna, right click on Common and click "Pin to Quick Access" so you don't need to rummage through Steam's guts to mod the game every single time.

I don't mod this game myself, but I found a helpful resource for it here:
https://github.com/jie65535/awesome-balatro

Lists a bunch of mods and their requirements, including links to notable mod loaders. If you wanna start thanks to the funny deer skull mod, you'll need Steamodded. Just nestle it next to LocalThunk's plsdontsueme.txt and you're good to go, it's that easy.

This is all assuming you're running Windows. I know ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about Linux, so you're on your own on that front, yet I hope some of the same principles carry over. Same goes for Mac, except for my concern about a sapient, autonomous being unironically using MacOS.

[Crazed Wallace]

Originally posted by Dudebro171:

A directory is just a fancy term for where the game's files are stored. Right-click on Balatro, hover over Manage, click on Browse Local Files, there's your directory. Its called that because it directs what the exe can and can't use. You want your game to access its own data and assets, but you don't want it to delets System32. So most devs and engines quarantine a game and its assets into its own folder full of all the things it needs to run. That also means that by using your own assets and some code wizardry, you can force a game to run code it wasn't intended to, using said directory, meaning AK47's and big titty dragon wives in Skyrim.

In fancier and honestly-more-convenient terms. Go to where you have Steam (I keep mine out of Programs as to not freak out my antivirus everytime I mod a game), click on SteamApps, click on Common, and it'll show you a list of all of your installed games. None of the mods I checked need appdata, but for a few hints; Appdata's in a file with your name on it, make sure you can see hidden files, and Balatro's in Roaming. If you wanna, right click on Common and click "Pin to Quick Access" so you don't need to rummage through Steam's guts to mod the game every single time.

I don't mod this game myself, but I found a helpful resource for it here:
https://github.com/jie65535/awesome-balatro

Lists a bunch of mods and their requirements, including links to notable mod loaders. If you wanna start thanks to the funny deer skull mod, you'll need Steamodded. Just nestle it next to LocalThunk's plsdontsueme.txt and you're good to go, it's that easy.

This is all assuming you're running Windows. I know ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about Linux, so you're on your own on that front, yet I hope some of the same principles carry over. Same goes for Mac, except for my concern about a sapient, autonomous being unironically using MacOS.

those paths dont exist on my copy of balatro, i dont know what to tell you.