Normal gameplay mode

[KevinvdT]

Hi! Really cool project!

I was wondering: is it currently possible to run BalatroBot while keeping the gameplay the same as normal Balatro (animations, pacing, etc.) instead of the bot-optimized/speedup behavior?

I'm interested in using it more as a real-time telemetry bridge (e.g. smart light effects while playing manually) rather than for automating play.

If not, would you be open to a CLI flag or config option for this? I'd be happy to help test/contribute if useful :)

[S1M0N38]

Maybe is already possible with a combination of the current flags (see https://coder.github.io/balatrobot/cli/)

--audio
--gamespeed 1
--no-reduced-motion
--animation-fps 10
--pixel-art-smoothing

Alternatively you can configure the corresponding env vars.

Is there something else that is not covered by those flags. Under the hood this flags edit the values that you can edit using in the in game settings.

If there are something that is not supported, try to start the game using balatrobot, edit the value manually in the game settings and then restart the game. The settings that are not defined as flag should be preserved.

[KevinvdT]

Thank you for the reply!

I ended up commenting out a few lines in settings.lua to prevent BalatroBot from overriding the in-game settings. With the right combination of the current flags, it does seem possible already as well.

I still think a dedicated "normal gameplay" flag could be useful for other users though, so they wouldn’t have to figure out the exact combination themselves. Alternatively, documenting the recommended flags/settings combination in the docs could also help a lot.

If you’d be open to it, I’d also be happy to put together a PR for the flag. :)

Thanks again!

[S1M0N38]

Can you clarify which lines you are commenting out in settings.lua?