How to add emojis in catch messages

Important

Further testing by me shows that this will work only if you have the emojis in the server and not in the application itself. If you are able to migrate your emojis back to servers or you already have emojis in the server, ignore this message and follow the tutorial.

Adding emojis in the catch message for versions 2.29.5 and above

The tag {emoji} can now be added to your custom catch messages, making this tutorial no longer needed for 2.29.5 and above.

Adding emojis in the catch message for versions 2.29.4 and below

1. Open your bot folder and go to ballsdex/packages/countryballs. The directory should look like this:

2. Open countryball.py in your text editor and scroll down to the end of the file.

You should see this:

3. Make a new line below collectible=settings.collectible_name,, and add emoji=self.bot.get_emoji(ball.countryball.id),

It should now look like this:

4. Save your changes in the file.

You will now have a new variable to add in the catch messages called {emoji}, which you can use in your catch messages to add the emoji of the ball.

Example: You caught {emoji} **{ball}**!

5. Once you are done editing the catch messages to include {emoji}, save the config file and do the following text commands in separate messages:

b.reload countryballs
b.reloadconf

This will reload the countryballs package, then it will reload the config file to include the {emoji} variable you added. You do not need to do this every time you edit the config, but b.reloadconf is still a useful command if you want to add new things in the config without restarting the bot.

Adding emojis in the catch message for versions 2.26.0-2.27.0

Warning

This has not been tested yet by me. If anyone would like to test this with the versions mentioned, feel free to do so and then ping me in the Ballsdex Developers server with the results (tag is ihailthenight1234)

1. Open your bot folder and go to ballsdex/packages/countryballs. The directory should look like this:

2. Open countryball.py in your text editor and scroll down to the end of the file.

You should see this:

3. Make a new line below text = "", and add emoji = interaction.client.get_emoji(self.ball.model.emoji_id)

4. In the catch message itself (f"You caught **{self.name}!** "), add {emoji} next to **{self.name}!**

It should look like this:

4. Save your changes, then restart your bot using docker compose restart.

When the bot goes back up, test the catch message by admin spawning a ball and catching it.

Adding emojis in the catch message for versions 2.25.4 and below

1. Open your bot folder and go to ballsdex/packages/countryballs. The directory should look like this:

2. Open components.py in your text editor and go to line 88. It should look like this:

3. Make a new line below await interaction.followup.send(, and add emoji = interaction.client.get_emoji(self.ball.model.emoji_id)

4. In the catch message itself (f"{interaction.user.mention} You caught **{self.ball.name}!** "), add {emoji} next to **{self.ball.name}!**

It should look like this:

4. Save your changes, then restart your bot using docker compose restart.

When the bot goes back up, test the catch message by admin spawning a ball and catching it.